#wurzelbertzwerg

[thoumpingground]

I got a gift!

Courtesy of the lovely @wurzelbertzwerg !

I maybe should be embarrassed to like Thorpe so much it warrants a present, but I do and I'm not. He's so memorable. He's too fun to hate, so rewarding to dunk on, I can't help it? What's a girl to do, but fall at his feet?

He rotates and everything! Isn't that fantastic?

Thank you again, @wurzelbertzwerg. I am gonna go wash it and pour myself some tea.

[vaguelythreateningrubberducky]

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: James Morland Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Character Study, Post-Break Up Summary:

James had no particular wish to write this letter, but write it he must.

[rusakkowrites]

Pray, do give me some recs, for Emma, if you'd be so kind ^-^ 2, 4, 5 and either 10, if you know one, or if not, 8.

Thanks for the ask! Fortunately, I don't know of any unfairly maligned Emma fics, so I'll do 8 instead of 10. :)

2. A fic that made me laugh

A letter to Miss Austen in the year of her 250th anniversary by branchcloudsky. This fic captures Mrs Elton in all her glory, and it's absolutely hilarious!

4. A fic that's really hot

Till She is in Being by MostPreciousTreasures, which contains one of my favourite Emma wedding night scenes and some interesting exploration of Mr Knightley's prior sexual experiences.

5. A fic that's sweet and fluffy

But that the days did not pass so swiftly by middlemarch, a brief but beautiful series of glimpses into the relationship between Emma and Mr Knightley through the years.

8. A fic that deserves more love

Two Umbrellas by Sonetka, an adorable and funny scene from Mr and Mrs Weston's courtship.

[suolakurkkutulehdus]

❤️

Thank you! <3 I don't really know how these things work, but I love the dude's sceptical expression. :D

[theartofdreaming1]

Some cute Catherine & Henry (is there any other kind? these two are always cute) based on the lovely fanfic "Lie in Lavender" by @wurzelbertzwerg, a Pushing Daisies-inspired Northanger Abbey AU!

[mysunfreckle]

Hi, I don't want to be rude (and you don't have to post this) I just wanted to inform you that I took the liberty to reference Fullerton Parsonage in the fanfic I'm currently writing. I did not mean to steal from your work or anything, I just liked a certain scene so much that I wanted to incorporate a little nod to it in my own work, especially since your fic had a great part in inspiring me to not only write but actually post my own. Still I wanted to let you know so that if you mind it, you can tell me to edit it out, which, of course, I would.

Hi! I'm so glad my writing was an inspiration to you!

I'm absolutely okay with being referenced in your fic. A headcanon spreading among fandom is one of the biggest compliments! Of course I'd appreciate a mention for Fullerton Parsonage in the author's notes ^^

And I'd love a link to your fic, if you want to share!

[rusakkowrites]

For the AO3 wrapped, please :)

3, 9, 10, 18 & 27

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

A Knightly Rescue. I had to juggle more plotlines in it than in any of my previous fics, it has a plot twist that I think is really fun, it's my longest completed fic to date and I'm just really happy with the way it turned out.

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

To absolutely no one's surprise, Emma Woodhouse/George Knightley.

10. What work was the quickest to write?

Sailor Boi, which is very short and based on existing song lyrics. I think I finished the first draft in two or three hours and then just tweaked it a bit the next day.

18. The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

Maybe Lady Dorothea in The Beginning and End of a Very Brief Freindship, because she's a character we see very little of in canon. I didn't have a lot of material to work with when trying to imagine what her perspective might be like.

27. What do you listen to while writing?

Mostly nothing! I often find even instrumental music distracting when I'm trying to write. When I do listen to something, my choice of music varies quite a lot, though I'm more likely to pick something instrumental than anything with lyrics. If I'm writing a fic that's inspired by a specific song, I obviously listen to that (with Sk8er Boi as an unfortunate example from this year). I might also try to find something that fits the vibe of what I'm writing, whether it's the mood or the time period. And sometimes I just put on whatever I particularly like at the time, which has lately mostly been Nordic folk, particularly Frigg.

Thanks for the ask! :)

[rusakkowrites]

If it's okay, for the Fanfic Writer Ask Meme:

B, K, M and O

B: What was the first fandom you read fic in?  Which was the first you wrote fic for?

The very first fic I ever started reading was an Artemis Fowl fic that I came across when I was maybe 12 years old. I remember thinking that it was good, but I just couldn't get over the fact that it wasn't actually canon, so I just stopped reading partway. The first fandom I really actively read and wrote fic in was a webcomic called Stand Still Stay Silent (which I have mixed feelings about these days for creator-related reasons but which I really loved at the time).

K: Do you have a guilty pleasures in fic (reading or writing)?

Oh, this is a tough one! Fanfiction is generally a pretty guilt-free pleasure for me (except when I end up reading or writing instead of doing some boring but necessary adulting task - I definitely feel guilty then). I wouldn't necessarily want to share all the smut I read with, like, my parents or my coworkers, but I feel like that's more about personal boundaries than about guilt or embarrassment. I do remember having to kind of psych myself up for writing and sharing my first shippy fic, so I guess that was initially something of a guilty pleasure?

I think that I really overthought the question and that I'll probably think of an obvious guilty pleasure as soon as I post this, but it is what it is. :D

M: What’s the weirdest AU scenario you’ve ever come up with?  Did it turn into a story?

I have the unfinished beginning of an Animorphs AU of Pride and Prejudice in my WIP folder and a whole pile of notes for a series of stories in that AU, including some that would involve a crossover with Persuasion and some visiting characters from other Austen novels. However, I had so many ideas for it that the scale of the project turned kind of intimidating and scared me off. Maybe I'll get back to it someday... (I know that someone has actually posted a P&P Animorphs AU on AO3, but the premise seemed pretty different from mine.)

I've also got some notes for a Mayday/Air Crash Investigations AU of P&P, which I envisioned as a sort of fake episode transcript. The problem is that writing it to my satisfaction would require quite a bit of research into all kinds of aviation stuff that I know nothing about, so that's why it's languisihing in the same "maybe one day" pile as the Animorphs AU.

O: What are your thoughts on people writing fanfic of your fanfic?

I would be beyond delighted if someone did that! I've got a permission statement in my AO3 profile stating that transformative works and translations of my fics are welcome as long as they're not monetized and I'm appropriately credited.

Thank you for the ask! <3