#i hope this works i can totally rewrite it if not lmao

[genericpuff]

I wanted ask about the family trees in Rekindled, if you'd ever put out a post on how everything is lined up. Who is who's parent, like is Eris a child of Zeus and Hera or Nyx and Erebus.

So in Rekindled, the gods aren't created through 'traditional' means like mortals are. While they definitely have relations with one another and some have been born from sexual interactions, it's the fusion of their powers and the elements assigned to them that creates new gods rather than, y'know, the mortal way of making babies. Thus they don't share any DNA that would make them blood-related, however they do share some similarities in how their powers manifest depending on who created their predecessors!

That said, here's the 'family tree' in Rekindled, with some info on how they were created!

(*note that not every god / goddess / etc. who will make an appearance in Rekindled is on this family tree, I'm just trying to avoid spoilers as best I can while also providing info; on the flipside, not everyone included on here will necessarily play a role or even appear in the story - including Hyperion and Theia - they're just listed for the sake of clarity and worldbuilding)

As for Eris, I'm not actually planning on including her much in Rekindled as her role in LO is already reduced to that of a McGuffin to explain Persephone's wrath. She absolutely deserves to have her story told but I feel like it would be better saved for something adjacent to or involving the Trojan War / The Illiad rather than forcing her into Rekindled where she already doesn't have anything to do with the rewriting of the Act of Wrath.

That said, in the spirit of answering your question, with how we've done it in Rekindled, she can technically be 'both' a creation a Nyx / Erebus and Zeus / Hera - given a physical form by the union of Zeus and Hera, but with traits passed down to her through their lineage that connects all the way back to the primordial beings. But a more sensible answer is that I'm honestly sticking with the Zeus / Hera version, as Rekindled is still retelling Homer's The Hymn to Demeter and so I try to use as much of Homer's source material as possible while taking elements from other poets as needed. There's loads of sources to choose from so I work with the ones that connect best to tell a coherent story, with a predominant amount of sources coming from Homer, Hesiod, and the Orphic hymns.

Hope that helps! Enjoy the totally-not-confusing family tree chart LMAO

[nyctoaerah]

Hi aerah! How are you? I hope that youre doing well! Do you have another blog? I'm pretty sure i saw someone who has the same post of "devil in disguise" in tumblr, it has a different writing style but it's the same of yours, same events, same plot too, but Its more of a rephrased version and a bit simplified

-🦢

Hello pookie, I do have a side blog, but i’m still working on it; It’s here; Aerahphoria. I’m planning on using aerahphoria to post more unhinged, nsfw stuff, and oneshots^^ cause i’m planning on dedicating this acc in only posting for my fics. + i have minor friends in here😭 and i tend to get shy whenever they see whatever tf i’m writing... BUT LOL, back to the topic, that’s not me. Sure, i did rewrite Devil in disguise but it has a different title now, which is Yours to kill. It has the same plot as devil in disguise but on this one i actually did the part of how they met<3. Feel free to read it, just a tw though cause they did the deed the first time they met lmao (one night stand)

But yeah, that’s totally not me, but maybe it’s a coincidence? Or maybe it’s inspired? But pls report it if it’s plagiarism because i don’t tolerate plagiarism<3. Thanks for telling me this though, but can i get the link? I want to read it to make sure.

[penissirius]

Hello I stumbled across your post needing request so here I am!😭

So for the request, a Jay x Mreader x yeonjun. Mreader is a sassy but still friendly, quiet, humble nerd is is helping Jay with homework. Jay and Yeonjun are obviously the jocks. Yeonjun who is jealous that jay gets to hang out with m/r, so he makes the most outrageous lie ever and jealousy with a mix of fighting start between jay and Yeonjun. For the ending is going to be a twist where when Both of the jocks confess to m/r he says he actually likes Jake. *Insert Jay and Yeonjun looking at each other shocked* lmao and that's all. Hope that wasn't long lol! Have a great wonderful rest of your day!

-💌🫧

Jock Fight

Onesided Jay x male reader, Onesided Yeonjun x male reader, Jake x male reader

AUTHORS NOTE: Thank you so much for requesting! I'm so sorry this took me so long to start. I didn't really expect anyone to actually request and so when they started pouring in one after the other I got scared XD. I was really surprised I could finish this in less than 2 days total- I struggled a little bit but here it is finished and ready for you! I'm sorry if it isn't how you wanted it I tried my best and this is what I came up with- I quite like it but if you'd like me to rewrite it you can always tell me T~T

WARNINGS: Cussing, overuse of the work Jock lol, violence, terribly described fight, Skz members sprinkled in places cause I couldn't stop myself

FEMALE ALIGNED PLEASE DNI <3

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M/n was standing at his locker talking to a few of his friends unaware that two of the school's most famous basketball players were staring at him from the other lockers. The rest of the team looked at them, “Hey Yeonjun, Jay, wouldn’t it be easier to talk to him instead of standing here staring at him like a weirdo?” Chan, the captain, said. They both perked up and Yeonjun smiled at him, “Your right Cap! I’m talking to him first!” Before Jay could protest Yeonjun was already on his way over to M/n. Jay smirked and shook his head turning to Chan, “Difference between me and him is I get to talk to M/n more. We have most of our classes together.” Chan just stared at him before sighing. “Get to class child I can’t deal with any of your logic today.” Jay looked at him before heading to his class to not make his captain mad.  

Over by M/n’s locker, he was talking with his best friends, Seungmin and Beomgyu, when his conversation was interrupted by Yeonjun sliding next to M/n and putting his arm around the shorter. “Hey M/n~” Yeonjun practically purred ignoring the glares from the two other boys. “Hello Yeonjun, remove your arm” M/n said turning to him. Beomgyu laughed behind his hand when he saw the look on Yeonjun’s face when he removed his arm. “Now how can I help you?” M/n said, turning to his locker and grabbing his bag and phone before closing it. Seungmin handed him his coffee which M/n gladly took smiling. “I was wondering if you’d let me walk you to class?” Yeonjun smirked at him the same way he does the cheerleaders but to no one's surprise but his M/n just looked at him.  

“We’re waiting on Sunoo and then we were all gonna walk together.” Seungmin said, still looking at his phone. “You can walk with us though” M/n said. “Actually, he can’t, Sunoo says he has Jockaphobia and can’t walk with Jocks or he’ll break out into hives.” Beomgyu laughs looking up from his phone where he was texting their group chat. “His dramatic ass! He walks with Niki all the time” M/n said shaking his head. “Yeah, well you can walk with him by yourself! We wouldn’t want to leave the poor jock abandoned and clearly, Sunoo needs his imaginary EpiPen from walking with Niki” Seungmin said looking at M/n amused before grabbing Beomgyu and walking towards Sunoo. Yeonjun turns to M/n, “So I can walk you?” “I guess so, let’s go.” M/n starts walking and Yeonjun tries to slip his arm back over his shoulders, but M/n pinches him.  

M/n waved goodbye to Yeonjun before walking into his classroom and to his seat in the back with his other 3 friends. He sits down putting his bag on the floor and takes a sip of his coffee. “So how was the walk with Princey?” Sunoo giggles, turning around to face him. “Oh, it was just wonderful. Thanks for that by the way. He talked about basketball the whole time telling me I should come to the next game, and he kept trying to put his arm over my shoulder.” M/n rolled his eyes grabbing his textbook. “I don’t see why you don’t just tell them both you aren’t interested.” Seungmin rolls his eyes from beside him also taking his stuff out for this class. “Cause even if I did tell them, they are really only flirting with me to compete with each other.” M/n shakes his head amused.  

“Alright we can talk about boy trouble after this class, but the teacher is walking in, and she looks more pissed than usual.” Beomgyu said pointing to the front. They all turned and started paying attention to the front. At the end of the class when everyone was packing up the teacher called M/n to her desk to talk. “Yes, Miss?” M/n said smiling. “So, as you know you are the best student in my class. You understand all the curriculum and have astounding grades closely followed by your group of friends. I wanted to ask you if you can tutor a student that is struggling greatly and needs some help.” She said smiling at her star student. “Sure, Miss! Which student?” M/n said tilting his head. The teacher motions for someone to come closer before gesturing to them when they were close enough. “I’m sure you know each other. Jay this is M/n, your tutor for the next week.”  Jay smirked at him while M/n’s face was completely void of any emotions. Although there was no emotion on his face, there sure were some not some nice thoughts going around in his head.  

 The two students and the teacher discussed where the tutoring sessions were going to take place. After deciding they would study in the library after school for an hour each day this week, they were dismissed. Jay went to turn around and say something to M/n but before he could M/n was already out the door and walking towards the lunchroom. When he gets to his regular lunch table he sits in between his tallest friends and pulls his hood up to try and hide from the 2 basketball players begging for his attention. “Which one are you running from now?” Seungmin said chuckling. M/n looked around before sitting up properly keeping his hood up, “Jay. The teacher assigned me to be his tutor every day after school for an hour this week. I don’t know if I can keep going the rest of the week with them flirting with me.” M/n faked cried into Beomgyu’s shoulder. “Well then maybe you should take our advice and tell them you’re not interested.” Sunoo says setting a lunch tray in front of M/n. M/n looks up at him smiling brightly, “You got me food? Sunoo, I love you!” “Hey, he only got you food because he lost rock paper scissors!” Beomgyu exclaimed.  

“No, I got him food because I felt bad for making him walk with that nasty jock by himself!” Sunoo said looking over at Beomgyu offended that he threw him under the bus like that. “I don’t care why you did It I just care that you actually got your lazy ass up and bought me food!” M/n said happily reaching over the table and hugging him. Sunoo returned the hug and stuck his tongue out at the other two behind his back. M/n sat back down and started eating while the others talked. “I'm just saying if you just told them you weren’t interested. You'd have a peaceful life, and you could confess to your crush without them hovering.” Seungmin said from where he was eating an apple and scrolling on his phone. “Easy for you to say, ‘Mister I roast everyone without a second thought and already has a boyfriend’ which I still don’t understand” M/n said shoving Seungmin on the shoulder.  

“You’d have a boyfriend too if you stopped being a little bitch” Seungmin laughed looking over at the complaining boy. “Think about it, the only person at this table with an excuse for being single is Beomgyu and that’s because the person he likes, likes you!” Sunoo said laughing. “Oh, shut up” Beomgyu said throwing a fry off his plate at Sunoo. “Okay, as much as I would love to tell them both off. I can't do that because everyone here still sees me as a super sweet person.” There was a moment of silence between the 4 of them before they all started laughing. “The fact that people still believe that is crazy” Sunoo said. “Yeah, they’ll say we’re the sassiest or bitchiest nerds here and then call you an angel as if you aren't the worst of us all!” Beomgyu cackled. “Oh, shut up and eat assholes.” M/n said, turning back to his food.  

 While M/n and his group of friends were having fun during lunch, the basketball team wasn’t having as much. Jay had come in bragging about how much time he and M/n will get to spend together this week after school and Yeonjun wasn’t so happy about it. The 2 were at each other's throats the whole lunch period and there was only so much Chan could do before he just gave up and tuned them out. As long as they didn’t do this during practice or weren't hurting each other they're fine in Chan's book. The rest of the team tried to ignore them but was occasionally brought in between them. Yeonjun had finally had enough of the youngers smug remarks about how he had a better chance because they were in the same grade. So, he did what any sane person would.... he texted the school gossip page anonymously.  

‘The basketball teams Number 7, Jay Park, only talks to M/n L/n to get in his pants and drop him afterward’ 

People's phones started buzzing and ringing all over the halls and classrooms. The girls who ran the page and the newspaper honestly had nothing better to do than update both pages, so it was all over the school very quickly. Yeonjun smirked from his gym locker before heading out to his class. The group of nerds were talking by Seungmin and M/ns lockers when all their phones buzzed. Yes, they all have notifications for the gossip page, what can they say? All 4 of them love to hear the gossip of the school. Sunoo looked at his phone first and gasped. “Holy shit! Look!” He tapped the other's shoulders showing them his phone. “What is it? OH!” Beomgyu said staring at it. “Well looks like there's one less you have to worry about being nice to.” Seungmin said looking at the article before shutting his locker. “Okay as much of a jerk the sports kids may be, I know that’s not true.” M/n said laughing while putting his stuff in his locker, “Now are we going to the café for study hall or not?”  

Before any of them could answer, there was a shout from the other side of the hallway. “They're fighting in the gym!” A boy yelled before running that way. They all looked at each other before running off after him. When they arrived, they finally saw who was fighting and it was none other than Jay and Yeonjun. The 3 boys looked over at M/n who was kind of pissed. M/n and Chan both stormed over to the players. “Fucking stop it!” M/n screamed while Chan and another player pulled them apart. Jay and Yeonjun looked over at him shocked. M/n walked over and smacked them both on the back of their heads, “Fighting, flirting, starting rumors, and making an ass of yourself isn't going to make me like either of you! I don’t like either of you that way. You’re both great friends, but neither of you is my type! And I’m not your type. Listen I confessed to Jake today and he said yes and we’re dating now so both of you will have to accept it.” M/n walked back over to his friend group where Jake had joined them, and they all walked off to the school's café to spend the rest of their study hall. “I hope you’ve both learned your lesson, also you’re probably both getting suspended but know that conditioning will be hell when you get back” Chan said smiling at both before dropping them off at the principal's office.  

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I really hope you liked it! I did kinda rush through it so it is short but I tried my best to make it good! I will finally be having a normal-ish posting schedule for the next like 2 weeks because I have about 6 more requests to finish sooo I'd say 1 every 2 days will probably be what I do- I promise I won't disappear for months again T~T anyways I love you guys! and BYEEEEEEEE~

[otaku553]

How goes the fma x albedo fic? I hope that doesn't sound pushy, I'm genuinely curious. And in that vein, do you have any little drabbles you may have written or want to write? Especially with your recent kny ocs/yourself and your siblings. That'd be super fun to read about! Your art AND your writing is so freaking good, the moment I see you've posted something new on your blog I'm clicking it so fast. Same with your ao3 account ❤️

Thank you for the kind words!!! Currently not working on any fics, since I just came out of 10 weeks of summer research where my days began at 8 am and ended at 9 pm for probably less than minimum wage hahaha (doing research is a Bit Sad but I get a whole month to relax before classes start again so thank goodness for that)

I do however!!! Have a lot of plans!!! If you’re interested you can read more below!

Plans include but are not limited to:

Finally working on Homuncular Nature again!! I definitely do have a lot of plans and cool scenes playing out in my head for the next chapter, it’ll just come down to when I actually put pen to paper (or stylus to iPad) to actually organize and write them all. The road block I think is that I have seen neither Albedo nor fmab very recently and all my concrete ideas are for around the 30 episode mark for fmab, the turning point with the first actual confrontation against father and the subsequent Briggs arc.

Rewriting Ten Thousand Maple Leaves! A lot of people have been very kind but I think I missed the mark with my first chapter to be honest. My writing has gotten a lot wordier and less succinct, which feels like I’m filling a chapter more with fluff and unnecessary description than actual content. I think I also dislike how I characterized Sanemi and how quickly Kazuha was willing to agree with things. Writing both of them is kind of a difficult challenge tbh! I think in rewriting it I want to give back to Kazuha more of his vagrant role in the games, where he is avoiding the law for reasons somewhat out of his control.

Ebisu siblings content! I think it might be fun to try having them interact with more of the canon characters in kny but I also think there’s some value in a complete sort of outsider point of view when inserting characters into a piece of media. I feel like whenever I see self inserts I see a lot of ocs making themselves indispensable and making meaningful relationships with existing characters that way and that’s totally valid! That’s a lot of what I do for crossovers as well. I think when it comes to my own ocs though, I want them to feel grounded in some form and the reality of it is that none of the characters I make based on myself or real people are that impressive or remarkable. But I also think there’s a lot of value in showing smaller scale things outside of the main interactions and plot to show that even though we aren’t remarkable, we still have our own meaningful connections and ideologies and stories :) in the end the Ebisu siblings are a lot more visual though so I may just continue making doodles and art without writing anything haha

Kirby & Meta Knight ageswap AU: I was mostly doing this on my ask-gikabi sideblog in short form comics, but I lost sight of what I wanted to do after making the discord and starting to interact with some of the people who followed it. I think a lot of people are inspired and have their own very cool ideas that I wanted to take into account but then eventually it was no longer my story or the story I wanted to tell, which is why I’m thinking of restarting it as a fic. This one is still in very rough idea stage though, I have honestly no clue how I’m even going to begin organizing it

Yanfei ace attorney crossover: this one’s just pure crack lmao I would definitely write it as crack taken seriously but I think this is fun to explore just for small ideas that pop up every now and then, i.e. yanfei is semi-immortal because she’s half adeptus so it would be Really Funny to me if she showed up in dgs era, got her attorney’s license, went into hiding after it became obvious that she wasn’t aging, and then re-emerged after rebranding herself as her own daughter or granddaughter. That, and I have a lot of fun imagining someone as pragmatic as yanfei trying to get through the sheer chaos of aa despite being otherworldly

Continuing winter weather advisory: I got to a really good point in that fic and was rereading it today like,,, damn I wrote that? And it would be fun to see where I planned on going with it so I do want to also try working on that a bit if I can

Kazuha & Kunikuzushi role swap au: this is something I posted about a Long While ago but it’s an idea I continue to be fascinated with :) I especially enjoy how these two characters could have had completely different roles and personalities depending on how their pasts happened (with wanderer being so nice and turning so bitter and kazuha growing up so spoiled (for lack of a better word) and turning out so weary and yet kind

Link click and mha crossover: this one is honestly just a very recent idea but I think it would be fun to make a drabble on how lightime photo studio would be able to continue operating even in another world and the trouble they might get into for illegal quirk usage and what using cheng xiaoshi’s powers in a world where being able to tell the future is canonically possible would entail

I have!! So many ideas!! And not enough time or motivation to actually write any of them most of the time :’)

But I’m very glad to hear that you enjoy them and look forward to my posts!! :D I really hope I can work on some of these over the last month of summer vacation that I have :)

[starry-eyed-steve]

i got this ask and im curious to know what your answer would be. 👀

If you could rewrite one thing from Stranger Things, what would that be?

Lmao, I was the one who sent you the ask (you wanted anons so I thought, okay, I can do that). 😅💗

I would also change a lot of stuff (s2 Jancy plotline, s3 completely, s4 Ronance with Nancy being the one wanting to make that work with Robin), but I'm gonna focus on one thing now. I would change Steve's role in s4 by not focusing on Stancy but giving him something else to care about.

The thing I found most frustrating with s4 Steve is him being not comfortable with his role as the babysitter, to a point where it felt like he absolutely hated it but then be smacked in the face with his "actually I do like it sm I want kids bc of it" speech. I think the show did a terrible job of showing us why he was frustrated (aka him feeling helpless because he can't just whack Vecna with the nailbat). The show made it seem like all he cared about was getting back together with his ex, with whom he didn't interact in 2 years. Every other relationship fell short, and Steve thrives the most when he's paired up with the kids and Robin.

I feel like s4 had the perfect opportunity to explore his relationship with Lumax. For one, Lucas and Steve are quite similar characters (I'm thinking of writing a separate, more detailed post about this if anyone is interested). Steve could've have been there for him in two ways, one his role as a popular guy who played basketball and second to show off the character development he received, he could've given Lucas viable tips for how to be there for Max. It would solidify Steve's change in relationships and would show he learned from his failures with Nancy.

Second, his relationship with Max is also a missed opportunity. In general, Lucas and Steve should've gotten the opportunity to voice their feelings about Billy's death because they were both, along with Max, personally victimized by him. It would totally enrich Max's feelings towards them as well. I think one of the reasons why she isolated herself was because she felt guilty for grieving her stepbrother who hurt her friends. Coming to terms with Billy's passing while being around Steve, who treats her like an actual little sister, would've added soo much to the story. It would make Max's grief story and fighting Vecna even better, and again, it would show that Steve actually cares.

When it comes to the babysitter role in s4, we are basically almost told that he cares, but never really shown. Like why the hell was Steve getting a letter from Max when she went to him last and barely interacted with him since s2? Not that I mind the letter, I hope it will be relevant in s5, but it didn't feel earned, you know? I wish the show would show us him being the babysitter instead of making stupid jokes about it.

(Not to mention that his torture trauma or trauma in general got swept under the rug, while it could've been the opportunity for him to be possessed by Vecna instead of Nancy. Like idk it would've been much more shoking to the characters when the guy who is seemingly fine and dandy suddenly gets targeted by a monster who goes after traumatised kids.)

[wallashoom]

Hi hi, I was just wondering-

I'm an incredibly big fan of your Ducktales fanfics and though I am sad that I can't read them anymore as they are hidden now (respect the decision of course. They are your fics and you can do with them as you please) I have been thinking about them quite a bit (Especially Project Loki-) so I just wanted to ask if you'd be willing to give an update of sorts on how far you have gotten with them writing wise or if you have any sort of estimate for when you think any of them will be completed or made public again? Totally cool if your not comfortable with sharing btw, I just really loved them. Your writing is absolutely stellar :)

first off, thank you! crazy to me that people think my writing is that good lmao,, i was just a teen having fun projecting onto ducks

secondly! while i do hope to one day return to all of those ducktales fics i have, it’s hard for me to write for fandoms i’m not currently fixated on- right now i’m very fixated on gravity falls and am currently writing an outline for a two side story that i’m very excited about!!

i made significant progress with nightmare (finished up to chapter seven and a good chunk of chapter eight is done)- but it was an absolute slog to get through as i feel it won’t live up to what people think the story is, plus i feel like it’s… drawn out? and more complicated then it should be? idk after writing the chapter involving the moonvasion (10,000+ words) my excitement for it dwindled and i do not want to rewrite any of it even if i’m unhappy with it,, however! if you’d like to read the second chapter message me on any social and i’ll send you a copy of the doc !!

loki has a full outline, but i never got around to getting that far into it- it was a very ambitious and long story that i did have a lot of legit excitement for (i aimed to make people cry!! and bc i hope to one day return to it so i will not spoil things, but two characters die!! so be cursed to speculate with the material you have 💕) oh, and if you want to read chapter 1&2 of loki again, message me anywhere and i’ll send you a copy of those!!

like water off a duck’s back… there’s honestly not that much hope for that one,, it was always on the backburner and the content is particularly… disturbing and i often wondered if i was going too far with it- i’m an angst writer and i love the dark and the taboo but… yeaahhh- it was funny how the first comment i got on that fic literally predicted the plot tho 😭

i think that’s all the fics that were public? and as for why they were hidden, i just don’t like having unfinished works on my dashboard lmao should i fully write them, they’ll become public again and update weekly, but as of now they are in the void,,

so! basically! i’ve moved on from ducktales- though i do wish to one day be motivated enough to write for it again- to gravity falls and am currently writing stuff for that!! tho college and work have me swamped right now!! thank you again!!

[many-gay-magpies]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Tagged by @babyseraphim! Thank you lovely, yk i love this kind of thing <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

17!

2. What’s your total AO3 wordcount?

94,685

3. What fandoms do you write for?

These days it’s pretty much all Dead Boy Detectives, but before this I was writing a lot of Teen Wolf stuff. I’ve also written some BBC Merlin fics, some for the Sandman (although those were both BBC Merlin crossovers), and one The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance fic!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Circular Entrapment - BBC Merlin/Sandman crossover

A Dream of Avalon - also BBCM/Sandman crossover

The Curious Tongue - DBD

Where Primroses Bloom - DBD

To a Grave Dug for Fear - DBD

5. Do you respond to comments?

As often as I can, yes! I absolutely love responding to comments and do my best to respond to every one I get, but I think some of my older fics (mostly the Sandman/Merlin crossover ones that got pretty good traction) might have comments I’ve forgotten about.

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

I think it would have to be that short little Teen Wolf Scisaac goodbye fic I wrote, Nothing Wrong With a Little Space (But not Right now). That one ends (and is overall) decently angsty, but I’m allergic to solid angst so it’s still somewhat open/hopeful.

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

Probably Where Primroses Bloom lmao; that is, like, THE sappiest shit I’ve ever written, the ending included. Like I said I’m allergic to solid angst so most of my fics have happy endings, but that one is definitely the most tooth-rotting level of fluff I’ve yet committed.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not as of yet; like Nimm I’m guessing I haven’t been writing for long enough/haven’t written ENOUGH yet to get a big enough audience to attract hate. I am okay with this

9. Do you write smut?

Once upon a time I would have said a solid no but I have been dabbling lately! Idk how much I’m gonna do, and I don’t think I’ll ever consider myself a smut WRITER, but it has been quite fun :>

10. Do you write crossovers?

Yes! Not any recently, but my first (and only) two fics for the Sandman were both crossover with BBC Merlin, and I have, like, an insane amount of crossovers with Merlin and other fandoms just rotting in Scrivener lmao. Doctor Who crossovers, a Tales of Arcadia crossover, more Sandman crossovers, Good Omens crossovers, Dead Boy Detectives crossovers (though those are barely written), the concept for a Teen Wolf crossover… I love to but that twink wizard in situations

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Also nope

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

Triple nope—although I might be, maybe, at some point, soon-ish, if my and the other writer’s motivation for the fic ever returns from the war TT (mostly mine unfortunately). It’s definitely something I think could be fun!!

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Right now Payneland has consumed me mind body and soul, and they seem the type to stick for years to come, even if my overall DBD interest eventually fades. Merlin and Arthur are my eternal beloveds, however, and I will never NOT be a Merthur lover at heart. Even when my BBC Merlin interest is at a low (like it is right now), Merthur remains in my heart.

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

SO MANY MERLIN WIPS DEAR GOD. As I mentioned before I haven’t had my Merlin interest surge in a while, so there are, like, five different half-written crossovers where I just yeet that wizard at other fandoms, and a lot of them are REALLY REALLY GOOD, but like. I can’t fully commit to them without reawakened interest in the fandoms involved, so. For now they shall be left to rot in my fanfiction doc. Also that one fucking 24k Merlin fic I fully wrote, like to completion, and want to rewrite now that my writing is better and I have the ideas more fleshed out, but haven’t yet due to lack of interest/motivation.

I do have a bit of hope though that one day my Merlin interest will return from the war, so in the interest of sharing some WIPs with less hope: the Triptych series for Teen Wolf. I have a fourth part of that in progress, and I think it has like 11k of it or some insane number written, and I want to finish it SO BAD because my girl Allison deserves some time to shine, plus that is the first and only time I have committed to a serial project in a fandom, believing I would follow through, but I. Very much have not. Triptych readers if any of you still follow me I am sorry, the Teen Wolf interest did not last as long as I hoped it would—but at the very least, the way the series is formatted makes it so the ending now is still a nice, solid, if slightly open ending, so if you didn’t know there’d been a fourth part planned you probably wouldn’t assume anything was missing.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I feel like I’m generally good with prose, dialogue, and emotional and atmospheric description! Which is like. Quite a bit actually. But I feel like I’m generally a pretty good writer, and I enjoy all the different processes a lot! I’ve gotten a lot of compliments in comments on my fics about how I get the characters’ voices and vibes down really accurately, which is EVERYTHING to me because that feels like one of the most challenging parts of fic—actually making the characters read LIKE THE CHARACTERS. So, that is a point of pride for sure kjshdkfjhksjh

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Run-on sentences. I am so, SO guilty of abusing the em dash (—) and semicolon (;) to hell and back, my goodness. Half my editing process is going through and shortening sentences, reordering clauses, etc etc. I also feel like I could definitely improve in the actual plot-driven area, at least when it comes to fic—pretty much all my fics are emotion and character-focused oneshots, which isn’t a bad thing and certainly has its place in fandom, but I so enormously admire the fic writers who think up whole plots for the characters and put them into so many situations… granted I did do that with Circular Entrapment, and I’m in the process of doing it with my (finally-named!) post-canon casefic, but I want to do it MORE. Also, committing!! I pretty much only post oneshots because I’m terrible at committing to longer-form stuff!! A big part of it is that I can’t exactly control the whims of my brains and its interests, but god just for ONCE I would like to commit to and actually FOLLOW THROUGH WITH a longer-form project, like a serial or a multichapter.

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

I mean, I’m not sure what exactly this is asking. I have one unposted ficlet where I use my very intermediate French knowledge to write Isaac Lahey speaking very rudimentary French, so I think it’s fun? I think generally if I ever used another language for dialogue I’d put a translation in the end notes, and like. I don’t see myself doing it that often? It can be fun to read though.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

If we’re talking first fandom I wrote fic for ever, in my life, that would have to be either My Little Pony or How To Train Your Dragon. If we’re talking first fandom I ever wrote fic and POSTED the fic for, that would be Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

20. Favorite fics you’ve written?

Aughhhhh. I think at the moment I’m super proud of The Curious Tongue, because it was just so much fun to write and I’m super proud of the results! It was my first foray into posting slightly more nsfw writing, which was a bit nerve-wracking, but I really just adore the character dynamics and emotional vulnerability in it. Exploring the same events from two separate POVs and seeing how DIFFERENT they were was so fun, and the great reception it’s received has been a big plus!

I’m also really proud of To a Grave Dug for Fear, because I really love the ideas, intrapersonal conflict, and emotional/character dynamics explored in it, and I feel like I did a good job for it being my first fic for the DBD fandom! But on a non-DBD note, Circular Entrapment. It’s still just such an entertaining concept and execution to me, and seeing how those two incredibly different characters meshed together was so much FUN.

For this I will zero-pressure tag my usual writer mutual tag, @blusandbirds, and also @edwinspaynes, @wordsinhaled, @shadowquill17, and any other writers who see this and want to participate! As usual, if you are tagged and DON’T want to, just consider it a notification that I’m thinking of you :3

[thrawns-babygirl]

Caught (Crosshair x M!Reader)

decided to try and rewrite the last prompt i completed for a male reader. I haven't written male reader insert EVER so let me know if there is anything that can be improved. I will hopefully be writing more M!Reader stuff in the future as being a Crosswhore is an experience that isnt defined by gender and I hope to feed all of my loyal subjects.

Rating: E (18+) Warnings: Mutual masturbation, fleshlights Word Count: 1200+

Masterlist

didnt tag my usual taglist as im not sure how many of you would be interested in m!reader lmao

The Batch were avoiding you. Not an uncommon occurrence when they returned to Kamino after missions, who wants to get poked and prodded by a Doctor before you even get a chance to relax and unwind a little? But orders are orders and the Kaminoans are relentless when it comes to the health of their prized unit.

Hangar bay? Nope. Mess hall? You can’t hear Wrecker from down the hall so that’s a bust. Armory? Well Tech usually sees to fixing anything himself, but it can’t hurt to look. Failing that you turn to walk towards their barracks. You had told them that you would avoid coming to their barracks as much as you could, being very well aware that it was really they only place they could relax while on Kamino surrounded by regs, bounty hunters and doctors who wanted to run scans and tests on them. You were however on a deadline, and needed to perform their routine medical check before the end of the current rotation.

You don’t even know why they avoid you so vehemently, it must take far more effort on their part to hide from you for hours or rotations at a time instead of just getting it over with. Even Tech, the paragon of logic and reason doesn’t convince the others its better to just get it over with and that genuinely surprises you.

Placing an ear to the cold metal of their barracks door you strain your ears to see if you can hear the sounds of the absent clones behind the door, only to be met with silence. Standing back up straight you ponder your best course of action, if you com them and tell them to come back to the barracks they will know you are here and continue to avoid you, if you wait out in the hallway for them, you run the risk of Hunter sensing you’re here before they return and diverting his brothers further. Why couldn’t they make life easy for you?

You finally decide your best course of action is to let yourself into their barracks and simply wait for them to come to you, they had to sleep eventually, right?

Inputting the medical override code into the door panel, you brace yourself for the ever-present stench that lingers in the Batch’s barracks before closing the door quickly behind you as you take in the sight before you.

Laying on his bunk, head thrown back on his pillow naked as the day he was decanted is Crosshair, thrusting himself up into a clear sleeve that’s wrapped around his cock. There is a thin layer of sweat covering his body, his chest his rising and falling as he releases ragged breaths. You can see the tip of his cock appearing and disappearing as he works himself with the toy, eyes screwed shut totally oblivious to your presence.

You scramble to figure out your best course of action, do you risk leaving and having the door alert him to your presence? Do you finally act on your poorly hidden attraction for the man?

A shuddered groan of your name makes your decision for you. You cross your arms over your chest and clear your throat causing the sniper to jolt upright on his bunk.

“W-what are you doing here?” his eyes are wide, ears tipped pink as his wide eyes lock with yours. He’s desperately scrambling for something to say, to try and get the upper hand but he knows its futile. He knows you’ve seen and heard too much.

“Oh don’t mind me, just enjoying the view” you smirk at him, he still looks like he’s on edge, but he relaxes slightly as he takes in your relaxed stance.

“You could enjoy more than just the view if you want doc” he’s breathless, hand still wrapped around the toy that’s caging his cock, the dark head of his length peeking through the clear silicone that’s choking his shaft.

“Maybe later, I do have a job to do after all and you and your squad are making my life very difficult. So I’ll cut you a deal, you give me more of those pretty sounds you were making, finish yourself off and get your squad here” you walk towards him, moving a chair out from the table in the centre of the room and bringing it over towards his bunk and plopping yourself down “and I’ll let you do whatever you want to me later tonight” he swallows, throat bobbing as his hand slowly resumes its motions over his weeping length.

He closes his eyes, head falling back into his pillows as he slowly picks up the pace. Lewd squelching sounds fill the room as the silicone glides effortlessly over his slicked-up cock. You can see beads of precum forming at the tip before being wiped away with each drag of the toy up and down his shaft.

He hears shuffling coming from the direction of your seated form, prying open his eyes he finds you opening your pants to release your half hard cock, a hand wrapped around the base as you begin to stroke yourself in time with him.

“You said my name” your voice is a sultry whisper, your eyes never leaving his length as you speak, “what were you thinking about?”

“K-kark doc, everything-” another low moan falls from his mouth as his hips begin to rise up off the bed slamming himself into the toy. He’s close, you don’t know how long he’s been going at it but with the way he’s panting you can tell he is at the end of his rope.

“Specifics” you speed up your speed on your own shaft, bringing yourself closer to your own peak as you watch the sniper come undone in front of you.

“Thinking about- Hng- about cumming in that tight ass of yours” he hisses through clenched teeth, his eyes locking with your hard length again, watching your hand stroke up and down as you stand up off the chair and approach his writhing form.

With a ragged moan of your name his cock twitches as he releases ropes of hot cum all over the toy and his abdomen, continuing to run the silicone over his still throbbing length to the point of overstimulation as he watches you move towards him.

“Open” you demand, and he glares at you before reluctantly obliging, opening his mouth and sticking his tongue out. You place the tip of your length on his tongue before spilling into his mouth with a groan of his name, watching as he swallows every last drop.

You put your pants back on, smoothing over your uniform before placing the chair back where it belongs at the table in the centre of the room. Crosshair pulls his now softening cock out of the toy with a slick sound before rising on shaky legs to head to the refresher and clean himself up, glancing at you before wordlessly entering the ‘fresher and locking the door behind him.

Just in time too, when you hear the water start running, the door to the barracks slide open and reveal the rest of your wayward patients. You greet them with a smile as they stand at the doorway, startled to see you sitting in their quarters in wait for them.

“Boys, I’ve been waiting for you” you give them a look that hopefully conveys your irritation.

Crosshair did help you kill time before they got back so maybe you would still reward him later anyway…

[bottombatch]

Fanfic Writer Questions

thanks for the tag @optiwashere!

If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged! But here is one more for the road: @collegeoflore

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Apparently I have 20? That's news to me lol. I would have guessed like 10 to 12. I've used this AO3 account for a while, I guess.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

62,119 words, according to the statistics.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently, only Baldur's Gate 3. Before that I was writing lightcanon for League of Legends.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. And They Were Roommates

2. To Muzzle a Gith

3. Misfit and Nomad

4. I Thought About You

5. Workouts in a Winter Hellscape

Damn. Some of these are callbacks.. Not too surprised, though. These either have popular ships or popular fandoms. LoL lightcanon in 1, 3, and 4 make sense to me, even if I'm embarrassed by the writing in them. Continually shocked by To Muzzle a Gith. I guess Shadowzel is that popular? I don't know. I have so little desire to write for them again and the writing in it makes me cringe, tbh. Same with #5 LMAO. You couldn't pay me enough to reread the fics I wrote in highschool.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes, always! Well. If someone comments on something really old I might not? But only because im scared they'll ask me to update it lmao. But in general, yes! I love talking and hearing what people liked!

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

If I'm including the 20 QOTD Challenge fic (and i am because this is my post), I'd have to give it to Nerves, ch19 of that challenge. I mean, its a flashback scene about killing a childhood friend (and maybe lover) for a crumb of an uncaring goddess' attention.

It's pretty much the only piece of angst I've written that doesn't have some overtone of hope to it. I'm hoping to work it into my act 1 rewrite because I like it so much.

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

To me, its Savoring Seconds from the challenge. It's bittersweet but after everything those two have been through... It's the happiest I can envision them ever being. Maybe that's just my bias tho :P

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No? Do most people get hate on fics? I haven't had anything of the sort. Hard to imagine what that would even be like..

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

Yes, I do. Outside of To Muzzle a Gith, I think I write pretty tame stuff? More emotional than anything.

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

A Common Song was really the only crossover, but even then.. it was really just a League of Legends fic with a cyberpunk2077 au. It had some good ideas tho.. maybe I'll return to it some day.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I've noticed?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope!

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

Not really. I've helped with brainstorming before but that's really all.

14. What's your all time favorite ship?

This.. is tough. I change fandoms too often for something like this 😭 If I had to pick a bg3 ship... Laz/Karlach. Is it cheating to say my OC ship? Probably. But fuck you, its MY post. I've cried multiple times on the bus just thinking about these two, no one else had quite the strangle hold on me. (I was thinking abt Karlach's funeral btw).

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

A Common Song. I was cooking on some of those ideas but I was FAR too ambitious lmao

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'm... Not totally sure, to be honest. Its hard to read your own stuff and see what's uniquely strong. If you have any thoughts, please let me know!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I don't think my writing has much rhythm to it. I'd like to work on that. Also my grammar is shoddy at best. English classes were always my lowest grades :,)

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

For fantasy languages I think it's fun! It can add a lot of depth and creates a lot of insight to a characters culture. Dabbling with Drowic for example was a lot of fun.

But like, a real language? Naw. I don't know any other languages so unless it was a phrase I knew a character said in canon.. I wouldn't want to risk a shoddy google translate.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Uh. It was either Invader Zim, Mass Effect, or SAO? I'm not totally sure. This would have predated AO3, when I was in middle school or something. I've tried to find those fics but I think they're genuinely lost.

Probably for the best lol.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Currently, it is Snowfall. Once I post it, I think it'll be the act 1 rewrite.

[lovelylotusf1]

hiya ❤️ noticed u said ur away from tumblr for a while so i hope u don’t mind me sending this in. i also hope everything in your life gets back on track as much as it can and that you feel better ❤️‍🩹 i stumbled across sweet kitten today and omg it’s a masterpiece… i’m obsessed. i love how clear it is that charles cares about max and understands how he can’t necessarily say some things or when to coax him through it (a little meanly) bc you’ve created a world where they’re so obviously in love 😭

‘Charles is here and he will wait for however long it takes until Max is able to gather his thoughts’ is such a lovely line that really shows this and also makes the whole thing so much hotter because they trust each other so much. charles going through the names (hitting good boy as well) and then immediately recalibrating when he figures it out was sooooo !!

and then charles being that little bit mean while max is so desperate for it really truly made the whole fic like i just adore the dynamic and whiny bottom max and u have done it so brilliantly. “But don’t you think good kittens should say please?” was absolutely LETHAL once charles had established the correct boundary. and i think “Poor little kitty. You can't just meow and expect me to understand” truly cemented this as a fic of All Time for me.

sorry for literally quoting ur own fic back at u i just really need to impress upon you the way this has rewired my brain omg. ‘Charles smiles at him, the one where his dimples show, distracting from his brilliantly sharp teeth that are trying to sink into any weak spot he finds’ is SUCH a line and really shows how poor max got lulled into his false sense of security. “Then I will stay like this until you remember your manners. Bad boys need to do the work themselves�� like life changing for max and i both clearly. “Oh, have I messed you up a bit too much?” totally sealed the deal. charles u know exactly what ur doing working poor max up and then making him pay for it.

the conversation at the end was also so lovely and honest and slice of life before max got banished to the shower… u can so tell how in enamoured they are with each other. i too like it when charles is mean to u max sorry to say. anyways so sorry for coming into ur ask box and ranting like this, just needed u to know how brilliant i think your writing, dialogue and characterisations are and to let u know that i will be the second chapter’s biggest fan!!!

Anon, I don't know what to say. This is probably my favourite message/comment I've ever gotten🥹 In fact, as soon as I have access to a printer, I will probably print this out and glue it into my notebook so I can re-read this over and over again.

Coming back to this after my short break is incredible, I'm literally shaking while trying to stop myself from crying.

I'm so glad you liked the fic! Sweet Kitten has become so special to me after hearing how much joy it gives people. Very happy that the love between Max and Charles comes across, because my main focus truly was trying to convey how well they know and trust each other! Hitting the balance between Charles being mean, but also showing how much he loves Max was truly a process that needed lots of editing and rewriting. Because smut is, above all, a character study for me, I am overjoyed when I hear that people liked the characterization :D

In hindsight, I'm sorry for saying chapter 2 will be out in a month because it has been over 2 and it's still not finished lmao. But it will be out! One day! The whole fic is currently sitting at 13k words, and if fic!Charles complies, it won't drag on for much longer.

Don't ever say sorry for coming into my askbox and "quoting my fic back at me", I love hearing people's thoughts and I loved every word of this!!!💗

[angst-in-space]

april '24 writing progress

words written: 11.1k

most words written in a day: 1,123

least words written in a day: 0

yearly total: 46k

projects worked on:

ya sci-fi book rewrites

adult fantasy book edits

finished editing ch 10 of sylvix dreamscape fic and sent to betas!

planning bsd regency au

started soukoku oneshot

works published in april:

none

april goals:

sigh well….you know….finish my ya sci-fi book rewrites MAYBE.

finish sylvix dreamscape ch 10 edits

start soukoku oneshot… maybe try to finish a first draft

make some progress on some other fics???

may goals:

sigh i don't know, maybe just rewrite ONE CHAPTER of ya sci-fi book? 🥲 hopefully a bit more than that but idk we'll see lmao

implement beta feedback + post ch 10 of sylvix dreamscape fic??

edit & post chapter 16 of altea rising maybe?

continue working on soukoku oneshot

finish an outline of bsd regency au

mayyybeee work on other fics? specifically maybe sylvix pacrim au...i miss it...

notes:

well i'm still feeling a little discouraged about my progress but WHATEVER WE PERSEVERE... as usual i still have not finished rewriting my ya sci-fi book, but i did finish chapter 32 rewrites, which means i'm now on chapter 33/36 AND I REACHED THE CLIMAX so we are getting there. i think ch 33 is really going to kick my ass, so that might take me the whole month. but optimistically, maybe i will finish that and at least start ch 34??

i also started my soukoku oneshot, but by "started" i mean... literally just that lol, like i have less than a page so far. 😂 i got kinda stuck right away because i was struggling with designing an original villain character BUT i'm excited with what i came up with and feel more prepared to delve in now. so, hoping i can at least continue drafting that this month!

i've also been planning another long bsd fic (i think i mentioned this previously?) - it originated as a shin soukoku pride & prejudice au but has since morphed into a super long joint skk & sskk regency au (still very p&p inspired but...not as closely based on it lol). i have pretty much all the major beats planned out but still have a few gaps in it i want to flesh out before i start writing. so i'm hoping to finally finish my (terrifyingly long) outline for it, so i can maybe start writing it soon???

as usual... i would love to make some progress on some of my other sadly neglected fics. in particular i've been thinking a lot about sylvix pacific rim au again so i may return to that if i have the time/energy.

i also would love to update at least one fic this month. I FINALLY FINISHED EDITING CH 10 OF SYLVIX DREAMSCAPE FIC and sent that to betas, soooo might be able to finally finish posting that by end of this month!! while i'm waiting on beta notes on that i was considering doing edits of ch 16 of altea rising and maybe posting that too. :)

so yeah, much to do this month but a lot of exciting stuff!! 👍

[crows-murder]

20 questions for writers

thanks for the tag @they-reap-what-we-sow!! <33 💜💜

1. how many works do you have on AO3?

92! my goal for the end of the year is to get to 100!

2. what's your total AO3 word count?

545,947 which is an insane number ajskdsl

3. what fandoms do you write for?

i've written for a lot of fandoms, but my current active ones are MacGyver (2016), ROTTMNT, and the batfam

4. what are your top 5 fics by kudos?

buried hope - tim spends another birthday alone and makes bad decisions, lots of angst and some jason being (reluctantly) protective, my favorite thing. krow made me a cover for this fic and i absolutely ADORE IT.

Familial Bonds - crack-ish fic where the fam finds out tim has been minus a spleen for months and didn't tell anyone. i have an angstier version of this fic lmfao.

Late Night Encounters - a classic! it is so very dear to me. jason meets tim late one night after patrol and doesn't realize he's looking at tim drake, the robin he's sort of trying to murk, and ends up really caring for this tiny little kid.

My House of Stone, Your Ivy Grows - jason rescues tim as a civilian and his attempt at getting revenge is thwarted by big brother protective instincts. a CLASSIC TROPE.

Fever Dream - tim has a nightmare the night jason as red hood shows up at titan tower and thinks he's straight up hallucinating jason lmao.

5. do you respond to comments?

i try my best but i am a very anxious person and i tend to bluescreen anytime i receive praise and all i think i could manage to say in reply is just keyboard smash. sometimes if i'm asked a question or if it's a close friend, i'll reply.

usually it takes me a long time to do so, but i'm trying to be better at replying to comments 💪

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

oh i've got a few hurt/no comfort fics but i think i'd have to say my one and only MCD fic. it's part of my urban fantasy series that is very dear to me <3 i DID cry writing it, yes.

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

i have a handful of fluff fics with no or minimal angst, but i think my favorite one is this extremely silly one i wrote for my urban fantasy AU, Summer Memories, with dick and jason

8. do you get hate on fics?

rarely, which i'm so thankful for. i don't even bother wasting my time with those, i just immediately delete them.

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

i don't lol.

10. do you write crossovers?

not really. i have exactly one (1) crossover fic and it's actually the very first fic i posted on ao3!

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

as far as i'm aware, nope.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no, not yet!

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

yes! there's a round robin fic i wrote with my friends in our batfam server!! it was genuinely so much fun i'd absolutely love to do another round robin fic.

i also have a 911 series with @dottie-wan-kenobi and @they-reap-what-we-sow that originated as a discord thread where we gave buck a daughter pre him joining the 118 (that i have yet to post something for. one day, i promise). it's one of my favorite AUs we came up with, and boy did we come up with a lot of those lmao.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

honestly? probably several, but i'm currently rewatching narnia with my sisters and susan pevensie and prince caspian had SUCH an impact on 7 year old me.

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

oh boy. i don't talk about this fic for several reasons (one of them being that it was written when i was very new to the batfam fandom and the way i wrote most characters was influenced by fanon, which i've definitely grown past now) but Born to Run is a fic i'm... unfortunately not sure i'll ever finish. maybe one day i'll rewrite it because i still really like the concept, but i'm focused on other projects and it's not actually very high up on my list of WIPs.

(i think you can tell i was really new to the fandom with that fic, and to fic writing in general (prior to this fic i'd only written like, 3 others?) my writing has improved a LOT since then and i cringe just thinking about my old writing)

16. What are your writing strengths?

oh boy lmao. i suck at answering questions like that because i tend to fixate much more on my weaknesses lol.

but i think i'm good at describing settings and feelings. i've been told in comments before that i'm very good at immersing my readers in the story i'm telling, which is the compliment EVER actually.

i also like to think i write good, human dialogue because i act it out a LOT with myself and probably look insane to anyone looking at me asjdskdfld

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

unless i can have a native speaker to check the grammar of the sentence for me, i don't usually write dialogue in another language. i don't trust google translate. anyway i do prefer writing the dialogue in english and in the dialogue tags add "she said in [x language]"

19. First fandom you wrote for?

oh boy. fucking voltron back in 2018.

20. Favourite fic you've written?

oh. i'm very critical of my own writing but i DO have several favorite fics!! it's hard to pick just one but. shamelessly putting the steph-centric fic i posted back in february bc i love it very much <3

no pressure tags @witchofthemoss @goldenraeofsun @cuephrase @a-canceled-stamp @silverandsunflowers @fleur-de-violette and anyone else who wants to do this! <3

[courtney-deserved-better]

Emoji fanfic ask

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⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?

ohoho, so many. ive posted excerpts from a few on ao3, such as the gwourtney tdwt rewrite that i scrapped & the trent comes back to tdwt instead of duncan au that i only wrote one chapter for. the rest are locked away in my files and seldom looked at.

there's a fic for a new season back on the island that takes place a year or so after tdrr with all new challenges that i gave up on after like two and a half chapters (nemma was the main couple for that one to give you a sense of how long ago i wrote it lol).

there's a tdas fic from alejandro noah courtney and gwen's povs (guess what the main ships are...) that i planned out extensively and then started writing for that i haven't worked on in years, probably because the actual writing of it didn't seem nearly as good as the planning did.

there's a really old gwent & nemma fic that i think was an au of the black friday musical? idk what i was thinking. it was bad. it was nonsensical and it was bad.

and then there was this whole high school au that mostly focused on the theatre department and was absolutely based on my high school that was a hyperspecific flavor of weird (us students described it as a combination of a summer camp and a cult so uh... i guess that isn't too far off from tdi).

there was also a post tdrr season i planned out that took place on a cruise ship and contestants competed in trios? i read the one and only chapter i wrote for that and apparently alejandro had a younger sister named marcela who is honestly kind of an icon lol i should bring her back for a different fic or something.

and pretty much assume that for every season of total drama, i had at least one rewrite planned that i eventually abandoned. honestly it's sort of a long term goal of mine to write my own version of every season of td. i've got tdwt with slippery slopes, tdrr with amicus curiae, and eventually tdi with the courtney time travel au. we'll see how long that takes lmao it's already been over a year and i'm like 40% done at the most.

❌ What's a trope you will never write?

probably any kind of soulmate au. i just don't like the idea of a romance that's so predestined that there isn't any real development between the characters. i like to read and write feelings growing organically, and when the characters instantly lock eyes and have this automatic deep connection it just feels very artificial to me. that's not to say that all soulmate aus are like that, and there's actually one or two (non td) that i enjoy and regularly reread.

but i think to write a soulmate au i would need a very strong plot revolving around soulmarks and whatnot and i would rather just have the plot without the soulmates. i feel like the concept of soulmates implies that there's only one person a character can have a meaningful relationship with and once they find that person the relationship will be perfect.

i like reading/writing about the struggles that come with making the choice to be with someone you love without any certainty that they'll be your perfect person forever. the fact that you don't have that certainty but choose to stay and foster a relationship and have that hope for a bright future together makes it a lot more meaningful to me. i also feel like soulmate aus tend to prioritize romance much higher than friendship and those are two kinds of relationships that i like to place on equal ground in my writing.

im not trying to say that all soulmate aus are bad, or that ppl shouldn't enjoy them. they can absolutely be some people's jam and if it makes you happy then go for it! there are definitely tropes i like that other people don't for valid reasons and that's all okay.

thanks for the ask!

[waffles-for-brunch]

20 questions for fic writers!

tagged by @lovevamp

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

4. One's an okay oneshot, then I did a fix-it after 15x20, then I lost my mind completely and spent three years on a season 12 rewrite and now I'm back again writing another fix-it. My twilight zone is self-inflicted.

2. what’s your total Ao3 word count?

540,492 (insert kevin james shrugging meme here)

3. what fandoms do you write for?

Just Supernatural. I started writing a fic for Baldur's Gate Bloodweave but then Destiel dragged me back to the dark side. Maybe I'll finish that one eventually.

4. what are your top five fics by kudos?

they're not gonna be in order bc I'm just gonna go thru my bookmarks real quick but - "And this, your living kiss" by opal_bullets "On labor" by a_good_soldier (i reread this one twice this week) "The Nanny" by Kitmistry and those are the ones i feel like mentioning. :)

5. do you respond to comments?

Admittedly rarely. Mostly because I'll open my email when I'm getting up in the morning and read them and then work all day and forget to respond. I do appreciate all the comments I get tho. And a lot of the really kind ones I send to my groupchat and/or save in a folder on my email labelled "nice comments" also just sometimes I don't feel like I have anything to say. Like idk sometimes thank you just seems too small or something you know. It's strange. Then I'll just get in my head about it and say nothing and the cycle repeats lmao. But I do read them all.

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

Dog you know I'm not writing any angst without a happy ending. I can't take that shit lmao. It's happy endings only in this house. Happy and found family and loveliness. :)

7. what is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I literally end everything the same way. Please I have the worst case of projection imaginable with these fics.

8. do you get hate on fics?

If I do I'm unaware. But I'd probably know it if I do, I stalk my own name and fics wherever I can because I'm insane and nosey. But nah the most I've gotten is just people being mad about a certain character's actions, but like that's not even hate it's just frustration with a character which is a given in certain circumstances. Now if someone was like "wow bad characterization" I'd be like girl, but no I think people are pretty respectful in my corners for the most part.

9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?

Bro let me tell you in "Our Old Heroes" I wrote like a singular sex scene and like maybe one or two other hot and heavy ones and good god did they take me so long to write. Like I'm not a very sex oriented person in general so writing this stuff out? Bro it's embarrassing how much poetry I put into that in retrospect (i jest, it's fine) but like I don't generally orient towards it just because it's very time consuming for me. It has to be very intimate and just right.

10. do you write crossovers? what’s the craziest one you've written?

So short answer no, I haven't. Longer answer I love the concept and would be open to it. Particularly if it involves Dean being psychoanalyzed in some way because that's my favorite thing to write so it would probably be criminal minds. I think crossovers have so much fun and wonky potential tho.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

I hope someone printed my fic to bring into prison and make a black market hot commodity. It would be the highest honor. I guess that's not theft, it's just the free market. But so I guess really no, if I have I'm unawares.

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I'm aware of but I have had people comment in other languages or on twitter people will talk about it in a different language, which is pretty crazy. It's so wild we can be so connected to a story in that way despite not speaking the same language or growing up in the same environment.

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

no! but as @lovevamp has said we've talked about a few that I'm certain one day we will follow through on. I've also talked with @icaruspendragon about maybe doing one at some point bc we seem to have the exact same mental illness that is the dean winchester brain disorder.

14. what’s your favorite all time ship?

I live breathe and bleed destiel, it's truly unfortunate for me.

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

I just have a lot of ideas in my docs that will probably never become more than the ideas they are. Usually when I start a fic like for real I follow through with it. I would feel bad if I didn't lol.

16. what are your writing strengths?

I've been told my characterization is pretty good, which I appreciate. If it was bad I'd probably kms (jk). But fr idk that's the biggest comment I'll get is in regards to that which I really do like because I spend a lot of time trying to find a balance and make sure I'm expressing everyone the correct way they'd express themselves or not express themselves.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

Sex scenes aside I do struggle with action mostly because I find it boring to write out. You just have to try and find so many different words. Ugh. I love dialogue. That's really where I start getting going. But writing action? I tend to do that last because I wanna get through all the good bits first then circle back and do the boring bits.

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?

listen I can barely remember english i'm sorry

19. first fandom you wrote for?

i'm an og baby i started here (destiel) and this is where i'll die (maybe not, we'll see)

20. favorite fic you’ve written?

Well, I don't really have many so it's probably the massive one. "Our Old Heroes" by adelaclancy (that's me). I was really in a bad place when I started it and I kind of just gave myself this crazy project for several reasons. One I was stopping drinking so I needed something else to do with my time. Second I was jobless and goalless and really didn't have a lot going for me and writing was really the only thing I have ever had consistently so I was like okay well I'll start this stupid project and it's gonna be like 26 chapters and 500,000 words long and it's gonna delve into all my issues through projection of these fictional characters and if I actually manage to finish it I can finally say I finished something. So I did. And I actually managed to work on myself a lot in the process. So over all that time I went from living in bad straights as an unemployed drunkard to a full time worker with a few years sobriety under their belt and a better sense of my own boundaries and thriving friendships and I dunno man, in a way that fic really was a bridge for me and I think in that too for a lot of the readers they get to see that now too. Like they can see my little notes at the beginning of chapters and how they change over time alongside the characters in the book and it's kind of an experience in that way I suppose. If not through Dean Winchester and Castiel then maybe through me, if someone out there finds a little bit of hope from that silly little mess of words then I suppose that's something to be proud of then, isn't it? Anywho...

tagging: @icaruspendragon

(Bro I know like two people sorry)

[hypnoneghoul]

What do you think makes a story more sentimental and meaningful? How can I convey that? Because all it looks like is a chunk of text (lmao basically what stories are but ykwim??) That has no meaning

I dont know if this makes sense

Oh also how to structure stories!! I never know how?? And I always write something thats more suited for a different paragraph/chapter in other Chapters because I keep going back? But I don't notice it until its been pointed out. Is there a unspoken way to structure thibgs 😭😭 like first paragraph/chapter is when the reader only understand surface level things, etc? I know it different per story but a generalised one would be cool

Help me sir rowan

hmm that is a good question and its totally valid, i know what you mean. i think you have to know why you wanted to write that story first of all. it may sound silly but what i mean here is that you have to have purpose and you have to chanel it into the text, so the readers can gather it. with every story, think of one or two keywords and try to make subtle little allusions to it throughout the story. i hope it makes sense. you can try a little exercise i heard of. look up something like random word generator and get some stuff. pick characters yourself and write a small little story with no real theme. then rewrite it as many times as you want, using random words from the generator to give it a theme. youll get some practice in theming a story and then you can move that skill over to giving the bigger things the bigger vibes. i hope it makes some snese gfaahssfd

the other thing, im not entirely sure i get what you mean here, but if its purely about feeding reader information step by step, then you have to read your work not as the author but as a reader who knows nothing. zero backstory. its hard to shift that perspective but you'll get it and with that you'll know when you're giving the wrong information or too much/too less and stuff

[piratefalls]

20 Questions for Fic Writers Game

i wasn't directly tagged but i have put off the open tag from @ejunkiet long enough and i'm also bored, so since i'm sure a ton of people have already done this i won't tag anyone, but if you do it i want to see it!

1 - How many works do you have on AO3?

an even 40.

2 - What's your total AO3 word count?

just shy of 170k, which absolutely blows my mind because it doesn't seem like that's possible.

3 - What fandoms do you write for?

previously hawaii five-0 and teen wolf, but i'm currently attempting to write for red, white and royal blue.

4 - What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

all are teen wolf except one, but in order: (Waiting) Until the Sky Falls Down on Me; Today and Every Day; I'm Gonna Give All My Secrets Away; Man, Interrupted; and it's my (pants) party and i'll cry if i want to. this gives a pretty comprehensive idea of what i'm about lol.

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

i'm usually very good about it but they used to build up and i get anxious thinking about responding to all of them lol. but i love responding to them when i can!

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

i don't really do angsty endings? i just went back and checked every ending and if it's not entirely happy it's at least hopeful lmao. i don't think it's in me to do angsty endings.

7 -What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

i've got a lot of happy endings but i'm gonna have to go with The Comedy (Is That It's Serious) because that fic was really just me dealing with my mom having and then beating cancer and that kind of feels like the happiest ending.

8 - Do you get hate on fics?

i never gotten hate, but i did get someone telling me to make changes now that we knew what happened in canon (i speculated about sibling names) and it was just a weird thing to suggest.

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

i have, but it's not my most favorite thing to do? i have to be in a very specific mood and it has to be necessary. i don't think i can write pwp lol. i don't think i've written smut that wasn't some form of connection/expression of love.

10 - Do you write crossovers?

i don't. i do enjoy a good crossover though!

11 - Have you ever had a fic stolen?

one was posted to goodreads during that whole fiasco and i had it taken down, but man did the comments on that hurt lol. i don't write because i think i'm particularly good at it, i do it for fun. so yeah that kind of sucked but occasionally i was like "yeah that's fair lol"

12 - Have you ever had a fic translated?

not to my knowledge, but i'd love it!

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

i haven't! i'd love to someday. i think i do my best when i can collaborate/bounce ideas off someone.

14 - What's your all time favorite ship?

i mean in terms of bookmarks, 1000% sterek. firstprince is very much up there. kastle is my all time favorite het ship and i'll never forgive the fact that we didn't get them outright confessing their feelings. never. mcdanno is there too. (i made a lot of friends from the mcdanno fandom.) once upon a time i'd have said destiel but that fandom really tainted that for me.

15 - What's a WIP that you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

hahahahahaha i talk about this one on a semi-regular basis, but i have like 13k of a post-series Person of Interest fic that i'm probably never gonna finish but it's got some really good shit in it. i've thought about reworking it to make it an au for another fandom but it's so deeply reese and finch that i'd have to rewrite every piece of dialogue. and it would require people having seen the show because it won't make any damn sense without it. (i'd consider sharing it though.)

16 - What are your writing strengths?

introspection and character analysis, for sure. i love just kind of flaying a character open and digging into their thoughts and feelings and what motivates them. the most fun. also writing really off the wall shit. it hasn't failed me yet lol.

17 - What are your writing weaknesses?

any kind of worldbuilding. i also don't think i'm particularly good at smut but i'm also not using cringe euphemisms (the worst one i've ever read was "chocolate star" and i'll let you imagine what that was describing, if i have to know it so do you) so i'll say my smut is at least passable lol.

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

i mean, it's fine? i don't really think about it much except when i have to go all the way down to the notes section to figure out what's being said and then jump back to where i left off. whatever happened to doing that thing where you hover over the phrase and the translation pops up above it?

19 - First fandom you wrote for?

first fandom i ever published for was teen wolf. first attempt at anything was criminal minds. it didn't go well.

20 - Favorite fic you've written?

so going back to 16, the things i had the most fun writing were, for introspection, definitely Written in the Scars on Our Hearts (about all the ways a person can be touched either physically or emotionally), and for off the wall, Got Your Body On My Mind (I Want It Bad) because that venn diagram joke is some of my best work. the comments section was so great lol.