#My pet peeve in everyone lives fics

[cr0wqui11]

Guys. Shakes you. Everything doesn’t get automatically fixed bc Ocean had a little bit of character development. Improvement takes time. More than an hour and a half. She doesn’t just become perfect after one monologue. Everyone just doesn’t automatically forgive her. Also Constance is still depressed it doesn’t just go away completely after a catchy song. It’s a step in the right direction but she’s barely even had time to process the porta potty stuff. She also doesn’t have to immediately forgive Ocean!! Think of the angst possibilities!!

[letteredlettered]

"they talked about everything and nothing" is my biggest pet peeve. It's so much worse than a fade to black before a sex scene. Even in the sexiest lustiest pining-est fic, fade to black is still better than they talked about everything and nothing. Like. I am the biggest proponent of 'your sex scene should be unique to you! And your fic!' out there, but in the end I still know what probably happens in a sex scene and if you're fading to black then I definitely know. They orgasmed; it was good; it didn't move the plot along; fine; no one cares.

But everything and nothing. Boy, everything and nothing, let me tell you; this is the worst because I do care and I don't know; I don't know what happened; tell me what happened; WHAT DID THEY TALK ABOUT??? You set up your nice meet-cute and a couple conversations and somehow they are going from acquaintances to friends but how? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? This is the mystery of our lives right here!!! When you do make a friend, you are like how did that happen? It's magic; it's unique; it's better than sex, and it's literally different for everyone. It's the most unique beautiful and hot experience and you're reducing it to this little phrase that has no meaning, when the point of the phrase is that the conversation has all the meaning, even though it's not always about big things! Show me the banter! Show me the little jokes! Show me the contemplation of the universe! Show me the disagreements! Show me the agreements! Show me the real porn!

Like do not tease me with all this slow burn this, pining that, acquaintances-to-friends-to-lovers TEASING and don't give me THE GOOD STUFF, the stuff that I need, the stuff that I crave, by which I mean dialogue. Dialogue is the new smut pass it on

[aziraphales-library]

Hello! Do you have any recommendations of fics where Crowley or Aziraphale become disabled but don't go back to abled at the end? I know this is more common in human AUs, but I really like the show's concept of disabled angels/demons and in almost every fic I read with this applied to the main characters it ends with them not disabled anymore as part of the "happy ending" which is a big pet peeve of mine, so if you could recommend ones where this doesn't happen you'd be doing me a solid favor!

Hi! Tags we have that you may be interest in are #crowley has chronic pain, #blind crowley, #autistic aziraphale, and #crowley has ptsd. Here are some non-human au fics with permanent disabilities...

No One Falls On Purpose by ForSnaken (G)

Five times Crowley and Aziraphale laughed off a real problem and one time Crowley let himself be cared for. Inspired by that interview/tumblr post where David Tennant says he couldn't see all that well with the contacts and sunglasses

Of Wasting Stars by Lev (M)

After the apocalypse that wasn't, Aziraphale's new body starts breaking down.

So Sick of Late by EdosianOrchids901 (T)

While caring for a sick Crowley, Aziraphale has a chronic illness flare-up of his own. Can they take care of each other?

How I Care for My Husband by MostWeakHamlets (G)

A.Z Fell Cooking uploads an unusual video. Instead of a new recipe, Mr. Fell shows everyone how he cares for his husband, Anthony, on his worst days. Spring is around the corner, and Aziraphale is ready to see Crowley start to recover from his usual winter complaint. However, a new member of the family comes along, and it doesn't seem to be as smooth of a recovery as Aziraphale had hoped for.

The Quality of Mercy by AlineRusu (G)

"Aziraphale had heard the word before. He knew it was invented during the Fall as punishment for those like Crawly who turned away from the Almighty’s Grace. Even so, he wasn’t sure he understood the concept, but Crawly didn’t need to know that." In which Aziraphale's corporation wasn't put together quite perfectly and he learns to accept himself as he is (with Crowley's help.)

Struggles and Caring by Azicrownumber1fan (NR)

Post the hypothetical events of season 3 Crowley and Aziraphale finally live together in peace. However Aziraphale is struggling heavily with his mental health and a new chronic illness. Crowley does his best to care for him.

- Mod D

[crazylittlejester]

Can we hear about "the other Wars"? 👀

ABSOLUTELY

i dont really have anything I can really share for this one, it’s in very rough shape and mostly just jotted down notes, but it’s the idea I mentioned ages ago about wanting to write a fic where Wars was a villain. And i dont mean just an asshole, I mean at some point in the war something happened and his need for control led him to believe the only way to save everyone and ever feel safe again was to gain as much power as physically possible and essentially do everything himself. in his mind he’s protecting the people of hyrule, but he’s actually become a dictator. and once he WINS the war and defeats ganon and cia and everything is over, he can’t let that power go because it makes him feel safe and it’s all he can rely on, and he’s taken over the kingdom at that point and Lana, Zelda, Impa and all the others have literally had to leave because they can’t get rid of him from right next to him and he sees them as threats. And he just grows more and more paranoid that people are going to take his “safety” away so he becomes a worse and worse person. But in HIS mind he’s doing it to protect people he loves and also himself, because his fear has made him selfish but he’s unable to see that. its not that he doesn’t still care about the others, because he DOES, but his perception of reality has been so fucked up and twisted he can’t comprehend the harm he causes

HOWEVER: REGULAR GOOD OL WARS IS ALSO JUST THERE IN THIS FIC. THERES TWO OF THEM. Because Evil Wars ended the war HOW he did, the timeline didn’t heal, so he’s in his own timeline continuing to fucking suck, and a portal spits out the chain in THAT era. So Regular Wars and Evil Wars will at some point comes face to face

and the whole point of this fic is that I want to highlight that YES, (Regular) Warriors is a deeply traumatized character who’s terrified of betrayal and just wants to feel safe and to protect others, and yes sometimes his fear and his worry can come across as him being harsh to the others, but he is not cruel. He was never cruel, not at any point in his game. His over confidence does not equate to him being unkind, in his game he got a bit of an ego, sure, but he was a kid and he learned his mistake. His trauma does not make him abusive, he IS a kind and caring person, and he chooses to be one despite all he went through because he has compassion for others and lives his life serving the kingdom and its people that he loves so much

…basically i’m petty and i hated seeing so much of Asshole Wars that I decided I was going to create Evil Wars but STILL make him human and not completely cold hearted. DONT GET ME WRONG EVIL WARS STILL FUCKING SUCKS, but also he exists (in part) to highlight the gentleness and love Regular Wars treats others with, EVEN when he’s stressed and/or scared. Because Wars is not a fucking asshole and shouldn’t be used to create more angst for the other members of the chain and i lose a year off my life every time i see that happen thats my biggest pet peeve like yeah sure its your fanfic do whatever you want but oh my god im falling to my knees and screaming at the sky

[tur11ngery]

Hiya hiya I’m curious on your thoughts on other 7n7 ships also have you heard of his business partner Noli and the beloved pumpkin?

other 7n7 ships r below the cut so im not clogging up everyones stream with a big wall of text :-)

7n7noli... the idea of a business partner in crime and the possible tension that could come from that is really interesting, but i dont know much about noli so im hesitant to say anything until more gets revealed. this is also affected by the fact that i dont have access to the discord server because of stupid phone verification stuff, so take it with a grain of salt.

outside of 7noli, they look so very cool!! i like their design and the fun little mask, and since malbear holds a very special place in my heart i already have a soft spot for them. :-)

im not sure whats up with the pumpkin???? i saw all the pictures on my twitter. the pumpkin looks So polite. Love the pumpkin (i think?)

1x7n7 (1x1x1x1 x 007n7) is a personal comfort of mine recently. i like their possible dynamics. i cant really explain this one besides hennghhg hackerzzz.... i think it's more like... rather than forcing their rehabilitation and betterment, they're kind of helping each other out. theyre not doing it for each other, but theyre discovering the truths of absolute love and learning how to love living... together. and also uhh smoochhhh

as is 777 (chance x 7n7 x 1337). i accidentally got way too attached to 1337n7 from one of my requests and now theyre smooching in my brain. chance and 007n7 are really cool to me because of chances thing with probability, and 007n7 and 1337 are kind of saving each other. 1337n7 are.. perfect complements, in a way. while 1x7n7 works in my head because they have so much potential to grow together, chance/1337/7n7 all complement each other in these hyperspecific ways.

i dont know about shedletsky/builderman x 7n7. sounds like a forbidden, secret thing. the admin and the hacker. could be really interesting, but it's not my thing personally, especially because theres the issue of the moral high ground when it comes to 7n7's rehabilitation. some opposition or opposing ideologies i think make ships interesting, but this is like... night and day. some might like it for its toxicity, though. i dont judge.

007n7 x elliot is a really funny idea. im not much for tragic doomed evil yaoi but theres a lot of mutual redemption to be had there that i like. that being said, it's a personal pet peeve of mine when people reduce 7n7 to either his son or his past rather than his constant state of turmoil and self-surveillance. i think this ship is hard to get right. then again, i think 7n7 and elliot are among the two hardest characters to 'get right' in terms of what a person would believably do or say with their background, along with chance.

007n7 x two time sounds sooo. intriguing, i guess? i dont know much about the church of the spawn, so i cant tell if two time would hate 7n7 for defying the will of the spawn or deify 7n7 for his power. possible fucked up dynamic to be had here. overall, pretty interesting.

john doe and 7n7 is not anything ive considered. i cant see any possible dynamic, besides 7n7 trusting himself to try to mend john doe and being conflicted on if he should and if he wants to help him bc he might remember his wife and all the attention is sooo nice. but i think 7n7 is more rational than that so... hmmm

mafioso and 007n7 is sooo funny in my head. mostly for the same reason i think pizzadebt is literally fascinating; mafioso is so abnormal. hes part of a massive mafia hivemind in my head. i like old man yaoi..... i had this fic idea a while back where 007n7 could see mafioso in the real world because of 7n7's dissociation problem. theyre cute. reminds me of the kiss painting by klimt.

if theres any i forgot, come into my askbox and yell at me. sorry for the ramble, but thank you for asking! you made my day submitting this :-)

[mika-the-shadowbeast]

WIP!

Hey everyone, here's an unedited wip of a Peri x Reader fic I'm working on! Feedback is welcomed!

It was a lot of little things that started it, stacking one on top of another, over the course of a few short weeks. And the one that started it all, was at the bus stop.

Following his recent fuck up of almost letting Fairy World get taken over by a ten year old controlled by Anti-fairies and subsequent firing, Periwinkle Fairywinkle-Cosma had done nothing much except mope about his parents house. It wasn’t like he was depressed or anything, but that was his first Godchild! Fresh out of school, and he blew it so horribly! And in under six months too, that had to be a new record.

His mom had reassured him though, give Jorgen a bit of time to cool off and then take a refresher course. He would be a God parent again in no time!

In the mean time, however, his parents had decided that he needed to go out and get some fresh air. They kicked him out of the apartment with a list of errands to do and told him not to come back until after they were all done. He had been peeved at first, but his mood quickly changed after he read the list.

-eat ice cream in the park -watch the clouds -play with some puppies -eat more ice cream -also please pick up some milk, we’re out

Already, he was starting to feel better. His parents cared about him, and his mom was right. Everything would be fine. Tucking the list away, he decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to test out his human disguise. This would be a simple and easy trip, perfect timing in all honesty.

He just wished he knew how to walk better, but that’s where his wand came in handy he guessed. It doubles great as a cane!

But his day out was good! The ice cream he had in the park was amazing, and he was able to watch the clouds at the same time. He was also able to find the pet store Hazel had mentioned passing at one point, and he really could’ve spent all day in there. Puppies really were the best medication.

When re-counting the story later, Peri wouldn’t be able to say what had happened. Just that one minute, he was standing there, waiting for the light to change to green, and the next he was being violently pulled away from the road as a car raced through the spot he was just in. He stumbled backwards as two smaller hands gripped his arms and tried to steady him.

“You okay there, Lilac? That was close!” And he stared back at her, the young women trying to keep him upright as she bent down to pick up his wand.

“Uh, yeah, I’m fine.” He replied, brushing himself and taking back his wand. “Thanks?“

“It’s no problem,” She said, picking up her own dropped items before turning back around. “Just be careful. There’s always a couple of lunatics that think they own the damn road.”

And that was that. He watched her walk down the road for a moment, before continuing across the street to get the milk his parents wanted.

-----

The second time was far less dramatic. It was late, and Peri was just returning home from a nice walk. He was enjoying pretending to be human, and he could see why his parents liked to do it too.

It kind of reminded him of when he was little, and would spend time with Timmy.

As he approached the stairs, he failed to notice the extra person nearby. At least, he didn’t notice her until her giant dog jumped at him.

He would never admit to falling backwards down the stairs, not even to the one who witnessed it.

“Hey, hey!” She yelled, pulling the barking mutt back down the wheelchair ramp. “Stop that!”

Peri carefully pulled himself back up as the women managed to get the thing to settle down.

“I am so sorry about- Oh! It’s you!” She sounded almost shocked, as she leaned over the railing to look at him. “What’chu doing here, Violet?”

“I could ask you the same thing.” He replied, not only annoyed at the dog anymore.

“I live here.” She said, looking a little too unbothered for the conversation at hand. “What about you? I haven’t seen you around here before.”

“My parents live here. I, uh, lost my job, so I’m staying with them for a while.” He said, careful not to reveal too much.

“Ooh, that sucks. Couldn’t be me.” She replied, laughing a little before pulling out a small white stick and offering it too him. “Cigarette?”

It must’ve been the face he made, because she was quick to pull it away. “Welp, I gotta go, see ya around!” She called, quickly grabbing her monster-dog’s leashing and walking off, giving no time for him to reply.

“Humans are so weird.” Was all he said, before taking the opportunity before ‘poofing' back into his parent’s apartment.

-----

Third times the charm, he guesses. Peri had started going to a coffee shop, not too far from the apartment. Mostly because they had some amazing and super sweet cake pops. So whenever he had a minute, he would stroll down to get some.

It was like a safe space for him.

So imagine his surprise when he ran into the same weird young women again. She was just sitting innocently at one of the tables, quietly reading a book.

And yet, Peri just couldn't help but stare at her.

What are the odds?

Of course, then she just had to look over at him while he was staring at her, with a big freaking grin like she had just won some super secret prize or something.

“Well hey there, Iris,” She said, dropping the book onto the table and continuing to grin up at him. “What can I do for you today?”

At this point he just gave up and sat down, gently placing his cake onto the table near the book.

“That’s not my name.” He said once he settled.

“Oh, I know that.” She replied, suspiciously eyeing the snacks just out of reach. “But I don’t know what it is, so I’m trying to guess.”

“But, none of what you’ve called is even close??” He said, honestly just confused at this point.

“True. But the only thing I have to go off of is that you are wearing a lot of purple. Like, every time I see you, you are covered in it. Even your hair.” She points out, giving him a quick once over.

He doesn’t have a reply to that. Mostly because she’s right, he does wear purple a lot.

“So what is it? Your name, if you don’t mind telling me.” She asks, leaning on her hand and smiling at him like she didn’t just call him out on his poor fashion choices.

“It’s Periwinkle. Or, Peri for short. It used to be, something else, but I changed it.” He said, deciding not to mention the Poof thing. He’s not quite sure how adults would understand that.

“So,” She started, grin growing larger as she took a moment to process what he said. “I would’ve guessed it eventually, huh?”

It shamefully took him longer then he would admit to remember that he had actually named himself after a color. He really was off lately, maybe being unemployed was doing more damage then he thought?

“Quit smiling like that!” This was beginning to get on his nerves. Leaning back in the chair, Peri crossed his arms and gave her a hard look. “Since you’re so proud of that, why don’t you tell me your name?”

“Oh absolutely! Fair is fair.” She replied, leaning over the table holding out a hand. “My name is-”

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Again, I need to work on this a bit more, iron out the rough bits and all, but it's a start! Thank you reading, I appreciate you all. :D

[hils79]

Hils Watches Love Me, Love My Voice - Ep 21

SHE TURNED THE LIGHTS OFF! Those who have read some of my other liveblogs (or my livetweets from the olden days) will know that characters sleeping with the lights on is a pet peeve of mine

Eheh! But look they have the lights off too while there is canoodling happening

This is the plot of every 'there was only one bed' fic in existence

He made all this fuss about needing to get up early for an early shift and I was expecting him to be up at 5am or something. I get up earlier than this for work every day!

Quite pleased that I can read some of this. Also IT'S A TRAP.

Oh my god of course she's the doctor that keeps trying to hit on Mo Qingcheng

Wow, okay, I did not see that coming!

I love that this is now all Jue Mei's fault. I should have known that a drama this soft wouldn't introduce a love rival storyline this close to the end.

I think I'm starting to see why Mo Qincheng had a crush on Gu Sheng before they ever met. He fell in love with her voice too!

I want them to be besties and bully Mo Qingcheng now

HAHA! Oh my god this is about to get incredibly awkward

I love her! She's like 'nope you two are on your own with this one bye'

Well, that awkwardness was over with quickly thank goodness. And of course Gu Sheng's mother is delighted that her daughter's boyfriend is a handsome doctor

Oh my god it's like a special ops recon mission

Wow he is so good at lying. Which I suppose he'd have to be given that he's been living two lives for a decade

He does not fuck around. Yep, we only just met but please know I want to marry your daughter. I love that this is news to everyone including Gu Sheng.

I love that he is handsome and successful but still has no clue what romance is

I love him

I thought he was going to be all pretentious about why he likes vinyls and he made it beautiful instead. I am going to cry I love him.

If I wasn't aroace and a handsome man invited me on a date to a bookstore, made a romantic speech about music and then offered to by me books I would marry him immediately

[msnihilist]

Okay so I know you're probably not into Miraculous Ladybug anymore but I got into the fandom a while ago and I read 'Stitch Me Up' and I absolutely love it. That is actually one of my favourite fics and I just want to thank you so much for writing it.

Like you cover what I think the entire fandom forgets: Marinette only started standing up to Chloe at the beginning of the year because Alya, who joined that year, became her first friend and inspired her to not take Chloe's bullying sitting down (+ Tikki also gave her confidence in herself)

One thing I absolutely detest are bullies, I have literally left fandoms because of how people overglorify bullies and try to downplay their actions or use their sad backstories to excuse them (honestly, I'll forever be in the 'cool motive, still murder' camp when it comes to villains) when they are such horrible people.

Mademoiselle my-daddy's-the-mayor spent years making Marinette's life a living hell just for her own pleasure and never faced any consequences. For three years she was the class president and had the entire school under her thumb and because Marinette was her favourite victim everyone just stood by and watched because the adults couldn't/wouldn't do anything and the children were too scared of her. And because of that I can assume that Chloe's behaviour was worse pre-origins

That's why my biggest pet peeve in fics is when Adrien stands up for/defends Chloe and tells Marinette to be patient/forgive her because he never lived through what she did (also fuck everyone telling the victim to forgive their abuser). Yeah, she's his friend and he has rose coloured glasses because of his years of isolation, neglect and abuse (I like Adrien, I really do but there are moments where I just can't stand how enabling he is - like at the end of Despair Bear where he just laughs and says that she'll never change after making Mylene cry, I just) but just because she's nice to him doesn't excuse how she tormented Marinette for years. She's allowed to feel bitter/resentful because Chloe is her bully and it's perfectly normal for a victim to feel that way. It's not her job to make her a better person and it's not her job to forgive her instantly (why is that so common in fics?) - or even to forgive her at all.

Like yeah, she has loving parents (who were powerless in this situation) but Chloe made sure she had practically no one for years - Marinette almost gave up the earrings when she first

And that's why I love your fic because you put down everything I've been thinking - Marinette only has friends now, she only has the confidence to stand up for injustice now. The fact that she's so positive doesn't mean that Chloe doesn't get to her, it just means that she's strong enough to live through years of bullying with a smile on her face. The fact that she stands up to Chloe doesn't mean that what Chloe does isn't that bad or that they have some kind of rivalry, it means that she finally has a support system (Alya and Tikki) after years of just taking it.

I'm so sorry for going on a rant but I think that you're the only person on ao3 that actually brings up how hard Marinette has had it pre-Origins and I'm so happy/here for that.

Just, you're a brilliant writer and thank you so much :)

I feel for Chloé, I really do, but it's not Marinette's job to fix her or to even forgive her. I keep that theme consistent even in my fics where I do give her a mini-redemption.

I don't really have anything to add, I just wanted to thank you for leaving me such a sincere comment. I'm glad that the fic I wrote could touch you so deeply, anon.

[that-angry-noldo]

1, 8, 14, 16

1. the character everyone gets wrong

ok sorry everyone but it's edrahil. there are so many people who are incorrect about edrahil! the "he would not have said that" is so goddamn strong with that one!!!

my pet peeve is everyone thinking edrahil blames Beren for what happened. besties he Would Not. his only lines in the silm are words of devotion to Finrod and his case, which means he has to share at least some amount of Finrod's ideology! and also no one that close to finrod could ever be indifferent to humans.

besides! edrahil is a grown man! finrod's ten are all grown people! they had a choice and they chose to follow! they knew they were going to what was most likely their deaths!

the Ten and Edrahil especially are Not normal about finrod and beren. i rest my case.

the rest under the cut!

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

"The Elves in Aman are suffering" / "The Amanyar are not able to understand people returned from Beleriand so they don't bother to even try" / "The Amanyar are inferior to Beleriandrim in every way, shape and form"

Actually the fandom is wrong about pretty much everything regarding Amanyar. Usually Valinor setting is explored either during the Years of Trees or in the fics centering on the characters returned from the Halls, and I have a special pet peeve with the latter - because, with rare exception, the elves of Valinor are portrayed as dull, emotionally unintelligent, dumb more often there not, holier-than-thou superior bastards. While there are a lot of differences in the mentality of Amanyar and Beleriandrim, I find it pretty disheartening to picture the differences in such way. Elves of Amanyar are capable of empathy and compassion. In fact, a lot of them fought in the War of Wrath - which may not be equaled to living in Beleriand, but they spent half a century there; that land became theirs too, in another, different way. When Beleriand sank, the grief was equal for both the Beleriandrim and the Host of the Valar.

14. that one thing you see in fics all the time

to second my first point. edrahil would not blame the quest on beren.

BUT ALSO. nothing makes me roll my eyes harder than author implying beren is to blame for the death of the Ten. was it beren who asked them to leave nargothrond? was beren forcing them to go? was it beren releasing the wolves one by one? was it beren who demanded the Silmaril in the first place?

The ten were all adult people who made their choice, as was Finrod, as was Beren. Beren, however, should absolutely blame himself for them dying. For maximum angst.

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

fluffy kidnap fam...

like, i can't see it. first of all, i doubt M&M would have much time or resources for fluffy things, living in what was basically an apocalypse. second of all, it makes me chill every time. The image of kidnappers cuddling with the kids, giving the presents, etc - it's just. no. it almost equals horror genre to me, to be fair. on that note, i don't like overly dark portrayals of kidnap fam either. i think maglor was doing what he could, trying to ensure maedhros, the twins and their host survives as long as they can, and that isn't the most ideal environment to raise the kids. which you kidnapped, by the way.

[chaoskid-deer]

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

I do have a Seward/Renfield fic that I’ve put down for a bit but would really like to pick up again (there’s another unrelated fic I’m trying to finish drafting first while I still have momentum). It is very tangentially inspired by a post I made about the end goal of Renfield’s worship of Dracula and his belief in accumulative life- what if he wanted to become a vampire so he could consume Dracula himself, who has hundreds of years of accumulated lives within him. 

The main fic is about renfield becoming a vampire and returning to the asylum to drain jack of his blood as revenge. Jack ends up being turned on by it, even as he’s like ‘well this is the end I guess. Being killed by my own patient after failing literally everyone in my life.” It’s got all the things I like about Seward fics: self loathing, unrelenting horny, and absolutely no brakes 

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

I think I research a medium amount- I’ll often reread sections of a book to make sure that I’m staying in character and to see how authors described a location to make sure I’m matching the little details. I’m pretty detailed oriented.

The thing I actually research the most is medical treatment and injuries- they fascinate me and I find it very fun. One of my pet peeves is reading media where characters get hit in the head or something and then decide not to go to the hospital- I’m always like you very likely have intracranial bleeding. You are going to DIE. SEE A DOCTOR. So I always want to get my symptoms to be as accurate and specific as possible and also the treatment as well. I think for Sometimes A Tunnel Only Leads To Darkness I was deep into reading medical journals about the accepted situations for EMTs to reset broken bones. Did you know that usually they just leave the broken bone Like That until they get to the hospital? I got extremely carried away… 

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?

I have a horribly embarrassing story about getting super drunk and trying to convince my friend to read my Star Wars fan fiction. Twice. The same friend. So yes, most of my irl friends know I write fan fiction, but I don’t think any of them have actually read any of it. I know I shouldn’t be, but I am somewhat embarrassed to show my irl friends the fanfic I’ve written, especially because some of my fics both require a little bit of “hear me out” and well as being somewhat personally revealing. 

It’s funny, me and one of my friends both write warhammer fan fiction, and we both KNOW the other one writes it, but I know we both write such different types of fan fiction that I think we’re both too embarrassed and afraid of the other’s judgement to show our fanfiction to each other. Maybe one day…  

[russilton]

To add to the pet peeve with British characters saying American terms: some of us are second language English speakers and the internet is so American that sometimes we just do not realize it’s not a universal term, please be kind to us non native English writers, we do our best 😭🫡

(Ik you did not mean it in a bad way and this is not necessarily targeted at you, your blog just happens to be hosting the discussion ajsjdj)

This is also exactly why I said what I did about appreciating the works we do get- not everyone is living where we are and we are incredibly lucky to have a first hand knowledge of English and cultures here, we get a lucky helping hand writing. Writers braving that unknown to share with us is seriously humbling.

Also if something really bothers you- offer to help! I have offered my services as brit picker and light beta to lot of friends both here and I’ve even done a few doctor who fics for friends who asked

Be the change to see

[jakowskis]

Day 22 - Discuss Owen. Opinions? Favorite moment? Least favorite moment? Any unpopular opinions? Any fun headcanons?

under the cut for length xD

im actually gonna try to keep this short bc g-d knows like 80% of my brain power’s gone into constantly babbling about owen for the last year. so im gonna speed run this. main opinion? he’s character of all time to me. hes mentally ill hes mean he thinks love is weakness he loves so hard he’d burn down the world for it hes a bitch he cares for his friends sooo much hes good at his job hes bad at his job. hes misogynistic hes a woman hes homophobic hes gay he prioritizes casual sex hes a little bit in love with all his friends hes tries to save others he wants to be saved hes wants to die he gets angry when hes killed he wants to contribute something good he destroys everything he touches hes loyal to a fault he judas’d jack. everyone he loves leaves him he nearly destroyed the world to keep from being abandoned his parents didnt want him his mom never liked him. hes just some guy he’s the most insane bitch to ever exist. hes transmasc shes butch hes a straight guy she could be the worst woman ever hes a bi imbicile. hes mean and bitter and angry and awful and he tries to remind everyone and himself of it but hes good hes good hes good in the end.

other opinions uh… i think the writing handles him irresponsibly at times, and is disrespectful towards him, although maybe they thought it was justified cuz hes an ass sdjkfhds. but the undead arc is fucking mean to him in a lot of places. dmw in particular is like… idk it just strikes a particular tone at his expense, i don’t like it. it’s cruel. but torchwood isn’t exactly a show that respects its characters much. something that particularly bothers me is the way he oscillates between being fucked up and fine in a way that’s like… not realistic, it’s obvious it’s just a writing issue. like, the way he’s magically better and healthier and less of a prick after season 1, and then again after the undead arc. like that’s not how it works. that character growth wasn’t earned. that’s a pet peeve i have, and also kind of why s2 owen exists in a different place in my head as s1 owen. the main owen that lives in my head is him at his worst, not a version of him who’s randomly and inexplicably doing better and being kinder, and as a fic writer i like starting at that unhealthy baseline and trying to actually put the work into making him better, too. lord knows the show didn’t care enough to do it well. then again, it’s torchwood, yknow. the characters aren’t the focus. unfortunately. 

my fav and least fav owen moments are my fav and least fav eps of the whole show fdshfkdjs so they can be found here and here. but tldr, fav moment is everything that happens in the last two eps of s1. least fav is every time he interacts w tosh. lolol. dude i could list sm moments of his that i love i have like five compilations of him on my phone. im ill lmao. there are 11k mentions of his name from me on discord across all my servers ;-; guy im deranged abt fr

unpopular opinions 

i think he’s easily the best written character (not the best character, that's subjective ofc - but i also lowkey think he's the best character. but also im slam dunking him into a dumpster cuz he sucks)

tbh i don’t completely like his backstory? but it is what it is. i just think s2 owen feels very different from s1 owen and they worked so hard to make him more likeable which is nice and all but it’s almost at odds with his original characterization. like i said, s1 owen and s2 owen are practically diff characters to me

mmm and i dont like s2 owen quite as much ;-; i much prefer him in s1. i do like his undead arc though. well. i like aditd. dmw 😒 my beloathed

in general i dont like nice owen fdhfjsdhfkd which i think is an unpopular opinion. im just v picky abt him tbh

i fucking HATE adam!owen he’s not cute. i loathe him. talked about that more here.

(THIS one’s controversial but imho!) him and jack have a very unhealthy + borderline abusive relationship but! it’s in a lowkey fruity way and not a, gag, paternal or brotherly way. ill talk about this more at some point, i wanna do an analysis of their relationship but i don't fully have my thoughts on it together yet. but i think they have smth a bit psychosexual (in the tomgreg definition of the word. where my succession freaks at) going on.

(in general i HATE the fatherly jack & owen angle it makes me super uncomfortable when jack flirts w him in canon. this is the horny show dude. why does authority figure automatically equal father figure to ppl. weird. jack's his commanding officer, guys. also the inherent homoeroticism of being someone's second in command. yknow. he brought him back from the fucking dead, dude. that was fruity with gwen & suzie and it was fruity with jack & owen idc.)

slightly adjacent - i think owen’s a lot gayer than he lets on / than people see him as. i don’t think he’s women-leaning at all, i think he’s more of a 50/50 bi, he’s just got some p heavy internalized issues going on. he’ll sleep with men, if the opportunity presents itself (so he can justify it, lawl), but i think he has issues with the idea of loving and dating one. but i think he’s just as attracted to men as he is to women. 

that being said, i dont think he’d call himself straight. one of my biggest pet peeves is fics where owen’s like “im not gay btw” he wouldnt fucking say that. i think if you asked owen about his sexuality he’d do a hand wavey motion and thatd be that

tosh x owen bad btw ive made my opinion on that clear. i like him with suzie and gwen and martha and even diane, but not tosh. not a cute dynamic. 

and speaking of, he doesnt secretly like tosh lol. ive seen ppl who think he’s secretly very fond of her - i don’t agree with that at all, cuz canon sure says the opposite. he respects her but he doesn't particularly like her very much. (cuz hes a bad taste MORON imagine not liking tosh. what a fucking freak.) which SUCKS i want them to be friends. i want them to be nerd buddies. but nooo. 

in general he’s a “bisexual man who treats women like shit therefore im shipping him w men till he learns be behave” type of character to me

gay love would fix him. btw. i think he needs a boyfriend i think it’d heal him

hcs… i have a lot but a lot of them r private OR i eventually intend to pepper them into my fics so im kind of hoarding them… but i do have some like

for starters he’s a bpd icon

also hes audhd af

he was rlly into punk shit as a teen + played with gender a little bit back then, + sexuality (kissing his guy friends in public to make a statement / piss someone off, that sort of thing). that was kind of his first experience with queerness + figuring himself out + bc of that it was born from a place of defiance that he never fully got over. helped him feel like he was taking back control over smth that made him feel like shit (his mom was. Not an ally. to say the least)

in fact a lot of his behavior is a result of his mom believing he’d always be a fuck up, that he’d never amount to anything. he wears spite like a badge. being a poor kid who became a doctor and getting engaged at 23 were both ‘fuck yous’ to his mom. 

he dabbled in playing drums as a teen (i stole this from burn but i mean owen already canonically skateboards just cuz burn brought his on-set. the rest of burn’s interests owen would probs find dorky tho). he still drums his fingers + pens on his desk a lot this drives everyone crazy. he needs fidget toys

oh he chews on pens also. and hes a chronic leg bouncer. (gwen also has anxious stims actually. if u get those two together on a bad day its a lil cacophony of sound. shes more a nail biting sort tho)

i dont come up with stuff for undead owen much cuz it bums me out but one of my few hcs is he gets rlly into gaming cuz its smth to do. cant skateboard anymore cuz he might hurt himself so he picks up thps *taps temple*. also he shreds at guitar hero but only privately (he thinks its cringe). hes mainly a ps2/ps3 player but tosh builds him a gaming pc (partially just cuz she wants to like the reward of getting to make smth w her hands dhfkdsj). he also gets into doom + postal from his youth again. hes a little more wary of shooter games now that it's his career but also its good for his anger fff

in my owandy verse he has an english bulldog named alfie and he babytalks him but its a very “no one will ever believe you” situation HFSDJHFSDKJFK

i think about owen and pets a lot bc it amuses me <3 i dont think hes a very pet-oriented person but i like the thought of him with reptiles or ferrets. i think he should be a ferret dad. ive been trying to weasel this (ha) into my owento verse bc i think ianto would be displeased. 

ok ill stop before this gets too long.

[ellieellieoxenfree]

9, 26, 34

9. Thoughts on cliffhangers.

cliffhangers go in the box on the high shelf that not everyone can access. they need to be used sparingly, and they need to be used responsibly. they are VERY easy to make into a cheap gimmick that either a) relies entirely on the shock value or b) wears out its welcome immediately, but can be effective in the right hands.

i generally don't try to go TOO crazy with cliffhangers in my writing, mostly bc i'm slow as hell and nothing would irritate me more as a reader than to get a cliffhanger and then be sitting on my hands for six months waiting for a dipshit author to get around to writing the resolution. but i'm not opposed to them as a light sprinkling in one's writing. i just don't trust a lot of people to handle them well, and i usually include myself in that equation.

26. What would you describe as OOC?

like 95% of fic i have read lmao. that's mean as hell but i'm very very picky about what i like to read. i tend to get really salty about pet names -- i promise you most of the characters you write calling each other 'baby' Would Not Say That. i also think that people tend to let characterization go out the window when they write porn, and they let their own personal kinks speak first and characters speak a distant second.

dialogue is a big one. i think there's a way to deliberately stylize your writing so that it takes on a theatrical/outsized bent, and so it sidesteps the criticism of not sounding how people actually talk, which is one of my favorite things to both write and read. i love the heightened artificiality of certain exchanges -- a writer who can master that may not necessarily be hewing 100% to canon, but is playing with the characters and twisting them around in a way that is so incredibly satisfying to read.

on the other hand, there are a lot of instances that do the same thing -- writing Not How People Actually Talk -- but it's much more amateurish/clumsy. it doesn't flow or have a natural cadence that suggests the author is secure in their own voice. everyone can write, technically, in the sense that anyone is capable of opening up a notes app or google docs and putting words down, but not everyone knows their own voice. the dialogue becomes very utilitarian and often doesn't shift for different characters' personalities. things like vocabulary, including profanity or the lack thereof, sentence structure/length (eg, does the person ramble, or are they more succinct and to the point?), direct vs indirect communication styles, all contribute massively to a character's personality, and it really takes me out of a story when everyone uses the same interchangeable author-insert drone of a voice in their dialogue.

also, since i am a very trauma-heavy writer, people who ignore canonical traumas tend to irritate the ever-loving shit out of me. a character in a past fandom was shot, and many writers chose to ignore the entirety of their recovery or take any consideration into how this would affect their lives going forward. i understand not wanting to make that a central focus of the story -- writing it's hard work! -- but to just completely erase a major part of the narrative is SUCH a peeve of mine. if a character is broken, then for fuck's sake actually factor it in!! just because canon brushed it off doesn't mean that realistically, this wouldn't have consequences for the person, whether physically, mentally, emotionally, or all three. i love fluff, but i love broken characters more, and when i get the fluffy happy stories, i want weight to them. i want them to feel earned. and i KNOW that's probably unfair of me to people who just want to fuck around in the sandbox for a few hours, but it's such a disservice when i see my faves who are 95% trauma and 5% person be reduced to cheerful giddy stereotypes with no depth whatsoever.

34. Do you write to improve? Or is that not a concern for you?

i definitely do worry a lot about stagnating in my writing or doubling down on bad habits that hold me back. (i am horrible with telling rather than showing, for example, and my sentence structure tends to give me more gray hairs than i already have because it's so goddamn static.) i try to let go of some of that when i'm writing fic because it's a hobby and writing anything and finishing it generally is such a fucking win for me. with how shit-ass garbage for real the publishing world is, i've really lost so much of the drive to go pro, and the thing i feel like has the best chance of ever getting written wouldn't be fiction anyway -- that's a whole different ballgame.

but i do think about trying to sharpen my skills when i set out to write a new piece, yes. i always put a lot of thought, and often way too much thought, into how i want a story to turn out and what i'm trying to achieve with it. i have one i'm working on right now where i'm trying to ensure my parallels actually line up in a way that's going to be emotionally resonant. yeah, it's just a dumb hobby where i move little fictional dudes around and make them be sadder than what canon allowed them to be, but it's also a deeply rewarding and cathartic dumb little hobby. writing can be a purge of your own feelings -- which sometimes works, if you don't overpower a character with your own inner narrative, but sometimes definitely comes off as Oh, You're Going Through It, Huh? -- and a way to foster connection/understanding with people who are struggling to feel seen or understood. and telling stories does engage a certain part of the brain that likes to gnaw on new challenges and figure out ways to stretch itself and inhabit all these different characters who aren't necessarily a 1:1 projection of myself. i like to play around with voice or perspective and not get tied down to one way of telling stories (although i'm not egotistical enough to say i'm even close to succeeding at this; i'm honestly very pedestrian and uncreative when it comes down to the finished product). i'm always looking for a way to take the big, beautiful ideas in my head and actually turn them into stories that live up to the original idealized image i had. do i get there? almost never. but the fight continues.

[lizzieisright]

heyy ! how are you? <3

So, I was reading that last story you wrote (incredible, by the way!) and I read a part about the 24/7 dynamic, and I was thinking, how do you think that would work in the apocalyptic world?

and I would also like to ask if you plan to bring this into any future stories?

Hi! Thank you!

I think It's absolutely possible to have 24/7 dynamic even in the apocalyptic world: the responsibilities don't change, everyone has work/chores and dynamic doesn't affect it. Maybe you'll need a little more imaginative ways of setting rules and protocols (esp vanilla protocols since people tend to live in close-knit communities), but since d/s dynamic is based on negotiation and communication, I don't think it will be a problem - people are quite creative. The one thing I find would be different from the normal world are non-negotiables on safety that must not be broken no matter how playful or bratty you might feel, as patrols and travelling are not places for riling each other up unless you're 100% sure you can get distracted and not get attacked. (this my pet peeve in brat tamer!Abby fics, when subs jeopardize safety to rile Abby up - like bitch do you want to die???). Other than that, I don't think it will be much different. Well, dom burnout will happen way faster due to the stress levels of surviving in the apocalyptic world. On the other side, being in subspace would probably result in higher stress relief. It will be harder to maintain the dynamic and will require more effort in taking care of yourself and each other.

I don't know if I will add 24/7 dynamic to my stories, since it's not something I'm into, but maybe as a part of the overall "fuck around and find out" nature of my sub!Abby smuts, where they will try it out for fun.

[prythianpages]

They’re all such interesting questions ! 1, 2, 5, and / or 9 maybe ?

Have a safe flight !!!

(Also, so sorry if I interact too much, I can and will tone it down ahhhh)

- chronic overthinker

Omg twins! I’m a chronic over thinker too 🥲 & never apologize for interacting too much! There’s no such thing. My asks and private messages are always open ❤️ (for everyone. It doesn’t even have to be about my writing) also, thanks for wishing me a safe flight! (I love traveling but hate being in an airplane and the trip I’m going on is to take an exam so I’m not really looking forward to it in general lol but ready to get it over with)

1. What is your favorite trope to write?

On top of soft reader, I also love writing best friends who secretly love each other (especially if it’s been since childhood 😩 I actually have one in my WIPs with Rhys)

2. What is your least favorite trope to write?

Cheating/infidelity. I won’t say I’ll never write it because I never know. But I do feel iffy about this one and will try to avoid it. The only exceptions I’d make is like when the relationship lacks romance so one of them seeks it out elsewhere (kind of like the reader from my Like An Angel series, hope this makes sense.)

5. The fic you’re most proud of writing.

Ooof this one is hard. I’m honestly torn between the first part to Give ‘Em Hell and the first part to Wanna Be Yours (i think that’s why I’ve been struggling to finish part two bc I feel like I love what I created with the first part and am scared about messing it up and it not living to my expectations.)

9. Biggest pet peeve while writing?

I listen to YouTube and have it on shuffle when writing but I feel like after awhile, it tends to repeat the same videos you’ve played in the past. So I’ll put ABBA on and then it ends up randomly switching to Megan Thee Stallion and don’t get me wrong, I love them both 💕 but sometimes YouTube ruins the mood I’ve created when writing 😩 I do have playlists created for most of my series but when I write one shots, I just go for music with similar vibes ✨

Ask game ❤️

[gingiekittycat]

Thank you both for your insights! 💜💜💜

@fuckyeahgoodomensfanfic good call on the copying whole scenes thing! That's one of my pet peeves too (for any fanfic really).

The OOC thing... I have actually really enjoyed some fics where they are OOC. Just because they're good stories or I really identify with the themes. And the "I love you" thing, I mean, yes, but some people are writing fix-its. A lot of people. In my view, just because the characters don't say it in canon doesn't mean you can't put it in your fic. I would argue that's what fanfic is for! Write the story you want, someone out there will love it.  

@highway-to-purgatory Thank you for mentioning brit picking! My 2 cents:

Disclaimer: I am not British

I would say yes brit picking is useful but don't stress out about it. I found this guide a while back that I've always used to help. There are certain things that you'll want to get right (like the mph thing) and probably the terms for clothing (pants meaning underwear, for example. Especially if you are writing porn!).

But 1) this is fanfic, it's not meant to be professional, it's supposed to be fun not stressful 2) you aren't just writing for British readers 3) Crowley and Aziraphale, even though they live in London right now, are NOT British. They are an angel and a demon and have lived all over the world in all different kinds of cultures and have heard things called all different kinds of words. Maybe Crowley does call it a sidewalk! (I mean maybe he does it just to piss off people but still.)

There's a really interesting Tumblr post somewhere about language and how it's used in GO and how Crowley and Aziraphale maybe have developed their own language to talk to each other having picked up little things here and there from other languages on Earth and integrated them into whatever their angelic language is. Like their own dialect. And another post from Neil somewhere where he basically says when we the audience hear them talk it's their words being translated in our brains to words we understand. Everyone hears it differently. It's super interesting and thought provoking and I will see if I can find those posts again and link them later (or maybe if someone else can find them, please do!)

Anyway, I would say yes to brit picking but don't stress. When I'm reading your fic, I won't care if you accidentally say sidewalk. (Not in the least because I know I've probably done this before myself!)

Hi! Love your fics so much thanks for writing and feeding us!!!

Do you have advice for writing GO fics?

(no pressure to answer)

Thanks anon! I'm happy you like my fics 💜

As for advice... Wow! Do you mean any advice at all, in general? I'm trying to think of things that would be specific to the Good Omens fandom and not just to all fanfic, but I'm having a hard time thinking of something.

So how about just some things I do when I'm writing a GO fic?

Rewatch the source material (even if it's just 5 minutes every few chapters or so, to remind myself of how the characters sound)

Vocalize dialogue to make sure it flows OK (and yes sometimes I do the accents, though not very well, heh). I try to visualize the characters saying it while vocalizing. The looks on their faces, their mannerisms. (I uh, don't do this for the sex scenes though... The vocalizing part anyway)

Use my own personal religious trauma as a jumping off point to really get into the characters' heads (haha) (*cries in ex-catholic*)

Also, if you haven't already, read the original novel! (Please do this even if you don't write fic, you will get SO much more out of the show by reading the book. Plus, you know. The book is fucking brilliant.)

Maybe my followers have some more advice too?