#gingerandfair

14. What (angst) tropes/elements/scenarios get you the worst?

The worst is when a child is taken away, like when baby Violet’s birth mom took her from Kurt and Blaine in the Lights Will Guide You Home series by @gingerandfair. (I mentioned this one in an earlier post.)

I don’t know what the fandom term for this is, or even if there is one, but I’ll call it “secret sacrifice.” When one character gives something up to benefit someone else, but doesn’t tell them. This, of course, leads to misunderstandings and an emotional reveal. Even though I know what will happen, I still stay on the angst train. Gets me every time. An example of this would be when Kurt agrees to marry his former betrothed in The Sidhe by @chazzam.

Also, when a character who has suffered abuse from bullies or others and finally realizes their worth. The very best example of this is the story Waiting for a Happy Ending, which is the sequel to Looking for a Happy Ending by @fireflyca. There are several moments that kill me in those fics, but I will never forget the scene when Blaine watches the old video of himself talking about wanting to marry Anderson Cooper, and realizes his parents don’t have an issue with his sexuality. His whole worldview changed in that moment. I still think about it. (Note: Those fics are intense and some scenes may be triggering for readers. Heed the author’s warnings.)

23. Biggest (porn) turn-offs in fic?

Incest, hardcore BDSM, watersports, bestiality, rape, comeplay.

40. Do you like fluff?

Yes, but not all of it. I have favorite fluff authors, and I’ll read anything they write. The absolute best fluff writer is @alilactree. I like her stuff because she is soooo funny. I love her entire catalog--not exaggerating.

14: Biggest turn offs

Messy looking guys. Scruffy is one thing, but messy beard/hair, ratty clothes, those are all a big no for me. Also short guys. I like ‘em tall. (Usually not a problem, since I’m pretty short myself.)

30: What I hate the most about work/school

Busy work. I hated it in school and was the kid who annoyed the teachers by asking why we were doing it instead of learning. I feel the same about work as an adult. I’m not designing a new layout/content strategy for this website just because someone might want it. I need a client, some problems to solve, some goals to achieve. (This has actually been a big problem at my current job and one of the reasons I’m looking for something new.)

40: Who wish I could be

Author’s summary: In which Kurt and Blaine take a journey toward fatherhood, and through it, learn more about themselves than they could have ever dreamed.This is a story about family. The knitting together of it, its breakings and mendings, its inner workings that piece together like a clock. It is also a story about love. How love is not the same as magic, but how love can do many things that magic can’t. It is a story about life – the mundane and and the piercing pain and the utter delight and everything in between.

Rating: Mature

Chapters: 32

Available on [AO3] [Tumblr]

Check out the fan trailer on Youtube created by Lokicorey

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Also, the sequel, What You’re Worth

Author’s summary: In which Kurt and Blaine learn new ways to love, and that life is always unexpected.

Rating: Mature

Chapters: 21

You will be awesome!!!!! Main thing - don't touch them unless you absolutely have to. You got this!!!

I've helped reposition before and that was nerve-wracking in itself... I'm sure I won't be doing a lot of cares tonight, mostly just learning and following an experienced nurse! 

Ugh I don’t even want to think about my pups getting old. I’m glad you’re able to keep your dog’s best interests in mind, but that still doesn’t make it any easier :(

To be totally honest, I suspect I will break quite badly if/when he dies. I've had him since I was 10. That's pretty much my entire grown up life. He's a doll. But he's 17 and there was that time he limped when he was 9 and it an ACL tear and it cost us a couple thousand to repair his entire knee. There was the time he ate wicked wings and hid in the garden two nights running and we thought he was done for. Or the time he had compacted bone stuck in his butt and we thought he was done. So this time, if he's done, he's done. I want him to be happy an euthanasia is a fair call at this age and the possibility of some craptastic life qualities. We will just wait and see.