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[amusingmusie]

Hey…I just have to come on here and tell you how absolutely amazing Yours Truly is. I binged the whole fic in like…3 days??? I found it and immediately I was hooked. I need to tell you your writing is better than some of the published novels I’ve read. Your prose is perfect and your descriptions are so vivid and you write in the second person so beautifully when some people can barely string a few sentences together. And the characterization??? You have nailed Alastor to a tee and have only made me hyperfixate on this character more. He is utterly fascinating and just like the reader, I am completely transfixed. The relationship you’ve crafted is addictive and exquisite and I need this story injected into my bloodstream.

All this to say, thank you for writing this, it’s the only Alastor x reader fic ever and I am going to be thinking about it for a long ass time. Thank you for writing it and sharing it with us, I cannot wait to no doubt bawl my eyes out as the story continues💖

Oh my god??? I'm gonna sob /pos pos pos! This is so sweet, thank you so much for the kind words 💖 I'm not amazing at responding to compliments but I can say that my eyes got a little misty reading this to show just how much it means to me :') Thank you for the investment in and support of my work. It makes my heart so full.

As a side note, I do recommend you go seek out other Al x reader fics! There are so many amazing ones out there (some of them written by very dear friends of mine) that I think you'll enjoy ;)

#my asks #I love plugging my friends #and I love you #teary-eyed at my desk rn

[amusingmusie]

Reading (and dying sweetly) over Yours Truly rn, and heard this song and it’s just the vibe

MORE SONGS!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

#my asks #I love these song recs #I kiss your foreheads

[amusingmusie]

NOT EXACTLY A QUESTION, BUT! I've got a song that I think partially fits with "Yours Truly" and all that jazz, it's itching at me because YOU need to hear this too!!!

That being said, It's "The fruits" from Paris Paloma. Been eating her lyrics up!

I LOVE THIS SONG!!! It’s on an old DnD character playlist of mine and I almoooooost added it to the Yours Truly playlist too since it’s so Nel-coded but didn’t for some reason?

#my asks #I should fix that

[amusingmusie]

Evie is a LESBIAN and she is also in love with her enemy

Erm she is not in love with her, they’ve only been butting heads for years and have a deep-rooted rivalry!

Someone play “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan

#my asks #shoutout to Evie you would love Chappell

[amusingmusie]

I love writer Nel sm!! I can just imagine if she got ahold of one of Al’s scripts or stories. There would be so much red ink the paper would look like road kill. She’d be correcting his grammar, spelling, word choice, plot points, etc. Absolutely tearing it to pieces while Al is fuming in the time out corner, only for him to look over it later and have an “oh shit, this isn’t half bad” moment. Hell, he might even find it good — though he’d never tell her that. He’d be pouty for the rest of the week tho

It’d be really funny if he even used some of her suprisingly good advice for a broadcast, knowing damn well that she doesn’t listen to them and won’t ever find out. Even funnier if while listening Grace realizes and tells Nel anyway.

IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT CONSIDERING THERE'S A SCENE IN CH29 FEATURING THIS THAT I JUST FINISHED!!!!

I bonk foreheads with you lovingly.

#my asks #I fucking love when brainworms match up

[amusingmusie]

Is Evie canon to the Yours Truly universe? I absolutely love her already, and I can only imagine the kind of hell she put poor Nel through growing up. Al would be so proud. Good on Nel for starting a law firm, too! That’s our queen!!!

But also the general heartbreak that Nel must have felt as every day Evie looked a little bit more like the man Nel thought she knew. Just looking at her daughter one day only to see someone completely different but so familiar staring back. :(

I’m also so curious how the realization that Nel was pregnant went down. Not well probably. Was it before or after Al died? How would Al have reacted if he was alive (He very clearly didn’t want kids). How on earth would he have behaved around a pregnant Nel?? Also not well probably.

And of course I can’t forget about the extended family. Where’s Grace, my beloved, in all of this??? The absolute agent of chaos that she is, she and Evie would cause so much havoc — I just know it. And I can’t tell if Marie would be ecstatic up in heaven or rolling around in her grave at the news lol. I’m assuming by this point in time she’d have passed away, but to know she just missed the big news — damn. Poor Grandma Marie. Nobody thought Al had it in him 😔

Sorry for the giant block of text lol. I adore Evie and she’s got my brain in overdrive rn. Your writing is amazing, and Yours Truly is genuinely such a wonderful read! Also don’t feel pressured to answer any of the questions if you don’t want to or if it’s spoiler territory — I just had to get all that off my chest :)

Stay safe out there and take care of yourself!!

No PLEASE send me asks about Evie I fucking love her and barely ever get to talk about her because I've kept her so private for so long!

Evie is "canon" to Yours Truly but not in the way you might think. She is never going to be born, she doesn't exist, but she will eventually have a small cameo in a later chapter. The rest is a mysteryyyyyyy for now. However, I love thinking about the au where she's alive since I LOVE family drama and angst.

The girl is a menace. She's a strange mix of Darla Dimple, Jessica Lovejoy, and Heather Chandler but also can be oddly endearing? There’s a strange innocence to her. Yes, she did stab that man but she hugs her momma extra tight when that haunted look comes over her face. There are a lot of layers to the silly gay girl that VERY few people will ever see let alone notice and process.

If Al was around for Nel actually being knocked up and aware of it, he'd be annoyingly overbearing. 100% he'd treat her like she's made of glass even though she's trying to bite his throat out for being so condescending. It would be a giant clusterfuck of Nel randomly crying cuz her hormones are raging and she’s too big to bend over and buckle her shoes, and then Alastor is staring at her like she’s insane because it’s Nel, crying. They’d make it work though. Well, in another universe at least, because in the drabble-I-posted-verse uuuhh….he wasn’t really around to know that he has a child kicking around on earth.

But heeeeey she and Grace are BFFS! They definitely gang up on Nel together while she smokes 28 packs of cigs with a thirst for blood in her eyes. Little shits of a feather flock together.

If Marie was around, she would SPOIL that child. Her only grandchild, and a little girl??? Whatever Evie desired Marie would deliver and you wouldn’t be able to tell that child no without her granny defending her. It’s probably for the best that they never met since Evie would be worse than she already is.

Thanks for asking more about her cuz I like to yap :D I can't really say too too much since I don't wanna accidentally spoil YT, but man do I adore this strange child of whimsy.

#my asks #shoutout to poor Gem for listening to me holler about this child for so long in DMS

[amusingmusie]

I know I typically use this as a writing blog…BUT IT’S LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK BABY!!!

LET’S GO LESBIANS!!!

#LESBIANISM #I LOVE YOU LESBIANS #ALL LESBIANS TOO NO WEIRD SHIT IN HERE #BE VISIBLE

[amusingmusie]

On the note of Nel burning soup (Girl how 😭) are there any skills that Nel has/absolutely does not have that haven't come up yet? Hobbies, too. She can read, shoot, and banter like nobody's business -- but does she have any weird or secret skills lol? Ones that make people think "How and why do you know how to do that?"

Or are there any critical role failures? Such an abysmal lack of skill at something that she could get banned from a place for even making an attempt (cooking in the kitchen, singing karaoke, shopping at Walmart, etc.).

And finally, Al might not be a pet person, but what about Nel and Grace? Do they like animals? Any in particular (cats, dogs, a secret third option)?

Sorry for all the questions. I absolutely love Yours Truly! Your writing is amazing, and the character dynamics are immaculate! Nel has so much personality to her, and I love both Grace and Marie with all my heart. Shout out to the stinky deer loser, too, of course.

Oooooo this is FUN!

Secret or unusual talents? Let’s see…I’d say writing. It’s not unusual but it is a little secret since she doesn’t dabble in it much. Nel reads a fair amount and grew up with her nose in a book when she wasn’t battling swamp creatures (now she battles a different kind of swamp creature as an adult lmao), so she’s had years to absorb literature. Specifically, she’d be baller at writing overly flowery and romantic poetry. Will she do it? Only in private and she’d never willingly show anyone.

Critical failures? Intentional comedy 100%. Nel is hilarious when she doesn’t mean to be. She is the reluctant straight man of her and Alastor’s weird little comedic duo. The second she attempts to be funny it falls abysmally flat, like Dee’s standup comedy routine in IASIP levels of bad. Don’t ask her to tell you a joke. Please don’t do it.

Animals! Both of the girls like animals. Grace especially LOVES cats and her dream is to get a Persian kitty. Nel enjoys most animals casually but I think she’d be a really cool bird mom. Her curly ass hair is perfect for a parakeet or dove to sit in while she works. The reason they don’t have any pets is because their father was very anti-pet. He was a hardass that didn’t want to worry about animals in such a shitty economy. Even though he’s been gone for several years, his memory still weighs pretty heavily on both of the Sheridan girls so they haven’t gotten around to getting a pet. Maybe one day.

That got dark at the end. Oopsie!

#my asks #I’m trying to catch up on asks atm so I’m sorry if yours has been sitting for a while! #life is trying to kill me atm #the woes of academia

[amusingmusie]

HELLO??? TJ AAAGH YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN!!!

You are absolutely cooking. COOKING! Holy shit.

Penelope: a short character analysis

SO I’ve been hyper fixated on Greek mythos and Homer’s Odyssey on top of Yours Truly and these two share a name. Names hold a lot of symbolism and Penelope (The Odyssey) is a symbol of faithfulness and fidelity, and she was clever enough to hold off the suitors for 10+ years by weaving and unweaving her tapestry. imo, Nel is extremely loyal to her family (i.e Grace) and also pretty clever as she tends to hold her own against Al, who is the epitome of cunning. I’ve been sitting on this brainworm for a While. Also the name Penelope means weaver or duck, which are both birds 👀👀 @amusingmusie

#penelope my girl my love #both of them #yeah I teared up over this SO WHAT #birds of a feather flock together cough cough

[amusingmusie]

Omg omg omg

“It will come back” by Hozier fits YT so much.

Very dark atmosphere. Very big undertones of obsession. Very big message in big bold neon lights saying “YOU’LL NEVER GET RID OF ME!”

Perfection.

Another song rec hell yes!!! Thank you!

#my asks

[amusingmusie]

do you per chance plan to write for something with vox in it? perhaps even something radiostatic-ish?

Mmmm probably not unless someone c0mmissions it from me or something. I like the idea of one-sided radiostatic but the ship itself isn't really my cup of tea. I definitely understand why people like it though, no hate!

#my asks #I mean I will eventually be writing for Vox if I write my post Yours Truly fic but you know #details something something

[amusingmusie]

These are so Nel & Al coded 2 me.

(Al)

(Nel)

MEME DUMPS FUCK YEEEAAAHHH!!!! Thank you! I love all of these <3

#my asks #the nice ass one sent me idk why #her ass is really nice

[amusingmusie]

Hi I’m a new fan of your story so ofc I binged it last night! Quick question and forgive me if someone else asked this before but do you have a claim for alastor’s natural voice? I have an idea of what it could sound like but I’m secretly hoping there’s an audio of some sort that you were just like yeah—this is it

I have a few asks about this!

Tbh when I began writing I really didn't have a voice claim for Al. It was all in my head. I still don't really have an exact voice claim...

BUT

With Bosco now voicing Striker in HB, I would like to think Alastor's southern drawl would be somewhat similar. Exact? Hell no, Striker is way too Western Country and it just isn't exactly what I pictured for Al. But, it's the most similar thing to what I hear in my head.

So yes and no? This feels like a huge non-answer and I am so sorry.

#my asks #Striker I hardly know er

[amusingmusie]

If Alastor was alive, would he be the type of dad who's always "my daughter is better than yours" to the other parents *wink* *wink*Lucifer?

YES! Yes he would. He would pull out Evie like some sort of fucked up Pokemon and send her into battle against Lucifer and Charlie for the title of best father-daughter duo.

The issue is that while Charlie and Lucifer are similar people who get along, Al and Evie are similar people who BEEF. It doesn't help that Evie is a momma's girl so her loyalty lies with the redhead. She doesn't really like men either so Alastor is COOKED.

Imagine Hell's Greatest Daughter except Evie stops paying attention to Charlie halfway through the song to start roasting Alastor instead. They end up fighting as everyone else stares at them.

#my asks #something something Maury Show #Nel smoking a cigarette while Al and Evie passive aggressively take shots at each other

[amusingmusie]

hannibal fanatic eating thru ur roof tiles and ceiling CANNIBALISM RAAAA

People chomper alastor real n true sorry nel yoy can join him if youd like might be Cool

Nel screaming as Alastor hits the griddy while chewing on a finger canon and also real!!!

#my asks

[amusingmusie]

I know it's not going to happen but what do you think a child between Nel & Alastor would be like? Personality wise or appearance

History Repeats Itself

This is goddamn ridiculous.

Heels click against shiny vinyl flooring as Nel tears off down the hallway, speeding past flyers promoting honors ceremonies and painted murals of happy children. Pushing open door after door and stomping hard enough to make her knees shake, she does nothing to hide her rage over such a bullshit situation. Her fingers twitch with the need for a goddamned cigarette, but she doesn’t trust herself to not light this private school aflame with it. Oh no, she’s not chancing that, not when she’d ruin the career she fought to earn and the schooling she pays out the ass for in one fell swoop. 

Her warpath only halts when she reaches a thick wooden door simply labeled as Dean’s Office. It’s becoming increasingly familiar as of late. With a barely contained growl, she knocks the door open, steps into the room, and prepares for battle.

“She is evil!”

“That’s a strong word. I prefer the term strong-willed instead.”

“Shut it! You’re a malignant tumor on this school!!!”

“Wow, that was a good one. You’re improving your vocabulary, congratulations!”

“DEVIL!”

“You know, anything you say can be held against you in court, I’d mind your words if I were you.”

“WE ARE NOT IN COURT!!!!!”

Nel watches a teenage girl hiss and spit pure venom with all the rage of a feral creature. Her dark eyes are blazing with unfiltered fury, something Nel herself recognizes all too well. There’s no need to ask what has her raging- oh no, Nel is aware of the issue, she sure fucking knows exactly who is responsible for this mess. 

Turning on her heels, Nel stares down the little shit sitting primly in a chair by the flabbergasted dean. Not a curly hair is out of her place on her head, with each chocolate strand pinned neatly back with a stylish bow. Quickly, she gives a small pat to her immaculate bumper bang like she’s brushing away some invisible dust that could possibly disrupt her picture-perfect image. 

She’s a doll with smooth caramel skin and large hazel eyes. 

She’s adorable with pearly white teeth and freckles dotted across her cheeks. 

She’s precious with her long, poofy skirt and long, poofy hair.

She’s perfect.

Except, her mother knows better. Oh, does she ever know better. 

“Sweet Christ,” Nel sighs with something that isn’t quite disappointment, but certainly isn’t glee. Nobody has breathed a word of what events called her down to the private school, again, but she’s certain that her spawn is somehow responsible because she is always responsible when chaos occurs. “Evie. What in the hell is going on here?”

“Momma, there you are!” Bouncing out of her seat, Evie skips over to her mother without a care in the world. She doesn’t bat an eye at her classmate glaring daggers at her or the dean blinking in exasperation since she’s too busy sidling up to her revered birth-giver. “Listen, this is all a big, silly mix-up. I’m completely innocent-”

“Lies-!”

“It was Roxxy who dumped the paint on her own bag to frame me-”

“NO, I DID NOT-!”

“Because why would I ever do such a terrible thing?” Looking for backup, she moves her gaze to the dean, who simply nods his head in slight agreement. “I would never jeopardize my perfect record with the threat of a conduct mark, and for what? To upset my good friend Roxxane with a ridiculous prank?”

“We are not friends!” the other teen growls, her skin turning an intense shade of crimson from the wrath boiling in her bones.

“You’re right, we’re best friends! Thank you for reminding me,” Evie chirps, her toothy smile growing wider.

Nel swats away unfortunate flashbacks that threaten to overtake the moment. 

“Okay, kid, put a pin in it. Just, God, come on, we’re leaving, now. Go.” Once her daughter departs from the room with a final wave to her so-called friend, Nel stares at the dean. “Stop calling me for this bullshit. I pay this school too goddamn much money to run up here each time there’s an issue with these two- next time, deal with it.”

The door slams shut behind her, and she marches on. 

Leather pumps and leather oxfords click together in time down the hallway. 

“What on God’s green earth possessed you to do that?” Nel scoffs, not pausing her march to freedom for a moment. It hardly matters since her kid already has at least an inch on her, because of course she does, her legs are more than long enough to keep up with the redhead’s shorter stomps. “Dumping paint on someone’s bag? Shit, did you just forget any home training I gave you?”

“Momma!” Evie gasps in offense, her round eyes going wide. “You don’t believe in my innocence?”

“No.”

“Okay, fair enough.” Just like that, the act drops and she shrugs, clicking her shiny saddle shoes on the floor. “But I didn’t do it for fun. Well, maybe I did, but she also deserved it.”

“You cannot continue to terrorize that girl. This is the third time that there’s been an incident in the past five weeks. Every time you get yourself into a mess, I gotta hightail it up here to drag you home, and that’s time I lose with my clients, and that’s money I lose to spend on you. You think it reflects positively on me when I’m unable to run my firm because I’m wrangling my daughter?”

“I know, but-“

“Genevieve Marie Sheridan-“

“You don’t understand!”

“Then enlighten me.” 

“She’s terrible!” Uncharacteristic irritation crosses over Evie’s sharp facial features, contorting them into a disgruntled expression eerily similar to the one worn by the ginger walking next to her. “I’m telling you, I have never met someone so absolutely dull and unpleasant in all my life! Sure, I’ve only been alive for fourteen years, but I’ve had a worldly fourteen years!”

“Oh, really now?”

“Momma, forget the details! What I’m trying to explain to you is that she is awful, so I’m attempting to help her become less awful with some harmless fun.”

A familiar feeling creeps along Nel’s skin. It’s a distant feeling, one she hasn’t felt in nearly fifteen years, but it’s one she can never forget, not ever. It’ll haunt her til the day she dies, and long after that too. 

Cold realization begins to dawn on her.

“...What makes this girl so bad?”

“What doesn’t?” the teen snips, rolling her eyes. “She always has to argue with me or oppose me, she can never just listen to anything I say! I don’t understand. Everyone else loves me- as they should, I’m amazing.”

“Mhm.”

“But not her! Never her. She’s been against me since we moved here, what, seven years ago? All because everyone adores me due to my benevolent nature and because she’s an envious ball of rage with no friends.”

“Mhm.”

“And I always think of how repulsive she is, especially at the worst times! Did you know that I dreamed of her nasty little face the other night? She’s a true nightmare at this point. I can’t escape her even in my sleep.”

“I bet.”

“So, in conclusion, she is my number one enemy, and I will destroy her.” Evie raises her upturned nose into the air with a slight huff. “In completely legal ways, of course. Such as kindness. And a few ink bombs too.”

There it is. 

Pausing at the front of the school, Nel faces the little turd fully, her initial anger fading. Hell, she can never stay mad at the kid for long; that’s her baby, no matter how tall she grows or how ruthless she becomes. 

When Evie returns her mother’s softening gaze with a kind one of her own, Nel swallows down an old sadness that’s taken root inside of her. It’s been there for years, always hovering like a ghost in the background, always lingering no matter how long she ignores it. But, its presence isn’t so heavy with her kid here, even if she wears a dead man’s face and speaks in his same chipper tone. 

It would be just like Alastor to have a child so eerily like himself. He could never quit the game; he’d always leave some version of himself behind to plague Nel. 

Fitting. He always had to have the last laugh.

“You know, I know a thing or two about having an enemy.”

“Oh, like the DA?”

“No, not that son of a bitch, though he’s worthless,” she grumbles. “No, I had someone else I swore to destroy a long time ago.”

“Well, did you?” she asks, and Nel gives her a strained, tired smile. 

“Yes and no. That’s a story for another day. For now, all I’ll tell you is that you need to be careful, and that maybe you should spend some time using that big brain to decide what you really think of this nemesis of yours.”

“Well, I hate her. I don't need to think about that.”

Nel rolls her eyes. “No doubt, but hate can sometimes…ah, fuck it, I’ll save it.” With a shake of her head, she waves away her words. “You’ll figure it out, baby. Now come on, we’re getting the hell out of here. Goddamn ridiculous school.”

“Yes ma’am!” Evie skips along happily next to Nel, contagious cheer radiating off of her. “We need to go anyway. I’d like to be at least down the block before the dye bomb I placed in Roxxy’s locker detonates.”

“...The what?”

There’s a distant pop, and then a muffled scream from deep inside of the school building.

Evie blinks innocently, and then Nel sighs. 

History always repeats itself. 

#I really hope you like Evie because she's existed in my brain for almost as long as I've been writing Yours Truly #I don't feel like this drabble did her true justice either #she is the little shit of all time #also I couldn't resist making her enemy have an “ox” name whoopsie #she's unfortunately very similar to her father #Nel's genetics got bodied #evil lesbian child #don't argue with her you won't win and you'll wake up without a liver

[amusingmusie]

Haha what could possibly go wrong? :D

#Nel: teaches him to make contracts and allows him to bite her #Alastor: becomes a deal maker and eats people #Nel: no not like that