Hi!

Hi!

So I’m the person who made the post asking for Merlin fanfic recs and HOLY SHIT thank you so much for mentioning Loaded March 😭 It’s my favorite Merlin fic of all time and I was getting really sad cause no one was mentioning it.

So yeah, thanks for your amazing taste! Also wanted to know if you’ve read anything else by footloose?

I LOVE LOADED MARCH! I think I made so many posts about it the last time I read it lol. And it's so addicting to me that everytime someone even mentions it on Tumblr, I get the urge to re-read it (and I swear after seeing your post, I did open it again though I don't know if I'll be able to read the whole thing now)

I HAVE! After Loaded March, I went on a Footloose spree and read all her works. Almost all of her works are in my favorites, downloaded and all.

Excluding Loaded March, I think pretty much all are there. I adore We are all Diamonds.

I also love the very crack-ish very dark-ish Next to Die, solely because arrogant Arthur and authority Merlin who are both psychopaths written by footloose is a treat to read.

And oh, Following the Beast and All the Dead are here where I want something action-oriented and brutal (though Next to die fits in this one also).

Also, Shadowlord and Pirate King is brilliantly written and the art with it, holy shit! Mushroomtale and footloose are both genius at everything they've given us on A03. The Western AUs are also pretty good.

I'VE SAID IT ONCE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. FOOTLOOSE IS A GENIUS TO COME UP WITH SUCH BRILLIANT WORK AND IF SHE WERE STILL ACTIVE ON A03 OR TUMBLR, I SWEAR I WOULD BE HER BIGGEST FAN CHEERING HER ON! Though I'm still cheering you on, footloose, wherever you are and if you ever read this!❤️

@merthurruinedmeagain which is your favorite?

Merlin and the Mecha Dragon, from Loaded March.  (if you’re not reading Loaded March you seriously should)

OKAY.

When you tag any two characters using '/', it means you are implying THEY ARE IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP.

Using '&' is for a platonic relationship. Use that. Go wild with it. DO NOT TAG IT AS A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP IF IT IS NOT ONE.

Also, if the relationship is not endgame, avoid tagging it and if you're tagging it, stop bullshitting me with 'read it and find out'. I don't want to read it and find out. If I wanted to read a fic which ended with a relationship I dislike, I would've searched for it. Stop tagging every single relationship which happens for two lines in the entire 10k+ words fic if it's not going to go somewhere.

What does the arab in your carrd mean? Is it like afab and amab?

.. i’m palestinian

This is the only characterization of Sirius that should be written. Ever.

if you were to summarise sirius' personality and character traits, how would you do it?

hi hi hi! so sorry for long this took but okay, so, let’s do this.

so, his CORE trait for me will always be loyalty, hands down. i once waxed poetic about sirius’ devotion to the potters to my friends for like, half an hour straight (one of them actually teared up). the way he talks about james even after so many years, how his first instinct is always to look out for harry, how everyone talked about him & j even when they believed he was the traitor—all of it just really drives home how he gives all of himself to someone when he decides to. if someone’s his person then he’ll do whatever it takes for them (if you’re not, tho? ur lucky if u even get a look in ur direction)

he’s also very competent. he was probably brought up as a pampered heir, with access to all the resources his little heart desired, so coupled w his innate ability/potential/aptitude, it becomes a deadly combination. he uses logic to work through things, prides himself on his intelligence, and probably wouldn’t like hanging out with people who can’t atleast match him in some sense (so laziness/incompetence grates badly).

as a corollary, he’s also pretty arrogant, in that casual sense that old money people are ykwim? he’s had the world on a silver platter his entire life, and even when he’s cut off from it, it’s still a part of him. there’s also the fact that he’s got a lot going for him—looks, power, smarts wise—and that just adds to it. so it can be off putting or it can be hot or both, but he has a superiority complex and he doesn’t exactly hide it. less interaction with the plebs, the better for him.

irreverence and dark humor!!! sirius copes using morbid jokes and making people uncomfortable; he has slight control issues and this way, he makes sure everyone’s always on their toes. it’s also like,,,a way to kind of gauge how others will react to him based on how they deal w his humor. bc he’s not sunshine and roses, right? and he doesn’t want anyone treating him like it or expecting him to be so. and in a way, their reactions to his jokes correlated to their degree of acceptance for him.

intense. when it comes to things he likes, he’s very passionate about it, almost with a single minded focus. and it can get A Lot. he operates in a lot of extremes, right? so either 0 or 100 and this comes across in the way he interacts with people, the level of interest he shows to things, and how much effort he puts in, if it’s His Thing, then he won’t leave a stone unturned but if he doesn’t care? then he will not give a single shit

soooo, these are some of the things i very strongly believe in for sirius 🙈 tell me what u think? (and as always, @artemisia-black has some great metas on sirius’ character so i’d recommend checking those out for sure!)