A Bad Job Well Done

I don’t even know how to properly say thank you to the actual *team* that has accompanied me over the past months. Starting out as a simple means to work on my pronunciation back in April last year (?!) I didn’t even expect this thing to leave the confines of my bedroom, so having others invest their time and encouragement is still bonkers to me.

First and foremost, a huge, huuuuuge amount of thank you’s to @outrageousring5655 and @mybelovedismine for beta listening. You guys caught so many of my German slips, even corrected some pacing problems and made my fear of French loanwords even worse. You deserve all the chocolates and croissants in this world!

I still can’t believe @paperclipninja composed some actual music for this. Clip, it was an absolute honour to get all those glimpses into your working process, exchange some ideas via remote band practice, and see all of it come together so nicely. Every time I edited the chapters and put the music in, I was just sitting there and listening in awe. And I don’t expect that to ever change, tbh.

Another huge amount of thank you’s and hugs to @lickthecowhappy and @outrageousring5655 for lending their charming voices and helping me get through some rough patches, by either listening to my endless ramblings or making me clown around in front of the microphone to get rid of my perfectionism. I can’t believe you guys put up with me on a regular basis, like, voluntarily. If I were you, I’d ask for compensation.

One million fruit baskets for @voluptatiscausa. Vol, you were the first one to listen to this back in April 2024 when I didn’t even know what soundproofing was, let alone how to pronounce the word “apricot”. It’s a privilege to have you pour so much enthusiasm and encouragement into this, when I’m really just delivering what you wrote. You created something profound and beautiful and full of tragedy and hope, and I’m sure I’m not the only one to say that this fic means so much to me. From the bottom of my heart: Thank you for writing it and sharing it with us.

And last but not least, thanks to everyone who listened and left nice comments. I appreciate every single one and I want you to know that <3

To our world, etc. pp.

I’m gonna go make some soup now.