Now I can finally say: I'm SO THRILLED you enjoyed your surprise!
I didn't even know it would be possible for you, as a mod, to see the fic without seeing the author attached, so that was a wonderful surprise for me too, that you got the fun of guessing.
This all started because I wanted to do *something* extra for you, since you're a mod and never get to be surprised. So I figured, if who you're getting a gift from isn't a surprise, maybe the number of gifts could be. (I wanted to write you a hat trick – three fics in three different rare 'verses – but any other one would have required a lot more canon review, and time didn't allow!) But then when I approached colebaltblue about how sneaky we might be able to be about this, she said, actually, we could hold back on posting the fic, and coordinate so that it all happened really fast before you could be accidentally spoiled to the surprise. There has been much cloak-and-dagger scheming these past weeks, and I'm so pleased you enjoyed the result. :-)
And please know, 9/10 of the credit for this belongs to colebaltblue! I just showed up when and where she told me to. (She got grrlpup to keep you out of the way at the critical juncture, too.) :D
As for the fic itself...well, as you can tell, I didn't even try to disguise myself, since I didn't know you would see it as anonymous! But you are right on all counts about what makes this obviously me. Funny story, in an earlier draft I was still trying to juggle catering to the fandom consensus on how view Shirley and Jane's fight (on Shirley's side) with how I actually feel about it (on Jane's side!) and it was all a bit of a mess. colebaltblue said, don't do that, just write it how you see it. So I did. :-) And yeah, it's just so tragic to me that they would have this single disagreement and then part ways forever. So I change that whenever I can!
As to writing style, there's also a consistent aesthetic between the two stories about what a sentence should look/sound like. – if it's something you can expand on at all, I would be so, so eager to know more about this. I have very little idea what my sentences are like! (Aside from...long.)
a certain comfort with effusiveness that I have long marked and admired in starfishstar – this is such a kind thing to say, and moved me so much. I think of my effusiveness as something a bit absurd that could do with reining in, so to hear it described as a positive did me profound good.
And lest you doubt it, I very much meant that author's note – you have inspired me so much, and I wanted to do *some* small nice thing back to you.
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Date: 2018-12-22 02:13 am (UTC)I didn't even know it would be possible for you, as a mod, to see the fic without seeing the author attached, so that was a wonderful surprise for me too, that you got the fun of guessing.
This all started because I wanted to do *something* extra for you, since you're a mod and never get to be surprised. So I figured, if who you're getting a gift from isn't a surprise, maybe the number of gifts could be. (I wanted to write you a hat trick – three fics in three different rare 'verses – but any other one would have required a lot more canon review, and time didn't allow!) But then when I approached colebaltblue about how sneaky we might be able to be about this, she said, actually, we could hold back on posting the fic, and coordinate so that it all happened really fast before you could be accidentally spoiled to the surprise. There has been much cloak-and-dagger scheming these past weeks, and I'm so pleased you enjoyed the result. :-)
And please know, 9/10 of the credit for this belongs to colebaltblue! I just showed up when and where she told me to. (She got grrlpup to keep you out of the way at the critical juncture, too.) :D
As for the fic itself...well, as you can tell, I didn't even try to disguise myself, since I didn't know you would see it as anonymous! But you are right on all counts about what makes this obviously me. Funny story, in an earlier draft I was still trying to juggle catering to the fandom consensus on how view Shirley and Jane's fight (on Shirley's side) with how I actually feel about it (on Jane's side!) and it was all a bit of a mess. colebaltblue said, don't do that, just write it how you see it. So I did. :-) And yeah, it's just so tragic to me that they would have this single disagreement and then part ways forever. So I change that whenever I can!
As to writing style, there's also a consistent aesthetic between the two stories about what a sentence should look/sound like. – if it's something you can expand on at all, I would be so, so eager to know more about this. I have very little idea what my sentences are like! (Aside from...long.)
a certain comfort with effusiveness that I have long marked and admired in starfishstar – this is such a kind thing to say, and moved me so much. I think of my effusiveness as something a bit absurd that could do with reining in, so to hear it described as a positive did me profound good.
And lest you doubt it, I very much meant that author's note – you have inspired me so much, and I wanted to do *some* small nice thing back to you.