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space-writes · 1 year ago

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hello (again) writeblr! i decided to make a new intro that has all my current wips on it, since i have way more than when i first started out on here.

about me

I go by Space, my pronouns are they/he, and I’m in my third decade of existence, which is absolutely wild. I’ve been writing for most of it, so I like to think I’m pretty decent

I write mostly fantasy and erotica (sometimes at the same time), both original and fanfiction, and all of it's queer

You can find my work on my AO3 here, crossposted to my neocities here, and under my snippets tag

I’m open to tag and ask games, and my inbox is currently open to anything as well. I don’t always reply the fastest, but I’ll get to it eventually! (I don’t take part in chain asks, so please don’t send me them)

I use obsidian.md for all my writing, and it’s my favourite notes app ever, so I also talk about that occasionally. The tag for it is here, and I’m hoping to write some more showcases/tutorials this year!

my main goal is to actually finish some damn books and also to inflict my OC brainrot upon people. so far the second one is the only thing that’s actually happened, but i live in hope

My current wips are Chronicles of Valloroth (Renegade Prince being book one), Obedience, Obsession, and claws—summaries and links for all four are under the cut!

this is my writing sideblog, you can find my main @thespacelizard, and i follow/like from there

tag directory is here

current wips

Chronicles of Valloroth

⚔ Genre: Fantasy Adventure

⚔ Features: Queer cast, found family, A Whole Entire Dragon, magical mishaps, The Mere Concept of Doing The Right Thing, a grumpy assassin, a sparkly mercenary, knock-off tieflings, a handsome prince (he’s gay), more banter than your average dungeons and dragons campaign

⚔ Status: Book One: First draft completed, re-drafting in-progress || Book Two: drafting || Book Three: outlining

⚔ One Sentence Summary (Book One): A runaway prince seeks freedom in a new world and must find a way to convince a rag-tag group to defeat an ancient dragon, all whilst he is being hunted by a band of mercenaries and an infamous assassin.

⚔ Series Tag: valloroth blogging

claws

🩸 Genre: Queer Horror

🩸 Features: teacher/student relationship (university edition), toxic romance, gender fuckery, broken identity, demonology, murder, self-harm, obsession, stalking, infidelity, a lot of blood, pact-based magic system, corruption, jealousy, eldritch entities, love is a wound, body horror, attempted suicide, and a little bit of arachnophilia

🩸 Status: First draft complete!

🩸 One Sentence Summary: A young student’s obsession with his demonology teacher sparks a twisted romance that draws him to the limits of his humanity—and into the web of an eldritch horror.

🩸 Series Tag: wip: claws

Obedience

💜 Genre: Erotic Romance, D&D fanfiction (original characters, Forgotten Realms setting & loose 5E ruleset)

💜 Features: a variety of BDSM scenarios, one closed off wizard dom, one enthusiastic nerdy sub, weird uses for dnd spells, a painful amount of pining, somehow; worldbuilding, emotional slow burn, as much self indulgence as I can possibly fit in a fanfic series

💜 Status: Arcs 1-3 are complete (read on AO3 here, or my neocities here). The first book of Arc 4, The Perils of Wanting is currently being posted bi-monthly here. The second book of Arc 4, A Question of Trust, is on its second draft.

💜 One Sentence Summary: A D/s M/M series featuring two wizard boys, the kinky magic they get up to, and the feelings they definitely don’t have for each other.

💜 Series Tag: obedience fic blogging (it began on my main, so the tag there has more snippets)

Obsession

🕷 Genre: War of the Spider Queen/Forgotten Realms fanfiction, also Erotica, Horror and a smidge of Dark Romance

🕷 Features: OC/canon, a nightmare transmasc wizard boy, obsession, stalking, jealousy, violent impulses, dubious consent, possessiveness, evil gender dysphoria, incest, gore, the inherent horror of Having a Body, and occasionally actual school things happening at Sorcere

🕷 Status: Ongoing serial, which you can read on AO3 here, or my neocities here

🕷 One Sentence Summary: Pharaun Mizzrym is everything to Vizaeth Thaezyr. He’ll do anything for him—even if Pharaun doesn’t know it yet.

🕷 Series Tag: obsession fic blogging (it also began on my main, so check the tag there for additional content!)

#writeblr #writeblr intro #writeblr introduction #writeblr reintro #writing community #writing #writers on tumblr #writers #i did it i remade the intro!#everyone cheer and clap for me #anyway hello to all the people who've joined me here since i started!#thanks for listening to me incessantly post about my blorbos

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kittonafoxgirl · 4 months ago

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[gently pushes door open] hiiiii <3 🎱🍬 🦴!

Hello and thank you for the ask!

Soooo my AO3 total stats are lies. *Especially* the word count. There's I think five big bang fics I'm co-creator on because we posted the art and fic together. And then there's been a lot of multivoice podfics where I had like. Two lines. So I'll post my totals, but then I'll try and give you more accurate numbers.

User Subscriptions:47 Kudos:5,644 Comment Threads:1,144 Bookmarks:1,574 Subscriptions:442 Word Count:175,657 Hits:101,625 So my actual word count is 10,911. Which is honestly a lot higher than I thought it was going to be.

The thing with the most hits that I have (3994) is the Podfic of 'Of Queens Knights and Pawns'. It's a 600k fic that 27 of us have been taking turns doing sections of. When it's done, I think my contribution will be around 90k (so 9ish hours) The thing with most kudos that I feel like I did enough work on to count is my fic 'When You're Gone' with 173 (there's three podfics that have more than that, but I had very small parts in them)

The most comment threads (56) is my podfic of 'When Darkness Seems to Hide This Place' It's my longest finished podfic at just a bit over 11 hours.

The one with the most bookmarks that I had a decently large part in is the podfic of 'Face the Music'. It's a multivoice and I did Anakin. My friend @flowerparrish did a phenomenal job editing it (if you aren't familiar the premise is Anakin starts hearing a soundtrack for his life. So there's a bunch of different music in it).

Subscriptions is also 'Of Queens Knights and Pawns' with 39

Total number of works: Drawing: 3 Writing: 9 Multivoice Podfics: 87 Solo Podfics: 119

An unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character. Hmmm the first thing that comes to mind is that I think Mace Windu is a good person and is at least begrudgingly fond of Anakin.

Is there a piece of media that inspires my writing? Hmm I think books like 'In the Forests of the Night' by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. Things that are fairly short and light on details but still tell a fantastic story.

#ask game #AO3 stats are fun :3 #fun fact: I didn't migrate to AO3 from FFN til like 2019 #and I didn't post anything til 2021 #I got...a baby bit gung ho about podficing XD

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steddieunderdogfics · 10 months ago

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This week’s writer spotlight feature is: MuseumGiftShopEraser! They have 9 works on AO3 in the Stranger Things Fandom, and 6 of those are in the Steddie tag!

Our anonymous nominator recommends the following works by @museumgiftshoperaser:

Paint the Devil on the Wall

Conversations About Love

Now I'm A Stranger

An Exercise In Denial

Baby, You Were Meant To Follow Me

Her fics are BEAUTIFUL. When I first read Paint the Devil on the Wall I was so obsessed I immediately recced the fic to everyone I knew who would be vaguely interested in a steddie fic. -- anonymous

Below the cut, @museumgiftshoperaser answered some questions about their writing process and some of their recommended work!

Why do you write Steddie?

I stumbled into it immediately after season 4 came out. I’ve felt very attached to Steve as a character from the beginning of the show and I think I was subconsciously waiting for someone to pair him up with. I think they’re both such great characters to explore themes of dealing with expectation (either by conforming, or fighting against it) and that’s something I always love to write about.

What’s your favorite trope to READ?

Absolute sucker for fake dating. Can’t get enough of it.

What’s your favorite trope to WRITE?

Enemies to lovers! Though now that I’m looking through my AO3 I haven’t actually written that much of it. It doesn’t have to be very intense enemies, though. I just like it when characters don’t immediately get along.

What’s your favorite Steddie fic?

My brain has been forever rewired by took you for a working boy by pukner. It’s such a gentle, nuanced queer story. It feels vulnerable to me in a way that really only fanfiction can be. Can I sneak in another one?? Because everyone should also absolutely read the shame is on the other side by scoops_ahoy. It taps into this very specific kind of queer compartmentalizing, that I’ve never seen written this well. It broke my heart and patched it right back up.

Is there a trope you’re excited to explore in a future work but haven’t yet?

I’ve been stupidly busy with my masters lately so there’s probably not a lot of writing on my horizon. I do have a wip called Doll that I’m slowly chipping away at. It’s a little darker than stuff I’ve written before. I know ‘dark’ isn’t really a trope, but I’m excited to see if I can push these characters a little further.

What is your writing process like?

Absolute chaos. I write non-chronologically, without an outline, all in the same document. I keep writing snippets and scenes until the whole thing slowly comes together.

Do you have any writing quirks?

Italicizing words for emphasis. I love it so much, you can rip it from my cold dead hands. It accidentally makes its way into my academic writing for my degree sometimes which is a little embarrassing, but I just love the flair of it.

Do you prefer posting when you’ve finished writing or on a schedule?

I don’t really do schedules, it doesn’t work for me at all. I try to make sure I have a decent amount of the story written before I start posting to give me a bit of a head start, but forcing myself to finish something by a certain date is a surefire way to kill my motivation.

Which fic are you most proud of?

Probably Paint the Devil on the Wall. It was the first time I’d written the entire story before I started posting so it went through way more rounds of editing than normal. I think you can really tell. It’s also the longest story I’ve ever written (in general, even outside of fanfic). The whole project gave me a lot of confidence as a writer.

How did you get the idea for Paint the Devil on the Wall?

I knew I wanted to participate in the Bigbang and the deadline was coming up, but I still didn’t have an idea. I decided to work backwards and try to think of something that would be fun for the artist(s) to draw. I had a vision of Eddie wearing dungarees without a shirt, absolutely covered in paint and I knew I had to write something to make it happen. I set the story in 80s New York because neo expressionism is really the only kind of art I could see Eddie making. I think it suits him very well. I do actually have a background in art, though! I’m currently getting my MFA, but I’ve worked full time as an artist for several years before that. I had a lot of fun working my passion for art (and all those art history classes I had to take) into the fic.

When writing Paint the Devil on the Wall, what was something you didn’t expect?

All of Steve’s character, to be honest. The fic is written from Eddie’s POV and for a large part of it he has a very hard time figuring out what Steve’s deal is. Right alongside him, I also had an incredibly hard time figuring out his character. It wasn’t until I was working on the final chapter that he finally clicked for me. I realized very late, just like Eddie, that Steve liked him from the very beginning. Most of the enemies to lovers premise was all in Eddie’s head.

What inspired Now I'm a Stranger?

Oh boy, that was forever ago! I remember I started writing it while I was camping with friends because I liked having something to do after everyone went to bed at night. I think I had the idea for that very first scene where Steve doesn’t remember Eddie and it all sort of spiraled from there.

What was your favorite part to write from An Exercise in Denial?

That was the very first fic I wrote, right after season 4 came out! I’ve never written something that fast, I think the whole thing took me less than a week. My favorite part was probably Robin being completely exasperated with both of them. They’re such complete idiots in that fic.

How do/did you feel writing Baby, You Were Meant To Follow Me?

Ahhh… I never got around to finishing that one. I probably never will, to be honest. I wrote the first two parts quite quickly and then the idea I had for the plot spiraled out of control and I realized I didn’t actually feel like writing the rest of it. There were going to be a lot of misunderstandings and I learned that I find that an incredibly frustrating trope to write (when done for drama at least. For comedy, I’m a sucker for misunderstandings.) So I guess I felt a little in over my head.

What was the most difficult part of writing Conversations About Love?

The ending! That fic is so incredibly personal to me and I knew from the beginning that I wanted it to have a very sappy, happy ending. It was important to me to write an aromantic character getting everything they wanted, but I realized as I was writing it that I don’t actually fully know what that means. So it took a bit more soul searching than fics typically do, but it was very much worth it.

Do you have a favorite scene and/or line from any of your fics?

I still think the short little prologue for Paint the Devil on the Wall is the best thing I’ve written. “You don’t draw on things that aren’t yours, baby” is probably the best summary I have for that story.

Do you have any upcoming projects or fics you’d like to share/promote?

Not really!

Thank you to our author, @museumgiftshoperaser, and our anonymous nominator! See more of @museumgiftshoperaser works featured on our page throughout the day!

Writer’s Spotlight is every Wednesday! Want to nominate an author? You can nominate them here!

#writer's wednesday #steddie #steddie fic recs #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve x eddie #stranger things #ao3 writer #steddie writers

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strawberryrosess · 4 months ago

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Flowers in the Wind

Pairing: Arthur Morgan x Charles Smith

Warnings: period typical homophobia, light angst.

Summary: A little Charthur fic of the boys being oblivious to their feelings. WK 2K

A/N: I didn't edit this so please ignore any mistakes! I also suck at writing correct 1899 dialogue, so I gave it my best shot.

This fic is also on AO3!

From the moment Charles joined the gang, Arthur knew he was in trouble. From the moment he laid eyes on the new member, Arthur was absolutely smitten. Arthur had never seen a more beautiful man than Charles Smith, and he didn’t care that his risky thoughts about the other man were wrong.

For as long as Arthur could remember, he was attracted to women. Sure he could admire a handsome man, like Javier, but he couldn't ever remember feeling any sort of attraction to them. When he was out at a bar with one of the girls and they pointed out a handsome man, Arthur would agree with them, but who didn’t appreciate a pretty face. Of course Arthur would never say any of these things out loud as it wasn’t socially acceptable for someone to like another person of the same sex. This didn’t stop whatever happened behind closed doors, but in the streets it was severely frowned upon. Arthur never truly understood why, he figured people could like anyone they wanted, but then again the gang was a lot more tolerant than most people.

Arthur was one of the first people to invite Charles on jobs and hunting trips, and it was very self-serving; he really wanted to get to know Charles better. But he also enjoyed working with Charles, the two of them discovered that they work very well together. They could perform a robbery or a stick up job in record time. Even though they had only known each other a few months, Arthur and Charles understood each other and could read the other person very well. Charles had also been helping Arthur improve in a number of skills, especially tracking. Arthur admired how Charles could track pretty much anything. Charles had definitely caught Arthur staring for a little longer than he should but the other man didn’t seem to notice, or if he did, Charles never said anything.

The two of them would often go on multiple day outings together, hunting and robbing, often bringing back a decent haul of goods back with them. Dutch never seemed to mind when the two men would leave for days at a time because their return would always be worth it. As time went on and Charles’s position in the gang became more permanent, Arthur found himself falling harder and harder. To the point that his feelings were getting harder to hide around the other man. Sometimes Arthur would fumble around when Charles was speaking to him or Arthur would be a little clumsy with his hands. Multiple times he had missed shots with a bow when Charles was explaining to Arthur how to shoot properly, especially when he would place his hands on Arthur’s. Arthur wasn’t a religious man, but he prayed that Charles didn’t notice the effect he seemed to have on Arthur. Arthur had a certain facade he had to keep as Dutch’s fierce right hand, but Charles would turn him into putty the moment he started talking to Arthur. Arthur also sometimes hid his face under the brim of his hat when Charles would make him blush.

Arthur felt like a foolish girl with his school girl crush on Charles. Eventually, his feelings got too confusing for him and he confided in Hosea, after making the man swear on his life never to tell anyone. Of course, ever the understanding man Hosea was, he listened to Arthur's every word and offered him some fatherly advice. Hosea seemed pleased that Arthur had found someone else that caught his eyes, especially after Mary Linton. Hosea resented the girl ever so slightly for breaking his son's heart. Hosea also appreciated that Charles seemed to bring out a different side of Arthur. Arthur was the type of person to watch from afar and observe, only participating when he needed to, but he found himself actually engaging in conversations with Charles and always left wanting more. As he promised, Hosea never told anyone about Arthur's affections towards Charles, especially because those types of affections were frowned upon in that day and age.

Charles found himself also falling for a certain rugged cowboy, but he was able to hide his affections a little better. Choosing to shove them down instead of thinking about them. Charles had always been a bit of a loner, hopping from gang to gang, never really staying for more than a few weeks, but after meeting the van der Linde gang he found himself wanting to stay. Especially after becoming friends with Arthur. Charles liked that he and Arthur could just coexist together, no one needed to always be talking. Charles liked silence more often than not, and Arthur didn’t seem to mind this. Charles also liked that Arthur was efficient and meticulous about his work, he could be a bit violent but he always got the job done. Arthur was also one of the only people who could get Charles to crack a smile or get a laugh from him, whether it be his effortless digs at gang members or blatantly roasting other people. There was just something about the cowboy that Charles was so captivated with, and he was always ecstatic whenever Arthur chose him to take on hunts or jobs.

The two of them continued to dance around each other and be completely oblivious to the other person's feelings. Arthur was getting tired of having to hide his feelings from Charles, he wanted nothing more than to confess to the other man but he was also terrified of what Charles would say.

Arthur said goodbye to Hosea and Dutch, saying that he and Charles would be back in a few days. The two older men didn’t mind, they knew that Charles and Arthur would bring the gang some decent resources. Arthur mounted his horse and nodded to Charles, who was sitting on his own mount. The two of the trotted out of camp and headed towards the Heartlands, their camping spot for the next few days.

The two of them rode in silence for most of the journey, Arthur occasionally whistling a tune. They both heard thunder in the distance and turned to look. Thick black storm clouds were rolling in their direction.

“We should pick up the pace a little bit, we don’t want to get caught riding in those.” Charles said, his smooth voice breaking the silence.

“Agreed.” Arthur drawled, kicking his mare into a canter. Charles followed suit, riding on Arthur's heels all the way to their destination. Their camping spot was a rocky outcropping which partially shielded them from the incoming winds. Charles made sure the horses were safely tied down and also safe from the harsh winds the storm was bringing in. Arthur set up their tent, he had packed a two person tent so they could both fit inside comfortably. He made sure to pound the spikes into the ground extra hard just in case. Arthur took one last look of the clouds now overhead before retreating into the tent for the night. While waiting for Charles, he lit up two lamps for a little bit of warmth and opened two cans of beans and peas for their dinner. He heard the first few raindrops on the tent and watched as Charles slid into the tent. His wet skin glimmering slightly in the low light,

Arthur couldn’t help but stare for a moment too long. Charles settled down into the spot beside Arthur, placing his weapons beside him. Arthur handed Charles a metal coffee cup full of beans and peas, Charles raised his eyebrow at the other man.

“We don’t have any bowls.” Arthur said, noticing Charles' confused look.

“I knew we forgot to pack something.” Charles replied sarcastically, with a cheeky smile.

“Shut up.” Arthur mumbled, blushing slightly and Charles laughed softly. Arthur relished the sound of his laugh, he could listen to it forever. The two men ate their dinner listening to the rain and wind pound the surroundings. After dinner, they did their own thing, Arthur writing in his journal and Charles whittling a small piece of wood.

Arthur flipped through the pages of his beloved journal and his drawings of Charles caught his eye. He stole a glance at the man across from him, the look of concentration on his face as his skilled hands worked away at the piece of wood in his grasp. Arthur wondered what he was making, or even if Charles knew what he was making or if he just picked away until something came out. Charles had gifted Arthur a small wooden horse he had carved once, and he felt pride seeing it sit on Arthur's shelf in his quarters at camp. Arthur wished he had that type of skill, to take an ordinary piece of wood and turn it into something so amazing, instead he was blessed with the ability to draw pretty much anything. He desperately wanted to tell Charles how much he truly loved the man, and apparently his brain did too because Charles looked up at him. Arthur hadn’t even realized he had said Charles' name.

“What’s up, Arthur?” Charles asked softly. Arthur debated for a moment if he should actually tell him, but Arthur figured he could always run away to another country like Canada or France if this goes badly.

“I, Uh, wanted to tell you something.” Arthur said, trying to keep himself calm by fiddling with the pencil in his hand. Charles sat there in anticipation, the low light making his face seem even more handsome. Arthur took a breath before speaking, his nerves going crazy.

“Charles, I really like you, like more than any person should.” Arthur tried, he was never really great at expressing his feelings.

“Are you saying you are sweet on me?” Charles asked, his expression impossible to read. Arthur nodded, and Charles scooted over so he was face to face with Arthur. He could feel the heat radiating off the other man, he could also see the slight dusting of pink on Charles cheeks.

“It’s okay if you don’t feel the same, I know things like this are frowned upon an-” Arthur’s rambling was cut short by a pair of lips on his. Charles was kissing him, Arthur kissed back. Their lips fit together like puzzle pieces, and they had both waited many weeks for this moment. They broke for air, both panting slightly.

“Does this mean you like me too?” Arthur chuckled and Charles rolled his eyes.

“Yes, Arthur, I do. I have since the moment I saw you.” Charles replied. He placed his hand on Arthur's cheek and placed another soft kiss on his lips. The two of them sat in silence for a moment, just enjoying the other person's presence.

“If you are worried about what people will think, we can keep this,” Charles gestured to the two of them, “for just in private.” Arthur nodded.

“I would appreciate that, Charles, but the odd hand holding never hurt anyone.” Arthur smirked, Charles kissed that stupid smirk off his handsome face.

The two men laid together in the tent, Arthur’s head on Charles' chest while he ran his hands through the cowboys dirty blond hair. They chatted softly and listened to the rain. The storm had calmed down a lot since the beginning of the night. The two men were content for the time being, just the two of them in the middle of the wilderness where no one could disturb them. Charles was grateful he decided to give the van der Linde gang a chance because he got Arthur out of it and that was all he ever wanted was someone to make him feel wanted and valued, especially in the world they lived in. Arthur on the other hand was ever so grateful that Charles decided to stay in the gang because after being Dutch’s right hand and errand boy for so long, Charles made him feel like he was more than just a pack mule and that was something he treasured.

#red dead redemption 2 #charthur #arthur morgan #charles smith #light angst #fluff #rdr2 #rdr2 fanfic

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devondespresso · 9 months ago

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Writers 20 questions tag game!!

tagged by the beloved @eriquin 💕💗💖 i haven't been able to participate in a lot of tag games lately (as evident by this being at least a week late ahnsgdsynkd)(edit: its been way more than a week) but i still really really appreciate the tags!!

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1. How many works do you have on AO3?

7 !! I think i still need to put one up there but i haven't yet cause i wanna edit the ending a tad

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

10,746

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Stranger Thingssssss, and i think its fair to say the Steve Harrington fandom specifically gdnzngxngxgn

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Sweet and Spicy (the one steddie drabble tdnydyndny), My Sunshine, I Can Only Hope Now, Never Again, and Mr. Crayola Henderson

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes absolutely!! its usually a lot of heart emojis and keyboard smashes mixed in with my actual response zgnzgbzgnzng

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

uhhh itd probably have to be Never Again still, i usually like to lean positive with my endings, that whole love-being-alive thing, so whenever i don't its usually because the focus is a different strong emotion that'd conflict with blatant positivity.

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

oo okay also hard to decide for the same reason, I'd say the ending that feels happiest is probably from either I Can Only Hope Now (the Claudia prompt) or Now That We're Alive because both go from sad to happy and hopeful for the future. My Sunshine ends on a good note but its less "aw yippee!" and more "AAAAAAAAAAAA". I like my drabbles (under 400 words) to end pretty fluffy so far, and stuff like Mr. Crayola Henderson stays a pretty consistent light and fun so I don't think the happy end hits as hard.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

no, thank god, not yet anyway

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

nopeeee tho Never Again has an E and M version it's not exactly fun enough to be smut i don't think

10. Do you write crossovers?

also nope

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that im aware?? I'd be pretty pissed if it was but also like. is it doing well? is it popular? 👀

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

not that im aware but i give full permission if anyone wants to

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

nope, most ive done is bounce ideas or beta, but I'd be down to try it!

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

i don't know if i have one?? just in general for stranger things i enjoy steve ships a lot. big fan of Vi and Caitlyn from Arcane but im not really in fandom for that show cause what would i change?? im very much a gen fic enjoyer and if i had to list all my fav platonic dynamics... we'd be here a while xgnzngzgn

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

oh irony my cruelest adversary. a few months ago i was happy and ignorant in my haven of only one active wip. Now there's a small handful, and unless i get possesed with the same emotions i was venting in it, i fear the short Robin-centric letter style thing won't be finished soon. its decent so far but there would be a good bit of editing trying to actually articulate the feeling in a realistic way plus fitting it to Robin's first-person writing style. I don't intend to drop it but lately it just calls to me the least, but that could change

16. What are your writing strengths?

i think its a strange mix of intuition and a technical understanding of writing that works really well for the way i think. Its very broad and basically has no rules, just a understanding of how my favorite stories work, how most writing rules are really trends that tend to work better and then you can dig deeper behind a lot of them to see the *why* behind it. that plus trusting the nagging feeling that something's off makes editing my most productive stage, i can vibe check the area and then start digging dgnxnhxngxng

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

god this changes every time i revisit this draft xumxhmxmxhm this time its probably character introspection. i love writing like a movie and having character action or dialogue or setting or symbols communicate things, but putting down what the characters thinking with similar tact is soooo harddddddd and especially in angst or emotion moments, i want my readers caught in the same thought process as the pov character, i want it to feel so real that even if they never experienced the situation the characters in and even if they know logically the characters wrong, they understand. and that unfortunately involves bypassing their stance as an outside perspective on the matter, which is uhhhhh very very hard xhmznhxhnxhm

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

Depends on the intent, i think it works best when the author speaks the language themselves, and especially with stuff like asl it helps clarify the grammatic differences. I think if its a language the pov character isn't supposed to understand then "said something in x language" works better for universal immersion.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Stranger things babeyyyyyy, i actually started writing the Steve Henderson au first, tho the first drafts of chapters are very different from current ones

20. Favorite fic you've written?

MY SUNSHINE!!!!!!! i am so open about my favouritism with that one, its the most contemplative and atmospheric and emotional and its short enough that i was spending time on every word, every line to make sure it felt right and contributed to the picture i wanted. they say its more achievable (compared to long fiction) to make a perfect short story and that's what My Sunshine feels like to me, the perfect little taste of themes I'm enjoying most in writing rn, specifically with the Steve Henderson au (my second favourite fic xgnxngxgn)

i forget how many ppl im supposed to tag so im gonna do 20, no pressure ofc!! @marvel-ous-m @acasualcrossfade @pearynice @imfinereallyy @tinytalkingtina

@klausinamarink @puppy-steve @queenie-ofthe-void @eyesofshinigami @stellarspecter

@dreamwatch @lightoftheseraph @withacapitalp @findafight @hbyrde36

@vegasol @carolperkinsexgirlfriend @lingeringmirth @momotonescreaming @sourw0lfs

#personal tag game #tag game

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finalgirlminamurray · 3 months ago

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alright i'm gonna do it. my tcm fanfics:

The Sawyer Sisters, Fifty Years Later. the first one i posted which i wanted to get done in time for the 50th anniversary of the events of the first movie (not the movie itself, that was this year). consider it an introduction of sorts to the setting and characters of my gender-swapped au. written as an in-universe journalistic article but the kind that someone may have written out, sat down and looked at for a while, then discarded. i wrote it a few weeks before posting and i think it came out well enough. i felt like i should do something to celebrate the date and also establish my ideas.

The Texas Chainsaw Tarot. a conceptual piece that just consists of my descriptions of what i'd imagine a tcm-themed tarot deck would look like. i'm interested in tarot from an artistic/symbolic perspective and designing fandom-themed tarot decks is always fun, but i can't draw so i have to write it out instead. i'm glad i posted it on ao3 because it got some decent engagement. i still stand by all my choices.

don't question the virtue names: the sawyer sisters saga. this is my collection of all the sawyer sisters-verse fics i've posted. i'd already had these written but i did some significant edits before posting, and i think they turned out alright. still it's a very niche thing to have written so i didn't expect much of an audience. it's possible to read these like original fiction, but it would be too much to make the necessary changes to make it actual original fiction, you know? anyway what i've posted so far is focused on chastity (chop top's counterpart) and what she was doing in 1969-1973, because i felt that needed the most elaboration in this universe, and it turned into a whole thing because i just kept writing more and more detailed lore. i'll probably post more stories focused on other characters and time periods at some point, but for now we have a three-part history. (chass has kind of become my blorbo from my brain due to how much i've expended on her story, and she's not even really my favorite of the sort-of ocs!)

features a lot of 60s-70s cult stuff, partly inspired by some of the true crime literature i read around this time for "research", and partly by just the general vibe of the era. i deliberately didn't want this directly based off of any real-life things even though it's impossible not to be influenced, just as real cult leaders were probably inspired by the tactics of others before them. also features a lot of ocs.

i actually wrote these in reverse order of how they ended up being posted. i just kept going further back in the timeline while i wrote

ace of swords, or the rhythm of life (is a powerful beat). the first in the aforementioned series. chastity goes to la, meets and eats a girl, joins a new community, meets another girl, and... this was just meant to establish how she got to the final point, but it became its own thing soon enough. 2 chapters, 14k words.

hit the floor (and crawl to your mama). chastity goes to a party and has her first negative experience with the cult, then goes home, but not for long. originally written as an interlude of sorts. the last chapter takes place later in the timeline than everything else that's been posted so far, because again, these were written in reverse order. 3 chapters, 12k words.

the flesh failures (let the sun shine in). the last part...for now. chastity does something she's not proud of and unintentionally performs a heroic action, then gets her head bashed in for it. 3 chapters, 14k words.

more to come if i ever post the rest, and then...who knows? i'd also really like to expand on this verse here in ways that wouldn't fit into a published fanfic, regardless of whether anyone else cares lol.

#my writing #my fics #texas chainsaw massacre #tcm

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sanerontheinside · 2 months ago

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Multiples of five for the ask game, please?

ok I'm so sorry, I actually have to skip some of these or I'll never post, so there are some multiples of 5 here but not all.

5. have you ever made a playlist about something you were writing as an elaborate means to procrastinate when you could have been actually writing and if yes drop a link, son

I don't feel I know enough music to make a decent instagram post these days, let alone playlists 😅

10. at what point in the process do you come up with titles, and how easy or hard is that for you?

super depends on the fic. most of the time I think I look back for a phrase or word from the text itself that fits. once or twice there was a very specific reference to something I wanted (Odyssey reference once or twice; I didn't want to name a fic 'The Lighting of a Fire' even tho silver would have let me so instead we have Kindling which feels like it has the right vibes)

15. where do you share your writing?

ao3, babey! where else am I gonna go

20. what is your favorite trope to write?

I don't get to do it a lot but probably the reconciliation/getting back together. (the thing is actually. I just re-read Count of Monte Cristo, which is a book I seriously imprinted on as a kid. yeah the revenge plots are cool and insane but... how Mercedes and Edmond see each other 18 years after an extremely traumatic separation... yeah I will never actually recover from experiencing that as a concept, ngl)

25. what’s your revision or rewriting process like?

mostly I don't have one, but every now and then I will print/open something on my phone, and retype it on my laptop. as you do this, it smooths the text you already have written. also sometimes reading a thing aloud can help but that's something I do even more rarely

40. best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten.

"your characters aren't cringe/fucked up enough" —also thanks @willowcrowned that's actually a great help

50. do you plan or do you write whatever comes to your mind?

little bit of column A, little bit of column B. It's 'these moments definitely happen but the stuff in the middle will sort itself when I get there. I hope'

55. do you have any abandoned WIP’s? What made you abandon them?

well first of all they're not abandoned. they're just resting. under the floorboards. haunting me. so jot that down. things that have made me put stuff aside, in no particular order: 1. Occupational Hazards - I pantsed my way tf through a whole lot of material in there and now it feels wrong; also I needed to come up with a smaller goal for them to fix in part 2, one that isn't 'rewrite the galaxy' the way sw does, sooo... 2. major reason I set something aside - 'oh god I need to think about things' 3. I need to research a thing and the research feels daunting (any and almost all medeival-ish historical fic. technically also the Navy fic. also kinda the Ambitious Fools fic, where I've done the research but it needed time to settle) 4. I wasn't getting to the fun parts fast enough and the fun parts were far enough away from the written parts that the empty spaces were becoming an issue. (this is frankenfic. I keep thinking I'll get back to it) 5. started rewriting and that suddenly became a Huge Project and I needed to breathe a second

70. are you very critical of your own writing? how much do you find yourself editing (either during the writing or after the fact)?

I think I don't edit a lot after the fact unless it's something I want to rewrite and come back to, like uhhhhhh. well. like frankenfic. a couple times I tried with the Sith Temple fic but didn't really get all that far with it (the comments I've gotten on that one are all over the place is2g)

75. do you know how your story ends before you start writing?

usually - yes. not always tho.

80. do you try to put themes, motifs, messages, morals, etc in your writing? if so, how do you go about it?

I actually feel like I don't do this on purpose! I don't think on those levels so much as I think on the shape the story should take overall

90. do you notice your own voice in your writing style?

ooooh no I super don't 😅 I know when it changes tho. like if I read something with a very specific voice or writing style that then sticks to me like a burr - don't like that. (don't get me wrong tho—if I could sustain a Douglas Adams voice for more than 1 page, I'd for sure go for a parody piece. not normally how that works tho)

95. do you describe a character’s appearance all right away or in pieces?

i'm not sure I do, almost ever? OC's are a better gauge for this hang on... I can remember a few times when I described the character all at once, at least in broad strokes. There's at least one character where I very much avoid this because their whole Thing is hiding their appearance. but lately I feel like I really don't describe them, so definitely not all at once if at all

#ask game #saner chats

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not-poignant · 2 years ago

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Hi Pia

Just to be clear, will the old version of Fae Tales remain available on ao3 or will it be replaced with the newer edited versions?

I'd appreciate knowing so I'll know whether to download the older versions before their replaced.

Thanks x

Hi anon,

I've talked about this a lot over the years. But basically I have actually edited and tweaked all of my stories many times over the years firstly, so that's a thing that does happen and it's worth backing up versions (if you want to keep the typos and some of the continuity errors x.x)

Secondly, I will save the 'references to SAL' version of Game Theory, so that this version is always available. I'm still on the fence about whether I'll make the AO3 version fully original, I always said that I would, but that was before I made the decision to actually try publishing, and now I think I could probably keep both.

However, even if I do that, I get a lot of people saying they find Game Theory confusing - why was Augus defeated? What did he do wrong? What's the difference between Seelie and Unseelie fae? Etc. etc. Questions that got answered in SAL for some, and certainly get addressed in COFT and TIP, never get addressed in GT, and that's kind of an issue for a free serial that is meant to help people get interested in my writing.

Some people overcome that (or have no issue with it), but it really is the biggest barrier to folks picking up the series.

In that sense, I have considered adding extra scenes, and also removing the scenes that have been completely OOC for over 8+ years, like Gwyn masturbating early on in GT, or the spanking scene later on. Neither one fits Gwyn's character, and it's very quickly established after that - and then maintained for almost a decade afterwards - that they really don't fit his character.

Those inconsistencies might be charming for some, but they're actually really frustrating for me! I haven't been able to reread Game Theory for enjoyment for like 4+ years because of it.

So, will I fix those things to make GT have decent continuity of character and add new scenes to GT on AO3? Maybe. Will I keep the references to SAL? Maybe! This one's more likely, especially for the folks - the many of us - who love fanfiction and love AO3 and came to GT (including me) from fanfiction. There's always a transitional story for people who need it.

My biggest stumbling blocks are the character continuity issues.

Also for those who probably don't know, I've made some actually pretty big edits to SAL for character continuity re: Gwyn and Augus. Augus, in particular, has had some major reworking in that story (like 4-5 years ago).

Every single one of my stories gets edited over time, especially if I do rereads. Most don't get new scenes, but like... oof I'd say there's about 2000 extra words on Gwyn and Augus in SAL, and I remember I did an edit about 6 years ago which easily removed about 12,000 words.

No one's ever brought it up, so ideally the edits felt smooth and just made the reading process more enjoyable.

But yeah if you want old versions of anything I write, anon, save/download them.

But if I make big structural changes (removing scenes / removing chapters), I will make a back-up copy myself and host it on Dropbox or something for folks to download going forwards. But hopefully they try the edited version too :)

#asks and answers #game theory #game theory edits #fae tales verse #fae tales #the fact is that game theory is the most inconsistent thing i've ever written #because it started out as hate fucking #became 'i can't let them die'#became 'oh shit is this a story'#and because i was trying to depart from fanfiction references #and couldn't do it entirely #and that frustrates me because now i *can* change that #and i *want to*#SAL ends just fine without game theory and it doesn't *need it* to be a complete story #Game Theory *does not start just fine without SAL*#which is not great #asklfasdjfas #that worked out fine a decade ago when everyone came over from SAL #but the *majority* of readers don't find GT that way anymore #and it's been like that for like 6+ years #and nostalgia is not a good enough reason to make things really hard #for new readers #when that series is already pretty challenging to newcomers y'know?

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daughterofhecata · 6 months ago

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for the writer's asks: 2, 3, 10, 19 <3

[ask game]

2. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project

Well, I'm currently in the process of writing some Bob/Sax, and I'm actually really looking forward to some horny Sax description xD Other than that I'm really excited to write the Whumptober Day 18 fill (I'm doing them pretty strictly in order), because I have a *very* interesting idea for "Revenge / Unreliable Narrator / Loss of Identity" :)

3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)

Hm, had to think about this for a while, because, uh. I usually just write directly what I want to write and then care about set-up and context later - if at all. But there certainly are a lot of bits and pieces rotting deep in documents that haven't been touched in years, and some of those scenes I would love to share, but it doesn't make sense to do it, because they would need a lot of build-up to hit emotionally the way they're supposed to.

10. How would you describe your writing process?

A very decent mix of order and chaos? I do try to sit down to write/edit every day, I can usually produce like at least 200 words a day, I'm extremely disciplined when it comes to prompt challenges (ie - keeping the word count I#ve set myself, filling all days even if inspiration is sparse, goign in order if I told myself that'd be what I'd do, etc). But I'm also drowing in WIPs, most of which will probably never be finished, my ADHD is the one deciding what I'll work on and most documents are a mess of unconnected scenes that I inevitably struggle to stitch together in the last steps.

19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)

"gelinde gesagt" & "unwillkürlich"... 🙈 Also I love describing people (esp hot older men), even though I'm not convinced I'm particularly good at it, and there is probably too much "character looking at something/someone" happening - the person holding our Creative Writing class even remarked on that after reading a text of just five pages 🙈 And my ao3 is overflowing with fic tagged "Dom/sub undertones" (or varietes of that tag) and/or "Age Difference". And I'm not going to be ashamed of that either 🤷‍♂️😄

#thank you!#but uh yeah the first part of the first answer certainly ties in nicely with the middle part of the last answer xD #a bit more detail on the 2nd answer: i started a case fic slash peter/skinny fic around the time i first fell into this fandom #it would end in a lot of drama and tragedy including at least one dead freeman-camper #and i have so many thoughts about the *second* part of that fic where they have to deal with... idk the aftermath of the aftermath #but none of that makes sense without the first part which uh. isn't written and hasn't been touched in literal years.#anyway #thanks again!#ask #wodkapudding

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voxofthevoid · 7 months ago

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Hey, I actually don't know if you've ever answered the question I'm going to ask (I'm like 90% sure you did lol), but you're very active on Tumblr, so I couldn't find an updated direct response 😅 - have you ever considered to post more often on ao3, not just one chapter for each work you're currently posting? From my understanding, all JJK and Marvel works you have on a current schedule are finished? And don't get me wrong - of course you have life and I don't mean you SHOULD post everything all at once, but as a fic writer myself - I do not have a patience to sit on my works for long! Like I need to share my obsession I have with certain ships ASAP. For example, your Shibuya Swap fic - someone already picked on that too - will take 2 years to post! That's insane, I don't know if I would like my own stuff in 2 years enough to not feel embarrassed about it and delete, and you will be coming back to it on a monthly basis for 2 years at best, 2.5 at worst, if something will not change the schedule by that time.

Or could it be, that those works aren't actually *finished* it's just that you have a general idea or "drafts" how will it start, progress and end?

I really admire your consistency though, but sometimes can't help myself, but think "Man, I wish you'd post *that* fic more often, it's SO good!" Or post like one fic, just 3-5 chapters of it in a month or sum. But alas, I will restrain myself from begging on my knees in the ao3 comments, because I can understand how annoying it can get, FAST (I dealt with certain people there, too).

Have a great day and please don't take this question as an attack, I'm just a desperate fan of yours, who can't even mind my own business most of the time due to being an ANNOYING person with ADHD lmfao🙏

You WILL see me generally commenting *OMG SO GOOD WOW HOLD UP* gibberish on your works, though (it is a threat).

Haha, don't worry, I won't bite your head off for this. No offense taken or attack interpreted 💜

I have answered a few versions of this question before, twice in relation to JJK and at least once in relation to MCU. They're all somewhere in this tag (link only works in browsers), and the former two will be more recent...but well, that tag has 127 pages of results and Tumblr search sucks balls; even I can't find my posts most of the time, so I definitely don't expect others to. But I did hunt down the most recent one: https://voxofthevoid.tumblr.com/post/746745605036064768/hey-i-was-wondering-why-you-post-one-chapter-a

As for stuff you've asked that's not covered in that answer—

My works are all finished, not just drafts. The "plot bunnies" I talk about are outlines of varying detail, but the fics I'm posting to Ao3 as well as the fics I've posted in previous WIP Wednesday installments are all complete. They need editing, but my first drafts are essentially my final drafts. I proofread to catch typos and grammar errors and to generally polish the phrasing. My day job is editing, which means I'm extremely lazy about editing my leisure writing, but I manage a decent pass.

Regarding how I feel about my work years down the line: I've more or less settled into my writing style. It's still changing and growing, and I enjoy experiments and challenges, but the base quality is at a level I'm content with in terms of both prose and mechanical elements. I'm not embarrassed by anything I've written after 2018, and I don't really see that changing. I will always see the flaws prominently, both objective and subjective ones, but I'll also see the strengths. The older fics (2014–2018) are of significantly poorer quality as well as clumsily executed in many, many ways, but I'm still proud of my ideas and absolutely delighted by how they still entertain so many people. Regardless of my personal feelings toward my writing at a given time, I won't delete my fics.

As for patience, I am indeed patient 🤣. Well, for a year or so, I've been posting snippets from whatever I'm currently working on as WIP Wednesday posts, so I am actively sharing the pieces that I'm working on, but I'm pretty comfortable with sitting on the full stories for months or even years. It just doesn't bother me.

The only issue with how I build a backlog is that once I lose interest in the ship/fandom, my posting slows down, and I get 100 times lazier about editing—to the point I'll likely post the rest of my MCU and Bleach works all raw and dirty. One of the reasons I'm posting as much as I do for JJK is that I'd like to avoid a similar fate in this fandom. Fool's errand with how my inspiration and writing function, but hey, no harm in trying.

And, in line with the post I've linked above, even if I had fewer fics on the roster, my pace would remain a chapter a month per fic. Let's say I suddenly stop writing and also whittle my backlog down to only 2 fics: That won't mean I'll post 3 chapters each for those 2 fics every month; I'll still only post twice a month in total—one chapter from each fic.

As long as no one's being rude or entitled (I've seen some asinine takes about prewritten fics being posted slowly), I consider people wanting more of specific stories as a compliment! However, you'll have to be patient right along with me 😂

And that's a wonderful threat; I look forward to it 🥰

#i love my anons #anon #my writing #look a tag I do not use consistently ever

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partmathpartmagic · 8 months ago

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masterlist i guess?

i am working on getting these all on tumblr but it'll be a minute!

Give me six months (formerly Disarmed)

“I think, my love, that if we survive this, I have some work to do.”

Mina/Astarion | 11/11 chapters | Mature (I'll mark the smut chapters!)

This began from the idea that Astarion's friendship ending feels (to me) like his most happy and self-actualized ending, and maybe he needs those 6 months on his own before he can have a romantic happily-ever-after.

But it turns out she was used to being the one in the relationship with her shit together and when that's no longer the case she has some shit to figure out as well...

This is so fluffy, y'all.

Read on tumblr: only chapter 5 is posted here so far (because it's my fave and it stands alone decently) but i will update as that changes!

A flip of a switch (formerly At Your Mercy)

Being as beautiful as he was, people wanting him the way they certainly seemed to everywhere they went, it must be impossible for him to feel safe anywhere. To feel whole. To feel like a mind attached to a body rather than floating outside of it. Gods, but he had such a good mind. … Did he know that? What if he didn’t know that? What if he thought she only wanted his body? Surely he wasn’t that dense? Oh gods, she realized. He absolutely is.

Mina/Astarion | 6/6 chapters (for now) | Mature

A prequel to Disarmed, picking up a few nights after the tiefling party/the first time they sleep together. Focuses a lot on Astarion working through his shit, the two of them figuring out sexual and non-sexual intimacy, all that good stuff. Also very fluffy. I took destiny into my own hands and changed the title and I don’t hate it anymore!

Read on tumblr: only chapter 6 posted so far

The Gift

"I left you alone, and I’m sorry, and it kills me knowing I hurt you, but everyone is going to leave me alone in the end, even you.”

Rielle/Astarion | 4/? chapters | smut-free just sad as hell

Rielle hasn't seen Astarion for two centuries, and then he shows up at her art show (where several of the paintings are of him) for a painful reunion.

This is set 200 years after the events of the game, so the only surviving members of the core party are Rielle (tav), Astarion, Halsin, and Shadowheart, and Halsin and Shadowheart are near the ends of their lifespans. It's about Astarion wrestling with losing the first people he ever allowed himself to care about and the fact that he's an immortal spawn who's just going to keep losing people- is it even worth loving them in the first place?

If you can't tell this is just pure angst lol I am hurting my own feelings by writing this fic

Read on tumblr: chapter 1 | chapter 2 | chapter 3 | chapter 6

And isn’t that just like a sister?

"She wants to destroy you—but with her, for the first time, you think you make sense."

Female Durge/Astarion | 2/2 chapters | smut-free

An exploration of Durge and Astarion's complicated relationships with their sisters. I edited these minimally so they're a little more stream-of-consciousness. Ch 1 is Durge pov (2nd person though, you are Durge and Durge is you) and ch 2 is Astarion pov.

Read on AO3: chapter 1 | chapter 2

Read on tumblr: chapter 1 | chapter 2

We Were

“If the timing had been different, do you think we ever could have been in love?” “We were, darling.”

Female Reader/Gale/Astarion | 2/2 chapters | smut-free

You and Gale are happily married, but an old friend's wedding gets you thinking about the past and how things might have been different. Bittersweet and sad in the way life is sad even when it's not.

Read on AO3: chapter 1 | chapter 2

Too Good (formerly Overlooked)

The hope makes you think ridiculous things, like how it would be the easiest thing in the world to just tell him how you feel. And maybe if you did, he’d be receptive. Maybe even tell you he feels the same. That’s completely ridiculous of course, absolutely unthinkable, but then he leans in so attentively and stares into your soul and it really, really starts to feel true. So the words rise in your throat and move to the tip of your tongue and—hells, it would be so easy to just say it. It would be such a relief. And then the fear claws at you, pulling the words back before they can escape.

Female Reader/Astarion | 26/26 chapters | explicittttt

You and Astarion are besties, but he's been really weird the past few weeks and you don't know why... friends to lovers and verrryyy slow burn, just yearning as far as the eye can see, will likely end with some smut

*fic playlist*

#my writing #bg3 astarion #bg3 fanfiction #bg3 fanfic #astarion #bg3 #bg3 fic #partmathpartmagic #masterlist #woo

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evilwickedme · 1 year ago

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20 questions for fic writers

Thank you for tagging me <3

How many works do you have on ao3?

69 lmaooo

what’s your total ao3 word count?

407,178 which is. A lot

What fandoms do you write for?

My current main fandoms are DC comics and marvel comics, but I've also been writing a lil btvs. Historically I've written a fuckton of Harry Potter, The Witcher (TV), a decent amount of leverage and daredevil (TV), the raven cycle, all for the game, and a few other fics in some random fandoms

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

before we get married, I need to get permission from batman; hang on til the chaos is through; in which an entire university becomes far too involved in Pankratz and Vengerberg's love life; This is all just HR paperwork waiting to happen; and The Sound Of My Own Voice (Asking You To Stay)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I respond to every single comment, with exactly one exception, that absolutely haunts me. The person just kept replying to me no matter what I said and I couldn't make them stop

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending

Mornings, for sure. One of my first ever spideypool fics back from 2016. Peter dies at the end. know we're not together (but I won't forget you) is a close second though

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

Oh I don't know, I have a lot of happy endings but they usually follow a fuckton of angst. Maybe in which the daily planet staff are 100% convinced that the kent-lanes are fucking superman, but I wouldn't call that a traditional ending

Do you get hate on fics?

Nah, although I've had some unnecessarily harsh public bookmarks

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Oh yeah. My first ever smut sucked but then I wrote so much in 2021 for the witcher that I actually got pretty good at it, or at least as mlm sex. I have some body dysmorphia issues around vaginas and I never feel like I write that well. Anyway I tend to go for excessively sweet or incredibly kinky and borderline unhealthy fics

Do you write crossovers?

Only the buffy/jason fic, unless you count daredevil tv and marvel comics or itsv and marvel comics to be crossovers

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not as far as I know

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes!! It's incomplete unlike the original fic but someone translated most of I'm a mess (but I'm the mess that you wanted) into Russian. This wasn't the question but @flowerparrish also podficced the first chapter of my jaybuffy fic!!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes but I removed it from my page following an extremely brutal and somewhat traumatizing fight with some of the people I was cowriting it with

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Mmmm I don't know, that's a good question. For a long time I would've answered jily. Spideypool is probably the main contender now, although spuffy could give it a run for its money - despite the fact that I've only written one fic for them (and implied them in my jaybuffy fic), I've adored them since I was 13, which is. Over 12 years ago fuck

What’s a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Mmm I'm always hoping I'll finish my wips, but the ones I doubt the most are my yennskier fic (no progress in over a year), my literati fic (although I did make some progress about a month ago), and I don't plan on going back to my drarry Hogwarts professor au for obvious reasons

Edit: OH ALSO the Witcher s2 outsider pov is never ever getting finished I'm sorry I know I promised it to a lot of people in the comments but it's not gonna happen

What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue and characterizations imo

What are your writing weaknesses?

Descriptions my fucking God I struggle so much with them

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'm fluent in Hebrew and my first ever fic was in Hebrew, so if that came up I'd feel pretty comfortable with it. Anything else I'd have to approach someone who spoke the language, and I'd rather just write it in English and say it was in the other languages

First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter and again, it was in Hebrew. I recently described what it was about to a group of friends who called it, and I quote, "adorable". I was ten or eleven at the time and I do not plan on reposting it.

Favorite fic you’ve written?

That's a toughie. I think probably I'm a mess (but I'm the mess that you wanted), but Under the Pink Hood, Of Three Times Lily Evans Changed Her Mind About James Potter, and know we're not together (but I won't forget you) are all honorable mentions

I'm not a tagger - I usually don't even participate in these kinds of posts - but I guess @not-the-blue @supergirlboy @penny-anna and any other mutual or even follower are invited to participate if you wanna

#this my fic #gail speaks

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hyperfocusedcloneshipper · 10 months ago

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How did you write 50 chapters in a year? How many words on the ao3 tag are yours? What’s the percentage in terms of word count? Do you sleep?

How did you write 50 chapters in a year?

I write every day and that’s not hyperbole, though it likely makes it sound like i have far more free time than I do. The reality is that I do a lot of planning and outlining while in boring meetings, standing in grocery lines, and doing other tedious things that require my physical presence but not my critical thinking. I also tend to do a lot of writing (or outlining) on the go on my phone and then go back to fill things out, edit, rip things out, and doing more extended periods of writing.

I have (more than once) written an entire chapter and then just thrown it out (metaphorically speaking of course. I just rename the document by adding the word TRASH to the document name in case I want to go back and mine it for any good nuggets). A lot of times I will write a scene, realize that while it's doing interesting character stuff, it's distracting from the actual chapter I am writing and set that section aside and use it as a flashback in a future chapter. Vignettes is a chapter with A LOT of stuff that I wrote for other chapters. I had to go back to rework a lot of the writing that I used as flashbacks for that chapter but most of those flashbacks existed in some form long before that chapter existed.

I'm almost never going into writing a chapter without any sort of plan. Though occasionally I realize that I want to expand on something that happened in a previous chapter and end up with chapters I didn't originally plan for when I was outlining an arc.

This happens a lot when I realize that certain events impact other characters and I end up wanting to explore how they are grappling with them. This is only temporary, Equal., What. Happened., Unwell, Hurt, The To Do List, and Vignettes are all chapters that resulted from me realizing I wasn't willing to just side step certain characters experiences.

I don't actually have a ton of spare time to just sit and write and do nothing else so I basically just sneak in writing wherever I can, ferreting away sentences and paragraphs here and there throughout my day in between tasks. But the writing itself comes fairly easily because I spend so much time really trying to understand what motivates the characters. Those motivations really help me figure out what comes next and sort of naturally arrive at how they will react to certain events and how those reactions affect everyone else. There are a few chapters that I really struggled with and those were chapters where I was struggling to figure out character motivations or when I wasn’t sure who I wanted to focus on.

How many words on the ao3 tag are yours?

572,007

What’s the percentage in terms of word count?

No idea but I don't imagine it's very big. We've got a decent number of fic writers in the tag now (Mike4Mike month back in February produced a lot of excellent fics that you should check out if you enjoy iterationships)

Do you sleep?

Not well! I don't really stay up late writing Iterations and Retrocausal Pockets though because I put a lot of thought into that series and am very careful about what I introduce in terms of plot and character motivations. The chapters of Hunting Games, my series that focuses on Mikey and the Hunters, as well as both chapters in my omega verse Mike/Michael series, The Switch were both written in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep though.

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jrtouchshriek · 1 year ago

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20 Questions for Fic Writers!

Tagged by @hydriotaphia

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

93 on AO3, with more on ff.net and LJ.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

401,235

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently writing for Crows Zero.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos

Control (Batman fandom - explicit; slash)

They can try to imagine (Avatar: the last airbender fandom - explicit; slash)

Thorin & the three lovers (Hobbit fandom - mildly explicit; slash)

An enlightening experience (Star Wars fandom - gen)

Children (Batman Nolanverse fandom - slash)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Um, I want to say yes but often I get lazy and the days pass and then it's just awkward to write a response saying 'this is so late but ty' to a comment that came in weeks ago.

Also, if you've enjoyed the fic and just want to let me know you appreciated it on a general level, I'm perfectly fine with kudos. I see comments as being a way to fangirl over something (either in my fic or related to my fic) that you'd like to share. I'll probably respond immediately to a comment that says more than 'thanks for writing' because there's something personal to engage with there.

So tl;dr - I try, but don't always.

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

Ooh. Well, I'm a sucker for happy and/or hopeful fic, so angst tends not to show up often in my works. Possibly the most teenager-y angsty fic would be most of my Labyrinth fic on ff.net (special mention to Mature in Stages and the entire Bond of... series).

But recent fic on AO3 would have to be Making Do (Lewis fandom - slash)

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

Ah, I'd pick The Following (Hobbit fandom - everybody lives, mildly parodic humour fic)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Never. I just assume most people are mature enough to roll their eyes and back out of any of fic that they start reading and find problematic.

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

Definitely! (coughControlcough). Mostly slash fic, running the gamut of vanilla to kinky.

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

I do love the occasional crossover. Strangest one would have to be a tie: Patterns (Batman/ Velvet Goldmine crossover) and In Flashes (Batman/ Law & Order crossover).

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, I've been very honoured to have a couple translated:

Blue (NaPolA/ Before the Fall - Russian translation by aldandersss)

Ten Heats (Crows Zero - Mandarin translation by DelusionClassic)

Aaaand now going through the comments shows me that I've missed several requests for permission to translate, I think I'll put a blanket permission statement up on my profile and may on my fics.

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

Nope. And I don't beta because I tend to re-write rather than properly beta, Which is not fair to the actual author.

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Lol. Any ship I'm currently shipping! But I guess it would have to be Fedal (Federer/Nadal - the only Real Person pairing I break my 'real person fic is a hardline no' rule for).

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

I tend not to publish until I have all chapters written but I do have one I'd love to muster the drive to finish - A Disappearing World (and a Bygone Age) (Star Wars; Sound of Music! AU).

16. What are your writing strengths?

I have a basically decent narrative style, I guess, and I take time to edit drafts so I can minimise spelling and grammatical errors as far as possible.

I suppose I have a fairly decent grasp of consequence and character logic (so if I interpret a character/ event/ plot point in a particular way, it generally tends to stay consistent in the fic) and a workman-like approach to description. So I churn out stuff that is perfectly suited to simple, unexceptional reading so long as you already want to read works for that particular fandom/ character(s)/ tag.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Energy. Tone. Depth. Foreshadowing. Layering. Pacing. Editing. Shall I go on? ;)

I can't write fic that is exciting, dramatic, parodic or wistful. I do broad-stroke writing but struggle with fine detail and evocation.

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

I'm all for it! I think if it fits your story or is canonical, it can be poignant and atmospheric in fic. So long as you always include translations for it.

Personally, though, I'm not linguistically flexible. I tried using another language once and a kind reader had to correct me because I'd accidentally used German instead of Swiss German.

But I also think it shouldn't be just about dialogue in another language. Good writers can evoke cultural change or perspectives just from the way they style their dialogue and narrative tone. They don't need to write in another language to do this.

For example, I'm currently writing for Crows Zero, which is a movie prequel to the Japanese manga Crows. I've had to come to terms with the fact that I'm not a good enough writer or committed enough researcher to properly entrench my fic in Japanese life and culture as relevant to high school male delinquents. I try, but my work is clearly written by a fangirl who is not familiar with the correct assumptions, experiences, terminology.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Buffy. And kind of alongside it, Angel.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

History (Crows Zero; Izaki/ Tokaji with a slight AU for accidentally getting their ages wrong) is my favourite as a reader.

it's the one fic I never get kudos or comments for (and I rarely get any for CZ anyway as it's quite dead on AO3), but History is the fic I keep coming back to for my own reading pleasure. It has everything I want for this pairing, and while I still can't write in the style that canon deserves, I love this version of how the pairing comes-together. I recreate it a bit with The night for lovers (same fandom, same pairing) but History gets it really right for me.

In terms of a favourite as a writer, I guess a tie between Control (Batman; Bruce/ Clark), History, and The Shadow of Ursa (ATLA - gen; AU given the sequel graphic novels).

All three have writing that either gets the correct reaction from readers or does something that I'm proud of.

Bonus: Favourite fic you haven't written?

Oh God, too many to count! Most recently:

Leoht Unfæger by AvaCelt (Beyond Evil; Lee Dong Sik/ Park Jeong-ji). I mean, this is how you write violent, emotional, active, character-driven sequels that expand and extend the canon while also focusing primarily on slash romance. It's beautiful.

This is me down on my knees by hydriotaphia (Bridgerton; ranges). Again, this elevates character study and emotion and rich, intense descriptions for me. I don't read Bridgerton, but when I read these chapters, I care about the characters. It has all the intensity I can never manage to achieve as a writer.

Все для тебя, моя принцесса! by Artaletta (Crows Zero; Izaki/ Tokaji) a fic in Russian which I use Google translate to read. According to Google translate, this fic is 'All for you, my princess', which should not work for high school delinquents but traps energy and life and romance into a perfectly interpreted version of the duty, grimy, ridiculous world of Suzaran All Boys High School. Somehow Artaletta has a sweet romantic tone (and not just because it works out happy) in a fic based on the premise of a character forcing sexual attention on another. But she balances the power dynamic, clear signage and dialogue so perfectly (even in Google Ttranslate) that it just works for me.

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I have no one else to tag since I'm not often on Tumblr, but this was fun! Thanks, hydriotaphia!. ^_^

#fanfic #writer review #crows zero #batman #sga #star wars #avatar the last airbender #hobbit #ao3 writer

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