#PennedPossibilities 950 — Can your MC swim?

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

@sfwrtr The way I just belly-laughed at that... Oh, that was a good one!

[sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe]

@floofpaldi Feel free to use it as a retort if someone is picking out clothing for him!

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

@sfwrtr I might have to do that now! Just for you.

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 958 — What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel?

It's a little something from 2000. This book taught me so much about *my* life, friendship, life in general, stereotypes and racism, Spanish Harlem, and what it means to be a morally gray character who does bad things for very good reasons.

Please, buy this book and read it, I beg of you. It will be on your list of favorites afterward. You will, cry, enjoy it, hate parts of it, and it will leave you with emotions and thoughts long after it's finished. I read this one as an older teenager and it changed me. Ernesto Quiñonez is such an amazing author. Libraries aren't even allowed to carry this book in schools anymore. (For the obvious reasons. I'm sick to my stomach.)

Quick blurb: The word is out in Spanish Harlem: Willy Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty--and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Bodega turns to Chino, a smart, promising young man, for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 959 — MC POV: Complete this thought: “I wish I had paid more attention when…”

Alistair: I wish I had paid more attention when Caden told me about the coven (more like a cult) that he was in a decade ago. I wish I listened closer. Now I’m having to pore through my old journals for any important pieces of information I might have jotted down about them. Not only is it tiresome but most of it is entirely unhelpful for us.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 960 — Describe the longest romantic relationship your MC has ever had. (If they’ve had one.)

Alistair’s one and only love was Miss Fenella Ralston (AKA Lady Fenella McKay). They were quite a pair. Random fact, unlike other vampires, they actually enjoyed making love. While she’s had other partners in her long life, he hasn’t. He wasn’t ever interested in a mate until her. He was in love with her for decades before he finally worked up the nerve to tell her, and although they eventually ended things between them, he still loves her. (And guess what? She still loves him as well.)

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 961 — SC POV: Have you ever spoken up when you saw that something going on was wrong? Were you scared? What was the end result?

Hati: I did. Alistair was in trouble. So was Fenella. I yelled out, and then I shifted into my wolf form and ran to their aid. And yes, I was utterly terrified. The end result was certainly… Well, no, that would require far too much explaining. But I will say this: everything was okay.

(I can't explain too much... Spoilers!)

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 962 — If there was ever going to be a film or a series based upon your WIP, what do you imagine the soundtrack would be like? What genre?

Give me a spooky OST, something ornate, complex, and rich with emotional depth. It would be soft and mournful during the sadder moments, then uplifting, inspiring, moving, and emotional at times, and serious, scary, and terrifyingly brash and loud at others. It needs to be rich and dynamic, allowing for expressive contrasts and emotional depth. All classical, of course. In my mind, it would be reminiscent of Hammer Horror as well, which was what started this entire novel (which turned into a series) for me.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 963 — If you use a pen name or certain username on a writing site, what is its significance and how did you arrive at using it?

Credit: @NaraMoore

My username, pen name, or the nom-de-plume I use online is agoodtuckering. “A good Tuckering” has to do with Malcolm Tucker and is in reference to his furious rants. He’s a character that I love writing and have actually written stories for for a long time now. I’m a big Peter Capaldi fan. The username stuck, and I use it for my Tumblr and Archive of Our Own accounts. That’s what everyone knows me by these days, that and floofpaldi as well over on Discord, Fluxer, and here on Mastodon. Again, like I said, Capaldi fan here. It just fit for the communities I was and am in. It means floofy-haired (or fluffy-haired) Capaldi. I thought it was cute, to be fair.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #PeterCapaldi #TheThickOfIt #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #Tumblr

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 964 — MC POV: What area of your life do you tend to enjoy in excess instead of moderation?

Fenella: Murdering useless, evil men.

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[miswiredke@toot.community]

@floofpaldi Fenella reminds me so much of Scarlet from May I Ask for One Final Thing

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

@MisWiredKE Random fact about me, I love anime and manga. I'm a big fan. I had to look that one up and see who Scarlet was. I can definitely understand why you'd say that. That's too funny.

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 965 — What is your MC’s reaction when someone close to them is sick or injured? How do they behave?

Alistair’s usually a mess, to be fair. He’ll do his best to take care of whoever is injured, to do whatever needs to be done to either save them from a certain rough situation or to keep them safe. There’s a scene that relates to this very prompt and it happens to come rather soon. It’s in an upcoming chapter.

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[miswiredke@toot.community]

@floofpaldi ooh, same here.

And yeah, the anime is new. Only found the manga because I was looking for longer manga to read

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

@MisWiredKE Can I suggest a great manga (my fave) if you're looking for something else to read somewhere down the road? Zombie Loan. Such a good story, right next to Ao No Exorcist/Blue Exorcist (my other favorite).

I'm definitely going to have to read the manga for this one. It sounds really interesting from what I saw online. Thank you.

[miswiredke@toot.community]

@floofpaldi thanks! I've been meaning to give it a read, so I'll definitely give it a read.

And definitely give it a read. It's super interesting with its handling of the villainess trope

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 966 — SC POV: When was the last time you got lost?

Samuel: About a month ago, on the way home from the pub with the lads. I had far too much to drink… Hati was laughing at me as I stepped into the flat. She immediately knew what happened, and then she put me to bed. I’m such a knobhead.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 967 — What level of education do your characters have?

Although it’s the tail end of the Victorian era, most of my characters are very, *very* old (and are supernatural beings). Their education is self-taught, if they even have one to begin with. One of my characters, the MMC, is well-read, clever, intelligent, and a published author. It’s all self-taught for Alistair, of course, like I said. With that being said, because they’re all so old, they also have the time to learn anything and everything. At this point, they have nothing *but* time on their hands.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

@MisWiredKE Which one did you mean, Zombie Loan or Blue Exorcist? They're both amazing. And thank you! I can't wait to check out May I Ask for One Final Thing. I bet it's great. It's always nice to have friends who also enjoy manga and anime as well.

[miswiredke@toot.community]

@floofpaldi Blue Exorcist. I don't remember where I stumbled on it, but I've always been curious about it.

It is nice. I don't generally talk about my hobbies as I can go on and on about it (especially Pokemon). Also I can be a lot when I get going