#maybe one day i'll make a conspiracy board lmao

[hangmanbradshaw]

13. How much planning do you do before writing?

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs. (May I request anything from the iwtby universe ((if you have anything written)) pleaseeeeee)

20. What’s a favorite title for a fic you’ve written?

13. how much planning do you do before writing?

A decent amount. I use a breathable outline so I will outline my general vibes/themes/plot points, but I also give myself a lot of room to be creative as I go. So usually I know the structure I want to do (ex: dlp I knew I wanted to do goose reveal, switch to jake pov, etc.) or I'll have certain major plot points mapped out or know themes I want to use/symbolism etc etc but I can't have it TOO outlined or my brain hates it. I like to have room to come up with things as I write and see what flows naturally/let the characters guide me in a way! But as I do that, I am thinking about what I'm trying to say and what I can connect so it's very intentional. When I'm REALLY excited about an idea it snowballs so fast, I'm just like the conspiracy theory board meme guy. Like the more you say? Started as just a message to a friend going 'I kinda wanna write a murder mystery' and like it snowballed so fast after, just a few days later had chap 1 and an outline/world in my head. Example!! for fun :)

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

So many in iwtby like 'you make me want things.' (or there's some in chap 7 of the more you say which is one of my fave chaps I've ever done)

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs. (May I request anything from the iwtby universe ((if you have anything written)) pleaseeeeee)

Yes!! Okay I'm working on some *ideas* for iwtby but here's part of something I wrote last night in a burst of inspo for iwtby!

“No, I just…” He shook his head and tried to refocus. “We don’t really do the whole date date thing.”

“That’s my point.” Jake said, unusually serious. He squeezed Bradley’s fingers as he said, “I wanna take you out and buy you dinner, maybe go to some shitty dive bar and flirt with you until you let me take you home.”

He could only stare at him as the words really sank in. His heart flipped in his chest and a slow grin spread across his face. 

“You want to date me.”

“Darlin’, I wanna date you so damn hard.”

He was sure the smile on his face had to be dopey and ridiculous, but he didn’t give a damn in the slightest. 

“Alright, Seresin. Let’s see what you’ve got.”

20. What’s a favorite title for a fic you’ve written?

the more you say, the less you know was an inspired choice imo lmao (the bradley pov sequel to iwtby though...I'm obsessed with the title it's gonna be burnt toast, sundays)

[ohsweetflips]

so i’m like 3/4ths of the way done with episode two and, being honest, i’m kinda half listening so i feel kinda bad bc obvi i love grad but also like....... i’ve heard the first episode like 5 times and the second one probably 3 or 4 times omg so i think i’m good

but, anyways, here’s what i’m thinking:

episode 1!!!!

“do not trust appearances”

as always, i think something is gonna be done with the eden/fontaine/maplecourt/keene/firbolg family dynamics like........ this is the most “multiple (N)PCs mentioning their family” heavy campaign so far

(and yes ik obvi there was aubrey w/ her mom and duck w/ jane and also taako&lup but, within the first seven episodes, we know that the firbolg was exiled, we know abt the unbroken chain and argo’s mother, we know that fitzroy adamantly does not want to go back home, we know that buck’s father is the iron lord, and we know that rolandus’s father is a former king)

gary’s whole “you know what you got built in here? friends” stands out to me a lot bc.... :’) but also i think that’s gonna become even more prevalent when more shit starts going down

also “so like a prison?” is suddenly very hmm

ALSO WHO ARE THE EVIL TEACHERS AND WHY

forgot how much “i think sometimes they forget... how to be quiet” gets me :’)

ALSO HMMM AFTER LEON POINTED OUT THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SCHOOL ITSELF, THAT ENTITY IN THE FOREST SAYING THAT “EVERYTHING” IS DANGEROUS IS SUDDENLY A LOT MORE OMINOUS

also discussion question do we think that the things that attacked the pegasus were actually demons yes or no

“battlescarred couples” helping each other through sleepless nights and that’s most likely jimson/crush and :((( 1) i miss them and 2) help them!!!!! let them rest!!!!!!

also let’s all just remember that there is a monster in the forest somewhere that wants to go on some type of a killing rage

episode 2!!!!

i think we should all remember bartholomus’s speech abt accounting

bc i feel like it was meant to come across like a goof but i have a feeling that that will be one of the biggest “themes” of grad

and also it’s always kinda unsettling that heros/villains are a literal business like. it’s done to boost the economy.

(“WHAT IS SYLLABUS?” i scream as i look at all the typos in my syllabi for my english classes)

also can we talk abt how fucked up blame taking is. i’m not faulting travis, actually quite the opposite bc it narratively makes sense and narratively it’s great, but also like

OKAY SO HERE’S MY THING WITH WIGGENSTAFF’S

IT IS A SCHOOL FOUNDED IN MAKING BASICALLY HALF IT’S STUDENT BODY SERVANTS

and this is not me criticizing grad, the opposite really bc i think this is so fucking cool what trav is doing with good/evil dynamics and hero/villains/kicks/henches but also like...... The School Itself is wild

but it’s also interesting bc the kicks/henches are turned into servants basically but it’s also implied that heros/villains can’t live without them?

(see buckminster in episde 7: obvi him and leon are close in ways that we don’t probably even know fully yet, but i’m thinking there might be some “see? this is why we need sidekicks and henchpeople, the heros can’t thrive without them” comment made)

(also tho i’m speaking on general terms. not every hero/kick duo/couple is imbalanced, it’s just how the school kinda... teaches it)

“the truth usually is” argo :(((

and i’m currenly in the dodgeball scene, which i miss can we go back to when they were all playing dodgeball

basically tho, i think the main thing w/ fitzroy and festo’s scene is that fitzroy has to learn self-love

but what if that self-love is twisted by whatever hieronymous and higglemas have in store for him? bc now they both have a hand on the fitzroy trigger, so to speak, bc hiero is promoting him and higgs is telling him not to trust a single person at wiggenstaff’s

also the gary’s are watching and listening to everything, so!!!

(also this is just me touching on mostly plot important stuff, but god damn grad is funny as fuck)

i think once i get into the episodes i’ve heard less (basically 4-7) i’ll be more “in tune” but like........ i was literally speaking along w/ some of the dialogue in episode 1 bc from halloween to now i’ve heard it so many times, so i think i’m okay to half-listen omfg