#I've just been re-watching season 2 and started having thoughts about these two scenes 👀

[cheesybadgers]

9-1-1

Stuck (2x04) vs Recovery (6x12)

[green4allseasons]

Green! I've been wanting to ask you this for a few days, but I'm too shy. Today is the day. When did you start shipping Jason with Tim, and what dynamic do you like the most between the two of them? Also, how did you come up with the idea of taking advantage of the YJ series to write about them?

Have a nice week!

Ahhhhh! Oh my goodness, I am SO glad you woke up and decided today was the day! Seeing this message in my inbox gave me all the fuzzies and happy feelings🥺💕! But I also completely get it; there are so many cool people in this space that I want to send asks to, but I am also shy and have yet to. This may be the thing that encourages me to do so!

As for your first question, I actually found out about the JayTim ship in kind of a roundabout way. I've been a DC fan for many years (particularly the animated movies and shows) but never really thought more about the other universe-wide ships than a casual "oh, that's nice" for most of them. But then, a few years ago, I came across a stunning fanart that was actually JayDick (If you can believe it!!), and my thoughts were, "OH! That's nice!!👀" Insert many Google searches later, a foray into Tumblr, and my first experience getting into Fandom spaces, and that's where I found a fanart for JayTim, and let's say my mind just spasmed "ahdfdfdsfsdf," and I was sold.

As for "what" exactly sold me on their dynamic? It's funny because I am not usually an enemies-to-lovers fan (friends-to-lovers is much more my jam). But for Tim and Jason?? It just works. I also am a sucker for angst, and pining, and good old fashion snarky banter. But honestly? I think what really got me was the absolute "ride or die" way that they care about each other when depicted in fandom and even platonically in canon. I know "ride or die" could be applied to a lot of ships, but I think that these two would go to far more extraordinary lengths to protect each other than, say, some other characters (particularly those of whom are hindered by their moral code). Both of these characters are consistently shown to be greyer than not, but just go about it in completely different ways. I've always been more attached to gray characters in fiction, so when there are TWO of them? It's just the chef's kiss. TL;DR They are both just MESSY and yet competent AF and I love it.

But even with my attachment to them, I never considered writing fanfiction! I've only ever written original stories. I don't even know why I didn't consider it because I've loved reading fanfiction since I was as old enough to navigate a computer (a LONG time😅). But suddenly, a little over a year ago, I was re-watching all of Young Justice while simultaneously watching the new season, and BAM! Two very specific scenes came up in my head (One that has already been written about in Part 1 and another that has yet to be shown in Part 2), and I could just Not. Stop. Thinking. About. It. I'm serious. Those two scenes kept me awake at night, the brain rot was all consuming, and I got that feeling that all writers have felt a time or two where if they didn't jot it down in that moment, they'd just implode!!

So, of course my totally normal person response was to immediately sign up for AO3, outline an entire ~40-chapter story around those two scenes right down to the nitty-gritty details, and start uploading.

100K words later and here we are! The rest was history!!! I know this is probably WAY longer than you ever anticipated 🤣 but THANK YOU for asking me! I hope I didn't scare you away with the essay. I have just loved these characters, the JayTim fandom, and my first experience writing fanfiction so much, and all it takes is a little question for me to go on a gush about it!!

[confetti-cupcake]

Ohhh tell me about Thirty-Nine Days!

Ohh so glad you asked, I could talk about Thirty-Nine Days forever!

So a little about the origin story of the fic — Survivor is one of my all-time favorite TV shows, and whenever I watch a scripted show, I always think about how the characters would do if they were all on Survivor (yes, I'm a weirdo 😂). When I started watching 9-1-1, I went through the same thought exercise and was like, "Wait, hold on, a lot of them would probably actually be really good at Survivor." So I started thinking of different scenarios and what a potential boot order would look like, and after a while, I just couldn't not write it. I started writing it when COVID lockdowns first started, and was writing through that whole summer, but then started having doubts that anyone would actually read it, and took a break. But I recently got re-inspired, and am intent on seeing it through!

Obviously there will be a lot of Buddie in the fic — it's basically a long slow burn of the two of them falling for each other over the course of the experience. But it's not only about Buddie. My favorite part about 9-1-1 is the characters and their development, so the fic is really one big love letter to the characters of both OG 9-1-1 and Lone Star. Everyone in the cast will have their moment in the sun, regardless of when they're voted out, and my goal is to have a fulfilling and satisfying story arc for each contestant. Which will probably make the fic very long, but the hope is that it'll be worth it!

As for the game itself, I made the season be my ideal version of Survivor: minimal idols/advantages, character-driven stories, emphasis on the relationships between the contestants, and a Final 2! The winner has already been decided and the finale scene has been written — fun fact, I actually had a different winner in mind when I first started writing, but then recently decided to change it, and I am much happier with the new ending.

Another fun fact: I started out writing the story in order, but then got stuck in a couple of places, then began writing in reverse order. But there was one scene that got me so excited that I had to jump to the middle and just write the whole thing in one go, and that was the auction scene! That's right — against Jeff's Probst's better judgment, there is an auction in this story, and it is very dramatic. 👀 But it is without a doubt my favorite scene that I've written so far, and I'm really excited for you all to finally get to read it.

You can find my video trailer of the cast here, and an unedited snippet from Buck's POV here. Depending on how much time I have in the next few days, I might clean up Eddie's first scene and post that as well.

Ask me about my other WIPs!