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vakariaan:

There was something quite humbling in feeling nervous about seeing Penelope. Penelope was…Penelope. It was almost as if she’d always been there, smiling politely at the perimeter of a ballroom. And he’d taken her for granted, in a way. Some things didn’t change, and Penelope was one of them.

Except she had changed.

Colin didn’t know when it had happened, or even if anyone other than himself had noticed it, but Penelope Featherington was not the same woman he used to know.

Or maybe she was, and he had changed.

Which made him feel even worse, because if that was the case, then Penelope had been interesting and lovely and kiss-able years ago, and he hadn’t the maturity to notice.

Facesitting February Roundup

agirlnamedkeith:

kiraziwrites:

Happy Leap Day! I am so pleased to share this collection of fine smut on the urgent and high-minded theme of Brienne sitting on Jaime’s face. Apologies if I’ve missed any contributions—put them in the comments and I will add and reblog. And if you happen to post something in the next few days because you coudn’t get it in under the wire, well, add it and I will post that too—because Facesitting February is a state of mind, not a temporally-bound phenomenon.

Also, please note that @brynnmck has kindly created a J/B Monthly Madness: February 2020 collection on AO3, so please feel free to add your fics to it there!

And just go ahead and assume everything below is absolutely E-rated.

sdwolfpup/@ajoblotofjunk, Working 9-5 (for service and devotion), Modern AU, boss!Brienne.

sameboots/@agirlnamedkeith, i’ll unfold before you, Regency AU (that link is to a scene posted on tumblr, but this is part of the WIP painter!Jaime AU on AO3).

@dancinginthecenteroftheworld, Exhausted Reporterverse III, Modern AU, from the I Could Make a Habit Out of You series on AO3.

@ddagent, (i can’t get no) satisfaction, S3 canon divergence, sex pollen.

Miera/@mierac, Bathe You in the Light of Day, Modern AU, professors.

@brynnmck, I settled in slowly to this house you call home, Modern AU, they were roommates.

me (@kiraziwrites), shut your mouth, canon consistent or canon AU, part of the Things That Happened in Bed in Winterfell series

Roccolinde/@firesign23 , Fields of Gold, Winterfell canon-divergence, from the (forthcoming, we hope!) be my anchor, be my moor (pull my heart onto your shore) series

It has been an honor and a privilege to contemplate this subject with you all.

this was, by far, the most fun and the best project

(via fine-with-my-spite)

Q:for the ask meme: 25, 28, and 31?

Anonymous

glamaphonic:

25.  What do you look for in a beta?

I haven’t really used a beta in literally over 10 years probably so uhhhhhh…

31.  Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?

It’s deeply dependent on the fandom! Unsurprisingly, the more irritated I am by the canon the less I care about it being canon compliant. And, indeed, oftentimes part of my motivation for writing fic is vagueness or inconsistencies in the canon that I want to repair. See also: my DBH fic which was written with, frankly, extreme derision for the canon worldbuilding.

I always try to be canon compliant with characterization though because, for me, there’s no point otherwise. If I’m not going to do my best to write about the canon characters as I understand them then I could just write something else entirely.

I skipped 28 (share three favorite fic writers) because trying to do it gave me anxiety!

Actually, addendum to the beta question: I’ve realized this is likely the case because over ten years ago was probably the last time that I actively shared a fandom with the vanishingly short list of people whom I don’t feel like I’m horribly imposing on if I ask them for a favor!

Q:7 or 17 of writing meme? :)

exexshiegra

17. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

I don’t usually write the entirety of a scene out of order, but I’m a pretty detailed outliner so I tend to sketch out scenes throughout as they come to me while I’m putting the narrative together. So I’ll often have things like the full emotional dialogue at the climax of the story written out long long ahead of time.

Currently hating everything I’ve ever written, so I can’t do 7 (bit of prose you’re prooud of) rn, sorry. :(

Q:for the ask meme: 25, 28, and 31?

Anonymous

25.  What do you look for in a beta?

I haven’t really used a beta in literally over 10 years probably so uhhhhhh…

31.  Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?

It’s deeply dependent on the fandom! Unsurprisingly, the more irritated I am by the canon the less I care about it being canon compliant. And, indeed, oftentimes part of my motivation for writing fic is vagueness or inconsistencies in the canon that I want to repair. See also: my DBH fic which was written with, frankly, extreme derision for the canon worldbuilding.

I always try to be canon compliant with characterization though because, for me, there’s no point otherwise. If I’m not going to do my best to write about the canon characters as I understand them then I could just write something else entirely.

I skipped 28 (share three favorite fic writers) because trying to do it gave me anxiety!