#about shellsan

[shellsan]

14 a fic you didn’t expect to write 15 something you learned this year 16 fic(s) you completed this year

Thank you for this~

14. a fic you didn’t expect to write

Most of what I wrote this year? I never expected to write for the Hobbit fandom in particular but I was equally surprised to end up writing for dgm. It’s an old love of mine and it wasn’t one that I ever thought I’d go back to and yet here I am, writing for it and loving it.

15. Something you learned this year.

How to edit. Dear god, I pity anyone who’s read my super old works because I didn’t know how to edit to save my life. It wasn’t even until about halfway through this year that i properly started editing my own work. (I also learnt how to use ; – though I’m sure I use it incorrectly sometimes >.

16. Fic(s) you completed this year

Currently I have completed 53 works this year so I’m not going to list them all. I have 12 for Ghost Hunt, 12 for dgm, 9 for MCU, 5 for OP, 5 for Merlin, 4 for FMA, 3 for OHSHC and 3 for The Hobbit. That list should be at around 62 before the year ends >.

[kitty-bandit]

you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your favourite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag ten people! no skipping!

Tagged by: @theperendinate & @yuu-got-that-wagon (I know my side blog got tagged, too, but I'm just gonna post this on my main. :3)

Daikirai (2006) - MUCC

My Prerogative - Britney Spears

Ashiato - KOTOKO

STRANGE - RIP SLYME

Tsuioku no Kakera - Malice Mizer

Gone with the Sin - HIM

Amen - Paula Cole

Neogrotesque - PIERROT

HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER - DAFT PUNK

Cigarettes & Alcohol - Oasis

Tagging: @faeriexqueen; @twitchystitchwitch; @werewolffprince; @spicycoffeebean; @novastellaluna; @shellsan; @dannyikigay; @tracing-in-gold; & any one else who would like to play. ^^

[ncisduckie]

Tag someone you’d like to get to know

@kablenis tagged me... probably a long time ago but I just saw this so it’s fine.

3 ships:

Can I pick my OCs? I have not been in a fandom mood a lot these days, oops. In all the projects I’ve been juggling, I’ve got Emma/Danielle (YA RomCom), Mari/Gale (YA Contemp), and Abby/Mia (YA Horror!). 

If I have to pick fandom ships... I’ve been thinking about Usa/Mamo from Sailor Moon again.... Haruka/Michiru (I have a print of them behind my computer screen so I think of them all the time)... and oh! Duh! Mew/Daze (Dew!!!) from Nice to Meet You on Webtoons! 

last song: Use Me by PVRIS (need that atmosphere music during school work)

last movie: oof, I haven’t watched any movie all the way through since like september bc of school. It was a rewatch of the new Charlie’s Angels. (though I watched part of... Pride and Prejudice 2005 a few weeks ago because I am weak)

currently watching: Holiday Baking Championship! (fun and mindless to watch when I’m editing my workshop piece)

currently consuming: .... water.

currently craving: human interaction! :’)

tagging: @shellsan @subtlecuddle (Jeni I need to remember to text you when the semester is over, I’ve been such a bad friend) @sleepdeprivedbarelyalived and whoever else is bored like me and wants to talk into the abyss.

[bakuraryxu]

tag game

Rules: Give your last line written, tag amount of blogs as words in the sentence!

tagged by @shellsan 

oh thats right i write things huh. sure i love tag games.

It is not Eustass’ job to care about other people.

10 words 10 people. i can think of 10 people .... 

@traumadotwav @chromatic-lamina @stranger-awakening @novicecomics-personal @mikechampa @sneakend @karasunovolleygays @pen-is-required 

i cant think of 10 people. @ you if you write im sry i didnt tag. 

[ginger-bread-cow]

7 comfort films tag!

I was tagged by both @shellsan and @ncisduckie so now I feel obligated to answer

1) Hercules

2) Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

3) Literally every Main series Starwars Movie. (There was a point in time where I could quote most of the prequels.)

4) The Princess and The Frog

5) John Mulaney’s New in Town

6) Howl’s Moving Castle

7) Heathers

Bonus of Movies that I adore, but don’t reach for as often: Disney’s Mulan, Barbie’s Princess and The Pauper, 10 Things I hate About You, Clueless, Miss Congeniality and Anastasia.

Tagging @god-help-the-girls because I haven’t spammed you in a while and I don’t have anyone else to tag 😊

[chrispersonalcornermoved]

20 Questions Tag Game

I was tagged by @shellsan (thank you~!)

Name: Chris Nickname: I’ve been giving various little nicknames but some have been only briefly used (pretty sure I was once nicknamed butterfly and cupcake), others are chrysanthemum (you know what, I never asked how this one came to be, split between the similarity with Chris and the cheerful meaning it can have), fried friend (born from a typo, i think you can see it :P), queen of feels (born from all the feels i would write with a good friend and how he was already called king of feels), silly (self given), morethansatsan (a play with an old url, and again, giving feels).  Zodiac sign: Cancer (water monkey in chinese zodiac; leo in moon sign, scorpio in rising).  Height: 170 cm last I knew  Languages: English, French (native tongue but I write better in English), some knowledge of Spanish, very very basic Japenese.  Nationality: French  Favorite season: Fall  Favorite flower: This is a very good question, I’ll love any that looks pleasing to me, I guess because I know them more I would say rose, but really it’s just, visual pleasing ones.  Favorite scent: I can’t say, I love when it feels “fresh” and I’ll like a lot of flowery and soft scents. I also like nail polish scent and some paints scents.  Favorite color: Light shades of blue tend to be my fave, but I also love a lot gold and silver, as well as white and black. I also like green in various shades, dark shades of blue, and dark shade of red. Favorite animal: Fox, wolf, felines in general, horses, dolphin, a fondness for bunnies due to fictional husbands exposing me to sights of cuteness.  Favorite fictional characters: Allen Walker, Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji; they are my current faves and have been for a while; we honestly don’t know much about them but I also love Nea and Mana Campbell; and I do love Tyki Mikk. And Cross Marian. I do like Jiang Cheng too (a lot of MDZS characters are likeable so). Don’t get me started on BBC Merlin (Merlin, Arthur, Gwaine, Lancelot). I got to say Natsume Takashi, he’s precious boy. Coffee, tea, or chocolate: Tea, I don’t like the taste of coffee, and while I can drink hot chocolate it’s rarely my choice (the irony is that I don’t like the taste of chocolate alone nor do I like the taste of milk alone).  Average sleep hours: it can depends, in general it’ll be around 8 hours, and sometimes it’s like, 4/5 hours then I’m awake then I nap for anywhere between 2 to 4 hours.  Dog or cat person: I love both, I feel more in tune with cats and felines in general, but I do love both!  Number of blankets you sleep with: It depends, when it’s hot I’ll sleep with one, otherwise it’s generally two, and three if it’s cold. I have one warm cover and the others are thin, so I can also juggle which I put.  Dream trip: I will never grow tired of visiting London; I also hope to one day do a sort of tour of UK (especially Ireland and Scotland); and I do feel like I’d hope to one day visit Japan; on another note, I feel it a nice thought to have a trip to see all my friends and/or have all us make a trip together.  Blog established: This ones date back to December 2014; I’m pretty sure my oldest blog dates back from somewhere in 2012 (on a side note, chrisemrysfics dates back April 2018 but I moved it, the old one, chrisemrysblog, dates back to May 2015).  Followers: 77 here (148 on my fic blog).  Random fact: Inspired by Shell speaking of that, I recently started collecting pine cones and feathers I find that attract my eyes, and I tend to not resist getting swords/blades and dragon stuffs so I kind of collect these too!

Rules: Answer 20 questions then tag 20 blogs you’d like to know better!

Tagging: If you want to and also anyone else who wants to can do it and say you were tagged; @higuchimon @satari-raine @ast3ri @chibi-usapyon @mo-xuanyun @gonedolin (tumblr why) @thejestercalledhappy @faeriexqueen @silentium-nightshade

[radiowrites]

2019 Fic in Review

Hello! I’m RaisedonRadio & FortressofmyPast on FF.net & AO3. Feel free to check out my 2018, 2017, 2016 & 2015 year-end posts as well.

BECAUSE THEY ARE FAR MORE INTERESTING THAN THIS YEAR'S POST.

Total number of stories (completed/WIPs):

One completed fic.

For WIPs, my notebook that I started in early March of 2019 is three-quarters full. There's three hundred words of a holiday fic that I might just save for next year. And twelve thousand words of a third draft for something else.

The completed fics this year are is:

The Last of the Real Ones.

Total word count:

6,873 in completed.

Fandoms written in:

Ghost Hunt

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expected?

Far, far less. (though actually, I've realized it was only around 4,000 less published words than last year.)

What’s your own favorite story of the year?

Not that it had much competition, but I was actually happy with Last of the Real Ones.

Did you take any writing risks this year?

NOPE. Except maybe actually writing something longer than a one shot.

Do you have any fanfic or profit goals for the new year?

To write more than 2019! Which can't be that hard unless I give up writing for good! XD

Best story of the year?

The Last of the Real Ones (starting to see a trend here)

Most popular story of the year?

The Last of the Real Ones had 571 hits/9 comments/11 favs on FF.net, and on AO3 had 96 hits, 12 kudos, 6 comment threads, and 3 bookmarks.

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

I have no complaints. I appreciate every hit, kudo, fav, comment, and bookmark.

Most fun story to write:

It took me three years to write The Last of the Real Ones.

Story with the single sexiest moment:

There were no published sexy times this past year.

Most sweet story:

This questionnaire is a lot more fun when there are multiple stories being questioned.

”Holy crap, that’s wrong, even for you!” story:

*headdesk*

Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters & most unintentionally telling story:

I enjoyed pushing the boundaries of learning about a young Oliver's character in - you guessed it - The Last of the Real Ones.

Hardest story to write:

I'm going to repeat: It took me three years to write The Last of the Real Ones. I had a middle but no beginning or end. I don't recommend that style of outlining.

Biggest disappointment:

That I didn't publish more this year!

Biggest surprise:

That I finally finished The Last of the Real Ones!

Tagging:

Who's still active? Who wants to do a year in review? (I've noticed @eyeliner-vampire and @shellsan have done their own year-end reviews already, be sure to check them out!)

@writercorianarose is my miniature tag list!

[chrisemrysfics]

Weekend Writing Goals

Tagged by @mo-xuanyun (thank you!)

For Today (Friday): Ahhh friday is has finished for me, it’s 2 am and I’m close to going offline to sleep. I would say, I don’t think I would have had goals for today, unless you take into account original writing, if we do then I wanted to post a little scene in my series of scenes and I did~

This Weekend: I would say many tend to have more free time during the weekends, but for me it’s the opposite; as it is during the weekends that we have the habit of seeing my brother and him coming visit. So I very rarely have any sort of goals set up for a weekend, although ironically sometimes I will have a random, high level writing mood before it’s time to go offline. Still, my goal is more about relaxing and charging up!

The Week Ahead: I have plans with my original writings, I need to catch up a bit on my french translations; but I do feel like I’ll want to work on fanfics as a break from translation. I have a few different things I wish to do fic-wise, and no real priority, so I could do any of those (or multiple of those)~

Finish up my general ABO worldbuilding

Write a character study for Wei Wuxian (introspection on everything romantic&sexual)

Work on the next chapter of Shadows Symphonie (MDZS)

Work on next chapter of Meet me Halfway to the End (DGM)

Work on next chapter of Assassin’s Light (DGM)

Work on the next chapter of Rise of the Walker (DGM)

Work on the next chapter of Bring me to life and/or Make it RIght (DGM)

Start to write a continuation to No one else but you (MDZS)

Indulging in writing for a DGM&MDZS crossover (Noah!WWX, after body-offering ritual as main story, alternate stories with earlier Awakening)

There’s a slight chance I might work a tiny bit on each of these, but more likely, I’ll focus my energy on one or two things. There’s a small chance I end up not having much energy to do any of these but, I do want to try getting my butt to work small steps by small steps again so!!

I take the guess it’ll be easier to work on MDZS stuff, as well as the ABO, but we never know. At least I made myself a check-list now~!

Tagging: @higuchimon @satari-raine @shellsan if you want to, and anyone else who wants to!

[moon-daisuki]

Quarantine Q&A

I was tagged by @queenrisa14, Thank you for the Tag.

Are you staying home from work/school?

Yes, but not from work or school, just in general, except when I babysit my oldest daugher’s two little girls. Both my daughter and sil are essential workers. So four days a week, I go cover their shift gaps.

If you’re staying home, who’s with you?

My son is, but he is also an essential worker, as a cart parcel at a local grocery so he doesn’t stay home either.

Are you a homebody?

Yes and no. I love getting out. Writing at Starbucks is my usual happy place, but that’s not possible at this time. :(  I also like to peruse Michaels, or drive to Vancouver for Barnes and Noble and my witchy store. So I have been working with much more of what I have. I have also been trying to write at home.

What movies have you watched recently? Home, Mulan

Shows?

Sailor Moon rewatching Stars, Kanon(Another Anime) Ahhh I spend so many hours on anime. And now thanks to the Ghost Hunt Weekend Event, I find myself wanting to watch Ghost Hunt again. And maybe rewatch Lucifer just for the joy.

What event was cancelled that you were looking forward to?

Well The Bare Naked Ladies were planning a concert June 22 in Portland, but I don’t know if they’ve cancelled it yet or not.

What music are you listening to?

Lots of breathy women stuff right now. Tones & I is my new ear worm. Janet Devlin, Hey Violet, Lola Black, you get the vibe... ;)

What are you reading?

Fanfic voraciously, Sailor Moon, and Ghost Hunt, referenced above, and The Witch City Mysteries. By Carol Perry.

What are you doing for self-care?

I’m following where joy leads. Lots of organizing, journaling, writing.  Yesterday just happened to be my birthday, and I bought myself two things. An HP Sprocket Printer (It prints 2x3 sticker photos plus accessories) and a Tuxedo Mask Keychain, set to arrive later today.

This has been really fun.

I tag @shellsan @chibiranmaruchan  If you guys want to obviously, and anyone else who wants to!!

#tagged

#quarantine

#about me

#update

[ao3feed-ghost-hunt]

Sunshine

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/32phMCO

by Shellsan

In which Naru and Mai both pine, Mai learns a little more about being a medium and a little ghost girl moves on.

Words: 1195, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Ghost Hunt Tumblr Prompts

Fandoms: Ghost Hunt

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Taniyama Mai, Shibuya Kazuya, Oliver Davis

Relationships: Oliver Davis/Taniyama Mai, Shibuya Kazuya/Taniyama Mai

Additional Tags: Cute, Short, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Timeline What Timeline, Pre- "Me or Gene", Pining, Pre-Relationship, < bc obvi with these two

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/32phMCO

[languagewithme]

Getting Started: German

So here I just thought I’d post how I’ve gone about starting up my German studies in case anyone else was wondering about how to get started.

Unlike Japanese where I have a precedent for what I know and what i’m good at and where I lack, learning German is more than a little bit of a jump. The decision to start German stems from one of my best friends and her family that i’m very close with who speaks German in her household because of her heritage. This means that I’m going into a language completely the opposite of all other languages i’ve had to learn and at first I wasn’t sure what to do.

In the end, I decided to start out just using the duolingo app on my phone into order to get started into practicing and in the end I do think that this was a great decision on my own part.

While duolingo seems extremely simple and may make it seem like you aren’t learning, what is useful to pay attention to is the option to read up on the lessons that go with every bubble you complete. I find that the information in these bubbles is a good place to start understanding what exactly is going on and it helps me to understand the things that were confusing me in a layout that I find familiar and that works well for me.

This brings me to Step One: Identifying goals, strengths and weaknesses. I think one of the most important things to remember when learning a language is that you are learning, and it is always best to recognise that there are some things that you will struggle with and others that you will find extremely easy. For me I know that my strength comes from my ability to recognise and memorise words, phrases and images quickly. I also know, however, that my greatest weakness is using this skill to overwhelm my own mind and ending up with too much to learn at once and never allowing myself to fully process what I have learnt by continuously testing myself after learning. By recognising this, I can make it a goal to limit how much I learn in one hit while also practicing what i have learnt previously often enough that I will remember it later.

Additionally, I know that my eventual purposes with German is to have a conversational fluency which means I can make it a goal to speak and write to my friend in German in order to practice this skill and further increase my understanding of the language at a faster pace.

This brings me to Step Two: Allocating Time. It is important to allocate your study time in regards to how much you want to learn, at what pace and most importantly at a rate that you can keep up with indefinitely. Having a set schedule for your studies will help to keep you on track as well as allow your brain to get into a rhythm where eventually it will be normal for you to study at a certain time and before you know it, you’re already in the mood without having to hype yourself up.

Finally there is Step Three: Allocating Supplies. This is more of a tip I found but I think it’s important enough to be a step and that is allocating separate supplies to everything you’re studying. It also pays to colour code what you use so that you don’t mix up languages (or any other topics you may be studying). This words similarly to step two in that it allows your brain to know when you pull certain supplies out, you are settling down to work and it will pray off in the end.

Obviously I’m no teacher specialist but I thought that I would share the first steps I was taking and see if it helps anyone. I also find that by writing out the first steps i’ve taken to really focusing on my language studies, it helps me to remember why I’ve done the things that I’ve done and helps me focus on continuing that pattern in my other studies.

XX Shellsan

[shellsan]

Real quick before I sit down for that editing (which i totally haven’t ignored for 5 minutes ahahaha), if you any of you guys want to scream at me with a better IM system, I have discord. Shellsan#3107. Just lmk you sent me a request ^^

[ncisduckie]

7 Comfort Films Tag

Tagged by @eyeliner-vampire and since I love to procrastinate AND rewatch things, I love this tag ^^;

1. Stick It

2. Pride and Prejudice (2005)

3. Bring it On

4. To All the Boys I Loved Before

5. Sailor Moon R: Promise of the Rose 

these last three are grasping on straws because these are literally my 5 comfort movies? the last two are watched if my family wants me to stop watching them

6. 10 Things I Hate About You

7. Clueless

Honorable mention: older pokemon movies? Especially 2. 

tagging: @shellsan @sleepdeprivedbarelyalived @sarcasticpixie @candidcallalily @persephonejinmi @aikoriichijouji @subtlecuddle

[bakuraryxu]

shellsan replied to your post “i love doflamingo bc when i think about him its like wow…. so dreamy...”

... you're a curse to my dash. wheres the unfollow button?

nice to knnow i have an impact 

[shellsan]

Nightmare and Bats for the Halloween Qs!

Halloween Asks!

Nightmare: what’s your favourite Halloween movie?

This is going to be so Anti-Climatic, but since Australia doesn’t really celebrate Halloween, and I’m not a huge fan of movies over all, I don’t actually have one ^_^;;

Bats: do you sleep with stuffed toys?

Yes, I have a very small stuffed puppy that I’ve had since my sister won it for me at the show (which is like, the yearly carnivals that Australia holds) when I was like 6 years old, and I adore her. She lives on my bed along with a couple other stuffed toys (a mini-ironman I got last christmas, a tiny dragon, elephant that I also got from the show, and a stuffed hello kitty I got as a birthday gift from my best friend when I was like 8 or 9).

[shellsan]

List five things that make you happy, then (if you want to!) put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. Get to know your mutuals and followers 🌺 (from chrispersonalcorner~

Ahhh, this was sent so long ago, and I’m so sorry it took so long to reply, but here we go~

Five things that make me happy:

1. Talking with my friends - whether that’s online here or in real life. I get stuck in my own head sometimes, and I run out of energy for conversation very quickly some days, but other times chatting with people just gets me hyped!

2. Learning. I love learning new things, like languages. It’s part of the reason that i research so much.

3. Hiking. There is a specific place that my best friend and I go every Saturday morning, and even though it’s quickly getting warm so we have to leave earlier, I adore spending 45 minutes to get to our rock, our place, and taking the time to just relax at the top of the rock (which you have to climb, but the view from being like 170m in the air is amazing) and just talk about things away from the stress of everything. Whenever I go without our regular hikes for a while, I can definitely tell.

4. Reading. I read an obnoxious amount of fanfiction, usually on the regular (if i’m not writing it, then I’m consuming it), but I’ve always adored books as well, and something I’m determined to do is get back into reading proper novels instead of just fanfiction - not because their better, but more so that I can learn from them and find what I like and want to incorporate into my own style.

5. WRITING. This is possibly the biggest joy of my life, and I don’t know how I spent so much of my time not doing it before (thats a lie, i just love doing nothing almost as much) and spending so much time on it this year, rediscovering the passion I used to have when I’d stay up all night trying to write something I enjoyed and was proud of - is the best thing that could have come from this year.

Bonus (because in this house we ignore rules :P):

Art - I haven’t done it nearly as much as I used to, but picking it up this year has been a great reminder of why i loved it so much before, and I’m so excited to put forwards some more effort there as well. ^_^