I doubt that any of my birds know their names because they live in a flock, but of course I try very hard to call them by name every now and then... 🙃
This is Pami. My Pam. My bestest Päm. 💙 I've had him since 2018. He was purchased from the pet shop and back then he still had his baby bars. 🥺💙
And this morning I saw Pami sitting near me and I did my usual chant for him.
The flock was so damn loud because I had just opened the curtains. But I think Pami still found my voice worth something. I think he might have heard his name. Because he turned to me. And he said...
"You're late, human. Where is the morning salad and fresh bread?"
Next up is The Real World, by @pamiiap and @firefly464 (that’s me :D)
Lots of technical stuff this time around. First off, this was my first time doing a custom cover! The art was drawn by my good friend @nkhaotic, who had done some fanart for TRW back in 2020, and so I asked her if she would be interested in redrawing it for this. I’m so so grateful for her and her help with this project.
Secondly, this was my first time attempting a bradel binding, and I’m still stunned at how well it turned out. Definitely my best looking hinge and spine that I had done at the time. It just feels very clean and nice and I absolutely adore it.
Finally, I’m really proud of how the typesetting turned out. It’s extremely different from Passerine, since this is so much simpler and minimalistic, but I feel like it fits the vibe of the fic really well. I even went and typeset the letters at the end!
I did this as a gift for pami for Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day back in august. This was an event run by the renegade bindery server, and the goa was to send an author a copy of their fic to show how much you appreciate them!
Of course, I decided to send pami a copy of TRW because that’s how I met her, and she’s been an incredible friend to me and it was important that she know how much I appreciate her. I still have no idea how I was able to keep it a complete secret from her without her realizing what was going on, but I’m so glad I did. Her reaction to opening the package was so perfect.
"I know you've already met Carl, do you remember the rest of my siblings?" Ian asked trying to distract Mickey.
Mickey leaned back a bit and his brow furrowed as he thought.
"You've got that older sister, the one who dropped out to raise you kids, always hand made your Halloween costumes right?" he asked glancing at Ian.
"Fiona, yes."
Mickey's head bobbed up and down, "I remember she made you this Superman costume as a kid, Roger Fineman said you weren't really superman and you tried to prove him wrong by jumping off the top of the monkey bars." Mickey's laughter started bubbling up past his lips.
Ian barked a laugh, "You remember that?"
"Yeah man, lost two bucks and a bag of gummy bears on that bet, broke a bone and I was out." Mickey smirked at him.
"Yeah, broke my collar bone, was not the best Halloween. I remember going to the ER and all the doctors and nurses were dressed up, freaky as hell."
Mickey cackled another laugh then sat thoughtfully for a moment, "Then you've got Lip, that fuckhead older brother."
Ian laughed covering his mouth with his hand trying to stifle the harshness of his laugh, "You remember Lip's name?"
Mickey rolled his eyes, "It was the dumbest fucking name I ever heard of course I remember that. Plus Iggy and Colin would always beat him up, and I'd have him write papers for me when he did that business before I dropped out."
"Fair enough, yes Fiona, Lip, then me." Ian held a hand out gesturing for him to continue.
"Okay let's see, who else in clan Gallagher," Mickey muttered to himself swiping a hand over his mouth, "well you mentioned Liam a minute ago and he's the youngest, he's also the only one that doesn't have the pale skin and the freckles, and fucking alien looking." He shot Ian a shit eating grin and Ian gave him a shoulder bump.
"Fuck you very much, Debs and I are the only ones like that." Ian held up a middle finger at him.
"So Debs is the other sister, and then Carl. Whose the one who had the kid?" Mickey asked his forehead scrunching up as he tried to think.
"Debbie, well Lip's had a kid too, but Debbie had Franny a few years ago, hell the kid turns six years old this year. Lip had Freddie, he's around a year and a half old, babbles a bit, and his- Tami, is pregnant again."
"Someone willingly mated with Lip? Twice? There's Lip spawn in the world?" Mickey cackled with laughter.
Ian took out his phone and showed Mickey a picture of Franny in her princess dress holding her two big monster truck toys, "This is Franny, she's a fun kid, likes wrestling, tea parties, and bats."
Mickey grinned looking at the phone, "She's cute, seems like a cool kid. What wrestler does she like?" Mickey asked raising an eyebrow.
"Queen Justice." Ian answered with a small smile thinking of the autograph she treasured from the wrestler.
He swiped a few times until he got to the picture of Lip, Tami, and Freddie.
"This is Lip's son Freddie, and Freddie's mom Tami, she's pregnant here, she's having a girl this time."
Mickey studied the pictures closely, "She is willingly mating with your brother? Jesus." He huffed a laugh.
Ian grinned, "She's interesting, grew up rich, but isn't afraid to work hard. Plus she gives Lip his attitude right back."
Mickey just grinned mischievously.
The train pulled to a stop and Mickey's smile faded from his face, nerves settling in a moment as he looked around.
"Mickey, you're okay, I promise." Ian murmured softly.
Mickey looked at him in surprise, a blush fluttering on his face, "Am I that obvious?" He mumbled.
Ian's mouth pulled up on one side and he tilted his head side to side, "Ahh a little bit, but not to anyone who didn't know you. I can tell though."