#like i haven't even finished the first chapter though so i am most likely waaay off

[panevanbuckley]

okay so first impressions of the sunbearer trials is that it's very much giving the vibes of percy jackson meets the hunger games

[puddle-of-awesomeness]

Fic Writer Review

Tagged by @samanthaswishes

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

51

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

508,020

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Apparently 28 ??? but most of those are just different parts of the MCU (i.e. Iron Man Movies, Thor Movies etc). Other than that, I've written for Marvel Comics, Person of Interest, the DCEU, The Gifted, Doctor Who, PJO, TSC, X-Men Movieverse, Arrowverse but Agents of SHIELD is my main fandom.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Someone Revoke Their Internet Access 638 kudos- Chaotic chat fic my beloved. Honestly, this one just gets weirder every time I update it, which I admit can sometimes take a while, but this is personally one of my fave fics I've ever written.

A Week After Death 529 kudos- The Agents of SHIELD/Agent Carter crossover fic that did waaay better than I thought it was going to do, and obviously I was going to do something with that "anatomy analysis" line. Also, this is the fic where I came up with a Dousy baby name and just stuck with it.

Loving The Journey Together 383 kudos- Can't believe I managed to miss the day this fic turned one year old, and can you tell I like fluffy fics?? Aaaaand I've just realised how long I've gone without updating this one.

00:00:00:00 307 kudos- I was surprised to see this one in the top five, not gonna lie. This was my first Agents of SHIELD/Dousy fic, the first of many (I may have a problem lmao). Also, my first soulmates AU, which is honestly surprising considering that it's one of my favourite tropes.

City of Dust and Shadows 274 kudos. This is easily the most insane thing I have ever written and one that I really want to finish, but I just struggle to think of what I want to say every time I open the document. Which is really annoying because I have the entire plot planned out, it's just the specifics of each scene.

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

Sometimes, but not often. I do try to reply to comments, but more often than not I have no idea what to say so the unanswered comment just sits in my inbox, taunting me, until I eventually delete everything from my inbox.

6. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

I don't normally write much angst, I'm more of a fluff person, however, Keep Me In Your Heart, Okay? and I Thought It Would Be Better This Way are both pretty angsty as both are about characters finding out/reacting to the deaths of other characters (one part-way through Crisis On Infinite Earths, the other post Infinity War). I haven't reread either of them in forever though, so I don't remember how good they are, especially I Thought It Would Be Better This Way as I wrote that in the space of five hours on my tablet in the back of the car on the way to London the day after I saw Infinity War.

7. Do you write crossovers? If so, what is the craziest one you've ever written?

I've co-written a couple of crossovers with friends, although neither has been updated in forever, sorry. The craziest one by far is definitely City of Dust and Shadows which is an MCU/X-Men Movieverse/PJO and co/TSC crossover and to this day I am amazed that I managed to plan out a fifteen chapter plot from all the dumb interactions me and my friend thought these characters would have while brainstorming ideas during our lunch break in school.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Not so much hate, but someone left multiple comments on the same fic criticising me for stuff that wasn't canon as of the series finale even though I'd already replied to them pointing out that I'd posted the fic before the finale aired. They also accused me of promoting CCP propaganda because they forgot the 1998 animated Mulan movie existed, so that was fun.

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

Nope.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Again, not that I'm aware of, but it would be cool to see.

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

Yes, both crossovers I've written have been with friends, although with Mutants of Interest, my friend most/all of the first chapter and I wrote the 300 words of the second chapter that neither of us have touched since like 2019. It's actually become a running joke between us that we've gone so long without updating that fic.

13. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Dousy. That one definitely came out of nowhere last year to completely consume my life. Almost half of all my fics are about them at this point. Before Dousy, it was definitely Amerikate although I've never written as much for them, they've just been side pairings in a larger fic but I definitely want to write more for them in the future.

14. What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

If you have been following me since the days of Life On The Farm, you may be entitled to a senior's discount. That was my second ever fic and the oldest one I still have posted, however, by 2019 I was losing a lot of my motivation to write that one and it started to feel more like a chore. I think the problem was that I wrote a lot of it while I was ill and have kinda associated it, especially the early parts, with that time of my life, which really sucked. And I also don't really like some parts of it as much anymore. But I really hope that one day I'll be able to go back to it, because that fic was like my baby for years.

15. What are your writing strengths?

Domestic and family fluff always feel like something that I do pretty well, as well as more comedic scenarios.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

I find more serious moments harder to write, especially character deaths, and also action sequences, I just get confused trying to explain/keep up with what everyone is doing.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I don't write in other languages in fics as my foreign language skills don't extend any further than GCSE French and Spanish, the most I remember ever having "written" in another language was copy and pasting one word in Korean from a kpop song when someone referenced a line from that song. I normally just stick with "[name] said in [language]".

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

The MCU.

19. What's your favourite fic you've written?

I do love the majority of my fics, but if I had to pick, it would end up being a tie between Someone Revoke Their Internet Access, A Week After Death and Explosive.

Tagging: @princessroot and anyone else that wants to do this