#roysreader

Aaahhh the Armada of my heart, thank you always for the ask ♥️

1. On a scale of 1 - 10, how would you rate this ship?

On romance, 8

On the ability to make our guts twist and wrench, and break our hearts to a tiny million pieces, they’re tipping the scale to a 20!

10. They're getting married. Who proposed? Where was that proposal? What season is the wedding taking place?

Oh my god; you would totally think I was nuts. I was going to reply to this with a full blown fic because my brain took me there, but I decided to move all that to my notes instead and publish it for you at a later time. LOL! You deserve a properly written and edited fic. Here’s a cliff notes version though:

I imagine some kind of an unexpected “reunion” post-season 4, long after Logan’s death, after they all try to go back to how things used to be—except nothing’s ever going to be the same now. Roman runs into Gerri in LA, and somehow his brain tells him “it’s now or never”, and proposes to her like he’s inviting her to dinner. To his very pleasant fucking surprise, Gerri says, “Why not”, then they have dinner together.

The next day, he buys her an engagement ring at this store where he saw a necklace Gerri wore a lot, so she might like that brand, and delivers it to her first thing in the morning—on his knees—right outside her hotel room. She’s still in her PJs when she opens the door, “Come in or fuck off”, she answers, to which Roman responds with his biggest, happiest smile.

They get married in two week’s time, at some obscure courthouse mid-west to avoid media attention (not that Roman minded it, maybe the news could shock Kendall into sobering up, or Shiv to finally get that divorce—or get into family therapy, whatever the fuck works). Gerri flies in her daughters, Roman flies in Karl and fucking Frank despite awful memories attached to him because he loves the man whether he admits it or not.

Over dinner with everyone, one of Gerri’s daughters asks the question to address the elephant in the room. “Why?”

“It wasn’t obvious to you guys?” Gerri asks. It must’ve felt rhetorical because no one answered. Roman clasps Gerri’s hand and kisses the knuckle where the wedding ring rests.

And that’s that. A full fic is in the works though!!!

11. Who's the big spoon? Who's the little spoon? Do they switch it up?

On normal nights, Roman is the big spoon. He likes to feel he takes care of Gerri. But when nightmares arrive to him in the middle of the night, she cradles him, turning her into big spoon that comforts him back to sleep

17. What are the colors of this ship and do you like them together?

Black and blue. There’s a metaphor there somewhere, especially for people who have experienced what Roman has with his father. 🥲 But also, blue is for Gerri’s reliability, stoic attitude, stone-cold killer instinct, and her stunning eyes. While black is for Roman’s effortless elegance, quest for power, plus he looks really good in it.

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finally getting around to this....

8. how do did you think the show will would end?

admittedly didn't think much on it. i knew that at the very least the siblings would be separated. i thought maybe kendall had it? what did end up happening makes unfortunate sense to me.

24. dream guest star?

ok so funny story i actually watched the show for a specific guest star (justin kirk) but if i were picking anyone else i'd want to see ben schwartz play semi-serious again like he did in House of Lies, or john benjamin hickey, because he's always popping up in these random ass shows for something. any of my non-culkin actors are fair game to me

28. birth order discourse

so i always thought roman was the youngest and that the "pinkie" nickname for shiv wasn't because she was the littlest but was instead calling her "pinky" because of her hair. i'm open to shiv and roman twins.

Thank you @roysreader <3

1: the last sentence you wrote

He cut his pork chop into small pieces and ate them slowly, chewing on that.

4: a story idea you haven't written yet

I have written parts of this. I was intending it to be a Valentine's Day fic but didn't get it finished on time ... by a LONG way! Roman (22) and Gerri (45) have their affair twenty years earlier than canon, and get caught. He's a naive idiot thrust into the middle of a hideously acrimonious divorce, and his teenage stepdaughters literally want him dead. Lots of angst, questionable morals, black humour and Roman growing up the hard way. Gerri being Gerri. It's a bit of a mess.

30: Share a fic you're especially proud of

Hallo! :D Thank you for the ask! 🥰

5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Blood Atonement for the RE VIII Lady Dimitrescu/Ethan Winters fandom. I honestly did not even expect it to be well-received considering that it's almost a complete departure from the game's narrative. This also had nearly hundreds of comments, most of got inadvertently deleted when I removed placeholder chapters from the site. I didn't know that happens when you delete chapters!!! :(

6. Favorite title you used

Also Blood Atonement! I think it perfectly captures the plot and the theme I was gunning for in the story.

7. If you use song lyrics, which artist's songs did you pull from the most?

I actually don't use songs a lot as a source of inspiration. I probably should start doing so, because there are so many that get me thinking about my muses.

But let's pretend for a minute that I do use lyrics, I will probably write fics drawing from the songs by Adele, Ingrid Michaelson, and the one song that I might actually write an entire story based on: Fuse by HRDLY.

18. The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

SO, I tried getting into OCs this year (operative word: tried, ha ha), and I realized--painfully so--that I don't know how to write an anti-hero. I tried kickstarting my OC-driven Boston Legal fic with the morally corrupt "Nathan Cole" (character study here). Obviously it still isn't done yet. 🤪

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Watch me give you long winded answers to such simple questions. LOL! Thank you for indulging me yet again!!! And of course, I'm going to answer both. 🤭

SUCCESSION

1. The first character I first fell in love with Without having seen the show before, Gerri Kellman 💗

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now Marcia Roy 🥹 That woman performed her duties as a wife regardless of her motives, yet got disrespected so hard by Logan.

3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t Please don't hate me!!! Kendall 🫣 If anything, I don't hate him! I just don't love his character as much.

TBH though, I feel actual animosity towards Shiv, but I think I'm not alone in not liking her, that's why she's not my answer here.

4. The character I love that everyone else hates I have complicated feelings for Logan, okay. I hate him most of the time, but it's the things he does—no matter how evil they are—that are what makes the show so interesting anyway! Imagine if he never got Roman back in the business and dangled the possibility of being the successor, or made the siblings insecure with doubling Marcia's voting power, will we even have a story to obsess over to begin with?

5. The character I used to love but don’t any longer I didn't really love Hugo, but I used to really like him. He just reminded me of those reliable guys in the workplace that I really enjoyed working with. And then he got reduced into a weak, suck-up character by Season 4, and I just got sad for him.

6. The character I would totally smooch ummmm.

7. The character I’d want to be like No one in Succession actually LOL! I left that life over a year ago, I don't want to go back to that cut-throat corporate environment anymore. And while I love Connor for not being in the business, I also don't want to be like him who has delusions of grandeur, and buys "love" (or a semblance of it).

8. The character I’d slap

Logan, hands down. Especially after targeting Gerri towards the end. "No one is more loyal than Gerri" my ass.

9. A pairing that I love

10. A pairing that I despise I was going to say that I didn't have one, but then I remembered LoganRhea. Much as I love Rhea Jarrell individually, I hated how her active indulgence of Logan's fascination with her drew a wedge between him and Marcia. She knew what she was doing!

DECEITFUL LOVE (somehow this brought smile to my face heehee)

1. The first character I first fell in love with I meeeeean.

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now Her ex-best friend THEN best friend again, Delia. LOL! For context, Gabriella's ex Mario and Delia were doing the horizontal tango behind Gabriella. Without spoiling anything, Delia proved to be loyal to her (ex or not-ex) best friend in the end.

3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t I actually don't notice any character that gets so much love apart from Gabriella and Elia—which is a pity. The characters in the show are finely complex and human.

4. The character I love that everyone else hates I would just say that Elia isn't getting enough love from the fanbase (he is not hated, but he does have a lot of naysayers because they still question his intent with Gabriella), quite possibly because of the nature of his character. He was written to be mysterious and dangerous, so people aren't quick to root for him. I love him, though. After all, I did spend quite some time understanding a portion of his psyche, and I get where he's coming from.

5. The character I used to love but don’t any longer I don't have one! To be fair, this show doesn't have a lot of characters, part of the reason why it's so easy to get into.

6. The character I would totally smooch CAN I HAVE THEM BOTH PLEASE? I would love to be caught in between this sandwich 🤭

7. The character I’d want to be like Gabriella, a hundred percent!!! I want to look like her when I'm 60, to be as empowered despite society's blatant disapproval of my life choices, and to be as filthy rich as her that I can afford to pay for someone else's kid's entire future.

8. The character I’d slap Gabriella's first born, Stefano. Repeatedly. Perhaps one jaw-dislocating slap for every episode, and some less brain-jogging ones in between.

9. A pairing that I love You already know which one it is!

10. A pairing that I despise Let me put a pile of coal on it. Throw gasoline at it. Surround it with all the dry leaves and twigs I can find. Set it on fire. Let me cook my steak, and pizza and s'mores on the fire pit made of it.

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As always, THANK YOU for your asks!!! 🖤

1) Song of the year?

I really canNOT get this song out of my head, especially given the context it was used in the series where I discovered it. It made the song even more meaningful for me. I still play it on blast daily in my condo, LOL!

6) Episode of tv or webisode that defined the year for you?

Succession S1E6 "Which Side Are You On" for this reason. It's the episode that ultimately made me fall in love with this series. Yes, I had a crush on a certain Gerri Kellman in the beginning, but my god this episode put the last nail on the coffin. I was a goner for Succession.

14) Favorite book you read this year?

I really, really love All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. But also for that reason, I have a hard time going through it because I cry every time I finish a chapter on Marie-Laure. And then I can't stop crying because it's triggering memories of an unhealed relationship. Reading it is like pouring salt on an open wound, it's borderline masochistic.

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Heyyy, friend!!! Happy, happy new year, to you too! I hope you had an amazing celebration! :)

I've answered the following here: 3 (x), 15 (x)

4. If you could do anything at all today, what would it be?

Realistically, I'm plotting down publishing deadlines this Q1 2026. I need to make my writing goals happen, and having deadlines make things concrete.

Wishful thinking though, I feel so stupid that I'm still seriously considering creating a Monica Guerritxre Instagram stan account for the sole purpose of lessening the degree of separation between me and her! 🤪 She befriends her fans on IG. Like... she does facetime with them. What the actual fuck. Imagine being friends with only your most favorite hero ever?

I put serious thought in it because I'm already creating content about her on here already anyway! So yesterday I imagined myself receiving a personal message from her, or having one of those facetime calls—that very nearly pushed the button for me.

But yeah, that's where the advice I always tell myself comes in really handy, hahaha.

9. Favorite time of day and why?

Between 5-8am. I feel the most productive and most awake during those hours. And the surroundings feel quiet in general, so I can do most of my focused thinking/strategic/creative work then.

You spoil me with these questions! Thank you!

2) What are you most proud of accomplishing?

I don't know if this should qualify already since it isn't technically done, but I really, really love this concept I recently started writing for. I'm excited to start publishing it next year, even though it isn't necessarily a fanfiction work.

6) Which project changed the most between drafting and publishing?

Chapter 4 of You Are Not Mine. I had the draft for that written and finished 12 years ago, but never hit the publish button because I doubted the "realism" of what I wrote. A decade later, after revisiting that draft, I'm glad I didn't publish it because I cringed really hard with its quality. Especially since I had the experience already to back up my critique. The first draft didn't feel like realistic (in every sense of the word), and the guilt and shame the main character was feeling wasn't cutting through the way I wanted it to. I very nearly re-wrote the thing, and I'm happy where I ended up with the published chapter.

7) A scene that surprised you as you were writing it

This whole drabble!!! I write mostly dramatic fics, but somehow inserting an adopted young man in a household inspired me to write something sweet and domestic. I still get pleasantly surprised by it when I re-read it because it feels so different from the rest of my works. After that, I felt comfortable writing more domestic-themed fic.

8) A chapter you were nervous to post (and why)

Still Chapter 4 of You Are Not Mine, because even when I felt comfortable with how I re-wrote it, I wondered if the new chapter still worked with the rest of the original idea, and if it will hit the notes (especially the shame/guilt of the main character) I wanted it to hit.

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