#I've thought about this all morning because I wrote a drabble and researched what the utilisation of landmass was innthe USA

[sunnylolli]

Of course Alfred is loud and walks with all his weight in his heels, have you seen how fucking massive the USA is?? Only 48% of the entire country has people living in it.

The US has space for him, stepping foot in Europe would probably be the equivalent of setting foot into a sandbox.

[sixhours]

Twenty questions for fanfic writers

Ermagerd I love talking fanfic, thanks @numinousmysteries!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

24

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

379,370

3. What fandoms do you write for?

The X-Files and The Last of Us so far!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

All X-Files fics:

A Boy and His Fox

Morning Sickness

Waking Hours

Remnants

We Aren't Meant to Sleep Alone

5. Do you respond to comments?

Most of the time, even if it's just a simple "Thank you!"

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

My Umbra Reverie series, by far. 😬 No regrets!

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

A Boy and His Fox or One Day at a Time. Two different fandoms, both baby fics. I originally envisioned One Day at a Time as a TLOU variation on A Boy and His Fox--a bunch of drabbles strung together--but it turned into a more cohesive story over time.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nope.

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

Sure! If it serves the story, I'll write smut. I'm not big on writing porn without plot because I don't think smut is my strong suit. When I do write smut, it's pretty vanilla, nothing too kinky.

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

I haven't, but I'm currently outlining a TLOU period fic that's based on Anne of Green Gables. Not quite a crossover, but boy it's fun to think about. 😆

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I know of!

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

Nope, I'd be too afraid of letting my co-authors down. 😂

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Mulder and Scully are my OTP. ❤️

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

As of right now I don't have any. I tend to start fics with a lot of preparation, outlining, and research, and I usually wait until they're mostly finished to publish them. I also tend to work on one fic at a time and focus until it's mostly done.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I strive to make my characters as true to the source material and as believable as possible. I want the reader to be able to hear the character's voice in their head as they read, or be able to imagine them in a scene like it were on screen.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Editing while I write. 🙃 It's why I'm so slooooooow.

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

I don't speak any other languages and I'm uncomfortable leaning solely on translation software, but I'm not opposed to trying if it serves the story. My headcanon for TLOU is my Joel stays pretty true to the HBO series in that he's Latino, but he doesn't speak Spanish in regular conversation (I imagine he can, but he doesn't). (Trust that I noticed Tommy's "Adios, big brother" in episode 6, but then apparently Joel says that in the game, so...? I've thought about this too much.)

19. First fandom you wrote for?

The X-Files, when I was 14. Those fics are still in .txt files somewhere on my computer. Someday I'll dig them out and have a good laugh.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Total recency bias, but The Ghosts of Babylon is my favorite right now. Mostly because I love the Reader character and it was my first foray into writing for a fandom other than The X-Files and I think I pulled it off. 🥹

🏷️ No pressure tags! Tell me about your fics! @frannyzooey, @wannab-urs, @bumblepony, @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin, @march-flowerr, @wildemaven and anyone else who wants to give this a whirl.

[joanthangroff]

Answer the Questions and Tag 5 Fanfic Authors

Thanks for the tag @incorrectcoldflashblog! :)

1. How did you get into writing fanfiction?

I've been writing my own stories since I was like 10 or 11, but when I got on tumblr a few years later I discovered fanfiction :D First in a German forum where I mostly read Harry Potter fanfiction and eventually I tried my own hand – with drabbles (the actual exactly-100-words-kind of drabble, thank you very much) and then oneshots about Draco/Luna – because what else could have made me write than a rarepair? When I got more into the Glee fandom, I also got more used to fic in English and then I tried my hand on that, too (mostly because, again, I was into a rarepair that nobody else wrote about).

2. How many fandoms have you written in?

If we take all the Arrowverse shows as one fandom, it's 10 :)

3. How many years have you been writing fanfiction?

At least for 13 years :D

4. Do you read or write more fanfiction?

At the moment I read more – because I rarely write at the moment :D But usually I'd say I write more.

5. What is one way you’ve improved as a writer?

I'm much much much better at introspection!! My fics consisted mostly of dialogue when I started writing. And now I spend more time analyzing characters' thoughts and feelings, I think?

6. What’s the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Oh, don't we all have that moment where we text our bio-engineer friend at 2am in the morning and ask "Hey, if a person in Illinois died in the night of December 11 2013 because they were struck by lightning and then got buried in moist soil, how rotten would their body have been after nine months?"

Otherwise I'd say the month I spent researching lacrosse which almost made me start playing the sport was a very wild ride, personally.

7. What’s your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

"I love all comments equally!", I say like a father who's asked to name their favourite child. (In truth, I have always loved comments that are written while people read the fic. I used to write them, too, but since I mostly read via phone nowadays it's a hassle.)

8. What’s the most fringe trope/topic you write about?

Trans Indian Epic, baby!

9. What is the hardest type of story for you to write?

TIME TRAVEL!!! Do you know how many fic ideas I have that I just can't execute because I keep running in circles whenever I think about the implications of time travel?????? And also anything involved with lots of movement.

10. What is the easiest type?

Chatfics, my beloved <3

11. Where do you do your writing? What platform? When?

I write per hand most of the time while my mum's watching something on TV that I'm not interested in. Then it gets typed up to Google Docs and from there it finds its way to ao3.

12. What is something you’ve been too nervous/intimidated to write, but would love to write one day?

The Glee/Flash AU of your dreams is resting in my head. And also the Teen Wolf season 5+6 rewrite where Mason can see Auras.

13. What made you choose your username?

It was my tumblr URL at the time and is a relict of my Marauders phase. pettigrace = pettigrew + ace. Do not mention Peter Pettigrew to me unless you want to be exposed to a rant that would make me look like a Rat Apologist. (On that note: FUCK JKR!!!!!)

I am tagging @lalalenii @pikechris @sophiainspace @frosty-the-killer-doll and I cannot think of a fifth writer rn.

[katedrakeohd]

#Wacky Drabbles 32

This week's prompt: I've never lied to you

The prompt will appear in the story in bold.

Word Count: Haven't a clue, because I wrote it all here in tumblr.

Rated PG: Adult situations, coarse language

This is a continuation of My Very Valtorian Christmas with the TRH gang.

Tagging:

@jlpplays1 @walker7519 @drakesensworld @kimmiedoo5 @speedyoperarascalparty @furiousherringoperatortoad @drakeandcamilleofvaltoria @jovialyouthmusic @samihatuli @kingliam2019 @fromthedeskofpaisleybleakmore @sirbeepsalot @dcbbw @emceesynonymroll @wickedgypsymoon @gardeningourmet @indiacater @bobasheebaby @loveellamae @rainbowsinthestorm @burnsoslow @mskaneko @bbrandy2002 @jessiembruno @emichelle @griselda1121 @msjpuddleduck @princess-andromeda-nazario @princess-geek @princessleac1 @addictedtodrakefanfic @janezillow @nikkis1983 @texaskitten30 @debramcg1106 @ravenpuff02

Part Eight: Breakfast Battle (1)

Sitting at her vanity table, Kate brushes out her hair while she waits for Drake to finish up in the bathroom. His earlier outburst over their researching of Cordonian baby names without him weighs heavily on her mind. Kate saw his point about wanting to be included, but the feeling that Drake was overreacting to the whole thing was bothering her too. And now Olivia was coming to dinner tonight, which was going to put Drake even more on edge. Breakfast this morning was going to be interesting, especially if Drake was still feeling prickly about the list he hadn't even seen yet.

With a sigh she puts her brush back down on the vanity, and studies her reflection in the mirror. Her hair looked ok, but her skin looked tired and dry. Whatever glow that pregnant women were supposed to exhibit must be switched off today. Reaching for her jar of moisturizer, she hears the bathroom door open and turns her head to look.

Drake comes out of the bathroom with his black dress shirt hanging open, he mutters to himself as he does up the cuff of his sleeve. He's clean shaven and his damp hair is combed back neatly in place. As he comes closer Kate smells the fresh and spicy scent of his aftershave, and can't help but breath deeply. He glances up and stops walking when he notices Kate's open appraisal of him.

With a disarming smirk that always makes Kate feel warm all over he says, "You know that whole, I'm undressing you with my eyes look, kind of defeats the purpose of me putting on fancy clothes."

Kate grins and looks down, a blush coming to her cheeks, and then looks back up. "Well, can you blame me? This is a really nice look for you. You could start a new dress code for the manor."

Looking down and pulling his shirt open, he chuckles as he walks over to Kate.

"So it wouldn't bother you to have the guests walking around with their shirts open too? I don't think we need to encourage Maxwell to have a reason to show off what he's got going on. You know how he always says he's down for anything."

"Well maybe not the guests, but Preston definitely. Have you noticed how built your bodyguard is?"

Drake frowns, "As if I wasn't reminded every damn time I see him. He's taller, broader and more ridiculously chiseled than me. And what's with the moustache?"

Kate turns in her chair, tugging at the bottom of Drake's shirt to bring him closer. As she buttons up his shirt she exaggerates by pulling at the fabric, bringing it taut around his middle to make her point. "I wouldn't want it any other way. Because it's your body he's paid to protect. I know you take pride in the fact that you can take care of yourself. But you're more important now, especially to me. Would you rather have nobody watching your back?"

Drake shoves his hands in his pockets with a sigh, knowing that Kate's right.

"Ok fine, you have a point. It was different before when I was just a nobody commoner. Nicholas always had his bodyguards to keep him safe. I suppose when we were kids they looked after me too, unofficially anyway. I bet it was a pain in the ass to keep us out of trouble."

Kate stops buttoning his shirt, leaving the top two open. She slides her hands down his front as if to smooth out invisible wrinkles, using it as an excuse to touch him. When she reaches the button on his pants, Drake's hands ball into fists in his pockets. He's trying to hide his growing bulge, but only manages to draw more attention to it.

He clears his throat and takes a step back. "I thought you were dressing me, not the other way around."

Kate pushes herself up out of her chair, grabbing her cardigan sweater off the back. "I was just going to tuck in your shirt."

Drake grins, doing it himself and then doing up his belt. "Uh huh right, you were just looking for a reason to shove your hands down my pants."

Kate shrugs into her sweater, stepping over closer to Drake with a mischeivous grin on her face. "Usually you don't mind so much. You can't say you didn't enjoy it."

"Nope, not at all."

Kate steps into his arms, taking a deep breath of his scent before letting it out with a sigh. "Liar, liar, sexy pants on fire."

Drake shakes his head, giving her upturned face gently placed kisses. "I've never lied to you."

Kate giggles, sliding her hands up and down his back. "What about all of those months you denied you had feelings for me?"

"Well technically I was lying to myself, not you. Ok, fine I'm a liar a bad one at that.

We're late for breakfast already. And when we meet Preston and Mara in the hall to escort us, I really don't want to be pointing the way. Or be sitting uncomfortably at the table. We can continue this later."

"Promise?"

Drake gives her one last kiss, and then reluctantly steps back. "Yes, I promise. Besides we have other presents to unwrap today, and I'm hungry."

Kate tucks a handful of her pistachio cookies into the pockets of her sweater, making Drake shake his head at her.

"What? I want to share some with Hana and Maxwell. Don't worry I'll save you one."

Drake tucks his phone in his pocket and then reaches for her hand. "Come on, let's go."