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Queer enby audhder, adhd coach, folk witch, New Orleanian at heart. She/they. ‼️ MDNI ‼️ Discord: iceboxplums www.welcometotheporchlight.com Author of the Newskies Guide to Bluesky: http://bit.ly/newskies-guide

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We started DMing back and forth more often, about more topics than just the fic. We really hit it off and by Thanksgiving we had each other's numbers saved in our phones and would text pretty much constantly. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Before Thanksgiving, S paid me a house call.

29.10.2024 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So it was a surprise to both me and EB when I posted a video reading a snippet from my fic in which S has a monologue. I used a Southern accent that just Felt Rightℒ️. "The accent, the pacing, the cadence, everything is on point, I'm so impressed," EB commented. In a DM, she admitted to being shook.

29.10.2024 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mind you, I had never been to New Orleans or Acadiana, never met anyone from there, and was only mildly interested in the place as a concept before the fall of 2023. I thought the 504 was neat, but I've never been one of those "it's calling me home" girlies. That's changed now, obviously.

29.10.2024 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was important for me to get S's character right. They have a specific way of talking and interacting with the world in the source material, so I'd send snippets and ideas back and forth with EB, and she was always very encouraging. "Wow, you've got a really natural intuition for how they sound!"

29.10.2024 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More background: I'm still married, though currently separated from my spouse. At the time, I was unhappily married. We went to a lot of couples' counseling and really tried to make it work. The fic was definitely a way for me to distance myself from him, though I would have denied it then.

29.10.2024 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For privacy's sake, we'll call her EB and the character I asked to borrow S. If you're on spiritual tiktok, you've probably seen her videos a time or two, especially if you're into New Orleanian folklore and stories. I'm not going to give any more details than that. This isn't a name & blame thread.

29.10.2024 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A little more than a year ago, I was deep in the writing process for a Good Omens fan fic. This thing had me by the *throat*. Hours upon hours a day writing. I reached out to a fellow author on TikTok to ask if I could borrow one of her characters from her books for the fic. She said yes.

29.10.2024 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So, just to set minds at ease up top: I am currently safe, relatively sane, and mostly stable. Some of the events that happened over the course of the last year involve the supernatural, unexplainable, and ineffable. I am not and was not in a state of spiritual psychosis (my therapist agrees!).

29.10.2024 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow, y'all. Some Things have happened to me since I was last here. Sit down a minute while I yap about them. They include a life changing cup of tea, the City and Spirits of New Orleans, and the consequences of fucking around and finding out. Get ready for story time!

29.10.2024 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hozier hozier Hozier!!

05.06.2024 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very, yes!

05.06.2024 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, I needed that laugh. :3 pls tell Chani she's a good girl who doesn't need to be useful if she doesn't want to be!

05.03.2024 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A ton of meta-connected apps (Spotify, Chani) are struggling to load for me today too.

05.03.2024 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, we'll take still kicking! The last few months have been A Lotℒ️ but deeply transformative, magical, and necessary for my personal growth. Sometimes it feels like dying to learn how to live, you know?

03.03.2024 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Mel! How goes?

03.03.2024 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tony Bourdain. I got calls and texts from friends and family members as though I'd lost a close relative. I was fairly distraught for weeks after and he's got a place on my ancestor altar.

03.03.2024 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Les Mis, Into the Woods, West Side Story, and Come from Away, with honorable mentions to Hadestown and Evita.

28.02.2024 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh hi! I've been busy with Life Stuff but I was just poking around here earlier today! What have I missed?

17.12.2023 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So damn hype to see @chuckwendig.bsky.social speak next Monday and taste (possibly evil??) apples at Rose Hill! Happy book birthday!

26.09.2023 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

12.09.2023 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Writing, some work, going out for fancy pizza with the spouse later on. Small dinner party with friends tomorrow! 😍

12.09.2023 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you darlin!

12.09.2023 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's my birthday and I'm about to make it everyone's problem. πŸ₯°πŸŽ‚πŸŽ‰βœ¨πŸ“š

12.09.2023 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

I call that "rude", lol (I'm right there with you)

30.08.2023 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll French your dip

29.08.2023 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An orange and white cat is inside a hidey hole in a gray cat tree with his head poking out of a small window in the hidey hole, looking curious and adorable and very cozy.

An orange and white cat is inside a hidey hole in a gray cat tree with his head poking out of a small window in the hidey hole, looking curious and adorable and very cozy.

You guys look at my cat

27.08.2023 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Show Chapter | Archive of Our Own An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Oh hey there have been some updates to the fic since the last time I remembered to cross post! Go read about my favorite millennial witch and her silly demon and his silly angel.

27.08.2023 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Show Chapter | Archive of Our Own An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Oh hey there have been some updates to the fic since the last time I remembered to cross post! Go read about my favorite millennial witch and her silly demon and his silly angel.

27.08.2023 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I am Not Normal about this album much in the way I'm also currently Not Normal about Good Omens but "Butchered Tongue" made me weep bc it reminds me so much of Tony Bourdain (eternal hero).

25.08.2023 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that's good! Thank you!

24.08.2023 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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