BUTTERFISH

Anonymous asked: I know you're really busy and stuff, but because you're from Denmark I just wanted to ask - how do you feel about the Eurovision win?

I view it as a personal achievement.

No, in all honesty, I don’t really care. All the music is equally bad.

I keep getting worried messages, so I’ll just let you all know - no, I am not dead and no, I have not left the fandom behind and yes, I will be finishing “American Dreams in an English Village” at some point.

Why am I not active right now? I am busy trying to finish my dissertation. I have to write 12.000 words before the 27th and I hope to make them sound somewhat intelligent. I also want to see my girlfriend so that our relationship won’t feel like a thing of the past meaning that whatever spare time I have I spend either chatting with her or trying to go to see her (which I will in exactly a week’s time, hooray for me!).

I have not forgotten you, I am just really busy with a lot of things!

Anonymous asked: Hello Mr Butterfish, I hope not to bother, but... is there someplace where I could buy Monarchy of Spades illustrated book? I tried your ffnet profile and here on tumblr under the tag, but I wasn't able to find news about it :(

The book is not up for sale yet - the one you’ve probably seen pictures of is a sample book. When everything has been printed and the book is available, I’ll of course let you all know in here! (:

Since Haku is the one taking care of the printing, I’ll advise you to follow her Tumblr here for the quickest information on the book.

the-angels-take-221b asked: Hello Mr. Butterfish! I've also wondered why you've always limited your writing to only USUK? I'm not hating on USUK, it's personally one of my favorite ships, but I just want to know why you haven't about any other ships, or characters in fact. I'd just think it'd be really awesome if you branched out to other ships! What exactly makes USUK so special in your eyes that it takes front and center in all your fics?

Let me put it this way; had I joined the fandom later than I did, I might have ventured into other couples and characters. I do find them interesting, but at this point in time I feel like concentrating on my original writings rather than fanwork. I love USUK, but I also love the characters I make myself, and I have a lot of storylines which are so far from Hetalia that I feel putting it in an AU can’t even justify it anymore.

Now ‘Monarchy of Spades’ is finished, I’m focused on wrapping up ‘American Dreams’ in the way it was intended to end, and I’m afraid that will be the last of me. I will still look around, I will still love my time here, but I think I have to move on soon.

Anonymous asked: how did you start out as a writer?

I just started out writing in school and it caught on. Back then I didn’t think much of it, it was just something I enjoyed doing; I lived kind of far away from school and friends, so I guess it was a good way to spend time when there was no one around to play with. As I got older and changed schools I got a really good teacher who encouraged me in being creative, so that kept me going.

I’ve been lucky, really; there’s a tendency for kids to stop doing things such as drawing and writing when they reach a certain age because it suddenly seems “childish” or a waste of time, and if no adult steps in and tells them otherwise, they just don’t keep going. Years later they then realise that hey, they used to have talent - but by then they feel so disconnected from it all that starting up again is difficult. I didn’t have that problem. Everyone has always been encouraging me to do whatever I felt like doing and told me to have fun, so I did and I still do. Now my support is just you guys instead!

Anonymous asked: Hello! I just wanted to know if you were planning on adding another chapter to "It's just going to be you and me" or if that's just how it ends. I absolutely love it btw. It inspired me to write something, so thank you for your amazing work!

Hello there! It was originally my plan to make it a 3-chaptered fic, but it’s been so long since I last looked at it that I’m not sure I’ll ever get a third chapter finished. I have a feeling it would look odd and be in a completely different style from the others, so maybe it’s better to leave it as it is!

Good luck with writing! (:

perigilpin:

very different characters having to work together (◡‿◡✿)

learning how to work well together and becoming best friends (◕‿◕✿)

realizing they can’t live without each other (⊙‿⊙✿)

How about the real life version we all know?

- very different classmates having to work together (◡‿◡✿)

- one person doing all the work while the other skips to hang out with friends (◕‿◕✿)

- realising they get the same grade because the teacher can’t tell who did what on the project (⊙‿⊙✿)

(⊙‿⊙✿)

(⊙‿⊙✿) <(I’m gonna kill someone)

beaniebear22 asked: Hi! Passing by to tell you I absolutely adore your oneshot "Being caught lying may result in a kiss". I read it a couple of days ago and I fell in love. Secret identity fics are just amazing :D I keep imagining how sweet it would be if they could meet again because they're just adorable, but I know you probably don't have a sequel planned for it (ah well) ^O^

Ah, thank you so much for the praise! I have no plans of a sequel of any sort, I think it’s good kept the way it is, but thanks for your interest! (:

Anonymous asked: Original stories?

If I do them or..? I post some of them on Textrecorder (:

Anonymous asked: Hello Mr Butterfish, how are you today?

Hello Mr/Mrs/Miss/Whatever-you-prefer Anon, I am good! I should be busy with my dissertation but I am taking things slowly with a cup of coffee and some original writings. I hope your day is good as well!

“What do you think is sexy?”

“Sweat, skin, teeth - tugging and fucking, nothing too complicated.” Arthur played around with his cigarette. It wasn’t lit, he was trying to quit, but it was a good excuse to leave the supermarket for a five minute break now and then. Sitting on the stairs outside watching the bins being emptied he felt strangely relaxed. But of course Alfred joined him just seconds later with a chocolate bar barely clinging into his greasy smile as he settled to chat about everything and nothing and his favourite subject - sex.

“That sounds disgusting,” Alfred said and bit off a piece of the chocolate. He gnawed on it with quick, hasty teeth as if eating was a job he had to finish as soon as possible with as little enjoyment as he could manage. He had two more bars sticking up from the pocket of his jacket.

Arthur eyed them cautious and poked the filter of his fag onto his closed lips. “Why?”

“What? Why it sounds disgusting? Sweat, I mean… Sweat stinks and is slippery. That’s not very sexy.”

Arthur slowly smiled and gazed towards the dustmen. They were shouting at each other as they tried to direct the car into a perfect parking spot by the containers. “You watch too much porn,” he said. “People sweat. It’s not disgusting, it’s natural. Don’t tell me you shave your chest as well just because you once spotted Peter North’s slick muscles?”

“Who’s Peter North? No, seriously Arthur, I just don’t like hair.” Alfred licked at his chocolate bar. He only had a little bit left and it was melting between his fingertips. They were getting dirty but instead of just finishing his last bite Alfred was watching the chocolate melt as he thought about what to say. It was almost annoying to watch. “Do you know what I think is sexy?”

“Enlighten me.”

“Feet.”

“Feet?” Arthur popped the smoke free of his lips and looked at Alfred surprised. He was now really fiddling with the chocolate and soon he licked it into his mouth and quickly started cleaning his fingertips. He was trying to look distracted but he was blushing deeply. “Why feet?”

“Why do you sound so surprised - feet are natural, even more natural than sweat, so don’t give me that look.”

“What look?” Arthur asked staring at Alfred as his smile grew. “You have a fetish!”

“It’s just, I don’t know… Like, I don’t know…” Alfred unwrapped another chocolate bar and had half of it in one go. He kept speaking while eating it: “They’re covered with shoes and shoes can be really nice, and then you unwrap them? And the toes are tiny and- oh, fuck you!” Alfred threw his sweets at Arthur as he started laughing. The dustmen were looking at them.

“Sorry, Al’, but that’s just really weird!”

“You like sweat! Give it up!”

“You like feet!”

“Don’t throw trash!” The two men jumped at the sudden shout and looked up as a shadow fell over them. It was one of the dustmen; tall, broad and with wrinkles covering his forehead as he reached down and swiftly picked Alfred’s bar off the ground.

“Sorry sir,” Arthur calmly apologised while Alfred stuttered:

“I didn’t mean to.” The dustman looked at them before walking back towards the car where his friend was choking on his laughter. Alfred watched them as he slowly licked his lips. “He smelled of sweat,” he whispered and Arthur grimaced.

“He also wore shoes, doesn’t mean either of us fancy him. My break is over anyway.” He stood up and popped the cigarette back into his jeans before opening the back door. The sound of a customer calling for help in the storeroom reached him immediately and he sighed. “Back to fucking work..”

“Hey, Arthur?” Alfred called and turned to look up at him. His eyes were nervous as he mumbled: “Do you really think I’m weird?”

Arthur hesitated at the doorstep as he watched his younger colleague. Then he patted his pocket. “I smoke unlit cigarettes. Do you think I’m weird?” he asked and they both smiled at each other. “I’ll have another in two hours. See you then?”

“Yeah. Wear those shoes,” Alfred called and Arthur quickly closed the door.

Anonymous asked: SEMPAI notice meeee :B

It’s hard to notice people who stay anonymous.