#tequilamockingbyrd

tequilamockingbyrd: It's a good thing he didn't name his bunnies or they'd all just be named Lan Zhan and Wei Ying

masala-and-thunderstorms: Hey, he could have named some of them Bunny

masala-and-thunderstorms: Bun-bun

masala-and-thunderstorms: Bunster

masala-and-thunderstorms: He named Sizhui! He named him "gosh I miss Wei Ying" but it was still a name.

tequilamockingbyrd: Sizhui is honestly lucky he came out named "gay yearning"

tequilamockingbyrd: Instead of fucking

tequilamockingbyrd: wuji

tequilamockingbyrd: zhanying

Oh, in my eyes Blue’s personality being “wrong” for Jane is a gift, not a flaw. Really the worst thing that can happen with a fic that uses the plot of a pre-existing property is that it is too similar to that property. If I read a fanfic that reads exactly like Pride and Prejudice except the names are different and maybe there’s some new dialogue, I walk away from it thinking “okay but I could have just read Pride and Prejudice." The fun is in seeing “if we change these few things about the set up, what other things have to change because of that? How do they change? Once they start changing how can you stay true both to the new and original form?”

So you are absolutely correct that “in this version, it’s Jane who aggressively defends Elizabeth, instead of the other way around” is fun! That’s the kind of thing I want to see! The thought that immediately occurred to me was also to wonder if there was a way that the characters of Jane and Lydia could be merged together, essentially -- I don’t see Blue running away with a jackass, but is there a way that she could serve the roles both of “love interest of her best friend’s love interest’s best friend” and also “person who complicates the situation by causing a scandal.” Because I think that’s another thing that can really help to tailor an old plot to a new set of characters; look for places you can trim. Do we need five Bennet siblings in a fic that’s likely to be several times shorter than Pride and Prejudice? Not really. Is there any real point to dragging in a bunch of minor TRC characters just to cast them in roles where we don’t use them at all, since the plot is being compressed and shortened? Not really.

I will be honest right back atcha, I started replying to this and it just turned into a long and boring rant about every bad experience I or a loved one has had with Amtrak. It, uh, it’s possible I resent Amtrak more than I realized. I want to love trains, Amtrak just makes it so hard.

3: A song that reminds you of summertime

Patina Miller’s version of Simple Joys, Childish Gamibo’s Bonfire

5: A song that needs to be played LOUD

Okay I really wish I had never seen the music video for this but nevertheless, the song Gal Ban Gayi

11: A song that you never get tired of

YOU KNOW EXACTLY THE ANSWER I WANT TO GIVE but out of love for you I will instead say Bottom of the River.

13: One of your favorite 80’s songs

…it took me far too long to figure out which if any of my songs are from the 80s. Loreena McKennitt’s version of Stolen Child.

15: A song that is a cover by another artist

All Too Well, Against the Current. @mobrienfeels, this is the one I was telling you about.

18: A song from the year that you were born

Another Loreena McKennitt song! The Old Ways.

21: A favorite song with a person’s name in the title

My Medea - Vienna Teng (I love the crap out of this song)

24: A song by a band you wish were still together

There… really isn’t one? Like I can’t be sad Cry Cry Cry isn’t together anymore, on account of how them not being together gave us Dar Williams. But Cry Cry Cry seems like the closest to this, so here’s Cold Missouri Waters.

rose - describe your crush.

Why do people keep insisting on saying I have a “crush” on Sailor J; I am in love with her; WERE I NOT ALREADY MARRIED I WOULD HAVE PROPOSED ALREADY.

daffodil - which colour suits you best?

I…don’t know? I wear colors I like and don’t really think about how they suit me perfectly. I do seem to look really good in black or yellow though.

iris - favourite 90s song?

…I love and hate this ask/flower combo. I also don’t actually know or think about when most of the songs I like are from but my instinctive response is Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane.

freesia - are you still friends with the person you considered your best friend two years ago?

She is in fact still my best friend. *waves to @tequilamockingbyrd​*

gypsophila - do you prefer many distant friends, or a few close friends?

I am lucky enough to have both, but the few close friends are the most important part of my life and the many distant friends are fun to talk to / hang out with sometimes so it’s not even slightly a competition.

heather - what’s your favourite musical?

This ask/flower combo on the other hand is delightful, and my favorite musical is In the Heights.

ginger - least favourite food?