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Oh! I remember I started using a thicker brush setting beginning this episode
(Also, I was listening to “The Heirs” by Susan Rieger) (sense memory is wild) #GHliveblog
I still feel weird that I didn’t actually show that much of Bartlett mentoring Graham??
Their relationship is supposed to be a profound mentor-student relationship, but... I kind of only show peeks of it, and the effect of Bartlett’s disappearance #GHliveblog
Btw the fact that GH updates on Sundays is totally a coincidence!
I just knew that family dinners are often on Sundays, and I always liked the word “Dimanche”!
#GHliveblog
I wanted all kinds of loves in Gourmet Hound, not just romantic love
It was important to me that even though Charlotte has a husband and children and a long-standing successful career—the great loves of her life are her friends #GHliveblog
I don’t think this totally makes sense, but the sentiment that Charlotte’s cooking reminds Lucy of the Dimanche patissiers below her, and even the patissiers trained by Heath was a fun concept! #GHliveblog
This is sort of the precursor to Bartlett’s “The last, most important thing Lynn left behind was you”
You don’t need huge gestures to honor the loved ones you lost—living your life well is enough! #GHliveblog
The transition to 90s fashion was easier, I just referenced Friends! #GHliveblog
I didn’t have a lot of plans about Lucy’s parents beyond “dad’s sense of smell is stronger than Lucy’s” and “mom is strong”
Hopefully I distributed Lucy’s traits well enough that readers felt they were related! #GHliveblog
I saw a lot of (fair) comments saying that Bartlett, Palmier, and Charlotte should have helped Lucy after Lynn’s death
But tbh, I’m not at all close to my parents’ friends either? And the Dimanche founders didn’t even see Lynn that often near the end #GHliveblog
I think Haddock is kind of a superfluous character now, but at this point, I wasn’t sure who was going to give Lucy the “new relationships aren’t for replacing anything” speech
Haddock, Palmier, Charlotte, Olive, and Colby were all options at this point! #GHliveblog