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feral-and-or-horny · 2 years ago
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I need..my professors..to chill the fuck out. I don't even have time to be horny
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balrogballs · 2 months ago
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Balls you know that rumor that Tolkien tried writing something explicit but he thought it was so bad he locked it away and Tolkien Estate is trying to pretend it doesn’t exist?? Who do you think the couple that got official Tolkien smut could’ve been
Thank you for this enlightening question.
My first thought was either Celedriel or Celrond, for the greatest self-insert potential, considering they’re both Very Married Couples. Or if we’re going by his own self-professed self-insert, potentially Beren and Lúthien. Aragorn and Arwen is another possibility, but even in the Appendix story, Elrond is a bit of a third wheel/gooseberry in this context, so it would have been a bit too much like having the Eye of Sauron on your ass.
Now, if the Tolkien Estate is pretending it does not exist, that leads me to hope pray think that there’s some nasty fucking going on, or fucking that Tolkien himself must have considered nasty. Because the Estate doesn’t seem too opposed to sexual connotations in general, considering Arwen and Aragorn spent the entire original trilogy fucking through their clothes and the Hobbit films had Kili as somewhat of a Casanova figure, in the only film I remember from said trilogy. They may not have approved as such, but neither were they censored, as far as I remember.
My theory is this: it is not a sexual union as such being portrayed. It is, instead, an act of self love.
It is Fëanor, having a wank, ass out under Starlight.
Is this particularly nasty? No. But keep in mind this is the man who did, in fact, write LaCE. So I don’t think Galadriel and Thuringwethil are joining their pussies in union any time soon. So, my theory is that it’s Fëanor having a sad, angry wank alone in his studio. There may have been some hammer/other tool insertion going on.
This too, the Estate may have had an issue with. After all, and I don’t remember much about Fëanor’s hammer or the TV show’s portrayal of it, but I distinctly recall Charles Edwards’ fingers curling comfortably around it. It’s not necessarily a continuity error, but it certainly does make one wince in hindsight, thinking about where the hammer had been. Or even forgetting the show. Does it sit in Formenos still? Is it a museum exhibit? Or a trinket in a market stall? Or, Valar forbid, has it been turned into a public relic, much like a lucky-stone or wishing-well, that passerby touch to ensure good luck and skilful crafting? Has it been cleaned? Do the Noldor in Aman know about sterilisation? Do the Noldor in Aman know about sterilisation?
I digress. I feel like Fëanor touching himself would make perfect sense. He is, after all, a tortured artistic genius. Spending hours in his workshop, thanklessly working on his craft. In a way, the written word is like a Silmaril. Three Silmarils. Three LotR books. Perhaps dear Fëanor got a little kinky with it. Perhaps there was some ballbusting involved. Perhaps the hammer, or some other crafting tool, makes a reappearance in this regard. I am certain it was lovingly described, with a worrying degree of realism.
One day, I will find it.
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mikkeneko · 2 years ago
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Have been pondering, following the latest round of "But why don't authors LIKE it when we leave unsolicited concrit on their stuff? :|a Don't they want to IMPROVE?" discourse:
How do fan authors improve? Because it's not, by and large, through concrit. Some authors have never gotten any kind of concrit, and still improve. I've gotten some in the past, and it definitely was not helpful towards improving my growth as an author. Some authors never have a beta, and yet they still improve.
So. If not through a workshop devoted to the process, or a classroom style series of lectures, or a dedicated editor, how do authors improve over time?
I would say, based on my 20+ years of experience and observation, that improvement as a writer comes in three ways: Practice shaped by self-observation, practice shaped by non-critical feedback as positive reinforcement, and observation of other authors.
Fandom has always been a space where people of different ages and skill levels interact. How it works, generally, is that a new author comes into the scene and presents their work. Readers -- some of whom are authors themselves -- will leave feedback praising the parts they like. Writers will then adjust their style on the next piece geared towards eliciting more of the things that readers said they like. However, in a vacuum, they won't necessarily know what to adjust towards, or what new things to try that they aren't already trying.
But at the same time, these young authors are usually (though not always) reading works by more experienced authors in the fandom. They can see, based on popularity stats and feedback left by others, what people like. If they want more of that attention themselves -- or, just generally, if they want to be part of the community -- they will adjust their works to incorporate more of the parts they perceive as successful with the audience.
They will also -- the more they read, and the more they write -- come to internalize an understanding (often, not even a conscious understanding) of the moving parts that go into a story, of what makes the work work. How to pace a scene, a chapter, or a longer work. How the characters talk, and how different characters talk in ways that distinguish their voices. What sort of language works well to describe an action scene, and what is confusing and uncertain. What words are sexy and what words will jar you right out of the mood. They will pick up these tools by observation, and hone them through practice.
The down side of this, of course, is that sometimes the authors they are observing and imitating may have... less than ideal writing habits themselves. Certain tropes, flanderization, headcanons divorced from the original canon, or various other things can become endemic in a fandom due to this -- but also much simpler and more straightforward writing quirks. (The infamous oh is an example of these.) Sometimes things that I won't necessarily say are bad, I will just observe that they are not correct.
And this is how you got an entire generation of fanfic writers using strong endings on verbs that, in modern English, take the weak ending.
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disarmd · 3 months ago
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I adore listening to you talk writing! Truly would love to just sit in a coffee shop and pick your brain for hours about it. Since I can't actually do that, I thought I'd do the next best thing and send along some questions that you can feel free to answer or not :) 1. Have you or do you write original fiction? I'm being a bit nosy with this one but I'm so curious because of the way you talk about writing, etc, etc ^_^
2. Per chance do you have any tips to avoid procrastination? I really like writing but I have such a hard time just getting *started*, I find I do everything but the writing! And then sometimes I have the opposite problem, I'll get started but I won't be able to finish. I'll put it off and put it off and next thing you know a month has gone by and I haven't written more than a few sentences. Wishing you all the best with your current writer's block! I hope you can work through it ASAP!
You are truly so so kind for sending me this ask, nonnie, thanks for chatting with me about writing. I’m absolutely pretending that we’re having a lovely latte in a coffee shop with a massive greenwall ☕️🌿
1. I’ve written original fiction in an amateur way, but I’ve never had a go at getting published or anything. I was majoring in writing in my first undergrad before I switched, and then in my twenties I did a lot of continuing ed writing classes, and had a writing circle where we met every two weeks and workshopped each others’ stuff, but the volume of fanfic I’ve written is much higher than original. I’ve obviously thought a lot about it so I’ll just share where I landed, but I’d be really curious to hear what you or anyone else thinks on this topic!
So for me, I’ve thought before that I should try to focus more on original stuff mostly because of the secrecy around fanfic. I can’t talk about writing with rl people, so I have this hobby that I spend so much time on that's completely secret. I do sometimes wish I was able to show people the stuff I write (or like… some people, occasionally, anyway). But if I think about what you “get” from fanfic vs original, it’s like. Fanfic: community. Tons of people to talk to about the thing you're interested in. A level of interaction with people who read your stories that you wouldn’t get for original unless you’re like the 0.01% of successful writers. even if you get like three comments, i think that's probably three more than the average short story author is going to get. And you get to write exactly what you want, in exactly the way you want to do it. Vs with original, you’d be able to talk about it in real life. theoretically there would be some monetary compensation - but there is no chance I could earn as much writing as I get from my actual job. And you lose that complete freedom to just write literally whatever you want because now it’s become a commodity. For my writing in particular, I know I’m not as good as great writers and what what I write is not widely appealing, so I don’t think that it would be possible for me to be published, but that’s my rationale for not even trying haha.
Anyway, I'm so curious to hear anyone’s thoughts on this - I’m assuming it’s something many of us have thought about before and I’d be really interested in where others have landed.
2. Re: tips to write more... there are so many different facets to this! if you mean you have trouble getting started writing, maybe just create a routine. write 15 minutes every day at 8 pm or whatever. If you mean you have trouble starting a story, i think there is a feeling that comes with the wanting to write a specific story that is very motivating compared to the feeling of just want to write, in a vague way. having a particular story you want to tell and knowing all the aspects of the story, not just a concept - like you know the characters/settling/conflict/plot arc/etc. the full story. makes it much easier to start writing that story.
to the second part, in terms of finishing: there has to be motivation to go through the work of writing, so it really helps to have someone that you’re excited to share it with. It’s very common for people to share drafts with friends to get that encouragement to keep pushing through to the end. I sent Liza the first 5k of In Abidance like a month ago, and then the next 5k after that, and it helped because a) it motivated me to finish drafting those continuous sections of the story so now I’m not thinking about The Full Story; the first 10k are done and in the different gdoc with Liza where they’re safe, and b) having a nice friend say encouraging things makes it feel a lot better compared to being completely alone in the gdoc. I reread the comments Liza left in the gdoc as a comfort when i'm spinning out about writing more. and then my motivation for writing the story at all is that i want to write it for odds, who's been the kindest, and made the experience of writing this series so completely satisfying. they left this incredible comment last night and it got me so excited that i wrote 800 words before bed.
so not writing to an imagined audience or trying to please hypothetical strangers, but writing is an act of communication and i don't think anyone would finish anything if there wasn't one person they planned on sharing it with. have a writing buddy that you share your writing with every week or month can be very motivating. if there's a story you know one person wants to read, then you can write it for them... and you feel so much more motivated to actually finish it, for them.
but to also consider things a bit more broadly, if you like writing but are having trouble doing it - is it because you've been working at a difficult job all day long and don't have creative energy left when you get back home? are you too burned out from following the terrifying and unrelenting current events and don't have capacity to write on top of staying regulated? or, on the more fun side, is it that the other stuff you're doing instead of writing is just genuinely more appealing and that's where you want to spend your time? because that's fine too, like we don't have to write if there are other things we prefer. or if we're burned out or otherwise don't have capacity.
I'll be a bit more vulnerable because this is a long post and probably not that many people are still reading, but I don't have writer's block - i've been writing an average of 2,350 words/week for the last two years straight (I checked the actual stats on ao3 haha. and that's only published fic, it would be higher if we included all the wips). i'm not blocked from writing, it's just i've been feeling quite sad, which for me looks like self hatred, so the unpleasantness of continuing on while the mean voice says very cruel things. the reason why i muse about writing so much is certainly because i find it interesting, but it's also that i'm always trying to figure out how to be better because i feel tormented by all the ways i suck.
with the way people talk about productivity on social media, I could tell you that my "hacks" are to try to write a bit before bed almost every day and have some longer writing sessions on fri-mon (weekends & work from home days haha), and to move around throughout the story to write what is most urgent and interesting to me, and to only start stories when I mostly know the ending, and to set deadlines for myself that i have to stick to, and to motivate myself by sharing with friends, and all of that is sort of true, but i can make myself do almost anything because i have a nonstop internal monologue telling me that if i don't, i'm worse than worthless.
the myth of productivity is that you can reach a point where you feel like you've done enough and you just have to keep pushing until you get there, but in fact that point never comes.
so i'll just end with that, because any time I talk about anything with an achievement orientation (writing more! writing better!), i want to acknowledge the full picture.
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nightofnyx8 · 6 months ago
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2024 Fic Writer End of Year Wrapup
No one tagged me in this, but I wanted to do it anyway. Though a harder year for me in terms of writing, I still want to celebrate everything I did accomplish.
1. How many words did you publish on AO3 in 2024? 86,650! Surprisingly, despite my severe writer's block, it's the most I've ever written in one year.
2. How many fics did you complete this year?
Oops. In all fairness, I have three ongoing longfics, and I plan to finish two of them next year! Song of the Raven might take a little longer to finish.
3. How many in progress or ongoing fics did you start this year?
I started two this year, As Time Goes By and The Color of Truth! Along with Song of the Raven, those fics should keep me pretty busy in 2025 (that is, if I don't add a cowboy AU like I've wanted to do for forever lol)
4. What was your favorite thing you wrote?
I loved writing As Time Goes By. I adore historical fiction so, so much. In fact if I ever wrote an original work, it would 100% be some historical romance, I can't get enough of it. Unfortunately that's when my writer's block started hitting really hard, as it reminded me too much of my grandfather's death this summer. The fic has become really personal, but my grief has moved to the point where I can open the document and remember his memory without that constant ache in my heart, and it is my hope to honor him by finishing the fic. @nallhir also finished the most lovely artwork for this fic as well that I'm just so excited to share.
5. What piece was your most experimental or different from your usual style?
I did a Twisters fic. I did. Without shame. And though I don't know if I'll continue it, I adored combining my love of the American Midwest with my very slight obsession with Glen Powell.
6. Did any fics surprise you - either while writing or their reception?
The reception to Song of the Raven will forever surprise me. I started that fic as a passion project, and the support and love for that fic has humbled me greatly. It's become my workshop fic, so to say, where I can really experiment with prose, characterization, and even delving into smutty writing. I've loved the journey so far.
7. Do you have a fic you wrote and loved that went under the radar? (This is your sign to reblog/repost it!)
I love my marriage in a bottle collection. Post-reveal twiyor is and always will be one of my favorite tropes.
8. Who is an artist that inspired you?
@nallhir @roucaelum-art @aerequets @ideksams and of course @smaii_i on twitter
9. Who is an author that inspired you?
@firewoodfigs, my darling friend, I've loved each and every one of your works this year, even between two fandoms! And though I don't often have the time to truly express how much I adore your fics, please know that I read and cherish every one. I've also loved reading incoming twiyor authors on twitter! @julyorr, @brefhottub, @smiledarnyou, @deluloid and my dear patty had such fun fics this year!
10. Who is a new author you discovered?
To @bloomingdarkgarden and @pinkrasberryfish -- we hardly know each other, I know, but your beautiful elriel works have made me fall in love with writing all over again. I could cradle your beautiful words in the palms of my hand. Thank you for giving Elain and Azriel such beautiful stories, and for helping me get over my own writer's block. I adore your fics so, so much.
11. Did you do any collaborations? How did it start?
@nallhir-I love you. If I could commission you for every twiyor scene I ever wrote, I would do it a hundred times over.
12. What accomplishments are you proudest of?
I think I've finally found my voice in my writing. I've spent a lot of time studying other author's prose and experimenting their styles within my own stories, but this year, I'm happy to look back at my fics and think, "yeah. that's me. And I'm proud of that."
13. What did you learn about writing or creating this year?
Writing is a process, and sometimes writing styles can change. Some stories call for more delicate prose, and some are more plot-driven. There is no shame in creating something beautiful to me (especially for free haha). If it heals my soul, then it doesn't have to be perfect.
14. Any advice you’d like to share with new or aspiring writers?
Whatever you want to write about, write it. It doesn't matter if it's the 500th college AU in the fandom. It doesn't matter if you think your prose is too flowery or too structural or blocky. It doesn't matter if you have a crazy idea that won't leave your head. Write it. Your words matter.
15. What are your creative goals for 2025?
I honestly just want to write every day, no matter how much or little. That may mean writing in my personal journal or in my poetry journal, but I spend so much time as a teacher giving of myself and absorbing other people's emotions, that I think it's good for me to spend some time giving something back to myself as well. I think I'll write an elriel fic this year...something for me :) I adore them too much.
Tagging @firewoodfigs @roseofbattles and anyone else who'd like to <3
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inquisitornocturn · 1 month ago
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Hello! I've come upon your writing on Archive of Our Own and it has been the best thing to happen to me. I am not in a Rogue Trader fandom, but I found you through your Warhammer tag. Specifically - your multi chapter fanfiction.
I am a seasoned Warhammer reader. For over two decades I am practically reading everything I can get my hands on when it comes to this grimdark fantasy. When I saw your fanfiction I didn't think of it. I do no play the game and it made no sense to click on it. But something called to me. Maybe it was your summary or perhaps the tags. But I kept thinking about it.
I'm so glad I clicked on it. Warhammer books do not have much erotica. Most fanfiction is self-indulgent writing. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but I am always on a lookout for something that is just like Warhammer but without Games Workshop restraints. You are that kind of author.
All of the characters are new to me, I established that. But even if they were not, I am sure you would handle any canonical character with care, grace and accuracy. Your fanfiction with your Inquisitor original character has all the hallmarks of a real Black Library author. Everyone who appears in the scenes is organic, fleshed out and interesting. How you handle Lady Inquisitor especially impresses me. None such character exists in canonical material or in fanfiction. Not like yours.
So if you will allow me I will say this - your story is intriguing. Your characters - realistic to the setting. And the way you hint readers for things to come, how you veil future plot so delicately that it's easy to miss. The foreshadowing. You have given me the best reading material in years. Just after three chapters to me you stand with Dan Abnett, Sandy Mitchell, Aaron Dembski-Bowden and Gav Thorpe. You, author, are a combination of the best Warhammer has to offer.
If you were to publish under Black Library label - I would buy it in a heartbeat. But as it is right now - I will read through your writing and then read it again. And I will eagerly await for you to update.
Respectfully, Your New Fan
I don't even know where to begin besides "thank you".
So, thank you. For your lovely message and for giving me context of how you ran into my fic. And honestly, I don't even know how to express what I'm feeling right now because not only you have picked up my fic, read it with attention, but you also elevated me to heights I would never consider for myself.
Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. I'm left stunned and speechless. Not only by your interest in my writing, but by being put on a same shelf as the Giants of Warhammer fiction. I can't begin to describe just how I am feeling right now.
Just... thank you. And I hope you will keep enjoying Inter Stellas as the chapters come because there will be definitely hills to get over and obstacles to pass through for everyone involved. In any case, I am eager to hear what you might think if you're willing to share!
And one last time, thank you ♡
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sudusong · 4 months ago
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What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?
I am legally not allowed to answer this question with THE angstiest idea, but there are two close contenders for this spot: The Huppercement au me and Toby had, and the Cannibalism idea.
1. The Huppercement Au ('s Au)
It was the original creation of my friend Toby, but what I am talking about is our shared workshoppings of an au of that au that i made huge additions to (like,,, the whole plot of this iteration of it. Or kerubim and atcham's presence, which was my idea). This version is something we wanted to make a longfic out of, yet never got around to, outside of heavy plot brainstorming (I'd still like to write it someday, if he doesn't mind it...)
NOTE: In this AU, Julith died during her battle with Kerubim.
Plot: Unable to cope with trauma, guilt, and self-doubt, Kerubim gives Joris away to huppermages to raise/care for/guard only after having him for a few months. Joris grows up abused and kept in a tower like a princess, never to go outside. Basically treated as a living vessel for a dofus instead of a person. The fact he's basically incapable of doing magic doesn't help. (A big part of this treatment is because the suspicious huppermage twins from the movie (the ones who are involved with the brotherhood of the forgotten) are kinda in control of his living situation, and due to never using the Ebony dofus while it was intact, they can't get much results from trying to use him or the empty shell for sorcery.) Neither Bakara nor Kerubim know anything about the conditions he's living in, and aren't very interested in learning: Bakara lost her entire family and hates Julith and everyone related to her, and Kerubim is haunted by his choice and Doesn't Want to Know Anything.
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(There's more art of this AU, but it was not drawn by me, so I will not be showing it.)
This all ends when Joris is 15-20yo, and the brotherhood of the forgotten steals one of the Dofus (either ebony or ivory) for some sort of a scheme. Kerubim learns that the yass-looking huppermage twins are a part of the brotherhood. Not knowing where the dofus is, Kerubim kidnaps Joris in the middle of the night instead to buy some time and flees Bonta. Confronted with the results of his decisions in life, Kerubim decides to compartmentalize the shit out of it, vowing to never let Joris learn how much he fucked up and rebuild a new father-son bond (...while also keeping his distance and not telling joris anything, lmao) and show him the wonders of the world he has been kept from. Eventually Atcham, stalking Kerubim as usual, decides to re-kidnap Joris, not knowing ANY of this shit, just as one of his revenge tactics. he spends like an hour or two venting to amused joris about how much Kerubim sucks. (It kinda makes Joris like kerubim and atcham: he no longer feels like theres a second shoe waiting to drop with this very cagey mysterious man who keeps acting way too paternally and lowkey annoying him by how sweet he tries to be (JORIS LACKS CRITICAL INFORMATION)). Anyway, since the huppermage twins had made Jahash's heir being kidnapped a serious fucking matter, Atcham becomes a suspect/wanted criminal too, and he has to cooperate with kerubim so that all three of them survive. (I also wanted Simone and Julie involved somehow, bc in this au they never met and that makes me sad... hngnhn. We hadn't thought the story through to the end, so I never figured out what role they would play, but I need them to be married in every universe. Bakara's role is that she's a part of the antagonistic huppermages, but knows what's really going on and is on the crepinjurgen side of this conflict in secret.)
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Notice how I never elaborated on how joris feels about this? Well that's because he tries not to have human emotions. Or he'd go fucking insane by now. The big inspirations behind my own interpretation of him in this au are the characters Himemiya Anthy from Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Naminé from Kingdom Hearts. He is secrely kind of a bitch and by god, he deserves it. He is amused by making Kerubim and Atcham get into fights whenever they annoy him, and hes very much aware that they're both wying for his approval. Trolling them is one of the only joys he has in life.
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Joris and Kerubim's relationship is a quite a bit Anthy&Utena inspired. Kerubim does genuinely care for him, but he's just doing the same things to Joris that everyone else is doing to Joris. Joris is under the impression that Kerubim is just nice to him because he's nice to everyone, and only needs him for magical purposes, but he can't help but warm up and become fascinated with Kerubim despite himself. And as I said, he eventualy understands that Kerubim really cares about his opinion of him! Which amuses Joris a little bit. He's more right about their bond than Kerubim would like to think, btw. Kerubim thinks they have a ~special connection~, but they really don't. He's using him not as a mcguffin magical artifact, but as a way to try and kill the pain of his traumas and Redeem Himsef. just like in Aux Tresors. Joris is kinda treated like a haunting ghost of the past/vessel for a dofus/a magical mcguffin/a weapon by everyone around him except Atcham. Atcham's only Joris Dehumanization Moment is kidnapping him to hurt Kerubim's feelings. and then he's immediately like "anyway. this is my whole life story. sorry for venting. what about you. oh thats scary." Eventually Joris learns that his entire life has turned out this way because of Kerubim. and its a very major shift for his character bc for the first time in his life he gets properly FUCKING MAD TO THE POINT OF WANTING TO BEAT A WHITE-FURRED BITCH TO DEATH. We hadn't brainstormed beyond this point because damn, this is a very big plot point but our other ideas were: 1. eventual happy ending 2. joris should kill someone (good) 3. kerubim and joris actually fucking talk 4. Atcham and Kerubim should have a long chat too.
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My take on huppercement au wakfu era!joris. He has red accents to empathise his historical/familial connection to Brakmar through Julith and Atcham & lack of affiliation to either of the warring cities
His signature trait to signify a difference from canon joris is that, instead of a fur collar, he has 2 hood strings. Both during the story and after the story. It shows that he's not a fancy aristocrat or a Master or a messnger. he dgaf about any of this. leave him alone.
Our idea of an epilogue for this AU is that Joris ends up actually quite happier than canon Joris. Fucking up that bad administers an electric shock to Kerubim's system that makes their long term bond much healthier + Joris is unsympathetic and nihilistic enough not to get into politics. He saves people sometimes, hes still obsessive about collecting information like in canon, but his main concern is running a shop with Kerubim and Atcham. Far away from Bonta or Brakmar or any other place and other people's problems. He hates and distrusts all governments and rulers equally. He's addicted to minding his buisiness.
This idea was an exploration of: (for me personally,, since im not the only one who worked on this) crepinjurgenite family love prospers in every universe or i will kms. also what happens if we put the bond between kerubim and joris in a much more toxic and dire circumstance. also atcham and joris bestieship.
Anyway the au name is a reference to a fucking meme.
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2. The Cannibalism Idea
This one was never heavily plotstormed, and I think it might be a boring fic but basically:
Joris, Kerubim and Atcham go to frigost or some other cold place. They get into a fight with bandits or some other bad guys, and defeat them. The weather gets really fucking bad and they can't leave. Joris's minor wounds become a major problem because they run out of supplies, and then run out of food, and are starting to use the furniture the guys they killed as kindling. They try to eat the vegetation, but its not enough and begin starving. Joris is really sick, and eventually after a really long time, Kerubim and Atcham decide to,,,, well, you know. It's Kerubim's decision because Atcham, being hairless, isn't faring pretty good, at least mentally.. But joris refuses to eat human flesh due to his moral code. They have to force him to eat against his will, and it's a whole fight (mostly Joris hurting himself on accident). They eventually are able to go back to civilization, and Joris is in really bad shape. They awkwardly dodge the questions of an eniripsa that someone called for the three of them, the second they collapsed at the random city/village they arrived at, because the eniripsa is lowkey concerned what they have been eating to survive with no animals around. Joris is haunted, everyone is haunted, and he tries to ignore the fact that hes glad that they managed to keep him alive. The end.
This idea was an exploration of: Joris's willingness to abandon himself for moral reasons even if it helps nobody, the lengths Kerubim would go to just to keep Joris alive, and little bit of how Atcham is SOMETIMES kind of meek and can look to Kerubim for guidance.
It kind of started with me joking like "i think anyone over the age 400 has tried human flesh at least once" and "man I want the trio to be in a really bad situation"
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essektheylyss · 6 months ago
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for the fic writer asks! :D 24 and 37, please?
24. Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?
I was going to go get some other stuff done before I saw this come in and remembered boy do I have a SOAP BOX for this one. Okay story time.
I got a BFA in screenwriting. Most people who applied for the BFA proposed making short films, which was what the committee was prepared to review. However, the school did technically allow screenwriting BFAs, and very few people ever applied for that so I think they wanted to push those through just to keep being able to say people did that, but it was not common. When they did, pretty much everyone applied to write a feature film. I, being a lunatic, applied to write a full SEASON of a TV show.
Drama scripts are sixty pages. I was basing mine off of cable TV circa 2015, so I proposed thirteen episodes. The committee approved it with no issue. This would've amounted to single-handedly writing like eight hundred pages within a year.
This was, I must stress, insane. I get to the first day of workshop, and my poor professor, who was a post-production guy, is ACTIVELY CONCERNED when I tell him my plan. He suggests I go ask some of the screenwriting professors for their recommendation on how to cut this down some.
I go talk to another professor I had that semester, who was very good in the workshop she taught, and I find out that this application was actually passed around the screenwriting faculty, who all also thought it was insane, but that feedback never got back to the committee. She also told me that it didn't make sense to write scripts of an original TV show beyond the pilot and maybe treatments for the next two episodes, because no one would ever read them as samples so they didn't have any use.
So, in keeping with another screenwriting professor's advice (to take all feedback with a polite 'thank you for that note, I'll take it into consideration' even when it's the stupidest thing you've ever heard), I thanked her for her time and left despite internally being like, WHAT ABOUT PRACTICE. IS PRACTICE NOT USEFUL.
And because I was also deeply annoyed about the committee approving me without actually taking or passing on feedback of any screenwriting faculty despite asking for it and also sending them all my application (I think it was anonymized, but also, jfc y'all, professionalism?), I went and endeavored to do the damn thing exactly as proposed out of spite.
I did end up cutting the season down to ten episodes instead of thirteen and I wrote at least a hundred pages out of the 600 I turned in on the last day before it was due and I will never go back to reread it again, nor should anyone, BUT I learned some valuable lessons from the writing process and also I have maintained a deeply held belief that that attitude among screenwriters is why so many shows crash and burn in terms of writing quality or cohesion of plot after three episodes. Because god forbid anyone practice writing a FULL, SEASON-LONG ARC before they fucking do it as a professional on national television.
37. How do you choose where to end a chapter?
Instinct honed by a childhood of watching daytime soaps from the stairs when I was supposed to be napping or something. This is my actual serious answer, I had zero trouble in college with script structure, which I've learned is NOT intuitive for most people, and I do attribute it to this.
(send me some fic writer asks!)
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jujumin-translates · 1 year ago
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★ Main Story | Act 13 - Budding Spring | Chapter 20 - Trial & Error
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Tsuzuru: Good morning.
Young Man: Good morning.
Tsuzuru: (I mean, this thing is aimed at younger scriptwriters, so I guess it makes sense that there’s a bunch of 20-somethings here.)
Tsuzuru: (Well, but none of them seem like they’re college students, so maybe I’m the youngest one here…)
Madoka: Ah--.
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Tsuzuru: Huh!? You’re participating in this training camp too, Madoka?
Madoka: Kamikizaka-san introduced me to it. So you’re here too, Minagi-san.
Tsuzuru: It’s nice to see a familiar face. Glad to be working with you.
Madoka: Likewise.
???: Alright, let’s get things started.
???: Once again, I look forward to working with you all for the next two weeks starting today. Let’s start with self-introductions first.
Akazaki: I’ll get us started--I’m Akazaki, director and playwright. I also run a theater company called “Hako”.
Akazaki: I started doing this scriptwriting training camp ten years ago.
Akazaki: The core idea of this camp is that young scriptwriters can learn a lot by thinking about scripts from the point of view of a director.
Akazaki: This workshop is a place for young scriptwriters to interact with each other, so let’s all work together with a little friendly competition. I look forward to seeing your work.
Akazaki: Alright, your turn.
Tsuzuru: I’m Tsuzuru Minagi, actor and in-house scriptwriter at a theater company called MANKAI Company. I’m glad to be here!
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Akazaki: To start, I want you to come up with sixty plot ideas with the theme of “theater”. Your time limit is one hour.
Tsuzuru: Si…!?
Madoka: Sixty…
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Akazaki: Each of your ideas should be conveyed in 100 characters or less. Alright, your time starts now.
Tsuzuru: --Gh.
Tsuzuru: (We’re being thrown off the deep end right off the bat. So the theme is “theater” huh… And I need to turn that into an entire plot--.)
Tsuzuru: (Nope, no time to dwell on it. I’ve got an hour to come up with sixty of these, so I’ve gotta crank out a plot a minute… Everyone else has already gotten going on it, so I’ve just gotta give it my best shot.)
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Akazaki: Alright, time’s up. That should’ve been a good brain exercise.
Akazaki: Okay, now, take the plot ideas you just wrote out and swap them with someone.
Tsuzuru: (Swap them…?)
Akazaki: Everyone have someone else’s ideas? Then go ahead and pick three of the ideas you think would be interesting to see.
Tsuzuru: (Someone else’s…!? Wait, no way, does that mean I don’t get to pick what I’m going to write about…?)
Akazaki: Once you’ve picked them, return the paper to its original owner.
Akazaki: Once you have your paper back, pick one idea from those three. You then have one hour to put a full plot together.
Madoka: Um, here’s yours, Minagi-san.
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Tsuzuru: Ah, right. You’re the one who picked for me? Thanks, Madoka.
Tsuzuru: (T-These are the three he picked!? I never would’ve chosen those myself. But, I guess they are pretty Madoka-like choices.)
Tsuzuru: (Whatever, I’ve got an hour to pull together a plot. I guess I’ll go with this one since it seems like the easiest one to flesh out…)
Tsuzuru: (God, who even comes up with an idea like this…? Well, me with a time limit, apparently…)
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Akazaki: Hmm, I see…
Akazaki: I can tell that you were trying to keep things in your comfort zone and there are places where it’s obvious that you were running out of time.
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Tsuzuru: Ah… right.
Akazaki: But it’s important to have your comfort zone, and I can tell you that it was kind of unlucky that you had to be dragged out of it for this.
Akazaki: I know it’s natural to want to use your usual style or follow your same techniques, but if you make an effort to throw in new things every once in a while, you can throw a few more tools in your toolbox for you to use later on.
Akazaki: Sometimes you need to be confronted with a more forceful approach like this, that way you can learn to take hits like this more easily.
Tsuzuru: Yeah, I know that already…
Tsuzuru: (It’s important to be able to stand my ground, but that doesn’t mean I can be defensive all the time…)
Akazaki: By the way, why did you decide to come to this training camp, MInagi-kun?
Akazaki: With an in-house position, you’ve got a stable place to write, so is there really a need for you to venture into the outside world?
Tsuzuru: I may have a stable place to write, but I’m always wondering how I can grow more. For my own sake, and for my troupe’s sake.
Akazaki: I see. Well, I think having that kind of greed is a good thing.
Akazaki: This training camp is a workout for your brain, like a real athletic event, so try not to burn yourself out.
Tsuzuru: Right, an athletic event… I was already kinda getting that feeling.
Akazaki: So, that said, why don’t you try and fix this thing starting from the beginning?
Tsuzuru: --U-Understood.
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Tsuzuru: Aghhh… I’m exhausted…
Tsuzuru: (My brain is fried… I never want to write a single hiragana, kanji, or any other character ever again…)
Madoka: Good work.
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Tsuzuru: You still seem pretty lively, Madoka.
Madoka: Do I…? Maybe it’s because I’m used to writing a lot quickly.
Madoka: In the past, my father used to make me do a lot of sudden script revisions, so…
Tsuzuru: That must’ve sucked…
Tsuzuru: But I see… I don’t have a whole lot of experience with having to make revisions like that.
Madoka: I don’t know whether I can say it was a good experience or not, but… I feel like it gave me some more strength for things like this.
Tsuzuru: You sure are resilient…
Madoka: Some of the other participants seemed to be pretty used to writing a lot. It’s probably because a lot of them have experience writing for a lot of different things.
Tsuzuru: That’s true. They did give off the vibe of pros who write scripts for a living.
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Tsuzuru: (I’m still just an inexperienced student. The only experience I’ve had writing outside of the company was with Otomiya-san…)
Tsuzuru: I’ll just take all of this as I sign that I still have room to grow.
Madoka: I still have a lot to learn to aim for the new Fleur Award, so… Let’s both do our best.
Tsuzuru: Yeah.
Tsuzuru: (Madoka’s also trying to grow as a scriptwriter for GOD-za. I need to get fired up like that again too.)
Madoka: Well then, good night. See you tomorrow.
Tsuzuru: G’night.
Tsuzuru: (The thing with the way I write scripts is that I just do the same thing I always have, but it’s still kinda refreshing to learn more about how other people write them.)
Tsuzuru: (I’ve really used up all my braincells, but it’s pretty interesting experiencing a new world like this.)
Tsuzuru: (Oh, right, I should check in on the group chat before I sleep…)
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tsuzuru has entered the chat.
Curry: thanks for the suit
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TorORo: you hAveb tkaen your Firstn stepn into becominf a busineeSsman! (1)
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Tsuzuru: (I’ve got no clue what Citron-san is trying to say, but what else is new… And what kinda name is “TorORo”…)
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Tsuzuru: (…I feel like I could write up some material for Citrun with that.)
Tsuzuru: (Can’t believe I felt like I couldn’t even write another character a moment ago. I’ll just jot down some quick notes before I sleep.)
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T/N:
(1) Citron’s name in the chat is “都呂々” (Tororo) which is just the name of a town in Japan. I think what he was probably going for was to have his name as “トロロ” (Tororo, just in katakana) as like, a play on his name? Because like, シトロン (ShiTOROn) so it’s like taking the “トロ” (Toro) part of his name and turning it into “Tororo” as a nickname. I decided to translate it as “TorORo” because like, “都呂々” has the pronunciation he was probably going for, it’s just not quite the right way to write it, so I figured the best way to convey that was through weird capitalization as opposed to it being misspelled.
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ari-zonia · 1 month ago
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Shattered Truth: Writer's commentary
At the time of writing this, I haven't yet posted the final battle between the Sinners and Phantom Thieves against the Distortion. But, I still wanted to take a moment to reflect on the story.
Spoilers abound for not just Persona 4, but also my own story.
As one would expect, the Limbus x Smash Brothers series started as a fun concept of "how would the Sinners react to a world that is so much more peaceful than their own?" Not a single one of the stories so far had been planned in advance, and even during writing everything was written as it flowed from my fingers. That's just how I've always written fanfic.
Shattered Truth itself started after Canto 6's conclusion, and I figured it would be fun to reintroduce Ishmael and Heathcliff to Smash now that they've had some growth, and the Mirror System has been implemented. But that begged the question of "what should the plot be?"
Well, with Faust and Yi Sang building a new, albeit inferior, Mephistopheles, I decided it'd be fun to have Smash deal with an Erlking. I even had this idea during Mirror of Dimensions, and felt it was time for these stories to have an "Intervallo". A story dedicated to the Smash side, and how they deal with problems. So, this story ended up actually getting planned out pretty far ahead. Even if it was just discussion of plot points.
At the time, I had just gotten back into Persona, 4 especially, since I had to do some research for writing Joker. I knew him alright, but figured if I wanted an Erlking, the Phantom Thieves were the best candidates for getting one into the world. The Dimension Mirror is a well guarded secret of Smash, but that doesn't stop Joker from putting his nose where it doesn't belong. The Metaverse also isn't something most Smashers have access to, especially powerful ones like Kirby and Rosalina, and Joker's Trickster tendencies would easily lead him into trouble. So, I started writing and coming up with *who* the Erlking would be.
I settled on P4 Protag since, of the three Newsonas, he's the only one I could reasonably make an excuse for. I wanted the story to be High Stakes, but Low Lasting Consequence. So, I went with a non-Smash option for the villain. But, had to figure out which game to use for Persona. 3 has a lot of "the world and all of humanity would end" scenarios, while 5 has either "you're dead, or humanity is subjugated", that and Joker is a Smasher. 4 doesn't really have any endings that lead to Humanity's total destruction or Yu's untimely death. That, and he has the most humanizing reason to be an Erlking, grief. Sure, the other two also have something that could cause them to get to this point, but Yu was the simplest to work around, especially for the Time Limit the games have.
My rendition of Yu is based heavily on Animation, as well as the non-original titles that gives Protag a lot more personality of his own like Q and Dancing All Night. And, if there's anything Yu has over the other two, it's a tendency to get caught by his own fear of isolation. So, I started workshopping an Erlking who lost everything. His friends, home, and especially family.
Basically, Souji was born from the rumor that Dojima was supposed to be the original murderer in Persona 4. That, and the concept Golden Animation (and original Animation itself kind of) touches upon that New Game Plus is a real thing the Protag experiences. He remembers everything he did last time, even if no one else does. So, I worked from there, adding Kagami Yosuke as an intermediary between the Limbus stuff and Persona stuff ("Kagami" literally meaning "Mirror"). He's basically Souji's Every Catherine, just not quite as mentally unstable but close (how he remembers is a story unto itself I would probably write). At this time, Souji was just called Erlking Yu.
It wasn't until much, much later, around... Chapter 6? I settled on calling him Souji. I felt it was much more poignant to my story that Every Save File of Persona 4 is a different Version of protagonist, and acknowledging that the protagonist can have different names (which is also why Souji brings it up. I wanted to reference other names he's had in other material, and even my Beta had a good idea revolving around it). This is already canon. Marie explains in Golden AND Persona Q that there are "other yous" and you have some influence over their game. It's all beneficial, but in universe, Alternate Selves are real, and you can interact with them. So, add in the Limbus influence, and Souji could easily start crossing dimensions.
And, by the end, Souji himself is an amalgamation of concepts of "a world that shouldn't exist". Beta content, rumors, mods, save corruption, basically Souji's world is just... Broken. Hence why he finds it so hard to believe there's any version of him that not only can solve the case, but be happy. He doesn't know anything else besides the worlds he travels to, but they're all in a similar boat. I more or less made the Protagonist into Adachi.
Yu just happened to be the first Protagonist he met who's True Murderer wasn't his uncle Dojima (imagine spending a year trying to solve a murder, and finding out the murderer is not only your own uncle, but the one you've been living with this whole time. It WOULD break someone). Which is also why Yu is so stunned when he learns the truth from Souji. He couldn't have ever fathomed a reality where the killer wasn't Adachi.
As it is, trying to end this story was difficult. Souji has done a LOT of terrible shit during his time in the loops, and I didn't want to just... let him off the hook. While the Sinners, especially Heathcliff, probably can see where Souji comes from, he's just some punk kid that got a little crazy and killing him would be a non-issue. But, to the Thieves and Yu and Yosuke, killing isn't in their books. That's their uncrossable line in the sand. In the end though, the only ones that can truly punish Souji for everything he's done is himself and Kagami, which is why Kagami deals the finishing blow.
Souji doesn't actually exist in Smash, he's just an ID, so killing him is technically impossible, nevermind that if he did die he'd just go back to April 2011 until he "gets an Ending". So, the matter is something that Souji is now going to have to live with forever. He trapped himself, and his Yosuke, in a never ending time loop, and killed who knows how many other versions of himself (possibly forcing them to also repeat time loops) all for... essentially nothing. Souji gained nothing out of this torment, other than more trauma than any 17 year old should have, and isolation from anyone he had ever loved. He now has more insight to *why* the murders happened, but he still has to relive that same year at least one more time. That, and he doesn't even know if his relationship with Kagami can be salvaged anymore (it's all based on if he remembers, and if Kagami is willing to give him one last chance).
Generally, there's a lot I could do with Souji, and may even keep as a future story idea unrelated to Limbus. How he got to this point, as I have conceptualized it, didn't have a real good place to get explained in Shattered Truth itself, but is an interesting thought experiment all on its own. Nevermind Kagami and his role as Magician.
But, I hope you enjoyed the story, and this insight to where it came from. I generally don't write my thought process, because that's usually the story itself. But, for once, a fic of mine has a lot on the cutting room floor.
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gummycore · 1 month ago
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ヽ(=゚ω゚)人(゚ω゚=)ノ
woe: oc ask game be upon ye:
4, 5, 8, 11, 19, 27, 28!!!!
THANK YOUUUU
4. Are any of your OCs part of a larger story or project? If not, what sorts of things do you use them for (drawing, daydreaming, etc)?
most of the ocs that i tag on posts are actually ocs i use in danganronpa roleplays/general roleplay things! i like it when my characters are heavily tied to a job/title that they hold because you can get some really fun complexes out of it, and it also lets me research things i wouldn't really have an excuse to otherwise, like mortuary work or gang stuff. arnold and reese (both ocs that i need to add to my masterpost, whoops) are the odd ones out, as they're both from a script i've been workshopping for the past few years
5. Do you tend to keep OCs for a long time?
oh absolutely. i can't stand the idea of giving them away. the oldest oc of mine that i still use in things is amai adachi, who i've had since 2018, but gummycore oldheads might remember apollo and iris from when i was in high school
8. Talk about three of your newest OCs.
8a. keiko uzumaki, ultimate unicyclist! he was really fun to design because i loooove gyaru fashion, especially ganguro gyaru. i would've given him a lei, but it was too hard to draw LMAO. keiko is insanely anti-authoritarian and individualistic to the point where i describe his ideology as "whatever the opposite of a hivemind" is. he's fun and peppy and talks like a valley girl and thinks conformity will lead to the death of the human race. kisses! xoxo
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8b. malachi ferreras, ultimate parody artist! irritating and self-deprecating, malachi is a total shut-in who makes his living as a ghost writer for a youtuber that has a side career in music. once that youtuber got cancelled, malachi ditched his contract and stepped into the limelight as an artist writing only for himself. after enough time talking to him, you start to wonder if him coming into the public eye was a good thing after all... (i'm very excited to use him in a roleplay. i love writing shitty comedians)
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8c. oh god i dont have any new ones can i skip this
11. Which OCs do you feel like you know the best?
after all these years it's definitely izo. i've brainrotted about literally every aspect of that man's life for several years
19. Do you ever make AUs for your OCs?
sometimes! im not much of an au person when it comes to my ocs, but i'll sometimes toy with swap aus. love me a good swap au
27. Name an OC who has a very defined aesthetic.
if i hadn't already talked about keiko i'd put him here, so here's vivienne! pretty much my only oc that i can put in cutesy lolita fashion LMAO. i have too many guys in their 30s
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28. Name an OC who’s changed a lot from their original design/personality.
jeremy (ultimate ventriloquist) was originally a fusion of two of my other ocs, amai (mortician) and takeshi (slapstick comedian). the talent came from all those whose line bits about going to a funeral and doing ventriloquism with the corpse.
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i only drew him how he looked on the left a few times before realizing i could do a lot with a shitty teenager ventriloquist who works on a kids show. i liked the idea of him having four arms enough to give him some techy robot arms on the back in his updated design. fun fact, i forgot to write down a reason for why he had them in the application for the roleplay he's currently in, so when someone asked me about it in character, i had to make something up LMAO
MORE OC ASKS HERE!
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powerin · 1 month ago
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Question: Did you really stop the "Backpfeifengesicht" fanfic? I didn't think it would end so abruptly like that, and from the replies I read in the comments of the most recent chapter, you had other chapters planned...? Sorry, I'm just really confused and kind-of sad that the fanfic would end without a proper wrap-up between Nanu and Reader, and I just really love your writing style in that fic, so I'm holding on to some hope that there's more in store.
Yeah, I was wondering when I would get these asks on The Tumblr. 😅 For clarity’s sake, the reader character is the female protagonist of SuMo, so I’m calling her Moon to avoid confusion.
I did plan to write more chapters of Backpfeifengesicht, but I ran into a couple of issues with writing the ending:
I originally wanted to make the fic have three endings (Nanu/Moon, Moon/Kukui, Neither) but I workshopped it and I couldn’t figure out how to make multiple endings work for the story. Multiple endings—as opposed to the one ending—were voted on by the readers a couple of years ago, so I felt bad for not being able to make it work.
Technically, Moon and Nanu were never supposed to end up together. The fic takes place before between | the lines, and if you know how that fic ends, Moon leaves Alola forever, leaving both Kukui and Nanu behind. I wanted to remain true to the spirit of the original concept (that Moon eventually leaves for Kanto) but it made me sad, haha.
I hope you understand why I kept the fic open-ended now. My writing style has changed so much over the years, and there’s a real possibility that Moon and Nanu will not end up together.
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ineffably-good · 9 months ago
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Writing is Scary
Had a new writing experience tonight, which is having my first "workshop" ever, as part of the year-long short story class I'm taking at Hugo House, a writing nonprofit that offers kickass classes here in Seattle--which means you write something, give it to a group of people, and then they all sit around and pick it apart in front of you while you aren't supposed to respond.
People who got a creative writing degree have done this a million times as part of their BS or MFA. I was a plain old English major and then tech writing masters and have never, ever done this in my whole life. I also have not written a short story in over 20 years. A few novels, yes, and approximately 750k words of fanfic, but not a legitimate short story with original characters and stuff.
I gotta say, writing in any serious way (where you're trying to publish) is not for the faint of heart. I'm introverted and anxious and my writing interests have *continually* required me to put myself out there in situations which are scary, like getting endless rejection letters, pitching novels live to agents, and tonight's workshop. I only do it because a) I really really love writing to the point of obsession and b) it's usually worth it, at least in the long run.
Anyway, I have survived, it was generally a positive experience, people were super supportive, and I now don't have to do this again for another two or three months when we get to round two.
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violetasteracademic · 10 months ago
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You’re such a good writer. Have you ever thought of writing a book?
Oh my goodness 🥹 thank you darling anon!!
I've actually written three! Though I have not felt any were ready to undergo the query process. And this year my poetry was published for the first time in a literary magazine, which was absolutely surreal. The few times I've mentioned this info here typically people ask if they can see it or if I could share, and I would soooo love to but this fandom is frankly too scary with doxxing and harassing for me to feel comfortable opening up that part of myself here.
I do think in the fic world especially it can be kind of charming and whimsical to just seem like this incredible writer who doesn't even try, but that is not me 😅 where I am at is the result of a decades long dedication to daily writing practices, multiple novel attempts, and improving my craft through books on structure and taking local workshops without access to higher education for it.
It can be scary to reveal how hard you work in creative spaces- because then what if you don't seem as impressive as you should? But writers have really a bad rap for pretending they don't try at all and everything just *happens* which leads to a lot of insecurity and frustration for new writers who are easily discouraged. So I always want to be really transparent about my journey.
Not that anyone asked but I would like to again take this time to encourage any aspiring writers, fic or otherwise, to just *start* writing anything at all! Putting words together in a meaningful way is a discipline. Even if you are naturally talented, that will fizzle out without practice. So write, write, write, and start today, not when you have an idea for a story. Writing begets writing. Go outside and write about the sky at different intervals throughout the day and you might suddenly walk away with the idea for your first novel!
Anywho, this was very kind. Fic is especially vulnerable because even with a solid amount of practice and discipline, it is essentially just a first draft and lacks a lot of the polish a published book would undergo. So it really means a lot to know you enjoy! When people say a published novel "reads like a fic" I know what they mean 😅 without editors, developers, arc readers, ect, I struggle with a lot of fears and insecurity too. But you guys have been amazing to write for. I felt so supported and encouraged from day one even being brand new to the scene, and it fills my heart with such joy to be a part of this fic community!
Fic writing has been really helping me through a deeply unstable time in my life and I'm so happy to have discovered it. Once I get a little more settled and stable, I'll focus back on original work!
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many-gay-magpies · 2 months ago
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24, 17, 13
thank you sm for asking!! as usual i rambled a bit, so two out of three answers are under the cut <3
13. Have you ever made a playlist for a fic? (Share?)
I have thought about it, and someday I might, but at the moment I have no fic playlists. Ironically, I have playlists for virtually EVERYTHING ELSE—my original stories, individual characters, general media i like, ships, so on and so forth—but none for fics I've written. This is mostly down to, like, with the way I write fics, they're generally short oneshots that don't motivate playlist-making, OR they were directly inspired by one song in particular? And with the one fic I've thought about creating a playlist for, it's only like. two or three songs, which I cannot remember any of at the moment- which is why the playlist has not yet been made. BUT if I do I will possibly link it in the notes of whatever fic it's for!
17. Do you regularly discuss your fics, or do you keep most of the info to yourself before you start posting?
I tend to do a lot of fic discussing before I actually post a fic, ESPECIALLY with @babyseraphim (But also in smaller amounts in the Payneland discord server, and VERY occasionally in the form of posts about my process here on tumblr)! With Nimm, the discussion usually consists of idea ping-ponging, brainstorming, and sending writing snippets back and forth for fun; I sometimes share WIPS in the discord server, or go to the writing workshop channel if I need help with something. Also, like, a fair handful of my oneshots have STARTED as conversations in that server, so like, does that count as discussing a fic before posting? Because if so there is a lot of that lol.
24. Do you have any writing goals? (Word counts, chapters, finishing fics, trying something new?)
I don't tend to give myself wordcount or chapter goals, but at the MOMENT a goal I have for my writing in the Dead Boy Detectives fandom is to finish and post at least three of my current WIPs- I think I'm nearing the end of my New Idea juice for this fandom in terms of writing, but I have a LOT of WIPs I want to finish at least a few of. One of them is actually well on its way and in the final edits/beta-reading stage- that one's a very tender body horror-ish oneshot based off of this post by @sthilarions! The WIP I want to finish most is the bigass casefic I started back LAST July for Painelandweek (it. spiraled.), titled "The Case of the Clashing Carpet"; I am DETERMINED that I'm gonna rewatch some DBD and get the motivation to write the last few scenes of (then revise/edit a lot of, because I started writing it almost a year ago and have a much better grasp on characterization now) that one. I will NOT abandon her. I will NOT.
I have a selection of other little oneshots I'm hoping to finish at least one of- the Niko fic I teased during Niko week is probably the strongest contender of those, but there's also a (barely started) oneshot with a concept that essentially boils down to "what if the office sofa was a little bit sentient, magical, and came from a witch, and thats why it can fit unrealistic numbers/sizes of people in fanfic", and a oneshot where edwin has a Very Bad Time after being kidnapped post-canon and charles helps him calm down. so yeah, essentially, thats my dbd-fic-writing goal-- finish and post some WIPs!
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firebirds-roost · 6 months ago
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Welcome to the Roost!
Hello!! I'm finally making an introductory post! Hooray!
About Me
Name: Mask
Pronouns: Any
FR Profile: MoonlitMask, ID #582129
Main Blog: Moonlit-Mask
As you've probably gathered, this is my Flight Rising sideblog! I reblog all kinds of stuff, but most of my original posts involve my clan's lore and the mysterious tale of Firebird's Roost. I absolutely love the community worldbuilding aspect of FR Tumblr and will never turn down a chance to plan connections with people or just talk about our stories. Don't be afraid to say hi!
Lore Summary
Deep in the Ashfall Waste, just a short flight south from Cinderslag, stand the ruins of a long-abandoned steel factory. Nobody knows exactly what happened there - apparently the employees were just told to evacuate one day and never allowed back inside - and the site has become the source of many local legends. Some say it's haunted, swearing that they've seen shadows moving past the windows, while others are positive that it's all part of a government cover-up.
But the real truth may be stranger than any ghost story.
Unbeknownst to most of the flight, a small clan of dragons has recently made the ruins their home. They've been living inside for nearly three years now, building a town of scrap and salvage from the rusted machinery, and only a handful of outsiders know of their existence at all. Welcome, dear friends, to Firebird's Roost!
The Roost was created as a secret safe haven for dragons who felt abused or rejected by society, a place where they could live in peace without all the pressures of the outside world weighing on them. Most of its population consists of blacksmiths and steelworkers who were sick of being mistreated by the forgemasters, but dragons from other flights are hardly uncommon. Anyone can join the Firebird flock!
Not everything is quite as it seems, though. Beyond the cozy walls of the factory, strange events have been plaguing the Ashfall Waste.
The keepers of the Magma Sanctum witness a surge of unexplained magical activity, an anomalous reading that draws the attention of an unexpected guest.
A frustrated journalist, seeking to expose the sordid past of Cinderslag's governor, stumbles upon a truth far more shocking than she ever could have anticipated.
Horrific visions compel a young traveler to visit the Waste, believing that the key to preventing them lies somewhere in the heart of the volcanic landscape.
And at the center of it all, the newest members of Firebird's Roost begin to fear that their perfect little village is hiding something as their leader plans a grand celebration.
With each question that's answered, another one is raised, and it soon becomes clear that these incidents are connected by a vast web of dark secrets and long-forgotten history. In the end, only one thing can be said for certain:
Something terrible is happening in the Ashfall Waste.
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#firebird's roost - Anything related to my overarching lore story, usually in the form of plot-relevant art, writing, or worldbuilding discussions
#mask art - General art tag
#dragon share - On-site dragon images and scrying workshop stuff
Individual characters are tagged as '(Name) the (Species)'; for instance, #fluffington the tundra or #cheddar the banescale
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