I'm really glad you liked it. It was so terrifying talking about Tropes with you because I was deathly afraid I was going to slip up and mention something that would give me away. I think the final product gave me away pretty hard. So much of this fic came from conversations with you, like when I realized that I had to put things from your fics (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/283413/283413_1000.png) into this one, as a tribute (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/283807/283807_600.png), like you did for me and other authors with your fics. [Mug!Harry is from Stop All the Clocks and Harry's mention of being stuck in a room trying to broil him and Draco alive is from All Our Secrets].
Bugs seemed to go over well in my last fic, and you especially love bugs (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/284101/284101_600.png), so I had to include that, too. I want you to know that I seriously considered doing this (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/284354/284354_600.png) to you for about 7 minutes. I worried for a little while about not holding true to the spirit of the fest, but then I kept reminding myself (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/284492/284492_600.png) that I was writing for a specific person, not a community, and fuck them if they didn't like it. This was a clusterfuck from the beginning for me, but knowing you were having the same issues (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/284689/284689_600.png) made it easier for me to finish it right for you. But still daunting as fuck (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/285047/285047_600.png).
And then once it posted, it was like the worst day of my life waiting for you to actually read it because WHAT IF YOU HATED IT and you were taking so fucking long (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/285414/285414_600.png)! And then there was this heart-stopping moment (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/285490/285490_600.png) when I realized how fucking recognizable I really am, and over such a stupid thing! Damn you for having that Google Doc open at the same time as the fic posted. You're pretty good at guessing (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/285759/285759_600.png), but I was saved by your second-guessing (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/286014/286014_600.png). Except not, because we both know I am absolute shit at playing it cool.
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Bugs seemed to go over well in my last fic, and you especially love bugs (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/284101/284101_600.png), so I had to include that, too. I want you to know that I seriously considered doing this (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/284354/284354_600.png) to you for about 7 minutes. I worried for a little while about not holding true to the spirit of the fest, but then I kept reminding myself (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/284492/284492_600.png) that I was writing for a specific person, not a community, and fuck them if they didn't like it. This was a clusterfuck from the beginning for me, but knowing you were having the same issues (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/284689/284689_600.png) made it easier for me to finish it right for you. But still daunting as fuck (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/285047/285047_600.png).
And then once it posted, it was like the worst day of my life waiting for you to actually read it because WHAT IF YOU HATED IT and you were taking so fucking long (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/285414/285414_600.png)! And then there was this heart-stopping moment (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/285490/285490_600.png) when I realized how fucking recognizable I really am, and over such a stupid thing! Damn you for having that Google Doc open at the same time as the fic posted. You're pretty good at guessing (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/285759/285759_600.png), but I was saved by your second-guessing (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/zeitgeistic/9294752/286014/286014_600.png). Except not, because we both know I am absolute shit at playing it cool.