#i haven't written for nadia in a while that was interesting!

[hoshizorax]

{-shyly creeps over to set down one of these from over here, since i've hopped on this blog for a minute-}

⭐ -and while you're welcome to list any other children of mine who you've got an interest in as well lol-- i'll go ahead and mention Fionn, Sören, Vimur, Silvanus, plus Jaemie-- since they've proven to usually be easier to get stirring around X'D

{bonus honorable mentions for Rigel, and Nadia-- (who're down here just because i haven't written info on them yet, but still feel like maybe they'd be fun to do smth with--)}

hmmmmmm--i'll likely list muses i haven't had a chance to expand on. otherwise, you know i'm down for anything lmao

lemon, sal, vergil, lady are some good choices. also nanami. garrus i think would work pretty well. if there are any other of my muses you'd want to explore things with, you just let me know!

[acourtcfmuses]

⭐️ ― convincing portrayal of a canon character

💻 ― excellent writing

📚 ― nice threads to read

📌 ― a staple on the dash

🏆 ― 10/10 blog, would recommend

(these in particular)

🐝  *  ―  𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑻-𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑨𝑾𝑬𝑺𝑶𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺.  (  send in one or more of these symbols for me to pick one blog or multiple i wanna shout out that i think fit well into the category. explanations optional.  )

⭐️ ― convincing portrayal of a canon character

@bccksmarts - Anyone who hasn't witnessed Pom's Hermione is seriously missing out. The amount of time and effort that she puts into Hermione is evident in every single one of her replies and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to write with Pom and her Hermione!

@cruelprincae - Chrissie's Cardan???! Just wow, not only is Cardan spot on, Chrissie is an absolutely stellar writer and every time I get a reply back I just sit and stare at it in awe. Chrissie had put so much thought into the literature of Cardan and every headcanon is just perfection.

@fiercehearts - I absolutely love and adore all of Alex's muses, but I have to gush about Kenzi for a second. I know we haven't done too much with Kenzi and Dyson yet (mostly because I have the pace of a dead snail), but any post Alex make with Kenzi, I can hear her voice every time and Kenzi is just written so amazingly.!

💻 ― excellent writing

@isdeathlystill - TEA! Tea is honestly one of my favourite people and her threads always help push me to be a better writer! She has such an amazing talent for writing and is so creative with some really amazing OC muses as well as writing spot-on canon muses that are so varied and well written.

@dreamingonthedaily - Lulu here own my heart and soul, I should have that known firstly. Lulu is such an amazing writer and put so much thought into her writing it's unreal. Every thread fits in the world it's in perfectly and just makes so much sense. I get so excited for our threads honestly. Lulu normally gets me gushing to her over video call about our threads.

@lcveblossomed - Sage is such a talented writer! Their threads are always so amazing to read and has so many amazing OC's who I forget constantly aren't canon (Like Pepper and Lenny who are just *chef kiss*). I am beyond grateful to get to write with Sage and always look forward to all our threads!

📚 ― nice threads to read

@scarredfeathers - Moth always seems to have the loveliest OC's and Jewel is no exception. I love Jewel so much and will always find myself reading other Jewel posts because she'd the cutest and has such an amazing backstory regardless to the verse and Moth puts so much love and effort into Jewel.

@gentlepuff - While I don't have too much going with Mari and Odette yet, I always love to see Odette popping up on my dash and enjoy reading all the threads when I see them! I honestly can't wait to write more!

📌 ― a staple on the dash

@denydefeat - Nadia is the definition of a staple on the dash. She is a wonderful writer, with so many interesting muses and I'm always excited to see what is going to come up in our threads. Especially when we have so many muse combinations between us both to play with. I wouldn't be without Nadia on my dash!

@dynastymuses - Kate is one of those blogs I just constantly look at with heart eyes. Not only is she an insanely talented writer, but amazing with graphics and edits. You can tell in her writing that she loves and adores her muses because you can feel how much she understand them in how well they're written!

@twistedtangledfate - Bee is a sweetheart and not only is Bee a super talented writer but one of the kindest and most supportive writing partners you can have. I deeply enjoy all our threads and when we speak OOC and I look forward to all that we end up doing in the future. 100% a must follow if you aren't already!

🏆 ― 10/10 blog, would recommend

@3katanas - This woman right here is one of my bestest friends and puts up with my shit often. I love Kira a whole damn lot. She always puts so much time and effort into whatever muse she's writing whether OC or canon and into their backstory and their verses and into ensuring that the theme of the blog matches the muse and it always looks stunning and she's an amazing writer too.

@hellgiven - Charli is just so talented I can't. She had such a knack with taking canon muses from one fandom and moving them to new fandoms and making it fele as is they had always been there. I honestly need to remind myself at times that Caroline and Davina originated in different fandoms because Charli puts so much love and lore into any muse she writes and I adore Charli.

@ofblackskies - Jenna has been putting up with my weirdo self for over 7/8 years now and she is honestly just a fantastic writer and a fantastic friend and I love and adore her so damn much. and never mind 10/10, she is 10000000000/10 must follow. No matter what blog I have, or she has, I will follow her into fandoms I know zilch about just to see her perfection.

[grishaverse-chaos]

2, 3, 9, & 18— for the ask game! (sorry if i asked for way too many— but if so, just take your pick)

no not at all!! I love talking about my wips 😊

I have way too many wips but for this I'm going to be using the current grishaverse fic I'm writing which is a modern AU based in the music industry

2. Give the first line of this chapter/fic.

"You stay here, yeah?" Mal says, halfway out the window.

(honestly I laugh every time I reread this line)

3. Who's your favorite character for this chapter/fic?

so far, Alina is really fun to write - I'm writing from her pov and it's really interesting to see how she thinks about things while she's being manipulated. I haven't introduced him as a character yet but I'm also looking forward to writing Nikolai because his interactions with Alina are always top-tier, and his backstory is also very interesting (and very sad) 👀

9. What is your favorite dialogue you’ve written so far?

this whole scene between genya and alina is really...... something and it's one of my favourite scenes so far

"Have you ever met the guy who owns the label?" Alina asks as the two of them walk down a corridor leading to the main staircase.

A cloud seems to pass over Genya's eyes. "Yes."

She pauses, waiting for Genya to volunteer more information, but when she doesn't, Alina decides to probe a little deeper. "What's his name? What's he like? How worried should I be?" she asks, the questions seeming to flow out of her.

"Pyotr Lantsov. And he's… very powerful, and he knows it. But you have nothing to worry about," she says, almost bitterly. "If Eryk has taken you under his wing as he seems to have done, then he won't dare to try anything with you."

"Try- try what?"

But Genya clams up again. "Never mind."

18. Share the scene you just wrote, written from another character’s POV.

the LAST scene I wrote doesn't exactly have another character to switch the pov to, so I'm doing a different scene I wrote recently (this ended up longer than I meant it to, so I'll add a readmore)

When Zoya finally meets Alina Starkov, she's back in LA in between stops on her tour, and she's just finished working out with Botkin. She's ready to move on to the next part of her usual routine - practicing sparring with Nadia, to build stamina and skill in self-defence. It's her favourite part of the day. Usually. But just as she's getting off the treadmill, Alina walks in.

She looks over at Alina. "What is she doing here?" she asks Botkin.

"Starting to learn to spar," he says bluntly. "You're the same age, and similar heights. You will be sparring partners for the foreseeable future."

Wait, what? "What about Nadia? We've always been sparring partners."

"I've rearranged the pairs. That doesn't need to concern you. As it is, I would like Alina to have a more experienced sparring partner. You are more than capable of showing her the ropes, are you not?"

She nods slowly. "Damn right."

Shit, this is a disaster. She had been avoiding Alina deliberately, not wanting to let on how hurt she'd been by what Eryk had told her... She's not going to think about that now, though. She's not going to think about it at all. Fuck him and his ideas about her talent and her looks.

She zones out as Botkin explains to Alina how the sparring sessions usually go. Then she feels Alina nudge her ribs.

"I- sorry about your old partner," she whispers.

God, this girl really doesn't get it, does she? "That's not the issue. Well, it is, but I'd be fine changing partners if I didn't have to work with you."

That was meaner than she'd meant it to be, but fuck it. Alina Starkov had taken everything from her. Eryk's attention. The focus of the label. Even her goddamn manager, Ivan. She deserves to be a little petty about this.

Botkin claps his hands. "Right! Neither of you is listening to me, so we will continue this outside in the fresh air. And we will jog up to the outside area."

Ugh. Could today get any worse? Zoya easily keeps pace with Botkin as they jog up the hill to the outside area, and she notices that Alina's quite far behind them. Part of her wants to stop and wait, but most of her cares about proving she can be better than Alina at something. No matter what Eryk thinks.

She reties her ponytail and starts warming up while she waits for Alina, who arrives a few minutes behind her and Botkin. She ties up her own hair and starts imitating Zoya's stretches. She can't help it - she lets out a small giggle, and regrets it when she sees Alina glaring.

Botkin goes over the basic movements for sparring, clearly for Alina’s benefit - Zoya tries not to roll her eyes, but okay, maybe she does. Once or twice. Then he steps back, and tells the two of them to start fighting. He gives her a stern look, and says: “And go easy on her. She will not be used to this.”

Zoya nods, not meaning it at all, then throws a punch which Alina barely manages to duck. She returns with a punch of her own, but Zoya casually sidesteps it and she nearly overbalances. The next punch Zoya throws, Alina doesn't manage to dodge, and it hits her right in the shoulder. As she's already unsteady, Zoya pushes her backwards, her hands on Alina's chest, and she falls on her back, landing on one of the crash mats.

Well, at least she's beaten Alina at something. Even if she is now the new star of the record label, at least Zoya is still better than her at this.

Then Alina scrambles to her feet and throws a wild punch, catching Zoya off guard. It hits her right in the face.

Zoya sees red. How dare this girl come into her life and fuck it up so badly. She must think she's so much better than her or anybody.

She grabs Alina's arm and tosses her into the wall. Not hard enough to do any permanent damage, but... maybe a bit harder than she'd meant to.

Botkin rushes over to Alina's side, making sure she's conscious and breathing.

Fuck, Zoya messed up. Badly. Eryk will be furious.

Well, at least she's going back on tour next week.

Finally Botkin turns to Zoya. "That was wholly unprofessional -"

She doesn't stick around to hear the end of the sentence, storming out and pushing her way through a crowd of reporters.

Wait, reporters? What?

She almost feels bad for leaving Alina to deal with them on her own.

(Almost.)

this scene was originally in Alina's pov, but I think it works quite well from Zoya's pov!! (also it ended up way longer than I thought it would but oh well)