#I’ll tell people my first was SMW

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

Do you have OCs? If so, tell me about one of them in the WORST way possible.

Oh no

I did have one OC

She started as a self insert

I don’t want to talk about it😀 but I will anyways cause why not (this got a little long so I put a cut)

She was probably a mary sue even though I desperately tried to make her not one

Romantically involved with the MC of a fandom that will remain nameless

Went from no powers to six (and OP af)

When she was still technically a self insert I made her ace unintentionally💀 (didn’t know asexual was a thing at the time)

Both her parents died (but not before or at the beginning of the story— later on)

The story she was in was based off an extremely vivid daydream that spiraled out of control (I had to try and retain all the information from that day dream for over two days before I put it in the notes app. A miracle it all stayed)

I think her planned story arcs were ok

But she was going to lose her powers at the end (ok it was a 50/50 but that was the current plan when I dropped the story)

It’s all very cringe in hindsight but that story’s what got me back into fanfiction writing after a long time of not doing it. So I’m thankful— but it will never see the light of day

[louandhazaf]

WIP Folder Meme

Thanks @allwaswell16 for tagging me, even though it was super awful timing. 

My current WIP is what I’m affectionally calling Swallow My Words: The College Years, until I come up with an actual title. But, it is a sequel to SMW and it’s Harry and Louis at university. I hope people like it... I mean, it’s early days, but tonally it’s going to be different and obviously they’ll be dealing with a different set of problems then they were in the first SMW. So, yeah. I think that’s all I’m prepared to say at the moment. 

Um, the bad news is that I literally just threw all of my other WIPs into a folder called “Let These Ideas Go”. But they included:

The Boy with the Broken Halo (Zouis / Lucifer AU)

Madrid AU (Larry / the second part of my Madrid ‘verse)

Cozy Fic (Larry famous/non-famous at a country artist’ retreat)

Sad Louis (Larry, one night stand & Harry forgets him & Louis is an expat and very sad and lonely in America. This was barely started and might be revived. we’ll see.)

Bressie Groans (Nessie bondage)

Exes (Larry, reunited when they’re older)

I mean, who knows, maybe one day I’ll go back to them, but I’m going to stop STRESSING about not finishing them, and if I pick them up again, I’ll probably tweak and start from scratch on something similar. 

(I’m aware the rest of this is me not following the instructions to list my WIPs, but here we are...)

I do have a lot of new ideas percolating for 2019, and I need to find a way to get those ideas down without _writing_ them or getting too invested so I can go back another day and know what I was thinking, without getting off track on what I’m currently working on. 

I currently plan on writing, at some point:

A @1dgreysweatpants fic.

A F1 fic that may or may not also be a royalty fic

A Tell Me It’s the Strongest Shape timestamp of Harry/Elgar/Nick’s disastrous sex 

Literally any TMITSS timestamp that anyone requests(!!!)

A Zourry canon angst fest fic (this seems less scary after TMITSS, so, maybe)

I have a very vague idea of doing my very own Kinktober, but I’m already stressing about how to post that on ao3, so, we’ll see. 

A Come Dine with Me AU. This could go in like six different directions so I need to figure out how I want to do it. 

But, these aren’t proper WIPs, just vague handwavy things my brain is thinking about. Except the TMITSS timestamp. That I know, I just need to write.

[redqueenmiku]

Lore Study: How Evil are the Cartoon Koopalings?

So, I just got a comment on DeviantArt referring to the Koopalings from the Mario cartoons. At face value, it doesn't really look like much, but it reads:

I think Hip and Hop were the least sinister of the bunch.

So, since lore study is basically my thing at this point, I decided to try to see how true that statement actually was...so I actually did a lore study on the cartoons.

Basically, I'm ranking all of the cartoon Koopalings based on their...evilness?......Yeah, we're going with that.

So, how I'm going to be doing this is I'll be looking at every single episode of both cartoons the Koopalings were featured in and make my judgements thusly. I'm also going to be going in order based on my own headcanon ages for these guys starting with the one I theorize to be the oldest (that way Hip and Hop will be last because I want them to be special).

While putting all of this together, I was actually surprised by the amount of care DiC put into making each Koopaling completely unique in the way they act out an evil scheme based on their personalities (that's counting Hip and Hop as the same character since they both basically act as a singular unit). I was also impressed by the way that DiC was able to make the Koopalings seem like individual villains in their own rights rather than tying them down as minions of Bowser, something I wish Nintendo would do more of nowadays (read: the Koopalings in Color Splash were great do it again).

But enough of that. It's time to get to what you all came here for. Let's get started.

BULLY

Bully doesn't really show up in major roles a lot. He's had major roles in, like, four episodes throughout both series. The more I looked into him, though, he scarier he became. Besides one point where he thinks vandalizing the Great Wall of China was somehow conducive to taking over Asia, he's actually pretty competent. Pair that with the fact that he often resorts to violence and he's not even above hurting his own allies in pursuit of his goals and you get something truly terrifying. It's also shown in the episode “Do the Koopa” that he'll even try to overthrow his own father given the opportunity. His schemes are never flowery, always getting straight to the point without a lot of preparation and he often relies on his brute strength to get the job done for him.

CHEATSY

If you thought Bully was scary, then get ready for Cheatsy. While not as directly physically harmful, Cheatsy is definitely a much more significant threat. Bowser most often relies on Cheatsy for plans, and there's definitely a reason for that. Cheatsy is an evil mastermind, coming up with elaborate evil plans on the fly. He's not above any kind of dirty behavior (to include straight-up trying to kill people) and he's horrifically sadistic. He also works for his own gain, often working above even his own father's head and he'll turn on his father in a heartbeat if it's in his best interest. It's likely that he thinks he's a better villain than his father, as he tends to become snarky if a plan isn't working quite right and will essentially take over if he feels he has a better plan.

KOOTIE PIE

Kootie Pie is nothing if not vain, selfish, and greedy. She wants what she wants when she wants it no matter what the cost and will throw catastrophic tantrums if it doesn't happen. She rarely ever takes a direct role in a scheme, preferring to let others do her dirty work for her. Her greed often blows up in her face, though, as she tends to either bite off more than she can chew or let her incompetence screw everything up. Some of the things she wants are also either entirely petty in the grand scheme of things or wanted for extremely petty reasons.

KOOKY

Despite his name and people's common perceptions of him, Kooky isn't actually as insane as he looks. He always knows what he's doing and he knows the capabilities and limits of his inventions perfectly, right down to chastising his own father for overloading them. When presented with a situation, he can always come up with some kind of scientific idea to overcome the problem. He also has a LOT of applicable knowledge on most every situation he's presented with. In fact, his amount of knowledge is downright uncanny. He tends to stay in the background a lot of the time, letting his inventions do the talking for him and he's most often seeing working alongside others (which is mostly Bowser and Cheatsy). In fact, because of their personalities and strengths, Cheatsy and Kooky actually work very well together.

BIG MOUTH

Big Mouth is another Koopaling who is rarely ever seen on his own. The thing about Big Mouth, though, is that he's not really all that bright (and I really don't know how I missed out on that fact the first time around because it's REALLY obvious). Out of all of the Koopalings, Big Mouth is directly involved in the least amount of schemes, even behind Hip and Hop. When he is seen actually doing things, it's either on someone else's orders or it's stuff like terrorizing penguins or holding up his own siblings. He talks way too superfluously for his own good, often getting on everyone's nerves (especially his own family's) and he's dumb as a sack of rocks. If anything, Big Mouth is more often a detriment than he is a help, but he does have his small moments...

HIP AND HOP

Here's the fun part, because I get to tell you all that Hip and Hop actually AREN'T the least sinister Koopalings. While it's true that Hip and Hop seem innocent at first glance and they get very easily scared, they definitely aren't the cute little cinnamon rolls people make them out to be. Hip and Hop are actually major brats. They love to pull pranks on people, but those pranks can quickly become dangerous (the SMW episode “A Little Learning” is a great example of this, as they chase children around with fireballs, switch a kid's science project out with a Piranha Plant, and destroy the school with lava). They don't seem bothered by the danger, though. In fact, they seem to enjoy seeing people run in fear from them. They've also openly stolen things with no qualms and agreed with their father that lying is an admirable trait. While it's nowhere near the levels that Cheatsy and Bully get, they're certainly not to be underestimated.

So, what's the final ranking? I'd say Cheatsy would definitely be first, followed by Bully, Kooky, Kootie Pie, Hip and Hop, and, finally, Big Mouth. They're definitely all evil without a doubt, but it's clear that some are more evil than others.

It's really easy to underestimate the Mario cartoons and, with poor animation and plots as ridiculous as these shows get, it's easy to see why. If there's one thing they did right, though, it's forming some really interesting characters and the Koopalings are DEFINITELY no exception.

...just never make me watch the SMW cartoon again because that one's the worst.

[louandhazaf]

For the author ask : 2, 3, 4, 6, 9? 💕

Thank you! Thank you!! 💕💕

Here are my answers to 2 & 3. 

4.    How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?

fjkdlsajfla ummmmm I have a whole lot! Help. I need to learn to write faster to get them from my brain to AO3.

I’m writing my poly fic now and will finish my Lucifer AU next. 

In the ‘Swallow My Words’ verse, I have the next bit, dubbed ‘The College Years’ even though it’s really just their freshman year. It’s going to be angsty. And I have a prequel when they’re just getting together that will include their first kiss and will answer some questions that I didn’t super clearly explain in SMW. 

I have a 90s fic where Louis/Harry meet on the set of Smashing Pumpkin’s 1979 music video. This has been started and I just need to finish it. 

I have ‘Cozy Fic’ which also needs to be finished. It’s a Larry famous/not-famous that takes place at an empty artist’s retreat in the country. 

Last night I figured out how to incorporate my @1000feelingsfics prompt that I’m sitting on with a @1dgreysweatpants concept that will be a part of the Fire & Ice verse. 

I have a lot of Fire and Ice ideas actually. One revolving around Liam. One that shows how Harry & Louis meet. One that is between F&I and The Waiting is the Hardest Part that actually shows the dom/sub negotiations. ... I have a whole universe in my head that someday I will get down. 

I have a camboy!zayn and camboy!niall friendship fic I want to write. 

Conceptually I like the idea of expanding my Petrichor verse into something longer. 

It’s possible I’ve promised some people in a GC that I’ll do another Louis/Greg fic, so that’s marinating in there as well and will having to do with SportsRelief. 

Uh, so... yeah. Eek. 

6.    Share one of your weaknesses.

I cannot write people flirting/meeting. I whine and complain and leave notes to myself as I’m writing telling me to come back and just do it, damn it!, and then eventually I come back and fill those in, but they’re hard and stressful and I don’t know how people flirt IRL so translating that to characters feels impossible to me. This is possibly why 99% of my fics have characters that already know each other. 9.    Which fic has been the hardest to write?

My Lucifer AU. I love the concept so much, but I am super struggling with combining the police procedural part of it with the relationship part with the whole angel/devil thing. I have 2/3 of it plotted and really need to figure out how the last third will have a crime that will somehow relate to all the stuff Zayn & Louis are going through. I’ve written a good bit of it, and like what I have so far, but I need to weave it all tighter instead of having storylines that are kind of co-existing. When I pull it off through, I’m going to be super happy with it. I love a good challenge, even if I whine and complain my way through it at the time.  

*FIC AUTHOR ASKS*