#cauchemarlena

[taldigi]

Choose Violence: 7, 17, 19?

what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

Luka. Everyone seems to prop him up as this "guy who's guitar is gunna save Marinette" and posture him as her bff... but he's just as much a selfish jerk as Adrien. I tried really hard to like him, but in the end I couldn't do it. He's just turned out a really insincere and selfish character- but my disillusionment came long before that.

In reverse, Lila. The whole fandom hates her guts. I think she's neat and everyone else is wrong about her. I think she should be redeemed- because it's really funny.

there should be more of this type of fic/art

Like.. really off the cuff AUs or non-typical Divergent Universes- (for ML specifically, some scenario that isn't akuma based that's "weird") like... Where's my deserted island AU?

you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

Adribrina- or really, any ship that pairs off Adrien with the least "romantic" or popular option. I can't stand canon, nor can I stand Adrien. But there's something appealing about having 6 different characters vying for Adrien's attention, only for him to get with.. Sabrina... the show's punching bag.

[butchviking]

What food combination do you want to ban?

ok well the radblr cereal conversation rn has made me realise that ppl do ungodly things id never even heard of to food and i think something should be done about those people. (coffee? like hot coffee??? in cereal??? ive never wished hurt upon a beloved mutual before but i think i do now. i think i do.)

but aside from that im a pineapple hater til i die and we all talk a lot of shit abt pineapple on pizza but i think we need to address pineapple on burgers. what the fuck was anyone thinking.

ALSO that thing takeaway places give you sometimes when you ask for garlic and they give you that minty garlic shit. mint and garlic are you people crazy. ive never in my life asked for garlic sauce and wanted something minty. it should be a crime.

[cmdrburton]

Weird Questions for Writers: 2, 18 and 32?

aw thank you (◕‿◕｡) here's the ask game masterpost, btw

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

That would be very difficult for me. I used to write on paper very early on, think middle school... but now I edit way too much to stick with it. I edit nearly constantly. Any paper I used would quickly devolve into striked-out corrections made to striked-out lines xD

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

Ooh, a tough one :3 I think I'd pick...

The salvagers went quiet when they saw where the beacon was transmitting from. It was a cloud of mangled ship parts and debris, as well as large chunks of ship that had partially survived an explosion of some kind. Anu deactivated the distress beacon, grimly aware there might not be anybody left to save.

I wanted to set the scene. Initially there was a great deal of stuff about navigation beacons set up by the salvagers' home station, but that didn't make sense, as I wanted the salvage ship to be the first ones on the scene. A lot of that got cut off. Some description of the carnage got cut too, as one cloud of space debris probably looks much like every other to the people who're brought in to clean it up. (It's just me who wants to talk about frozen shards of coolant, ha.)

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

I wish I had something like this, but I don't. Things slip from my mind so easily these days. If I had such a line before I lost my memories, well, I wouldn't know. Sorry about the disappointing answer ><'

Thank you so much for the ask! <3

[coffeebanana]

Fanfic Writer Ask Meme: K, V and Z?

kajsdbkjsb I am not really doing this ask game right now because I actually reblogged it almost a year ago ahaha but i assume you're here because you saw the person who reblogged it from me. 😂

K:  Do you have a guilty pleasures in fic (reading or writing)?

I mean, I'm a slut for hurt/comfort but I wouldn't really call that a guilty pleasure. I don't really think I have any of those, because why wouldn't I embrace something I enjoy?

V: Are there certain comments you’ve received on your stories that have stuck with you?

Absolutely!! I have a little folder on my computer where I keep screenshots of the ones that meant a lot to me, and I go through that from time to time when I want some feel good chemicals. I don't know what else to say because there's really a variety of them and for different reasons, but I feel very grateful to have the commenters I have. 💗💗💗

Z: Is there a story you’ve written that doesn’t seem to get much love?

I mean over a third of my fics feature a rare pair as the main pairing (and some others are gen fic), so those tend to get less attention in general. Right On Target would be my fic with the least hits and kudos, and that's understandable because Kagami/Max is definitely not a very well-known/popular pairing.

I think I'm pretty lucky with the attention my fics do get in general though, so there's nothing I'd complain about haha.

Thanks for the ask!! 💜

[beardisable]

Director's Cut on Maki's Milky Way?

omfg i didnt actually expect to get an ask uhhh

this was the first non-homestuck fic i wrote huh! i got so into stars align when it aired and im so sad it got cut off at 12 episodes, and seems like there wont be anything else :(

the series was very compelling to me, as my authors note says hah, i fucking love space and astronomy, or at least did a lot as a kid, and ive almost never seen that kind of interest in an anime before so it stood out to me a lot. and i wanted to flex with my meager astronomy knowledge kinda

heres a screen of the first lines of the document for the fic lmao

which says a lot lmao

i really liked writing it, and its like my only writing work that feels complete so it makes me happy :D even if i can tell its pretty well... beginner quality, and not much like the fics i actually like to read. but thats not a bad thing, its a part of my Journey and stuff

ty for asking :D

[laurelsalexis]

Weird questions for writers: 3, 10, 17?

questions.

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

currently it's writing while watching tv and having 900 tabs open. it means i check tumblr every 5 minutes instead of writing any words. will we ever finish anything? who knows!

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

haunted means it's unfinished and i feel bad for not finishing it. so my two wip on ao3 are currently haunting me. they will be finished at some point. hopefully. god willing.

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

currently working on a tony x ziva fanfic. because i'm apparently back to being a teenager and focusing on old stuff. just started it so i don't know wtf is going on. it's a post s5 sort of thing. i have 2k words written so it really is in it's infancy. so far it's just angst™

[shipskicksandgiggles]

Hi! ^-^

If you're still doing these strangely feral asks, 3, 5, 10?

for sure!

3. Summarise your personality with one fanfic

oh that’s a good one. of all the ones I’ve written, probably pattern recognition and remembrance, particularly the parts from Harley’s pov. it’s very me

5. If you had to sell your soul in order to prevent your immediate family reading one of your fics, which fic would it be?

LMAO literally the one and only nsfw fic I wrote when I was like 17. I’m not linking to it. no one should have to read it

unfortunately it’s one of my most popular fics so I can’t delete it either, and it belongs to a collection so I feel weird orphaning it too

10. Which fic is your baby?

The Origins of Angels my beloved. otherwise known as the wing fic, it’s just so. it’s So

it look me almost a year to write, I’m ridiculously proud of it, and it’s easily some of my best work

also, I know these are all marvel fics, but let it be known that I don’t really write much marvel anymore and lean towards other fandoms, I think these just have more history

ask me strangely feral questions

[hellscribbles]

The Kiss commission for @cauchemarlena !! Thank you for commissioning me for your blorbos, they were a delight to draw <3

Close up + speed paint (flash warning)

[dadplagg-mamatikki]

I was inspired from that previous post of comfort characters!! So, here we go.

What are your comfort ships? List 5 and tag 5!

Jayfeather and Half Moon

Brightheart and Cloudtail.

Adrien and Marinette.

Aeduan and Iseult

Luka and Kagami.

I'm actually torn. Adrien and Marinette as 2 or 3....

Anywho!

@kaiju-superstar @katieykat513 @bengaltiger25 @gilded-moon @fantasyoverreality98 @taketwoinink @cauchemarlena @generalluxun @ultrakart @xhanisai

(I only done more than 5 to try and let others see it!! Hope yall enjoy!!)

[clairelsonao3]

Heads Up 7 Up/Seven Lines/Snippets

Several people have tagged me in this recently, and purely in the interest of getting caught up with my tag game queue, I'll combine them! So thank you to:

@imaginativemind29new @winterandwords @tabswrites @cljordan-imperium

There are a few different variations of this, but I'm just going to keep it straightforward and use seven lines from somewhere in my WIP and tag seven people.

A preview of Ch. 22 of Good Slaves Never Break the Rules (coming soon!)

Something flickered like a match behind his eyes and then was gone.

“It doesn’t matter why he did it, Loulou. He’s a slave, so all that matters to the law is that he did it. And this isn’t about him. This is about you, and my wanting to do what’s best for you.” “You don’t know what’s best for me!” she shouted, leaping up from the bed. “Did you ever even bother to ask me what I want?"

I'll optionally tag these seven people! @ink-flavored @eponymoussquared @new-royston-cursebreakers @the-broken-pen @cauchemarlena @repressed-and-depressed @mashuheartwrites

You can share seven lines from somewhere in your work, or seven lines and/or snippets from different places in your work. I kept it wide open, so it's wide open for you!

[ineedlelittlespace]

TAG Game

rules: tag 9 people you want to get to know better. (I'm stealing the previous poster's blurb here because it applies to me, too---it's my first time tagging you all, so if you'd prefer not be involved, please feel to ignore this/to let me know to not tag you in any future tag things.)

I was tagged by @cauchemarlena ! Thank you! These are so fun! 😁

last song: "Ship in a Bottle" by fin. It's on essentially all of my character playlists. And most of my non-character playlists, for that matter.

last show: The Mandalorian. Which was...not exactly disappointing, per se, but did feel a little directionless.

last movie: I...don't actually know? I haven't been doing a ton of movies lately. I've been more in a show/podcast mindset for a bit since those are easier to put on in the background while I do other things! I feel like the last movie may have been a nature doc, though.

currently watching: Casually rewatching my way through Pushing Daisies and Star Trek: Voyager.

currently reading: The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner and Ancillary Justice by Ann Lecke. (And also bits and pieces of the whole Murderbot series as needed for fanfic research!)

current obsession: Murderbot, Discworld, weirdly specific journal stickers, finding moving/packing hacks for when I have to move house in a few months---those are like the top four at the moment, but it's an ever-changing carousel of obsessions.

No Pressure Tags:

@ilovedthestars @snugglyeldritchjellyfish @mortallysparklybread @opalescent-potato @halflingthief and anyone else who spots this and wants to participate.

[taldigi]

Re: this

What's your daydream cafe/bar/small shop like?

I've always been fond of industrial, but with more warmth and plantlife.. like.. a mix between brick and wood and iron and glass but it lets sunlight in and sparkles with rain.

whatever it is, it's comfortable. there's jazz or swing playing. It's cat themed. It always smells nice. The store is clean because my employees are happy and comfortable and well paid, they have places to sit when things are slow. The ingredients are local or sustainably sourced and the food or drinks are fun and delicious.

The sun sets and the neon lights come on on weekends. the store's attitude switches from cozy to cool.

if i'm lucky, it's also a cat cafe, and I work with the local shelter to help cats be adopted.

[butchviking]

What's your favorite song?

youre causing me physical pain theres no such thing as a favourite song!! 😭 i dont trust anyone who says they can pick just one favourite song there are so many songs! idk welcome to the black parade may be a simple choice but it will live forever. so will run to the hills iron maiden. right now im really into frank iero im a mess. ls dunes past lives still got me feeling some type of way i could still crunch that entire album down into little shards and when i listen to the title track i see god. but if u ask me in a month or even a week i bet all these answers will be different ����

[kiluleib]

A little throwback to this Monday morning, when I received a delightfully enchanting little present from my friend 💜💜💜

@cauchemarlena thanks for this precious little thing

[utterlyincoherent]

thank you @cauchemarlena for tagging me!!

Do you play an instrument? let's not talk about the clarinet. let’s just not. that’s more of a ‘used to’ than a ‘do’ anyway

Favorite book character? i don’t. listen. i can’t pick that’s not possible. i love so many in entirely different ways. Lestat is my beloved evil bimbo vampire boy that i imprinted on as a teen. Jarlaxle is So Very Gender and also an icon who lives rent free in the back of my head. i also nominate Blorbos From My Book, Ashenivir and Rizeth, because i can and because i love them

What’s your star sign? Libra, which is endlessly funny because i share it with an IRL friend who is the exact opposite of many of my traits.

Favorite color schemes? i love black with pastel pink and purple, black with royal purple, dark grey with teal and gold, and lately paper/coffee-ish white with pastel raspberry pink. are all of these obsidian.md colour schemes i’ve used? maybe. you can’t prove anything leave me and my aesthetically pleasing notes app alone

Naps or long sleep? long. sleep. please. im so tired. i keep waking up early because we have no curtains and the sun exists. i want to sleeeep

What languages do you speak? i am like little baby, i speak only English and sometimes that’s questionable.

Dreams/aspirations? i would love to chill, make art, and write words without worrying about rent. nothing fancy, i just want to vibe. oh, and also hrt. that’d be sweet.

Long hair or short hair? short short short. i love long aesthetically but it is a pain in the ass. maybe when i pass more i’ll grow it out and live the long haired elf prince fantasy for the gender vibes. probably i won’t, because i hate looking after long hair.

Tea or coffee? blech, neither :p i am a hot choclatey milk boy all the way

Bring a book character to life or go into the fictional world? i’ll go into a fictional world, but i do think it would be very funny to give Jarlaxle access to twitter.

tags for if folks wanna do it, no pressure:

@kazylgon, @controlledchaosetc, @lawful-evil-novelist & @brainrotvibes

[theunboundwriter]

WIP Theme Tag

Thank you for the tag @creatrackers !!

Tagging (with no pressure): @airic-fenn , @elliottsbigstrongboyarms , @the-prom-queen , @johnwatsn , @eriquin , @cauchemarlena , @lost-in-prose , and @author-a-holmes

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Rules: bold themes that are strongly explored in your wip, and italicize themes that are loosely explored!

This is for The Prices We Pay

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addiction | beauty | betrayal | change vs. tradition | chaos vs. order | circle of life | coming of age | communication | convention vs. rebellion | corruption | courage | crime and law | dangers of ignorance | darkness and light | death | desire to escape | dreams | displacement | empowerment | facing darkness | facing reality | faith vs. doubt | fall from grace | fame and fortune | found family | fate | fear | fear of failure | free will | friendship | fulfilment | good vs. bad | government | greed | guilt and forgiveness | hard work | heroism | hierarchy | honesty | hope | identity crisis | immortality | independence | individual vs. society | inner vs. outer strength | innocence | injustice | isolation | knowledge vs. ignorance | life | loneliness | lost love | love | man vs. nature | manipulation | materialism | motherhood | nature | nature vs. nurture | oppression | optimism | peer pressure | poverty | power | power of words | prejudice | pride | progress | quest | racism | rebirth | relationships | religion | responsibility | revenge | sacrifice | secrets | self-awareness | self-preservation | self-reliance | sexuality | social class structure | survival | technology | temptation and destruction | time | totalitarianism | weakness | vanity | war | wealth | wisdom of experience | youth