A letter to mah Birds. <3

[capitu]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BIRDS!!!!!!

This, this is the little thing I "wrote" that a friend *coughs lumosed_quill coughs* corrected and now is much better (it is). I hope you don't mind that I borrowed some of your own words.

Here we go. Oh, I'm kind of nervous now. :D

Okay!

*clears throat*

Dear birdsofshore,

Be Prepared, because I'm feeling This Monstrous Need to tell you a few things.

You see, when I read that first story by you, I discovered Unknown Pleasures. I couldn't stop there; I felt This Unstoppable Thirst for more, and the more I read it was as if Riches Ready to Drop Upon Me were already falling.

Loving Harry Potter and discovering What Potter Wants through your eyes was like someone Turning the Tables on me. Nothing was ever the same.

From then on I was like a hound on a fox, following A Princely Scent, even ignoring The Joys of Nature (and on more than one occasion telling the bf "I Shall Not Speak" until I finish this story), for one more taste of your Honey.

I've been Living Deep in these stories you create, sometimes Checking Out the Opposition, granted, but always coming back for more.

You take me to new heights, as if in a Hairway to Heaven, waiting for A Divine Intemperance that I know is coming. You make me forget the world around me. I could be In the Company of a Rubber Duck, or in the middle of Eight Birthdays. I could even think There are Death Eaters Under the Bed! But I'd simply Surrender, in its Place and happily die Hungry as long as I'd never have to leave your writing.

Sometimes At Dawn when it's all silence around me, just like After Hours at the Ministry of Magic, I close my eyes and Remember, Remember that first story that brought you to my life, and I am happy as a child that belongs in Luna Lovegood's Noisy Nifflers Nursery School. But reading again The Twelve Days of Draco – more than a ritual, a Capriccio – is once again falling in love with your words.

Your stories are Rarely Pure and Never Simple, and I hope you never change, because if there is a Recipe for a Contented Reader, you my friend, are cooking with it.

You'll have to forgive me, dearest, because even The Best Laid Plans of Hufflepuffs, when left Unguarded, are just too silly. But know this came from my heart, with the sweetest inspiration a person can have.

All my love,

capitu



You are. Seriously. Pretty Fucking Awesome. Have the best birthday, Birds. ♥

Comments

[chibitoaster.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely brilliant!!!

And wow, I do agree with the sentiments. She's an amazing writer...

And prolific!

[birdsofshore]

OMG, what did you do? LOLOLOL this is incredible! LJ finally decided to start doing pingbacks, so my phone just went fucking berserk pinging me 15 times or something, LOL. You're insane and wonderful and, really, such a darling, and so clever and funny. I don't know how you even thought of it, let alone DID it and made it actually make sense and be so sweet.

And part of me is going, OMG, some of those stories are terrible, I have to get them off my masterlist right now so no-one sees hahahahahhahahahaha :D

I have to go out. But I'll be back to glomp you fully later, you crazy, perfect fool ♥ ♥

[who_la_hoop]

This is so cool!

[nenne.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

[raitala.livejournal.com]

What an awesome idea! You did this so well. Genius!

[mab.livejournal.com]

What a perfect celebration of bird!fic! Capitu, you're the sweetest ever!

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[travelculture.livejournal.com]

leave a story, An uncommon large ice tunnel, http://www.somechina.com/t0026

[vaysh]

*grins* Sheer brilliance. You are both Pretty Fucking Awesome. *hugs*

[eidheann_writes]

Oh wow this is fabulous darling! ❤❤❤

[writcraft]

LOL!! This is great :D

What a wonderful present <3

[8c.livejournal.com]

O-OH MY GOD

THIS IS SO CLEVER

AND YET IT ALSO MANAGES TO BE SO HEARTFELT AND SWEET!?!?!

GOD CAPITU YOU'RE A GENIUS <3

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

WOW that was seriously amazing! Such a clever idea, and so well executed, goddamn it was like poetry. Whoever would have thought that all of those titles could come together to create something so beautiful (especially when some of them are awesomely funny and weird - I can't believe you managed to fit in In The Company of a Rubber Duck LOL!) <3

What a fantastic b-day present for Birds!

[capitu]

Thank you! <333

She's done it all. And she's not done by far! :D:D

[capitu]

Oh Birds. :D *hugs you forever* You have no idea how much fun I had with this. I got this crazy idea and I wanted it to work. I thought it was going to be hard, but it wasn't. :D I thought it wouldn't make sense, but it does. :D I hoped it was sweet and funny, I still hope it is. <3

And yesterday when I told lumosed_quill that I was linking to the fics, and I quote "Aw, man, she's going to get a shitload of pingbacks if lj decides start working those." And of course lj decides to work. Of course. LOL

Well, I'm not ashamed! ;)

*hugs*

[capitu]

Thank you! Not as cool as beefcake Harry though! (seriously, what's cooler than that? LOL)

<333

[capitu]

Clappy hands!!! Thank you. <33

[capitu]

Thank you! Crazy plans are crazy. <333

[capitu]

Thank you, Mab. <33 You're so sweet. *hugs*

[capitu]

Oh, Vaysh! I blush, really. *hugs*

♥ ♥ ♥

[capitu]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[capitu]

:D!!!!

Thank you!

[capitu]

ROBES!

Wait, that goes on your posts. LOL

THANK YOU!!!!! <33334

[capitu]

Thank you! I made a list of her master list and I knew what I wanted to say, and sat there for a moment thinking, and then I just started writing and wow, it worked! :D She has some pretty awesome titles. So much fun to borrow them for a bit.

<333

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a wonderful birthday gift <3

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

Haha, OMG! It's like all this time they had been titling their stories for this precise reason. I mean:

Your stories are RARELY PURE AND NEVER SIMPLE, and I hope you never change, because if there is a RECIPE FOR A CONTENTED READER, you my friend, are cooking with it.

HOW PERFECT IS THAT?!?!

You are the sweetest friend in the world. We're all so lucky to have you in our lives. ♥♥♥

[capitu]

Thank you! <3

[capitu]

RIGHT??? :D:D

I'm sure she put those titles thinking someone one day was going to do it. ;) That's my favourite bit, too!

*HUGS YOU*

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[gracerene]

OH this is so awesome and clever! Lovely gift for lovely birds! :D

[lq-traintracks.livejournal.com]

I'm more and more tickled every single time I read this! You're brilliant! I'm just insanely impressed that you made this work as beautifully as you did! And the ping backs! LMAO! That alone has to be this crazy treat! :-D

Love this and love you!

[fantasyfiend09.livejournal.com]

*applauds*

Brilliant person celebrating brilliant person is brilliant!

[sophie-french.livejournal.com]

Oh this is such a wonderful way to celebrate someone's birthday, I'm so jealous!!!!! :P

This is fucking brilliant, what a great idea! :D

[nia_kantorka]

Darling, what a brilliant and sweet idea.

I can't imagine how long it took you to screen Birds' masterlist (or your rec list and e-reader ;) to get them into the logical and appropriate brithday order. I'm in awe.

<3

[capitu]

Thank you!! I'm very happ you think so. :)

<3!!

[capitu]

The pingbacks!!! I think we sort of ~jinxed or something. Trust lj to actually function when I link her 15 times no less! LOL

Thank you for your help. This is infinite times better with all your comments and suggestions. <333

[capitu]

♥ ♥ ♥

You darling! Thank you.

[capitu]

Thank you, Sophie, darling! *hugs* It's no Draco doing sticks and discovery love conspiracies, but it was fun. :)

<3333

[capitu]

LOL! It wasn't hard at all! I mean, I picked up her whole master list, listed the fics and I started writing. It worked rather well! The fun thing was when she wrote two more fics after I had already wrote this letter. It was easy and fun adding them. :D

Thank you, lovely. *hugs*

[lq-traintracks.livejournal.com]

Oh it is not! I made, like, two suggestions! *shoves you*

<3

[nia_kantorka]

If that was the thing you told us about some time ago and it went that easy, you should write some more. :D Indeed, you should. ♥

[capitu]

Oh, you made the best suggestions. :) Of course I kept them all. I'm telling you, so much better! <333

[capitu]

Oh! Yeah! This was the thing I "wrote" and I listed in my positive things. :D

You know, it *was* easy. Not to sound like I'm bragging or anything, but I remember copying all the titles thinking it was going to be hard, but nope, it wasn't. And then lumosed gave it the final touches, boy, it was so much fun. :D

<3

[candamira.livejournal.com]

My sweet Capitu, I'm late with commenting, though I wanted to do this all day yesterday. But family exploded around me and I was so busy with posting the Wank-to-win-fic and internet was fucking with me and then I discovered that I needed to put it under an LJ-Cut and that I had to edit several things.... Er, yeah. Back to your letter for yah birds ;-)! -- It's such a fantastic idea and you made such a touching letter using all her titles. It's funny and warm-hearted and all the work you put into it - though it was easy, as you say - tells how much you love BIRDS <333. Thank you for this inspiring piece of work! You're always in for something new and surprising, bb!

[huldrejenta.livejournal.com]

Oh haha, this is brilliant! Wonderful idea and it goes so smoothly - great job, and a perfect present ♥

[capitu]

Thank you! It was quite easy. ;) The words just came. I was very inspired, I think. :D

*hugs you*

[capitu]

Thank you! I'm surprised it reads so well! :D Lumosed was brilliant helping me, and yeah, I think she picked those titles thinking someone was going to do it. I know know it! lol

*hug*

[birdsofshore]

I'm sorry, it took me this long to come back and finish all the things I wanted to say. I can't imagine how long this must have taken, and even if you say it wasn't hard, I still think it's genius. IT REALLY IS SWEET AND FUNNY \O/ It's like, you wrote me a love letter made out of my own fics. O_O You're amazing!

Not to mention, sneaky. When you told me you were writing something, I never dreamt it was THIS. You're showing a touch of the Slytherin, there, madam ;-)

There are so many funny and perfect bits in it... but the bit that really made me laugh the hardest was I've been LIVING DEEP in these stories you create, sometimes CHECKING OUT THE OPPOSITION, granted, but always coming back for more.

LOLOL at "checking out the opposition". Because, definitely, all the other H/D writers are my OPPONENTS and I'm trying to WIN :DDD That's how it works. They might try to steal you away from me!

I think the most difficult one that you fitted in really smoothly is I am happy as a child that belongs in LUNA LOVEGOOD'S NOISY NIFFLERS NURSERY SCHOOL.

and the most AWFUL title to fit in ANYWHERE is Hairway to Heaven. In fact, I'm ashamed of myself for writing it, even, and giving you so much trouble ;-)

But as well as funny, and clever, I am so touched by the thoughts behind it and I know you are ridiculous to mean every one, my dear! ♥ I'm so lucky to have you in my life as a reader; to have you as a friend as well is just THE BEST. ♥ ♥

[birdsofshore]

You wait, my titles are just going to get WORSE AND WORSE now...

[capitu]

LOL I know, this thing I "wrote" was going to make people think it was ~something when it was REALLY something. :D

And the funny thing is, I had it written and then it came the DM/ASP reveals and the one you wrote for LQ, so I had to add those and it was easy, too! AHhh, so much fun with this, I kid you not. <333

Love you, Birds. <3

[8c.livejournal.com]

HAHAHH

memo to self, more robes for capitu

/shifty eyes