#ascarle

1) How my Muse acts differently around their love interest(s)Xo acts very differently around her partners.  Eventually.  Xo, generally speaking, is a tough, cold person.  She puts up walls and pushes people away because she doesn’t like being vulnerable.  But if one puts in the time to get to know her and be with her, Xo opens up and allows herself to crack jokes and laugh till she cries.  She allows herself to voice her hopes and dreams and fears.  In a few words, she becomes vulnerable.  Which is such a big deal to her.

3) What sort of stray thoughts/day dreams do they have about their love interest(s)?Xo isn’t one for daydreams or even really stray thoughts - during jobs and missions she tries to focus.  But during those off and quiet moments she finds herself just - thinking about her partner.  Maybe about something they said in bed the night before.  Maybe about going home to them, kissing them.  Being with them.  The moments and thoughts are fleeting but the fact that someone can get beneath Xo’s skin (and walls) long enough to cause those thoughts says a lot.

5) How do they express their interest/affection prior to a relationship?Pfft.  She doesn’t, to be honest.  Xo would rather just push all that down.  So really she just kind of waits for whoever she’s crushing on to make a move and if they don’t - oh well.  Feelings and emotions make her nervous and blushy.

Quinn, as requested by @ascarle.

As in what would they do if they were in bed at shortly past 4pm (which it is fir me right now?)

If Calliope was in bed at 4pm she is either sick or had a VERY LONG DAY... crime sadly knows no schedule or decent working hours. So she often heads out at night, gets back in the mornings and then tries to catch some sleep. 

If Celume was in bed this late she would be sick. Not even Galaren could really persuade her to stay in bed this long or spend a whole day in bed. She would not want that. She has to get up at some point. 

Sliv’eesi is wondering what a real bed feels like. She tends to forget... the bunks she sleeps in are often not comfortable enough to stay in them longer than necessary... and she hasn’t been to her Dromund Kaas appartment in way too long...

Alani... oh, she would probably do something very, very naughty ;) 

And Cescalie... preparing for a job and catching some sleep while she can probably. Though if there was company she could be persuaded to livelier activities than sleeping ;)

If I swapped, as in changed (including one or both as trans, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, in addition to changing a cis gender) one or both, I could still write them as they are now to each other. 

Maybe I’m just a goofy old romantic fart, but their love comes from a deep place and has to overcome so much and they both have to grow and grow up and accept themselves and ... these are timeless, genderless concepts. 

I headcanon the GFFA as being less idiotic about gender and sexuality as our backwater planet, although that does not negate anyone else’s stories where they write about these issues. 

@askshivanulegacy‘s Iegan very much interests her, she’d also always be down for taking @karanan‘s Roscoe out on a low-key low-stress date (because he needs it omg). I think she might also have some fun with @juczerro’s Zaharian and @amarearts’s Davin.

Thank you all for the asks! I was so surprised to have so much in my inbox when I woke up. *laughs* I thought for sure someone was coming to chew me out for something, but it was lovely positivity instead. <3 I appreciate you all for thinking of me.

Edited to add: @kaosstar tagged me later so let me add you here, and thank you!

5. I’m feeling good about my writing over this last year. I can see improvement, and I have the coolest readers and commenters who give me great feedback and encouragement so that really helps me see where I’m doing better and what I need to work on. 

4. I’ve always been a very good listener. I do tend to want to come up with solutions, though, so if you want me to just listen, say so and I’ll be happy to do it.. otherwise I’m likely to try to help in some way and I know sometimes that’s not what is desired.

3. I like my strength and willingness to fight for myself. It’s a necessity, unfortunately, given the demographic that I reside in ethnically and as a woman, but I’m still proud of myself for never letting people break me down no matter what they do. It’s been extremely tough this year, and I’ve stumbled and needed a shoulder to lean on a lot more than I used to. But I’m hanging in there.

2. I’m a great mom. (My kid says so, thus it must be true) I have a fantastic kid, who trusts me and loves spending time with me (even though she’s a teenager now!), and I’m proud that I helped her become the person that she is, and I’m looking forward to seeing who she becomes now that a lot of my direct influence time is mostly over.