#Fanfic Writer Emoji Ask Game

[amethystina]

For the ask game, this question please.

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

This one is actually kind of tricky because it depends a lot on what character I'm writing and the circumstances they're in. Like, there are certain characters I feel closer to, or characters who have similar weaknesses and insecurities as I do, which means I'll react stronger whenever those are addressed.

But, overall, I'd say moments that involve a feeling of not being good enough, especially not being a good enough person or not being good enough for a relationship. And it doesn't have to be a romantic relationship — platonic or familial works too. Sometimes, that's even worse, in all honesty.

And that's probably because that's something I've struggled with myself. I had a couple of years during my mid-twenties when I was convinced I was an incredibly selfish and unkind person, simply because that was what I was being told by some of the people around me. We're talking full-on emotional abuse along the lines of: "you're a heartless, selfish bully and you're lucky I put up with you since you're such a terrible person."

And since it was from more than one person — and the people who disagreed didn't know about the abuse and therefore couldn't tell me it was bullshit — I believed them. Clearly, if more than one person tells you that you're not good enough — and those people don't actually know each other and can coordinate an attack — then it must be true, right?

So that kind of storyline always hits very close to home for me, because I know what it's like to genuinely think you're a terrible person who has nothing to contribute to the people around you. And I also know how difficult it can be to overcome, especially if you've lived with it for years. It's rough.

Fun fact: This abuse led to an existential crisis when I joined a Winteriron server on Discord (of all things) and I started talking to new people who, within literal days started challenging my perception of myself. I spent the first couple of weeks terrified of the moment people would stop talking to me because they'd figured out I was a bad person. But, spoiler alert — it never happened. Instead, they did the opposite, turning to me for advice and comfort, and telling me how kind I was.

And the whole thing came crumbling down, rather inconveniently, at 2 AM on my wedding night. Like, I legit asked my newly minted wife — who was trying to sleep — if I was a terrible person because, if I was, I figured she'd know. Or at least deserved to know, considering that she was now married to me. And her reaction was, to my confusion, not a confirmation but something along the lines of: "What the actual fuck? You're one of the kindest, most generous people I know. Why do you think I married you?"

It was, as they say, A Ride.

And my wife has now decided that any future existential crises must be scheduled between 7 AM and 11 PM because she needs her sleep, dammit.

(She's obviously lying — she'd listen even if it happened at 2 AM again)

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[carlos-in-glasses]

🧠 TK

Thank you! 🥰

I have a very strong headcanon (which I go into in the WIP known as Flashback Fic 👀) that TK would misbehave and act like a total badass as a teenager and into his adulthood, but whenever Owen confronted him about it he'd burst into tears lol. Because deep inside he's a terrified muffin, and couldn't cope when his dad had to read him the riot act.

[tokuvivor]

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😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

It’s not anything specific, but I sometimes cringe at whatever bland-name product ideas I came up with for the Duckverse. Granted, this is actually more so towards media than celebrities. Especially when there are some shows that exist in this universe that I couldn’t come up with a cleverly named equivalent to for DuckTales.

🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories?

I love it! Don’t know when it might come along again, but it’s a nice feeling to get it. Still appreciate you for being the first, though.

[alexandraisyes]

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Thanks for the ask! Turbo's answers under the cut! Here's where you can find the emojis for the ask game!

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

Probably romance. I'm not a very romantic person but that's to be expected considering my, uh, psychological standing (sweats in ASPD). I've been told that the romantic and soft and family shit I write is really nice and feels real, but I'm just making shit up man, haha. I do a lot of self-projecting when I write sweet shit because I wanna give my characters what I can't have. ❤️Thankfully Turbo is here to make me brainrot and think about all of the sweet shit. Otherwise, the fics would be a lot darker than they already are.

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

Like kill Sun's cats? OH YOU SAID PLAYFULLY-

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

Any time Killcode acts like a feral cat I get a good laugh. He's just an oversized cat who acts like one too his lovers as well. Including play fighting them (much to Flare's dismay as he gets pulled away from tasks).

🍆 Do you write the spicy stuffs? If so, what's your most popular nsfw fic?

I do haha. My most popular nsfw fic is The Deal because that's the only one uploaded so far. TMiB is just the sequel to The Deal so it doesn't count.

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

Oooh that's tricky. I would say The Deal except that's got uh. . . death. lol. Probably Erros in Resentment just because it's me projecting on Eclipse like all fuck and he gets the happy ending that I think he deserves. Without more suffering. It's kind of my love letter to my disorder (ASPD) since Eclipse and Ruin both have it. There's something beautiful in the absolute devotion a sociopath can have to someone, the unwavering loyalty, and that's often taken for granted because we don't love in the traditional sense of the word. It's meant to show that people with ASPD can still be happy, and change, and grow and improve and live meaningful lives without causing harm to people around them. Not even just ASPD, but all Cluster B disorders. That someone who is aromantic by nature can still find happiness with someone else, even if it's not a romantic companionship, but rather just a sense of belonging. Like I said, it's me self-projecting on Eclipse, and Ruin also having ASPD? That was just the cherry on top for me. I can't promise when it'll get updated, though.

💖 What made you start writing?

I've always been writing! I just normally kept it to myself or roleplays. I've been writing short stories since I knew how to write, though.

Turbo's turn!

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

serious conversations? probably some heavy- really heavy shit i think

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

that one time me and alex hinted at a solar x lunar shit. But it was one sided

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

Any scene where bloodmoon swore in the deal. it just hits different because he dosent swear so much in my ehes

🍆 Do you write the spicy stuffs? If so, what's your most popular nsfw fic?

THE DEAL LMAO

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

A little snippet called "bloodmoon, eclipse, lunar, and burgers" 🥺 (its not found anywhere but on a discord server lel im too shy)

💖 What made you start writing?

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS NGL AND MY LOVE FOR STORIES

[gayrootvegetable]

HELLO I AM ON MY LAPTOP SO I DO NOT HAVE EMOJIS RN BUT CAN I DO (EYES) (GREEN CHECK MARK) AND (STARRY EYED GUY) FOR THE WRITER ASKS PLS?

also hi I hope you're well! :')

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HI SARAH THANK U LOVE U

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

WELL it's funny you ask because i posted a lil sneak peak for my tumblr au earlier today. i'm so excited for this thing you have no idea. we've got angsty gay poetry by our beloved henry, we've got a bi awakening, we've got 'they're friends online and enemies in real life and they have no idea that it's the other person' 😈

✅ What’s something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don’t mean to?

love(?) at first sight and very nervous homosexuals sjdhkfsjdfkhs (they're just like me fr)

🤩 Who is your favorite character to write?

definitely nora. she's a walking meme and so am i, so i can project my tomfoolery onto her. i love being a menace. fennis the menace, if you will

thank you again !!! and i hope you're doing well, too !!

fanfic writer emoji ask game

[sdwolfpup]

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🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

Hugs!! I love when characters hug each other, for whatever reason, but especially when there's some big emotional charge behind it -- a hug of comfort in a desperate time, or a hug of happiness in a joyful one.

🤲 Would you please share a snippet of a wip?

Gladly! I have so many WIPs right now, most of which it seems like are never going to be finished. (I have a terrible habit lately of writing 5-10k words and then petering out; I think its panic that a story needs to be longer than I wanted to spend on it when I've still got Our souls to finish, so my brain shuts down. Heh.)

Anyway, here's a bit from a fic I will finish where Hyle loses his hand during the confrontation with Stoneheart and Jaime is there with them on the Quiet Isle in the aftermath. I'm really enjoying writing Jaime being snarky about the entire situation. 😂

“I won't survive!” Hyle bleats as they paddle the stolen rowboat towards the Quiet Isle. “It's too far. I can't make it.”

“You will,” Brienne assures him between powerful strokes. “Keep quiet.”

“I won't. I can't.” He holds up his stump, swathed in Jaime's cloak. That had not been Jaime's idea. “I'll die before you get us there.”

“You heard him, my lady,” Jaime drawls. “Turn us around and head for a real village so we can get a start on his burial.”

Hyle gasps and Jaime can't tell if it's from offense or pain or both. He hopes both.

“You keep quiet too,” Brienne mutters.

[alamogirl80]

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

Cliffhangers. I’m really good at cutting off a chapter right in the middle of suspense or action.

I’m not remorseful about that at all.

[thechaseofspades]

Hiii ^^

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Have a nice day :D

🧠 Pick a character, and I’ll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.

Wasn't a character listed so I'm gonna just pick randomly.

While Fenton is terrible at keeping his identity a secret, Drake is incredibly good at it. Nobody knows that he is Darkwing Duck outside of the team and Louie. Firstly, he's an actor, so write that down. But also, he doesn't have a "civilian" life to maintain, so he can kinda just be DW as much as he needs. Sometimes he spends days at a time without putting on his Drake Mallard persona. LP and Gos have to drag him out of the costume so he can go to the store and get milk.

💋 First kiss fics. Love em or hate em?

I'm aroace so you'll never see me write one but I can get into a romantic story if it's well-written. I've seen some adorable ones on the 'net so I'm never gonna say I hate em.

Heck, you could probably toss a kiss into a couple parts of Groundhog Day (the fic not the movie) and it might not feel too out of place. So I'd be a hypocrite if I hated on stories with that level of closeness, romantic or otherwise.

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but I like drawing parallels to Season 1 with Lena. I especially keep Violet in the dark about her sister's past, so that when those parallels show up, Vi experiences it for the first time while Lena practically relives her past. I think it highlights the differences between pre- and post-canon Lena, and the impact that her best friends have on her life and outlook.

Thanks for the ask!

[walkawaytall]

For the fanfic emoji ask game (please and thank you!)

📚 Would you ever want to turn writing into a career?

So, I have wanted to be a paid author since I was like…9 I think. I used to always have a novel in the works (and I technically still do) with the hopes of someday writing something publishable. The whole reason I started writing Star Wars fanfic earlier this year was actually because the novel I’ve worked on off and on for like a decade was making me feel crazy. The plot kept eating itself and I couldn’t make decisions about how to go about some things and I was just obsessing over bits of it that probably don’t matter that much. I really wanted to write for fun again, and I figured fanfiction could be a good way to do that since I don’t even have it in the back of my head that I could someday publish it. (If I wasn’t writing for something with such intense world-building as Star Wars, I might tempted to file the serial numbers off and try for being published, but…y’all have seen my endless whining about just coming up with names for characters. Do I sound like someone who wants to do a bunch of fresh world-building to cram my lightly edited fanfiction into to make it legally publishable?) And I was just getting back into Star Wars after three years of feeling personally victimized by The Rise of Skywalker, so it seemed an obvious choice.

I’ve mainly written grounded-in-reality YA fiction in the past and may try to pick that up again. I was reminded recently of a project I had started years ago and then abandoned in 2016 that I actually really like. The only reason I dropped it was because it involves the topic of eating disorders and ~*guess who was in the middle of a relapse in 2016*~. It just wasn’t healthy for me at the time to have everything I did, including my hobbies, be centered on the mental illness I was struggling with. But I’m, like, six solid years behavior-free at this point, so I might pick that project up again and see if anyone would be interested in it because I do think it’s a somewhat fresh take on the topic that I haven’t really seen elsewhere.

This was a really long way to say “yes, and I may even try to do it someday!”

Thank you for the question!

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[amethystina]

Hello !!! I hope u r well and recovering 💘

Fir the ask game: 🤡❌️👀

Unfortunately, things are still pretty rough but I'm hanging in there :)

🤡 What’s a line, scene, or exchange you’ve written that made you laugh?

I'm not sure if there is such a line, to be honest. Mainly because most of the things I write aren't all that funny, but also because it takes a lot for me to laugh when it's my own writing. Because I already know the punchline before the joke's even started, so it's just not that exciting. If that makes sense?

That said, Yoon Sa Wol from Black Knight is an absolute hoot to write and there is one exchange in particular that definitely makes me want to cackle whenever I think about it. It's when he's talking to 4-1 (a coworker of his) and they accidentally stumble onto the subject of whether or not Sa Wol could have sex with 5-8 (the dude he is definitely interested in having sex with) and the following happens:

All things considered, it didn't seem like a bad idea at all. 4-1 didn't seem to agree. She gave him a flat look, as if the answer should be obvious. "He'd eat you for breakfast." Sa Wol paused for a beat but, really, the only thing he could think to say was: "I mean, wouldn't that be the whole point?" 4-1 let out a choked noise that sounded outright painful.

SA WOL, NO.

But also, kudos on being so goddamn shameless.

❌ What’s a trope you will never write?

I'm not sure if there is one? Because, sure, I'm not personally into mpreg or A/B/O but I can't say I'll never write them. Like, if someone gave me enough money to write those tropes, I probably would. We get money where we can in this economy xD

I think the closest I come to a complete "I refuse to write this" are the things I find triggering or just don't agree with on a moral level. So I'd have a hard time glorifying abuse, for example, or write something that involves incest or non-con between a romantic couple. The kind where transgressions are eventually forgiven or brushed aside because "they actually love them and it was just a mistake" and that kind of stuff.

There's a reason why I'm so determined to call out Yo Han's bullshit in my Devil Judge fics, for example, and why Moon Jo is such a lovesick simp in my Strangers From Hell fic. I find them to be incredibly fascinating as characters, but I admit I would never be able to write them doing something along those lines. They both skirt the line from time to time — which is sort of the point in some ways — but I try to criticise the behaviour rather than excuse or glorify it.

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

I kind of mentioned all of them when I did the WIP Tag Game not too long ago, so you can see what they are and read about them if you look at this tag right here!

But aside from that, I can say that I'm currently trying to edit and post chapter six of A New Dawn (Begins With Us), and, after that, I'm going to try and edit chapter 3 of The Right Set of Circumstances, and, after that, I... well, I don't know x'D I'll either try to edit Thou Shalt Not Covet or maybe I'll allow myself to write chapter 42 of Who Holds the Devil.

I'm kind of holding that chapter hostage right now since I HATE editing and would much rather write — it's just so much more fun. But if I only wrote and didn't edit, I would never post anything, so I kind of have to force myself to edit from time to time, too.

And it's extra annoying right now since I'm so feverish and that just makes editing ten times worse for some reason?

So yeah. I have a lot going on right now in terms of WIPs and it's kind of beginning to feel like a second job, not going to lie x'D

Thank you so much for the ask! :D

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[carlos-in-glasses]

because we should all be kinder to ourselves:

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

Thank you! 🥰

I answered this one here, but the main thing is I'm happier with my smut these days! On which note, let us enjoy this screenshot for the sake of it:

[tokuvivor]

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👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

Well, I’m currently working on a couple stories involving Gyro. One is a prompt ask, and the other is my own brainchild.

🤯What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

I’m really not good with horror. I’m not super dark as a writer.

[1lostsoul0fishbowl]

🎢💖🎃

Eeek thank you for the ask, friendly stranger! 😍

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

Definitely Into the Shining Sun— the story of Eddie meeting his estranged maternal grandmother. A lot of grief and angst from my own personal life bled into that one.

💖 What made you start writing?

I’ve been writing off and on for my entire life; ever since I first became a little bookworm at the age of four, I dreamed about writing a book someday. Life very much got in the way, though, and I hadn’t written so much as a journal entry in years until Chrissy and Eddie came crashing from that forest picnic table directly into my heart. I was absolutely COMPELLED to write about them. My first fic, the shield and the shepherd, simply burst forth fully formed from my brain in the middle of the night, I HAD to write it down, and then I waffled for hours about posting it before finally feeling bold enough to click that button. A few minutes later I had a ridiculous crying fit, decided it was terrible and I should go back and delete it, and when I opened up the page it already had a comment. Then I cried all over again, but for a much happier reason.

🎃 Do you write fics for certain holidays? Which is your favorite holiday inspired fic?

I’ve actually only written one holiday-based thing ever— “the eleventh day of christmas”, which is chapter 55 of my gigantic With A Little Help From My Friends found-family collection. Wanna know a secret? I’ve never celebrated Christmas before in my life. I just filled that chapter with everything I’d always wanted/imagined it to be.

[gayrootvegetable]

❌🎨✅?

hiii thank you <333

❌ What’s a trope you will never write?

love triangles. i really do not like reading or writing love triangles because i always get so frustrated 😭😭😭 it also makes me ANXIOUS and i do not need anymore of that sdkjfhskf

🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories?

oh my god if anyone ever make fanart of my stories i would CRY tears of joy. i would feel so honored. ultimate dream fr

✅ What’s something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don’t mean to?

i answered this one here! i would give another example but i can't think of anything else. maybe little to no angst?? but i do that on purpose

fanfic writer emoji ask game

[sdwolfpup]

🥺🎯🤲 for the fanfic writer asks please and thank you

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

I answered this for onefenix BUT I am always full of feels. Another one that always gets me is when a character always calls another character by their last name or a nickname, and then when Shit Gets Real they suddenly use the character's real name and it's like the world stops? Mmmm the good stuff.

🎯 Have any of your readers accurately guessed major plot points? Care to share which?

Yes! Someone has guessed what's going to happen/has happened in Our souls lie down in the grass. Which is great because it means the foreshadowing worked. 😄 People were circling around what was going on in HFOG around Jaime's accident/Tywin's motivations, but I don't think anyone ever explicitly said where I could see it what was going to happen.

🤲 Would you please share a snippet of a wip?

Yes!! Let me dip back in the pool here and see what I've got. This is the beginning of an MQ Poppy/Ian soulmarks fic I hope to finish someday.

When Poppy Li turned eighteen, she got her soulmark. The first word her soulmate would ever say to her in beautifully formal script on the inside of her upper arm, like a scroll in a fantasy game.

By nineteen, she'd forgotten it was there.

“Do you know how many people's first interaction with me is hey?” she'd complained once to her mother when she'd made her required monthly call home from MIT. Her mother had, as always, asked about how the soulmate search was going, though Poppy had been far more interested in figuring out the best speedrun for getting to her classes on campus. “I ran into three potential soulmates walking to the cafeteria this morning. It's absurd.”

The only one who'd ever understood Poppy's annoyance with her soulmark was Ian. His soulmark was 'sup. Sometimes she thinks that's the reason she agreed to join him at all.

[authorangelita]

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

Thank you so much for the ask!

Common themes definitely include Papa Jack taking care of Mac and Mac being vulnerable with Jack. Also, Mac in desperate need of a hug.  Do quiet conversations between Mac and Jack (usually on the deck) count as a theme?

Other random observations that I've noticed: I love it when Jack squeezes the back of Mac's neck to offer comfort.  When Mac's hurt and Jack asks him how he's doing, he almost always just says "Hurts" in response.  And Mac and Jack do not do well when separated. 

When I was writing White Collar fic, I found that I really enjoyed writing AU fics.  There was a challenge to it – keeping the characters in-character while giving them different circumstances – that was super fun.  I've written a few AU fics for MacGyver, but I'd like to write more.