Curate, connect, and discover
First of all, I've absolutely loved the fic, I love how you write them interacting with eachother. Secondly, I'd love to hear more about your lube research because from what I've gathered Vaseline was invented in 1872, but it became a popular lubricant in the mid 1900's and the first comercial lube was invented in 1904.
Thanks for your fic!
I full body CACKLED at this ask š¤£ thank you for liking my fic! It means the world to me that people are liking it!
As for the researchā¦
I am no historian by ANY means, so I just waved my hand around some technical things and made up a rhetoric for myself:
If one person from this couple is a more seasoned veteran on being gay, heād know more about **things**
Said person is not rich (by the era standards) but heās probably got good connections in a community that is marginalized and persecuted (meaning, theyāve got each otherās backs and would help out with almost anything, to their abilities)
Probably has had more than 1 partner in the past so itās trial and error, practice makes perfect, and experience mixed all together
Taking all of this into considerationā¦ while yes, petroleum jelly was **just** invented but hadnāt actually gained a popular status in the market, what were other historically known substances used prior to its invention?
Oils.
And Henry could probably get his hands on some better quality ones (both by his presence as a photographer and how alluring people used to find that profession [ie. payment through services or favors/products for **explicit** photography]). So think, more than the cooking olive oil or oils youād find in a kitchen, heād probably have access to things like clove oil or even hemp seed oil. Maybe even GOOD quality ones that come from outside England (importing them wouldāve made them wayyy more expensive, but if poppy sold for cheaper than bread, surely some seller would sell nice oils for a more affordable price).
ā¦ or they couldāve easily raw-dogged it and used saliva.
Your fic!!! š you captured them so perfectly, I love their banter and henry being so playful and sweet! I'm gonna be rereading it so often smh
Tysm š¤§š¤§ Iām so glad you liked it!! I was trying really hard to get their voices right (especially because of the language at the time) so Iām happy that it worked out. āIām gonna be rereading it so often smhā is the BEST compliment ever ā„ļø
Omg your tags about bodies!!!! ššš I am in a heap!!! I cannot cope with Alfred & Henry and im so sad we never saw Henry leave or whether he ever found out about Alfred's sacrifice like I am feral š¢
AHHHHH I **KNOW**. Codas and fix-it fics are being worked on because if I donāt somehow make them happy I will actually cry. The ending giving us a hopeful glimpse of them is enough to get me through this writing process atm. (ALSO, SO GLAD MORE PEOPLE ARE FINDING THE SHOW AND WATCHING IT!!!)