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ada olivier (douxnoir) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-03-01 22:49:00

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! journal, ada olivier, ainsley galbraith, alasdair buchanan

(Posted March 1st 2000)
[Alasdair]

So I've recently read the most delightful thing.

So you know how Françoise sends me fashion magazines from France? I happened to be reading the latest one she sent and... well, on one page they happened to have the results on a recent poll they'd posed their readers. It's pretty interesting that it seems as if opinion is split fairly evenly over whether your behind looks better in Portree purple or Quiberon pink.

At least you can be sure that nobody here will have been likely to have seen the, and I use the word rather loosely, article.

On a more serious note, I haven't actually asked either of them just yet but I was thinking of asking Françoise and Anais to be my maid of honour and one of my bridesmaids. Although I suppose in Françoise's case it's actually matron of honour. I haven't been able to think of anyone else yet.

I'd forgotten how interesting French wizarding fashion magazines can be sometimes.

[ooc: not very clearly purple (or pink) but an example of what the article may have had as pictures.]

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	A&A ecoutezmoi 2018-03-01 06:29 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, bloody Merlin... What about the team? And in the interests of equality, not all of my side are men, so there's that. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	A&A douxnoir 2018-03-01 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not entirely sure you were were aware of the photo, but it was a lovely view. I'm not entirely sure on which side of the opinion poll I'd pick though... I guess I hadn't considered that yet... thank you, chéri. Oh? Who've you decided on? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: A&A ecoutezmoi 2018-03-01 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	Mon dieu. I've got Jason, Tor, Lorna and Scrimmy. Oh, and Will, of course. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	A&A douxnoir 2018-03-01 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Dare I go on about the merits of it in its natural state? How'd Scrimmy take being asked? I don't think either of us would've got away with not involving either of our families. I thought of asking Christophe but I thought he might prefer being an usher. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: A&A ecoutezmoi 2018-03-01 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	...I'm more worried about your doing so in public view. She seemed... well, surprisingly thrilled about it, actually. What, you're putting him on my side now? I'm sure he'd look fetching in a bridesmaid dress. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	A&A douxnoir 2018-03-01 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	Never in public view, chéri, I wouldn't want to share. That's a good reaction though, right? ...sorry? While I'm sure you'd love to see that happen, I'm fairly sure that would be his reasoning to not</i> be part of my side. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: A&A ecoutezmoi 2018-03-02 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Share opinions or the real thing? Yes, I would have thought so. She joked about wearing her tartan in solidarity. We can sort him out anyway, it's not a big deal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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douxnoir
2018-03-02 06:33 pm UTC (link)

The real thing, obviously. I'd quite happily tell anyone my opinion on your behind if I knew it wouldn't actually bother you at all.

So you won't be alone in wearing... bright tartan then?

And I'll probably find more for my side. I would like for any of our wedding party photos to not look... uneven. Although it's obviously not the part of the day I'm looking forward to...

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ecoutezmoi
2018-03-02 07:05 pm UTC (link)

Behind closed doors you can speak as freely as you like, my love.

And you don't need to use euphemisms, my love. We all know the full Buchanan tartan is on the loud side,

Our photographs will look glorious, I'm sure. Though for the sake of neighbours, we should probably get some of the muggle variety taken, no?

And I can't even begin to imagine what you mean there...

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	A&A douxnoir 2018-03-02 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you, mon amor, that's good to know. It is rather... garish. I do like that one that version that's slightly muted though - that one's not so bad. A very good idea, mon chéri. The cake, obviously... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: A&A ecoutezmoi 2018-03-03 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	I'm already working on the lads for the idea that it will definitely be the Hunter tartan, if I have anything to do with it. I have them occasionally... Cake. hmm. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	A&A douxnoir 2018-03-03 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure you'll be able to convince them. Oh, more than occasionally I'd say. Which we'll have to decide on as well. And then there's the first dance to look forward to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: A&A ecoutezmoi 2018-03-03 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	To be fair, it's not their wedding so they don't get to pick. Oh hell, decisions decisions. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	keptinreserve 2018-03-04 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	Is it the "fashion" or something else? ~~I feel like this entry is a tease.~~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	douxnoir 2018-03-04 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I have an appreciation for the fashion in the magazine, and some of it is gorgeous! But you'd be right in thinking it's something else that I found interesting, and Alasdair not so much. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	keptinreserve 2018-03-04 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	Ada. Are you holding out on me? What in the world could there be in a French mag that would have to do with our awesome Chaser co-Captain guy? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	douxnoir 2018-03-04 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Maybeeeee... Well, he did play for a French team for a while, remember? Although I can say that the poll doesn't seem all that concerned with the actual differences of the Quiberon and Portree uniforms... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	keptinreserve 2018-03-04 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	Ada! Why are you holding out on me? We reserve lassies have to stick together. Which means SPILL. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

douxnoir
2018-03-04 09:34 pm UTC (link)

I refer you back to the fact that Alasdair's on your team.

[Ainsley]
Though you have a point!

So apparently the magazine had polled its readers as to whether Alasdair's rear looked better in Quiberon's pink or Portree's purple. According to the poll opinion was fairly evenly split between the two.

If you ask nicely I might be able to show you a copy of one of the photos they used.

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	keptinreserve 2018-03-04 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	This is very true. Advertising the possession of blackmail does tend to defeat the purpose of said blackmail. [Ada] NO. WAY. It does not. Does nicely include a batch of strawberry macarons? Because I can be very nice. I'm not above petty bribery. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	douxnoir 2018-03-04 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Advertising to one's partner about potential blackmail tends to defeat the purpose of it also. [Ainsley] It does!! I would've settled for a 'pleeease', but as long as it doesn't involve the pips at all I won't say no to some strawberry macarons. Let me just make a copy of the photo first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	I never realised that I needed this in my life until literally just now. My macarons are ~~Moose~~ pip free, promise! I'll owl them your way. You can tell Alasdair that they're from a fan. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	Happy to help on this one occasion. Here you go... Excellent, and thank you! That would probably make him curious. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	~~what.~~ ~~WHY WOULD YOU SHO~~ ~~i have to see him in practice~~ ~~THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER~~ ~~I love you~~ ~~i can't stop staring~~ Thank you for this gift. You may be getting packages of macarons all week. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	You're welcome! Ooooh! Now if only I could manage getting him to believe it's because my mother's sending them from my favourite French patisserie... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)