#mckiwi

[aelaer]

If you don't mind me asking, where did the number 197320 come from for your series?

It's one of my favorites by the way.

@mckiwi too. I'm delighted for the curiosity and it's 100% a personal nerd moment. The first point was that I wanted to make it a number pretty close to Earth-199999 which is where the MCU resides (and has for years no matter Waldron's writing, he just can't research to save his life since Google would tell him that 616 is the comics universe ahhhhhh). Anyway, then I realized that some important numbers: 3, 7, 9, and 1 read backwards was 1-9-7-3, and all of them together add to 20. Very close to the MCU universe but with enough changes to designate a few thousand universes away. Now 3, 7, 9, and 1 is an important pattern. But not in the Marvel fandom. Some here may recognize it already. I'll give others a minute...

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Yeah it's 3 rings for the elven kings under the sky 7 for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone 9 for mortal men doomed to die 1 for the dark lord on his dark throne Swap the poem backwards and you have 1-9-7-3 with all 20 rings. 197320.

God I'm such a nerd.

[sobeautifullyobsessed]

Thanks for thinking of me and sending along these sandy playmates.😊Their dance across my dash is kinda catchy...

[byondtheveil]

OH NoES I has CRABS

[mckiwi]

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Current Obsessions: Doctor Strange & Good Omens with a bit of Doctor Who (pretty much anything Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, or Michael Sheen)

When Did You Start Creating: 2021 was the start of everything. I posted my first fanfic to AO3 in February. Started Tiktok in March. Tumblr came about in July. YouTube in November.

[mckiwi]

I can confirm it’s Pink Floyd even in cannon.

In the scene where he has an argument with Christine, he’s wearing a shirt with The Madcap Laughs album cover on it. It’s an album by Syd Barrett, aka a member of Pink Floyd. @marvel-writing @sobeautifullyobsessed

✨the more ya know✨

QUESTION:

What band/artist do you think Stephen Strange would be most likely to be into? It’s for a fic 👀

[hithertoundreamtof23]

One Year Anniversary

So... apparently I've had this blog for a whole year.

I want to say thank you to all my beloved followers and mutuals!! I'm blessed to have met such creative and beautiful people.

Everyday, I can log on and see the love you have for me and the incredible support we all have for each other.

I love tumblr because it's an escape from reality. I may be having a hard time irl, but online, it's almost like a second chance. Y'all don't know that I failed a homework assignment or that I have a massive pimple on my cheek. It's incredible that I can just be myself and talk incoherently with people that share similar interests to myself.

Everyone has welcomed me with open arms, to which I am so grateful!

Love y'all!! ❤️❤️

Here's to all my moots that I've had the pleasure of meeting this year 🥂:

@darkkitty1208 @strangelockd @mckiwi @jameshavinganxiety @doctorstrangeaskblog @sobeautifullyobsessed @time-stone-keeper @stewardofningishzida @thornbushrose @fancypersonvoid @fanartka @determinedwriter holy shit there's a lot of you! @harpywritesfic @pressedfaery @unknownmysticdream @j-snapdragon @valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn @metaphysical-ham-sandwich @popcorn-plots I hope that's everyone! Oh, and all my beloved followers (minus the porn bots).

[harpywritesfic]

People I want to get to know better

Tagged by: @janora00 (thank you, love!)

Last song: A Mask Of My Own Face by Lemon Demon (or it was when i started typing. it is now Nobody's Soldier by Hozier and i must use this chance to say I GOT TO HEAR THAT LIVE LAST MONTH!!! FUCKING SURREAL!!!

Favorite color: purple, specifically lilac :) i have lilac platform doc martins that i adore. they got to go to the hozier concert. they blistered me. the venue has many steep hills.

Currently watching: nothing,, i don't really watch tv/movies,, i tried to watch good omens months ago and i really liked it but still only got through like 4 episodes. i need to get a support group of friends to bully me into watching it again.

Last Movie: see previous. i have no idea when i last watched a movie. there's a couple i wanted to see in theaters but i missed them.

Sweet/spicy/savory: anything but spicy. i do not care for spice. i'm too white for that. i go to taco bell and ask them for no jalapeno sauce on my quesadilla.

Relationship status: single! i got ~complicated feelings~ about relationships that i don't really care enough to sort out rn. i have other priorities.

Current obsessions: i'm not really super into anything right now? i still write ironstrange but i try to curb the formation of hyperfixations while in college so that i don't neglect my work even more 😓 my hobby is resting. my bed is my happy place.

Last thing you Googled: "maxilla bone". i am in anatomy hell. i am going to bomb my exam tuesday. i finally figured out the bones and i did good on the bone quiz but the muscles are not clicking for me.

Tagging (no pressure of course! disregard if you've already been tagged): @darkkitty1208 @mckiwi @iamhavingamomenthere-crowley @riverthunder @j-snapdragon

[askthesorcerersupreme]

I feel like I should make an “official statement” saying that this account is not abandoned, I’ve just been really busy here lately irl, and probably will still be for the time being. I may be more free during the summer, so you might see more activity then.

I do try to answer asks fully and thoughtfully, so if I can’t put my full effort into something, I’m not going to do it, hence why you haven’t seen me answer asks.

My main account is @mckiwi if you’re interested. You’ll see me reblog and post stuff more over there.

[doctorstrangeaskblog]

fic recs centering around stephen? 👀 preferably non-reader insert if you don't mind 😅 anything that fits the category of "stephen being a pathetic wet kitten"

@mckiwi

I'm sure this person will be able to help you heheheh.

[aelaer]

Alright, let’s take that follow up ask 😂

18. What are some tropes that others love, but you just tend to avoid?

Or something along those lines. Things you like/dislike. What marks the difference between a “good” and a “great” fic for you?

Whelp I lost my draft as I started this. I figured that's as good a sign as any to save this as a draft and review it a few times to make sure I'm critical of the *genre and trope* and not the individual writing it. And yes I think they're two *very* distinct things. And I'd like to piss off as few people (who aren't blocked) as possible while still remaining true to myself. We'll see how successful it is.

Cut cuz it got long and if folks click it thinking they might get mad, and then get mad, well, you can't say I didn't warn you. I don't like quite a few popular tropes in a lot of stories you see Stephen in. And I'll not hide my own opinions on my own blog. 😜 What's the terminology? Don't like, don't read? Yeah, if (general) you don't like strong opinions that might go against yours, don't read on. You've been warned!

Let's start with some of the most popular AO3 tropes, taken from the 2016 Fanfic Survey from Fansplaining. Here's the top 20 tropes across the survey and if I dislike it, I have bolded it and have a comment beside it. Otherwise I'm indifferent to it or I like the trope.

Friends to Lovers

Canon-divergent Alternate Universes

Slow Burn

Rescue Missions/Saving Each Other

Bed Sharing (aka One Hotel Room Left) Honestly I find this trope really stupid in most circumstances. It just makes me roll my eyes. This isn't to say that fics with this trope are badly written, I just... think the situation's really contrived. There's better ways to explore pining.

Teamwork

Fluff

Hurt/Comfort

Huddling for Warmth I only dislike it if it's adding unnecessary sexual tension. Like if you're in a perilous situation you don't need to talk about how omg touching him makes you feel things. It's like - dude you're gonna lose fingers otherwise. Characters, you need to shut the fuck up, this is not the right time. You guys can be romantic later. Hell this even counts for established relationships; characters getting aroused when they're in actual perilous situations is one of my biggest pet peeves in romance. It's dumb. (Note- this doesn't count if they're joking about it, joking is a great coping mechanism. I mean legit horniness as they're half-dead or something. What the fuck. Exception if the author explicitly lists being in legit perilous situations as a fetish in which case, good for author for that creativity.)

Mutual Pining

Established Relationship

Fix-it Fic

Isolated or Trapped (e.g. in a cave, a Canadian shack, etc.)

Missing scenes or fill-in fic

Everyone Knows They're In Love

Unresolved Sexual Tension

Fake Relationship (incl. Married for a Case and Marriage of Convenience)

Pining

Worldbuilding

Only 2 out of the top 20, not bad! Most are "take it or leave it" but some I like so yay.

Okay now for the next part.

On my Doctor Strange AO3 filtered page that I have up in perpetuity on my phone, I have the following filters applied to exclude (which takes off about 20% of all fics in the category from sight). Ordered from least likely to offend to most likely to offend others:

Non-English fics

Peter Parker/Stephen Strange

Stephen Strange/Reader

Not Civil War Team Captain America Friendly & Not Steve Rogers Friendly

An honorable spicy mention that isn't easily filtered so I don't filter it but I get into it below. It involves Peter.

Not English fics: With as picky a reader as I am, auto Google Translate simply doesn't work well for me. Trust me, I've tried and I was very sad when translate proved to be less than great. I wish I could speak/read all languages.

Peter/Stephen: I had to block this one because it was just coming up too much after NWH, but America/Stephen falls here as well (it's just significantly rarer and I can easily skip those fics). No hard feelings to those who write/ship it because they're, you know, fictional, but I'm definitely not a fan of the trope. Underage with two minors already skeeves me out, underage with a middle aged man and a minor is a big no-go unless the adult is framed as a villain in the narrative (and with luck gets justice served to him). But in the shipping sense this isn't usually the case in the story, and while some authors do a great job in showing it's not right/good, this isn't my flavor of Stephen at all. Even villain Stephen.

In the case the minors are aged up to be legal, I still dislike it. I find it incredibly creepy IRL when a person goes for someone who is young enough to be their child, and I can't separate that feeling in the fiction I read for the most part. The exception to this rule is when the person is like over 35 - by that age you know if you want to be with a 55 year old, and you have all that life experience. But there's so much growing done in the 20s and a lot of life experience that nothing but time can provide.

Finally, I find men in their 40s who are looking for someone (especially a girl) 24 or younger incredibly immature and, frankly put, the absolute opposite of dignified and sexy. There are exceptions of course, but my good guy!Stephen doesn't fall into that category. He's interested in brains, personality, and life experience, with looks being like, the 4th factor, haha, so no need for such a large age gap. Again, just skeeves me out.

Stephen Strange/Reader: I wouldn't have blocked it if it wasn't so prevalent, but it's literally Stephen's second-most popular ship. All respect to anyone who enjoys reader-insert fics, but I just... don't. The handful of times I've tried it I couldn't see myself as the supposed character because they were so different from who I am as a person. "Choose your own adventure" books that I read in my youth worked for me because I had choices in steering the story; that's not the case in reader fics so I'm left seeing "myself" doing things that I'd never do in a million years. That contradiction just makes me unable to appreciate them myself.

Big reason I don't have that problem with OCs is because they're not me, and so I don't have that weird contradictory feeling while reading the fic. They're another person so I can appreciate them as another character, especially if Stephen manages to stay in character within the story. But as romance isn't a genre I actively look for, I don't tend to look out for OC fics either as they're usually super romance-heavy as opposed to the romance being a side plot (which is how I get through canon char romances - if it's a side plot in the very long story I'll get through it for juicy plot).

Not Civil War Team Captain America Friendly & Not Steve Rogers Friendly: Blocking these two covers the majority of the stories that are not other-character friendly, and it blocks almost all Civil War Team Iron Man fics, so these two tags cover basically the entire gauntlet of that type of MCU fic. Ever since AO3 canonicalized those tags my blood pressure has lowered significantly and it's made browsing AO3 so much less stressful.

I'll say it up front: I don't think a fic can be good writing if it's written to be Not Team Cap Friendly. That's not to say that the writer themselves is incapable of writing quality works because that's usually not the case. But for works with that specific trope, I do not think that work can be good. A significant factor of what I consider good fanfic writing/bad fanfic writing is characterization, and the characterization is usually butchered in this genre of fic.

If an author chooses only to write this trope POV, all the more power to them. However, I think they are limiting their capabilities in choosing to ignore the grey storytelling the MCU brought to the story and are definitely limiting their visions by choosing to view these grey characters and their grey choices as black and white/good and bad with all the nuances erased. And because those choices are made, I don't think that the fic that comes out with those limitations can be considered good writing. And here are the reasons why, largely centering around characterization:

The only way these fics work is by making Steve completely OOC. I've seen writers erase all his leadership capabilities established in the first 3 films he was in, his ability to think fast on his feet, any sign of intelligence that is firmly established in the first three films he was in, and make him callous in a way that he hasn't ever shown in canon. I've seen writers make Steve unaware of email, I've seen them say that he never led men in WW2 (and isn't an actual captain), and most ridiculously, I've seen them say he was trying to kill Tony in Siberia and left him for dead there and completely ignore all his training in that if he wanted to kill Tony, he very well could have. (And ignore that T'Challa was there as well ffs - that's another rant.) But yes - this is all OOC to Steve's character. If someone wants to know why saying Steve trying to kill Tony in Siberia is OOC and thus not Steve friendly, send me a separate ask as I have a write up on Discord that I can bring here if folks want clarification on that front.

If you have to make other characters OOC to make your best boy shine better, I don't trust you to write best boy well. And usually he isn't. Tony is a terribly flawed character which is why he's so so so interesting, but Not Team Cap friendly fics are determined to erase all of Tony's flaws and everything that makes him interesting. For instance, I've seen Tony suddenly become an expert negotiator and politician, ignoring both IM2 and his lack of finesse with Ross in CW (this isn't him delegating the work to lawyers/PR people - this is in fics where he's the figurehead behind this because he's suddenly an expert political negotiator). Then in some fics Tony's suddenly a socialist, ignoring the fact that he's made his fortune and still makes money from his corporation and there's nothing in canon that suggests that he ain't still benefiting from the capitalist institution. He's *generous*, absolutely, and I headcanon he put in hundreds of millions into rebuilding Sokovia - but he's not suddenly a socialist. He's a rich white man with rich white man privileges and while he's doing his best to make good in the world, he has benefits that the rest of the world just doesn't. And Tony's still arrogant and it can still be hard to work with him and erasing all those flaws makes him just... not Tony. He's just this bland vanilla OOC caricature.

In a lot of "not team cap friendly" fics I see a tag along the lines of "actions have consequences". If that's the case, why the hell wasn't Tony prosecuted for making Ultron? Wanda didn't force him to make anything - she amplified his fears, absolutely, but he made the robot. In secret. And that robot killed a city. Tony in CW is rightfully really regretful about it - but if actions actually had consequences and Tony tried to get Team Cap like, jailed or forcefully retired (like he or his friends do in some fics), Nat should strike back and tell everyone that he was behind Ultron. IT'S LIKE EVERY CHARACTER MAKES MISTAKES OR SOMETHING AND THAT NONE OF THEM ARE PERFECT. WHAT A THOUGHT. And that's why that tag is not very well thought out. The tag ignores the stark (hah) fact that all Avengers have made mistakes, some of them major - and Tony's absolutely not exempt from that. And his mistake-making didn't stop after he became Iron Man.

All of Tony's friends ignore that Tony recruited a 15 year old to Germany and guess what? Pepper and Rhodey aren't Tony boot-lickers. They'd give him the appropriate "What the fuck were you thinking" language because yeah, that was fucked up! Ignoring that happened is another big item in these type of fics.

Stephen's personality is typically bland and he often has no life beyond Tony's in these type of fics. He definitely has no opinions on the Avengers that *differ* from Tony because him having his own opinions, or taking the time to form his own opinions from his own interactions, would be showing more nuance and depth than these fics want to get into.

Stephen's often petty and violent, especially towards Steve - and again completely ignores all of Tony's mistakes because Tony doesn't make horrific mistakes, oh no! I'd argue the petty violence is OOC, but fucking DS2 and fucking Waldron Jossed that. So if you want that petty violence, it's technically seen on screen, but that's a *Waldron* idea so... yeah. I don't know any big Stephen fan who is particularly fond of Waldron and what he brought to Stephen's character. But this whole essay is about OOC characterization so I can't argue that this is OOC anymore. Fucking Waldron.

Like Stephen, Rhodey and Pepper also lose their personalities and ability to argue with Tony because Tony is always right. Rhodey forgets that Tony is a billionaire and can easily go use a lab in Stark Industries buildings across the country, or go to one of his many homes that all billionaires have because they're *billionaires*, if he *has* to avoid Steve for some reason. Rhodey also forgets that Tony could handle this with the best therapist money can by if he can't physically handle being in a room with someone he dislikes. If Steve actually tried to kill him in a fic, please go back to the first bullet point on this list. An IC Steve wouldn't so there wouldn't be that fear of more physical retaliation because Steve wouldn't be trying to stop Tony from killing Bucky, so again, unless Tony tries to kill Bucky once more, the situation won't escalate to violence. But yes, in these fics, Rhodey would prefer that the civil rights breaking Accords that allow indefinite imprisonment with no promise of trial stand. He'd rather the rest of the Avengers remain fugitives with no home because he forgets his friend is a billionaire with virtually unlimited resources to go wherever he wants and to get the help he needs. The growth we see in his stance that came with IW after he saw the Accords' rollout just poofs away.

Pepper tends to be turned into a secretary again just there to help with Tony's emotional needs instead of a powerful CEO whose really fucking busy running a company.

So with an OOC Steve, it usually leads to an OOC Tony, OOC Rhodey, OOC Pepper, and OOC Stephen. And that is why I consider these fics bad.

There may be exceptions to this, but when I was still attempting the tag in 2019, I never found a fic under the tag that was an exception. I stopped trying the last 3 or so years. And unless you're an author who's written in that tag and you want me to read your story and want to try to change my mind (because you're a masochist? why would you want to do this to yourself?), don't send me those fics. 99% I'm going to find them bad.

I'm not gonna subject those authors to the above opinion because they enjoy the black/white world and they have a huge readership who loves that crack. And good for them! That doesn't change my opinion that I think it's lousy writing because characterization is 70% of my opinion of a fic. If you have all this OOC characterization in a non-crack/parody fic, I just won't have a high opinion. And I'll say it in my own space under a cut, but I'm not going to search you out anymore - I haven't since 2019 (early 2020 was the cut off). Writers have the right to write what's popular - and I can dislike that popular content. But it's a lucrative readership and if that black and white world brings you joy, then all the more power to you.

Important: Not character-friendly fics are different from Dark!character fics. Dark character fics acknowledge that in canon, the characters are written as protagonists and heroes, and the author is purposefully changing this. In not character friendly fics, the author is usually inventing something stupid or terrible (and often enough ooc) for the character to have done/not done to strengthen the position of their chosen protagonist, or is ignoring canon traits of the character to, again, strengthen the position of their chosen protagonist. This is especially seen with Steve.

Honorable mention: I dislike the majority of fics (no idea of percentage but very likely over 50%) labeled Supreme Family, *strictly* due to how Peter is treated. Let me explain.

Peter is an incredibly independent teenager living in NYC with his own friends and his own brains and solo superheroing the majority of the time. These fics have a tendency to erase all of this, making him overly reliant on Tony, making him act as if he's aged between 8 to 12 rather than 15 to 18, and erasing his connection to May, Ned, and MJ. His whole life is made secondary to be part of the Tony Stark fanclub and it's *weird*. Peter is so much more than his connection to Tony and fans of this trope sometimes forget this.

I'll give a real world example. There's a large age gap between my sister and myself, so I got to see her in her teenage years while I was an adult. She's smart, fiercely independent, and had good friends and extra curricular activities throughout high school just like Peter did. We had family dinner together on occasion but she wanted to be doing her own thing as much as possible. She'd text my parents for the "Hey I'm alive" check ins but otherwise? She was AWOL as much as she could get away with.

Peter may be less so, especially if May insists on dinner together at least a couple times a week with his form of extracurricular activities, but I cannot emphasize enough how Peter having his own life is so important to his character and him being around Tony most of his free time outside of school and Spider-Man is *weird*. Even if he likes him!

This is just one teenager in my example, but a staple of teenagers is finding their independence as they grow into adulthood. Clinging to other adult figures does not tend to be the trend with those who have a big independence streak.

Peter in canon is all about establishing his independence - and you could see this especially throughout all of Homecoming. His independence is integral to his character. And if Tony was his adopted dad in the fic, I'd say him always hanging out with him is doubly weird because, again, independence. It's a major part of most teenagers and it's very well established in Peter's personality.

So yeah. Fic writers please stop writing him like a 10 year old unless he's actually 10 in the fic. Let him live his own life in the Supreme Family trope. Let him go out with friends and do after school clubs and not go to Tony's lab after school every day of the week because it's just not him and his movies established that very well. Let him get annoyed at the tracking and let him yell at his parental figures because conflict is normal. Let him be a teenager.

(And as someone who loves Found Family, I can't emphasize enough how much that theme falls short if the characters within the family forget their independence and lives outside of the family. It's just no fun.)

So yeah. Have all these spicy hot takes!

[sobeautifullyobsessed]

I just made myself a little sad...

While watching No Way Home, specifically the scene where Stephen attempts the initial casting of the Runes of Kof Kal, my mind posed a fic worthy question ~ what if that particular spell only lasts as long as the Sorcerer who cast it is alive? In the course of his work, Stephen dies. Peter would wonder why the heck he's suddenly remembered, so he stops at the Sanctum and learns the news😔.

But furthermore, and as we know Stephen dies and comes back to life in a surprising manner of ways, what if he comes back this time too? He'd remember everything...and thus, we can have Stephen and Peter interacting, even teaming up again.

Hmmmmm, maybe not so sad after all😉.

@mckiwi @strangelock221b @stewardofningishzida @aelaer

[hithertoundreamtof23]

The Badly Summarized WIP Game

Rules: Pick a bunch of your WIPs and summarize them as badly as possible, then ask your followers to vote on which one they’d be most likely to read.

Thanks for the tag @popcorn-plots ! Sorry it's been like a month lol.

Tagging: @mckiwi @harpywritesfic @darkkitty1208 @sobeautifullyobsessed and whoever wants to play!!

[harpywritesfic]

(highest result was 75% for a character i don't know so i'm picking around the results for interesting bits)

YOU CAN GET THE FISH GUY FROM THE SHAPE OF WATER AS A RESULT??? AND THEY THINK I'M THE FISH-FUCKER? AND THE FISH? (MONSTERFUCKER WIN)

ok. i'm the self-sacrificing unrequited love guy from totc. love it

other highlights:

THE RAT FROM RATATOUILLE?? and SINCE WHEN IS FARENHEIT 451 A FANDOM? WILLY WONKA?

@mckiwi I had to seach in page for my guy. typed in 'dr.'. got two jurassic park doctors (the hot ones at least), fucking HOUSE, and two versions of hannibal before dr. strange. seems i'm the wrong sort of autistic.

this quiz sorts through characters from like dozens of fandoms and finds the one you’re most like. I’m not even a little bit surprised by my result

[aelaer]

For the ask game: ☠️ and/or ▼ about Stephen

☠ - angry/violent headcanon

Stephen does not kill to the best of his ability and he doesn't cherish needless violence for the sake of it, but if he ever came across absolutely terrible crimes (especially against kids) that he could not get persecuted in the court of law, I do think he might curse them in some manner or banish them to an absolutely terrible dimension to a fate worse than death, similar to how Kaecilius got.

But he'd make the act quick and focus on the victims who need healing after. The villain would barely get his time in comparison, though their fate would be terrible.

(Again I think he'd pursue a lawful conviction first or some sort of justice system within Kamar-Taj, if applicable/possible. But it may not be possible in all situations).

▼ - childhood headcanon

A couple...

I think he's wanted to be a doctor for a while, before Donna's death. His inability to save her even after this want only pushed him further.

Her death was the catalyst in the family dynamic breaking apart. I don't think either of his parents (in the MCU verse) were abusive or neglectful, but that none of them handled their grief well and didn't get therapy for it.

I think he grew up in a more rural part of Nebraska, so he's familiar with how a farm is run but doesn't particularly enjoy it. He's used to animals, though his family worked with crops rather than livestock.

I think he was valedictorian in his (small) graduating class.

[harpywritesfic]

“Nobody asked me about my writing” meme

tagged by @mckiwi!! <3

1. What are you currently working on?

bits and pieces of several things, but I'm going to say the untitled sex pollen fic.

2. Summarize your current project.

someone fucks up and doesn't do the research before visiting another dimension and is exposed to sex pollen. (i love how i can make the wildest shit seem feasible with stephen.) (yes i know how punctuation and parenthesis work, if anyone is wondering. i simply do not care) and! his bestie/crush/love of his life is one of those people who drop by just because even when you don't have plans. (i write this so much. so so much. half of my fics feature tony just showing up.) anyway! they fuck :)

3. Summarize your current project poorly.

weird plants! (i love weird plants!) cloak sex! (i love cloak sex!) human sex! (i guess i could go for that too!)

4. Describe your favorite character or characters.

cat kitty cat cat kitty cat cat. people have asked me "why is the cat on your shirt labeled 'goose'?"

no, i'm just not ready for a deep dive into stephen's character, because i will never shut up.

5. Post a line from your current project without any context.

“If you say a word about this to anyone I will fucking castrate you.”

6. How do you get through writers block?

bang head on wall until blockage releases

7. Would you want to live in the world of your current work?

HAH. no.

8. Briefly discuss your outlining process, if you outline.

scrapbooking. bits and pieces and this here and cut/paste and shuffling around. if i'm feeling fancy i'll do a checklist of scenes and what i want in each, but usually it's just a mess.

9. What is the aesthetic of your current project?

✨horny✨

10. What song sums up your current work the best?

oh dear. the songs i listen to while writing are never vibe-accurate so i don't have a good pick from my writing playlist. material girl is a favorite for smut writing but i'll say Shoot to Thrill.

[harpywritesfic]

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@mckiwi @janora00

reblog this to put a leaf on your mutuals head