#epersonae

I made this when I watched it, inbetween yelling HOW'S YOUR DADDY ISSUES MY DUDE.

LMAO GOD YEAH I WAS JUST WATCHING THE VANILLA ONE AND WAS STILL LIKE "..............hey um, so taika--" EVERY TWO SECONDS HSKDJS.

any music/playlists you listened to while writing?

I am way more likely to write in silence, or to the white noise of people in a cafe, or to a movie/show of the relevant period in the background, BUT if the cafe is too loud or I feel like I need some immersion, I do listen to music deliberately! Mainly this has been a) 1920s music (I have two playlists, one which includes original recordings from the period and one which is all "tribute bands" like the Nighthawks) and b) classical Chinese music (someone else's playlist I sought out). I think I should make one appropriate for the Regency.

hype up one of your writing buds! what of theirs did you enjoy this year?

I love all of my writing buds!! Just a smattering of recs:

Ed and Stede Hide A Body, by @chaotic-neutral-knitter, the LONG awaited follow-up to Slippery When Wet

A_T_Rain (who I've known since proooobably about 2001) has written a ton of great historical fiction/medieval-to-early-modern RPF this year

@stripedroseandsketchpads has written some great Lymond whump this year, but special shoutout to her X-Files fic, Not Quite Strangers

For the Fanfic End Of Year Asks game

Thank you for giving me the chance to navel-gaze, my love! I wrote so damn much this year, lmao, all of it for the Hot Doctor show. For this I picked something from I Hope You Die In A Fire; baby's first Pitt fic and the genesis of my obsession with The Forbidden Het:

“I — listen, I don’t hate you,” Trinity mutters. “I didn’t want any of that to happen, I just…” “You just what?” Langdon says, and she straightens up to look up at him. He’s watching her closely, and an uncomfortable wave of homesickness washes over her, for something that was never even hers in the first place. In another life, he could’ve really meant something to her. They get each other, even if she'd rather die than admit it out loud, and Trinity knows just how rare that is and how little liking him has to do with it. Who they might have been for each other, barely glimpsed before it slipped through her fingers, is too fucked up and broken now to be anything other than smoke and wreckage.

I know a lot of folks are probably just reading these things for the sexy bits, and that's perfectly honorable, but I am truly fascinated by Trinity and Frank in all configurations and the freaky way they immediately clocked each other, started following each other, reflecting and warping and twisting each other into knots. I can't stop picking at their relationship!!

stede leaving his wife and kids ❤️

i have a lil collection of edstede songs in a playlist that i never listen to bc it makes me too emotional lmao but there are some inspired options on there if i do say so myself

(it's also such a dumb eclectic playlist like i just shove stuff on there if it makes me think of my pirates. but everything makes me think of my pirates. you see my problem.) anyway. in no particular order

on board - alana henderson, joshua burnside

small hands - radical face

pale kings - shearwater

the night we met - lord huron

run away with me - carly rae jepsen

francesca - hozier

a light on in the dark - darlingside

did you know that there's a tunnel under ocean blvd - lana del rey

crazy on you - heart

EDWARD TEACH MY BELOVED!!!!!!

FRENCHIE.... FRENCHIE, MY BELOVED.

I need to continue my rewatch because I want to post more about Frenchie and thus need to rewatch all of his scenes, but genuinely I adore Frenchie. He's just fucking great. Every moment on screen is just really fun, and there are hints there at his backstory and experiences that I think would just be really fun to follow up on.

I am hoping we see some amazing adventures with Frenchie on the Revenge in season 2. There has not been enough fan content for Frenchie that doesn't involve him being traumatized by Ed, which!! As the number one believer in Frenchie and Ed friendship power hour, I have to combat that. i must. It really is about to be my solemn duty.