#16 days until i’m on my own 🫡

[biboybuckley]

i may be going slowly insane but at least i’m having fun whilst doing it !!!

[losersimonriley]

twenty questions for fic writers

Thank ya @femalefemur <333

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

31

2. what's your total ao3 word count?

98,041

3. what fandoms do you write for?

Just the modern warfare reboot at the moment, but I’ve got fics from a few different fandoms

4. top five fics by kudos

First Light (ghost/soap)

Keep going (ghost/soap)

Completely, Selfishly (connor/gavin)

Every way that matters (ghost/soap)

Headshot Holidays (ghost/soap)

5. do you respond to comments?

I try! I really, really appreciate anyone who takes the time to leave comments, especially with fanfic being treated more and more like ~ quick to consume content~ I try to respond to every comment because the least I can say is thank you <3 But I got way behind on replies so there are a lot just sitting in my inbox waiting right now 💀 Swear I’m gonna get to em eventually

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

How it’s supposed to be (connor/gavin) bc it’s just both of them fucking dying lmao

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

This is a hard one bc I’m very much an angst with a happy ending writer, so most of my stories end on at least a hopeful note. I’ll say Every way that matters bc they are both just so sickly sweet in this one

8. do you get hate on fics?

Not bad enough that I remember. I used to have older works up before I regrettably purged them from existence that I remember getting rude comments on but wouldn’t necessarily categorise as hate

9. do you write smut?

Hellll yeahhh brotherrrr

10. craziest crossover:

I don’t have any crossovers per say but I’d really like to do a twister inspired tf 141 fic

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of 👀

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

No but I’m ok with it

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

No but I think it would be fun with someone I’m comfortable enough with! *looks at Camus with big sickly green eyes*

14. all time favorite ship?

Destiel owns me until I die, they were part of my life for so long and there is just so many years and so much between them. But god do I love ghoap

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

I am going to finish all my wips even if they end up sucking ass

16. what are your writing strengths?

Dialogue maybe? I’ve been told I have good dialogue

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

Aghhh descriptions. I hate describing things. I just want the things to Happen. And pacing lmao. This is one reason why I’ve always struggled with long fics

18. thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I know a lot of people find it unnecessary and jarring but I love it. Especially because it can encourage people to become interested in a new language

19. first fandom you wrote in?

I can’t remember if it was doctor who or my chemical romance but I’m pretty sure it was one of the two?

20. favorite fic you've written?

Oh it’s definitely gonna be Sundowning when I finish it. But so far my fav posted one is probably headshot holidays (ghost/soap) or music of the night (newt/hermann)

I’ll tag uhhhh @solivagantingrebel @lokibus @tumbleweedtech @forestshadow-wolf and anyone else who wants to do it! (sorry if y’all have already been tagged in this, I haven’t been very active on here the past few days so 🫡)

[palidan-sheep]

So far I’ve got one legacy run under my belt and a second on the way but with the scrapped featureds of having companions and possible romance options, I wanted through my two cents in on the latter of the two. Ignore any spelling mistakes, it’s 1am and if I do not get this out of my head I will not be able to sleep.

Sometimes I’m glad the game left a lot of personality out of the main characters while also leaving just enough to build upon it. Their speech and actions mainly.

Heads up- ✨Spoilers ahead✨ while I try and remain vague about some important stuff that happens in Sebastian’s and Poppy’s story’s, they still allude and if not give away what happened for the sake of making things make sense. Ready at your own will🫡

My first run was Hufflepuff with my Oc Evelyn Rogers.

Despite being fiercely loyal to those she had befriended and helped, the thought of romancing someone hadn’t occurred to her. She was too focused on her rather abrupt goal of taking down Ranrok and following the keepers footsteps to even entertain the idea of pursuing anything else. 

Despite the playful tongue and sometimes jealous remarks of her Slythieran friend, Sebastian Sallow, she hadn’t thought to form a deeper connection with him, not whilst the weight of the world weighed on her shoulders.

Sebastian could see this and while it hurt him, he knew he was no different. His own search for a cure for Anne often clouded his own ability to live and made him push asides the idea of doing anything else with his life.

At the end of the story, after spells had been cast and beings killed, the two were left feeling rather empty. Their drives of life, their reasons to fight and read and explore were gone.

It was difficult for Evelyn to look Sebastian in the eyes, she often felt like he should’ve been sent away for his crime but she couldn’t help but to think of all the blood on her own hands. The countless goblins and poachers who stood in her way, now nothing but meer ashes and lifeless corpses strewn across the ground.

She was just as guilt as he was.

And at the end of the day, they were the only ones who could ever understand what the other was going through. So perhaps not out of love but the sense of stability, the ability to feel something other then guilt, to have a shoulder to cry on, the two entwined their bloody hands and refused to look back.

Rather depressing, I know. Perhaps it’s not a health reason to get with someone but it’s realistic.

Our character is a 15/16 yo who was thrusted into this world of magic and murder and mayhem. They are alone in understanding what is at stake and those who possessed this power are from other time. So it’s realistic that my Mc would cling onto something who could show the slightest hint or knowing what they were going though.

Legacy has shown us that they aren’t afraid of telling tales with no happy ending for the record, and honestly? Good on them. It makes the game feel more realistic if you can’t save everyone and some things are just out of your reach.

But on my current play though. It’s an entirely different story!

Orian Gwynedd was a rather normal Slythieran. When the keepers thrusted upon him the fact that he was different, he was more powerful then others, it felt like something clicked in him. Whilst not totally power hungry, the thought of being possible the most powerful wizard in the world drove him to pursue the trials and their secrets and take down Ranrok so no one could threaten his power.

And up until Beast’s class, that’s all he cared about.

Then he met Poppy Sweeting.

While Poppy most definitely can her hold own in a fight, Orion felt an overbearing sense of care for the girl. Every waking moment he spent was now divided up between fighting against Ranrok and now worrying and wondering about Poppy.

He was never able to hide his feelings for her, always talking about her and expressing concern over her actions and whereabouts.

The day they busted the dragon fighting ring is a day he’ll never forget. When they stood before the dragon, when their eyes connected, when face with what felt like death, Poppy smiled. She smiled against the face of death and Orion just knew at that very moment, it was sealed.

Unfortunately, Poppy was none the more wiser to Orions infatuation with her. Often chalking up the various gifts and treats Orion gave her as gifts of friendship and mild affection, like a beast allowing their rescuers of harvest their fur or whiskers.

But as time passed, Poppy began to connect the pieces. And it was strange. At first she wanted to kindly let him down, to swayed him off of the idea of the two forming a deeper relationship, terrified that her lack of social skills and human connections would damage what he felt for her.

Thankfully, her adventures and traversing the valley helped her to articulate and work on her social skills and ability to make friends. Something that even Professor Weasley would note.

They two had built up so much trust between each other that it finally felt like the right time to explain one’s life story. How one was attempting to fix all their family’s wrong doings and another was fighting tooth and nail to, now, save the world rather then acquire power.

But despite this it still took some years before Poppy reciprocated the same feeling back to Orion. She had confided to him that while she wanted to get closer to him, she wanted to work on herself first. Orion promised to always be there for her and kept true to his word when she confessed to him, again.

A but more light hearted then the other pair but my first play though I put a lot more of myself into the game and took it very ‘seriously’. So I think some light hearted-ness is need.

Not to mention that when ya talk to Poppy after she runs off in Hogsmead, you’re character can sound so concern for her and Gah, it makes my heart ache. If anything bad happens to Poppy in the future I’ll riot. I mean it.

Can we seriously talk about the confrontation with that dragon at Horntail Hall?!?!? The lion, the witch, the audacity of that bitch to smile like that when that dragon was thinking about eating us?!?!?!? Idc what any of y’all say, she was smiling and honestly I love her for it. Like words cannot describe just how much I want to take her out and go recuse beats and show her the beats on my RoR.

Gah, I love Poppy Sweeting so much and want more content with her.

Anyways~ I plan to do the other two houses, even have characters lined up and ready to go for them but I’d rather do each run one at a time rather then have all 4 active at once. But I don’t think I’ll have much to say about them as the characters aren’t much interested in romance as they are with surviving. Perhaps I’ll reblog this when their runs come up but idk.

Perhaps my Ravenclaw character will have a love-hate relationship with a certain “I hate my family but I’ll use their name.”

Also yes, I’m well aware that both pairs are Hufflepuff and Slytherian. As I’ve said, I’m a Hufflepuff and Sebastian just happen to be my favorite character and when I went as a snaky boi, Poppy seemed to best fit Orion. That’s not to say I didn’t tease the idea of Orion and Sebastian being interested in each other. A jealous Sebastion is a nice bit of ✨spice✨too add into the story.