#I'm a Wuko shipper but...

[sweetorangepoptart]

@thewhorradora requested a preview sooooo......

Asami pulled Mako into the back of the obscenely large garage—how many cars did the Satos keep in here, anyway? He let her pull him all the way to a lone car in the back corner.

“Asami, wha—” Mako started to say, but she covered his mouth with her finger in a shush, yanked open the back door, and climbed in while still clutching his hand tightly. He probably could have pulled his hand from hers, but why would he do that? She was so insistent.

“Shut the door. Quietly,” Asami said, deadly serious. Mako did as he was told and pulled it shut without slamming it.

“Why are we in this car?” Mako asked, sitting upright behind the driver's seat. He peered out the window and wondered if he could calculate the number of cars from here. He’d guess at least twenty. Maybe two dozen.

“It's got the biggest back seat,” Asami replied. Mako realized she hadn't answered his intended question—why were they in a car at all?—but when he turned his head to clarify, he realized she’d answered why they were in this particular car, as she unbuttoned her jacket and yanked her boots off. 

Oh.

“I, uh, thought we were…,” Mako said, caught off guard by the turn of the evening.

Asami froze as she leaned forward to drop her boots and jacket into the front seats. “Wait, do you not want to—”

“Oh, I definitely do, I just didn't realize—”

“What did you think I brought you in here for?” she asked, holding back laughter. 

“To look at your cars—whatever. Let’s just—”

“Aww,” Asami laughed softly. “I can take you on a tour of the garage after, if you want.” Her voice was teasing, but it felt good-natured and not at his expense. She undid the fastens on her shirt, and Mako took a deep breath as heat curled in his core.

Committing heresy (writing a smut scene with Mako and someone other than Wu)

[kingwuko]

Hello! If you are still accepting asks: What is your favorite fic you've written? Why is it your favorite? Was any part of the writing process of that fic difficult for you? You are one of my absolute favorite authors so thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us!!!

Ohhh I'm ALWAYS accepting asks (seriously sometimes I feel like I'm begging people to send them lol)

Okay I really am proud of Secret. I'm going to say it's my favorite for the sake of this ask but I love all my fics equally. (I'm not just saying that 🤣) they're all special to me and I like the different stories I've been telling. But Secret really was amazing to write.

As for why? I've had the story in my head since I read Ruins of the Empire and the story itself is really special to me because I had been thinking about it for so long. I also was working through some of my own internal stuff through Wu's journey. I made online friends because of this fic and it got so many other Wuko shippers talking to me more; here and in discord. It was just so much fun to write and I'm really happy with how the whole story turned out!!! And the reception to it was just like. Heartwarming. I think I almost cried the first time I got an ask requesting a preview of the next chapter. Also. Not to get too sappy. But. It's my first finished longfic and finishing it felt like hard proof that my mental health had improved drastically (I had a very hard time during the pandemic. I started writing again once I got my mental health under control).

Writing Secret I certainly had moments where I struggled, and it was mostly related to the sex scenes. I've talked about this before but I had some struggles at first with some of the language I used to describe the different sex acts that were happening. But I had a very helpful beta reader and friend point out what I was doing and how to change my language AND very importantly gave me a mlm perspective to help me. Then I got SUPER in my head about the sex in the 6th chapter and I struggled with getting the words out. But as silly as it might sound, it was actually really important that I wrote the sex scenes explicitly (instead of, say, fade to black or whatever) because there was A LOT going on in Wu's head and character development during the actual sex. Also I like reading and writing sex scenes. 🤷

Besides the sex scenes. I did have to rewrite chapter 8. I wrote the whole fic really early on in my posting process, but I made tons of changes and edits. And when I edited chapter 7 I made a big change (the love confession was originally in ch 8 but those boys just couldn't wait that long I guess) and that changed the whole tone of chapter eight. I literally started from a blank page lol.

Thank you so so so much for the ask and the compliment and for reading!!! I know I write for myself but it's so heartwarming to hear that others actually like what I'm putting out there! It's also very good motivation for me to KEEP writing so please reach out anytime you want to talk about Wuko or my fics or whatever!!! There have been several occasions where I answered an ask and it inspired me to write some more so please don't be shy!!!

[ljf613]

Oh. My. Word.

I, too, hate it here.

Not because of Linko, or KyaLin, or Wuko, or literally any other ship that people could possibly come up with, but because of things like this post.

Age gap relationships exist! They do! Honest!

Also, I assure you, no one is picking out their ships to spite you, personally. Odds are, most Linko shippers are not even aware that you exist-- or at least they weren't, right up until you wrote this post.

And not everyone is interested in the same relationship dynamics! Ships are not one size fits all!

("Why do you have to like this [not-the-norm thing that harms nobody]? Why can't you just like [thing normal people are interested in]!" You know what that sounds like, right?)

But I get it, I do. It absolutely boggles the mind how anyone could possibly pass up a ship where the characters never interact on-screen over a ship involving characters who spend a lot of time together and clearly share a bond of mutual trust and respect! It makes no sense!!!

(And if anything, the power dynamics are even more skewed in Wuko than in Linko-- Wu isn't just Mako's boss, he's also literal royalty who Mako obviously is less comfortable with refusing anything towards than he is with Lin. But I digress.)

But even if a ship's very existence bothers you, nothing you say is going to prevent people from shipping it. You managed before you knew that it existed, you can go on from here on out feigning ignorance, okay? I can gurantee that your popular ship is not going to suddenly cease to exist just because a small group of people prefer their niche rarepair. 

(Oh, and I know what else you can tag! '#anti linko'! That way the Linko shippers don't have to see this post, either! Tagging etiquette applies to the people who disagree you with just as much as it does to the people who don't, m'kay?)

[falling-chandeliers]

hey there! i hope you don't mind, i'm just curious, but are you into carmen sandiego? and what sort of content and ships do you post about? like, just in general, not related to cs

hi buddy!!

so here’s the thing: i signed up to tumblr to be a carmen sandiego blog. but that was literally like, what, almost two years ago? who knows jdfhgkjdfg

but yeah, my url used to be rebelliousbirds which should definitely give you an idea of who i shipped. that being said, i definitely don’t hate carulia/carmelia shippers, they’re fantastic !! i love jules with my entire heart

but nowadays, i mostly post atla/tlok and some old voltron stuff !! my blog is mostly centered on wuko and klance, although i did recently start watching haikyuu (started a week ago and now i’m halfway through season two, oops) so you’ll probably see some kagehina, tsukkiyama, or iwaoi stuff along your way!! also definitely asahi or asanoya because asahi is so amazing and he deserves the ENTIRE world i love him so much please

[kingwuko]

Hello fellow Wuko shippers. I have not yet watched Our Flag Means Death (but I certainly will soon!) But it is ALL OVER my dash right now. And I'm so obsessed with Wuko that my first thoughts are, can these gay pirates be a Wuko AU? Like, can Wu be the fancy pirate and Mako be the leather pirate? Am I way off base here?

[kingwuko]

Hi everyone I'm a wuko shipper first and foremost, and I have never given a ton of thought into Zukka-not for any particular reason, it just never 'spoke' to me. But I'm ready to dip my toe in the water. If anyone has some recommendations for great Zukka fics, I'd greatly appreciate it! Message me or reblog this with links!

[ourimpavidheroine]

Technically, you made me a Wuko shipper. (I think I mentioned this before. It's not that I didn't like them before, but I didn't pay them much mind) and now I love both Korrasami and Wuko (and I'm pleased to note I've found other good stories in the Wuko tag as well!) 4. To be honest, it never crossed my mind that you write Wuko 'just to write Yaoi' or that you could write Korrasami 'just for Yuri' (ugh, I don't like those terms) and I'm frankly very surprised if anyone thought you do.

I take it as a compliment of the highest order when people tell me I made them converted them sucked them in showed them the Wuko way. So thank you again!

Indeed I have been accused of writing Wuko just for the sake of writing Yaoi. I’ve also had people complain that I don’t write enough smut and there was one particular blogger who felt so strongly about how terribly I was portraying Ikki that they felt the need to create several different IDs - all on the same day, mind you - to make sure I knew about it. Sometimes people are weird.

[ourimpavidheroine]

Dear writer, I know you don't deal with unnecessary drama that doesn't develop the plot/characters. But I do hope you'll indulge me on tumblr :D in an exchange of ideas? The last thing Mako says to Wu in your latest fic is that he doesn't want to think about a life without Wu in it. And my dramatic self tried to imagine: Certainly, /not/ Wu being dead (while I'm aware it will happen at some point, I don't want it) but rather, say... Held hostage? (like, not for himself. At the bank for example)

I'd say kidnapped again. It would sort of be funny in an ironic way because it's happened already and you wouldn't expect it again. What I most like imagining is Mako's reaction. Because he's much more mature (mentally and emotionally) since something last happened to Wu, and I'd like trying to see him cope with this. (maybe in a more mature way too now, not just bury all his feelings and pretend he's fine). Not to mention that Wu actually /has/ more people who care about him - for who he is, not for his money. Besides Mako there's Qi, Nuo, Lin (I believe Lin didn't care a particular lot about Wu back then. Or in any case, not as much as he does now), the children, Lolo, the rest of the Beifongs and their children...Oh my but Wu did get himself quite a few people who give a shit about him! And all of them would react differently to his disappearance. 

I’m not really sure if I would consider my answer spoilers - I don’t think so, but just any case anyone else does, I’ll put it under a cut.

I’m not killing anybody off, so no worries about that! (As a widow myself in my 40′s, I am just not going there.) Older characters did come to the end of their lifespan in I’ve Seen The Future, but that’s a natural progression of life.

But in any case, I have no plans for Wu to be kidnapped at this point! Mako was just being his own shade of melodramatic.

If we are getting into hypotheticals, though...I am not sure that I am convinced that my Mako would react much better to one of his family members getting kidnapped/held hostage than he ever was. Yes, he’s matured a great deal. But Mako is the very definition of protective and he takes it all on himself (which is a whole different set of issues right there). He thinks he’s responsible for everything and everyone, which is how he’s always been, and most likely how he always will be. People do change and grow, yes, but sometimes we also stay the same. 

And FWIW, I don’t think in the beginning of Book 4 Lin cared about Wu as a person - she needed him safe as the future king but that was because it was her job as the chief of police. I think we see her attitudes towards him changing during Book 4, just like Mako’s do, however. She looks downright fond of him when he’s telling everyone about the mandatory evacuation. (Also, I think that secretly she’s a big old Wuko shipper. Not that she would have admitted it for any reason whatsoever.)