2011-07-14

Four years! SO much fun. Thank you all for putting up with all the madness, from Potter to politics, science to ukuleles.

I thought of writing something for the occasion, but finishing Fathers left me a bit brain dead and my remaining brain is being used for work and for a pinch-hit that I am doing for a fest, because I can almost never say no to a nice mod.

But I did make a little something! My dear RL friend

treacle_tartlet and I have a similar sense of humour and have been confused for each other in fests once or twice. So here is a foolproof guide to working out whether a story was written by Treacle, or by me! (Apologies for the appalling handwriting (I was watching the news, and my pen ran out of ink), and you will probably need to click to enlarge.)

In other news, thanks so much for all the chocolate heads! MASSIVE pig-out!

Much love, hugs, kisses and fondant-guzzling slurps as appropriate to

jesskakay ,

ineffably_roma ; dear anonymous;

curia_regis ;

brissygirl ;

the_gubette ;

ldydark1 ;

stellamoon ;

naadi ;

lilliputian722 ;

ladydeth12 ;

subtlefire ;

taradiane ;

painless_j ;

sassy_cissa ;

groolover ;

alisanne ;

alex_s9 ;

melusinahp ;

ariannagray ;

skriftlig ;

kitty_fic ;

cassie_black12 ;

filmatleven ;

dysonrules ;

tsosh ;

phoenixacid ;

rickey_a and

nursedarry

And in answer to some of the notes and questions attached:

tomatoe18 , you flatterer, I just have awesome friends!;

pushdragon , funnily enough, my brain often feels as though it is made out of strawberry fondant!;

fiercedragon13 – thank you! I will endeavour to write more!;

unvarnishedtale -- we will decapitate them all with our gnashy little teeth!;

thisgirl_is -- I try not to think of such things!;

alaana_fair -- a man bearing chocolate!;

treacle_tartlet you have left me not wanting to eat strawberry-centred anything for a while ...;

winstonmom -- it's mutual!;

geneva2010 -- work first, the fic will still be there!;

kayoko -- I once shared my Easter eggs with my dog, she ended up at the vet and I ended up in hospital with gastro, I was 2 -- you would be an immensely better option!;

lrndng -- I would like to say it was the first time, but ...';

calanthe_fics – oh, you knew that there wasn't going to be a sex scene, they're not Marauders!;

teganscrush and

chantefable -- it's chocolate OR ukulele, alas, they don't mix!

And finally,

libby_drew , thank you for the picnic basket! You are responsible for so much of the last four years :-) (the rest is mostly

norton_gale , Gillian Brampton, Cal, Rai, Ping, Mere and Push ...)