#➤ lev answers

[jourquet]

for the 'get to know your fic writer' prompt — 3, 17, 43, & 56 🫶🏼

GET TO KNOW YOUR FIC WRITER PROMPT

3. describe the creative process if writing a chapter/fanfic

usually, i base it on the franchise's genre. for example a halo fanfic, i would follow science-fiction rules about writing the fanfic. such as long chapters, complex or expanded lore, military, politics, and so on.

i'll use maybe half a year studying the plot, characters, and lore. and game it myself if possible. just take my time to reflecting on how i interpret everything.

first at the third stage, i begin to talk to other people in fandon, read others fanfics and headcanons etc. without the groundwork, a proper fanfic can't be written. my spn fanfic readers knows this better than anyone.

i tend to mix half plotting and half pantsing the story with the three main plot not changing. the characters have normally free reign, i do not chain them down as long they get from plot point A to B.

17. what do you do when writing becomes difficult? (maybe a lack of inspiration or writers block)

i take a break from writing entirely. indulge in some other fanfics either in same fandom or others. sometimes i play games on my ps5. or watch documentaries, read books (usually classics), manga, cartoons or draw.

i sometimes take fanfics breaks by roleplaying online instead. that way, my writing skills remain sharp.

other times, i go on hikes or travels IRL. or go to the cinema, to the mall to buy stuff or just eat at Baker Brun (mini baker place).

i don't force my writing, ever. that only makes my block worse. i like to write out of habit; that's why i'm dependable about it when i've the energy capacity for it.

43. do you take a sadistic joy in whumping your characters, or are you more the "If you hurt them I would kill everyone and then myself" kind of person?

i do enjoy hurting my characters. i wouldn't have been known as 'the evil writer' without reason. though, for me, is more of a catharsis than actually sadistic enjoyment, because they reflect my own struggles most readers wouldn't pick up on unless i told them about it.

is for a reason my headcanons are rarely, if any, self-inserts. i like to stick to as close to canon as i possibly can. and if that means i've to write scenes the whole fandom will witch hunt me for, i'll. because i write my fanfics to be AS IF THEY WERE ACTUAL CANON from an outsider.

56. what’s something about your writing that you pride yourself on?

that my readers never in my full life of being a fanfic writer, have complained of my canon characters being ooc. that i've great unique concepts which i actually pull off and do my own research on (though, i still daydream of the day i get to have my own beta readers), and that i've no issue taking criticism about my writing and correct where necessary. only from trusted writer friends and readers, ONLY, however.

that my first two fanfics are completed with 50+ chapters. one of them with 13K reads on wattpad too. 🤍

the praise i've gotten from multiple native speakers over the years, that they could've never guessed i was not american or british because i write well enough to be considered as one of them. this means a lot to me, considering i'm mostly self-taught in english. used so many years reading books far above my age range not understanding anything, and barely passing my english grades. the constant judgement i got for not knowing how to write "i'm" or "you're". to now people sometimes asking me if i live in new york, texas, or london. 🥺 for most of my childhood most of the psychologists believed i had dyslexia too (i never did, i just learned to read by complete/recognize words instead of letter for letter, which was greek to me).

also that i combine my knowledge in classic books and the fact i understand many languages into my writing. it creates an unique writing no AI could ever dream about mimicking. is hard; but i always go the extra mile of deep research. my fanfics are meant to be read for anyone outside it too. and all the extra hours i spend just doing research so the characters feel like real human beings. it's worth it in the end.

and that through all my hardships, i found solace in my writing. i don't know who i would be without it. i found friends, i found community, i found people who genuinely care about me. all because i chose that one night on the plane trip from the US to norway, to learn english. i still have the book i read on that plane trip too ... that propelled to where i'm today in skills.

thank you, all my friends over the years. thank you, all my readers who has stuck by and never lost faith in me. thank you for everything. 🤍

[aardvaark]

i think maggie would be the only person in the leverage universe who DOES notice the leverage team members occasionally becoming famous. like she’d tune into the world news and then have to call the team to check if sophie really died in a small european country during a turbulent election. "no but wasn’t my funeral so poignant? they put my face on the $20 note!" okay great glad to know you’re not dead. she watches a game of baseball on TV and just sighs deeply when the camera pans to eliot. next time she sees the team, she compliments his baseball skills. for some reason he mutters something about a sandwich while looking wistfully into the distance.

[levenxa]

il your art!! Can I have some Pre-incident night doddle pls 🙏🙏🙏

Yippee,, ty!! Here you go! 💕

[levshany]

not to get all sappy in your ask box but

I saw the drawing you made of snatcher and hat kid, showing the four year progress and it got me all teary eyed. /pos

during when I was most active in the ahit fandom/my early days, you were always one of my favorite artists. You've grown so much and I know this probably doesn't mean a lot coming from a random person but I can see the improvement and it makes me happy. Don't stop creating.

Thanks a lot!

Your words actually mean a lot to me ;v;

The fact that you and some other people perhaps been following me and watching me making art since those days! It's incredible for me for some reason qwq

[leviosally]

2024 Fic Roundup / AO3 Ask Game

Thank you for the tag @gaiaseyes451 ! Sorry it took a bit to get around to this 💜

What fandoms do you write in?

Good Omens currently, but have written for The Witcher, and a bit for Legend of Zelda

How many words have you published in 2024?

459,251...that's not including my other account. Wahoo!

What is your greatest achievement this year?

I'm just so happy (and a little wistful) to have finished my long fic, Play for Me the Music of Your Heart It's been a long time in the writing (since 2022) and I'm so pleased to have crossed the finish line.

What are your favourite top three fics you've written this year?

(I technically have only written/added on to 2 fics this year 🙈)

Play for Me the Music of Your Heart- My 31 ch. Good Omens university music school AU that I finally finished!! May I offer you violinist Crowley? Or pianist/conductor Aziraphale?

Sweet Things - My short post S3 kinky fic from The Art of Yelling server's Valentine's Kink Calendar event. (CW sex with snake form Crowley)

( I wrote an rpf on almost this exact day a year ago though)

What was your biggest pit of despair moment?

I worried myself several times (unnecessarily, but anxiety gremlins) that I would draw a complete blank on the final ch. of my long fic and fail to complete it. I gave the gremlins the finger.

What have you learned?

Tell the story you want to tell. Better to write for yourself and the handful of people the story will resonate with than to force a story you think will appeal to the masses. If it's pulling at you, it's pulling for a reason.--wise words there by gaia that I'm going to leave.

And also, just continuing to learn more about writing, art and the creative process in general.

What fic did you want to do but never made it off the ground?

Nothing that I started that didn't make it, plenty on the idea pile that I want to write.

Did you beta any fics? Any favs you want to shout out?

I did! I've looked at fic for @dat-carovieh, @nightgazings, @tawnyontumblr, there might be others that I'm forgetting and I'm so sorry, but all of you are wonderful writers and it was a pleasure working with you!

What three fics have you read this year that you love?

The Squire's Wife by @copperplatebeech - Good Omens. I have had it marked for later for forever, because 24 hours/day is criminal. It's wonderful! Copper's signature snappy, crisp prose, her wonderfully witty sense of humor and the absolute sorcery she invokes in her dialogue use make this a wonderful read. And of course, she had me at 'music au'.

The Red King's Consort by @okamiwind - This one is Legend of Zelda (BotW/ToTK) and the pairing Link/Sidon. It is one of the most beautiful fics I have ever read, pairings aside. It is scorching hot, evocative, and just lush. It's like eating a particularly rich truffle, and the pining and longing is off the charts gorgeous.

I did a lot of re-reading of comfort fics as well, as this year was quite stressful, so @mia-ugly Slow Show, @sevdrag, Old Vines, I will always love these from the bottom of my heart.

What ideas are percolating for next year?

Let's see...I want to write my own Link/Sidon if the right idea hits. I also have a shorter kink fic in mind for GO as well as a meet-cute that's art student Crowley and figure model Aziraphale. Longer GO fic includes a wildland firefighter Crowley and forest service ranger Aziraphale fic (not 31 chapters again, Someone willing) and we got pretty jazzed about a drum corp AU on The Serpent and the Saint server last night, so...maybe a collab? 👀

I've also been told I need to get cracking on a historical original fic for Liszt/Chopin 😆😏

Who do you want to thank?

Oh godddd, so many amazing people: @ajconstantine, and @tybalttrouble my wonderful betas, and @dawn-the-rithmatist for yelling with me and cheering and also helping beta. WE MADE IT. Everyone on the Art of Yelling discord server, really, y'all are awesome.

@wingsofopal for your amazing art, your encouragement, and for reaching out and prodding me to open The Serpent and the Saint pub discord server to all the amazing people reading and supporting Play for Me the Music of Your Heart. @gaiaseyes451, @paperclipninja, @hermiola, @notalostcausejustyet (and special shout out to you, my dear, for helping me navigate formatting for print) and everyone else I didn't tag who is there, or that I can't find here, I LOVE YOU ALL TO ABSOLUTE BITS AND I DON'T DESERVE YOU 🥹😭🙏🫂

No pressure tags: @dat-carovieh, @badwolfbadwolf, @ambrasue I have no idea who hasn't been tagged yet, if you're mentioned above, also please take it as a tag. If you see this and want to play, please do!

[theeminentlyimpractical]

[bringing back unhinged asks culture] if crowley is part snake is aziracrow part beastiality

after discussion with other trusted degenerates, it really comes down to what one considers the crux of bestiality. is it solely engaging in sexual acts with another species, or does it necessarily constitute a crime of morality? considering most societies equate the two (see Lev 18:23), there really isn’t a case for separating them.

but, for the sake of argument: if the former, then yes, BUT I’d argue only if crowley is in full or partial snake form. if the latter, we can assume that snake!crowley and naga!crowley both retain their ability to consent, and it therefore doesn’t hold up as a crime of morality.

weighing both of the above points in equal measure, I would say it is consensual bestiality. bestiality by nature of animal sexual organs being involved, but not morally reprehensible given that the ability to consent is retained.

potentially, all aziracrow is inherently consensual bestiality, as they are another species just taking up residence in a human (or serpentine) corporation. or would that just make them flesh and bone sex mecha? hmm.

[ouijamonstrr]

Making the rounds for midnight snacks

get outta here with that cute tummy and candle and sleeping hat. this amount of cuteness is illegal….. *giving him a 5 course meal. full size*

[moonchild-in-blue]

He still admires them, because where he grew up there was none

VESSELITO MI AMOR AAAAAAAAAAAA

Look at him!!! He liddol !!! Minuscule !!! Two apple seeds tall!!!

Omg my goodbness, imagine Tiny Vessel encountering a lamppost and going "wow 😊 tall ☺️ so light!! lamp is made of lamp 😃effervescent 😚"

This is so cute and precious Lev 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 what a special little guy 💖💖💖💖💖

[levandright]

Hiiiiiii!!! Pls pls do sanrio characters the remind u of ur moots

@won4kiss - as hello kitty @cupidhoons - my melody @amoressb - kuromi @kozumesphone - badtz-maru @honeychocos - my cinamoroll <3 @jiiyen - pompompurin i may have forgotten some moots cause i am currently experiencing one of the worst headaches i've had this year...

[philosophybits]

A writer, particularly a young and inexperienced writer, feels himself under an obligation to give his reader the fullest answers to all possible questions. Conscience will not let him shut his eyes to tormenting problems, and so he begins to speak of "first and ultimate things." As he cannot say anything profitable on such subjects — for it is not the business of the young to be profoundly philosophical — he grows excited, he shouts himself to hoarseness. In the end he is silent from exhaustion. And then, if his words have had any success with the public, he is astonished to find that he has become a prophet. Whereupon, if he be an average sort of person, he is filled with an insatiable desire to preserve his influence till the end of his days. But if he be more sensitive or gifted than usual, he begins to despise the crowd for its vulgar credulity, and himself for having posed in the stupid and disgraceful character of a clown of lofty ideas.

Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible

[levwrites]

love your writing! i have a prompt but feel free to ignore if u want :)) a villain finds an incapacitated hero in an alleyway and decides to use their weakened state to their advantage (also want to clarify that this isn’t noncon!!) thank u so much for your amazing writing <3

"There you are, my dear."

Hero shivers at the voice, recognition shaking them out of the light daze they've fallen into. They try to crawl futher into the shadows, their limbs trembling, but their body refuses to respond to the simpler commands. They can only watch as Villain approaches, his head slightly tilted to the side, an intrigued smile curving his lips.

He halts just a step from them, and crouches to take a better look. "Still drugged, are we?" He reaches out to brush a lock of hair away from Hero's forehead. His touch is pleasantly warm against their chilly skin. "You were never any good at fighting off toxins."

Swallowing, Hero looks up at him and wills their tongue and lips to move: "What... do you want?" The effort of talking leaves them breathing hard. But they know Villain wasn't involved in this butched operation, so what does he want now? He shouldn't even be here.

"Don't strain yourself," Villain immediately chides. His hands move to Hero's shoulders and carefully turn them on their side. Nimble fingers slide down to their wrists and start restraining them behind their back. "I'll do the talking, mh? I'm taking you."

Another shiver goes down Hero's spine. They don't know if it's the toxins or something different. "Why?" Struggling is useless, they can barely move on their own - why is Villain even restraining them? Still, they try.

A firm hand on their nape immediately halts those attempts. Villain clicks his tongue and pulls them into a sitting position, dark eyes narrowing in displeasure. "I told you to relax." He reaches into a pocket and takes out a small darkened vial. "Antitoxin," he explains, unscrewing it and bringing it up to Hero's lips. "Come on."

Hero searches his expression, what little of it they can see, and slowly breathes out. "Why?" they ask again, voice firmer this time. They don't have such a tight relationship with Villain that he'd go out of his way to help - they bedded each other only once, and they doubt Villain got attached. It doesn't sound like him.

With a slight huff, Villain taps the vial against Hero's bottom lip. "I'm taking you to your lover," he explains, rolling his eyes in the face of Hero's stark surprise. "Yes, of course I know. They're going to put you back on your feet, and they will owe me." A smile, a flash of teeth. "Everyone wins, mh?"

Oh. Hero... relaxes. Alright then. They drink down the contents of the vial. Immedialy their whole body starts to tingle as the toxins are banished from their blood. With a relieved sigh they curl their fingers and toes, testing how quickly the antitoxin is working. Now they understand why Villain has restrained them.

Instead of trying to fight and get free, they go almost limp against Villain's body. He is much warmer than he has any right to be, and it eases some more tension out of their body. "Thank you," they murmur, looking up at him with a glint in their eyes. "Now take me home, please."

Thank you for reading and thank you for the prompt!

If you have requests or prompts don't hesitate to send in an ask, I've been posting more sparsely but I'm planning to get back to once a day (or so) soon.

[jourquet]

1 White Dove 👀👀👀👀👀👀

As of at the moment, I've only made book cover + summary. 🪄✨ But I'll show you it. 🤭

AS CIVIL WAR IS BREWING WITH THE MUGGLE FACTION OF HIS KIND, taking the throne has never been more difficult for the Prince Draco Malfoy. His hatred toward the famous Harry Potter splits his heart in two.

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Harry Potter or as everyone knows him as, The Boy Who lived, is forced back into the chains of destiny. There is no mistaking the tensions that's rising between the muggle-born, the ones with non-magical parents wizards, and pure blood ones. They chose him to be their ruler in these difficult times.

Draco Malfoy lives a luxurious life, everything he points his finger on, he will get. Nothing is missing for him. That's until his father, Lucius Malfoy, tells him that a Civil War is brewing in the Wizarding World. And Harry Potter its leader.

Basically is a light AU where Draco and Harry are vampires (Draco is a pure - blood vampire prince) meanwhile Harry is a rebellion leader against everything Draco stands for.

[aardvaark]

im so glad that we never get a clear picture of sophie’s background in leverage & i hope we never do. however i also really like making up various, often conflicting backstories for her in my head. perhaps they’re all backstories for an alias of hers, ones she laid to rest back in season two.

[levenxa]

...I really love how you draw DS blue

Tysm!! Here’s a traditional doodle for you :)

[chronicowboy]

i know the last five minutes were fucked up but why are we not talking about buck saying "he's in good hands" and then a shot of quite literally eddie's hands digging him out of the sand

[leviosally]

Writer's Meme, 2024 Edition

I've been tagged by @hermiola 💜 (sorry it took me a hot sec to get around to it)

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How many works do you have on ao3?

33. (including my hard kinks account which I don't talk about too much 🙈) 10 of that number are Good Omens, plus several for The Witcher, and a handful of LoZ, and even a couple for my first loves Mulder and Scully.

What’s your total word count?

459,261. 😳

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

I have GO fic and Witcher fic both in there:

Stay (A Witcher fic that started on tumblr and bloomed into a full-fledged one shot on Ao3)

Play for Me the Music of Your Heart (GO human AU that I'm just about to post the final ch of)

Show Me Your Teeth (A Witcher fic that I wrote as a joke, go figure, and gifted to @stonecoldsilly)

Sweet Things (a GO canon universe fic I wrote for The Art of Yelling server's Valentine Kink Calendar event)

Don't Witchers Have Like, a Sixth Sense or Something? (boy, that was one of the first fics I wrote for that fandom, a 5+1)

Do you respond to comments? Why/why not?

I do! It may not be right away, but I always get to them eventually. I love interacting with readers.

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Umm, I usually always try to end happily or hopefully, but...probably the longer one I wrote for The Witcher called We Had Words, and an Aversion to Silver, because I started a sequel to that one and didn't finish 🙈

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

Again, I'm a HEA kind of gal, but Play for Me the Music of Your Heart's ending is going to be wonderful once it posts 😘

Do you write crossovers?

I have in the past (LoZ and Pokemon, idek) and I've drawn for The Witcher/ Assassin's Creed but nothing recent.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

I did have someone call me out in the comments on PfM about a historical racial slur, but I didn't really consider it hate.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do! I quite enjoy it and I love talking about writing it and learning how to write it better and better every time. I typically write M/M (dick envy is so real), but have written F/M before and even M/M/F/F.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not officially, I've had asks to translate, but I'm pretty firm about translations staying on Ao3, so that may have been a deterrent.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

A few friends and I wrote a series of drabbles for The Witcher fandom all for the same prompt at one point, which was way fun. I also participated in a fic telephone event with a bunch of other writers for GO that was really entertaining!

What's your all-time favourite ship?

Good Omens and Aziraphale/Crowley have me by the throat right now, but I loved writing for Geralt/Jaskier and still enjoy reading fic and looking at art even though I'm not actively writing for them. I have been thinking a lot about Link/Sidon because I was super late to play BotW and TotK so I'm just now diving into them. I also just recently (Thanks Serpent and the Saint crew, you know who you are) developed an interest in a historical figure ship that I may eventually try writing from more of an original fiction perspective...

(I like many other ships but not to the point of *obsession*).

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

I have two WIPs for The Witcher that I will likely not finish. I don't like to say never, but it's unlikely.

What are your writing strengths?

Seconding Hermiola here: Dialogue and banter are also my favorite things to write, but I love a good smut scene, and I've been complimented on my scene setting.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Look, punctuation are more guidelines than actual rules...

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I think it's great and I have done it, but having someone make sure your translations are correct is essential. I think this also goes for writing different cultures/ethnic groups/lgbtq and neurodivergent groups. Not just for accuracy, but to be respectful of any group or culture that isn't your own.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

The X-files, back in college...circa 2009?

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

Link/Sidon, if something strikes me

What's your favourite fic you've written?

Play for Me the Music of Your Heart. It has been several years in the writing, it has been near and dear to my heart during that time, and...a way to relive and rediscover enjoyment in the years I spent in music school. It's truly been a crazy wonderful journey and so many people have supported it. 💜💜💜

Tagging some people if they feel like doing it (but no pressure at all!): @indigofyrebird, @ajconstantine, @tawnyontumblr, @copperplatebeech if you wanna play!