#otherwise I would had probably done the untamed or word of honor for slow burn

[chaotic-aro-incarnate]

BL romance trope ask game - 4, 10 and 18 :D!!

Yay! ^-^

4) Long Term Pining

First thought immediately goes to Guardian (2018). Nobody does long term pining like C-Dramas lol and Shen Wei gives everyone a run for their money in this category. I'm so normal about him and Zhao Yunlan.

10) Bodyguard

Look I am a NLMG girlie through and through. I love them so much. Is the show messy and full of abrupt tonal and genre shifts? yeah! was it necessarily the best idea to hire your estranged fisherman son to work as a bodyguard right after your boss was assassinated? not really! (like when Nueng shows up back to school again at the end, this time with like actual bodyguards, maybe that should have been the starting plan? instead of making your 18 year old son go undercover) But hey, I love this show and I love them and their complicated power dynamics made all the more complicated by being two lonely gay teenagers

18) Slow Burn

Ok I'm going to cheat here a little bit with a definition of slow burn but I'm going with Traige, mainly because of the slow burn/fast burn paradox of time loop romances! Because we don't know how many loops Tin went through exactly (he said it was countless), it was probably years worth of time he spent trying (and failing) to save Tol. Like we obviously don't see every loop he went through, but it took him so many loops to finally fall in love with Tol. Like that was definitely a slow build up internally if nothing else. Meanwhile for Tol he gets his bi awakening in the course of a week. Thus the slow burn/fast burn paradox of time loop romances!

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Fic Review

tagged by @jukeboxhound

How many works do you have on ao3?

5 currently

What’s your total ao3 word count? 

29,589

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

Everything I have up on AO3 right now is Scum Villain’s Self Saving System. I have unfinished fic for Word of Honor and The Untamed, and years ago I wrote some Batman and some Stargate SG1.

Are there any new fandoms you want to write for?

If I get inspired, I’ll write!

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1.     Fragile

2.     Cultivating to Celestial Immortality

3.     Second Time’s the Charm

4.     If You Want Something Done Right (Better Do It Yourself)

5.     Majestic Beasts

Which of your fics do you want more attention for?

If You Want Something Done Right is probably my favorite of everything I’ve written so far! I don’t really write bc I feel like I “want attention”, but I do think the story is delightful and folks would like it if they read it 😊

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Yes! I respond to every comment. If folks are going to be sweet enough to let me know they liked something I wrote, or want to talk about these silly fandoms that I adore, I’m delighted to respond back. I’ve been lucky so far, folks have been supportive and kind in my comments.

What sorts of things do you normally write? Slow burn? Humor? Angst with a happy ending? Some adventure? Emotionally loaded conversations?

Ha! I mostly write cracktastic kinky porn, the more bonkers the better. I didn’t think I’d be a funny writer, and I’m honestly not sure if anyone else thinks I’m funny, but lately all I write are either things I find hot and/or things that make me laugh. I’ve been playing with more action/adventure bits too.

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Oh gracious… In Cultivating to Celestial Immortality, I reference a sequel I’m working on where lbh gets reverse transmigrated to make sure his beloved dies. It’s so angsty I’m not sure I can finish writing it! But that’s the angstiest. Otherwise, nothing I write is angsty lol. I am 100% here for shmoopy happy endings.

What’s a fic that pushed you out of your comfort zone?

A vore fic that I’m not sure I’ll ever finish.

Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I haven’t so far.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not really. I’ve shouted back and forth with friends and have had some of that end up polished up and shoved into a story or two, and have one unpublished short story that was part of a larger collaborative conversation with someone but no co-written fics that are anywhere someone can read.

OH WAIT ACTUALLY I did co-write an original fic that was published in a real live book a bunch of years ago, which I am super duper proud of. The book itself is an anthology of gay porn from a bunch of writers and ended up nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, so *jazz hands* go me and my co-writer!

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

EEK THIS QUESTION IS TOO MUCH PRESSURE. As a rule I don’t post any of my fic until it’s entirely finished. I have at least a half dozen WIPs currently and I love all of them and may or may not finish any of them.

What are you currently working on?

Mmmmm. The one I am the most excited about is a long fic retelling Scum Villain from the perspective of a Shang Qinghua who is dual apprenticed to An Ding and in training as a courtesan (and was a sex worker in his first life).

What are your writing strengths?

I’m honestly not sure! Poetic turns of phrase? Snappy dialogue? Very immersive porn? Complete and utter nonsense? I do try and write in a pretty immersive fashion - I want to provide my reader with a cross sensory experience of the story I’m trying to tell (especially if it’s erotic).

What are your writing weaknesses? Longer, more elaborate stories; I think I’m still working on building “storytelling” as a craft. I’m pretty good with snapshots and with shorter narrative arcs, but longer and more involved stories are a challenge for me. And I think I struggle with in writing the same thing I struggle with in talking - too many words!

What was the first fandom you wrote for? Most recent?

I wrote terrible Nightwing/Tim Drake porn a bazillion years ago, I think that was probably my first attempts at fanfic. Recently everything I have up on AO3 is Scum Villain’s Self Saving System.

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

If You Want Something Done Right (Better Do It Yourself), though I also actually really really love Majestic Beasts, which is just a short little silly thing but involves 2 of my favorite characters shouting at each other about prehistoric animal taxonomy.

What fic are you most proud of?

Fragile. I worked on that one for months! It was my first fanfic that I felt good enough about to actually put up on AO3 and I have reread it a dozen times because I just really like how it came out. It captured the story I wanted to tell and I love it. I always know I did a good job with a fic when I keep rereading it because I like it so much. I’m also super proud of Second Time’s the Charm, it was fun to play with writing a story from two different people’s perspectives, and I love the dynamic between the two main characters.

 Also I am very tickled that @jukeboxhound decided to tag me for this when I absolutely feel like a screaming newbie babie writer.