Hey! So here it is. (This is gonna take more than one ask I'll let you know when I'm done I swear.) I really really love your fic. I have for a long time but I've never commented or let you know publicly. I have anon'd you a few times. Then just a little bit ago I ate a strawberry and a seed and it got stuck in my teeth and my legit first thought was Charles and Erik discussing safe words and Charles being like 'those seeds suck tho' [1]
And somehow the seed thing brought home for me that if I think about you and things youāve written so fast in my day to day life I really ought to just try talking to you. Which I manage to make more perplexing than it has to be. I mean, from that framework, it sounds so rational I donāt know what I didnāt get before? Yet on the other hand, it sounds like textbook coming on too strong? But, I feel like I can succeed in this if I try. Ha ha.[2]
Basically Iām endeavoring to cut off future awkwardness by telling you up front. Iām super super into your Cherik and McFassy. As in, you cannot overestimate how into them I am. I donāt know your Stucky and Evanstan cuz Iām not as in to that pairing? As in, plz understand the pairing didnāt grab me itās not you at all. [4]
ā- (I think I am missing part three? got the rest though! <3)
(also, answering publicly b/c if anyone else wants to talk to me, itās not awkward, please come and say hi! I love you guys!)
Thank you thank you! I love hearing that my fic has sort of seeped into peopleās consciousnesses (mwahahaha) ābut seriously, thatās just so. neat. that things Iāve written actually have tiny impacts on peopleās everyday lives, thatās just about the best thing you can tell a writer, so thank YOU. (also I need to get back to the compromise series because thatās where the strawberry thing is from, which is also a reflection of my own love-hate relationship with them: I love the taste, hate tiny seeds and messinessā¦)
Cherik and McFassy will always have a special place in my heart (and Iām not done writing for them!), as the first pairings where I got really heavily invested and productive as a fic writer, and made real friendships in a fandom. (Iād written a few Supernatural things and lurked around the edges shyly, but never dove in headfirst.) So I love love love seeing other people fall in love with the fandoms, too. Now we can all cry over Charles Xavier and marvel at James McAvoyās kindness together. <33