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Any other tumblr olds remember the Three Weed Smoking Girlfriends? I'll show myself out

With intensely gracious thanks to @elinorbard and @flamemittens for letting me steal Ta'av and Morgayne without knowing what I was going to inflict upon them. You two have been absolutely stars this past year and it's been a immense pleasure to have found you through Durgetash

Now that gifts are revealed... I was delighted to write this piece for the @loveinfaerunexchange for @flamemittens, featuring her lovely Durge, Morgayne! Morgayne is so collected and quiet and contemplative, so different from my Durges, and writing about her and all of Gortash's mind games was delightful. Check it out below! 💕

Enver Gortash reunites with his favorite assassin. A companion piece to Black-Eyed Susan by flamemittens. (Rating: M, Word count: 1.5k)

She remembers nothing, and yet she already has deduced there is something missing, lying underneath hundreds and thousands of words left unsaid. She always was clever, his Mori. Enver smiles to reassure her and chooses his words with precision. He knows now that he has mere days to achieve what previously took years of subtlety and meticulous planning. He will win her trust again.

of course! answering these fic writers asks!

3. Tell us about a headcanon you invented for a fic

gortash only makes his enchanted jacket after a very embarrassing (and uncontrollable) panic attack. he realises that if he is to become leader he cant let silly emotions like fear control him. (this was purely so i could have rue yell at him, cutting deeeeep into the childhood trauma and its so unexpected that he doesnt have time to reign in his feelings)

another one that i know is a headcanon is that the flymms (specifically sally) wanted a girl, so they were extremely disappointed when little enver came out screaming like the world had already offended him. poor kid never stood a chance

12. Do you write in order, jump around the draft, or a mix? Something else?

i jump around!! so much!! often i will have little bullet points between paragraphs that are so far disconnected from each other to help future me fill them in

i like to be able to write the scenes im really invested in to give my brain time to simmer on the more tricker parts. i think it works!

23. What is your #1 distraction when you’re trying to write? If it’s a pet, post a pic

youtube videos :( i will get sucked into a wormhole and suddenly its four hours and my word count has not moved

or its going to talk to a family member downstairs and i sit for so long i lose the train of thought i was on

(also pet pictures for free because i gotta pay the cat tax now)

(left to right) athena, pepper, artemis & mac

From Ao3 Wrapped: Writer's Edition here!

10. What work was the quickest to write?

That's an easy one, A kiss can be even deadlier (if you mean it) which I wrote for day 1 of Galemas. I wasn't sure if I had a lot that I wanted to write about, but then I was gripped by the spirit of an idea and wrote the whole thing in about an hour and twenty minutes

20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?

Answered here! But the answer was A Girl Called Midnight

29. Favourite line/passage you wrote this year?

THAT'S SO HARD, I'VE WRITTEN OVER 200K THIS YEAR

I got a really good response to this one from my Durgetash Week fic:

"Because I know that you are far stronger than him, my dear Kassara," he said, with a confidence that was quite frankly bordering on deranged.

And I had a lot of people who were really happy that I described Rhyme as being attractive specifically because she was plump from having gained weight in post canon in Advanced Magical Linguistics: Or, How Wizards Express Love As A Mathematical Constant which I want to get back to next year

of COURSE!! send me a title from my wips and i'll tell you about it!

it's a sequel to "turn to the altar of lust", which i wrote for gortash week! similar concept, rue and gortash decide to put good use to the altars in their churches :)

rue uses the spell "dream" (which im being so loose with the rules for it) so they can meet in a dream set in the temple of bhaal, because theres no way shes ever letting him a) find out where it is and b) step foot here. in the first part it was gortash on the recieving end of rues heretical affection, and this time the roles have been reversed, as a treat!

i looove the idea of them using the other as a sick form of devotion to their god. "dont worry, im actually using them as a vessel for you so if you think about it im worshiping you and not them" type deal.

anyway, here's a snippet!!

The blood drops circle his head and the face of Bhaal carved into stone is replaced by him. Rumour looks up at this unholy being and grabs Gortash’s hand, clasping hers around them in prayer. Her gaze goes past him to where the symbol of Bhaal is, though she can’t properly see it, and then she meets his eyes. “Father, forgive me,” she whispers, unsure who it is she’s directing this to. “I’m going to sin.” Gortash tilts his head to the side with a smile, bringing his other hand to her face. His thumb brushes over her bottom lip and she parts it slightly. “What is it that you’re going to do?” he asks softly and she knows she shouldn’t respond to him. “Worshipping a false idol.” Rumour’s face heats up as she meets his gaze once more. “What was it you told me before? Your god isn't here so you may as well use me as a vessel for him?” Gortash smiles down at her as Rumour shakes her head. “You’re too soft to be a vessel for Bhaal.” She pushes herself up to her feet and climbs onto Gortash’s lap without warning. “Your body couldn’t handle what it takes to be blessed by him.” “Then that leaves you with no other option,” he says, bringing his hands back under her shirt again. She leans into his touch and lets her eyes close. “I’m not worshipping you."

@flamemittens was so kind as to have a birthday just when I wanted to start practising my art again, and then there was this amazing set of posters from the National Theatre of Korea's production of Macbeth that was just begging to be Durgetash, so the stars aligned!