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YAYYY! I've not read most people's answers - I need to go back through my dwircle and look at them. You can have as many as you want, bb, ask away!

B. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

Hmmmmmmmmm. There are a lot of tropes I love, and a lot of tropes I've written, but I can't think of one I want to write but haven't taken a shot at. I don't generally come at prompts that way. Usually something about the canon (or characterization or a random funny bit of dialogue or "what if?" question happens) makes me want to write things.

I may want to try my hand at ABO someday, but it would take a lot of thinking and wrangling that kind of universe, so I don't know that I'll bother? Or at least, when I compare the amount of work to the amount of interest, yeah, not going there just yet.

H. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Well, with dialogue, it's always about sounding like the characters, so the ones I'm proud of are where I capture their voices really well. I looked for some SPN stuff (I feel like I have a pretty good handle on those guys) but nothing really fit the bill exactly right. There's a lot of introspection in most of the dialogue scenes that doesn't really work. Here's a scene from a Losers fic instead - it's a consort universe, where Jensen's a consort that's been hired to get Cougar ready for an official black-tie party. I think my favorite thing about this is how little Cougar says and how Jensen's read his body language perfectly - and then the last thing that's "said" is also Cougar, not actually speaking.

Jensen sighs, the deep one Cougar had expected to hear earlier. "If you tell me what's making you nervous, I can probably make you feel better about it."

The honesty is surprising, and Cougar can't help raising an eyebrow.

"Look, Mr. Alvarez –"

"Cougar," Cougar says automatically, groaning inside when he realizes what he's done. It's just that he hates being called Mister Alvarez.

Jensen grins again; the soft one, crinkling the corners of his eyes. "Cougar." He starts moving toward the bag of suits on the hook, pulling Cougar along by their connected wrists.

"Look, Cougar. I'm just here to do a job." He starts rummaging around in the bottom of the garment bag, pulling out small cases and bags. "I'm good at my job. I can do it any way you prefer. If you like professional, I can be professional. If you like gentle, I can be gentle. If you need to be manhandled because it'll make you feel better about me doing things to you that you associate with girls and slumber parties, I can do that." He pulls out something that looks like a tiny remote control and clicks a button. The handcuffs make a snick sound and Jensen grabs them and folds them up – putting them in his pocket, Cougar notices, not the garment bag. "Normally I can get a lock on what people want pretty quickly, but you're giving me mixed signals, so just tell me what you want and I'll do it that way."

Cougar's caught off guard again; he doesn't know what to say, much less what to do. Jensen looks at him evenly. "If you need my assurance that I will not attempt to initiate anything sexual during our time together, I can tell you it is specifically written into my contract." His eyes are focused just over Cougar's right shoulder, and there isn't a hint of a smile anywhere.

Cougar does the only thing he can think of. He reaches up and pulls the hair tie out of his hair, letting it fall loose over his shoulder.

L. Is there an episode section of canon above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?

Uh. I feel like this question is really poorly worded. For SPN, there are a few things that really stand out for me for Destiel - the two eps where Cas beats Dean up, for starters - but nothing for Wincestiel and nothing, really, for Sam/Cas or Wincest. It's more... I like the way their relationship works, and I like figuring out ways I could make things work like canon and then get them together.

Jensen/Cougar is almost canon in The Losers comics; less so in the movie, but I don't care, I still totally see it.

AL. Talk about a review that made your day.

OH MAN. I don't get a lot of really thinky reviews, so this one on Truth, Justice, and the Lantean Way just bowled me over. I was just sort of stunned. It's a page long! It talks about (and compliments) things I did both intentionally and intuitively (the stargate as a metaphor thing totally caught me by surprise but is totally accurate). It talks about a technical part of it (POV) that I spent a long time making sure I got right, and all in all, I think this may just be the best comment I've ever gotten.

It's the one I think of when I'm trying to leave meaningful feedback for others because it is just so generous and I felt so good for a week after receiving it (and after any other time I've read it).