#about feyna's writing

[feynavaley]

I know it's been almost four years, but Fuck. Btbp still makes me cry

Thank you so much for this sweet message!! 💖💖 I know it may sound mean, but knowing I can elicit such strong emotions through my writing is one of the biggest compliments I can get. So, once again, thank you! 💕

Fun fact: BtBP also makes me cry because I don't know when I'll ever be able to finish it and it has been such a long time I'm pretty sure I can no longer write to that level 😭😭

[fifthbcrn]

write a nice happy drabble about being in the fade with feyna during here lies the abyss :))) lmao if you want

send me something to drabble about // always accepting

the fade was horrible, and james never wanted to come back. ever, if he could manage it. feyna was with him at least, and the warden seemed less tense than he did. though, james was always tense. tragically.

they had fought through the nightmares. he said he saw spiders to stay safe. what he actually saw... maker forgive him. he had cut down his family.they had been horrific creatures, barely resembling his family, but...they were there. black eyes and hissing teeth.

hawke had been cracking jokes the entire time, and solas, little bastard, was having a fucking ball being in the fade physically. varric was...varric. the iron bull was ... almost angry, and feyna...well, she rounded out his party. he was grateful she was with him. he hoped they would be safe.

then — “the rift!” james called, smiling at everyone, eyes landing on fey. “we’re almost there!” but he did not see the nightmare demon at first...maker, he was...it was hideous. eyes and tendrils and sick. james would not retch. he could not retch. he was the inquisitor. besides, he hadn’t eaten anything in a while. the siege had...taken up most of his time.

IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE TELL LELIANA, “I AM SORRY. I FAILED YOU, TOO.”

the visage of divine justina burst into a bright golden, green light, and james had to cover his face so that he was not blinded by it. what was left was the demon.

they fought long and hard, and by the time they’d defeated it enough to steal away, they were sweating, exhausted.but they were safe. james ushered the rest of his party forward. bull, varric, and solas ran out of the rift and back to proposed safety. james led hawke and feyna out. they were going to make it!

a rumble shook the earth beneath james’ feet. fuck. the nightmare demon was still there. disgusting and... and blocking their way.

“we need to clear a path!” feyna. james reached for her hand, gripping the armor there.

“go, i’ll cover you!” hawke called, and james whipped his head to his left, staring at the champion. 

“no,” feyna breathed. “the wardens caused this...”

“you are the hero of ferelden,” hawke hissed, pointing at the elf, and james felt his heart clench. he would have to make a choice. “you must rebuild, warden. corypheus is mine.”

james stood there for what felt like centuries, and the nightmare demon stared back. it knew. it knew that this was his worst nightmare. he squeezed feyna’s hand tighter. and with a thick swallow, he made his choice.

“hawke.”

the champion seemed to accept this, looking up at james. his voice was sad, barely above a whisper. “say goodbye to varric for me.”

[mandelene]

Tag Game

Answer 15 questions and tag 15 mutuals

Thank you to @feyna-v for tagging me!

1. Are you named after someone? No, my mom picked my name just because she liked it and it was American/English and not Polish (she didn’t want to give me a Polish name).  My dad agreed to it. (My name is not Mandelene, btw). 

2. When was the last time you cried? While reading the ending of Small Country by Gael Faye a few days ago. 

3. Do you have kids? Nope, not yet, haha, but I hope to have kids someday if I can. Two or three but no more than three :) Idk how to explain it, but at some point within the past two years, I started feeling more...maternal toward kids, if that’s the right word for it. I just see kids on the bus and think, huh, yeah, I could have one of those, I think I might like that, God knows why. 

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Oh, boy. Yes. It’s not as obvious when I’m online, but ask my mother or my close friends and they will confirm that 90% of my daily life is spent being sarcastic. My life is just one big sarcastic meme. 

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people? How they present themselves -- whether they’re smiling or frowning, standing up straight or slouching, etc. For men, I immediately notice how tall they are because I’m a tall woman so tall men are absolutely heavenly to look at. Any man that’s like 6′2 ft or taller and in their mid to late twenties makes my heart flutter instinctively. (This is how I know I’m definitely straight, bahahaha).

6. What’s your eye color?

Hazel. I joke that I must be adopted because my parents and sister have green eyes, but my great-grandmother had hazel eyes so I guess my parents are my parents. 

7. Scary movie or happy ending? Happy ending for sure. Scary movies rarely have a storyline that I find interesting tbh.

8. Any special talents? I’ve been told I bake a fantastic coffee cake. I can recite the alphabet backwards, and I know some first-aid, but those are skills and not really talents. 

9. Where were you born? I’m a Brooklyn baby. :D Brooklyn, NY. 

10. What are your hobbies? Writing, reading, occasional video-making, playing with my cat, indoor cycler, casual gamer, novice yoga pupil. 

11. Have you any pets? Of course. Most of you know my baby already: 

Macchiato! 

12. What sports do you play/have you played?

Oh, here we go. Brace yourselves for a tangent.

I was the sickly asthmatic kid who was too busy coughing up a lung to play sports, and I’m only half-joking. I played soccer a lot as a kid with my friends, but I was never on a team because my asthma was too severe and out of control for that. I’ve talked about this many times before, but I spent a good chunk of my childhood in the doctor’s office. I missed a lot of school. I got poked and prodded. I cried often about how much I hated being sick. I would be out playing with my friends and have an asthma attack in front of them and feel embarrassed. I would start wheezing and ignore it because I didn’t want everyone to make a big deal out of it. Don’t ever ignore your asthma, please. That never ends well. Sports were something I feared for years.

Midway through high school, my relationship with sports changed completely. I started seeing them as a method to improve my asthma rather than worsen it. My pulmonologist got my asthma under better control by coming up with a treatment regiment that he made sure I stuck to by lecturing my teenaged self at great length and wrote notes to my gym teachers at the start of every marking period. I slowly started regaining my confidence. My doctor made it clear that he was not excusing me from gym completely -- I had to exercise to the best of my ability without making myself sick, and if I kept getting attacks, it was back to the drawing board. If I couldn’t manage to exercise normally, then, in his view, my asthma was impeding my life too much and my medicine wasn’t working for me, which was totally true.  

One of my high school gym teachers, Mr. B, was notorious for being the hardest P.E. teacher in the school. I was terrified of him. Whenever he made us run laps, I would pause when I started feeling unwell, rest for a minute, and then continue. He never said a word to me about it even though he was known for scolding students for stopping. Oddly enough, it took me a while to realize this, but he was always subtlely looking out for me. He always asked me if I had my inhaler with me at the start of class. Although I was often dead last in everything he made us do, he pretended not to notice and never commented on it. I never cheated him. If he said to do 30 laps, I would do 30 laps, even if I had to pause three times in between. Everyone else would have already moved on to other exercises while I was still doing my laps, lol, but I don’t think I ever had to reach for my inhaler. At the end of the term, he pulled me aside and told me, “I know you always tried your best, and I admire that.” He gave me an A. He was the only gym teacher I had who didn’t accuse me of making excuses or being lazy. Many previous teachers had convinced me I wasn’t trying hard enough, so I would push myself, and then I promptly proceeded to have attacks, be frustrated with myself, and end up in tears in the locker room. I needed Mr. B in my life to restore my faith in gym. 

Nowadays I indoor cycle 3-4 times a week for 45 minutes to an hour to strengthen my lungs. Once a week, I have my “long tour” which is when I cycle for an hour and thirty minutes. After cycling, I lift weights for another 15-20 minutes. If I have a cold or any other upper respiratory infection, I stop all exercise until I’m well, and I hold myself to this. I have a better idea of my limits and what sports are best for me. I love swimming, but unfortunately, I don’t have a good indoor swimming pool around me, so it’s not something I can do regularly. Running/Track is still something I really struggle with, but brisk walking or hiking is fine. Last year, I was really into dance classes with my friend. Cycling is super kind to my lungs but leaves me exhausted in a good way, so that’s why it’s my favorite form of exercise. I’m sure if I did it outside though, I’d have asthma attacks. I’m generally okay with all sports/exercise as long as it doesn’t involve long stretches of running with few breaks in between, and I don’t do it outside when it’s cold. I won’t die from a light jog unless it’s the middle of January and there’s a meter of snow on the ground. You can invite me to play volleyball/basketball/tennis/whatever, and I promise I’ll be fine, haha. 

I’ve also tried getting into yoga recently by following some YouTube instructors, but cycling is what I do most regularly and have stuck to. I take frequent exercise very seriously now, and I make it a priority. 

13. How tall are you?

5′10 ft, so 177.8 cm. Super tall, I know. You should see my legs in yoga pants ;) 

14. Favorite subject in school? In elementary school, I enjoyed English classes the most. In high school, AP comparative government in my senior year was my favorite because I love international politics. Then, there came a point in my life when I stopped liking English classes and started despising them (around my second year of university). College English consists of reading novels (which is a good start) and then writing unnecessarily long papers analyzing the novel, but if the professor doesn’t like your interpretation or analysis, they’ll deduct points. They’re not the classes you want to take if you want to actually learn how to be a better writer. They just teach you how to pander to the professor and not how to think for yourself. It’s annoying. Journalism classes get right down to the technical parts of writing and tear your sentences apart. I feel like I gain more from those classes than ones in which I have to write a ten-page essay on the symbolism of a key. 

15. Dream job? A few years ago, I would have said “reporter for the New York Times,” and while that would be incredible, I have multiple dream jobs now. 

I would still love to work at a media outlet. I’d want to either work at the international desk as a writer/reporter or work on digital content like podcasts or short documentaries. However, I can also picture myself working at an NGO or at a think tank. I might also be interested in doing something in government someday--anything that has a direct impact on getting involved in a community. Global politics and writing are my two biggest passions, so if I end up doing work in either of those areas, I’ll be happy. 

Ideally, I can continue writing fiction on the side and publish it someday, but that’s still a dream I have to work my way up to. 

I don’t want to leave anybody out, so if you’re reading this and you want to answer it, consider yourself tagged by me! :) 

[merlevum]

Tag Game

Answer 15 questions and tag 15 mutuals

I was tagged by @feyna-v , sorry it took me so long to actually do this. 

1. Are you named after someone? You would think since my name is Lisa Marie, but nope. My mom just really loved that name, can’t say I feel the same.

2. When was the last time you cried? Umm….Last night? Yeah, last night. I was a bit overwhelmed with what I had to do and still need to do. But I’m better today. Got to crank out a few comics and got a few more ideas to draw out and it’s quiet at the library when everyone else is gone at a conference and you’re stuck at the desk for 8 hours.

3. Do you have kids? No.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Depends on what’s going on, but yeah I suppose so. 

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people? The way they move. Whether it’s talking through hands, the way they shift their weight from one side to the other, or even just shifted in a seat. As an artist, I notice a lot about the body to help me grasp a better understanding of human anatomy. Now, if someone came up to me and wanted my attention, their face. 

6. What’s your eye color? Brown….like a dark-brown. I’ve been told my eyes look black almost? 

7. Scary movie or happy ending? Happy ending. I’m much too scared when it comes to horror stuff. Though I do watch horror let’s plays because the youtuber makes it generally more bearable. 

8. Any special talents? Umm….does long patience count? No...okay then yeah...got nothing for you. I’m just kinda average. Unless you could the amount of caffeine I intake. People wonder if I’ll bleed coffee.

9. Where were you born? Germany, in a really small town....like super small, but hey at least we were 20 minutes away from the border.

10. What are your hobbies? I like long walks on the beach--....yeah no just kidding. I read, write, draw, and play video games. Though I dabble in animation and creating games too, though not for a while now.

11. Have you any pets? Tons…..3 dogs, 3 cats, and 4 birds. Though honestly, only one cat is mine. The rest belongs to the fam or to Espiechen.

12. What sports do you play/have you played? A lot? Okay I took gym class...we played sports there. I suck at sports. The only thing I was ever good at was badminton. Oh and being a goalie for soccer, but they took me out of goalie position when I saved the ball with my face. 

13. How tall are you? 5’4” (162 cm)

14. Favorite subject in school? It was always English…..though I bet it would be art class if I had actually taken any. I was an English major until more recently. But I liked band too for the most part. We always had some good adventures.

15. Dream job? Living off of my art, either through an online shop, going to conventions and providing content for you guys. OR…..working for a game company as a concept artist. I wouldn’t even care if it was just an independent gaming company.  

I’m tagging @espiechen @spatziline @purpurhedgehog @spectralmelon @theirunluckystars @mysteriouscloud

ummm and anyone else who would like to. Sorry, i’m really bad at tagging people because I don’t want to bug them.....but if anyone else wants to go right ahead.

[aph-fanficchallenges]

aph-fanficchallenges Writer Directory - mobile

Username: 52px Writing blog?: no Tag: my writing NSFW/Triggers: tagged Requests: accepts Other content: edits and fanarts About: As she studies it extensively, Jocelyn mainly writes Historical Hetalia and Nationverse. Her work centers around both the canon APH Ancients and her other Ancientalia OCs, such as Carthage and friends. She’s always open to answering questions about her OCs or helping others with their history!

Username: feyna-v Writing blog?: no Tag: feyna’s writing NSFW/Triggers: no NSFW, triggers are tagged Requests: doesn’t accept Other content: headcanons and meta About: Feyna is an Italian girl who has always had a passion for writing, but had mostly limited herself to original content. In Hetalia, she found a creative freedom that made her fall in love with fanfictions and eventually want to try posting something of her own. She’s particularly fond of touching family moments and exploring non-romantic relationships and dynamics. Most of her writing is gen and it revolves around Canada, America, England and occasionally France, as they are her favourite characters.

Username: jywait Writing blog?: yes Tag: my writing NSFW/Triggers: tagged Requests: accepts About: jywait just joined hetalia about 2 months ago, and wishes she had years ago. She loves to write and read fics with pining and unrequited love, but is open to literally any ships, and as she’s new, please tell her when her characterisation is wrong, or can be improved. She’s still new to the fandom so please be nice to her, she has no idea what’s going on ever.

Username: merciful-mercenary Writing blog?: no Tag: my writing NSFW/Triggers: tagged Requests: accepts Other content:  About: Cookie has made it her goal in life to be one of the best SpaPort writers. Thankfully it’s a rare ship and there’s not much competition, making it a very easy goal. She also occasionally writes FrUK or EngPort when in the mood for writing old married couple bickering. She focuses mainly on canonverse in her fics, though there is the occasional fic that takes place in an AU. She’s most proud of her fic "The Cygnus Thief”, and even though she takes a while to update she always makes sure to give the best updates she can! Her inbox is always open for requests and ideas, they might spark an idea for her next oneshot! ʕ•̀ᴥ•́ʔ✧

Username: nethwan Writing blog?: no Tag: fanfic NSFW/Triggers: tagged Requests: doesn’t accept Other content: aesthetics, edits and headcanons About: On this blog she posts mostly NedTai (but she have written about other ships like aushun, gerita, spabel and prumano). Nethwan likes to write about the most simple things in life, also about the thoughts and feelings of characters, showing another side of them.

Username: paperbarks Writing blog?: no Tag: my writing NSFW/Triggers: tagged Requests: accepts Other content: gifs and headcanons About: This user is an Australian studying both law and history, with a strong interest in Australian history in particular. She prefers to write sibling relationships more than romantic/sexual relationships and tends to focus on APH Australia and fleshing out the historical backdrop for his character.

Username: uncreative-lesbian fanfiction Writing blog?: yes NSFW/Triggers: tagged Requests: currently not accepting About: Rita is a teenager who use the variety of characters and relationships found in Hetalia to further her writing abilities and explore new things. She likes reading, knitting, cats, and talking to other people. Rita takes a passing interest in history and hopes to one day publish original fiction.

Remember, if you want to join, check this post and then send and ask, submit or fill a form here!

[scarlet--holmes]

I was tagged by @feyna-v . Thank you! c:

1st rule: tag nine mutuals you would like to know better

@ask-the-icelandic-little @yantiskra @shireenalbaker @paachu4dada @the-awesome-sia (I will only tag 5, sorry)

2nd rule: bold the statements that are true

i am 5″7 or taller i wear glasses i have at least one tattoo i have at least one piercing i have blonde hair i have brown eyes i have short hair  my abs are at least somewhat defined i have or have had braces 

PERSONALITY: i love meeting new people people tell me that i’m funny helping others with their problems is a big priority for me i enjoy physical challenges i enjoy mental challenges i’m playfully rude with people i know well i started saying something ironically and now i can’t stop saying it there is something i would change about my personality

ABILITY: i can sing well i can play an instrument i can do over 30 pushups without stopping i’m a fast runner i can draw well i have a good memory i’m good at doing math in my head i can hold my breath underwater for over a minute i have beaten at least two people in arm wrestling i know how to cook at least three meals from scratch i know how to throw a proper punch

HOBBIES: i enjoy playing sports i’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else i’m in a choir or orchestra at my school or somewhere else i have learned a new song in the past week i work out at least once a week i’ve gone for runs at least once a week in the warmer months i have drawn something in the past month i enjoy writing fandoms are my #1 passion i do or have done martial arts

EXPERIENCES: i have had my first kiss i have had alcohol i have scored the winning goal in a sports game i have watched an entire season of a tv show in one sitting i have been at an overnight event i have been in a taxi i have been in the hospital or ER in the past year i have beaten a video game in one day i have visited another country i have been to one of my favourite band’s concerts

RELATIONSHIPS:

i’m in a relationship i have a crush on a celebrity i have a crush on someone i know (it is difficult to understand was it actually a crush or a squish, but still) i have been in at least three relationships i have never been in a relationship i have asked someone out or admitted my feelings to them i get crushes easily i have had a crush on someone for over a year (same thing tho) i have been in a relationship for at least a year i have had feelings for a friend

MY LIFE: i have at least one person i consider a “best friend” i live close to my school my parents are still together i have at least one sibling i live in the united states there is snow right now where i live i have hung out with a friend in the past month i have a smartphone i have at least fifteen cds i share my room with someone 

RANDOM SHIT: i have break-danced i know a person named jamie i have had a teacher with a last name that’s hard to pronounce i have dyed my hair i’m listening to one song on repeat right now i have punched someone in the past week i know someone who has gone to jail i have broken a bone i have eaten a waffle today i know what i want to do with my life i speak at least two languages i have made a new friend in the past year

[gwensparlour]

Tagged by @feyna-v​

Name: Guendalina

Gender: Female

Sign: Aries

Height: 160 cm (about 5′ 2.4″)

Sexuality: Heteroflexible

Why I made a Tumblr: To stop having to send anonymous asks

Hogwarts house: Hufflepuff

Average hours of sleep: 8 now, since I’m home

Dog or cat person: Cat person (but I’m allergic to them)

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20 people you’d like to know better

1. Nicknames: Gwen

5. Current Time: 12:34 PM

6. Birthday: April 10th

7. Favorite bands: //

8. Favorite solo artists: //

9. Song Stuck In My Head: Miraculous Ladybug opening

10. Last Movie I Watched: Murder on the Orient Express

11. Last TV show I watched: I honestly don’t remember

12. When did I create my blog: March of 2012, more or less

13. What Do I Post: Fandom stuff, mostly Hetalia and Yuri on ice, posts related to (fan)writing, cultural pictures, some “woke” posts

14. Last Thing I Googled: Weddings in Imperial Russia

15. Other Blogs: One writing blog

16. Do You Get Asks: Sometimes

17. Why Did You Choose Your URL: gwen for it’s my diminutive and chan because I was a weeaboo

18. Last Thing I ate: A date

19. How Many Pillows: 1. And quite flat, too.

20. Favorite Colors: Green

21. Favorite Tag: the struggle is real

22. Lucky Number: 13

23. Instruments: Classical guitar

24. What Am I Wearing: sweatpants, pea-green pullover, orange haori

25. Last Thing I Wrote: An extremely quick YOI! Daemon AU snippet 

26. Dream Job: Working in a museum

27. Dream Trip: Backpacking through Europe

28. Favorite Food: Oven Pasta with cherry tomatoes

29. Nationality: Italian

30. Favorite Song Right Now: You shine from Carrie the Musical

Tagging: whoever wants to do this

[feynavaley]

That post yesterday about writing fanfiction of your own works reminded me so much of that old AU of my finished original work, I couldn't get it off of my head... for the first time in a while, I actually felt like writing.

Of course, that old work of mine isn't any good (I did write it when I was 13, after all) but I just felt like writing something without any further development or consequences. Much to my surprise, the writing flowed so easily it was hardly any effort at all. It was fun.

Conclusion: writing in my own first language instead of English is so much more fun. 😖 It's easier, and the result is so much better from the start. I kind of wish I could post fanfiction in Italian...

[feynavaley]

hiii! sorry to bug you but i wanted to ask if you were still continuing chrysalis? no pressure whatsoever if you aren’t, i was just curious because i remember having read it in the past and liking it! hope that you’re having an amazing day 🫶

Hello! Don't worry, you aren't bugging me at all and this is a completely legitimate question. 😅

I know it has been way too long since I have updated any of my longfics, and I'm truly sorry about this. However, for a long while I simply didn't have enough time or energy for it and right now... I want to be very frank: it isn't only a matter of lack of time (which certainly doesn't help, though). I think the real issue is that I'm afraid I would no longer be able to uphold my previous level of writing. Not that my writing was ever truly good to being with, however, since I've hardly been writing for the last three years, I fear it might have gotten way below what it used to be. English isn't even my first language, after all – lack of practice must mean something.

In conclusion... on one hand, I truly want to finish that story. I keep periodically going back to reread it and my notes, I've even done a full edit a few months ago (nothing important plot-wise, just fixing some grammar and stylistic mistakes)... but each time I try my hand at continuing the half-written chapter 20, I just can't come up with anything good enough.

Even so, I really wish I could go back to writing. I've been thinking of trying to write a couple of one-shots (not ficlets, real one-shots of at the very least 3k words) to get a bit of practice and then go back to my main projects, but I cannot promise anything. I once again apologize for this.

Anyway, thanks for checking up on me and I wish you a wonderful day too! ❤

[feynavaley]

Now that Himaruya has officially introduced the UK brothers and revealed which is which (and that I had switched Scotland and Northern Ireland – like most of the fandom 😅) I feel like the names I had chosen for them don’t fit anymore. In a way, they were associated with those specific faces and hair colours, now... it’s almost as if they were different people. I’m thinking of using Liam for Northern Ireland and Duncan for Scotland, but I’m still not sure about it.

I’ll keep using the non-canon, older version of the UK brothers for the fics I started writing earlier though. They’re barely mentioned so I could easily change their names, still... Those were the versions I had included, and I don’t like the idea of changing them all of a sudden. If I were to include Arthur's brothers in new fics, however, I’d use the new versions.

[feynavaley]

Is Canada still a child or grown up but acts like a child in needy child?

Of course he's a child?? What a weird question... 😅 I would never write an adult behaving like that.

I thought it was pretty clear, that's the premise of the entire fic... It's set after America grew up but before Canada started growing up as well. America growing to his teens while Canada was still a toddler/young child is canon, it's in chapter 180 of Hetalia World Stars if I'm not mistaken.

I'm sorry if this wasn't clear before, I hope it is now!

[feynavaley]

Hey, I'm sorry if this is out of the blue, I just stumbled upon some of your stories again about the ACE family and I just want to say that I literally grew up reading those and I read them on repeat all the time! Needy Child, and White Lies I literally wish I had printed as an actual book because they're THAT GOOD! Well anyways, sorry to bother you about it, I just wanted you to know that your literature shaped my life for my early teen years. Hope you are well 💕🍁

OMG are you kidding you have nothing to apologize for you aren't bothering me in the slightest!! Thank you SO MUCH for this super kind message. 😭💖 Seriously, hearing that my stories meant so much to someone is amazing – it's the best thing that can happen. The 'grew up reading those' part in particular really struck me. I had never considered the possibility before but wow... it has been quite a long time, hasn't it? 😅 It's such a good feeling, in any case. Thank you for telling me, I truly appreciate it! 💕

And I hope you're doing well too! 😘

[feynavaley]

I was re-reading Chrysalis trying to get into the right mood, and a line suddenly made me stop. At one point, Francis frets over Maggie having lost weight... but she hasn’t taken off her coat yet. I couldn’t believe I had written something so stupid. How would Francis be able to see that Maggie has lost weight when she’s still bundled up in a winter coat? How could I have made such a glaring mistake?

Then, it hit me. Francis could see that Maggie had lost weight from her face. Because when the story is set (and when I was writing that chapter as well) people didn’t have to wear a face mask and could easily see each other’s faces.

I can’t believe I have gotten so used to everybody wearing a face mask that something like this wouldn’t make sense anymore, lmao.

[feynavaley]

Thanks to @mandelene for the open tag!

Name: My online pseudonym is Feyna.

Fandoms: Currently, only Hetalia.

Most popular oneshot: I’ve never written real one-shots so I guess it’ll have to be a ficlet. On tumblr, the one with most notes is Small Stream. However, Christmas Is with Family has nearly as many notes and also got quite a few comments on FNN and AO3 (while Small Stream didn’t) so I don’t know which one is objectively more popular.

Most popular multichapter: Needy Child. Because apparently, it’s the only fic existing in the Hetalia fandom set during those few years when America was a teen and Canada a child/toddler, so anybody who wants to read something like that has only this fic of mine available. 😅

Actual worst part of writing: I know this is cliché, but the hardest part is the writing itself, lol. Especially, as it turned out, when I was looking forward to writing that scene and had daydreamed about it million of times... Pity that I’m never able to give it justice when I write it down, which is incredibly frustrating.

How you choose your titles: I’m awful at choosing titles, haha. It’s a random process. I try to churn out titles (mostly going by words’ association) and hope for a good one to strike me. (Ideally, the title would have some sort of double meaning, both related to the theme of the story. I once wrote a better explanation of the process [x].) If it doesn’t happen, I go for the one I dislike less of those I had tried.

Do you outline: For fics that ended up being shorter than ~40k words, I’ve never done it (even though I did have the general plot and some scenes in my mind. I daydream a lot about a fic before writing it). For longer fics, instead, I write a very loose outline of the main events and how they can be divided into chapters. (I explained it better in answer to other questions [x] [x].) I don’t always end up sticking to that once I’m writing, though.

Ideas I probably won’t get around to, but wouldn’t it be nice? Lol there’s so much stuff here... Something I’ve been thinking about a lot (since I got a question about it) is the fantasy AU with Matthew and Alfred as knights [x]. The more I think about it, the more I love the idea. However, I don’t have an organic plot in mind so it’s quite unlikely I’ll ever get around to writing it. (Even though a collection of full-length – at least 6k words – one-shots...) Of other ideas I’ve talked about in the past [x], instead, for how I love all of them, one of the most unlikely ones is the one with Arthur being a lawyer who has to help Alfred get custody of Matthew because... the idea is lovely. Pity that I know absolutely nothing of adoptions and all the legal stuff involved, the research required would be daunting. 😅 On a similar note, I’m quite enamoured with one of the fantasy ideas I had (the one with Alfred and Matthew as princes) and I keep adding details to that plot but I don’t think I’ll ever write it as, compared to a canon-verse setting or a more generic human AU, it would require a lot of effort in terms of worldbuilding, I would also have to describe wars and peace talks... honestly, I highly doubt I’d be good enough.

Callouts @ Me: I’m way too long-winded. A bit of introspection is fine, but too much is too much. 😅 Second, I’m writing in English. I need to stop relying on the more complex syntax of Italian. Third, way too self-indulgent. Shameless hurt/comfort in the way I write it is the exact opposite of good writing.

Best writing traits: I don’t think I have one, to be honest. But I guess my writing isn’t completely awful (at least, I hope!) so I’ll put it down as ‘my writing isn’t as bad as it could be’, lol. It’s still something! ��

Spicy Tangential Opinion: Less isn’t always more.

———

Tagging: I’m tagging anyone who feels like doing this! I’d love to read your answers. 😊

[feynavaley]

Hi!!! I came over from ao3 after reading Chrysalis and omg??? Super in love with it. So many moments that I felt my heart in my throat but also lots of great moments too with the cute romance her and Al got going on as well as the slow changes happening in Maggie~ (and there’s also so much more but I only have so much space to write in this ask hahah). Anyway, feel free to ignore this if this is pushy but has the fic been abandoned? If it has, I just want to say I enjoyed every single moment :)

Thank you so much for this super sweet message!! 💖 I’m really glad you enjoyed my story so much, and I appreciate that you reached out to me. 💕

Unfortunately, the story is currently on hiatus. 😭 I have had a long period where so much was going on that I wasn’t in the right mindset for continuing something that was already so long and with so much going on, I hated everything I ended up writing. I’ve been trying to get back to it, but I don’t know when that’ll be as my new job leaves me with very little spare time. I’m really sorry about this! 😖 I do want to someday finish that story, but I have to be frank and admit I don’t know when that’ll be.

[feynavaley]

How much do I have to pay you for you to make an alt beyond the breaking point chapter where Matt dies?

Lool sorry but that’s not going to happen. 😂😂 I don’t like writing character’s death... especially when it comes to my favourite characters.