Chris Meloni appreciation post

I know I sound like old Granny Ashley yelling on her front lawn, but I miss magazines. I miss video stores. I miss music collections. I miss 22 episode television. I miss music videos. I miss when all these things provided jobs that supported people.

The internet gave us a lot. It took a lot too.

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I haven't been on social media much, particularly fandom social media. Just...a lot going on. Losing a spouse just leaves a trail of fuckery in your life for a long fucking time.

Then I saw Chris's Insta post.

And thought I'd pop in to say:

Respectfully, holy fuck 🥵

Fanfiction doesn’t exist to be “good” it exists because something went horribly wrong with you while you were watching a tv show and you’re gripped by madness

Videos of Christopher Meloni signing autographs and taking a picture.

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I promise I haven't given up writing. The holidays and starting a new year without him have just taken more out of me than I expected.

"This could've been an email."

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I thought I'd be happy to see the end of this year and the start of a new one...but I'm...sad to see the end of my last year with him.

Grief is such a mindfuck.

It's not a reason to stop writing. It's a a lesson you learn.

You could've replied to a blue sky post or commented one one of my fics as other people have done to ask in the past.

I mean, a heads up if you're going to use someone's OC would be nice. That's not okay. And I generally say no when someone asks if they want to use my original characters.

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It is 100% NOT okay to use someone's original character in a fic without asking them.

Have we forgotten fanfic etiquette? Maybe it's because I've been writing fic for fucking years. But seriously? Don't do that. That's not okay.

Chapter 1 - archiveofourown.org/works/762150...

Might be working on this.

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Oh. I've had an idea for a Mark/Olivia soulmate fic.

One where she had a soulmate bond with *spoilers* and he breaks the bond, leaving Mark to pick up the metaphorical pieces.

Chapter Four - Rob Miller

archiveofourown.org/works/718671...

Chapter 6 - Walk a Razor's Edge

archiveofourown.org/works/674413...

Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.

-- Rob Reiner

in the pit

This entire weekend

Jack of All Trades

Chapter 7 - Tattoo Artist

archiveofourown.org/works/700762...

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I'm challenging myself to write something every day until the end of the year. I might not upload every day, but I want to work on a fic every day.

So, if you have prompts or image/gif inspo, feel free to send them my way.

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The muse has tentatively...lifted it's head out of the mountain of grief so I'm going to try to write my way through some of the prompts I've gotten for Jack of All Trades and the Duarte series.

Maybe it'll help me get back on track with wanting to write.

Jack of All Trades -

Chapter 6 - Bartender

archiveofourown.org/works/700762...

Chapter Three - About How Many

archiveofourown.org/works/718671...