#how can i be so proud of mo and he’s a fictional character lmao

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okay but mo trying and thinking maybe he can get into tian’s high school and giving this all a second chance despite everything awful he’s been through is actually the most heartwarming and wholesome thing i’ve witnessed in a while so 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

like it’s so much easier to give up and give into cynicism and look to the worst side of the world. but it’s harder to start saying ‘good morning’ to classmates who’ve looked down on you for years and actually be vulnerable enough to try hard in your work when you’re already fighting against bullying and the difficulties of your home situation 😭

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2020 Creator’s Self-Love Extravaganza/Creator Tag Meme/8 Favorite Works

I was tagged by @findswoman! (also my first ever meme tag, so thank you x2!)

This was a very apt time for this meme since this was easily my most active year writing fan fiction (mostly because what else am I supposed to do, what with the Everything™ happening this year)

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 8 favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works! 

I only completed about 9 separate stories altogether in 2020, so this is very much a list looking back on 2020. Here we go:

working vacation (10 chapters, 20,072 words, still ongoing) Not really a secret that this one’s been my baby this year. My first big breakthrough on AO3 and I’m still thrilled to death with how much engagement there’s been - especially since it started as basically half-experiment/half-boredom killer on my part. Plus it was nice to breathe some new life into a rarepair.

boonta’s eve, and luckless (oneshot, 1,653 words) I’m probably only ranking this one as high as it is on account of how recently it was released and also the Greedo brainworms that have been infesting me for the last week or so, but honestly, I really liked this one once I had it typed out. It’s kind of fun taking a character everyone else sees as a one-note joke and trying to do something serious and heartfelt with them. Probably very inspired by Tom & Martha Veitch’s Greedo story in Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina, but also the general malaise of 2020.

a song of healing (oneshot, 1,715 words) I had a Zelda phase this year as well, in which this internal crossover between Majora’s Mask & Breath of the Wild presented itself. What can I say, BotW is really popular and I’ve always had a soft spot for Skull Kid. Also I fill my library with melodramatic fluff bc there’s a depressing shortage of it in real life.

a very busy fellow (oneshot, 841 words) Written for the 20th anniversary of Majora’s Mask, a timely piece of media if ever there freaking was one. I was pretty deep in the fan lore at this time and it kind of bled through into the text, but I think for this one it works out well. The deliberately sparse and lyrical style was an attempt to preserve the mystery of Happy Mask Salesman even though the point of the story was, like, a biograph.

The Crane Conundrum (3 chapters, 6,416 words, complete) Written in late spring when the DC Comics brainworms were still in full force and I still had a job. It was fun getting into Eddie’s head for this one, especially in a circumstance which dictated showing how he gets his info rather than just telling you that he did.

every good apothecary needs a stuffed crocodile (oneshot, 3,220 words) Dipping my big toe in the world of comic book smut. To be honest, still pretty proud of this one. Crack rarepair, of course, because I’m trash and Arkham Asylum has been infesting my brain since 2009.

a talk about strategy (oneshot, 2,197 words) One of two stories written shortly after Episode IX, when I was still trying to headcanon and create my way out of accepting what had been given to us. Eventually I grew out of that mindset when I realized I didn’t have the time, energy, or investment to fix JJ’s problems for him. If I were writing this today I probably would’ve gone all in on Stormpilot, but I’m fine with it as is, honestly, and I don’t personally feel like revisiting the world of the sequels anytime soon. Also the last story published before global quarantine, lmao

ain’t no mountain high enough (oneshot, 2,426 words) Another anniversary piece, this time for N7 Day 2020. I had my first fling with Mass Effect since high school and the omnishambles that was the last 15 minutes of ME3 and fell out with it again just as quickly. Tali best girl 2K∞

Honorable Mention: cenotaph (oneshot, 834 words) Another attempt to “fix” the sequels, of which there were a lot in the wake of IX. I barely feel anything for this one now, quite honestly, which about matches where I’m at on Kylo Ren as a character. The only thing I want people to take away from this is that Leia’s saber should have been purple becuase Carrie motherfuckin’ Fisher deserved that much. Or at least indigo like in that one Empire Strikes Back Infinities comic from Dark Horse. The hilt can stay, though, because LFL artists showed up to work on this film even if the writer/director didn’t.

I don’t know of any of my other mutuals who actively write/create, so if anybody else ends up reading this and wants to play, go for it!