H&M Chapter 18
So, last night I posted Many Happy Returns.
This has been a very difficult update. I’ve had tons of real life writing and close readers know what is coming and I'm looking forward to it no more than you are. It's strange because I have probably 50,000 words in this part of the story and the first part, the presentation to Peter, I had written before and it still took me 2 weeks to write a few thousand words of the same scene from a different point of view.
And gosh, I could not resist making Peter so sentimental about it all. They are completely counting their eggs before they are fertilized, though both Roblang and Mr. Hoberry express some caution. And yes, about that. The resolution at the end of the chapter leaves open the possibilty that Morgan is pregnant. If you have any thoughts on that, I'd love to hear them.
Peter and Susan are a bit clueless about all this -- in their defense, they've really not been around for most of the relational development. Susan also has her issues with the whole thing as she sees it (and rightly so) as politically very problematic. Also, we have something of a return to the politics and worldbuilding, such as it is, that were developed in the Lone Islands arc.
We've covered a lot of ground in the last couple of chapters. They have really learned how to communciate and are both rising to the challenge of becoming a couple, a we, a them, in the greater world. And then... well...
Coincidentally, Elecktrum and the1hobbit posted the first chapter of a bawdy bachelor party with Bacchus in attendance, so you know it's going to be a rollicking time. They borrowed my Sir Leszi who would never miss a good party and I'm very flattered that they did so. You can find the first chapter of Evangeline here.
I'll say this again, even at the risk of being a review hound. This type of story is a dying breed in the Narnia fandom on fanfiction.net. If you like it and other works like it, even a single guest review of "Thanks for updating! I liked it!" really, really means something. Those counts, favs and follows make a statement. As I said in the a/n at the end of the chapter, my work and I have become real outliers in the past few months as the fandom on the site has become actively hostile to anything except a very specific, very narrow brand of story. Thanks so much for your support.
This has been a very difficult update. I’ve had tons of real life writing and close readers know what is coming and I'm looking forward to it no more than you are. It's strange because I have probably 50,000 words in this part of the story and the first part, the presentation to Peter, I had written before and it still took me 2 weeks to write a few thousand words of the same scene from a different point of view.
And gosh, I could not resist making Peter so sentimental about it all. They are completely counting their eggs before they are fertilized, though both Roblang and Mr. Hoberry express some caution. And yes, about that. The resolution at the end of the chapter leaves open the possibilty that Morgan is pregnant. If you have any thoughts on that, I'd love to hear them.
Peter and Susan are a bit clueless about all this -- in their defense, they've really not been around for most of the relational development. Susan also has her issues with the whole thing as she sees it (and rightly so) as politically very problematic. Also, we have something of a return to the politics and worldbuilding, such as it is, that were developed in the Lone Islands arc.
We've covered a lot of ground in the last couple of chapters. They have really learned how to communciate and are both rising to the challenge of becoming a couple, a we, a them, in the greater world. And then... well...
Coincidentally, Elecktrum and the1hobbit posted the first chapter of a bawdy bachelor party with Bacchus in attendance, so you know it's going to be a rollicking time. They borrowed my Sir Leszi who would never miss a good party and I'm very flattered that they did so. You can find the first chapter of Evangeline here.
I'll say this again, even at the risk of being a review hound. This type of story is a dying breed in the Narnia fandom on fanfiction.net. If you like it and other works like it, even a single guest review of "Thanks for updating! I liked it!" really, really means something. Those counts, favs and follows make a statement. As I said in the a/n at the end of the chapter, my work and I have become real outliers in the past few months as the fandom on the site has become actively hostile to anything except a very specific, very narrow brand of story. Thanks so much for your support.