#theladyragnell

[skinnyscottishbloke]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“I was wondering if you might come home with me.” Merlin stops mid-rant and stares at him, and then down at his panini again, and back at Arthur. This is a panini of lies and pain. He can tell already.

“For Christmas? I’ve got an uncle and a mother and a sister waiting for me at home, in case you hadn’t remembered, I’m not going home with you just because you’re a workaholic.”

“No, it’s. My mum might be under the impression that we’re a little bit married.”

In which Merlin gets conned into spending Christmas with Arthur's family and pretending to be his husband, because somehow this is his life.

—ONE OF MY FAVORITE FICS BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS. Just had to share today because it’s a happy fake relationship Christmas fic and we deserve one of those dammit!!—

[pluckyredhead]

How about Damien, for the character meme?

How I feel about this character: HE IS A TINY TERRIBLE MONSTER AND I LOVE HIM. I wish to give him several dozen hugs, all of which he will hate.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Jon, forever and always.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: I love his relationships with Dick and Alfred and Maya, and I think he and Emiko are a really interesting duo because of the similarity of their backgrounds - they have a tendency to egg each other on in a bad but fascinating way.

My unpopular opinion about this character: Ummm do I have one? I see a fair amount of fic saying he’s going to grow to Bruce’s size and nope, definitely not, he will be small and lithe like Talia forever and he’s rull mad about it. :D

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I wish he was more consistently portrayed as a POC and that Talia wasn’t so frequently vilified. She’s a complicated person but she’s not a monster, and she loves her son.

[idiopathicsmile]

theladyragnell replied to your post: pitch me a concept for a musical!

A high school idea I always wish had panned out: The Museumical, set in an art museum, featuring an artist in residence who talks (and sings) with the paintings and a cat burglar.

love love love the presence of the cat burglar. like Sunday in the Park with George but with an incredible twist

[samyazaz]

Top 5 craft projects you'd love to try someday!

I can’t tell if you mean specific projects I want to make someday, or new-to-me crafts I want to try my hand at someday, so obviously the answer is bothisgood.gif

Specific Projects:

1. My Quil shawllllll

2. Look that ren faire dress is happening and I’m kinda mad about it, in a very Rosa Diaz “no I’m gonna” way

3. I still really wanna make that space-themed friendship star quilt

4. A really dramatic full-length wrap-around cloak with armholes or slits or something. Like this.

5. I have Thoughts about making a proper magic 8 ball for This Asshole. It probably involves Sculpey clay.

New Crafts To Try:

1. In a world where I have more time and less shoulder problems, I think I would like to try my hand at tatting, it always looks so magical! But in a more approachable way than, say, bobbin lace, which is Pure Witchcraft

2. I have never really made a proper go at weaving and I keep thinking of it longingly!

3. Since I am still sad about missing the class at the ren faire: fletching!

4. I feel like leatherworking could open doors to some really cools types of crafts and projects that would dovetail nicely with my pre-existing interests, but it always seems like a difficult and finicky and unattainable thing

5. On another things-my-shoulders-would-probably-not-be-up-for-but-that-I’d-be-interested-in-trying-in-theory note: glassblowing!

[sovinly]

But how am I meant to PICK? There's Let Us Speak of a Letter, where I first fell in love with your writing. And there's Impact Damage, with all its heart and hurt, and of course The Marriage of Sir Enjolras, obviously formatted to delight me. And there's what blooms like heather, which I finished reading the first time only to immediately reread the whole thing start to finish, which is a rare accolade indeed. So, all of those and more!

Nelllll <3

You are so sweet, thank you! You always say the nicest things, and so many of them!

[delabaisse]

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Has it been three years yet? Good, because I’ve got a new thing for you guys! Thanks to the lovely @theladyragnell for her blanket permission, and thanks to everyone around me for encouraging me to bring out the keyboard (even though for all intents and purposes, I can’t play) and record yet another podfic in my second language (even though I have an accent and sometimes forget how to pronounce words) and for never doubting that I could or should or would see this through. 

If you liked the teaser, give the whole work a listen, and possibly leave a comment, I thrive on those.

[returnsandreturns]

theladyragnell replied to your post “hello it is morning and i am still having feelings about college marci...”

I always feel like she came from somewhere (Jersey, the South) that has a really recognizable accent and an accent possibly looked down on in Rich New York Circles, and that the first thing she did in law school was ruthlessly train herself out of ever using that accent except around her family.

i have thoughts about classism and southern accents specifically so i am down for this and will steal it for the college-era marci fic that i’m apparently going to write now

[the-march-hair]

R as Puck from “You Dance Dreams” by @theladyragnell

Tying my love of drawing dancers, and R together in one neat little green package.

(And shh yes I know dreadlocks and ballet probably don’t combine v well but I just couldn’t bring myself to cut them off! Let us pretend, cos aesthetics!)