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FANFIC: Calculated Dust (yes, we’re reposting our old Les Mis fic in honor of Barricade Day!)
So back when I had a different tumblr blog—which was years ago, and then I left and came back—I posted a one-shot fic about that time Grantaire, Courfeyrac, and Bossuet take Marius to the Bal de Sceaux.
In the past, I didn’t have an AO3 account. Now I do. When I re-read this fic a few months ago, I thought I might want to clean it up and post it for Barricade Day. Les Mis was one of my first fandoms way back in the late 1990s, so it’s been meaningful to go back to it and see the throughlines that connect it to my current fandom interests.
(Some of the throughlines, for anyone who is curious, are queerness and relationship anarchy, POV characters who could probably use more therapy, and overthrowing the monarchy.)
So for anyone who loves Les Mis and can relate to a night out with friends that goes sideways, Caculated Dust is now live to read on AO3!
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happy pride does anyone remember that post that inexplicably said korrasami was bad because one of them was like a feudal lord
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FANFIC: Calculated Dust (yes, we’re reposting our old Les Mis fic in honor of Barricade Day!)
So back when I had a different tumblr blog—which was years ago, and then I left and came back—I posted a one-shot fic about that time Grantaire, Courfeyrac, and Bossuet take Marius to the Bal de Sceaux.
In the past, I didn’t have an AO3 account. Now I do. When I re-read this fic a few months ago, I thought I might want to clean it up and post it for Barricade Day. Les Mis was one of my first fandoms way back in the late 1990s, so it’s been meaningful to go back to it and see the throughlines that connect it to my current fandom interests.
(Some of the throughlines, for anyone who is curious, are queerness and relationship anarchy, POV characters who could probably use more therapy, and overthrowing the monarchy.)
So for anyone who loves Les Mis and can relate to a night out with friends that goes sideways, Caculated Dust is now live to read on AO3!
#les miserables#barricade day#les mis fanfic#grantaire#bossuet#courfeyrac#marius pontmercy#eponine thenardier#hello to any of my old les mis fan friends who find this again#I am sorry I disappeared but I like seeing your stuff when it crosses my dash
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cannot recommend more putting secrets and hints in your creative work that you dont expect anyone to figure out
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The real tragedy about the barricade is that we don’t know how much is true. Victor Hugo was there at the June Rebellion, so what is fact and what is fiction? That question gives me chills because we’ll never know.
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Happy barricade day to everyone who started drawing/writing something for it and haven't finished in time. We'll get it done someday! Someday!
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It's that time of the year again! Remember to leave out bread and absinthe for Victor Hugo and he will leave you 50 pages on a subject that is off-topic but that he is vaguely interested in. Be safe out there!
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you should NOT be at the club. you should be in the streets, june 5th, 1832, paris france. you should be building a barricade
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WE NEED AS MUCH FURNITURE AS YOU CAN THROW DOWN!
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Barricade Day has begun! I am, as ever, swamped with work this time of year, but I may sneakily reblog some stuff as I’m able and post my old fanfic tonight.
As such, this will be a little bit of a Les Mis blog for a hot minute. Please blacklist “Barricade Day” if that’s not your vibe. (But also who doesn’t love a little revolution???)
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slash or ampersand?
It’s 5 am and I’m just a deeply pretentious aspec working on my most recent fic and wondering whether a slash or an ampersand goes between its principal characters’ names.
Because sometimes (often) a relationship is neither fully platonic nor fully romantic, and you’re writing about aspects of both. And most of all, the goal of the story in question is like, not to move the relationship safely into the slash category or the ampersand category, but just to let it exist, boldly and curiously, in a liminal space.
I mean. The simple answer is probably to tag the relationship both slash and ampersand style for marketing purposes.
The more complex question is why are these always my favorite kinds of stories to write and to read?
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Tomorrow, June 5th, is the anniversary of the day Les Amis built the Barricades.
Happy "One Day More" day!!!
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
I was tagged by @silvagrey! Thank you for bringing me into the game.
How many works do you have on Ao3?
Four so far! Heart and Homeland is massive and multichapter, though. Hoping to post two other fics this week—one old one for the Les Mis fandom, one new one for Young Royals fandom.
What's your total Ao3 word count?
254,916
What fandoms do you write for?
Primarily Young Royals. I do have one sort of experimental piece for a show called Merli Sapere Aude and am going to be posting an old Les Mis fic (that I’ve never put on AO3 before) for Barricade Day this Thursday.
Top five fics by kudos:
Heart and Homeland comes first, followed by Terrain Boundaries Territory. Peripeteia and Pieces That Make Up A Set are tied for six kudos.
Do you respond to comments?
Yes, absolutely! I came of age in the livejournal era when comments sections were buzzing with conversation. Please just come and chat with me on my fics, it’s so much fun.
What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Chapter 32 of Heart and Homeland is the angstiest/most tragic ending of anything I’ve ever written and I am still proud of it. I made @heliza24 cry! But Heart and Homeland overall is going to have a happy ending, I promise.
Calculated Dust, the Les Mis fic I’m going to post, also has an anngsty ending.
What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
I initially read this question and went ??? because I wasn’t sure how to answer it. I think this question might be better answered by my readers and what they might find happy.
Do you get hate on fics?
No. I suppose I get more indifference because I tend to write less popular characters and pairings.
Do you write smut?
Yes! I’m one of those aces who enjoys writing smut. My smut is not very explicit, admittedly. But I enjoy it as a form of character study (and also it is fun and hot.)
Craziest crossover?
I’m not going to tell you because I want it to be a surprise, but there is a blink-and-you-miss-it reference to a favorite childhood book series in my current WIP. I wonder who will spot it?
Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not to my knowledge. I do not recommend stealing my fics, though.
Have you ever had a fic translated?
I haven’t yet. I suppose if I wanted to be a masochist I could translate some of my fanfiction into Latin.
Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes! @heliza24 and I are the dream team! The great thing about writing with a co-writer is that we try to one up one another and it means our stories are full of all kinds of twists and turns. We also sometimes record ourselves reading new chapters and send them to one another in little “audiobooks.”
All time favourite ship?
Sargust aka MY SHIP OF ALL TIME. I will write them tragically, I will write them hopefully, I will write them in the 19th century, I will write them in an AU where August is also a girl and they are sapphic. Sorry not sorry but they are… so hot together actually. (Obligatory disclaimer applies.)
What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I have this unfinished series of Heartstopper vignettes where they all have to take care of “egg children” at school as a project about responsible parenting. With one exception (eggception?) people are not paired with their romantic partner as coparent.
The most important part of the fic is Darcy and Isaac deciding to protest the coparenting assignment by arguing for a better, more inclusive sex ed curriculum. They pass out a bunch of pamphlets written by one Dr. Jean Milburn. Darcy and Isaac’s chapter is told entirely as a school email chain, including some very beleaguered emails sent by Mr. Farouk.
It would be fun to finish that but I don’t know if I will because I sort of forget about Heartstopper when it’s not airing.
What are your writing strengths?
I think I have a good grasp of how to select telling details that show what’s going on in a scene. I also am very good at getting into a character’s brain/mindset and bringing the reader close to them.
What are your writing weaknesses?
Writing quickly. Knowing how to end scenes. Being concise. (I’m hoping to get into a workshop this summer that will help me with the “being concise” thing.)
Thoughts on dialogue in another language?
It’s cool? I like it? I read a lot of YA books that do that, so I’m used to reading it.
First fandom you wrote in?
If being a little kid and writing stories based on stories I like counts, probably Disney’s Robin Hood or The Wizard of Oz.
Here’s some Wizard of Oz “fanfiction” from when I was about four or five years old:
Favourite fic you've written?
Definitely Heart and Homeland, but the current one I’m working on (tentatively titled Swell the Numbers) is fixing itself in my heart too.
No pressure tags: to my roommate and bestie @coruscantrhapsody!
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Just a very silly yet contentious question today:
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reblog if you prioritize women to the point you mock people for liking m/f or m/m ships. im insane
#the person i mock most for my m/f ships is myself#(we are unfortunate enough to have a few of those)
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