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[happywitch416]

Ship + Song

Thanks for the tag @rhetoricalrogue !

Elena and Serana!

1. Sentinel by Syr

I know you're tired Of fighting and feeling you're losing ground/ I know your desires To shape your own fate and let peace abound/ I see you're weary With the ghosts of a life that is haunting your bones/ Your spirit is angry Howling defiance to all the unknowns

2. Why Don't You & I by Santana featuring Alex Band

So I'll say 'why don't you and I get together and take on the world and be together forever/ Heads we will and tails we'll try again'/ So I say 'why don't you and I hold each other and fly to the moon and straight on to heaven/Cause without you they're never gonna let me in'

3. All Or Nothing by Theory of a Deadman

Looking at all or nothing/ Babe it's you and I/With you I know that I'm good for something/ So let's go give it a try/ We've got our backs against the ocean/ It's just us against the world

4. Finally// beautiful stranger by Halsey

Beautiful stranger, here you are in my arms and I know That beautiful strangers only come along to do me wrong/ And I hope, beautiful stranger, here you are in my arms/ But I think it's finally, finally, finally, finally, finally safe For me to fall

5. Blinding Lights by Saint Asonia

And I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights/ No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch/ And I said, ooh, I'm drowning in the night/ Oh, when I'm like this, you're the one I trust

Their whole playlist (all 13 hours of it lol) is here.

I am gonna tag @kaleidoscopegirl @commander-krios and anyone else that wants to. tag me! I like listening to new music lol

[laynefaire]

Fic Writer Questions

I was tagged by @haztobegood and @becomeawendybird to answer these questions. Thanks, y’all. I am so uncomfortable because I am so bad about talking about my writing.  

1) How many works do you have on AO3? 45 - 43 in the 1D fandom.

2) What’s your total AO3 word count?  359,791 (holy shit how did that happen?)

3) How many fandoms have you written for and what are they? 2 fandoms for posted works, - 1D and Twilight. I also have three started Drarry fics and a few original pieces. 

4) What are your top 5 fics by kudos? Well - my very top fic isn’t technically my fic, which actually makes me kind of sad that it’s not something that’s wholly mine, to be honest. However, for fics that are solely my writing, my top five are -

Take Your Time (11556 words) Kudos: 688 

Day 24: Trust In Me (6737 words) Kudos: 301 

As The World Falls Down (1352 words) Kudos: 285  

This Fragile Heart (WIP- 4771 words) Kudos: 265 

Before It Gets Beautiful (15700 words) Kudos: 245

5) What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending? I would have to say the two fics in the Before it Gets Beautiful ‘verse - only because they’re both open-ended. 

6) What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending? LOL Everything else, I suppose. No, Honestly? I’d have to say For Evermore - it is a fairytale, after all. 

7) Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written? Does writing a remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast count as a crossover? 

8) Do you write smut? If so what kind? I do - but I’m unsure what is meant by ‘what kind’. I write what I like, and what fits the scene/story/characters. 

9) Do you respond to comments, why or why not? For the most part, yes. Not always right away, though I am trying to be better about responding sooner. As for why - I honestly would just like to spark conversations with the people who read my stories - I would love it if people would send me asks about my stories, or just talk to me about my writing in general. It’s not as much fun to throw things into a void and pray someone likes it. 

10) Have you ever received hate on a fic? Unfortunately yes - several times, both on AO3 and in my asks. 

11) Have you ever had a fic stolen? I did when I was still writing Twilight fic. 

12) Have you ever had a fic translated? Not to my knowledge, and I don’t allow translations, either. 

13) Have you ever co-written a fic before? I have! The aforementioned top kudos fic in my AO3 stats - it was a round robin collaboration with nearly two dozen other writers as a gift for @louandhazaf as a birthday gift. I only knew like 4 of them before that collab, and I’m now honored to call all of them friends. 

14) What’s your all time favorite ship? I have two - Ziam and Drarry. 

15) What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will? This Fragile Heart. The first chapter is posted on AO3 because I can’t bear the thought of taking it down, but the fandom and circumstances are so much different now than they were when I started writing it, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to recapture how I felt when I was first inspired to start it. 

16) What are your writing strengths? UGGGGGGHHHHH this is the part I hate to talk about... as I’m probably my own worst critic. Based on the comments I receive, I would have to say its believability, dialogue, and descriptions. I do so much research for fics - even short ones - because I want the details right. I love writing dialogue and using it as a means to move the story. And finally, I love writing descriptions that help make the story immersive. 

17) What are your writing weaknesses? Probably over-fixating on the details. I also have a tendency to self-edit the shit out of what I write, so it takes me forever to finish things. I legitimately spent over two hours editing one small 1K  scene today because I kept reworking the sentences over and over. Of course, it’s now nearly a 1700 word scene *facepalm*

18) What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? If you are capable of doing it, I say go for it! I’ve used phrases from other languages in my writing- and made sure to have a native speaker check them for accuracy.  I have a fic I’m working on now where the main character is English, living in New Orleans, and speaking to a Creole co-worker with patois scattered throughout their conversation. 

19) What was the first fandom you wrote for? Twilight - I started off writing Jasper/Bella fics, then moved on to Jasper/Edward, Edward/Carlisle, Jacob/Emmett, etc. 

20) What’s your favorite fic you’ve written? NONONONONONO!! Don’t do this to me!! It definitely has to be one of my Ziam fics - because I feel like I put so much more into writing them. I’d have to say I have three favorites, honestly - Live a Thousand Lifetimes - because I poured a lot into that fic emotionally, For Evermore - because I had the opportunity to reimagine my favorite fairytale, and my current WIP Shadow Dancing - it’s the longest thing I’ve ever written, and while there is a love story in it, it’s more a story about acceptance, believing in yourself, and knowing your truth. 

I���m not sure who has and has not done this, so I’m going to tag a few people - @lightwoodsmagic @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed @disgruntledkittenface @a-brighter-yellow 

Also you see this, and you want to do it - please consider yourself tagged - and let me know so I can reblog your post!