#misskatiewrites

Hi! I'm so glad that you're enjoying my old content! That's so unbelievably flattering! Unfortunately, I stopped taking headcanon requests a couple of years ago because it was really starting to stress me out (lol some of my answers got quite snarky toward the end there).

I will say as for your question though, comic Bucky has only really had a couple of romantic interests and the main one is Natasha Romanoff. Their bond started through their shared Red Room experience. So yeah, a partner who has been through it and understands it works for him.

What I've been wondering: Tobias is often headcanoned as having a drinking problem. Do you agree with that take? And if so, how do you think that would affect Snape's drinking habits as an adult?

Thanks so much, that’s very kind of you! And super interesting question, I’d love to hear your (or anyone else in the Snape community’s) take on the same!!

I do tend to buy into the headcanon that Snape’s father drank. I know there’s not much to indicate either way in canon, but this interpretation most reflects my own experience of working class towns dominated by a dying industry. It makes sense to me that Snape’s father might have found some relief from the crushing economic uncertainty in the bottle, but that the drinking also ended up fueling his temper and leading to ever more common scenes like what Harry spotted in Snape’s memories during Occlumency lessons.

If Snape’s father did drink, I do think it would affect Snape’s attitude towards drinking. While I was pondering how exactly, I got to wondering how much we know about Snape’s drinking in canon that might give us some hints. Here’s what I found:

1. He does drink, and he keeps drinks at Spinner’s End. When Bellatrix and Narcissa pay him a visit, Snape orders Peter to “bring us drinks…some of the elf-made wine will do”, meaning he probably keeps more than one bottle and more than one type of drink in the house. We know the wine, at least, is not something he touches often (it’s dusty) but it is definitely not a relic of his father’s (it is elf-made). Furthermore, Peter protests that he is not here to “make [him] drinks and—and clean [his] house”, which could imply that he has asked to be served before, though if it was in private or for another visitor we don’t know.

Snape has between one and two glasses over the course of the visit, and seems wholly unaffected by the alcohol. It is important to note that the wine plays a part in his cover; he is playing the courteous host, and toasting to the Dark Lord conveys that he is a deferential servant stalwart in his service and proud of the Dark Lord’s favor. He sips his drink at ease as he answers Bellatrix’s questions, which could reflect a comfort around drinking—he genuinely does seem to be having some great fun with Bellatrix and his casual sips could be quite natural—but it's hard to draw too much from this chapter, as he is in situation in which he is clearly aware that he is being closely watched and conscious of the image he is trying to project.

He is not noted to be drinking at any point after his little back and forth with Bellatrix, and he’s set his drink down by the time Narcissa pleads with him to save Draco. Taking this into the realm of headcanon, it's possible that that when he feels he must focus, when he is under the gun and his actions and decisions have the potential to impact others, he views drinking as a distraction, not a recourse.

2. He does not seem to drink at Hogwarts. Although it is true that our POV at Hogwarts is limited by what Harry sees, we do get references to staff drinking. Hagrid and Trelawney are the first to come to mind, but Harry also notes McGonagall being “rather pink in the cheeks” at Christmas dinner, sees McGonagall, Flitwick, Hagrid, and Moody at the Three Broomsticks during trips into Hogsmeade, and observes and even manipulates Slughorn’s drinking in HBP. However, Snape is never noted as drinking, even when it is clearly permissible for the teachers to indulge.

In fact, we get the lovely Christmas party scene that throws Slughorn, Trelawney, and Snape together in a group, and Harry observes that both Trelawney and Slughorn are drunk, but doesn’t mention anything about Snape. He is as composed and controlled as ever, and sweeps off from their group to go berate Draco without so much as putting a glass down. Thus, it seems Snape avoids liquor while at Hogwarts, but it is not clear why exactly (a sense of responsibility or duty as a teacher, feeling as if he must always be “on alert” while at Hogwarts, simple dislike, etc). Either way, it could uphold the previous impression that Snape’s reaction to drink in stressful situations is to avoid it rather than to imbibe.

So returning to the question at hand 😅—how Snape’s drinking might have been affected by his father’s, if he did in fact drink—I headcanon that Snape became particularly sensitive about how drinking might impact his responsibilities. If his father’s habits played a part in the abuse/neglect of his wife and child, he might feel a strong sense of aversion to drinking while he is “on duty” as an authority figure or while he is responsible for others’ well-being. As a teacher, a Head of House, Harry’s secret protector, an Order member, and a spy, that’s… well, almost always. So when he does drink, I can’t see him drinking to the point of losing any amount of control over his behavior. He just can’t afford a slip—and I think it scares him in more ways than one.

Also (and slightly related) do you have any Jacques Snicket headcanons for the book or the Netflix character? I never really noticed him in the novels but I loved him (probably Nathan Fillion) in the show.

Thank you <3

welcome to asoue fandom! i’ve been a fan of these books since they were first published and didn’t get involved in fandom until after the netflix series had finished, so it’s never to late, and i’m glad you enjoyed my blog!

i have talked about my thoughts on the netflix adaptation (i forget which tag i used, i was trying to use a consistent one for that at some point…), but i love talking about adaptations and how they work and i’m always happy to talk about it some more!

i saw the movie when it came out, and i don’t remember feeling very strongly about it one way or another, which says something because 2004 would be around the peak of me obsessively rereading the books so i should have cared a lot. i mostly remember really liking violet’s costume in an objective, aesthetic sense and also feeling it was deeply deeply wrong for the tone of the books/how things looked in my head. i’ve only rewatched it once since then with lemony snicket’s commentary track, which is just absolutely delightful, so i’m afraid i don’t have much to say about it.

i think the netflix show is a good adaptation with some things i will go to my grave mad about. i love the visuals, it’s the exact right amount of fantastical and timeless. it’s the right amount of funny while still having moments of intense seriousness. i love the musical numbers in season 2. i love what they did to change the vibe of this being a tv show so it shouldn’t exist in a world driven by books like the books do. i love the addition of the recurring adult characters.

since you asked about jacques snicket, i really love how they re-conceived that character to be a suave, james bond-y, spy type. i think it serves the rest of the changes they made really well. i enjoy his relationship with olivia and larry the waiter. i love the dynamic he has with olaf. i will die mad that they didn’t give him a unibrow. we deserve otherwise conventionally attractive jacques snicket with a unibrow. it’s thematically important damn it!

book!jacques snicket, who we only really get to know through his letters in the unauthorized autobiography and quigley’s memories, will always be the jacques snicket of my heart, but i can love both.

also still mad about the opera night. it is absolutely thematically critical that the viewer not know what happened, and what you gain isn’t enough to offset that. also wish we had gotten more morally grayness from vfd. i really love how the organization is introduced in season 1 and 2, but it never got to evolve into being about how kind, well meaning people can do horrible things either because of their own flaws or because of intractable circumstances, and we all have to live with that because it’s part of the human condition.

i don’t have any netflix!jacques head canon, except that in the fictional version of the show that i got to have input in, olivia learns that he’s done really difficult to rationalize things from the snicket file and that puts her in a much more similar to book!olivia’s mindset when the baudelaire’s meet her at the carnival.

I've been scouring every platform for Godwin fics until I found yours on here. Masterpieces, every single snippet, and I adore their story (as you might have noticed from my spam liking and reblogging).

I noticed that in the Godwin-centric fic, he and Edith really met in secret and engaged in a real sexual relationship, but that was never (I think) in the other ficlets. I'd be super interested to read their first real sexual encounter and how their relationship transitioned from fake courtship to "booty calls" (if I got that right).

I'd also love to read more about you headcanons for both of them -- pre-show and S1&S2.

I'm not sure whether you're even currently writing for them (ignore this if you don't), but if you do, could you write for Edith during Season 2? Perhaps the moment she realises Godwin is only using Aelfwynne for his own advancement? I'm not sure whether you'll have him marry Gytha or whether Edith can spoil his plans. If she can, perhaps you could write their meeting afterwards when Godwin has realised that he was crossed and cannot help but admire Edith's skill while at the same time also being in a terrible mood for not having achieved his goal?

I'm sorry, these are three and a half requests in a trenchcoat; let me know if you want me to send them individually!

HI HELLO WELCOME. You can join @muse-oleum (and maybe @therealvikingstrash?) on this adventure. This is a very small support group.

I'll start at the end - the reason I stopped writing isn't anything bad, just that my Netflix subscription expired shortly after the show aired and (while I did see all of S2) the slightly more plotty nature of that season meant it was really hard to go back and try to write fic without having the show to reference. :(

BUT that doesn't mean I can't try to answer your questions!

Can you tell us more about House Oleander's political agenda and their role within the power structures of the Reach? Did they back the Tyrells during AC or were they one of the houses that meant to be Lords Paramount themselves?

Vivienne is a fable beauty and probably sent to court to advance the family's position by marriage -- what's her opinion on this? Is she also ambitious? Is her lighter colouring symbolic of her nature?

Feel free to treat this as a safe space to tell us stuff you wanna share but no one has asked yet. I'd love to hear more details!

And finally can you tell us the faceclaim for Mikael Oleander? I would like to get a better look at him.

Your faceclaims are super well chosen btw, the actors are largely unknown and share the family characteristics.

aww thanks so much for your kind words. i will do my best to answer tour questions below. 💜

house oleander is a house that basically built themselves from nothing. from the get go their motives were all about what could pull them higher and higher socially. they are not as powerful politically as the tyrells, but they do share a long history with them. members of the house married into the tyrell house and vice versa over the years. in the dance of dragons era, house oleander has a fairly large influence in the reach. they have solid connections both within and without the reach. especially once the Hightowers start making moves in the capital, as the matriarch of their house is otto’s sister. juliaena marries into house tyrell during this time period as a show of solidarity between the two houses during this period as well, while her sister’s hand was claimed by rhaerion targaryen. the oleanders never ruled the reach in name but were certainly one of the most well known houses. i certainly think that if they had their way they would’ve taken over as lords paramount of the reach, but opted to keep their enemies close instead. 

vivienne is certain a passioned storybook damsel. i based her off of a large combination of fictional and historical characters. her beauty was definitely more of a curse than a blessing as it resulted in many of her woes. it’s what initially resulted in her mother shipping her off to the capital alongside her older sister. vivienne has always been a dutiful woman. thus, it wasn’t difficult for her to go along with being used as a pawn because in her mind it was for the greater good. she never really had ill feelings about it, nor did she hope to gain more from it than what was necessary for her family. the woman didn’t really have any personal ambitions. all she wanted was to be happy alongside her beloved, jaegor. however, even that wasn’t possible for her ultimately. thanks to her family (the Hightowers and the oleanders) she was forced to marry rhaerion instead. while he claimed to love her, the only good thing that really came out of that arrangement that worked in her own favor was that birth of her daughter aeva. also, her coloring is most certainly an ode to her gentle nature and innocence. great eye! 

"[Mrs Norris is found Petrified] Dumbledore had arrived on the scene, followed by a number of other teachers. In seconds, he had swept past Harry, Ron and Hermione and detached Mrs Norris from the torch bracket.

'Come with me, Argus,' he said to Filch. You too, Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, Miss Granger.'

Lockhart stepped forward eagerly. 'My office is nearest, Headmaster - just upstairs - please feel free.'

'Thank you, Gilderoy,' said Dumbledore. The silent crowd parted to let them pass. Lockhart, looking excited and important, hurried after Dumbledore; so did Professors McGonagall and Snape.

As they entered Lockhart's darkened office there was a flurry of movement across the walls; Harry saw several of the Lockharts in the pictures dodging out of sight, their hair in rollers. The real Lockhart lit the candles on his desk and stood back. Dumbledore laid Mrs Norris on the polished surface and began to examine her. Harry, Ron and Hermione exchanged tense looks and sank into chairs outside the pool of candlelight, watching.

The tip of Dumbledore's long, crooked nose was barely an inch from Mrs Norris's fur. He was looking at her closely through his half-moon spectacles, his long fingers gently prodding and poking, Professor McGonagall was bent almost as close, her eyes narrowed. Snape loomed behind them, half in shadow, wearing a most peculiar expression: it was as though he was trying hard not to smile. And Lockhart was hovering around all of them, making suggestions.

'It was definitely a curse that killed her probably the Transmogrifian Torture. I've seen it used many times, so unlucky I wasn't there, I know the very counter-curse that would have saved her...'

Lockhart's comments were punctuated by Filch's dry, racking sobs. He was slumped in a chair by the desk, unable to look at Mrs Norris, his face in his hands. Much as he detested Filch, Harry couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for him, though not nearly as sorry as he felt for himself. If Dumbledore believed Filch, he would be expelled for sure."

(CoS, The Writing on the Wall)

What do you make of this? I don't get why he's suppressing a smile?

I've read that he finds the situation funny but that doesn't seem likely, then that he's laughing at Lockhart but so far, he hasn't said anything. Someone said that he knows what will follow (the Chamber is opened) and likes the idea of a purged Hogwarts but that's just plain wrong. Others have suggested that this is only a red herring, which I find an unsatisfactory explanation because it is surely meant to look as if Snape approves of the opening of the CoS but something else has to be the reason for his smile then (as is the definition of a red herring). The only theory I find mildly believable is that Snape thinks he can get Harry expelled now after he wasn't expelled at the start of term despite his serious misdemeanor.

Which would then bring me to the question: If Snape wants to keep Harry safe, why would he want him expelled? That would render him incapable of defending himself.

Sorry if this is too much, you're just good at Snape-meta so I thought I'd ask you. This has been annoying me for ages. Thanks in advance :))

"The Tourists" is the most amazing thing I've read in a while, conventionally published works included. I am so amazed and hooked and I just need to know what happens next. I wouldn't have gone for a script format, usually, but your edits were so amazing that I did anyway and I was an idiot for not reading it earlier! The dialogue is so authentic and catchy and hilarious at times, touching at others. I also loved the description paragraphs (how are they called? Stage directions?) I can picture it all perfectly, it's almost like a film already.

I wonder how long it took you to develop the script/premise? From what I can tell so far, the plot is really intricate and complex, with the prequel "Corpsemen" and everything, so I'm curious how much planning went into this well-crafted story. Again, I'm absolutely impressed and so grateful to you for sharing your work with us! Please add me to all your taglists!

Thank you so much, my heart is simply overflowing with love and gratitude. You've made my day, and made all my work feel like it was worthwhile. Thank you, thank you, thank you 💕

They're called the “action” in a screenplay, but they would be stage directions if it were a play.

The Corpsemen have existed prior to The Tourists, but their story has now been made into a spin-off, with their introduction being made in TT.

Let's just say my search history is well and truly beyond repair with how much research has gone into Mansa Musa and maps. And the amount of times I've slid into anyone who was willing to lend an ear's inboxes is truly astronomical. Most of the work went into crafting Mason's clue trail, and I am forever grateful and appreciative of everyone who sat through my mad sleep deprived late night ramblings.

How does Torvi fit in at court? Does she have a relationship with Aemond's siblings? Is there a man at arms or Kingsguard she gets on well with?

Also feel free to tell us more about Torvi and Aemond's dynamic and feelings for each other (friendly and romantic).

with regards to the princess and the queen i am assuming that you are referring to this set i made a while back. i didn’t officially title any of the gifs individually, but if i had to they would be named “father’s daughter” and “divulgation.” 

torvi (my beloved) sort of has an unofficial place in court. while her opinion isn’t exactly valued as a commoner, it becomes second nature for her to be present so long as aemond desires it. especially since she’s kind of like his own personal mistress of whispers on the streets. most people kind of think she is harmless or just a felling fixation of aemond’s. thus she isn’t taken very seriously. however, aemond makes sure that she is show the proper respect in his presence. he introduces torvi to his family right away, so they all know of their relationship of sorts. otto doesn’t think much of her but tolerates her presence, alicent allows her to be around during family dinners and other intimate gatherings, heleana treats her kindly, aegon hits on her from time to time to bug his little brother (and become he’s a thot), and the ailing Viserys sometimes confuses her for a young alicent. apart from aemond, she has the best relationship with ser criston and fiorella dondarrion. 

with regards to aemond and torvi’s relationship, its very wholesome for two somewhat twisted individuals. it starts off as the typical enemies to lovers trope. they are aware of the social gap between them but just don’t care. they see glimpses of themselves in each other that others would turn away from. while i’m not sure that they’ll ever say the words “I love you” it’s very clear how they feel about each other. they wouldn’t even think twice about gutting someone that looked the other the wrong way. after a while, it becomes nearly impossible to find one without the other in tow. its clear that torvi is the most important person in aemond’s life. thus, losing her is something he never could’ve prepared his heart for.