Thorn Wilde

Woohoo! Hurray for Christmas break.

It was. How are you today, Reader?

Thank you! ❤️ How are you today?

I'm producing a podcast for this organisation and it turns out that I'm getting a lot more money for it than I thought I would. So Christmas is saved, basically.

Hey everyone. Hope your Monday is treating you okay. Mine's been pretty good. Had some good news this morning and been to play Dungeons and Dragons with my friends. Take care of yourself, Fae.

Like I've already told you, I'll be really pissed if you die. So, whatever the thing you need to do will turn out to be, do the thing.

Thank you! I have always been fascinated with the idea of angels as sexless and agender. Of course, in order to become human, Epheriel had to choose. In my mind, he seemed more masculine than feminine even in his angelic form. Playing with pronouns was fun. Thanks very much for commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you very much, Mike. The research was a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun. As you have no doubt realised, I love knowing things. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. I'm very happy you enjoyed it.

The plus side for me is that it's easier to keep in touch with people in other time zones when I keep unorthodox hours myself. But now I'm actually going to sleep. Goodnight!

Morning people have my deepest admiration and respect. Myself, I'm terrible at going to bed or getting up early. As evidenced by the fact that I said I was going to sleep an hour ago and I'm still here. lol

'You aggravation!' I love that. I'll be sure to use it the next time Curie is being a pain. I agree with everyone else. You should continue this story. Maybe it's a short story or novelette, maybe something more, but it's an intriguing beginning.

Thank you, Mike. I appreciate that. Ugh, 5 am... sounds exhausting.

Classic! ❤️

Glad you had a good time. Mine has been pretty good. Been editing and writing. Now I'm off to bed as it's 3:30 here, lol! I remain the eternal night owl. Goodnight, everyone.

Of course they do. My brother and sister-in-law have been doing a thing on Facebook where they watch potentially crappy Christmas movies and review them so the rest of us don't have to. They rate them from 5 💩 for the really bad ones to 5 ☃️ for the really good ones. Their reviews are hilarious.

Good to see you too, molly! Sounds sufficiently clichéd and Christmassy.

Nice long lie-in on a Sunday? EDIT: My sense of time is messed up. Nap, I'm guessing.

Ooh, fun! Which one?

Hey, everyone. Just wanted to drop in and say hi. Happy Sunday. I hope you're all well.

Thank you, Cassie. Those are kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the story!

Just thought I'd take a moment to mention that many non-binary people choose to medically transition in one way or another; it's fully possible that Taylor was assigned female at birth and micro-doses testosterone, which would make their appearance more masculine while remaining fairly androgynous. While proof-reading the story, I found myself assuming that Taylor was AFAB. It took me a while to realise that I was projecting myself onto them. I'm non-binary and trans masculine (I use he/him/his pronouns), and I felt like I saw a lot of myself in Taylor. It wasn't until Val pointed out that it's never mentioned what gender Taylor was assigned at birth that I realised I'd been doing it. And honestly, I think that's part of the genius of how this story is written and why I love it so much.

Thank you for reading and commenting, Parker! I appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you, tim! Yeah, I've always found angels and angelic lore interesting as well. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment! I'm very glad you liked it.

Another Christmas tune:

Being queer and a politician is not a big deal in the UK. Politicians' personal lives aren't seen as all that interesting, for one, and there are several out queer MPs, some of whom have been serving since the 1990s. Coming out is not a career-ending move for a British politician in most cases. Most people just don't care. There are currently, if I counted correctly, 47 known out LGBT MPs in the House of Commons. There are 21 in the House of Lords. You're right on the actor front, though.