Fiction is but a creative way to view the real world. Some fictional characters (and a few real ones) said some things, and I listened.

"When something looks too perfect, it probably sucks!" - Tuffnut Thorston, Race To The Edge

"Please stop speaking, Anderson, you're lowering the IQ of the entire street." - Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock

"You always said how lucky you were that we were all friends, but it was us, baby, who were the lucky ones." - Maureen Johnson, RENT

"It's called stealing, Mal. It's like shopping for whatever I want, except it's free." - Jay, Disney Descendants

"The difference between you and me, is that you are a sweet, caring, selfless person; I am what my people would call a 'putz'." - Howard Wolowitz, The Big Bang Theory

"Never try to outdrink a Swede, unless you are a Finn or at least a Russian." - Allan Karlsson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared

"Who had been unhooking the stars without my permission and setting them on the table in the guise of candles?"

"Life is a horrible invention by somebody I don't know."

"Gentlemen of the human race, I say to hell with the lot of you."

- Grantaire, Les Misérables

"Even the word hopeless is not devoid of hope." - Blinkous 'Blinky' Galadrigal, Trollhunters

"Hell is empty, and all the devils are here." - William Shakespeare

"Now that you're dead, what are you gonna do with your life?" - Jason 'J.D.' Dean, Heathers (1988)

"Ah! One feels like a duck, splashing around in all this wet, and when one feels like a duck, one is happy!" - Henry J. Finch IV

"Ooh! Ducklings?" - Mary, Mr Finch's assistant

"Too old to be a duckling. Quack quack!" - Henry J Finch IV (again)

"I don't care for these new Nazis, and you may quote me on that." - John Mulaney

"We have a love-hate relationship. I hate him, and he loves himself." - my friend Liv on the subject of our other friend Taylor

"I put the 'bi' in 'bitch' and the 'r' in petty." - Me

And one last quote, again from me:

"I read when I need comfort. I write when I need to let go."

Here are some facts about me:

1. My name is Coco. It's a very dumb nickname that I have for unexplainable reasons.

2. I'm old enough to legally drink in my country, but not in America.

3. I've never been to America - or even out of Europe.

4. I live in one of the few countries yet to receive independence from the British Empire. It sucks.

5. I'm a confused bi. I'm not confused about being bi, but I'm very confused about everything else.

6. I don't have a gender.

7. I'm single because it means there's no one to dump me if I do something dumb like punch a block of solid ice. More on that later.

8. I'm autistic, and I was autistic even before I got vaccinated. Now I'm autistic and vaccinated, which I think is pretty damn crispy.

9. I'm a pescetarian. Everyone gets on my ass about not being full vegetarian but I'm prone to anaemia and can't risk eating less protein.

10. I'm asexual. Which doesn't mean sex-repulsed, by the way (although for some people it does). I'm simply indifferent to sex.

11. I play guitar, piano, bass, violin and ukulele.

12. I'm training to be a Musical Theatre performer - meaning I do acting, singing and dancing.

13. I'm dyspraxic - the movement equivalent to dyslexia - which can make dancing very difficult. In fact, some days I can't even draw a straight line with a pencil.

14. My first boyfriend dumped me when I came out as ace. It felt horrible at the time, but in retrospect I'm glad he did because who wants to be in love with an acephobe? No one, that's who.

15. I have four piercings (two on my left ear, one on my right ear, and my nose). I really want a 5th piercing, and also maybe a tattoo, but my career choice won't allow for it.

16. I'm obsessed with Les Mis, Miraculous Ladybug, Monster High and Heathers. I also love Equestria Girls, Ever After High, How To Train Your Dragon, Total Drama, Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated and Harry Potter.

17. My favourite song changes daily, but I love Bowling For Soup, The Veronicas, David Bowie and Avril Lavigne.

18. John Mulaney is one of my favourite comedians. I also love Dara O'Briain, Russell Howard and Bill Bailey.

19. I once got drunk before I went to a party, misread the bus timetable, and ended up on the other side of the city at 11pm.

20. For Halloween 2018 I dressed up as Chat Noir, passed out from drinking too much wine, and had to get my friend to call my parents on the other side of the country to pick me up at 1am. I've now sworn off wine.

21. My best friend is ginger and refers to the two of us as Cady and Janis (as in Mean Girls). We duet Apex Predator whenever we go to a karaoke bar.

22. My other best friend once dyed her hair burgundy and became the spitting image of Velma Dinkley. Ironically, I recently got a haircut that makes me look like Daphne Blake.

23. My favourite colour is purple.

24. I'm Irish-Hispanic on my dad's side, and possibly part Bangladeshi on my mum's side.

25. I once broke my right hand because I punched an igloo. The ice was crumbly on the outside and needed compacted. Turns out it was more compact than I thought.

26. I love vintage fashion - blazers with shoulder-pads, Victorian skirts, medieval cloaks, togas...

27. When it comes to religion, I'm agnostic. The truth is, we just don't know what's out there. Believe what you want, I have no problem with that, but if you try to convert me to your religion, I have no reserves when it comes to kicking you about the shins.

28. I'm stupidly tall - 5 feet 11 inches. That's 180cms tall. That's ridiculously tall. I like being this tall though. I never have to get a chair to reach shelves.

29. I've broken my nose seven times since I was 6.

30. I have a qualification in American Civil War History, and one in English Literature And Analysis. Useless in my career unless I write a musical set during the American Civil War.

Current Works

How To Survive The Future - on indefinite hiatus. I went through some health issues right around the time I was writing it last and that took up so much energy that by the time I could write again I didn't know what to do with it.

Dear Diary - a Total Drama Heathers!AU. Warning you now, it contains some seriously gory stuff and dark themes. Like, it's rated M for a reason. I'm doing my best to update fairly regularly, so don't worry if I disappear for a while - I'm probably working on my Big College ProjectTM.

On Ce Sent Comme Par Magie - My six part Les Mis Winx Club AU. The first 'book' is already up on AO3, as is half of the second 'book', but I'm posting it here because why not (it's my baby). Hope you like it!