#7 days crit tag

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

finding confirmation that kirell was indeed 24 in the original game, and her being a high schooler when she died in argo's choice was a bizarre retcon, is Validating for a number of reasons (i KNEW she was a depressed mafia NEET. i FUCKIN knew it). it also explains philio's complete and total nonexistence in AC, because i'm pretty sure they realized what an Incredibly bad look their previously established relationship would be, and i am now ten times more irritated about that than ever lmao

[grogusmum]

💚March Fic Madness - Fic Recs💚

I've joined @the-blind-assassin-12 Alyssa's March Fic Madness! The goal is 63 reblogs/reads in 31 days (I'm not sure that I will get there its been A Month!) and I think I've not put the tag on everyfic ive read/reblogged in March (I'm going to go back to add tags to any I missed).

With all these incredible writers, I am reccing every one! As always, mind the warnings

Adrift by @morallyinept ch 2, ch 3, ch 4, ch 5, ch 6 (Frankie Morales)

The Producer @coulsons-fullmetal-cellist (Dieter Bravo)

Are You Sure You're Ready For This by @missredherring (Marcus Pike)

Drunk Text by@kteague (Frankie Morales)

Fluffbruary: 13 by @oonajaeadira (Jack Daniels)

The Sweepstakes: Frankie Morales epilogue by @katareyoudrilling

The Sweepstakes: Dave York epilogue by @katareyoudrilling

Joel, Interrupted by @iamskyereads

You Were Marked: Day One @handspunyarns (Din Djarin)

Baker's Dozen Ezra part 2 @avastrasposts

Day 10: Comet by @nerdieforpedro (Din Djarin)

Uneven Odds ch 1 and ch 2 by @theetherealbloom (Din Djarin)

Darkroom Din Intro Crit Solargrams Knock Before You Enter** The Bar Is Set High Overdeveloped** Muse Get Away With** Letting The Light In by @honestly-shite

You Brought Poison Flowers Chapter 1: Larkspur Chapter 2: Yarrow Chapter 3: Lettuce * Chapter 4: Echinacea Chapter 5: Onion * Chapter 6: Cherry * Chapter 7: Maple Chapter 8: Beet * by @ohforficsake (Joel Miller)

Lush by @the-scandalorian (Din Djarin)

We Had Today by @deadhumourist

He With the Dark Curls, You With the Watercolor Eyes by @hellishjoel (Frankie Morales)

The Lack of Kenergy by @coulsons-fullmetal-cellist (Dieter Bravo)

G.O.M.E.R. by @disgruntledspacedad (Frankie Morales)

Threefold by @insomniamamma (Ezra)

She Made Me Feel by @nerdieforpedro (Din Djarin)

Hunters Gambit Part One (501 AS) | Part Two (501 AS) | Part Three (501 AS) Part Four (501 AS) by @chaoticgeminate (Frankie Morales)

Bright Lights ii and iii by @ezrasbirdie (Dieter Bravo)

Silent Affection by @kteague (Frankie Morales)

E. + "Are you sure you're ready for this?" by @missredherring (Ezra)

Not My Stars ch 11 by @keldabe-kriff (Din Djarin)

Able by @ladamedusoif (Joel Miller)

final tally 51

Thanks to all you beautiful, brilliant writers!

It occurred to me that I should include the 4 fic I posted this month -

Class of 1974 Taking Chances Part 3 All In (Javier Peña)

Please Mister Please (Joel Miller)

November: Mourning Moon (Frankie Morales)

Posting tomorrow: IRL Part 3 (Javi Gutiérrez)

[theawkwardterrier]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Blessedly tagged by @walkinginland and @flyinghome-againstthewind so I can participate in one of my favorite activities (talking about myself) during this boring workday!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

173, although I know there are a few that for various reasons I haven't posted on there

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,177,040 which...wow

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Most continuously the MCU (Captain America specifically), Buffyverse, Veronica Mars, and Outlander, but one-offs for many others

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Muscle Memory (Outlander, Jamie/Claire; 18 chapters, complete)

Wingspan (Veronica Mars, Logan/Veronica; 6 chapters, complete)

Here's All the Melting Thrill (And Here's the Kindling Fire) (Outlander, Jamie/Claire; 14 chapters, complete)

things left behind and the things that are ahead (MCU, Steve/Peggy; 43 chapters, complete)

After the War Is Over (Will There Be Any Home Sweet Home?) (Outlander, Jamie/Claire; 6 chapters, complete)

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

99% of the time, absolutely. I appreciate them so much, and want to express that, even if I'm a little overwhelmed and just end up saying "Thanks so much for reading!" Sometimes, however, if the comment strikes me as really negative or is trying to start some kind of debate that I don't want to get involved in, I'll just mark as read and move on.

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

I don't really write angsty endings! (Usually just angsty middles, and third act twists...) Probably my Veronica Mars fic, We Do Not Flinch, because even though the ending is definitely hopeful, not everything is fixed and the character death is not erased.

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

Um, basically all of them tbh! I love and reliably provide a happy ending. I guess I'll say Each Step Closer (On Our Way Together) because the whole thing is pretty light and the last section extra so.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Intellectually I know the answer is no. But I have gotten criticism, perhaps validly, about my portrayal of Peggy's emotions in Woman Borne, and also have gotten comments which express frustration with the choices my characters make, and that does feel hurtful in certain ways.

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

Ehhhhh, very, very lightly. Pretty much just gauzy linguistics and minimal mention of actual body parts - soulmate smut 🤷‍♀️

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

Haha, I've written a bunch of AUs that borrow from other fandoms and have a lot of fun with those, but I've only written one partially completed Buffy/Bones crossover

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I think that some of my fics have been included in the kind of automatic sweeps that republish on fake fic sites or ebook sites, but not by an actual person as far as I know.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, although I'd be happy to give permission if someone wanted to!

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

Lol, no and I can't imagine I'd be an easy writing partner 😂😬

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Skipping because I've found that there isn't necessarily a permanence to it for me.

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

I don't really have WIPs that have been posted (because I know myself and that would be too stressful for me!) but the long planned out Chase/Cameron fic, or the Veronica Mars one where Wallace was a superhero, or the various ideas I've vaguely started writing within my head.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Mmmm...Occasional nice turns of phrase/unusual uses of language?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Writing visuals or action

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

Nervous about it and probably I do it wrong, but I do it anyway 😬

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter back in the day

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I am my own biggest fic critic and also my own biggest fan, so they are all dear to me. I do have a particular love for my Steggy fic things left behind and the things that are ahead and all the characters and bits of the universe that come along with it.

Tagging @roboticonography, @ghostcat3000, @ckerouac, @kairosimperative, and of course my always meme pal, @lavellenchanted!

[rosesradio]

fanfic ask game

i saw this ask game i wasn’t tagged in so let’s do it 🤠 & i’ll tag whoever wants to do it as well

1. how many works do you have on Ao3?

27 :-)

2. what's your total Ao3 word count?

466,409 (oh cool i’ll most likely hit 500k by the end of the year 💪)

3. what fandoms do you write for?

currently pjo & once in a blue moon hsmtmts, but i have written for like 10-12 different fandoms in my life

4. what are your top five fics by kudos?

ceaseless eve 🌙 (a leo, nico, & piper quest + valdangelo)

camp triple pine 🌲 (a lawrusso summer camp au with fwb 👀)

talk to me, deep in the night (& i’d tell you something i never thought i’d admit) 🏕️ (a surprisingly non-smutty first caswen fic in which ricky talks with ej about how he works too hard, written in s3 era)

Cobra Kai/Karate Kid one shots 🥋 (fluff, humor, angst, smut…what it says on the tin 🤠)

he’s only here for one thing, but (so am i) 🔥 (valdangelo college au smut + camboy nico 👀)

(because i can’t tell a lie, i did skip over one or two stranger things fics on this list. i have complex feelings about them & keeping them up due to the controversy, but also abandoning them or deleting them…i’m sentimental, and i procrastinate lol. i’m glad a higher volume of people enjoyed them by nature of it being a more popular fandom, but i also feel like the kudos aren’t as genuine or earned as they are for my longfics in less popular fandoms for that reason. at least To Me. i hope that makes sense 🧍)

5. do you respond to comments?

i try to reply to every comment around the first week of posting something (because by then it’s an “old work” and it’s “weird” to comment on it, but that’s another post 😐). i still haven’t replied to the last of the ceaseless eve comments & i feel terrible, the sentimentality of it all overwhelms me but know i appreciate it 😭 i wish there was like a code word though that people could comment that lets you know if they want you to respond or not, because it’s hard to know if people want an author response or if it’ll scare them off yk

6. Which of your fics has the angstiest ending?

i don’t do a lot of angst, but when i do, i do (meaning i lay it on too melodramatically thick lmao) but i thought i’d give a list of some of my angstiest/darkest fics 🤠

the moonlace & the sunflower 🌻 (in which grover dies protecting a demigod, so the empathy link causes percy to pass away as well)

games long lost 🌳 (in which luke must drink annabeth’s blood for kronos’s reformation, it covers the dark lukabeth of it all & there’s some death)

the smallest casualty ♟️ (in which it’s slowly revealed over the course of a luke & annabeth chess game that the gods lost the war, and percy & friends have been subjected to dark magic experiments to make them compliant to luke’s fantasy)

rewired 🤖 (okay. i usually try to be humble or self deprecating or whatever but this 1400 word fic is an actual fucking masterpiece to me idc. it just came out of me and makes me physically nauseous to this day. showing this to my hypothetical therapist etc etc. oh wait what’s it about lmao—the concept of daniel rewiring his brain & morals to fit into silver’s desires. ft that sick sick silverusso dynamic)

7. Which of your fics has the happiest ending?

i have a variety of fluffy fics, but i’d have to say my happiest most sugar coated ending is—

who said anybody would? (a ej/gina/ricky road trip fic that literally ends with an ot3 picnic scene 😭 it’s just too much 🫶)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

i’ve gotten unwarranted criticism (i like to ask for constructive crit comments at the end if it’s like a longfic) that’s been surprisingly rude…i won’t say which fic but someone got so mad at one of my chapters they left a lengthy mocking crit comment and then stopped reading 😭 but that’s their prerogative, i hope they found something they enjoyed afterwards. other than that, surprisingly considering some of the controversial dark fics i’ve written…no sign of flames, so thanks! 😅

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

i have four different smut fics (hopefully a fifth if i can ever finish it up)…i fear they’re repetitive but also not really, they cover different fandoms and explore different kinks. i’m not really sure what to say about them, hopefully people find them hot ! or whatever !

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

i’m not a fan of crossovers currently, but my longest fic i wrote when i was 15 (it’s 97k i’m beating it someday 😭) was a crossover between sanders sides, voltron, miraculous ladybug, and gravity falls (doesn’t that feel like a kick in the gut lmao—did i mention i was 15? 😅)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of 👁️👁️

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

not that i know of 👁️👁️

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

i tried, myself and another author had a shared Google doc & everything…but we both just didn’t commit. i don’t think i’d work well with another writer…i don’t mind bouncing ideas around with a beta reader/editor (like @heavens-vault 🤠) but ultimately i’d prefer to write on my own

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

it changes—it’s currently valdangelo, but the ones I’ve written the most over the years are: prinxiety (😐), lawrusso, caswen, and valdangelo. i’m excited to explore a bunch of other ships as i continue writing as well

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

oh gosh, i mean i hope i don’t have any like longfics in question…i hope i can finish + deliver on Ivory Rain, but i’m sure I’ll manage even if it takes a while. i haven’t really mentioned this a whole lot to “the public” but i have what i call a “scrap fic” i’m working on, with a bunch of like 800 word chapters i just kinda bounce around when i have time. the concept is really exciting but the execution still needs work, so i’m kinda seeing how that’s gonna play out, it might not be posted. i hope it will though !

16. What are your writing strengths?

i think i’m pretty good at characterization, good romantic moments with good buildup, and humor :-)

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

action scenes i hate you so much 😭 why do i insist on writing pjo fics when i can hardly write a fight scene

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

i should do it more, i hate that i don’t, especially considering nico being Italian and leo’s native language being Spanish. but I’ve used & been disappointed by Google translate too many times…perhaps I’ll find another way to translate to include that for more character accuracy

19. First fandom you wrote for?

actually i think percy jackson, i’ve come full circle. the first fic i posted was sanders sides, but i remember when i was probably nine or so i wrote with pencil and paper and stapled a book together with a hand drawn cover 😭 it was about a son of Apollo, a satyr, and a daughter of Demeter on a quest…so really, richard took some creative liberties from my hand written fanfic i think 👀

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

like the ships, it changes—I love all my fics, it’s hard to explain how there’s little fractures of me at different points in my life at any given time in my works. no amount of over-explaining could make anyone understand how i express myself through my character’s emotions and desires and fears and journeys.

at the moment, my favorite fic is CE. it just got completed, myself and others are excited for the sequel. i think all my pjo works in particular are pretty good, and of course i tend to shy away from my older works because my writing…probably wasn’t as good. but that just means I’ve improved, so that’s good.

that’s all the questions, but this was fun ! :-)

[silurisanguine]

20 questions for fic writers

thankyou @poetic-poltergeist for the tag!! <3 (starting a new thread as the other was getting looooong.)

okay let's see

1) How many works do you have on AO3

23 currently!

2) What's your total AO3 word count?

245,631 and counting...... (as i new chapter of a fic should be going up any day now)

3) What fandoms do you write for?

Starfield, Deus Ex, Vampyr, Dishonored, Thief and one for Destiny2 at the moment.

4) Top five fics by kudos?

Savages, Paradigm Shift, To See Beyond Forever, Starry Starry Night and Take me Away from All this Death. (would love to see some of my Starfield fics get in here by next year! ).

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

I always do, comments fuel me! Seriously the serotonin boost from getting a comment is often exactly what i need to keep writing.

6) What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Shattered Reflections i'd say. (but chapter wise, it's my new one Chasing Your Star...)

7) What’s the fic you write with the happiest ending?

That will be.... [redacted].

8) Do you get hate on fics?

First fic i published on Ao3 got a unsolicited crit. One point was valid but the other i thought was unwarranted...and in fact incorrect anyway. But other than that, i've had nothing but positive comments.

9) Do you write smut?

haha.....oh ...OH YES. But always with plot and in context of story.

10) Do you write crossovers?

Yes i have one crossover right now - Emerging Shadow (Dishonored/Thief), but i plan another -( deux ex/ Assassin's Creed).

11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Probably by AI.....

12) Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, i dont believe so.

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

No, i'm too much of a control freak for story telling, though i do work with others to work out plot points sometimes.

14) What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Named ships? Emsider and McReid. (also Sam Coe& Spacefarer).

15) What’s the WIP you hope to finish but doubt you ever will?

Im not jinxing anything. I WILL finish all my fics. It just might take a while...But i doubt i will write any more for the Destiny fandom.

16) What are your writing strengths?

Story telling and scene setting I'd like to think.

17) What are your writing weaknesses?

Expanded grammar and finishing stories.

18) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I try to find someone who speaks the language natively to help me with any foreign dialogue i might add.

19) First fandom you wrote for?

Xena, Warrior Princess. Back in my Live Journal days.

20) Favourite fic you’ve ever written? I have to admit i have a soft spot for Obsidian Dreams and Take me Away from All this Death. But i am absolutely loving writing Chasing Your Star Until I Find Home. I tag - @lakritzwolf @eridanidreams @bearlytolerant @atonalginger @fangbangerghoul @booburry @toxiclizardwrites @aro-pancake @aislingdmdt @onewhoturns @lisa-and-shadow @thatsgoodsquishy0 @despicablediet @themortalscout

[salamandertomblocus]

Custom mech for my Lancer campaign. Balance feedback appreciated!

LEVIER

STRIKER/ARTILLERY

Like an old-world ship-of-the-line, the Levier is an figurehead of national pride; an large, intimidating mech that's as effective in propaganda shoots as on the battlefield, although it will excel in both. Typically seen wielding large, high-caliber weapons, Leviers are typically deployed in groups of three, five, or seven. These units- or “fleets”, as they are called -work together to fire in “broadsides”- enormous eschatological moments when the arduous loading process is completed, and the world holds still as the Levier takes aim and brings the Cohesive’s metaphorical fist down onto their enemies.

Phys. Description. Replace with art if/when it becomes available

A large, imposing mech. Its face-on profile is boxy, black, industrial, with sheer edges and various decals in a chinese-adjacent (replace when found with actual  space language), almost resembling a shipping container. 

Side profile reveals an enormous gun that juts through the mech’s torso, resembling a naval cannon. It penetrates through to both front and back. The rear section houses a complicated network of gangways, small ladders, and carbon fibre spools and ropes. Four Power Monkeys clamber about it, carrying enormous shells under their arms. The front of the gun is huge, blackened, like an industrial chimney. Yellow smoke billows from it following a firing. A curved shield protrudes from the base, giving the side profile the impression of the front prow of a ship. The entire mech is covered with shibari-like overhull drydock netting, which power Monkeys use to get around.

HP: 10

Evasion: 7

Speed: 4

Heat Cap: 5

Sensors: 20

Armor: 1

E-Defense: 7

Size: 2

Repair Cap: 2

Tech Attack: -1

Save Target: 8

License:

I. Broadside Cannon, Downtime Propagator

II. LEVIER FRAME, Bonny Ship the Diamond, Virulent Phosphorus Charge

III. Divine Fist, Santiana Gained a Day

TRAITS:

Trait One: Terracotta Soldier

Your weapons begin unloaded.

Trait Two: Broadside Tactics

Whenever you attack with a Heavy Loading weapon, you may choose to incur -2 difficulty on your attack and take heat 0. If you do so, you may make another attack with another heavy loading weapon, dealing half damage on a hit. You may take this action any number of times, but the heat gain increases by two for each use.

Trait Three: Shoulder-to-Shoulder Mutual Bracing 

For every other friendly character in an continguous row with the Mech tag that is size two or larger, your attacks with heavy weapons gain +1 accuracy, 1d6 extra damage, and Reliable 4. (In this case, three continguous mechs would gain reliable 12.) (this is the only part of this ability that stacks.)

SYSTEM POINTS: 8

MOUNTS:

Flex mount

Heavy mount

Integrated 

CORE system

Drydock Overshield Hull Netting 

The Drydock Overshield Hull Netting is a tightly- wrapped net of four-centimeter-thick cabling that covers the entirety of the Levier. On each intersection is an electromagnetically active node that can snap to another node in a matter of seconds. This allows the net to move dynamically by swapping whether each node is attracting or repelling the others, creating a movement not unlike birds flying in a flock. When active, the net floats about a foot away from any mechs it is protecting, ready to bunch up around an incoming projectile, creating dynamic armour that is strongest everywhere because it only needs to be strong in small bursts, in very specific areas.

(PASSIVE) When yer Crit, minus Grit.

Active (requires 1 Core Power): Cast Drydock Overshield Netting

Any allies in Burst four around you gain Overshield eight. You gain Overshield equal to two times the number of allies that were affected by this effect. You take four energy damage as the sudden voltage flows through your systems.

                                 Integrated Mount: Gun-of-the-Line

Gun-of-the-Line 

Weapon 

Heavy

Cannon, Loading, Ordnance, reliable 5, knockback self 1, accurate

Range 20

 3d6 kinetic damage

Bonny Ship the Diamond

System fluff

 6 SP

Gain the Diamond Fleet of Fame reaction

Diamond Fleet of Fame 

Reaction, once per round

Trigger: another allied mech of size two or greater would make an attack with an heavy weapon

You may either reload one loading weapon, or grant them +2 accuracy on their attack.

Virulent Phosphorous Charge

Popularised by its legendary use to bring down the Lucky Duck destroyer-cruiser in the battle of Najkta, Virulent Phosphorous is an incredibly volatile and explosive substance produced by an genetically modified strain of bacteria originally native to the backwater world Mudd. Most barrels are not sufficiently strong to so much as direct the blast away from the user, but you never know… maybe you're built different!

Mod, limited two 

When you load this weapon, you may choose to expend a charge. If you do, the next shot fired becomes  cone 5, stunning all enemies inside the area if they fail an ENGINEERING check and dealing burn 8 instead of the regular damage.. Destroy the weapon on the mount that fired the Flashpowder charge and take 5 heat. 

Downtime Propagator 

Harnessing the power of the Cohesive's Power Monkey robotic assistants,  time spent loading is not wasted! Direct them to manually aim an auxillary weapon, replace and repair damaged systems, or spray coolant and chaff manually from canisters from the comfort of your cockpit. The CWCC reserves the right to remotely revoke access to this product if it detects that it is attached to an Smith-Shimano frame. 

4 SP

Whenever you expend a full action to Stablilize, choose one:

Make an attack with an auxillary weapon for half damage on a hit 

Repair up to one system, mount, or gain half your maximum HP repaired

Grant yourself and up to two adjacent allies soft cover until the beginning of your next turn.

Divine Fist

Superheavy CQB, loading, knockback 5 

Cone 3

4d6 kinetic damage. On hit, targets are knocked prone and suffer from Shredded.

Santiana Gained a Day 

8 sp

As long as there are four allies of size two or above adjacent to you who have not taken damage or have not moved involuntarily since their last turn or two other Leviers adjacent to you who have not taken damage or have not moved involuntarily since their last turn, your Drydock Overshield Hull Netting flares out behind you, connecting you to your allies. You gain the following benefits:

You and the others affected by this ability may reload loading weapons as an quick action.

 Any damage (excepting heat) dealt to you or any allies affected is spread evenly amongst the group as heat. If the number of damage is uneven, you take the largest portion. This effect takes place after all other damage calculation.

You may fire weapons with Ordnance as though they did not have Ordnance.

You gain immunity to the Shredded condition and +1 armour.

If any mech benefiting from Santiana Gained a Day takes stress damage, instantly end the effect. Take heat 2.

[casdeans-pie]

Fanfiction Q&A

Tagged by @thepagemistress thanks so much for the tag!! I love stuff like this asdfghjkl

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

36

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

311,091

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly Supernatural because it's my most recent fandom and I have extreme destiel related brainworms - but I do also still write Izuocha/My Hero Academia stories from time to time. I've officially 'left the fandom' but I find the ship cosy to write, so they're easy to come back to every so often. I would really like to get back into writing for Genshin too at some point! There are so many characters and their personalities are all so barely defined that it's a lot of fun to shake the grab bag of them and play around with ships and tropes.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Ahh they're all MHA. I wrote them at kind of the emergence of the MHA fic scene though. So it was just good timing. It's crazy that they've remained my most popular fics even this many years later wow.

Also fun fact, the two ships here had fandoms that actively hated each other because Ochako is in both of them. I was living my best multi shipping life.

Also also, the jump in number between #1 and #2 is wild. BBB is a fandom experience I will treasure forever.

#1 Beep Beep Beep - Izuocha / My Hero Academia - 2,245

#2 Saw This. Thought of You - Izuocha / My Hero Academia - 787

#3 Ceiling Scorch Marks - Kacchako / My Hero Academia - 675

#4 Green's Your Colour - Izuocha / My Hero Academia - 582

#5 Sweaty Palms - Kacchako / My Hero Academia - 544

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

Heck yeah!! It may take me anywhere between a day and a month, but I will always reply at some point. I like to repay the kindness of leaving a comment with acknowledgement <3 even if all I can manage back is a keyboard smash and a thank you

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh, easily easily Don't Stop Dreaming (Izuocha/MHA) I cackle like a classic disney villain every time someone leaves a comment about how they didn't notice the main character death tag and the ending broke them. Did I put it in the middle of the tags simply to make missing it easier? maybe so.

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

Okay this one is hard. Because 99% of my fics are fluff. They pretty much all have a happy ending lmaoooo

The cheesiest happy ending might have to go to Cat Thief (Reddie/IT) though - that whole fic I tried to capture the vibe of a cheesy Hallmark movie and then for the ending I really dialled it up to ten. Cavity inducing honestly aaa

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I don't think so??? I've had the odd piece of criticism here and there, which makes me like >:( because I didn't ask for crit and I'm doing all this for freeeee

But otherwise, nope <3

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

Not anything I've ever published (because it's not very good asdfghjkl) It's honestly very vanilla and mostly about the ooey gooey feelings more than the smut itself, so I don't know whether it would really appeal?

Either way any smut I ever decide to post on AO3 would have to be anonymously. Too many people I know in real life know my Izupie username and just the thought of one of them googling me one day and finding my AO3 is bad enough even without any smut fics being on there RIP

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

Hmm, not really crossovers? I write AU's of other worlds - like, I wouldn't write the cast of IT meeting the characters of Soul Eater, but I wrote the characters of IT in the world of Soul Eater. Does that make sense??

Two birds with stone because Dances of the Souls (Reddie/IT/Soul Eater) is also the craziest 'crossover' I've ever written. I saw some fanart and got inspired, and to this day I can't believe I wrote like 10k words of that.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I did !! Many manyyy years ago. Someone sent me a message to say that they'd noticed somebody had reposted one of my fics but just changed the characters. Can't even remember what fandom they'd made it for.... They'd stolen a whole bunch of Izuocha fics and just changed the names! So a few affected Izuocha writers including myself sent them messages asking them to take the stolen fics down and within a few hours their whole profile had been deleted.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No!! But I would LOVE that !! Anyone who ever wants to translate any of my fics, please know the answer will be yes!!

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

I'm the process of that actually with Seal My Heart (Izuocha/MHA)!! It's been such a fun process but I feel so bad because I'm really bad at procrastinating and getting distracted by working on multiple things at once and I don't have a whole lot of free time, so I am probably the worst collab partner you could have!!! (sorry!!!!)

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

I usually change this answer based on my current fandom tbh! Right now I can't imagine any ship affecting my brain in quite the same way as Destiel.

I think it's the ALMOST of it that has given me infinite brainworms and hurts my soul. And they have just the most delicious dynamic. They're best friends. They're fighting. They're soft. They're gonna burn the whole world for each other. They're wearing silly cowboy hats. etc etc

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

I wish I had it in me to write part 2 of Barks (Reddie/IT). I had this whole extra plot with all these conspiracies and saving the town and ultimately wanted to end it with Eddie getting turned into a werewolf too, but it had already gone on to nearly 100k words and I just wanted to write other things asdfkl

16. What are your writing strengths?

Hmm.... I would say maybe the way that I create a mood? I like to really appeal to all the senses when I write to kind of make you feel like you're there in the scene. Changing my writing style to add to the atmosphere is also something I think I do quite well? Like short choppy sentences for tension etc etc.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Dialogue. Dialogue all day. If everyone could just, not speak? That would be great. I really struggle to capture characters specific voices.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic.

I can't say I've ever given it much thought... I think it would be okay as long as you're VERY sure that it's correct.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Ahh that would be my Yu-Gi-Oh self insert fanfiction all hand written in a little notebook that I wrote as a child :') I wrote me and a friend into so many adventures with the Yu-Gi-Oh characters. It's extremely cute.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Beep Beep Beep without a doubt. I had so so so much fun with it. I have a whole notebook filled with plans and notes about each character (even the ones that appear for small scenes or are only mentioned!) and I just had a blast the whole time coming up with what cameos I could insert and little references I could scatter around. I had backstories planned out that didn't even make it into the fic but helped inform how this universe had changed the characters from their canon counterparts.

Updating it and having people anticipating the updates was such a buzz I can't even explain. I would get messages about it, some very kind artists drew fanart of it! The whole experience was all I had ever wanted as a fanfic writer. I loved every moment.

On a more recent note - I haven't written anything as self indulgent as Flicker, Fizzle, Pop (Destiel/Supernatural) for a long long time and I LOVE that for me. I had soooo much fun! And I was so excited to update it because I had so many people excited to read it! Very very fond of this fic <3

Phew that went on for longer than I expected - turns out I can ramble about my own writing for a long time, who knew right???? asdfghjkl;

Tagging some writers! @encyclopika @amynchan @citrinediamondeyes @velvethopewrites @loserchildhotpants @king4aday @fivefeetfangirl @jemariel @microsuedemouse No pressure though! (I'm just curious about your answers hehehe) But also if you see this and you're not tagged and wanna do it anyway - do eeeeet!!

[daddywright]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

tagged by @samioli ! (late getting to it, happy holidays!)

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

44... so far :)) (not-so-secret: i actually have a second pseud for one-shots in very small, random fandoms, but i don't use it often.)

2. What's your total ao3 word count?

ah hah. 682,262. i didn't really publish much before the pandemic, but then suddenly all i ever wanted to do was write, and i found such a community online in different fandoms that i haven't really stopped since!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I've published (written is a different story, haha) fic for a few fandoms: namely ace attorney, different sherlock holmes properties, witcher, dragon age, good omens (before the show), and most recently, metal gear!

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

a badge of honor [ace attorney]

plumeria (new beginnings) [enola holmes]

pressure (pushing down on me) [ace attorney]

your heart is cold (but we will warm you) [the hobbit - the first Real Fic i ever published, when i was a kid]

if i woke up (next to you) [ace attorney]

flattering but not surprising that ace attorney is near the top, as far as kudoses go; i joined this fandom in 2020 and it's just EXPLODED since then. it's so cool getting into an older game series and being able to connect with a thriving online community <3

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

I absolutely do! I miss one here and there, on occasion, but i try to say thanks as often as i can. i often return to the comment sections of my more popular fics on rough days when i'm convinced i'm the worst writer in existence kasd;jfalskfjf

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

hm... while i tend to avoid endings that leave readers in pieces, i do enjoy some angst now and then. i wrote a one-shot about john watson reacting to holmes's death in OG sherlock holmes titled 'when good men go to war' that definitely deserved the 'major character death' tag, even if it's one of the most famous fake-out deaths in literature LMAO. i've also written canon compliant lanamia, which just hurts. and a miles edgeworth christmas fic, which is self-explanatory. i also wrote a fic for the animated film Klaus a while back that made me cry writing it, which i don't often do HAHA

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

hmm. 'if i woke up (next to you)' is the epitome of cheesy fix-it for narumitsu, but i think the end of 'pressure (pushing down on me)' was written at a time, for me, when i most desperately wanted to read about a happy ending-- the whole series is a fix-it, but pressure in particular dismantled phoenix's disbarment and brought back characters i missed/wanted more of in a way that was utterly self-indulgent, so for me, that's probably the happiest ending i've ever written. :)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, thankfully. but i've gotten enough of unsolicited crit type comments to piss me off eternally-- though i've gotten better at deleting the ones that hurt rather than engaging. (I stopped writing a witcher fic i really liked because i got a comment that a chapter was boring, and it totally shattered me :///)

9. Do you write smut?

Sure! I have been known to enjoy and write explicit fics. I have an academic interest in sex and education about it, and I think some of the best character study fics in the entire universe are explicit. i also think the saddest fics i've ever read have also included explicit scenes, too.

10. Do you write crossovers?

I have! I love a good, clever crossover.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of. (knocks on wood)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, several!

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

Yes! Most recently (published, that is), for pacific rim.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

OOF. well. i have several, of course. i'll always be attached to classic sherlock holmes x john watson. for fandoms i fell into recently, the bangers are narumitsu, taibani (tiger&bunny, aka narumitsu lite), and newly, otasune (metal gear solid) is THE Moment. the MOMENT, damn it, PLAY METAL GEAR SOLID. and then DM me @solid-snaked because i want to TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

some more well-known ships i haven't published fic for over the years but still love: leopika (hxh), kakairu (naruto... YEAH. NARUTO.), kaishin (dmck), and superbat (dc). also, i tend to really gravitate towards platonic/gen fic for different fandoms as well, almost if not more strongly than shipfic.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

ooooh. toss up between 'call me through thunder' (dragon age), because honestly while i loved writing it, i liked the original writing ideas that came from it more than the actual fic elements and 'when the way is dark' (witcher), because of reasons listed above.

16. What are your writing strengths?

i would like to say my dialogue?? i suppose? i really like writing dialogue and specifically, the framing around dialogue-- i like writing body language and trying to describe facial expressions and tone shifts so that people can hear and see the scene i'm trying to write.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

ahh, i'm definitely guilty of writing intimate/emotional scenes at the cost of pacing, and of favoring tone accomplished by dialogue rather than immersion via setting (i'm bad at like. window dressing and connective tissue between scenes, i think)

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

beyond my skillset, I'm afraid

19. First fandom you wrote for?

supernatural. mmhmm. i was a high school sam girlie. the first fic i ever read, also, was supernatural. destiel at age 13. life-ruiner. but i recovered.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

aaaa. overall, i'd say 'pressure' is a fic i'm quite proud of but it's the series overall that makes it my favorite as a writing and a community experience, one that got me through a really tough time in life. however, as far as my writing skill goes, i'm pretty proud of a fic i wrote on a time crunch for Holmestice, a sherlock holmes exchange, called 'the emerald circle', because i got to reference queer history in a way i really enjoyed while writing it.

feel free to pass along this prompt to yourself, fellow writers <3

[justme-inmyownworld]

15 Lines of Dialogue

Rules: Share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture their character/personality/vibe. Bonus points for just using the dialogue without other details about the scene, but you’re free to include those as well.

I finally done! Thank you @meltypancake for tagging me in this and again, let me have the opportunity to build my OC and join the community and I had fun doing all this ☺️✨

1. [Chosen as a dancer for White Heron cup] Oh! Really? I’m not sure this is the type of dance I can do well, but I can try!

2. [Got invited to lunch] Woaah, this is nice. I crave for this.

3. [Lost item] ah, that- that’s mine. I was going crazy trying to find it. Where was it?

4. I don’t have any preference in tea but chamomile is so soothing. I could sleep well with it.

5. I know we all have our duties as the students, staff at the academy and we will have to face it sooner or later but… send us to the battlefield so soon. I can’t help but still feel this ain’t right.

6. “Hey, you OK there? You know you can speak up if you’re tired...” - Rubinie, sweating all over, breathless, clutching her lance “N-No… I mean, I-I’m OK… I- I can continue.” Proceed to continue to train and almost pass out.

7. Yeah, thanks for the compliment Sylvain, I’ll have to tell Ingrid *smiles innocently*

8. I mean I know anything could happen but HOLY SH*T!

9. Thank you for the training today, Dimitri. I had fun so I would need two days rest. How about it?

10. Those were crazy days back then in the academy and I didn’t even sign up for it. Or maybe I did?

11. [First kill] *Sign and frown* so this is how it feels… is this necessary?…

12. I won’t say what you did was right, Dimitri. I won’t justify it. But really… do we all have any other choice in war? You killed, I killed. Everyone killed at some point. You did what you had to. Your hands were tied. - She speaks in a rueful tone.

13. Hurt him and I’ll fucking give you hell.

14. [Crit] JUST SHUT UP ALREADY AND DIE!

15. I feel really bad to say this while we’re at war but… I finally feel like I’m useful and have something to do, something probably the most worth while in my life.

I don’t know who to tag but anyone is welcome to join! 👐🏻✨please show me your OC

[thetavolution]

Paloma Silkflower- Associations

If you want to do this, consider yourself tagged!

1. Animal: Snakes and Dogs

2. Color(s): Black, Blue, and Red

3. Month: Flamerule

4. Song(s): DEAD FRIENDS - Demi Lovato / Reach - Madds Buckley / Surface Pressure - Jessica Darrow / A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley / 3 - Britney Spears (for her with Astarion and Halsin)

5. Number: 1 (Because she won't stop rolling crit ones and I'm shaming her for it right now.)

6. Day or Night: Night

7. Plant: Snapdragons, Violets, and Ylang Ylang

8. Smell(s): Violets, Ylang Ylang, Lemon, Ginger, and Honey

9. Gemstone: Black Garnet, Obsidian, and Lapis Lazuli

10. Season: Summer (She hates the cold)

11. Place(s): The Underdark

12. Food: Cinnamon Rolls, Eel, and Vegetable Soup

13. Astrological Sign: Aries

14. Element(s): Fire

15. Drink: Tea with honey, lemon, and ginger and Suzailian Sweet

[amadwinter]

20 Question Fic Writer Tag

shamelessly stolen

1.) How many works do you have on ao3?

30… somehow I published 27 fics this year yikes. And there will be more

2.) What's your ao3 word count? 

216,689; 167,675 written this year

3.) What fandoms do you write for? 

Star Wars, almost exclusively. Hoping to finish my one Marvel WIP but all the others on my hard drive will probably remain in the graveyard. Might get around to some HP stuff again at some point

4.) What are your top five fics by kudos?

An Unorthodox Courtship, won't stop to surrender, the thrill of the fall, you can't just leave me, will you give in to me? (not counting my Marvel WIP whoops)

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

I TRY but damn I’m bad at it

6.) What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Maybe monsters begetting monsters? Or please and thank you. There’s a real pattern I have for hurting Obi-Wan. Special mention to always for it being angst-y in a non Dead Dove way.

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

An Unorthodox Courtship, hands down. There’s no Palpatine, no more war, they’re together, they’re allowed to be together, and they’re happy and expecting babies. Everything is beautiful and nothing hurts

8.) Do you get hate on fics?

Shockingly, no. I’m extremely surprised, given some of the things I've written.

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

A million flavors of M/M. And like one F/M but it was incest so that tracks.

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

Only one! I wrote a Marvel/Star Trek crossover in a haze on my phone (and I Never write on my phone) when I went to see Batman v. Superman in theatres. Strange time for inspiration to hit, but what can you do?

11.) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope

12.) Have you ever had a fic translated?

No

13.) Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Not really. It might be interesting to try some day!

14.) What's your all time favorite ship?

Of ALL time? That’s a difficult question. I’d have to say Kirk/Spock because that’s one I can keep coming back to years later. My tastes in media and shipping might have changed, but K/S is eternal.

15.) What's a WIP you'd like to finish, but doubt you ever will?

:( too many. There’s one Marvel fic that was a behemoth with 30k words written, which was maybe 5-10% of the outline. I fucking loved it. Time travel, Tony angst, Bucky was Tony’s PA for some reason… Unfortunately I fell out of love with the fandom, and, well. The summary was “In the year 2023, most of the superheroes of the universe have been deleted from existence and the rest gather to use time travel as a last resort to save reality”, which ended up being the plot of Endgame, so that killed the rest of my drive to write it.

16.) What are your writing strengths?

I can write a lot of words. Now, are they good words? *shrug*

17.) What are your writing weaknesses?

I don’t know how to objectively analyze my own writing, and I don’t know how to ask for con crit.

18.) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I do it and I probably shouldn’t. It’s easier for readers to not have to deal with the translations, but I can’t help myself sometimes

19.) First fandom you wrote for?

Oh fuck wrote and put online? I can’t remember what drivel I put on deviantART back in middle school, but I do remember writing on the Assassin’s Creed Kink Meme when that was a thing, so that might be it. Warrior Cats might be a safe assumption otherwise.

20.) Favorite fic you've ever written?

PROCEED WITH CAUTION because I had fun writing it start to finish, and it’s probably the least serious fic I’ll ever be able to write because I am TERRIBLE at it

[galpalpetraral]

[20 Question Fic Writer Tag]

(tagged by @darlingpoppet)

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 17 currently, but I'm a serial deleter and I always wanna keep it under 20. would be like. 69 by now otherwise

2. What is your AO3 word count? 217,645...and see above LOL I shudder to imagine what it would be if I wasn't always deleting

3. What fandoms do you write for? mostly cql and asoiaf in recent years. tho I also have a zelda wip I've been kicking around for a while...we'll see if that ever amounts to anything :') and I'll still keep a few snk fics up, being mighty fond of those days

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? tuck the darkness in (wx shrinking haunted house fic), sunday night lights (eruri football au), friendly fields (wx ghost baby fic), fourth one will prob be deleted soon so it doesn't count lol, and where they grow (madam lan lives au).

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? yep every time! at most it'll take me a month to respond but I never let it go beyond that. even the negative ones (I'm a Pro-Crit Fanfic Guy sorry)

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? the ending to our shadow over the sea (rhaenicent fic) has garnered many delightful threats upon my person and I cherish them all. that and two slow dancers (eruri vampire au): FIGHT!

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? most of my other fics tbqh ugh :( maybe set me as a seal (eruri reincarnation au) just bc happy endings for the ruris are rare wah...

8. Do you get hate on fics? idk if I would call it hate, but criticism yes! most common word I hear along that line is "boring" which is definitely understandable lol, there are times when I reread my own works and find them too generic/not rly offering anything new, in which case I take that forward with me into new works to try to enrich them. although I guess if by "hate" you mean like, troll type hate on pairings & things, then yeah who doesn't LOL

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? yep, and more so in recent years! and it's the kind of smut that's way too sappy no matter the situation no matter the tone UGH :(

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? snk/asoiaf crossover for my yumihisu rights...idk if it counts as a crossover since it's just snk characters in the asoiaf world, but I did go Very heavy on the asoiaf lore lol whoops

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? yeah lol multiple but I kinda forgot until this was asked, can't bring myself to care unfortch, peace be with you

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? yes!! southern cross translated into chinese by gloria_77, set me as a seal translated into chinese by applethief326, and sunday night lights translated into russian by ackermantihora! and I know there's still several translations of deleted fics out there heh. I so appreciate the hard work of you amazing translators!!

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before? not since I was a kid doing it for giggles with friends, but definitely a lot of fun :)

14. What's your all-time favourite ship? eruri literally life-changing, so. and korrasami

15. What's a WIP you'd like to finish but doubt you ever will? oh man there was this one hannibal wip I had back in the day that like, the themes and imagery and stuff would've been so legit but I needed someone smarter than me to write it :( it was about will & hannibal taking sanctuary in that one silician cathedral while besieged by police. kinda weaving back and forth between past and present, contemplating God and gods and stuff. someone write this please. also there's this one cql post-canon fic but it's all about accepting death and the curse of immortality and stuff and it's kind of a bummer to write LOL maybe will keep chipping away at it one day

16. What are your writing strengths? seems like I'm good at getting across my goal themes & purposes - ppl seem to pick up what I'm putting down often and it makes me happy! because I do tend to err on the side of vagueness & trusting the audience, and it's nice when it's rewarded :)

17. What are your writing weaknesses? like mentioned before, my fics have been called boring & I think that has a lot to do with some generic imagery/syntax I've relied on - definitely something I've tried to improve on but it's a work in progress! like I've sometimes sacrificed diction for story flow ya know, it doesn't work on shrewder readers and I def respect that & want to do better

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? if you know what you're doing, cool! but I've come across too many instances in fics where the author demonstrated a lack of basic understanding of the language & not only does it throw you out but it feels disrespectful - I know ppl get all "it's just fanfic I'm not being paid!!1!!!!11" but if you're going to work within a culture that's not your own, research. not exactly sure if that's what the question is asking LOL but that's been my experience both as a reader and a writer

19. First fandom you wrote for? legend of zelda!! I wrote a billion words of ocarina of time pre-canon fic about the three goddesses at age 10 on a beat-up floppy disc. those were the days man

20. Favourite fic you've ever written? man something happened with southern cross that I've never been able to truly replicate...looking back there's a few too many extra words, few too many instances of passive voice, but for the most part I'm just like damn dude...what was she cooking

if you're a writer and you haven't been tagged yet I tag YOU!!!

[waglifeornolife]

they’re butthurt because i said he’s not gonna be training 24/7 😂

😂🤣 footballers end of the day are still merely humans just like every one else and also its just football sure it brings us happiness but its really not that deep to crit their lives

no exactly, he can go out, if he wants to turn his tags off then let him 😂

[ajscico]

AO3 tag game thanks, @silvercaptain24

1. how many works do you have on AO3? I’m at 25 works!

2. What's your total A03 word count? 75,282

3. What fandoms do you write for? The only one I’ve written and published for is Linked Universe.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? Untamed Wild, Meet Sky, A Knight’s Heart, Another Time, I do not sleep

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I try, I really do. But spoons and words are hit and miss and I’m so sorry. I do see them. I do love them and cackle with @moraynisdeath about them. Words were used up in the fic.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Curse Reveal goes badly version 2 is probably the most angsty just because nothing is actually resolved.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I need happy endings in my life so I try to at least resolve things? I ended Untamed Wild in a cuddle pile? Does that count?

8. Do you get hate on fics? No. I am paranoid and moderate comments and have a bunch of fics restricted to users so I’d like to think it deters most hate?

9. Do you write smut? Nope and I never will. I can’t even write a first kiss. Just ask @tshmarie

10. Do you write crossovers? I think they’re a cool idea. Could I? Possibly? Have I? Not yet.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Nope. Too small both in fandom and in Work count for that.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Nope, again. Small in fandom and in Work count.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? I started one with tshmarie but we both got busy and lost the plot? I should get back on that one.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship? Not in this for ships? @moraynisdeath has called me the most Ace straight person she’s ever met and I’m kind of living for this idea. Um… AE3803 And U-1146 from Cells at Work?

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Rescued from Cia. It was a cool idea with lovely angst but it just… won’t go.

16. What are your writing strengths? I’ve been told I am really good at capturing emotion in characters.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Writing a linear narrative? Completing ideas more than just writing those two scenes?

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? Cool? I try to do it so it works in my head? I only pretend to speak Spanish irl and have no hope in any other language. Current fandom mostly has two frequently used languages among the characters, a common spoken language and then a sign language. I probably don’t do the notation right but no one has yelled at me yet so hopefully no one is horribly offended?

19. First fandom you wrote for? Published, again, Linked Universe. Written ever um… no comment but I have drafts of a couple Crit Role ones that I’m willing to claim as first fandom actually writing fanfics. They’ll still probably never see the light of day.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written? A Knight’s Heart

Edit! Tags, I knew I was forgetting something. @silvrash-797 @alasse-earfalas @gemglyph @nancyheart11 @skyloftian-nutcase @majorproblems77 if y’all want.

20 questions for fic writers

Tagged by @the-real-azalea-scroggs! Had to wait until I was of my phone because doing these is a nightmare on mobile lmao

1. How many works do you have on A03?

18 as of a few days ago!

2. What's your total A03 word count?

60,763! Which is. Only a fraction of the word count in my Docs folder. Be prepared.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I mainly write for The Legend of Zelda; specifically Linked Universe! In fact, that's all that's posted on my Ao3 currently, since my fall into that fandom began with me uploading there! Pre-Ao3 I wrote for Black Cat (Anime/Manga), Megaman NT Warrior, various Pokémon things, Assassin's Creed, Yugioh, Final Fantasy XIV and Octopath Traveler! Some of these I still write privately, but I haven't gotten around to re-posting any.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Whistling on Deaf Ears - My longest fic on Ao3, focusing on Wild and Twilight's friendship and how good intentions can lead to disaster.

Iconoclasm - Warriors deals with the room full of portraits in Cia's palace. The Chain also deals with it, but with a bit more fire.

Deserving - Twilight finally tells Rusl that he was the wolf in the village during TP, but that also means dealing with some heavier topics. Colin half overhears them and forms his own conclusions.

Something Greater - The start of the "Hyrule can see magical auras" series! In this one we deal with Legend and his many rings.

Ocean Magic - Mermaid Legend and Zora Time have a race and then fight one of the Big Octos from WW! Fun times.

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

Every single one!! I love comments, they give me an excuse to ramble about my fic more!! I am always down to ramble about every single insignificant detail of any line and/or section. If you ever want more background info about one of my fics, look to the comments! So please, I adore comments, I treat them like treasures, not responding to them would be a CRIME.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

There's no contest; Inevitable, my (so far) only MCD fic.

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

Hmmm, that's hard to quantify. I usually try to end fics on a hopeful note regardless. I'd say possibly either Deserving, where Twilight reconnects with his family, or Shimmering Blue, Striking White, where Time meets the Fierce Deity settled down on Satori Mountain and they both get closure.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Thankfully, no! I've been blessed with mostly amazing and patient readers, even when my upload schedule isn't the best.

9. Do you write smut?

No, not really. I've attempted it, but I'm too asexual for it lol

10. Do you write crossovers?

Very, very rarely. Mostly privately, and only very specific ones. Only a single one has had an actual plot, so far (more on that one in question 15!).

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Also a nope! I tend to write for smaller fandoms, where these things don't tend to happen a lot!

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

I have! But it's been a while. Over a decade, in fact! I tried to find the fic to link it here, but it was on the German fanfic website fanfiktion.de, and my friend who posted it back then must have deactivated her account, because it's nowhere to be seen (I still have the Word file though!). It was a Multi-Crossover that started as an RP in a forum, and we took turns turning the RP into prose one chapter each. "If a Hero Turns to Dark" was its title. We were edgy teenagers.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Hissssss. Bad question. Shoo. They are all equally important!! But it's probably TenRose from Doctor Who.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

One of the very few crossovers I've ever worked on; a crossover fic between Assassin's Creed and Doctor Who, that I have mapped out in both chronological and timeline order, and yes, those are different. I only ever wrote about a quarter of it, since my primary audience of it disappeared when we graduated. I doubt I'll ever pick it back up properly, and if I do it'll probably go through heavy rewrites first since it's so old. Finishing it is a nice thought, but realistically, after 9 years it'll never be high priority enough for it to actually happen.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, especially arguments, and emotional impact. I've been told I do really well making characters feel alive and believable! Also I like to believe I'm decent at setting a scene and giving it the vibe I want it to have!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I struggle with dialogue tags when nothing much is happening besides the talking. I always feel it's too bland, and fall back on the same phrases. My scene transitions could use some work too.

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

I've done this with Japanese phrases, because I was a massive weeb. Usually I followed them up with their own translations, though; I'm not the biggest fan of footnote translations, unless they are properly linked to. Simple dialogue tags are my favourite way of indicating a language switch.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Black Cat the Manga/Anime! It's a series about an assassin turned bounty hunter trying to live a life separate from his murdery past, but getting dragged back into things by still wanting to avenge his best friend's death. The series has a special place in my heart and my bookshelf, it left an imprint on 13-year-old me that will never leave.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Probably Jailbreak, uncharacteristically enough! It's one of the only fics I never got stuck in once. Writing it was a great feeling from start to finish. I love writing all of my fics, but that was a special few days.

Tagging @ahrva @nowhere-to-go-but-down @silvercaptain24 and @aeghina! And anyone who wants to do it, really, go wild

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✧｡:*▹ Familiarmagin

✧ Familiarmagin is a gender related to magic, familiars, magic from small critters, and having a familiar that's a small critter.

✧ Pronouns can include:

crit/critter/critters/critters/critterself

magi/magic/magics/magics/magicself

bond/bond/bonds/bonds/bondself

✧ Day 7 of cointober @sunshinesolaic - Small critters

✧ Tagging @xenogenderwizard for magic-related gender

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King of the Underworld!

Lord of Xibalba!

It is Lord Mictlan!

So I commissioned art for Mictlantecuhtli.

(Warning, possible body horror with the art)

Here is my own interpretation of Mr King of Xibalba!

Art by @neonjawbone

Class: Lancer

Mictlantecuhtli is the Aztec king of the dead. He rules over the lowest realm of the mesoamerican cosmology. He ruthlessly torments the souls of the dead as they journey through the underworld as they attempt to travel to the heavens.

Abilities

The Lord of Death A:

"I rule over Mictlan, my authority is absolute!"

Grants self attack up, defense up, and anti-divine and anti-undead attacks for 5 turns. Lowers death resistance of targeted enemy.

Blessings of Xibalba B:

"How Ironic... that I may keep you from death"

Grants all allies immune to death for 5 turns, guts for 7 turns, and heals for a quarter of their max hp.

Eater of stars A:

"When the day ends, the stars fall into my maw...!"

Generates stars, and increases star gather rate and generation and crit rate to any ally for 6 turns.

Noble Phantasm: The Gates of Xibalba!

"So you'd dare challenge me? King of the dead? How foolish.... Open the Gates!

GATES OF XIBALBA!

suffer... foolish mortals."

With this deadly noble phantasm, Mictlantecuhtli brings Xibalba itself into the battlefield and unleashes all it's horrors to the enemy!

Deals Buster AOE damage to all enemies and inflicts curse, defense down, poison, and has a chance to inflict death upon the enemy units.

So there's Mictlantecuhtli! I hope you found him interesting enough! And enjoyed the art like I did!

Tags

@hasbbdoneanythingwrong @haskamadoneanythingwrong @havetheavengersdoneanythingwrong @hizentadahiro @professorcharisma @exmeowstic @grievouslyxorvia @hasspartacusdoneanythingwrong @chaldeamage-neo @writer-and-artist27