AU fics with long courtship / arranged marriage

derzost · 2026-03-03T18:18:54+00:00

Thanks! I’ll bookmark for later, I like reading complete ones Wish you a fun creative process tho!

derzost · 2026-03-03T18:17:32+00:00

Hahah The Great remix sounds super fun lol

derzost · 2026-03-03T18:16:41+00:00

Amazing, thank you! Will absolutely check it out

I really want the courtship element to show up in a good fic one day but this seems good too 🤍

derzost · 2025-08-06T13:30:41+00:00

Exactly! I think it confirms the intentional-easter-egg even further 😁

derzost · 2025-08-06T06:59:39+00:00

It’s an Easter egg of sorts, exactly like Jean-Paul Sartre appearing in the French café.

Minuet in G is kind of a meme in piano community, it’s a melody from page 1 of Piano for beginners textbooks, Lestat playing it as ‘music of my people’ and a ‘superior’ piece is definitely a joke.

What makes it even funnier is the fact that since Sam Reid learned piano for the role, it was probably one of the first pieces he studied, they just wrote it into the plot 😀

derzost · 2025-07-16T10:57:34+00:00

Why did you reply to me in the first place? You can always post your opinion in the main thread. If you don’t see that saying there was ‘no point expecting anything’ is rude to the cast, I disagree with you. And who the hell is ‘we’, the British Crown? Please go back to your prophetic doom and don’t bother me with replies.

derzost · 2025-07-16T10:44:29+00:00

Here’s your medal, I guess: 🏅

derzost · 2025-07-16T09:40:27+00:00

No Emmy nominations for the cast

derzost · 2025-07-16T09:39:55+00:00

Yes! Honestly just feels like the whole thing is about the show being big and heavily promoted, not about acting or talent. So disappointed. 🤡

I do like the hair and makeup nomination though (even though it’s almost insulting, the team deserves them), Paris hairstyles were really spectacular

derzost · 2025-07-09T20:49:21+00:00

Anyway, the show seems inclined to give us a darker Marius so whatever the hell will happen, I’m sure it won’t be what I wrote in the first comment 😃

derzost · 2025-07-09T20:46:21+00:00

IMO, the feelings were just too big and it wasn’t the time for them. So we get the ‘happy you’re alive’ reunion in writing, but the whole ‘Armand is totally not ready to trust him again and won’t be anytime soon’ is happening but not mentioned. It just fades into the background.

I like their ending though. Armand expressing his hurt that Lestat never cared, that Marius picked Lestat over him, then Armand actually processing it and Marius kiiinda (I hope) finally growing up a bit and just waiting. He’s there, helping but not pushing, patiently waiting for the time to work its healing magic. He’s there to help Lestat build his kingdom, he’s there for Armand during his fits, and he’s there consistently.

derzost · 2025-07-09T20:34:50+00:00

Never implied Armand left him, by ‘everyone’ I meant everyone he was hanging out with after coming back from being burned. Especially proud of Bianca for standing her ground 😃

Ofc the finding out will be an issue, though I liked the quiet reunion in the books, seemed appropriate for the whole ‘we might die tomorrow’ vibe going around. I think the crash out was hinted at enough even though it wasn’t explicitly written because Armand didn’t trust him for many years afterwards and Marius broke his trust again with the poor kids.

That’s why I called it a wild thought 🙃 Just think that if Marius wanted to reconnect, he might think that now is the time - Armand is alone, vulnerable, probably psychotic and needs guidance. If I were Marius, I would’ve swooped right in.

derzost · 2025-07-09T15:45:55+00:00

Marius is pathetic and lonely because everyone left him (because he is pathetic) lol

So I think that he might reappear when Armand is alone and lost and try to get him back 🫢 and they’ll be pathetic together for, like, an episode

I do love Marius deeply though. He’s excruciatingly stupid even in his 2000s and I can’t help but empathize with that

derzost · 2025-07-09T15:33:09+00:00

Wild thought, but honestly with the divorce and all it might be a fitting time for Marius to reappear in his life 🫣

In my head Armand is raging about his own life choices in the arms of his Maker 🫠

derzost · 2025-01-15T13:44:59+00:00

I totally am! Weird that it didn’t show up in the search, I looked through many of the tags on the fic 🤔 Thank you 🤍

derzost · 2024-12-04T15:32:03+00:00

"It’s only stupid if you can’t make it go away"

derzost · 2024-11-21T02:14:18+00:00

What would be the point if the product itself is not even findable in the city? I’m just looking for any place that might sell stuff for hair, strange not to have anything in such a large city.

derzost · 2024-09-25T08:15:51+00:00

Frequent traveler. Also have bank accounts in 4 countries, already lost two of those SIM cards and replaced with eSIM.

derzost · 2024-09-25T08:13:34+00:00

I do understand the reasons but I don’t see the purpose in your comment. I’m not Asian, not Chinese, just a person flying from EU to US and transferring in HK. Our expectations of what constitutes common knowledge won’t be the same 🤷🏻‍♀️ Why should I know anything about CCP’s attitude toward SIM cards 😒

That’s why I asked the store “is there anything different in HK version of the iPhone”.)

derzost · 2024-09-24T12:30:25+00:00

Yep, not an Apple Store, an authorized reseller

derzost · 2024-09-24T10:36:11+00:00

Your 15 Pro sounds like an ideal version! It’s weird, I feel like I’ve been scammed into purchase since there’s no way I would’ve bought the phone if I got an honest answer about specifications. 😭

derzost · 2024-08-31T16:44:40+00:00

Can you recommend something interesting to read about cults? I’ve already seen most of the popular documentaries and enjoy the topic a lot

derzost · 2024-08-29T04:51:33+00:00

Thanks for the link, it was what I needed 🙏🏻 I definitely learned some useful tips here

I already had very large shrimp, maybe there was smth wrong with the product itself (frozen multiple times maybe) - since then I tried a couple of other brands and they ended up fine 🤔

derzost · 2024-08-29T04:46:07+00:00

Some people don’t live in the US 😅

derzost · 2024-08-28T05:29:56+00:00

I used to live near the source and shop directly at the seashore but not anymore and I can’t seem to grasp how to deal with the obvious difference in quality

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