botherd | I particularly like the *literal* emo tears of blood.

- So I saw the latest episode of True Blood. OH MY GOD, I SHIPPED GODRIC/ERIC SO FUCKING HARD. :(((((((((((( THEIR EPIC, CENTURIES-LONG LOVE. :(((((((((((

Ahem.

- As ~research (lol) for my fic, I rewatched the Effy episodes from series two and three and omg, the urge to hug a fictional character has never been so strong. It's weird; it took me a long time to warm up to Effy (I didn't much like anyone from the first cast) and now all I want to do is give her a massive hug and feed her chocolate and somehow make it all okay. IDK, she just makes me SO SAD. brb, rewriting my 80s AU (where her circumstances are, if possible, even worse; I'M SO SORRY, EFFY) to include a million gratuitous hugging scenes.

- Speaking of! I'm about 10,000 words into the 80s AU and I... kind of still feel like I'm setting things up? It's hard to tell how long it's going to be in the end, because it keeps running away from me and getting longer and longer. Still really excited about writing it, though, even if probably won't be finished for MONTHS.

- Earlier today I started thinking about Yuletide. WTF, SELF, IT'S AUGUST. But, yeah, I'm already planning out what I'll request and offer to write. I think last year Skins was a listed fandom, but I'm sure this year it'll be considered too big (which makes me all kinds of happy, really, because I heart this fandom and all the creative types in it so fucking much, and I don't think I say that enough).

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I didn't much like anyone from the first cast - :O

Cheerio, Michael. xxx

Well, I guess I liked some people, but I didn't really love anyone like I do with the new lot.

and now all I want to do is give her a massive hug and feed her chocolate

I know right?? I've loved Effy from the beginning, but she's only managed to grow into a sadder girl, and I just FEEL SO MUCH for her, that I can't EVEN.

Yeah, and I think the saddest thing is that she's probably just going to get more fucked up (unless in series four she gets ~healed by Freddie's true love or something equally cheap and nauseating) and, just. I really need her to be okay!

LOL Freddie and his magically-healing penis. *vomits*

LOL, I'm so worried it's actually going to happen! I'm so used to shipping Effy with girls that it's quite alarming to rewatch canon and be reminded that she's supposedly in love with him.

You made Effy's circumstances worse?

(Is it bad that I'm now getting the urge to protect her from you? Sorry.)

Can't wait for the 80s AU. Are you going to post in parts or wait till it's all done?

Heh, *I* kind of feel like she needs protecting from me.

I'm going to wait till it's all done before I post it - I'm not really a fan of WsIP or chaptered fic (which doesn't mean I don't sometimes read them, but they don't really suit my way of writing).

Oh no, as a reader, I agree. I mean, there's always that fear that a WIP won't get finished, and I generally like to sit down and read the whole thing at length.

There should be some kind of security force for the ~protection of Effy. Writers in this fandom can't seem to help hurting her!

At least the fanwriters mostly seem invested in ~fixing Effy as best they can?

I've always preferred reading completed stories too, and as a writer I like to be able to edit something that's finished. That way I can make sure it all fits together, and if there's something in an early section that needs changing I'm not bound by what I've already posted. Win-win, really.

hi. this 80s AU may or may not be eating my brain right now. oh the anticipation. heh. ♥

Hee, good to know! I just hope I can actually make it work.

A couple of things: True Blood is so EPIC this season. I love love love how all the plot lines (Jason and the newlins, Maryanne and Tara and the Vamps heading back from Dallas) are finally meeting up for the last three episodes. Some of the subplots were beginning to drag, but now that everything is about to collide, clusterfuck style, I AM SO EXCITED.

I love Godric. The actor is so talented, he managed to bring such a sad gravitas to the character even though he's such a tiny little guy. Yeah. Poor Eric. This show makes me feel so much.

One of the joys of writing fics is the excuse it gives you to rewatch episodes. I think Effy's season two episode would make my top five episodes EVER for this show. She's so marvelous and decisive and doesn't put up with whiny passive aggressive losers (god, why did she suddenly start to put up with them the minute she saw Freddie's pretty emo face?) And Madame De Luca was genius. Hilarious, pompous, but clever enough to really respect Effy. And say hello to...PANDORA lol. "They're girl and boy kissing!" hee.

Yeah, I think the last few eps of True Blood are going to be really awesome (or, I hope they will be). Mostly I can't wait to see what they do with Maryann - she's such a genuinely villian that I hope she goes out in a suitably awesome way.

Godric was such a great character (and I agree, it was excellent casting) that part of me wishes he'd stuck around, but I think in a way his little arc was so well-done that it would've ruined things if he'd stayed.

Madame De Luca! She was amazing. Series four needs guest characters that are more like her and less like Jonny White. And, yeah, Pandora gets short shrift in fandom but I kind of love her, and I love her friendship with Effy.

STILL VERY EXCITED ABOUT YOUR 80s AU

LOL, I CAN'T DEAL WITH SO MANY PEOPLE (like, four, but whatever) SAYING THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT PROBABLY SUCKS.

I'M NOT SO MUCH EXCITED AS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO. IS THAT BETTER?

MUCH, THANKS.

VERY WELL, MY CURIOSITY WILL PERSIST.

I particularly like the literal emo tears of blood.

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