We started DMing back and forth more often, about more topics than just the fic. We really hit it off and by Thanksgiving we had each other's numbers saved in our phones and would text pretty much constantly. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Before Thanksgiving, S paid me a house call.
So it was a surprise to both me and EB when I posted a video reading a snippet from my fic in which S has a monologue. I used a Southern accent that just Felt Right™️. "The accent, the pacing, the cadence, everything is on point, I'm so impressed," EB commented. In a DM, she admitted to being shook.
Mind you, I had never been to New Orleans or Acadiana, never met anyone from there, and was only mildly interested in the place as a concept before the fall of 2023. I thought the 504 was neat, but I've never been one of those "it's calling me home" girlies. That's changed now, obviously.
It was important for me to get S's character right. They have a specific way of talking and interacting with the world in the source material, so I'd send snippets and ideas back and forth with EB, and she was always very encouraging. "Wow, you've got a really natural intuition for how they sound!"
More background: I'm still married, though currently separated from my spouse. At the time, I was unhappily married. We went to a lot of couples' counseling and really tried to make it work. The fic was definitely a way for me to distance myself from him, though I would have denied it then.
For privacy's sake, we'll call her EB and the character I asked to borrow S. If you're on spiritual tiktok, you've probably seen her videos a time or two, especially if you're into New Orleanian folklore and stories. I'm not going to give any more details than that. This isn't a name & blame thread.
A little more than a year ago, I was deep in the writing process for a Good Omens fan fic. This thing had me by the *throat*. Hours upon hours a day writing. I reached out to a fellow author on TikTok to ask if I could borrow one of her characters from her books for the fic. She said yes.
So, just to set minds at ease up top: I am currently safe, relatively sane, and mostly stable. Some of the events that happened over the course of the last year involve the supernatural, unexplainable, and ineffable. I am not and was not in a state of spiritual psychosis (my therapist agrees!).
Oh wow, y'all. Some Things have happened to me since I was last here. Sit down a minute while I yap about them. They include a life changing cup of tea, the City and Spirits of New Orleans, and the consequences of fucking around and finding out. Get ready for story time!
Hozier hozier Hozier!!
Very, yes!
Thanks, I needed that laugh. :3 pls tell Chani she's a good girl who doesn't need to be useful if she doesn't want to be!
A ton of meta-connected apps (Spotify, Chani) are struggling to load for me today too.
Hey, we'll take still kicking! The last few months have been A Lot™️ but deeply transformative, magical, and necessary for my personal growth. Sometimes it feels like dying to learn how to live, you know?
Hi Mel! How goes?
Tony Bourdain. I got calls and texts from friends and family members as though I'd lost a close relative. I was fairly distraught for weeks after and he's got a place on my ancestor altar.
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Les Mis, Into the Woods, West Side Story, and Come from Away, with honorable mentions to Hadestown and Evita.
Oh hi! I've been busy with Life Stuff but I was just poking around here earlier today! What have I missed?
So damn hype to see @chuckwendig.bsky.social speak next Monday and taste (possibly evil??) apples at Rose Hill! Happy book birthday!
Thank you!
Writing, some work, going out for fancy pizza with the spouse later on. Small dinner party with friends tomorrow! 😍
Thank you darlin!
It's my birthday and I'm about to make it everyone's problem. 🥰🎂🎉✨📚
I call that "rude", lol (I'm right there with you)
I'll French your dip
An orange and white cat is inside a hidey hole in a gray cat tree with his head poking out of a small window in the hidey hole, looking curious and adorable and very cozy.
You guys look at my cat
Oh hey there have been some updates to the fic since the last time I remembered to cross post! Go read about my favorite millennial witch and her silly demon and his silly angel.
Oh hey there have been some updates to the fic since the last time I remembered to cross post! Go read about my favorite millennial witch and her silly demon and his silly angel.
Yeah, I am Not Normal about this album much in the way I'm also currently Not Normal about Good Omens but "Butchered Tongue" made me weep bc it reminds me so much of Tony Bourdain (eternal hero).
Oh that's good! Thank you!