#TMA was not funny because I was 16/17 and still like that but TMA makes me angry to think about.

[ssruis]

I really like not putting 99% of my posts in the main tag. You have to find them organically. They have to find you. GMO free audience cultivation, if you will.

[magnetarmadda]

20 questions for fic writers

thanks @organchordsandlightning for tagging me!

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 

85, 1 HFTH and 84 TMA

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 

314,915

3. What fandoms do you write for? 

I've got a lot of wips for a variety of fandoms that haven't yet seen the light of day. TMA most prominently of course, HFTH (and a few wips in the back burner), Murderbot Diaries, Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes, Tell No Tales podcast, and Mistholme Museum

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Lucky Stars

Mysterious Love

Here to Forever

Terror in the Archives

My Arms Around You

5. Do you respond to comments?

I do, although not nearly as regularly as I used to. It can take me months to respond, but I always will!

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

This Is Our Last Goodbye - Jon leaves Martin in the tunnels without saying goodbye

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

Okay, actually, the one I think has the happiest ending hasn't been posted yet (upcoming for jmart week 2024), but this one is in the same vein of healing and recovery and finding happiness after an unimaginable tragedy - I Have So Much of You In My Heart

8. Do you get hate on fics? 

Every once in a while, though it's so rare

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

I do, yes, but not often. It's definitely very vanilla, and it almost always portrays some of my own experiences with asexuality and desire

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

I don't, but not because I don't like them. I just personally find it hard to write them--one of those kinds of fics that don't store well in my brain. I've read quite a few I really love, though!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? 

I have, but it's been a long time now since that happened, and I don't know of any of my recent fics being stolen

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? 

I haven't, I don't think

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

Yes! I co-wrote all the time with my best friend when we were growing up, and it was a great experience

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? 

Genuinely, I don't know. The ship that's seemed to move into my brain forever is JonMartin, and I do desperately love them, but there are plenty of other ships I truly love but don't engage with in a fandom sense

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

I have a couple that I just lost the ideas for (my memory is like a sieve anymore, thanks brain fog), and I may not finish them because I'll be unable either recall where I wanted them to go or find endings that feel meaningful/in line with what I've already written

16. What are your writing strengths? 

I'm great with dialogue and with passing on emotions to readers, and I think I'm pretty funny and good with metaphors and descriptions

17. What are your writing weaknesses? 

I really struggle with writing action and with pacing out stories in a way that lets all of the characters grow along with the narrative

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

I have no issue with it, but I'm not sure it's something I've done? Partly because I'm only fluent in English and my smattering of German and French wouldn't be very helpful with that lol

19. First fandom you wrote for? 

Encyclopedia Brown, actually, and I'm sure my mom still has the stories somewhere

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

So, caveat--this is the fic I'm most proud of having finished and shared, making it my favorite for very personal reasons. I started i am loving myself out of the dark as both a response to @probsnothawkeye's coffee shop AU series and as a way to process some of my own trauma, and in the year since I finished it, I've actually used pieces of it as touchstones on my healing journey

On that very light note lol, here's a handful of tags, if you'd like to do it: @therealandian, @cirrus-grey, @ollieofthebeholder, and anyone else who'd like to share about their fics!

[organchordsandlightning]

Things I Caught On My TMA Re-Listen

I’m finally doing my re-listen to TMA and I’ve just finished up S1 (+ a few episodes) and my god so much lore in S1. Re-listening and knowing which names are relevant and which are less relevant REALLY changes the way I listened to it.

S1 is so good. Some of the statements are still decently creepy, but overall I love S1 statements because for the most part, they’re just really goddamn weird. We get some nice hints about how the assistants/Jon/Elias all interact with one another, some explanations about how the Magnus Institute works (which has confounded me in SO many of WIPs), and there’s a lot of really choice lines (including Jon, who makes funny quips far more than I remembered).

Anyway, picked up a few fun things on the second time around!

1.) Jon saying ‘el oh el’ is S1E1 “Angler Fish”, baybee.

2.) In Episode 2 (”Do Not Open”), the coffin ordeal takes place in Bournemouth (Jon’s hometown). Given the time frame (mid-to-late 1990s), it’s entirely likely young Jonathan was wandering around Bournemouth the same time Joshua was taking care of his creepy coffin problem.

3.) E4 “Page Turner”: Mary Keay makes the statement giver shitty tea. Forgivable, as she is legally dead at the time. 

4.) E11 “Dreamer” is Antonio Blake (later Oliver Banks’) statement about how, in his dreams, he will see how people will die. He mails his statement into Gertrude after recounting her particularly nasty future death. Jon’s presumed theory is that this is a weird hazing, potentially Sasha or Martin [and notably not Tim curiously], as many of the names/details are fake.

5.) The “He had some very pleasant chats about jigsaws. Useless ass.’ quote is from E14 (”Piecemeal”, otherwise known as ‘someone tries to get Gran to Do a Murder’). In retrospect, it’s very funny, because the ‘Angela’ that Martin is trying to find is a woman suspected of causing a man to lose his body parts bit-by-bit. I would also strictly stick to jigsaws.

6.) In E15 “Lost John’s Cave”, it’s implied that Martin is claustrophobic ... or willing to claim that he’s claustrophobic so he isn’t sent to investigate Lost John’s Cave.

7.) Nothing in particular about E16 “Arachnophobia”, but it has the quote: “Can you be haunted by the ghost of a spider that killed your childhood”

8.) In E17 “The Bone Turner’s Tale”, one of Jared Hopworth’s first victims is his mother (that he lives with, who goes to confront the statement giver) and, implied, his pet rat. 

9.) E22 “Colony”: martin why did you first explore the spooky basement without a torch

10:) E23 “Schwartzwald”: Jonah Magnus has some strong negative opinions about the German Confederation (1815-1866).

11.) E24 “Growing Dark”: sasha why did you first explore the spooky cemetery without a torch

12.) E28 “Skintight”: Georgie (’Georgina Barker’) is actually namedropped this episode during Melanie’s statement as working with the creepy mannequin Sarah Baldwin before.

13.) E29 “Cheating Death”: Elias casually reports that someone allegedly chopped their finger off whilst giving a statement. In retrospect, I get Martin’s confusion about the Trevor Herbert thing.

14.) E32 “Hive”: Confirmed that Jane Prentiss and Antonio Blake/Oliver Banks actually worked with each other at the crystal shop for a bit, before Jane Prentiss got fired for talking about the ant infestation under the shop too much.

15.) E33 “Boatswain’s Call”: Peter Lukas pays 25000 pounds for two weeks work on the Tundra. What.

16.) E37 “Burnt Offering”: Funnily enough, after the web table is delivered, Martin’s first inclination is to smash it.

17.) E40 “Human Remains”: Jon has at least “a couple dozen” worm wounds. All in all, both he and Tim were a lot closer to death than I recall.

[areyougonnabe]

Fic Writer Questions!

tagged by @palamedessextus !!! thank u i love to procrastinate on writing by writing about writing

1) How many works do you have on AO3?

110 on my main account (+ 4 on my sneaky sock for Crimes™ lol)

2) What’s your total AO3 word count?

614,551 on my main account which is. hm. a lot

3) How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

obvi the main ones are the terror (50 fics) and good omens (35 fics). beyond that: TMA, the OA, doctor who, LOST, red dwarf, what we do in the shadows, the aubreyad, legends of tomorrow, banished, MCU, bbc ghosts, jeeves & wooster, russian doll, true detective, twin peaks, fleabag, & it's always sunny.

so technically 19, but wow a LOT of those are because i am a fiend for crossovers. (true detective x red dwarf... twin peaks x hannibal... the OA x lost.... russian doll x doctor who...) and many of the others were one-offs for yuletide. i'm pretty monofannish when it comes to writing!

4) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

lol they're all going to be for good omens... let's see

1. "it's a new craze" - the podcast fic. imho this fic is the definition of "The Claw," a.k.a. the phenomenon that sees some fics plucked out from the fray to become super popular. i'm not denying that it's good! i still think it's pretty clever! but its popularity was probably as much a function of timing as of quality

2. "what a way to make a living" - the uber driver fic. honestly still pretty proud of this one, it flows well and is structurally interesting and genuinely very funny and the perfect length. i had a blast in good omens fandom writing comedic fic, this one

3. "dearly departed" - another one i'm still very happy with. my first ever finished multi-chapter fic & the story that proved to me i could sustain a plot and original characters and also that people would actually enjoy it. so a pretty big deal!

4. "blame it on my juice, baby!" - the fake love potion one. i wrote this fic while delirious with horrible fever cooped up in a tiny council flat airbnb bedroom in london. i think it's still pretty strong although since writing it i've developed a severe aversion to the "meddling friend engineers a get-together" trope in fic & so cringe a bit when i read it back, lmao

5. "greatest hits" - the one with the original songs! the songs are still good.... the fic is ehhhhhhh i guess.

5) Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

i don't respond to comments on most of my gomens fic anymore because 🤷‍♀️ but i do try to reply to everything i get on my terror fic/smaller fandom stories! my replies are usually very lame but i do like to take the time to thank people for reading.

6) What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

i usually don't write angsty endings because i'm a weenie BUT the one exception is probably my terror/TMA crossover which cannot be said to end well by any means lol

7) What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

dearly departed has a very lovely ending... i will also plug my OA fic heat rises which is GREAT and has a GREAT ending and nobody read it because nobody watched the OA. i'm fine it's fine

8) Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

as mentioned above, yes, compulsively... award for craziest simply has to go to It's Always Sunny In Another Dimension which is, yes, an IASIP x OA crossover. i apologize for nothing

9) Have you ever received hate on a fic?

not that i can recall, [bubbe voice] tenks gad!!!

10) Do you write smut? If so what kind?

i do i do.... when i first picked up fic writing again after college i thought smut would forever totally beyond me but after some very kind encouragement from friends i tried my hand at it & was off to the races.

i would not say i am an expert at it by any means but i have a lot of fun with it, & people seem to generally appreciate it, so i will keep going!

11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

also no, phew

12) Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes, a bunch of my gomens fics have been translated into chinese and russian, which is so so super cool!

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

yuh, i had a few legendary cowrites in GO! the slow show metafic with cherry @fremulon and the shitscript crossover extravaganza with hallie @kalelraejepsen !!! both tremendously fun experiences

14) What’s your all time favorite ship?

that is a very tough one. if you go by my ao3 bookmarks it's aziraphale/crowley, which might be true still tbh... but i dunno. maybe ten/rose because that shit never leaves you.

15) What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

in terms of fic i already started posting, there's my one terror WIP with amnesiac tozer that i swear i WILL finish one day... and same goes for my good omens music & lyrics AU, which i fully expect to pick back up and finish off when i inevitably return to the fandom for series 2.

as far as stuff that never made it out of drafts, i started a hodgson-centric fic a few weeks ago that i got like 4k into before realizing i need to seriously refine my approach. so hopefully after exe fest i will get around to that!

16) What are your writing strengths?

well i am funny. so i've got that going for me. other than that ummmm i don't know. i don't think of myself as a particularly good or strong writer bc i really am just here for a laff. i think i can turn a phrase well and get the most out of imagery; i'm good at coming up with compelling story concepts and weird gimmicks, i guess?

17) What are your writing weaknesses?

i fundamentally don't know or understand how People Actually Act And Feel so i have a hard time getting realistic or interesting reactions and conflicts out of characters. my plots (when my stories have them at all) are very powered by external events, i wouldn't call myself a character-driven writer by any means. for the same reasons i struggle with voice and dialogue beyond superficial signposting via vocabulary/syntax. also, sustaining a long story/finding enough Stuff To Happen to fill it up/having the patience to keep writing... is something i need to work on for sure.

18) What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

i'm a lame american who only speaks english so honestly i don't really have thoughts!

19) What was the first fandom you wrote for?

i distinctly remember hand-writing in my notebook two or three pages worth of a story about what happened to the main precog in "minority report" after watching the movie when i was like seven. the first fandom i actually wrote fic for and posted it online was probably doctor who circa 2010 ish? but my warrior cats RP career predates that by a few years and i did a LOT of writing there. oh warriorsforest39 dot proboards dot com you are missed....

20) What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

SEX GHOST AU! SEX GHOST AU!

tagging folks :))) @laissezferre @titleleaf @theburialofstrawberries @girdedheraround @flanneryoconnorfanfiction @wreathedwith if u want!!

[azraeldigabriel]

I posted 1,602 times in 2021

168 posts created (10%)

1434 posts reblogged (90%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 8.5 posts.

I added 757 tags in 2021

#tma - 288 posts

#the magnus archives - 281 posts

#tma spoilers - 84 posts

#azzy is trans - 37 posts

#wtnv - 20 posts

#lmfao - 12 posts

#inuyasha - 11 posts

#the owl house - 9 posts

#tony stark - 8 posts

#audio - 7 posts

Longest Tag: 125 characters

#one of my absolute deepest regrets is not warning my best friend that the concert i had him go to with me would be super loud

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Right so since I’m at work on mobile atm I’m just gonna do bullets for this ep so uh. Here ya go.

Jon sleeps with his eyes open and has since the eyepocalypse started?? Also love how Martin keeps comparing him to some sort of eldritch router

Still finding the cult pseudo-mansplaining things to Jon fucking hysterical thanks

Martin honey I am so sorry if those tins contain peaches

“Yeah well. Your truth is rude.”

Battle of the Poets 2021 LETS GO

As funny as their break in salesa’s little bubble was, I forgot Jon didn’t remember anything from it. Obnoxious.

“They’re archivists.” EXCUSE ME

So archivists can linger and may be coming to the panopticon?? Are we gonna get some sort of archivist battle royale?

Love of my life jonathan sims voicing the entire fandoms concerns rn

*fabric rustles*

AUGHHH THE I LOVE YOUS....S-SOFT

Ah it’s light roasting of Jon time

No longer light roasting, dark roasting time

It still staggers me sometimes how much Melanie reminds me of captain Lovelace?

Petition for her and Georgie to just get married at the end of this jfc where is my serotonin

GIVE HER HER GODDAMN CAT BACK

29 notes • Posted 2021-01-21 17:08:54 GMT

#4

199. I am. So nervous.

Still makes me so sad that I only hear Tim’s voice via ads now. Miss you baby.

Martin still doing damage control through tea

“Let Jon become god” ...no :)

Jon your martyrdom complex is infuriating, let them loVE YOU

I am loving basira’s ethical approach to this, I can’t even imagine having to vote or have input on a situation like this

This is. This is just going to be a 24 minute argument isn’t it lmao

Yes ladies, thank you for not letting Jon go full Guilt Spiral

CALL HIM OUT MARTIN SHUT HIM DOWN

Melanie sweetie, I also want you to stab Jonah but I get you.

I am gonna slap some sense into this man I stg

Well at least I get Jon and Georgie bonding

Georgie hanging onto the lighter concerns me

And like. The tiny bit of static when she takes it, portraying he’s uncomfortable. Wow.

I am not ready for this conversation I am soBBING

I’M DYING SQUIRTLE

THESE LINES KEEP HITTING ME LIKE TRUCKS, I’M IN FULL RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC

“I love you, I’ll always love you. And I know you love me too” waILS

Martin Killabitch Blackwood will end Jonah Magnus. This is all I ever wanted.

Basira I care you!!

Wow okay leave me to die I’m gonna be emotional up until the last ep god

29 notes • Posted 2021-03-18 16:51:54 GMT

#3

I do find it really interesting that as Jon is getting more enveloped by his archivist position/powers, he’s tending to forget that Knowing and knowing are two separate things.

Like just because he Knows what awaits upstairs in the warped institute, he doesn’t know what the other survivors have gone through up there.

It’s really interesting to see!

36 notes • Posted 2021-01-21 17:28:28 GMT

#2

Hey I mean. If Martin really does have to die in the grand scheme of things, at least give me a good old fashioned anguished cry from Jon that dissolves into tape static as he becomes the monster he thinks he is.

55 notes • Posted 2021-03-04 20:52:10 GMT

#1

Tfw the animal crossing update drops early and you and your friends collectively lose your goddamn minds about it

73 notes • Posted 2021-11-04 03:29:45 GMT

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