#iconic-ponytail

k so i never got as far as the actual elopement, but the little bits that i did write make me very mushy (also omg this is from Nov 2017!):

The idea comes to her half-formed on a Sunday morning in March, a light patter of rain drumming against the windowsill, Jughead asleep on his stomach beside her.

Officially, she had spent the night at Veronica’s. In reality, Betty had come here, to the trailer, where Jughead had been waiting with a bag of groceries and a spray of wildflowers tucked into a little blue-green vase on the kitchen table. They’d cooked dinner and made it through about thirty minutes of a movie on his laptop before he’d started nuzzling at her neck, his hand slipping up under her sweater.

She thinks that after two years of this, her mother must know she’s not really sleeping at Veronica’s every other weekend.

She thinks that after two years of this, this is it: what she wants, for the rest of her life, however long that may be.

-

When he told her about Cortland, she’d cried.

“Betts,” he’d half-laughed, his arms around her, his own eyes glimmering with unshed tears. “Don’t.”

“But I’m happy,” she’d sniffed, pressing her face against his shoulder. SUNY Cortland was a half-hour drive from Cornell.

Potion: do you have a ‘party trick’?

It’s not a party trick per se, but despite having a lot of social anxiety I am able to manifest an extremely “on,” slightly manic theater kid kind of version of myself when required. A slightly toned down version of it is extremely useful at work, where I occasionally have to talk to big groups or make presentations. It’s useful, but exhausting.

Witch: how long is your hair?

My icon here is defintely my platonic ideal for my hair, to be honest. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get my hair cut since March, so my hair is past my shoulders, and I freaking hate it!

2. What’s next on your ‘to-read’ list? (Fan fiction or otherwise)

To re-read all the fic I’ve read over the past week and still haven’t commented on u_u. (Sometimes I do so well! Sometimes I can’t string words together.)

9. Fake dating or arranged marriage?

Arranged marriage. love it.

19. What’s your favorite character headcanon?

doll: describe yourself through a mixture of fictional characters

!!!! at this ask, tbh

ok hi my love! As I said in @imreallyloveleee almost identical ask (love y’all 💕) I’m gonna share a plot point from the outline I know y’all will enjoy since there’s not enough snippets to provide two lolol

over Labor Day weekend at a BBQ - Joavin and Varchie invited bc they know Betty’s college friends but all can’t come for various reasons, so Jughead goes without a buffer.

(college friends = Adam Chisholm, Donna Sweett, Bret Weston Wallis, Joan, etc)

peeling wallpaper - Write about a memory.

In autumn, the sweet gum trees that lined my elementary school playground turned the most intense variety of reds, oranges, and yellows. I remember spending at least one recess in third grade or so picking up all of my favorites and presenting them to the teacher as a bouquet. 

(The instinct was less to be a suck-up, and more – well, she had a vase, right?)

1. When did you start reading fic? (how old you were or how long ago)

I only started reading fic about 3 or 4 years ago. Prior to that, I was operating under some received (incorrect, negative) ideas about what fanfic was all about and as a result never took it seriously. The dearly departed site, The Toast, did some work to change my mind. They published a really great series called : “If X were your Y,” the first of which, I believe, was the classic “If Stanley Tucci Were Your Boyfriend.” That series kind of softened the ground, so to speak. They also had a series called “Femslash Friday,” and a lot of commenters on that column would recommend fics. It’s where I first heard about A03.

14. What kind of plotline are you always here for?

I’m not particular about what kind of plots I like to read, but I will say I do want some kind of plot. The type of fic I dump out of most without finishing is definitely PWP (when it really truly IS without plot). I need a little something to hang it all on. That being said, a lot of you fic writers *say* you’re publishing something with no plot, and then there really is a plot. My idea of plot is very generous. I love a fluffy little curtain fic, where my ship makes breakfast and watches the sun come up: i.e., nothing happens, except *everything* happens.

Mostly what I want is feelings. Feelings and interiority. I don’t necessarily need anything to happen, I just want to the characters to feel. And I want those feelings to drive the action, if there is some. I think.

30. Tell me something else about your fic reading! Anything you want!

My most used fanfic tag is #last night a fanfic saved my life.

It’s a *tiny* bit hyperbolic, but not entirely. I said above that I started reading fanfic about three or four years ago. It was a very tough period in my life. I was not coping terribly well. I desperately needed some escapism. One weekend I binge-watched North and South, which led me to a “great kisses” fan video on youtube, which led me to re-watching Veronica Mars. When I was done watching that, I wasn’t ready to move on, so I decided I would look on A03 and see whether there was any Veronica Mars fanfic.

I barely came up for air for 6 months! I didn’t get a lot of sleep, but it’s one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I had a brunch date with a friend who had seen a lot of me at my worst around that time. She thought I had met someone because I was glowing so hard. I’ve honestly never been the same since.