what’s the line you’re most proud of writing recently?
i'd like to post funny lines for the entertainment value, but i'll go with earnestness instead.... so they also warrant an explanation of why they're my favorites.
for fanfic:
Luz closes her eyes. “I’m not so kind.” “You have been to me,” Amity says. Then, nodding at Hunter, “You have been to him.”
canon luz says "i'm not so kind" in the show's finale, in a remarkably similar situation to AU luz here -- convinced she is The Actual Devil and that she's an evil parasite doomed to hurt everyone she loves.
AU amity has just gone through a many-thousands-of-words-long arc that started with her being afraid luz was Actually Literally Going To Kill Her, PLUS being afraid luz was abusing hunter behind closed doors. so her response here is her acknowledging not just that she was wrong, but also that luz has gone Out Of Her Way to show kindness to the two people she'd be most within her rights to torture/kill/etc for funsies.
also. polyamory rights. i did scan for a polyamorous line on purpose.
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and for original fiction:
Nova reached down and traced Devin’s cheekbone, then her jaw, over the stubble that she’d been too damn miserable to shave. “Are you my husband tonight,” Nova murmured, “or my wife?”
devin and nova's relationship is soulmates-as-horror and i have always been open about that. BUT. you know that post that's like, "a wholesome relationship has to be 10% fucked up and a fucked-up relationship has to be 10% wholesome"?
there IS a level of care and tenderness and comfort to their marriage. it wouldn't be interesting if there wasn't. you can see the gaps in the choices that have been made, the way the relationship has been built. these are two people who Could have something really good, if they'd either been in different circumstances or made different choices.
and also it's crucial to nova's characterization that she's nice and likes to perform kindness. some real questions raised about what real kindness actually is, etc.
thank you for the excuse to ramble!