#aboxfullofdarkness

LOL you want me to do 3?  Alrighty then.  I’ve got a whole lot on my list so here we go...

Blake soulmate AU.  In this universe, children grow to age 18 or so and then stop until they find their soulmate and then they age together.  Jean meets Christopher when she’s so young that she assumes she’s aging along with him.  It isn’t until he’s dead and gone that she realizes that she hasn’t aged.  Lucien, too, marries Mei Lin.  Only neither of them start to age during their entire marriage.  Lucien’s father has always aged, even after Genevieve died because he had found his soulmate and would not have another all his life.  And then Lucien comes home to see his father’s last days.  And things go as they do...and then...Jean notices wrinkles...and Lucien finds gray hair in his beard...

Blake/Downton Abbey crossover.  1913.  Shortly after marrying his housekeeper, Dr. Lucien Blake gets a telegram from England to tell him that he is the heir to an estate in Yorkshire.  The Blakes travel to England and Lucien is a man of the people and suddenly being called My Lord and trying to figure this out, and he gets invited to Downton Abbey.  He makes friends with Matthew, thanks to their similar circumstances, but soon bonds with Robert and Jean makes great friends with Cora and it’s all going to be very lovely.  And Jean wears a corset.  So we’ve got that going for us.

i have never written for alias and i haven’t watched in a while but here we go!

They’re built on lies: lies about their pasts, their identities, their loyalties, their hearts. 

But here, amidst tangled bedsheets and limbs; amidst sun-warmed, sleepy kisses; amidst promises and declarations gasped into the other’s skin; amidst open-mouthed kisses and nails clawing against their skin--here, there is truth. 

10: Sci-Fi or fantasy? Why?

You know, I haven’t read much Sci-Fi or Fantasy in awhile, but I love both. The A Great and Terrible Beauty series was my jam growing up.  

20: Best summer read?

I don’t really read according to the season. Or rather, I read winter/autumn books all year. I read The Summer of Her Baldness by Catherine Lord this past summer, and enjoyed it. 

30: Who’s your favorite author?

Ah, fuck me. I can’t choose! I love Donna Tartt, Eimear McBride, Hanya Yanagihara, Anton Chekhov, Muriel Barbery, Nuala O'Connor, Peter Høeg, Marina Tsvetaeva, Leo Tolstoy, etc.

40: Name one of your favorite books from your teenage years

Le Petit Prince, Oscar and the Lady in Pink, and Anna Karenina were probably my favorite and the most influential books of my teenage years. 

50: Why do you love to read?

I would hug you if i weren’t touch averse. I feel like I’m annoying all my DW friends, but I absolutely cannot help myself. I haven’t shipped anything since River/11, and I was beginning to think I never would again. (Mind, I loved the ep with 12, but River/11 was it for me.) 

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The problem is that this episode implies that at the least, Reddington THINKS he's her dad. I mean and totally makes Red into a different character entirely.

a - age: 46

b - biggest fear: that Trump will destroy not only this nation but the planet

c - current time: 11:26 pm

d - drink you last had: VitaminWater Zero lemonade

e - every day starts with: An alarm set to play “Bamboleo”

f - favorite song: I don’t have just one, but I’d probably tell you it’s “This Ol’ Heart Of Mine” by the Isley Brothers.

g - ghosts, are they real: Probably not, but they are the one supernatural/paranormal thing I wouldn’t be that surprised to learn was real.

h - hometown: New Orleans, LA

i - in love with: my work

j - jealous of: People with better self-discipline

k - killed someone: No. JFC, what is this question even doing in here?

l - last time you cried: This afternoon 

m - middle name: Elizabeth

n - number of siblings: 1

o - one wish: To be less anxious and more open

p - person you last called/texted: My good friend in Austin, TXX

q - questions you’re always asked: “When will you write X again?”

r - reasons to smile: My silly dog

s - song last sang: “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Justin Timberlake

t - time you woke up: ...um, 10:44 a.m., but in my defense there was a party last night.

u - underwear color: baby blue

v - vacation destination: European cities, usually

w - worst habit: procrastination

x - x-rays you’ve had: Primarily dental, though I’ve had some for the wrists, the knees and the pelvis, too.

y - your favorite food: pho

z - zodiac sign: Gemini