#er I was trying to reference that 1 “it me hook” tumblr meme in the last pick cuz i hc that acherons body temperature is kinda cold

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6, 23, 46, 51, please. and welcome back!

ただいま！/ Tadaima! *hearts*

This fanfic meme. Warning: long answers!

6. List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.

I guess I should take “involved in” to mean “at least moderately obsessed at some point”? haha. Cos there’s maybe only 1-2 fandoms that I’ve actively contributed to, ever...

In no particular order:

Shingeki no Kyojin: RivaMika (Levi x Mikasa) (as if you can’t tell that from my blog)

Wotakoi: KabaHana (Kabakura x Koyanagi)

Psycho-Pass: GinoAka (Ginoza x Akane)

Toshokan Sensou / Library Wars: DoIku (Dojo x Kasahara)

SAO: KiriAsu (Kirito x Asuna)

Naruto: SasuSaku (Sasuke x Sakura)

Bleach (before it completely went down the drain after arc 2): IchiRuki (Ichigo x Rukia)

And though I’m not seriously into BL, I’m apparently hiding a secret fujo somewhere(?) because I also ship:

Yuuutsu na Asa: Akihito x Katsuragi

Yami no Matsuei: Tsuzuki x Hisoka (reversible)

Saiyuuki: Hakkai x Gojyo (+ their past incarnations & reversible)

Haikyuu: KageHina (Kageyama x Hinata)

I swear there’s a pattern here... it seems I am irresistibly attracted to characters who have serious difficulties expressing their emotions and I like a lot of pain in my relationships...

23. Name a fic you’ve written that you’re especially fond of & explain why you like it.

Gotta be Red Velvet Cake. 

Because it’s just... bizarre hahaha. I mean, who literally puts a frosting recipe in the middle of a fic? I went crazy with that piece. It was for a Valentine’s Day prompt challenge to boot... I seriously wanted to trap/shock everyone with a totally unexpected, really DARK story that turned out to be nothing like what the title suggested.

I completely blame this little fic misadventure on all the Gothic/post-modern lit studies I did in school; that module wrecked my psyche permanently. And in true post-modern style, I went all fragmented stream-of-consciousness with it, stirred in a totally unreliable narrator and sprinkled it with a dash of retro pop culture references. It was so much fun to write. And even more fun to see how people reacted to it lol.

Gosh. Talking about it makes my muse all excited. I must try another one of these bad boys one day. Heh.

46. If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why?

Definitely The Endgame (hey, I took this title LONG before the last Avengers movie was a thing ok). I consider this one of my best pieces of writing to date, though it’s not really popular amongst my readers (sigh. universal truths.). 

This piece is DENSE in imagery and references. (might even argue a little TOO dense; it’s teetering on that fine line between intellectual and overly affected). I did a heck of a lot of research on chess gambits for this one too, which was tough to get right because I’m not actually a chess player. 

Special mention of @fuku-shuu and @magikarp-diem-blog because they started all the chess prompt nonsense. (good times. where are you guys? I miss my old tumblr fam :( but I shouldn’t talk cos I was the first one to go AWOL.....)

51. Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!

Er... can I have 3? and they’re all going to be negatives because I’m just a natural critic =P

I hate self-inserts with a passion. I just cannot get into the fic when every other line is screaming “you! reader! yes you! this is YOUR fantasy! let me fanservice you in most plastic way possible!”

The second thing I (honestly) hate is how much really bad fic there is out there. Like you have to go through 20 or more terrible fics to find just one really really good one. (or maybe I’m just searching the wrong way, or using the wrong platform). Ratings/likes don’t necessarily mean anything. Sometimes I really want to read fic, but I get so tired of trying to find that one passable piece that I just give up.

The third thing I hate is WRITING FIC SUMMARIES. Like I’ve spent so much energy getting the ACTUAL fic right, and then I have to condense it to something that will fully convey how interesting the fic is, and yet not give too much away. I know it’s important to hook a potential reader in, but I feel like a fraud when I have to write a summary for my own fic lol.