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(deep breath)
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will be back with a thoughtful review later.
— Dec 25, 2025 01:19AM
(frazzled goose screams)
will be back with a thoughtful review later.
BookmarkedOne
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN COURT JESTER IN SPACE STORY
GINA COME BACK HERE
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS
— Dec 25, 2025 12:32AM
GINA COME BACK HERE
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS
BookmarkedOne
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*starts making "justice for Cornelius" signs*
oh he's getting his own book
...okay then
— Dec 25, 2025 12:29AM
oh he's getting his own book
...okay then
BookmarkedOne
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Character: wow I haven't seen my boyfriend for 20 minutes. I wonder if he doesn't have feelings for me.
Character: (surrounded by carnage of war) or maybe he's dead
Me: why was that highly logical second option not your first thought. why did you let him out of your sight in the first place. my dear, why--
— Dec 25, 2025 12:07AM
Character: (surrounded by carnage of war) or maybe he's dead
Me: why was that highly logical second option not your first thought. why did you let him out of your sight in the first place. my dear, why--
BookmarkedOne
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Author: male fairies are not as brightly-colored as female fairies.
Me: (thinks of peacocks. thinks of cardinals. thinks of culturally restrictive gentlemen’s wardrobes and glittery eye shadow) …ok then
— Dec 24, 2025 03:09PM
Me: (thinks of peacocks. thinks of cardinals. thinks of culturally restrictive gentlemen’s wardrobes and glittery eye shadow) …ok then
BookmarkedOne
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Magic Person: you have three questions.
Protagonist: (asks six)
Me: that's not...this isn't how fairy mathematics works...
— Dec 24, 2025 12:03AM
Protagonist: (asks six)
Me: that's not...this isn't how fairy mathematics works...
BookmarkedOne
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Author: and now...a Baba Yaga! Whose name is...Baba Yaga!
Me: ...you don't say?
— Dec 24, 2025 12:02AM
Me: ...you don't say?
BookmarkedOne
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Gina? :) :) if you hurt my favorite character? :) :) :) who has never done anything wrong, ever, in his life? :) :) :) >:)
— Dec 22, 2025 05:20PM
BookmarkedOne
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Characters: let’s have a party!
Cornelius, court jester and a king of whimsy: I love parties!
Characters: a grand ball
Cornelius: yeah! :)
Characters: so romantic!
Cornelius: …?
Characters: just the two of us!
Cornelius: …WOW.
— Dec 22, 2025 05:02PM
Cornelius, court jester and a king of whimsy: I love parties!
Characters: a grand ball
Cornelius: yeah! :)
Characters: so romantic!
Cornelius: …?
Characters: just the two of us!
Cornelius: …WOW.
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Gina wrote: "YESSSSSSSSS.I mean, I'm very enthusiastic about the whole bard concept. XD So, clearly, he had to not only be a shapeshifting court jester, but, as you put it, A MAGIC BARD. ;)"
Gina, I love him.
(tries to sneak Cornelius away like he's a plushie in a claw machine)
Awwww that makes me so happy. 😊 Our dear Cornelius! As I wrote the character, he truly wove his way into my heart. With each new line and turn in the story, I began to learn more and more about him, as if he were slowly becoming HIM, as if he were a real person. (Ok, I'm a crazy writer, but . . . he's real to me!) Needless to say, I was eager for readers to meet Cornelius and hoped that they would care about him, too.
One of my beta readers uses the term "friends of the trio" for those who enjoy PRINCE OF CHANDELIERS. And so, this may sound strange to say (albeit not in my unhinged writerly world 😉 ), but I use "our" in the first paragraph because I have come to realize that anyone who cares in that way has almost become part of the fabric of the story itself. Like we're all friends with Cornelius, or whoever the reader's favorite character is, or the trio as a whole.
(Hehehe love this imagery! Now I actually want a plushie version of Cornelius lol! POC MERCH, anyone?? Ahaha. Ohhh, I know . . . a shapeshifting toy where Cornelius essentially turns back and forth between a pillar and himself. 😂🤣 )
Gina wrote: "Awwww that makes me so happy. 😊 Our dear Cornelius! As I wrote the character, he truly wove his way into my heart. With each new line and turn in the story, I began to learn more and more about h..."
Not crazy at all!! Feeling your characters have a life of their own is how you know you're on the right track as a writer.
Madam, "friends of the trio" and your openheartedness in sharing your characters and world with us is unbelievably sweet. I am honored to be a Friend of Cornelius.
(ehehe. Plushies for all! And a shapeshifter doll is not entirely impossible...)
Gina wrote: "Awwww that makes me so happy. 😊 Our dear Cornelius! As I wrote the character, he truly wove his way into my heart. With each new line and turn in the story, I began to learn more and more about h..."
Not crazy at all!! Feeling your characters have a life of their own is how you know you're on the right track as a writer.
Madam, "friends of the trio" and your openheartedness in sharing your characters and world with us is unbelievably sweet. I am honored to be a Friend of Cornelius.
(ehehe. Plushies for all! And a shapeshifter doll is not entirely impossible...)
BookmarkedOne wrote: "Gina wrote: "Awwww that makes me so happy. 😊 Our dear Cornelius! As I wrote the character, he truly wove his way into my heart. With each new line and turn in the story, I began to learn more and..."
Aww thank you so much on all counts, BookmarkedOne. *I* am honored by your kind words and honored that you are a Friend of Cornelius.
And my pleasure. I'm a very sentimental writer (and person), which means that I am deeply touched by such things and can't help but be expressive about them.
(YES. True!)
I mean, I'm very enthusiastic about the whole bard concept. XD So, clearly, he had to not only be a shapeshifting court jester, but, as you put it, A MAGIC BARD. ;)