Richie Tennyson

Thanks for the feedback @Baikalisan! I am currently working on a second story about Richard and co.

Thanks @Valkyrie and thanks @Cia for re-posting 🙂 I’m really delighted some readers have enjoyed it!

Thanks for the comment! Really delighted you enjoyed it

@stlstage Thanks, feel free to let me know what you think 🙂

Absolutely - hopefully we grow out of this, but I feel not everybody does

Thanks for reading @David Santos - this was one of my main intentions with this story

Thanks again for your great comment @Bart V! I do have an upcoming story in the pipeline - it's not overtly gay but is fairly camp and fun, so I might put it up here anyway! ❤️

@Bart V Thanks for the comment - I'm especially glad to know it gave you some laughs!

@alexlittel I'll take that as a compliment 😉

@Nana Atuwa Thanks for reading! I love your reaction/comments, that you found it strange but also readable & thought-provoking. 😃

Thanks! I can't wait to see what I write next too

@Talo Segura Glorious comment, thank you so much. This story is still a roller coaster of emotions for me, too. My heart aches for Richard in this story, but also swells to think of the wonderful people in his life.

Hmm yeah this is one plot point of the story I grappled with - how to convey this in a convincing way... "The Terrorist" chapter outlines that Bjorn was 'deviant' and anti-convention from a young age. This led into his 'career' as a "Fairytale Objector", protesting fairytales in relatively trivial ways. Bjorn then met, and fell in love with, Patricia - that's when he saw an opportunity to 'protest'/sabotage fairytales to a much bigger audience. Presumably Patricia would've required a lot of persuading. Ultimately (as she briefly mentions in this final chapter) she calculated the damage to the company would be manageable - and possibly her love for Bjorn tipped the scales to take the risk. Also, Patricia stayed in control the entire time, so could have ejected him from the fairytale if she changed her mind.

@ObicanDecko Thanks for your great compliment - and especially about Dorothy's wedding scene. It's a less "showy" scene than others but I really wanted to give as much insight into Dorothy, as she can be a bit unlikeable on the surface

@Talo Segura Thanks for your lovely comments thus far, after being so encouraging about Happily Ever After, Ltd too! The characters are my favourite thing about Self-Portraits too. ♥️ I hope you enjoy the rest of it.