what the hell happened to november no seriously what

[belantana]

1. Last call for Christmas cards! I am sending them next week. (By which I mean, now I have to send them next week, because I've written so. That works, right?)

2. yuletide is kicking my sorry arse, but at least now I have an idea to get excited about. And of course now I'm also getting all sorts of ideas for the other things I have no time to write. How

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[delgaserasca]

Yuletide is proving hard work for me, too. But hurrah for having ideas!

I haven't seen any Downton, but I've heard similar things from other fans. Sadface.

[belantana]

My face is also sad. Apparently there's a Christmas special though, so that might pick up a bit.

My Yuletide is Getting Properly Started This Weekend, goddamn. *sternface*

[lost_spook]

2. Yuletide is a bit scary, but I think it will be okay. *hopes* I'm glad to hear you at least have an idea! I am looking forward to reading it when it is words and an actual thing. It will be splendid. :-)

3. Erm. *sad* Well, I don't think the War suited it very much. I thought the last two episodes were a little bit better, and I have all my hopes restored for the Christmas special (in which it is just Christmas at the big house and everyone goes shooting, apparently. other stuff may happen, I don't know, but Downton is better at small stuff and character observing) and S3, when it will only be 1920-1921 (no big time jumps, yay) and 1920s!!! (I am just itching to write a fic where somebody from Downton has to have an outfit made by the House of Eliott. *head!desk*) Oh, and also everybody dies in an early nuclear apocalypse and there are explosions.*

(* I lied.)

[belantana]

I am glad your Yuletide will be okay! And I hope it is not too scary any more. I am super excited about reading yours also. :D

Hmm, I actually liked the war parts better. Minus the predictable cliches which I didn't mind at all. It was all the things happening around the war (especially Anna and Bates, and Sybil and Branson) which were deeply uninteresting. And then the whole thing with Matthew -- argh sorry I should not be complaining! I know it is your special happy show I will not continue to dump on it. Probably Christmas and the 20s will be awesome! Or, everyone will die in a nuclear apocalypse and I will laugh forever like I just did when you said that.

[lost_spook]

The request I was given will never not be scary, because that is the nature of it. It is... okay. I have a section of it that will stand alone, but am still trying to write the rest, and this is probably not a good idea. But how annoying would it be to have it all in rough and 4/5ths typed up and have to leave it? *sigh* Anyway, I hope yours is progressing!!!

Thanks to the above, I can say what I mean even less right now, but that is kind of what I mean, except I blame the War for it, because they had to stretch everything out to get through it. But i love the music and always Mrs Hughes and Carson and Violet. And I am ever optimistic, like at the end of Spooks S9. Christmas/1920s will be great! And even if not they will have lovely music that means I can watch it, and Maggie Smith will be awesome. :-D (Sometimes I am undemanding.) Plus, nice hats.

[belantana]

Oh, that is frustrating! But YAY that you have a standalone story done, and don't stress about the rest of it, you can always post it in the New Year, or even edit it in between the deadline and the reveal if you finish it then. (Oh wait, you're going to be away then aren't you. New Year then!)

It is undeniably true that the music is great and the hats are awesome. Perhaps I shall watch the Christmas special with these two thoughts in mind, and I'm sure I will enjoy it immensely.