#however I'm also terrible at marketing 😂

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Oh are you a teacher?

Indeed I am, Anon!

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20 Questions for Fic Writers

Tagged by @aidaronan and @softbrah thank yewwwwwww!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

50!!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

405,752

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Right now it's all Stranger Things, all the time baby. But you never know when the madness might strike for something new. Or re-strike for something I thought I was done with haha.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

In Focus (Check Please) Up the Punks (Stranger Things) we're gonna fight til we do it right (Check Please) If you want him, come and claim him (Stranger Things) t'hy'la (Stranger Things)

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

I'm usually really good about it for the first day or so after a fic has posted, and then I kind of.... fall off with it usually. I read all comments! I appreciate all comments! Usually what happens is I see the email notif on my phone, mentally go "ah I will craft a perfectly thoughtful and appreciative and stirring response to this later when I have time to do it justice!" and then I do not do that.

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

The one that comes to mind is a fic I wrote for the Hobbit, hands too small to hold it, which is an AU where everyone lives but Bilbo still has the ring and the events of LOTR are still barreling towards them.

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

Let Us Dwell in Fair Ithilien and There Make a Garden with @greenlikethesea is ONE BIG MASSIVE HAPPY ENDING (after 10+years of tragic angsty pining but w/e). I also wrote a little happy family ever after Garak/Bashir for Star Trek DS9, between the noise.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

noooo it's never happened! If I'm getting hate it's behind my back ahaha who knows what goes down in y'alls discords, that’s none of my business! Im a Leo and I work in marketing, so I am not terribly tortured by that kind of thing ahahaha

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

SURE DO! I don't know what "what kind" means. The smut kind. I've done closed door fade to black, I've done some explicit stuff, I try to give you range baby.

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

I LOVE A CROSSOVER! Star Trek/Stranger Things is pretty crazy. My current project is Stranger Things/You've Got Mail put in a blender with Supernatural, so that's decently zany too.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I thought Quorum had been translated into Chinese, but I can't find any evidence of it, so might be all in my head ahaha.

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

I love to collaborate with folks! When the creative chemistry is right it's RIGHT, and it's so fun to ping-pong ideas and paragraphs back and forth. I co-wrote Check Please fics with @softbrah, have written a universe of Stranger Things fic with @greenlikethesea, and it's all been a blast. Me and @aidaronan are cooking up some ideas, if the two of us can ever stop signing up for bangs and things long enough to get to em.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Well of course I will say Steddie right now because I've been living here for over a year and a half. It truly does have just the most delicious dynamic, however the setup and wherever you take their characterizations.

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

I don't know if I'll ever finish my Vampire Eddie immediately post-canon fic, I didn't have much direction with it, just Vibes.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I like to think I'm good with atmospheric sensory details, it's something I really care about when writing at least. I definitely enjoy dialogue, too.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Action scenes are hard, and I struggle with nailing (heh) the physicality of sex scenes. My haters in their discords are welcome to chime in here 😂😂

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

I have no thoughts in particular. If it works in the fic and you've made sure your translation is right if you're not fluent in that language, hell yeah.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Lord of the Rings. You will never see this fic.

N E V E R.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

IT IS REALLY HARD TO CHOSE AMONGST MY CHILDREN. I put a lot of my heart into I was open to pain and crossed by the rain (Wayne Munson my beloved) and I'm really proud of what I did with that one. I truly wrote Can't We Be Seventeen knowing it was really just for me, to scratch one of those desperate writing itches after an intense period of fixating on the Heathers musical soundtrack, and I really like that fic too.

Tagging @occasionaloverboy@greenlikethesea @thefreakandthehair @henrystars @capriciouslyterminal

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Thank you for the info!! Also I absolutely agree that Kambe family would invest in stocks, trust funds, etc. Daisuke especially looks like he's invested in the stock market, and he's probably well-known in Wall Street or something lol. I've got a feeling that HEUSC is also involved in maintaining the Kambe family's stocks as well.

However, this also got me thinking about how the Kambe family sustains and grows all of their money, and I think that it can be boiled down to two main points: the roles within the family and their ability to create new markets and control their existing markets.

In my opinion, the Kambe family structure works very well. There is one person per generation that controls the business and entrepreneurial side of the family. Then, you have the scientists or technicians who create new inventions which can then open up new markets for the family to profit from. Those in charge of business are Daisuke and Kikuo, while Sayuri and Shigemaru helped to create adollium. Personally I think that Suzue created HEUSC, which proves her to be another invaluable member of the family, but this hasn't been confirmed as canon.

The Kambes then sustain their wealth by controlling existing markets through connections and buying out competitors, while they are creating new markets that are guaranteed to profit - without the risk of competition, either.

Here's the thing tho. I don't think that's legal in real life. Actually no, I'm PRETTY SURE that it's high-key illegal activity. Buying out competition when you've created a new market is an example of something you absolutely cannot do. However, the show actually managed to weasel its way out of the Kambe family committing serious crimes, or at least, it looks like they haven't.

For example, eventually there should be competition in the market after the global release of adollium. But if adollium-related crimes (and mostly, adollium-related thefts) are being thwarted, then the only way to analyze how adollium was made and hopefully create a knock-off is to buy adollium from the Kambes themselves. Would the Kambes sell to someone who could possibly cause even a small deficit in their wealth? Hell no. So how are competitors supposed to emerge?

Now I'm sure there are other ways to break into a market, after all, I'm no economics or major or entrepreneur, (I'm actaully terrible at economics and business why am I writing this sjdkdld) but it seems like the Kambes have cornered the market for adollium.

So what do I have to say about all this?? Why did I spend like a whole afternoon writing this up??

Because the possibility of the Kambe family money being dirty money makes an EXCELLENT PREMISE FOR SEASON 2 AND DAMN I REALLY WANT A SEASON 2 OKAY

Just think about it tho. In the end of season 1 Daisuke and Haru are actively combating adollium-related theft and crimes but what if the reason is just to prevent business competition in the adollium market and not to help people? What if Haru doesn't know this, and believes that they are simply helping people?

What if... this all comes to light in a scene where the two have to choose between preventing adollium theft, or saving someone's life?

Think about it! We'd be able to learn more about the Kambe family, and the drama... The angst...

*wipes a tear from my eye* the betrayal..

Anyways I went off a bit 😂😂 but I think that the Kambe family fortune is actually pretty interesting. Tl;Dr Daisuke is one of those hoes who buys stocks and is just. Very rich. Too rich. I need more poor!Daisuke aus in my life so that I can cope ok

🙈 not me making a rudimentary balance unlimited site for my programming class