#no bc peace and love to the writer if theyre on tumblr and they this but

[assaultvvyvern]

new variation of "he would not fucking say that" for fanworks just dropped: "he would not fucking be queerphobic"

[ppangjae]

these hateful anons are so insufferable, id like to see them write fics the wordcount of ur entire masterlist while still maintaining ur quality of work. i hope their words dont mean anything to u btw, they shouldnt hold any weight bc theyre inconsiderate and underserving of free (good) writing !!

hope ure having a great day besides all of this <3 ill wait for ur works as long as u want me to

oh dw their words don't mean anything to me LOL i could care less - the only thing i do get bothered about is why they send rude asks out of nowhere - i'm literally living in peace, i just come on here to post fics and talk to all these lovely people and that's pretty much it skjdhfkjshdf i don't even have bad blood with anyone on tumblr it's just-- ??? confusing

but anyways, yes, if they're impatient about a wip, they should try reading other fics on my masterlist (it's quite extensive skdjhf) or even better read fics from other writers on tumblr! it's simple as that :') and the fact that writers do this for free - boggles my mind

i've been having better days love! i'm doing alright, nothing to worry about :-) i hope you've been well too! i hope you've been having good days <3 and thank you for understanding!

[magnuslightwoodbane]

Annual Writing Self-Evaluation

*All answers should be about works published in 2017.

I was tagged by @confidentalec and i’m having an emotion about it, thank you <3

1. LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED THIS YEAR

different day, different me

peace talks

blood on my hands

book club

(you are) rarer than diamonds

you’re a modern masterpiece

someday

there’s a clearing in the forest

like gold through trees

the surprise

2. WORK YOU ARE MOST PROUD OF (AND WHY):

probably like gold through trees or different day, different me! idk i like the feeling both of those have

3. WORK YOU ARE LEAST PROUD OF (AND WHY):

i don’t think i’m not particularly proud of anything i’ve actually published? like there are things i’d change, and i feel like rarer than diamonds was a bit rushed as i was trying to get it out in time for malec week. still enjoy it though!

4. A FAVORITE EXCERPT OF YOUR WRITING:

uhhhh im bisexual do u expect me to choose or

“ He loved how straightforward Alec was sometimes, and he still loved it now, but Alec had a way of seeing through every façade he put up with his bluntness and it unnerved him a little how easily Alec had taken up residence, not in his heart, but surrounding, enveloping, protecting it.” - blood on my hands

““I told him about my mother and father today, and he still hasn’t decided I’m too much. Can Raziel himself be summoned somehow, so I can thank him for Alexander? I’m pouring out the worst parts of me to this wonderful man and he still thinks I deserve his love.““ - like gold through trees

and p much the whole of there’s a clearing actually

5. SHARE OR DESCRIBE A FAVORITE COMMENT YOU RECEIVED:

i really liked this one on book club, it made me super happy “ DIJSJFJSJFJJS SHADOWHUNTER AND DOWNWORLD RELATIONS STOP BEING CLEVER “

someone once told me i write flirting really well, which i loved bc i like writing dialogue. and like every comment when i post stuff in the uh. fruity group chat makes my heart swell

6. A TIME WHEN WRITING WAS REALLY, REALLY HARD:

most of the time tbh? i can only really write when i’m in the mood, rather than force it, but the mood is happening more and more and i made myself write the surprise in a couple hours for christmas so!

7. A SCENE OR CHARACTER YOU WROTE THAT SURPRISED YOU:

i wasn’t expecting to write there’s a clearing at all. i kinda was thinking about how paul would experience his whole situation, and was gonna throw up some headcanons in a tumblr post, but then that happened

8. HOW DID YOU GROW AS A WRITER THIS YEAR:

i actually started writing after about 8 years, and publishing it for the first time too! i’m forever grateful to malec for giving me muse to create; shadowhunters has meant more to me this year than i ever thought it could.

9. HOW DO YOU HOPE TO GROW NEXT YEAR:

i hope to write more often, post more and longer works! i do have a few multichapters planned as well as oneshots so

10. WHO WAS YOUR GREATEST POSITIVE INFLUENCE THIS YEAR AS A WRITER (COULD BE ANOTHER WRITER OR BETA OR CHEERLEADER OR MUSE ETC ETC):

i know we’ve only been talking for just under a month but the magnus bane isn’t smol squad have really helped! none of my irl friends are into sh (which is totally fair) so it’s nice to be able to talk about ideas with other fans, and to support each other bc theyre all so talented

11. ANYTHING FROM YOUR REAL LIFE SHOW UP IN YOUR WRITING THIS YEAR:

yeah! i was a bit stuck for an au for malec week but that week i was covering the jewellery counter at work due to holidays, so i wrote what i knew lmao

12. ANY NEW WISDOM YOU CAN SHARE WITH OTHER WRITERS:

one thing i’ve learnt, particularly with regards to oneshots in fanfic, is you don’t need to tell everything. so many times i’ve been daunted bc i feel i have to set something up completely, or write everything that happens, but it’s completely viable to jump straight in sometimes, write timeskips or speed up the action if it’s dragging.

13. ANY PROJECTS YOU’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING (OR FINISHING) IN THE NEW YEAR:

i’ve been tossing ideas into a document for an edom multichap for months now, so i want to at least get started on that! i have a bunch of wips from the 2a/2b hiatus that i might see if i can recycle, as well as a bunch of other wips. i also am kinda thinking about taking prompts? idk, we’ll see

14. TAG FIVE WRITERS/ARTISTS WHOSE ANSWERS YOU’D LIKE TO READ.

probably already been tagged but i tag @simonsprettyface, @gayndsoft, @magnusandalexander, @harryshvm and @imawriteriwrite!

[habibialkaysani]

@therewas-a-girl

replied to your post

“preview of my next fic (Dinah/Diggle; T for now but will be higher)”

I like how well u capture dinahs dry sense of humor btw

aww thank you. she has a few of those moments in this fic. :)

@therewas-a-girl

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“y'all why are you sleeping on my fic I want people to actually read it...”

I was about to write this in the fic but i realized it wouldnt be relevant there. I thibk one issue might be the cheating element. I mean it is for me. I dont willingly go out to look for fics about people cheating. Idk i never have. But then again maybe this is just me xause i know plentybof ppl who ship things like that - like canarrow even before sara came back and oliver and laurel were over. So idk

I mean - yeah. I get that. totally. and I’m not saying I’m condoning cheating or saying that this is in any way an ideal or healthy relationship. because like idk if you read my other spartancanary fic but I actually had dinah have the line “you’re fucking your problems away” and like, it’s dysfunctional and wrong but that’s... kinda what makes it a rich story, for me? idk if that makes sense. I just think it’s an interesting relationship, you know? plus, call me annoying but like - I like writing non-white ships. as in ships that have all parties be people of colour. (in fact I might include a white people joke just because.) there aren’t enough of them out there esp in dctv where most of the big superheroes are white.

and I’m glad you brought up canarrow. I’m sure I’ve come across a fic about sara and oliver’s first time together in the back of a car or at some kind of festival or something, and like, oliver was very clearly cheating on laurel and not just with anyone - with his girlfriend’s sister. but in the comments no one brought that up, that I can remember, anyway, and it was actually quite widely read if I remember correctly. but I’m searching for it and I have no clue who wrote it lmao so it’s not hugely substantial evidence that I’m right :P

I do get that maybe ollie was the kind of douche to do that to his girlfriend whereas diggle wouldn’t do that to the mother of his child, and I know it’s different in that sense. but I also think - john is in a realllllllly bad place rn with his ptsd (which he does have even if the show will never vocalise it) and the injury he sustained while on lian yu. and I feel like when you’re in a bad place you do things you regret. or things you wouldn’t normally do. I think that’s what’s happening to john here. and dinah is a good person too and she hates the idea of being the other woman but in the last month or so she’s found herself feeling really lonely. and it’s like that line from a streetcar named desire, my favourite play ever by tennessee williams - “you need somebody, and I need somebody, too. could it be - you and me?”

@therewas-a-girl

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“preview of my next fic (Dinah/Diggle; T for now but will be higher)”

Your characterisation is on point as ever and i have a very special love in my heart for quiet moments between teammates - regartkess of if theyre lovers or friends. Im a tually very here for a fic exploring dinahs feelings and where her head is. What shes doing with her life. How THIS life has impacted her as a person. Id read that with love bc i love her character

yeah I mean the first bit minus a few moments could be construed as just a really intense friendship (which is what I’m feeling like the writers will go for with them because wendy mericle and juliana harkavy have both said that it’s not going to be romantic) and I am totally here for the moments of peace between the team. but yeah I think there are a lot of gaps to be filled in with dinah’s character and a lot to her story we don’t really know. plus those five months where she gets promoted and seems more confident as canary is also development done offscreen. glad you like my characterisation - esp because I barely write one character and have only just started writing the other and I wasn’t sure how they would come across on paper.

@lancedinah

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“okay, medical people of tumblr. can anyone explain to me what john...”

I'm not the medical side of tumblr and I still need to watch the episode but usually with degenerative nerve damage it means that it is irreversible and once your nerves begin to get damaged they become weakened and that can cause tremors to occur.

ah I see. so basically (spoilers) diggle got a bit of shrapnel in his chest during the explosion on lian yu and that led to degenerative nerve damage, resulting in him being unable to fire his gun. but if you’re saying it’s irreversible I can see how it would affect john mentally too, as well as the tremor.