Some lovely person was so kind to gift
perfect_duet with two months of paid time. Whoever it was, please pm me, so I can thank you properly. :D The gift makes the Oakum Meme so much easier because it brought the subject headers back.
So, once more onto the breach:
Here at this post you will find all prompts/requests we have
so far received on LJ and
on DW
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I LOVE Stephen...poor darling, for some odd reason I'm always taking a particular interests in love stories about unrequited love, frustration, angst and the plethora of ragged, jagged emotions that bleed your heart dry..I've always felt so sad for Stephen, the dear creature..
tyvm for this beautiful story! *throws environmentally safe birdseed at J&S instead of rice*
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Stephen is a darling and I quite dote on him, although you couldn't tell that from the horrible angsty things I have had done to him on occasion...
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Oh - and I should have mentioned at the start: big thanks to feroxargentea for her outstanding flash beta-ing on this. It was generously offered, above and beyond, and caught a lot of typos for me. The Best!
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By all means, betas are valuable and should be treated with care.
*hugs betas in general and in particular*
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*dotes on it*
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and possibly the creator of the original post
That's why I thought the Dearly Beloved Anonymouse would have been able. :D
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Yay for the DBA. I adore this story :-) :-)
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I have my own acronym? Yays right back at you for that!
*hugs and pets acronym*
And my thanks too to the Mod who tidied it all up for me - another instance of 'above and beyond'.
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The user who created the post can delete comments to it, and mods can, but that's it.
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Alternative non-slashy endingAlthough he would not acknowledge it, the wound inflicted by Diana was no less raw today than the day it had been given, and he would indeed have found it entirely too painful to be at the centre of such a concentrated domestic joy as this when he had been denied the chance of a similar happiness. And yet, underneath all this pain and it’s loathsome accompanying jealousy and self-pity, there was the tiniest acknowledgement, only very newly hatched, that perhaps it would never have been possible with Diana anyway. He could never have stood before a Church of England altar as Jack, waiting anxiously for his bride with his eyes fixed eagerly on the church doors as they opened to admit her, now did. And nor, as the organ sounded its note and the congregation rose to its feet, could Stephen imagine Diana walking so quietly down the aisle of his own church towards him as Sophie, ( ... )
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*nods*
I adore the real ending though! :D
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The slash bit of the first ending was touching, yet seemed... odd somehow. A little out-of-place? I dunno... maybe just me I wanted a HAPPY JACK/SOPHIE WEDDING!FIC! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?! ONE BIT OF LIGHT JOYFUL SWEETNESS BEFORE TEH ANGST? DOES STEPHEN HAVE TO RAIN THE SORROW AND THE WOE EVERYWHERE HE GOES*?! D: D: D:
Oh, er-coughs-uh, sorry about that. My comment seems to have run away with me there - Wonderful fic! Well done, brava! :D
*Oh yeah, he does. Canon, that ;-) Poor Stephen!
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