or, oh crap, I wrote 300+ words of an ending to a My Fair Lady/Pygmalion Ted Lasso fic I will (probably) never finish. Trent Crimm is obviously a Henry Higgins-type, and Ted Lasso could be an Eliza in this scenario, if you squint.  

Is there much crossover between the MFL fandom and the Ted Lasso fandom? PROBABLY NOT. Did I put too many references to the musical in here that very few people will get? YES. Will that deter me from posting this? 

No. (Under a cut, though.)

Sharon eyes Ted, as if to ask, “Are you okay with that?” and Ted just straightens his spine and goes with Professor Crimm. The professor opens the door to the greenhouse and lets Ted go ahead of him, which Ted finds entirely unexpected. The greenhouse is large and green and gorgeous; it’s the best sight Ted’s seen in all of London.

That is, until he turns around and sees Professor Crimm biting his lip and wringing a hankie.

“What’s wrong?” Ted asks, as if he doesn’t know.

“I was going to ask if you wanted to…if you wanted to dance. I have no idea as to your preferences…” and Professor Crimm looks down at his shined shoes.

Ted doesn’t really know what his preferences are these days, so he just says: “As long as you lead, Professor.”

Professor Crimm comes up to him and takes his hands, ready to waltz and says, softly: “I think you can call me Trent, Ted.”

“Oh…” Ted replies, but he recovers quickly. “Alright, Trent.”

Trent starts dancing with Ted slowly, and they stay slow. It’s not like the dance they engaged in after Ted got the exercise right.

Their faces are inches from each other as the dance gets even slower, even more intimate, and Ted’s seized with an urge to close the distance between them.

“i’d turn away from the sad impossibility of your smile,” a barisi fic 

I recognize him.

The skinny, tall, new detective with the offensive mustache.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Ted Lasso (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Trent Crimm/Ted Lasso Characters: Trent Crimm, Ted Lasso, Keeley Jones Additional Tags: it's bantr time! Summary:

When a Bantr user with A Wrinkle in Time reference in their username matches with Ted Lasso, it has to be a coincidence. Right?

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Casablanca (1942) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rick Blaine/Louis Renault Characters: Rick Blaine, Louis Renault Additional Tags: Contemporary Setting, stuck in the airport Summary:

Rick Blaine is on his way back to Casablanca when it starts snowing.

ohhhhhh my weakness, Taylor Swift and two terrible old white men in love ;) thanks friend!

1)     how many works do you have on AO3?

50!!! As of today, tomorrow (hopefully) it will be 51. 😉

2)     what’s your total AO3 word count?

92,479…I write lots of small fics, tbf.

3)     how many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

in ao3? which is the only place I’ve published, currently: 26 fandoms, apparently…and it’s kind of all over the place. lots of one-shots in various fandoms. the most extensive ones I’ve written for are The Expanse, The West Wing, Turn, and Frontier.   

4)     what are your top 5 fics by kudos?

“Open Your Eyes” (Fem!Q/Bond, which is like one of the first things I ever posted, nearly eight years ago at this point)

“tenderest touch leaves the darkest of marks and the kindest of kisses breaks the hardest of hearts” (Casablanca, one of my personal faves)

“you don’t have to be a ghost here among the living, you are flesh and blood, and you deserve to be loved and you deserve what you are given, and oh how much” (The Terror, look, I was on a lyrics kick)

“i’m no hero, i just like punching people in the face” (Ted Lasso, bless Trent/Ted, kings of my heart)

“Look for the Helpers” (another Terror fic, which I personally don’t love, but hey. glad people like it! thanks for y’all’s support as I bumble along)

5)     do you respond to comments, why or why not?

unless someone is being an ass, of course! I love talking to people under any circumstances, but especially about my work!!

6)     what’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

uh. hm. I suppose “Fever 1793” for Frontier, where, on a depressed whim, I killed off Cobbs in the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. OOPS. I still kinda feel bad about that.

7)     what’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

well…I’m not much for purely happy, but I feel like the first Bellevue fic I wrote, “because i am done with my graceless heart, so tonight i’m gonna cut it out and then restart” gives a “happy” ending in so much as the two characters who should’ve ended up together end up together.

8)     do you write crossovers? if so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

for the most part, no. I did start writing an Expanse/Harry Potter fic, but there’s not a lot of crossover, mostly just set in the universe itself. like, Harry Potter himself isn’t gonna show up.

9)     have you ever received hate on a fic?

never directly. (I have received weird comments, though.) I’ve seen strong dislike on Tumblr itself (mostly related to Chrisjen/Sadavir), but eh. Let them fume, chemistry is chemistry is chemistry, Jesse.

10) do you write smut? if so what kind?

no, I am a master of fade to blacks, and by master, I mean I rely on them like a CRUTCH

11) have you ever had a fic stolen?

I hope not!

12) have you ever had a fic translated?

someone offered to translate a poem once, and I said sure, but I never heard anything else…but if they did translate it, bravo, good for them, translating is hard, and I personally can’t do it.

13) have you ever co-written a fic before?

not officially…I’ve definitely collab’d on broader AU ideas with friends (shout out to @terribleoldwhitemen in particular)

14) what’s your all time favorite ship?

I literally will not answer that because 1) impossible and 2) the first one that springs to mind is kind of. Embarrassing.

15) what’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

FOR WANT OF A FUCKING NAIL. Maybe I will…MAYBE.

16) what are your writing strengths?

dialogue, capturing character’s voices, internal narratives (I think? I hope?)

17) what are your writing weaknesses?

sustaining a plot, anything remotely smutty, and yeah, I’ll agree, FINISHING THE DAMN THING

18) what are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I’ve done brief snippets of other languages, but only with quite a bit of research. I’ll probably never write full on conversations, because I’m not fluent in ANYTHING. (Except for English.)

19) what was the first fandom you wrote for?

…that goes back to my all-time favorite ship answer. I’ll just say…tsbc. if you can decipher that, yeah. YEAH.

20) what’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

oh gosh. all of them? because I’m vain, and also because I really write fics for myself and like, two other people, so I like going back and re-reading all of them! but if I was pushed? I’m really fond of a fic for The West Wing, “Foxholes and the Oval,” where Lord John Marbury gets to talk to Leo post-heart attack. I like fics that fill badly needed holes. (HA.)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Turn (TV 2014) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James Rivington/Robert Townsend (1753-1838) Characters: James Rivington, Robert Townsend (1753-1838), Abraham Woodhull Additional Tags: more tww AU, what exactly did you expect, a sort-of prequel this time Series: Part 4 of but, as long as you keep grabbing me and kissing me, what the hell do I care? Summary:

Robert forges a new relationship, with Abe's, ah, "help".