#i lowkey don't wanna tag anything because i'm avoiding the fandom

[apricusapollo]

Fic Writer 20 Questions

thanks for the tag @babygirlbridger 🤭💞

1.) How many works do you have on ao3?

40 🚶🏻‍♀️ I am supposed to have more but I archived some a while ago because they were so bad

2.) What’s your ao3 word count?

572,080

3.) What fandoms do you write for?

I've written for haikyuu but I'm not really in that fandom anymore so now I mainly write for star wars & red white and royal blue. occasionally marauders fandom too.

4.) What are your top five fics by kudos?

paper rings - jegulus

somethin' stupid (like, "I love you") - jegulus

english lover affair - firstprince

golden says of yore - jegulus

running through rose thorns - firstprince

6.) What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

definitely until the sunrise hold me tight. sometimes I wonder what I was high on when I wrote that.

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

paper rings <33

8.) Do you get hate on fics?

nope, never gotten it.

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

I started a while ago and it's lowkey soo fun ngl 🤭 I usually used to avoid writing it but. not anymore.

10.) Do you write cross overs? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

oh boy. I used to. my very first famous fanfic was called fragile world. used to post it on Instagram and wattpad. it included *clears throat* shadowhunters, glee, 13 reasons why, skam, eyewitness 🧍🏻‍♀️ but in my defense I was, what, 12-13? I have CHANGED.

11.) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

yeaa it was kiss in the kitchen. someone reposted it on wattpad without my permission and gabby found it and told me. they did take it down after I told them to tho.

12.) Have you ever had a fic translated?

YEAH!! made me so happy.

13.) Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

well usually me and yana come up with the plot of my fics together sometimes. there's this one jegulus fic based on a couple of hamilton songs I wanna write and yana came up with more than half of the plot so yeah!! that counts!!

14.) What’s your all time favourite ship?

I think firstprince. they're just so. *muffled sobs*

15.) What’s a WIP you’d like to finish, but doubt you ever will?

in 2021 I started writing iwaoi attack on titan au. I had outline ready, I wrote 2 chapters out of 5 and all of that. then I never continued it. it still exists in my docs but I forgot half of the plot so I doubt I'll ever finish and post it but who knows. never say never.

16.) What are your writing strengths?

writing angst?? Idk I think I'm quite good at that for a girl who has never had her heart broken (in a romantic sense)

17.) What are your writing weaknesses?

DESCRIPTIONS. god I HATE describing things. I'd rather die than describe anything.

18.) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I mean, I don't think I'll succeed (unless it's in georgian which is my native language) and considering that I mess up english sometimes, maybe it's for the best if I just stick to one language 😭😭

19.) First fandom you wrote for?

one direction. I was 9 y/o. write it in a notebook with a sparkly pen. it was called "love."

20.) Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

I have a couple so here's the list idc

paper rings

english love affair

sacred touches & wasted days

the end is here

better than revenge ('cause he's like so whatever)

champagne problems

(I'm too lazy to attach links to all of them so here's my ao3)

again, I hate tagging people so pls do this if u wanna mwah<3

[sanderscat]

guess which episode we rewatched today

[liberty-barnes]

okay okay but i just need to mention one little thing:

fan site dynamics work like this: twitter reacts first, usually dramatically, thinks later. tumblr thinks first, analyses to see exactly what we're working with here, puts it in perspective with their YEARS of experience in this fandom, then reacts.

therefore if you're coming here from twitter, you should have that in mind, as well as keep in mind a few guidelines that worked great for me as someone who lurked around fandom since 2013 and only got REALLY involved in quarantine:

1) RESEARCH PEOPLE RESEARCH. i don't care if you've been part of fandom on twitter for five years, tumblr has so much more information. on absolutely everything. and it all comes back pretty frequently in some way or another. so, to avoid making the Knowledgeable Veteran Larries want to smash their heads into a wall at every "wait what happened in xxx?" message they get even though they've discussed it 1000 times already, just do your research. @larrytimelines has, as you guessed it, timelines for shit that happened over the years so that may be a good start. otherwise, @daisiesonafield-blog has a very well organised blog (how, i don't know, lowkey suspect she's a witch) so just look through her many useful tags for larry resources and you should be good to go for a nice long while.

2) don't come here thinking you know better than the people that have been around for 10 years. that's the main one. it's as simple as that. these people have lived through the worst stunts, they've seen it all, they know what they're talking about. they know better.

3) if you're gonna be ageist you can fuck off. i've lost count of how many people on twitter have said that after 25, you shouldn't be a part of fandom anymore. you do not lose your interests as you get older. if i see you being ageist anywhere in my or others' blogs consider yourself blocked because i do not have the mental stability to handle idiotic children (and i promise you that it's possible to not be asshole to people older than you. at 19 i'm a baby larrie here and i get along with the veterans just fine so you can do it too, it's really not that hard to be respectful)

4) don't be a dick. don't judge people for liking or doing things that you wouldn't like or do. most recent example is the hs3 leak. don't wanna listen? don't. blacklist the HS3 LEAK and HS3 SPOILER tags and just get on with your life. do not be a dick to people who choose to listen to it.

5) before sending an ask to a blog asking about something, scroll for a bit to check if they haven't answered that question already. or check their blog for key words related to that subject. AND DON'T USE PEOPLE'S ASK BOXES AS GOOGLE SERIOUSLY IT'S ANNOYING WE'RE NOT GONNA FEED YOU EASY-ACCESS INFORMATION ON A SILVER PLATTER YOU CAN GET UP AND GO GET IT YOURSELF (that one is particularly annoying to watch so i can only imagine how it feels to get them) (I just make one tiny distinction: if you've genuinely tried looking for the information on Google, on other blogs, etc. then it's okay to ask for help, or to ask if they have any tips on how to better find the information you're looking for, I just get really pissed when people ask things without even trying to find the information themselves.)

6) go look at just general tumblr do's and don'ts. take the time to do it. tumblr is not twitter we do not work the same way and i don't want my beloved hellsite to get like twitter, as fun as it is at times.

and that's about all i have for you at 8.30am, feel free to add some more if you have anything else in mind, dm me or send me an ask if you want more information on why twitter and tumblr are different as someone who's in both

-Love, Miah🤍

[smol-bean-of-the-smols]

all of them for BSD

oh shit all-

alrighty, here we go!

1. which character do you relate to the most from your fandom?

Really, all of the characters with anxiety. Lousia, because she's really shy, but she's hardworking and dedicated to her superior. Poe, because he's shy and sensitive, but he's determined to better himself in the face of a challenge. Atsushi, because he's always undermining himself and dealing with the thoughts in his own head fighting with him, yet he strives to fight back and prove himself.

2. which character do you look the most like?

Haruno. I don't have bangs tho. Hell, the color of her eyes and glasses are actually pretty close to mine.

3. what is your favorite ship?

Ranpo x Poe (comfort ship go brrr-)

4. what is your favorite CANON ship?

Akutagawa x Higuchi (higuchi deserves to be loved, respected, and happy. aku, treat her better please)

5. who is your favorite character (and maybe why?)

*COUGH* Well y'all already know I love Kajii, so lemme explain a few things rather than all of them. That'd be too long.

His passion is admirable, and it seems to be the only thing driving him. He questions the world, and looks for this "truth." The question of "what is death?" can be answered so simply, yet he seeks for something deeper. He sees the world as tedious, and says there's no meaning to life. He's devalued emotions and feelings to chemical reactions in the brain, yet while he's completely correct, it feels like he's invalidated his own feelings. Like he's not allowing himself to feel anything, or lost the ability to. Something drastic has happened to him to get him where he is now, and I really really wanna find out what. This man is so fucking interesting istg.

6. when you first think of the fandom, what image comes to mind?

A cozy bonfire? For some reason? And there's like, a large pile of decaying leaves that encompasses the toxicity that I'm avoiding.

7. when did you join the fandom?

A year and a half ago, I think.

8. WHY did you join the fandom???

The fanfics. The fanart. The discussions. I wanted to talk to people about this so much that I was able to convince my two best friends to watch it too. They liked it~

9. what is your favorite fanfic for the fandom?

*aggressively pulls up ao3*

Delta Airlines (Because Life Is A Nightmare) by peachterines

It's a wholesome comedy of RanPoe, and I've read it multiple times, i love it so muchhh <3

10. what song do you associate with a ship?

Oh fuck, umm, Mr. Loverman by Ricky Montgomery for RanPoe

This is actually how I found this song, it was through a tragic fanfic (that i didn't fully read the tags for, else I would've noticed Major Character Death and not read it), and in the author's notes, they said they'd been listening to this song while writing it. It HURT, BITCH. I WAS DISTRAUGHT AND SAD.

11. what song do you associate with a character (or 2)?

My immediate answer is Crazy = Genius for Kajii (there's a story for a another day with that, OH BOY)

But also, BRKN LOVE's cover of River reminds me of Kajii because my weird ass decided the voice sounded similar to his. totally didn't imagine that he was singing it for an entire fuckin night instead of sleeping-

12. favorite hc for a ship, character, etc.

There's this headcanon I like for Kajii, that he's good at cooking. Because men (really anyone) who can cook are so fuckin sexy. I love food.

Also, a friend has agreed on this one, that Kajii would smell like fire, since he works with explosives. Y'all know that smell that's in the air during winter when someone in the neighborhood has a fire going? That's the one.

13. if you could be in the universe of the characters what would you do first?

I mean, those crepes look mighty fine. I honestly think I'd explore the city before I do anything else. Yokohama is so beautiful, and I lowkey wanna know exactly where in Yokohama the blacks towers are located. There's also these steps near the Yokohama Landmark Tower that are used for outdoor plays/performances, and they're shiny and ahfasghssf. Hhhhhhh i wanna go there so baddd

Outside of that, I would love to give hugs to a lot of the characters. I'm the kind of person to take on a motherly role for people that I view as young. Also, my insatiable urge to melt into Kajii's arms-