#'I don't have a favorite Tolkien character it's too hard to pick lol'

[lilredcamaro14]

Happy February!!! Can you believe we're already two months into the new year? (I definitely cannot.) Thank you so much for sharing some new facts with me already about your MC, Rose. She and my MC seem like they have a lot in common. (Don't worry I won't spoil who my MC is hahaha. We have to keep the ~mystery~ going for a few more weeks.) You clearly seem like you have great taste in fantasy shows, movies, and books. Hypothetical situation for ya: If you were stranded on a desert island (don't ask me how this happened; I do not know LOL), and you could only bring 3 books with you, what would those books be? ALSO, let's say Rose were with you too! What books would she bring? Would you have any books in common????

Hello secret Valentine, happy February! I hope life is treating you well, it is amazing how fast time flies already two months into the new year. I certainly can’t believe it either.

Now you have me kind of curious, but I look forward to the mystery. 😁

Thank you I always had like quite the variety.

Oh wow three books you really like to make it a challenge lol! Fun fact about myself I used to always be found in the library in school reading a different book every single time of different genres.

Well, I have to say it is quite a challenge just to choose three. But for desert Island, I would say these would be my three.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

I myself like adventure and fantasy, as well as the characters themselves. It is one of my top favorites especially when you read it and you think about the bonds of friendship.

Temeraire Series: His Majesty Service by Naomi Novik

This one I was very happy to discover, because it’s Napoleon war meets dragons. Well, it is fantasy. It is also an alternative history. Imagine the war happening and everything, but there are the call for dragon riders to help in the war. Especially since these dragon can talk like the average human. The dragon Temeraire is absolutely endearing.

Sabriel by Garth Nix

While the story, it is more of a dark fantasy, I do like the story because of the strong heroine and high stakes adventure. Plus a little of a mysterious element to it. Plus the witty Mogget, a magical being bound as a cat is good, comic relief.

I mostly would lean to these books in the scenario, considering that if I’m gonna be in a desert island, not knowing how long I’ll be there I would revolve around more genres of fantasy books.

Now for Rose well, it would be difficult for her to choose since Rose is an individual who has a love for books. And we have a tendency of trying to carry two or three for a small train ride or small carriage ride.

It is great difficulty to ask her to just choose one book, but these will be the three Rose would have.

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

A detective novel with multiple perspectives, a stolen gem, and secrets. Rose does love a good mystery plot and will certainly enjoy dissecting every chapter and every word.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Rose is not someone who leans towards romance, she loves the wits and clever banter in the plot. She also does enjoy the slow burn romance going from enemies to lovers. Also, she likes the strong-willed heroine.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

A historical fiction novel of pirate adventure of the high seas. She loves the daring escapades, treasure maps, and mutiny all found in this novel.

As for books in common while there are quite different picks, lots of themes in genre is quite a crossover. Like the idea of an individual burdened and be thrust into a role that they did not ask for but is expected of them.

Here historical fiction is another crossover with these novels. While Rose’s novel picks are novels that was only available during her time period there will be no complaints from me since I do like many genres. It’s hard to pick only three when there are many genres, I do enjoy. Sabriel and Sherlock Holmes were tied so I just had to pick from a hat. 😂 Pride and Prejudice is another favourite of mine.

Looking forward to hearing from you next time 👋

[victoriousscarf]

There's so many questions on this thing I can't choose lol- (if that's too much stuff at once just pick the ones you feel like answering and ignore the rest 😅)

7. How do you choose which POV to write from?

9. Do you comment on stories you read?

12. how does receiving or not receiving feedback/support impact you?

16. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

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

20. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

22. Are there certain types of writing you won’t do? (style, pov, genre, tropes, etc)

28. On average, how much writing do you get done in a day?

29. What’s your revision or editing process like? (Plus 47. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?)

40. If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see? (this is probably my favorite question) (I'm most curious about covet verse scenes ofc) (but yeah feel free to talk about whatever fic you feel like)

53. How do you spend your time when it comes to fanfiction? Are you primarily a fic reader, writer, or a perfect 50/50 split of both?

55. Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?

60. Have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic? What was that like?

65. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project

7. It depends? Like sometimes a story will just be one POV--like Covet is pretty much Fili, and I'll often take Dick's POV over Jason's in a DC fic, but usually it's like whose eyes do I most want to be on in this fic/scene? I have definitely started leaning toward whole fics in one POV but I will still switch if it works for the story (for example, needing to know scenes about which one character cannot know about). I would have previously said I would switch POVs more in long fics but Mahanon sorta shot that right out of the water. I enjoy the challenge of a limited POV fic sometimes, because you really are stuck with this one dude for what's now 500k and thus as limited in knowledge as he is. But it's rarely something I think like, that much about.

9. I am once again trying to get better lol. It's all about seasons of our lives, right? I used to try and go through fics that didn't have a bunch of comments and comment on them in the smaller fandoms/ships I was in, but then I stopped reading fic for a very long time, and now that I'm more regularly reading again, it's like flexing a muscle to comment again.

But it is an effort, one I think more people need to start accepting again. Writing is really hard work, it deserves some acknowledgement.

12. Like. I will write some wild things, and I don't need a LOT of feedback persay, but if something is getting no acknowledgement at all and another fandom is doing their best to feed me... receiving/not receiving feedback WILL impact my desire to work on a fic. It can be one or two dedicated as fuck readers who get me through a whole story, or it might be a whole swarm of them, but if I get dead silence, I have less like ability to push through the bad times (which always come in any multi chapter fic) and keep going. It hurts the motivation to get silence for sure.

16. So many. So many. As always so many.

I've got usually a whole stack of fics waiting for me to care about them/have the time which I never do. In Dragon Age I've got a pirate AU (Just, Cassandra ranting every 30 seconds about the fact they declared her a pirate but when someone offers her a pardon if she turns Mahanon in she tosses them over the side of the ship like well anyway) a whole Regency Era AU with strong vibes of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, and a very strange fake dating college au that may involve Fae.

Tolkien wise I've got some fics I promised people that I never wrote, an elf time loop one (which apparently is becoming a really popular idea in the Silm fandom on tumblr haha but I've been nursing this damn one for ages), that Anastasia-ish Hobbit story, a Regency Era AU for them too (but specifically Emma) and a story I've turned around for literally years now where Thorin died before the quest so Fili becomes king in exile and pretty much laughs Gandalf out of the room when he tries to convince him to reclaim Erebor (he's got a LOT to deal with emotionally okay, he's not got time for that) so they have to go and like try and kill Smaug in the middle of the War of the Ring instead.

And those are just the ones off the top of my head.

17. I think the most important thing as a writer is give yourself some grace. I try and write every week, but like I went on a trip and then I've been too exhausted since I got back, so it's been 2 weeks now with no writing for me. And frankly, I'm still feeling really wiped out so it's more like, if you're not feeling it, it's okay to take a break. Drink some tea, read a book, let it all peculate in the back of your head for a while. Try to do some things that inspire you, like for me it's reading history, or taking walks outside or going to museums, basically just learning new things. See some friends. Spend time with people. And then come back and see if that all triggered something. We forget writers block is often a systematic issue, like we're too tired or burned out or whatever, and it's about reinvigorating your creativity. And understanding and giving yourself the time. And if you're just exhausted by life well, unfortunately, maybe it's about trying to make those bigger changes, or accepting this will be a period where you plant some clover on the field of your creativity and let it lay fallow for a season or two. It will be there when you're ready again.

20. I mean, over the years I've written some wildly different things but yes, hahaha, very much yes. My favorite conflict is duty vs desire, I'm a sucker for loyalty, I'm a sucker for little shits that just don't stop, I'm a fan of knock-down, drag out street fighters, and if you leave me alone long enough, I will manifest a revolution into basically any setting. I like characters who are competent and don't give up, but who are human and make mistakes and fuck things up and keep going anyway, despite the fuck ups and danger and road blocks in front of them. I like when people feel things very deeply, but maybe aren't very good at talking about it or dealing with it, but always know they loved first and foremost, but sometimes it wasn't enough, and sometimes they did terrible things for it. I like imbuing the every day with intense feelings, be that ships or robots or undead horses or flower crowns. And I will probably try and make you cry at some point.

22. Hm. Yes and no? I have written things that I would never have expected, and I have written a LOT of stuff over the years on what are essentially dares. And there's things I wrote before that I'm like, way less inclined to write now? Like looking back my early 20s were way more willing to play around with student/teacher relationships that now I'm like... why was I even touching that with a ten foot pole? I also really really really hate pregnancy and will probably never write that into any story with any degree of detail. I'm not saying people won't have kids, but I'm not gonna be dealing with it.

So I'll write anything, as long as I can make it work for me. But it might not be in a way that like, other people expect or like.

28. On days I write I aim for 4ish pages, single spaced, 11/12 font. On really good days I can do 8 pages. On really good days I can do 20. I do not usually aim for that though. 4 is quite manageable for me on one go. (And as you'll see in the answer below on my editing, that's usually the length my chapters are. I know some people like to complain about my chapters being ~too short~ but honestly I don't want to hear it. On a good weekend you're getting 8 pages of writing if I write both days, and while some would probably prefer me waiting until my chapters are at 8 pages instead of 4, the reality is if I wait for it to be that long I will start spiraling mentally on myself and if it's good enough, so it's actually much faster for me to post the smaller chunks than deal with that. I'm a post or die person, and isn't that better than not getting anything at all?)

29/47. ... Hm.

Yeah I don't really edit. My editing process is usually to do one read through before posting (Unless I'm feeling like a scene is not working at all, in which case I may go back and rework it while halfway through and change things to make it work. But if I have to do that more than 2 or 3 times I will delete the whole thing and start again). I will try and grab typos and make sure things are working, then I will post. Once posted I try to do another read through on a typo hunt, but sometimes I don't get to that for another day or two, depending on when I post it.

40. I mean, there are always so many images while writing that make me go this would be really fun as an art haha.

I would love the scene in chapter 7 of covet not the feel of gold or taste of blood of Kili just sorta losing it. Or Fili, poor lad, covered in gold.

I'd love Dick in his magic shop from trust not in the darkness, trust in my outstretched hand, or the cabin covered in candles and the snow. I tried to work on my settings a bit more in that one.

I love any time someone draws Dick and Jason and the bike from find the sun in the corners of shadows.

I would love to see Mahanon and Sonja in art together. That would probably make me cry.

But honestly I would not really care. Like any fanart is a gift that makes me so emotional any time it happens. I understand why commissions etc exist, but I feel like the idea of sharing gifts in fandom used to be stronger than it is now. And that does make me a little sad. But it still happens and every time is worth treasuring.

53. I'm more of a writer, but lately I've been reading a lot of fics again. (Stranger Things got to me). But I also read a bunch of non fanfiction things, so I go through seasons of reading fic or not. But I almost always am writing, so I'd say majority writer, but when I read I do lose it.

55. I mean, the classics at this point are Fili and Dick and Mahanon probably. I am a sucker for someone who has every reason to hate the world and chooses instead love, belief, compassion, or in Fili's case, simple fucking survival haha. And no, I don't really care about people's reactions to certain characters. If I did I would have less plans for Gaspard in the forest is dark and deep. (Every time he shows people yell at me about how much they hate him and I'm like oh well, you're going to have to keep dealing with him anyway <3)

Honestly I only seem to chose popular characters by chance, and sometimes don't really care about the fandom reading on them (Fanon Dick Grayson my beloathed). I don't mean this in a "I'm not like other girls" way, I just know I'm contrary at best, and don't really care for the whims of popular fandom. I do what I want, and I have gotten yelled at for it by readers, and not in a good squee-yelling sort of way.

Unless you mean, swayed by readers/follower's opinions in a "I will never write this again as long as I live" way in which case yes, I did actually drop a whole ship because the readers were so mean about it and it killed all joy I ever felt in those characters together. And it was Tony Stark/Loki back in the 2012 era. That was the worst experience in fandom I ever had, you will always be legendary to me for all the wrong reasons.

60. Yes! Actually I commented on their work and they went wait, aren't you the one who wrote xxx? And I was like oh, yes, that is me, and we went from there. And then we became fandom friends lol. It is always a very kind, warm feeling to realize people have read your stuff, especially when you know they've got good tastes in their own work lol.

65. Listen, listen, I'm so excited for where ancient sea is going, the fact my brain is refusing to write it is driving me crazy. I want Hawke to meet Bianca! For the temple of Dirth to be a total shit show!!! the Forbidden Oasis being EVEN WORSE! I want my boi Abelas to show, I want things in Orlais to get batshit insane while Mahanon goes "whoops" I am dying for the assassins from Josie's personal mission to show up while Mahanon is on a hair trigger on that issue (especially! Josie! After! Wycome! holy shit). I want Gaspard to show up and be really annoying for like many different things while Mahanon keeps wishing he killed him while he had the chance (real "I should have left you on that streetcorner where I found you" "But you didn't!" vibes). I want for them to try and start breaking Mahanon and his symbols down and for him and his to rebuilt something new from the ashes.

On the other hand I also want to keep trucking in Covet because I'm really excited about some of the stuff there too, and getting to the point where I can start posting some of the side story stuff I've been writing to keep myself sane in the main story lol. (I've got like a whole 13 pages of Nori POV that came out of a fucking joke to someone that I can't post yet and now I'm mad about it lol).

[erotetica]

top 3 feanor quotes

@vardasvapors as someone who literally just called him Dickweed I meant to take him less seriously, but why would I do that when I could open my mouth and release 10,001 bees?

(disclaimer for the opinions–he’s such an unreliable narrator?? There’s canon, there’s my headcanon, and there’s what the boy genuinely believes. wtf kid.)

1) Fëanor looked upon Melkor with eyes that burned through his fair semblance and pierced the cloaks of his mind, perceiving there his fierce lust for the Silmarils. Then hate overcame Fëanor’s fear, and he cursed Melkor and bade him be gone, saying: ‘Get thee gone from my gate, thou jail-crow of Mandos!’ And he shut the doors of his house in the face of the mightiest of all the dwellers in Eä. I love this because of the eye-burning, I really like it when his being named Spirit of Fire is taken as a literal, physical thing, as opposed to only a prophetic ‘he’s gonna be an arson when he grows up.’ Also, because while a lot of shit comes from this interaction, for now it’s just *insert metal AF electric guitar riff*

2) Fëanor spoke then, and cried bitterly: ‘For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart shall rest. It may be that I can unlock my jewels, but never again shall I make their like; and if I must break them, I shall break my heart, and I shall be slain; first of all the Eldar in Aman.’ So this is probably Tolkien making a point about how the little shit’s misguided, and how Arda is supposed to build good things from evil. And if not it’s just SO DRAMATIC, he’ll just DIE like an overstimulated proper southern plantation lady. He might have been the king of the Noldor for five minutes but he was king of pretentious, melodramatic artists for long enough. 

There’s also this pet theory that I never validated one way or the other but like anyway: We assume he’s Special because he’s got more fea than other elves? Sources: the mothername; being shinier; his body combusting as his spirit left it. So what if he maybe…put the excess into the Silmarils? I’ve seen the theory bandied about by others, it’s kinda feasible. To be clear even if he did that he wouldn’t die breaking them. But consider: this is the chucklefuck who’s existence revolves around production, 40% because of an insatiable personality and 60% because he’s so insatiable–in part–because he siphoned some extra spirit off his mom and killed her, was replaced by his half-siblings, and has nothing to prove. What are you talking about. You might as well just accuse him of having mommy/daddy issues, I mean honestly. Anyway the point is if breaking the Silmarils loses him that excess spirit, isn’t he basically dead? It’d be a great Dagor Dagorath fic, where the whole of Arda is ~blissful again~ and this ass has to go and Find Himself because he’s Ordinary Now.

3) Then Fëanor rose…and he cursed also the summons of Manwë and the hour in which he came to Taniquetil, thinking in the madness of his rage and grief that had he been at Formenos his strength would have availed more than to be slain also, as Melkor had purposed. Then Fëanor ran from the Ring of Doom, and fled into the night; for his father was dearer to him than the Light of Valinor or the peerless works of his hands; and who among sons, of Elves or of Men, have held their fathers of greater worth? We assume Formenos is nowhere near the Ring of Doom? But yeah kid just…fall over topography you can’t even see so you can witness your dad spattered on what’s left of the city you built before your traumatized kids can clean it off. Also where the FUCK is the version where people worry he ran away to kill himself? Same vibe, more clarity.

[chaoticpanenergy]

Hi Peregrin!! I hope u have an amazing day filled with fun and exciting things!!!

I have some fun questions for u XD

1. What is ur favourite book?

2. Do u have a favourite plant? If so, what is it?

3. What are ur favourite animals?

!!! hi virgil!!!! :D i slept in and skipped my lab this morning <3 (it's okay i double checked that it won't affect my grade first) and my evening class just got canceled (AND the deadline for an assignment for that class got extended bc of it) so i am having a Fantastic time lol

HEY THATS TOO HARD TO CHOOOOOSE AAAAA i was one of those kids whose main personality trait was Always Has A Book In Their Hands growing up lol. and i was a very fast reader. so i have a lot of favorites. but to choose just a few: lord of the rings is definitely always way way up there, tolkien's work was my SpIn for most of my teen years. also madly in love with the six of crows duology (although it has been Too Long since i had an opportunity to reread them). and then there's this pair of books that go together called fly-by-night and flytrap, by frances hardinge, and those were some of my most very favorites in high school and i still really love them. they instilled in me my Frightened Respect Of Geese, my love for Conmen Who Secretly Have A Heart Of Gold But Wish They Didn't characters, my love for Morally Gray Violent Clever And Angry Little Girl main characters, and my adoration for fantasy worldbuilding. 10/10. in general i fucking adore fantasy and anything that will totally absorb me and make me forget that i am a real human person while im reading it lol.

oooooo!!! i actually love tomato plants. because they are easy to grow, they make yummy yummy food to eat (have you ever picked a cherry tomato and eaten it right off the vine still all warm from the sun??? 10/10 experience, absolute bliss right there), and the plants themselves smell AMAZING. tomato vines are one of my favorite scents ever. (i don't like most scents, so this is not a super competitive list, but they just smell so good okay.)

!!!! okay SO!!!! i love cats a lot, i had a bit of a SpIn in them as a kid (but since i was not allowed to have one, this took the form of buying an encyclopedia on cat breeds + cat care and reading it cover to cover multiple times). i also really like snakes (for sanders sides reasons and also for Gender Vibes reasons), rats (also for Gender Vibes reasons), dolphins (they are so smart and cool!!!!! and their like stereotypical "personality" matches me really well!!!! and my major has them as our mascot for some reason??? not my college, just my major. i don't think most majors have mascots, but i guess mine does lol. the head of the department addresses her emails to students as "hi pod!" like we are a pod of dolphins. i have a lil dolphin plushy from an event the department hosted. i liked dolphins before starting college, but this is a fun coincidence), and elephants (DID YOU KNOW ELEPHANTS HAVE MIDWIVES???? if an elephant is giving birth, there's a specific elephant in the herd whose job is to help out, and if the birthing elephant is separated from the midwife (like some zoos used to do 😬), the whole herd will freak out and try really hard to get the midwife to the birthing elephant!!!! also elephant pregnancies last almost 2 years!!!! can you tell i like elephants because of my SpIn in pregnancy + childbirth + midwifery lol)

hehehe ty for fun questions, i wanna hear all ur answers to these too if u wanna share!! i hope ur day is going fantastic too <33