Something of a mixed bag (understatement)

[birdsofshore]

I can't really post today without mentioning Britain leaving the EU. LJ is my happy place and I don't want to wallow too deeply in things here, but I'll just say a few words. I am gutted, angry, and also utterly ashamed of what has happened. I love being European, love our multi-cultural society, love the vibrancy and diversity of modern British culture. I'm not much of a traveller myself, but I hoped for my children that they would have freedom to travel, work and study in Europe. We have many friends here in Britain who came over from Europe and elsewhere in the world, and they are an important part of our lives. And now we find that 52% of voters chose this, out of ignorance, fear, hatred, bigotry and apparently in many cases as some kind of protest vote against the government? I can't actually take in the magnitude of this fuck up. I am appalled and I feel like I have betrayed my children by allowing this to happen to their country.

UGH I promised myself I wasn't going to cry about it any more today. SO. I shall move on. Two really excellent things I want to tell you about. Warning, you may get whiplash from the abrupt change in mood, haha.

So, shiftylinguini and I have apparently been dreaming up a fairytale AU where Albus is a princess locked in a tower by Draco. You know, just in our spare time. Like you do. She is pretending it was my idea but I think you know her better than that. There is JOINT culpability here. Anyway, in this AU, Albus has the hair of a young Justin Trudeau, wears pretty princess dresses, and spends the days befriending woodland creatures and leaning out of the tower window moping and waiting for Draco to come and give him a good rogering plotting his escape. In some versions of the story Scorpius is a young stable boy who climbs up the tower and then assists with the rogering and rescues the Princess.

I, I mean, WE, may possibly have spent more time thinking about this than was strictly sensible.

But yesterday when I was in dire need of cheering up, the wonderful shifty brought Princess Albus to life, and he is more gloriously delicious than he was even in my head. I am SO HAPPY about it.

Title: Cheering up
Pairing/ character: Albus Severus Potter (implied Albus/Draco)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Albus is a mopey princess in a tower, the woodland creatures just want everyone to be happy, and I need no encouragement to draw a silly thing.

PLEASE go and tell her how lovely she is, and help me beg for a sequel where Draco comes in and does the ravishing.

And finally, slythindor100 are running their annual drabble contest, and I strongly recommend you either sign up and have a go, or watch the comm so that you can enjoy all of the drabbles and vote each week. I can't take part this year as I competed last year, but I can't wait to read everything and enjoy the excitement of the contest. You can read all about it here and sign ups start TODAY at 3pm central time (9 pm British Summer Time).

Comments

[cabinetcaligari.livejournal.com]

Hello lovely, good to see you on LJ! I was wondering how you were (although I can't say I didn't already had a dark suspicion after the horrible horrible mess I woke up to yesterday :( ). I read Jeremy Clarkson his tweet about how we could moan and whine for a day, and then roll up our sleeves to make this 'shit storm work', and I think he's right. Sadly enough, but yeah. I'm not an inhabitant of Britain as you know, but living in Western Europe I'm afraid for the upcoming events too, and so very worried for Britain and all the people who didn't want this. Take care, dear, and I think we just have to sit back now and wait what will happen when the dust settles a bit.

But yeah, then there was the wonderful shiftylinguini as a depraved light bulb in this otherwise dark dark world :D I'm so glad for your brains combined, and I think a sequel is a NECESSITY to drag us poor Europeans out of our sorrow. *nods vigorously in south-east direction*

[capitu]

Oh my god, you two! LOL I'm starting to get jealous. Honestly. Such a romantic story. I think I know where all that is going. No, I mean it, I have an inkling I have seen something like that. ^^

*hugs you*

[birdsofshore]

a depraved light bulb in this otherwise dark dark world

HOW TRUE.

*whispers* a sequel is apparently developing rather nicely :DDD

I'll leave the other topic if that's OK, my brain is not anywhere where I can say anything useful about it.

[birdsofshore]

Such a romantic story

You mean me and linguini? *snigger*

No need to be jealous. Come and play in the tower with us. We've got princess dresses for everybody, and later on, the master is coming to visit! :D

[gracerene]

Fairy tale AUs are a favorite of mine, so this ideas makes me very happy! That art was amazing! :D

[chickenpumpkin.livejournal.com]

About the first half, I shall only say sorry because I don't want to drag your mood back down, but about the second half I will say that at the very least, you've filled a hole in this fandom that desperately needed filling (pun very much intended). Princess Albus will reign from his tower for a golden age, restoring purity (and filth) to the land and cleansing the wounds (applied by Lord Malfoy with a crop) of the realm, thereby bringing peace (and afterglow) to everyone. Oh happy day!

[birdsofshore]

I had no idea I needed Princess!Albus/Master!Draco in my life so badly until this week. NO IDEA.

[birdsofshore]

Princess Albus. WHO KNEW? WHO KNEW *shakes head in wonder*. I'm not quite sure what we have unleashed on the world, but my god it has a strange and wonderful hold on me :DDD

[fantasyfiend09.livejournal.com]

*hugs you tight*

I wish I could wave a wand and make it better. Governments and populations have made horrible messes before and then they clean them up again. It will take years and lots of work, but I have faith that Europe will pull together in the end. Maybe that's naive, but it's what I believe.

And yes, shiftylinguini needs to make a sequel. It's her duty to suffering Brits! *hint, hint, beg*

[birdsofshore]

She wrote it! It's the best thing that happened all week!

[shiftylinguini.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, thank you!!!! <3 A mixed bag indeed! I was tempted by LDWS but I think I'll sit it out for now.

xxx

[shiftylinguini.livejournal.com]

LOL same really HAHAHA!

[shiftylinguini.livejournal.com]

as a depraved light bulb

Ahahaha, how did I miss this? I want to make this my LJ tag lol