#Maxime Huntzberge

[benwvatt]

my 2022 writing year in review!

 Thank you so much to @feeisamarshmallow for the tag!

1. Number of stories posted to Ao3: 32 separate stories! I was very fortunate to have a productive, joyful writing year, and I also started writing shorter stories rather than longer ones this year.

2. Word count this year: 74,396

3. Fandoms I wrote for: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gilmore Girls, Grey’s Anatomy, Heartstopper, Murdoch Mysteries, Severance, Supergirl, The Fault in Our Stars, The Martian, Virgin River

4. Pairings: Aang/Katara, Sokka/Zuko, Jake Peralta/Amy Santiago, Rory Gilmore/Logan Huntzberger, Charlie Spring/Nick Nelson, William Murdoch/Julia Ogden, Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, Hazel Grace Lancaster/Augustus Waters, and Beth Johanssen/Chris Beck.

5. Stories with the most:

Kudos: i’ve been around the globe, found a diamond wrapped in gold (but it doesn’t shine like you) which is my Supercorp friendship bracelet story! I just finished it and I was so happy to be able to give it a satisfying, cute ending.

Bookmarks: same thing as above! this was a really popular story :)

Comment threads: to know you like the back of my hand, which is my collection of a dozen one-shots I wrote for Supercorp.

Word count: same thing as above! this fic was my longest this year, at 9,100 words total.

6. Work I’m most proud of (and why): I’m going to go with memories painted in much brighter ink, the Heartstopper fic I wrote about Nick and Charlie dealing with their negative relationships with Harry, who decides to apologize to them both for being a bully and a bad friend. That fic is also tied with please remind me to forget you for the story I’m most proud of (this one is my Murdoch Mysteries story about William and Julia reconciling after she marries the wrong guy.)

They were both really interesting missing-moments stories that included letters (I’m a big fan of epistolary communication! letters are so intimate and personal!) and I don’t think most other writers would have published something like this. It felt exciting and special to focus on these parts of canon and expand them, exploring the characters’ curiosity and heartbreak at the same time.

7.  Work I’m least proud of (and why): Definitely i strung you a halo of stars, which is a collection of 4 stories I wrote for Supercorptober. I was really anxious and stressed when I wrote these stories, and I felt like I kind of had to “keep up” because it’s a fandom holiday and we had daily challenges. The writing became more about maximizing word count rather than enjoying writing, which is why I only did Supercorptober for about 5 days before quitting. I was just too busy and uninterested in the end.

8.  Share or describe a favorite review you received: Oh, I have so many! @nostradamus0 is kind enough to leave screaming reviews on many things I write (thank you for that, friend) and I also got a lot of really lovely reviews on Supercorp stories I wrote about parental trauma or forgetting your native language or struggling with anxiety.

 I really like to write hurt/comfort and fluff combined, and it was so nice to see that my stories were able to comfort other readers who were also dealing with stress and hurt.

Aaaaand I got so many lovely reviews on the fics I wrote for Kataang or Heartstopper. I love being able to write things that entertain and make people happy. I’m quite good with banter (it’s my main thing and the easiest thing for me to write) and I insert it wherever possible. 

9.  A time when writing was really, really hard: Supercorptober! I was pushing myself to do a monthly challenge when I had schoolwork and other stuff to deal with, and it just didn’t work out for me. I’m glad I quit so early. Quitting is good and quitters deserve hugs and chocolate. If you can’t sustain something, taking a step back and interrogating why is a good idea.

10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you: Helly R from Severance. She is amazing. I would die for her. I wrote about her in my reputation precedes me, a ficlet about her character growth, and I can’t say anything more without spoilers. Severance is the best tv show I’ve ever seen. I don’t usually like thrillers/horror but Severance is light on both and it’s just so GOOD at exploring the ways that capitalism will devour you from the inside out.

11. A favorite excerpt of your writing:

this is a scene from (whoever said I would find someone new) must’ve never met you, a Supercorp fic set at a southern bar where Supercorp have broken up in the beginning and they get back together by the end.

I really loved writing Lena’s experience at this bar, The Great Beyond, and creating OCs who are all friendly and loving. I’m also just ... weirdly excited to write the OCs falling in love with each other because they are all gay? And I love a good queer southern love story.

Fuck. She should’ve just turned into bed early instead of driving out here to the bar, The Great Beyond, to say hey and good evenin’ to the regulars. Tim probably groaned when he saw her. Marcie in the corner cheered gently when she walked in. Lena always dances with her when it’s eleven and they don’t wanna go home yet. And then there’s Lucas, about to get his first tattoo, and Connor who keeps his guitar in the backseat. Just in case he figures out the bridge of the song he’s been writing since last year, y’know. He and Tim came up with the chorus together.

Connor won’t tell you he plays but he can sing you a story, rock you to sleep, take you on an old-timer’s tour of dreamland. Lena’s been before. She’s seen the milestones and skipped them across the pond. The road on the way there’s a little rocky, but it’s nothing she can’t handle.

Ashley sits front and center, welcoming the warm glow of orange light. Steph tilts back in her chair and offers once again to braid Ashley’s hair, or perhaps Lena’s. Steph had been laid off from the beauty salon last month. No luck since.

Lena said yes once, on a Saturday when she found an old receipt from the time she and Kara went and got ice cream at Braum’s, and Steph wiped her tears away with a ratty napkin before twisting Lena’s hair into a Celtic knot.

“No, I’m Irish,” Lena blurted, “and I dunno if I’m a Celt-”

Steph laughed. “Who’ll ever know ‘cept for you?”

12. How did you grow as a writer this year: I started writing for different fandoms instead of being strict with myself about “the core fandoms” that I had to stick to! I wrote shorter stories (like, 1500 words or less) because I liked it and I didn’t have time to do a big multichap fic. I branched out. I had fun while writing. I wrote meta for Grey’s Anatomy and Virgin River. I quit writing for The Resident because that show took a SERIOUS downturn in quality recently, and I don’t ever want to watch it again (if you know, you know.)

This was a good year and I had so much fun writing shorter stories, and different stories for various tiny fandoms.

13. How do you hope to grow next year: I want to get better at not defining success through the number of hits/words/comments/etc. a story has. Stories are allowed to exist just as they are. Less popular stories aren’t “bad” or “not worth my time.”

I also hope to finish up some of my unfinished multichap stories, and mayyyybe write more for B99 (I only wrote 1 B99 story this year, and it was meta rather than fiction, which is a big change from previous years when I wrote a lot of peraltiago fic.) AND I want to keep writing whatever I want, even if that means writing for new fandoms that I’ve never tried before.

I like writing things out of love I’m not a good visual artist; I’m not good with textiles or gifs or drawing, and I often wish that I could translate the images in my head to art on a page. But fic is one of the ways that I like to give back to fandom, collaborate with fandom, meet people in fandom. I love that I can have a fleeting idea and publish a story about it in the next 12 hours.

14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc):

@nostradamus0. It’s not even a question. He is lovely, and lets me scream at him about Kataang even though he’s never seen ATLA, and I can send him excerpts of my stories anytime.

15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year: EVERYTHING from real life shows up in my writing.

must’ve never met you was inspired by neotraditional country music of the 2010s/2020s (it’s great! it’s making a comeback!!!)

many of my supercorp fics are inspired by my cats and my narwhal painting (technically, it’s a poster of whales, but there’s a narwhal in there) and my desperate desire to have a lamp shaped like a jellyfish.

I constantly write scenes where people bake because I get frantic if I don’t bake for several days. Oh, and I also constantly write scenes where people daydream and write letters/letters and cherish the softness of their homes because I’m a gentle person.

16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers: Uh, overusing italics is a really bad idea because it ruins the flow of your sentences. Getting a good flow often involves reading your work in your head so you can imagine the ups and downs of the words.

Writing takes time and you’re allowed to be frustrated that you’re not “better.” Give yourself time and space. Write as often or as rarely as you want.

Write down fic titles and AU ideas in a list in Google Docs because you may want them later. Don’t be afraid to be silly or gloomy or whatever; this is your blank page! Your words are the ink!!!!

Reading other people’s work, whether a published book or a fic or stuff like poetry, is a great way to get better at writing. Offering to be someone else’s beta reader, such as on AO3, is often a great way to make friends and learn more about writing. Oh, and try not to judge your writing too harshly. You still have so many good things waiting for you.

17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year: hmmmmmm I do have 2 peraltiago AUs (the you’ve got mail AU and the Jake-is-undercover AU) that I want to finish sometime in the future.

I also have several ATLA stories that are random memory-tangle-ideas (the Aang-Spiderman AU, the Katara is undercover as both a Kyoshi Warrior and the Painted Lady AU, the Kataang Mulan AU, the Zukka turtleduck petting zoo AU, the Zuko-emotional-support-dragon story) that I hope to write eventually! Or, at least, they will stay good dreams.

18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read:

@nostradamus0, @chocomd, @flameohotwife, @dearestpartnerofgreatness

and anyone else who wants to participate! If you see this, you are free to do this tag if you like! <3

[tretasdehoggy]

A lenda dessa paixão faz sorrir ou faz chorar?

E não é que mais mistérios tem acontecido no banheiro feminino do segundo andar? E desta vez eu prometo que não é sobre uma espada, uma cobra gigante e dois garotos disputando atenção de alguém. Estava eu passando pelos corredores, quando avistei um movimento muito estranho. E não, não era o diretor Trystan e seu peculiar jeito de caminhar. Na verdade, eram duas garotas e que pertenciam a casas opostas. Eu tentei não envolver uma cobra nessa polêmica, mas a sonserina não facilita. Ambas ao meu ver faziam jus ao famoso ditado: aqueles que se atraem sabe? Trouxas saberiam dizer melhor do que eu.

Madeixas escuras, mas não muito bem tratadas, pertencia a Maxime Huntzberge. Acreditem, esse babado demorou para sair, pois demorei mais tempo digitando este sobrenome do que pronunciando o mesmo. O outro, bem... nada a declarar até aqui. Acontece, que durante minha sorrateira espionagem, notei que cobrinha se questionava com um ar de dúvidas, se estava ou não apaixonada. Fiquei confusa, meu amados, pois sonserinos são capazes de amar? (Não levem em consideração Emma Lestat e Scórpio Malfoy, pois sabemos que a insanidade tem nome) Ou se sortuda, se  é que se pode dizer isso, era relevante o suficiente para fazer com que um coração repleto de veneno pulsasse algo além de ódio. 

Acontece que,  não meus amores, ainda não estou pronta para relevar a outra parte envolvida, por que assim com Max, não tenho certeza se ele é relevante, por tanto esse segredo manterei para mim mesma, por hora. Afinal de contas um feitiço Abaffiato, foi executado para que ninguém descobrisse se a lenda dessa paixão faz sorrir ou faz chorar, logo, não serei eu a primeira pessoa a quebrar esse encanto. Contudo, eu espero que termine em duelo, com varinhas empunhadas e feitiços proclamados.

[theywerestoriessoon]

MUSE LIST

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

Buffy Summers

Canon | Show-based. FC: Virginia Gardner.

DYNASTY

Fallon Carrington

Canon | Reboot. FC: Elizabeth Gillies.

Liam Ridley

Canon | Reboot. FC: Adam Huber.

GAME OF THRONES

Daenerys Targaryen

Canon | Book-based, show-influenced (and highly critical). FC: Emilia Clarke.

GILMORE GIRLS

Logan Huntzberger

Canon | AYITL-critical. FC: Matt Czuchry.

Lorelai Gilmore

Canon | AYITL-critical. FC: Lauren Graham.

Paris Geller

Canon | AYITL-critical. FC: Liza Weil.

GOOD OMENS

Crowley

Canon | Book- and show-based. FC: David Tennant.

GOSSIP GIRL

Blair Waldorf

Canon | Show-based. FC: Leighton Meester.

Nathaniel Archibald

Canon | Show-based. FC: Chace Crawford.

GRISHAVERSE

Nikolai Lantsov

Canon | Book-based. FC: Bradley James.

HARRY POTTER Note: I do not write plots related to, or using the canon in, The Cursed Child.

Andromeda Tonks

Canon | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Holly Marie Combs.

Aurora Malfoy

Original | Next Gen Era. FC: Emma Mackey.

Bellatrix Lestrange

Canon | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Helena Bonham Carter.

Damon Greengrass

Original | Trio Era. FC: William Moseley.

Daphne Greengrass

Canon | Trio Era. FC: Sarah Gadon.

Elena Macmillan

Original | Trio Era. FC: Blake Lively.

Fenrir Greyback

Canon | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Ciarán Hinds.

Hermione Granger

Canon | Trio Era. FC: Aja Naomi King.

James Potter

Canon | Marauders &Trio Era. FC: Jorge López.

Lucius Malfoy

Canon | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Daniel Craig.

Narcissa Malfoy

Canon | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Robin Wright.

Pansy Parkinson

Canon | Trio Era. FC: Natalie Dormer.

Rita Skeeter

Canon | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Kristin Bauer von Straten.

Scorpius Malfoy

Canon | Next Gen Era. FC: Sam Claflin.

Seraphina Greengrass

Original | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Mädchen Amick

Severus Snape

Canon | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Tom Hiddleston.

Sirius Black

Canon | Marauders & Trio Era. FC: Douglas Booth.

ORPHAN BLACK

Paul Dierden

Canon. FC: Dylan Bruce.

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS

Spencer Hastings

Canon. FC: Troian Bellisario.

THE RESIDENT

Conrad Hawkins

Canon. FC: Matt Czuchry.

SHADOWHUNTERS

Alec Lightwood

Canon | Show-based, book influence. FC: Matthew Daddario.

Jocelyn Fairchild

Canon | Show-based, book influence. FC: Maxim Roy.

Magnus Bane

Canon | Show-based, book influence. FC: Harry Shum Jr.

Meliorn

Canon | Show-based, book influence. FC: Jade Hassouné.

SUPERNATURAL

Dean Winchester

Canon. FC: Jensen Ackles.

[tretasdehoggy]

Soltos em Floripa: Hogwarts edition

Então o dia da festa mais comentada chegou - e durou até demais. Quem pensava que a festa seria pacífica, amena, infantil e inofensiva, por ter sido organizada pela monitora da Grifinória, se chocou, já que tudo soou como um remake (meio malfeito) de sexo, drogas e rock n' roll. Teve beijo, bebida, drogas, falta de noção, criança, e Falco Burbage fazendo quadradinho. Porém, mesmo com tantos acontecimentos, o resultado da festa conseguiu enteadiar até mesmo nosso animado estagiário, que deixou a Sala Precisa com muito sono e zero vontade de escrever.

Primeiramente, a anfitriã da festa chegou acompanhada de seu mais novo namorado, Andrew Huntzberger. Confirmando que não sou só eu que acho esse casal bem esquisitinho, Oliver Thomas aproveitou a situação para dar uma provocada e deu em cima do rapaz descaradamente, atraindo a fúria da meio-veela que tascou um beijo roubado no namoradinho. E Andrew fez o que? Nada. Porque Andrew e nada é a mesma coisa.

Além desse casal, tivemos: Gianna Fontana e Ewan Mackfield se beijando na pista de dança; Phoebe Prewett e Eunbi Kim se beijando depois de um século de enrolação (e o estagiário nem sabia que essas duas estudavam na escola, pra começo de conversa);  Aaron Hawthorne e Shinya Kogami de boiolice a festa toda, com direito a serenata e tudo, o que levou alguns de nossos leitores a criar uma petição para Shin deixar de fingir que gosta de romance e voltar pra cafajestagem que é onde ele pertence ; e teve Oliver Thomas e Shun Kogami continuando o que começaram no campo de quadribol. Se aconteceu mais alguma coisa não foi digno de nota.

E pelo visto a bordoada que Scorpio Malfoy levou do salgueiro afetou SEVERAMENTE sua capacidade de percepção da realidade, já que o garoto foi visto dando em cima de Max Huntzberger, a maior e mais convicta sapatão de Hogwarts.

Coube a Max explicar o óbvio e dar um fora no Malfoy covardão, com uma das frases que com certeza absoluta concorrerá ao prêmio de Quote do Ano: "Amado? Você não acha que tem um pouco de pênis demais pra me fazer uma proposta dessas?" Quem é Shakespeare perto dessa garota? Infelizmente, a noite de nossa querida sapatão ainda teve como piorar porque PASMEM, ela foi trocada por um marmanjo chorão. Mary Ann deixou nossa fada semi-nua e horny para cuidar de Alexei Avery, que chegou à festa atrasado, bêbado e aos prantos.

Para fechar essa matéria porque ninguém aguenta mais, vamos para os hightlights:

1. Shin vestido de Pikachu, ganhando com tranquilidade o prêmio de melhor outfit da festa.

2. Max e Oliver semi-nus, nos agraciando com belíssimas visões em meio a tanto tédio.

3. Falco Burbage fazendo quadradinho. Esse menino tem futuro, senhores.

4. Kaios Lestrange soltando a taba na festa e ameaçando o cartel de drogas da srta. Huntzberger antes mesmo de começar.

5. Nossos leitores preocupados com a testa do pobre Benjamin Fontana, cujos chifres agora ultrapassam a estratosfera depois  da sessão de boiolice de Aaron Hawthorne.

Então é isso, o estagiário desistiu da confra dos grifanos, voltou para seu salão comunal e tirou do cu uma forma dessa festa parecer mais interessante do que realmente foi. Apreciem, seus arrombados de merda. Por hoje é só.