#(thank you for the tag!!!)

[domeilish]

post pictures of your nine favorite albums and what song you love from each album ᯓ 𝜗𝜚

confession: ill niño - how can i live

hit me hard and soft: billie eilish - wildflower

my own prison: creed - torn

music to be murdered by: eminem - godzilla

down home boy: gone since last october (deluxe): kidd g - i don’t wanna

hats off to the bull: chevelle - revenge

teenage dream: 1000 miles from georgia (deluxe): kidd g - teenage dream

ungrateful: escape the fate - one for the money

white pony: deftones - pink maggit

Tagging: whoever wants to do it!

♯┆post pictures of your nine fave albums (can do less if you dont have nine) and what song you love from each album. .ᐟ ★ tagged by. @muwapsturniolo and @bernardsbendystraws thank you both !

crush — ethel cain. [inbred]

flora — hey, nothing. [we're starting to look like each other]

thoroughfare — ethel cain. [preacher's daughter]

wish we could be friends — krooked kings. [all out of good days]

my blood — rachel chinouriri [what a devastating turn of events]

all i need — radiohead. [in rainbows]

hold my love — maggie lindemann. [headsplit]

til the morning — royel otis. [pratts & pain]

risk — deftones [diamond eyes]

note. this stressed me out cos i wanted to add so much more lmao.

no pressure tags. @mercurydarlingg / @sturnsdarling, @eph3merall, @55sturn, @mattslolita

@mattscoquette @phone4pills @issysh3ll @mattsslvtt

[therentyoupay]

some people i'd like to get to know better

thank you for the tag @lemonhoarddragoness!! i love these so much!!

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last song i listened to: storm by qing feng wu (ft. AURORA) currently watching: re-watching LOST with my husband, watching the new season of the rings of power, and, inevitably, re-reading the trials of mairon by bynightmylove (who used to have a different penname, something like ElliCarina, if memory serves) as a result.

sweet/savory/spicy?: ALL.

relationship status: married, homeowners, with dog! 💕 (though not necessarily in that order lol)

current obsessions: my doctoral program, my research, my husband, my dog (though not necessarily in that order lolol). also inevitably obsessed with the annual autumnal ritual going to a new farm every weekend to go apple picking, get fresh produce, BAKE NEW STUFF (today was just a classic apple pie!), drive to new towns and cities and villages, eat at new diners, and so on and so on. LAST BUT NOT LEAST—FINISHING THE #KRISCALLICOLLAB PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AHHHHHHHH 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

--- tagging: @18jewels | @sanfangirl-cynicalromantic | @06strawberrylemonade28 | @overmooneleven | @sareinadale | @morethantheycansay | @laurakrivera | @wintermoonqueen | @canthler | and anyone else who'd like to continue the trend!! 😊

[stygicniron]

respond to the following prompts out of character, then tag others you'd like to get to know a little bit better.

ROLEPLAYER NAME: Hilary ROLEPLAYER PRONOUNS: She / her. MUSE NAME: Nico ( + several on the multi) PREFERRED COMMUNICATION: IMs and Discord! I don't have a preference really and considering both tumblr and discord eat message notifications for me, both are likely to work EXPERIENCE: started wayyy back in the day on the Warner Bros H.arry Pott.er forum, then shifted to a couple different private forums, then twitter, and then here in 2012-2013 or so PREFERRED ROLEPLAY TYPE: I like the Range, although I can never keep to one-liners, so I tend towards short para, or multi para PET PEEVES & DEALBREAKERS: Beyond the usual red flags of homophobia, racism, transphobia, etc. ; I don't know if I have a ton? Not following my rules is the biggest thing that comes to mind atm PLOTS OR MEMES: It depends on the muse! I do like to kick start things with a meme though, especially for new interactions, just to get to know my writing partner better BEST TIME TO WRITE: whenever I can aha, it usually ends up being during afternoon naptime for my kids or in the evening ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE: I don't think I'm a lot like Nico at all. He tends to be more sarcastic than me and generally more deadpan

TAGGED BY: @missallanea TAGGING: @polarean , @badboysupr , @harvestshope , @madefate , and YOU!!

[complicitsacrilege]

WIP Game

Thanks for the tag @greenfinchwriter !!!

Rules: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Oh my god I have so many you don’t even know 😩

The Love Letter - Crimson Peak AU

This Much I Know (Crimson Peak)

Eryn Galen: The Lost Empire (The Hobbit/Atlantis Barduil crossover)

The Curse of Elkhart (Barduil)

Arsonist’s Lullabye (Thorki)

Fuego! (Thorki)

Seven Tears (Thorki merfolk AU)

Thorki Big Bang God of War AU

Untitled Document (Thorki)

Beat the Devil’s Tattoo (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Cradle Baby (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Dance Me to the End of Love (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Have Yourself a Merry Little… What…? (Only Lovers Left Alive)

How Eve/Ava Met (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Last Night on Earth (Only Lovers Left Alive)

OLLA x True Blood (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Something About Dr. Strangelove (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Song for Lovers (The Do) (Only Lovers Left Alive)

The Paris Thing (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Prey/Alien Crossover (Bethesda’s Prey 2016 x Alien)

The Typhon Inside Yu (Bethesda’s Prey 2016)

Vivisect (Alien Covenant David/Walter)

My Heart (In Your Heart) (Alien Covenant David/Walter)

Checking Out (novel WIP)

Lover Come Home (danmand)

“Age is a privilege few are granted.” (AMC danmand)

Les Innocents/Love Never Dies a Natural Death (AMC danmand for my series)

Bittersweet (danmand)

Baby (danmand)

Heartbeat (danmand)

Dead Ringers (danmand Dead Ringers inspired fic in the Devil’s Minion era)

I’d Lie for You (And That’s the Truth) (Loustat rockstar era)

Tarot Book (nonfiction book WIP)

Trucker Vamp??? (Novel WIP)

Improvement Through Masturbation (Loustat)

Blank 2 (danmand)

Somno fic (danmand)

Insatiable (danmand)

Mine (danmand)

Reflections (AMC danmand for my series)

Facets/Reflections (danmand)

Blank (danmand)

Risky (danmand)

Tagged (AMC danmand for my series)

As well as 27 others I’m working on with my friend as well as about 200 ideas we’ve had over the past couple years 😅 it’s fine we’re fine. We can do this.

I don’t have enough people to tag so I’ll tag my usuals - no pressure!

@jurassic-cunt @the-apostates-martyr @fofoqueirah @the-vagabond-angel @teethingpains @mycupofstars @oopsallvampires @fenicenera83 @shittyravencarcosa @breakfast-skies @saintstars @anaid-queen @0nelittlebirdtoldme

[timeofjuly]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you so much for the tag @floofanflurr <3 I am always happy to yap about my fics! I'll pop this below the cut 'cause it's kinda long.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Eight under the timeofjuly account, and a few others scattered around other usernames and the anonymous collection.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 124,470 words, which is kinda crazy to look back on since I only started in August of last year.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Just Undertale at the moment, but I've written for a few other fandoms in the past.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Resisting the Current

Trick or Heat

Wishbone

Parallel Circuits

And Four Papyri in a Pear Tree

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! Always, though it sometimes takes me a little to get around to it. My favourite thing about writing fanfic is the sense of community that you build, so I love getting to chat about the fic in the comments. I always have a million and one thoughts that didn't make it to the page that I'm desperate to share. I also like to say thank you when people go out of their way to comment, because I really appreciate it. As a reader, I know I get super excited when an author replies to my comments.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'm going to go with a few of the RtC 'verse oneshots for this. I think Resolutions from Parallel Circuits ends on a pretty angsty note, particularly compared to the seemingly upbeat start. From Silver String, there will be no answer is pretty bleak and so is on my way home. I'm quite proud of how they both end, actually - I think they're my two strongest endings in the lot.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Any of the smut, probably? They're all set in happy established relationships and end on a cutesy note.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not for a very long time, no! I remember, many many years ago, posting my very first fic on fanfic.net lol and getting a very nasty review about how the reader didn't know the main pairing in the fic was m/m (slash back then, what a blast from the past) even though it was very clearly indicated in the summary and the AN at the start. It goes to show people have been bad at curating their own reading experiences by minding the tags and summaries since forever.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yep! Mostly established relationship stuff under this username so far.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I'm not super into cross-universe crossovers, but, same as @floofanflurr, I really like playing around with cross fic crossovers. I'm (slowly) writing a crack dialogue-only oneshot where the reader inserts of Wishbone and RtC are stuck together in a broken elevator lol. It's been a fun challenge! It's very very hard to put two characters who are normally referred to in the second person in the same scene, lemme tell you, which is why I ended up choosing to go dialogue only.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have not, but I'd be open to it!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nothing that I've posted! @marty-parties and I have been messing around with an underfell papyrus/reader fic, though! I also used to rp all the time, which I'd count as cowriting. I miss it very much, even though I used to get super easily overwhelmed by it.

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

This is such a tough question. I'll pretty much read anything if I vibe with the ship dynamics (pining and unrequited love my beloved, I will read you anywhere no matter the ship or fandom), but I went through my bookmarks to actually get the stats on this. I used to be super into the mcu (I completely lost interest after endgame) so tony/steve and tony/steve/bucky were the most common ships. I have no clue what my favourite ship would be now, though.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Never say never, but I really want to write this horrortale isekai fic I've had bouncing around in my brain. I've fully plotted it out and it's set to only be five chapters, but I'm really struggling to actually write the thing. I have started it, though, so we'll see.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Characterisation, I think. And even though I mostly gravitate towards writing angsty stuff, I think humour and comedic timing is a strength of mine too.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Physical description and settings, 100%. I don't really picture anything in my head when I write, which means all that physical description doesn't make its way onto the page, and when it does, I'm just going off vibes. Particularly with setting - I have zero idea what the locations in any of my fics look like lol. Like, the house in RtC? No clue. Zero.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Really cool! I love it when people do this and I get to translate it, it's like a nice surprise.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter, I think? It's all scrubbed from the internet now though.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Wishbone. I am so attached to the Second Mage and Sans and Rus, you have no idea. Particularly Flint, I just adore them. Don't get me wrong, I love the electrician and Quinn and all of my ocs, but I have a special place in my heart for reader inserts who are nasty and hurting and lash out and aren't always the kind, considerate, emotionally stable person in the relationship, forever supporting others. I read something years ago that said to consider how your character is inclined to react to things, both good and bad, and how for lots of people, it's not in our nature to instinctively respond to things with kindness and openness. In fiction, we often expect our POV characters to deal with situations with emotional maturity that we ourselves, along with the majority of irl people, don't have. I think this rings true even more for reader inserts. It's fun to flip this on its head in Wishbone - what if instead of acting with an uncommon kindness, you do the opposite? You get to be flawed. You get to have the murky motives. You get to hurt and in turn you hurt others, and that hurting has real consequences on you and the people around you. This is also a great way to create angst lol - in the non-fell version of Wishbone, where everyone is generally just less of an asshole and therefore makes kinder choices, a lot of the events in the fic just wouldn't happen.

No pressure tag to @covfefeships and anyone else who'd like to do this!

[bishicat]

6 songs on repeat 🎵

Thank you to @weirdhorsegirlonline for the tag!!! <3

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

Father and Son by Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Better by sign crushes motorist

Theatre by Etta Marcus

End of Beginning by Djo

Change by Alex G

I've been going through it 👁️👁️.

I don't want to pressure anyone, but I'd love to tag @totentnz @housevael @seraphfighter @sacredcyber @glitchinginthegarden @vaamiel, and anyone else that wants to join in the music fun~

[fetchingtears]

Shuffle your music library and list the first 5 songs /// I was tagged by @agentperezbian

tagging: @rabid-catboy @gardenerofstars @arthur-lesters-carpal-tunnel @oatmealtidepool @madphantom and anyone else that wants to join :)

[risingshards]

Tagged by @lunasuccor, thank you!!!

4 of my favorite characters, which one is my vibe the most?

Tagging: @bubbles0989, @kreetn, @unlivresanstitre, @aestatismors, @the-rat-eatery, @ashe-delta, @wingedcatgirl, @gailynovelry, @fragrant-stars

[runawaymun]

WIP Wednesday!

I was tagged last wednesday by @that-angry-noldo to share a snippet of what I am working on :D I LOVE this game yay!!

Here is a snippet from Beneath a Boundless Sky:

Still, even though Thalionel preferred Arwen’s company, he had to admit the mornings when Lord Elrond took him out for a ride were the best, because often they went out onto the hiking trails around the city, and there was always something interesting to look at, or to ask about, or to find. That was how he had discovered this chunk of rock. He hadn’t known what it was at first. He’d just caught the glint of the sun on its glossy surface. There was an entire trail of it down the side of the mountain. He had hopped down from Trastadweg and gone to look at it more closely, and that was when Lord Elrond had warned him to be careful, because obsidian, as he had called it, was sharp.  “The mountain made it,” Lord Elrond had said as he slipped off of his own horse to join him at the flow. “Just like it makes the hot pools.”  Thalionel had only vaguely listened as he’d explained something about melted rock and rapid temperature changes. Mostly, he’d stayed focused on the chunk of rock he’d picked up from the pile. It was as big as his fist. Rough on one side, and glassy on the other where the rock had broken in one, clean cut.  It had been a trick to get it into his pocket without Lord Elrond noticing. Thalionel wasn’t sure if he’d succeeded. He just hoped that Lord Elrond didn’t suspect what he meant to do with it.

To be honest though upon editing it's likely this will change slightly!! I am thinking about writing it out into a full present scene, rather than keeping it as a past-tense memory. I think it will suit it better and we need more Elrond and Thal time anyway!

And here is a snippet from To Partake (it was hard to pick something for this actually because so much of this chapter feels a little spoilery to share, but I do like the writing in this section a lot):

Elrond writes Erestor another note to let him know where he has gone, and when he estimates he will return, slips it under his door, and then starts down the winding staircase of the tower. His footsteps echo in the cool silence of the early morning. As he passes people, each gives him a wide berth, avoiding his gaze as if to ward off any possibility of interaction. It’s nothing particularly new, but it is a little different than the stares he’d gotten upon his arrival. With a sinking feeling in his stomach, he wonders if word about his summons to Gil-Galad’s solar —and Gil-Galad’s black mood— had traveled around the court.  It had probably been the fault of the guards. Heniriel is not a gossip, or else she would not hold such a high position.  He keeps his head low as he heads out beneath the stars to the far end of the citadel. The closer he gets to the kitchens, the more the air begins to smell like fresh bread. It makes his stomach rumble. The kitchens are a set of buildings attached to the northern side of the castle, close to the king’s quarters, the banquet hall, and the ambassadorial suites. Elrond elects to pass through a courtyard full of babbling fountains, since it looks empty enough. He follows the cobblestone footpath to a tall rock wall with a door in it which opens out onto the kitchen gardens, where carefully tended beds of herbs and vegetables lay slumbering beneath the starlight. Beyond are the King’s orchards. Elrond loves to spend time there. He will have to find a moment soon to slip away and say hello to his favorite apple tree. For now, he takes the path as it curves to the left, heading toward the kitchen proper, and more importantly: the bakery, where the citadel’s baker is likely to be starting on the day’s bread.

no pressure tags for: @the-commonplace-book @creativity-of-death @raointean @valasania-the-pale @niennawept @jaz-the-bard & anyone else who wants to play!!! I want to read what you're working on :D

[virgo-dream]

little guy maker!!! ✨

tagged by: @tj-dragonblade !! thank you for the tag friend!

piccrew link here ✨

tagging: @chiron-crow, @softest-punk, @lenreli, @kydrogendragon, @bruce-wayne-simp, @immacaria, @aquilathefighter and anyone that feels like doing it!! 💖

[falsestardust]

got tagged by @the-sparkling-diamond-satine for this!! gotta make you pick between five of my all-time favourite characters, apparently!!! it is going to be Difficult to narrow it down haha (later note: it was difficult to come up with five, actually!)

tagging a bunch of my mutuals for this even though I literally never do that because, hey, might as well!! anybody else can join too if you want :)

@the-sparkling-diamond-satine @schizogenic-sweethearts @92-sobbinghorses @lafgl @nicholaes @tara-fantastico @zer0day-19

[cheese-crusts]

ask game! current nine fav albums: chose 9 then tag 9 people

tagged by @a-bed-of-moss

In no particular order:

An Evening With Silk Sonic by Bruno Mars

Its Bruno Mars

Unreal Earth by Hozier

An album based on Dante's Inferno?

Without Fear by Dermot Kennedy

One of my all time favorites, its so incredibly soul crushing.

Believe in Me, Who Believes in You by Aries

Not much to say here, I really like this one.

Shadowglow by Flipturn

Really, I love all of their songs. This one is really personal.

Tim by Avicii

Yeah no I really dont have much to say here.

Doom Days (This Got Out Of Hand Edition) by Bastille

Every song in this is a banger no I will not be taking questions

Wild World (Complete Edition) by Bastille

EVERY SONG IN THIS IS A BANGER NO I WILL NOT BE TAKING QUESTIONS

All This Bad Blood by Bastille

EVERY SONG-

No pressure tags! @fuckterfs-deactivated20221212 @the-second-visitor @stargazing-enby @shredded-cheese-wizard @gec-co @joaniejustwokeup @/anyone who sees this!

[nullcanary]

WIP Game

Thank you so much for the tag, @threeofswrds!!! 🗡️🗡️🗡️

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I have a few BG3 WIPS that I've been slow cooking! Ask about any of them and I'll give you a blurb about it and a snippet from it~

The Night House (Chapter 2)

Of a Similar Pelt

A Letter to An Old Friend

Bootlicker

When the Coat Drops

I'll tag @traggalicious and @fenharael. Please please please, feel free to join in if you would like (yes you!!). Feel free to tag me because I'd love to hear more about everyone's WIPs!

[canavaris]

okay ik i'm really late on this but i've just finished developing my ocs so now i am Ready. i got tagged by @lyana-chan so thank you!!! i think everyone has been tagged so consider this an open tag to take part if you haven't already!! i'm doing my Canon Girlies (it's also under a read more because it's a bit of a long post lmao)

How-to: Rate your OCs based on how they handle cuddling/being cuddled.

Guinevere Cousland - 4/10

During the Blight, Gwen wasn’t very big on hugging. Ever since Howe’s betrayal, she’s kept herself to herself. Howe’s attack leaves any trust she had shattered, with her disliking hugging as it makes her vulnerable—the close proximity could allow someone to harm her. After the Blight, her walls come down slowly as she unwinds. Alistair benefits the most from her new-found trust. The King and Queen-consort are often seen walking together in the corridors of the palace, his arm around her waist.

Likewise, Gwen initially did not enjoy being cuddled. On top of the previous sense of vulnerability, being cuddled came with a loss on control that Gwen hated. Gwen needed to be in control of everything—including who touched her and when. As her trust for her companions increases, she finds she enjoys physical touch from them more. To the point that she begins to seek out hugs when she needs them, with Alistair in particular being a good source of physical contact.

Artemis Hawke - 7/10

Artemis loves giving hugs. If someone is in her arms, then they are where Artemis wants them: with her and out of harm’s way. With the loss of each family member, Artemis clings to her remaining ones tighter, as if she can stop them being ripped from her if she just holds on tight enough. She also despises seeing her loved ones upset or in pain, so hugs are her way of comforting them.

Though, she is less keen on being hugged. Like Gwen, she likes to be the one in control of herself—and being within hugging distance also puts her within range of a dagger. Being hugged requires a level of vulnerability that she just cannot allow. Though, she will accept hugs from those she truly trusts, such as Sebastian after the death of her mother.

Caelia Lavellan - 9/10

Caelia adores giving hugs. As a healer, her healing spells are most easily cast through physical contact. Therefore, to Caelia, touch means healing. Even if there is no magic behind it, she will hold her loved ones all the same. When Cullen is suffering through his lyrium withdrawls, Caelia will insist on holding him if declines a potion or a healing spell. It will make you feel better, she insists. She is right, but Cullen is loathe to admit it.

Likewise, Caelia adores being held. As a girl, her family held her whenever she needed comfort. A nightmare, a spider crawling on the aravel wall—all would send her into the arms of her parents. And though she is a girl no longer, she still seeks out touch all the same. When she can, she enjoys sitting with Cullen before a fire. It allows her to be herself, even for a moment.

[zipegs]

twenty questions for fic writers!

tagged by @cedarbranch thank you so much!!

tagging: @valentinsylve @wastrelwoods @shachaai @chaotic-plotter @thedarkmongoose

@luvbef @abstracteeveewrites @det395 no pressure though!!

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

28! back in the good old days (especially when i was mostly writing oneshots) i used to be able to do one work a month but now i'm a lot slower and much more sporadic. definitely think i can break the 30 mark this year though!

2. what's your total ao3 word count?

212,146!

3. what fandoms do you write for?

right now it's hannibal and the heu. i have also written for star trek aos, the terror s1, and supernatural, and will probably revisit some or all of them at some point in the future

4. top five fics by kudos

A Treatise on Touch (or Lack Thereof) (Star Trek AOS) - 883 Murphy's Law of Cohabitation (Supernatural) - 594 to the victor go the spoils (Hannibal) - 578 of all acts for which you must atone (Hannibal) - 554 kalos kagathos (Hannibal) - 522 my two crack fics coming in first! lmao. just goes to show that being silly and self-indulgent can pay off 😂 especially considering that top kudos'd fic is rated T! also was a surprise to see my terror yuletide fic coming in the number six spot, since that's a much smaller fandom compared to the others i've written for (or it was, at least. i know it's grown a bit since i started there)

5. do you respond to comments?

yes, all of them! unfortunately i'm an even slower comment responded than i am a writer but i do respond to each and every single one eventually. i appreciate people leaving the time to let me know they enjoyed my work so much and i definitely want to show that. plus i just enjoy the conversation!

6. what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

well! the book of jonah (hannibal) is definitely high up there, as are some of the oneshots in take the longing and give it a name (the terror). oh also ad finitum (the terror) and maybe elegy (the terror)? some of those (and a few i mentioned) are more bleak horror endings but the hartnell death oneshot in take the longing and give it a name and ad finitum are definitely just straight angst

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

a lot of them have happy endings, and some are just fluff oneshots! but i'm gonna say A Treatise on Touch (or Lack Thereof) for its very slight angst and eventual supremely happy ending.

8. do you get hate on fics?

i do not! i've found a nice little niche i suppose lol

9. do you write smut?

yes! i used to hate it but since joining the hannibal fandom i've started enjoying writing smut and dabbling in pwps. actually most of my recent work has been pwps dkfhdgh

10. craziest crossover?

i haven't done anything crazy i fear! my only crossovers have been heu.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i've noticed! i've had one suspicious incident of concept-ripping BUT it could have very well been a coincidence, so overall i've made out well!

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

yes i have!! Stacy_likegravity translated A Treatise on Touch (or Lack Thereof) to Chinese and Jane_Ka translated i am my beloved's (and my beloved is mine) to Belarusian.

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

i have not. i used to be too much of a control freak to consider it—the thought alone was off-putting. now, though, it's something i'd love to try with a writer i'm comfortable and have a rapport with.

14. all time favorite ship?

you can't ask me that because my current ship always is my all-time favorite!!! so, yeah, gotta say hannigram.

15. what's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

mmmm i have a bunch! there's an old supernatural horror fic i had about anna milton being a terrifying and off-putting child (thanks to, you know, once being an angel) that i'd love to finish and spruce up bc i felt really good about it at the time. that's five years ago now though so who knows if i'd feel like the writing held up!

16. what are your writing strengths?

i think i'm pretty good at setting and description—establishing a place and/or feel/tone for a piece. i like to think i'm pretty decent at capturing speech patterns but i do find dialogue a lot harder than narration personally.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

i tend to get rambly and overexplain when it's unnecessary (and sometimes gloss over what i should space out a bit)! pacing isn't always the easiest for me and i'm not great at story structure.

18. thoughts on dialogue in another language?

i don't mind it, as long as it's easily navigable! i used to be all for the hover-translations people would do but now i love linked footnotes. scrolling up and down for translations can be a little taxing for me personally.

19. first fandom you wrote in?

phantom of the opera. i tried my hand at writing a phantom/christine sex scene way back when and got about as far as "her corset 'magically' became undone". needless to say that never saw the light of day! first published fandom was a galadriel lotr oneshot i posted on ff.net (completely forgot about that until right now, actually lol)

20. favorite fic you've written?

i think i have to say the book of jonah, because i'm really proud of that one!

[misseffect]

Heads Up 7 Up

I was tagged by @korblez (ages ago, sorry 😅) to share 7 sentences and tag 7 people!

Ash is in the bathroom finishing up her hair, on her usual pre-party facetime call with the Williams clan. Shepard can hear one of them - maybe Sarah - chattering a distorted echo in the tiled room.

“Ash, you nearly ready?” she calls towards the open door, picking over the jumbled vanity for her earrings.

“Yeah, two minutes.”

Shepard fishes a pair of skinny drop earrings out of a box and pins them into place.

The hotel room looks ransacked. A duffle bag bleeds tomorrow morning’s clothes onto the bed and every bottle, can and tube on the vanity is open or missing the cap. Shepard finds her shoes - a barely-there pair of nude heels - under a discarded hoodie and her bag is hanging off the wardrobe door like an envelope on a delicate gold chain.

Tagging @otemporanerys @kalliesa @iheartgarrus @diaphanouso @dispatchwithlove @angry-jager @dulcidyne