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GO READ @jankwritten 'S JASICO FIC SPOTLIGHT. NOW.

[jankwritten]

It is a little late but CHAPTER 9 OF HOCKEY AU IS NOW POSTED!

please mind the CW for this one!

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fic and au masterpost

my ao3 account (sharlatan)

my fic tag

pjo meta

Chthonian AU post and fic (read the ao3 link instead for this one bc i went ahead and edited it).

Big Three kids Summer Camp AU and tag

Tiktok user!Jason x Italian Husband!Nico fic and au

Jasico Omg they were roommates tag

Jasico Cinderella AU (twoshot)

Pipeyna Sburb drabble

OMGCP AU list

OMG Checkplease! PJO Crossover tag

Bittypoots AU Bitty is the underappreciated boyfriend of Poots, and Jack has a raging crush on him. 

Football AU: Wherein Jack is a college football player and has a crush on his coach’s son.

Childhood AU: Jack and Bitty as childhood friends! They meet up again in college but Jack has changed so much and Bitty doesn’t know what to do. 

NHL AU: Where Bitty has played hockey all along and meets Jack in the NHL! 

New York AU: Tater is a small time mafia thug and bistro owner, and Kent Parson just got traded from Las Vegas to New York. Cue love. 

Single Parent AU: Bitty is the single father to all three frogs, while Jack is the single father to Kent. They meet. Sparks fly. co created

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Fic Questions

tagged by @the-lincyclopedia thank you!! (fun game: watch my writing get progressively less formal as the post continues. by the end it’s like what is capitalization)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

77!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

434,378 as of this week but it does go up quite regularly

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

Okay so in terms of what’s on my AO3, I have Check Please, All For the Game, Sharp Zero, HP, and Miraculous Ladybug. I also have The Forbidden LOTR and PJO Fanfiction (as in, I’ve written it, but it’s never seeing the light of day)

(technically there is a PJO fic out there that has seen the light of day but I orphaned it because I was tired of getting comments asking about when it would be updated)

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

and then i met you (and the whole world changed)

for the better

Knew It Was You

come home (to you, to us)

sin bin schematics

All of these are Check Please and all of them except Knew It Was You are part of my Zimbits Airport AU!

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

I do! It’s actually a very recent thing that I’ve started not responding to literally every single comment. Mainly I respond because I love talking about my writing so I am going to seize that opportunity when it comes up

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

Oh, DEFINITELY Happy Birthday (HP). Check out that MCD tag ahah. (I say HP but what I really mean is that I write fic about Regulus Black. The Regulus Black-centric tag is my home in the HP fandom)

fun fact: this is a very short fic that I wrote when I was 15 and basically forgot about until recently, and then I reread it recently and went holy shit?? I pulled NO punches????

7. Do you write crossovers? If so, what is the wildest one you’ve written?

Not a ton? I think a lot of the fandoms I write for don’t really mesh that well. That being said, the aforementioned orphaned PJO fic is actually a PJO/ML crossover, so there’s that

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Nope! Sometimes I get comments that are just.... really confusing? And a more common thing is that in my AFTG fic I’ll get comments from people who are so focused on Andreil (or the most common ships in general) to the point that like. they miss the point of what I actually wrote. Those are annoying but they’re not hate, they’re very enthusiastic, they’re just... enthusiastic about a story I’m not writing? So it’s a bit frustrating.

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

No sjflskgjhgf I struggle enough to write kissing, I think if I ever tried to write smut my brain would just shut down. I’ve managed some fade-to-blacks (which are mostly in WIPs that haven’t been posted) but they rely HEAVILY on the powers of implication

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, although I have occasionally made a brief go of it, not to post, more as an exercise for myself in a language that I’m learning. Anyway I never finish them so I’m gonna say no

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

Not really? I’ve definitely group brainstormed fics and then written them (the best example of this being Q&A (AFTG), which was the product of a truly off-the-walls group chat), but I tend to do all the actual writing myself. I think the way I write would drive a co-writer up the wall since it’s very disorganized and I don’t write stuff down because ~I know what’s gonna happen I don’t need notes~ and it would infuriate me if I was co-writing with me lmao, so I won’t inflict that on someone else

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

I regularly move through ships I’m SUPER focused on, like it’s kind of a rotation. I will forever and always ship Percabeth though.

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

Okay so if you follow me at @birlwrites you may know this already, but i have this ‘warmups’ document that is just like, random ideas i get that i don’t necessarily want to finish but i just want to try out for a bit? and i have a rule that once a ‘warmup’ is more than 10 pages long (so 11+) then it has to be moved to its own document, just to make scrolling through the warmups doc easier. but usually, a warmup only passes 10 pages when i’m INTO it. so i have a bazillion wips i will probably never finish. i complain about this a lot. i have so many wips. i don’t need more.

here’s one: it’s titled ‘interrobang doesn’t know they’re dating’, it’s basically a full outline for a chowder/tango fic and it would be SO cool if i could ever like. get around to writing it. but i am constantly swamped with writing projects, so it’s probably not gonna happen. if anyone’s interested in adopting it though i’d be down for that!! i think it’s a fun idea i just almost def won’t write it myself

15. What are your writing strengths?

SNAPPY DIALOGUE AND SNARKY INTERNAL MONOLOGUE. my writing is COMEDIC, 90% of my ideas are based on a funny snippet that popped into my head, a lot of my worldbuilding is based on ‘hey you know what would be hilarious’ (whenever i explain how larai selects a chosen one in the rainfall universe i start laughing, which is a STARK contrast to how it plays out on the page), i love writing funny stuff!!

also i think my writing sounds nice, a lot of the time i pick words/syntax based on sound and flow so there’s that too. and i have lots of ideas! i don’t struggle much with writer’s block because a) i have a lot of strategies to deal with it and b) i have a lot of ideas to help get around it/work with it

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

PHYSICAL INTIMACY LMAO, sometimes in my end notes on shippy fics you can see me complaining ‘it took me literally 4 hours to write that very brief kiss’. also sometimes the humor in my writing gets in the way a bit, i have to very consciously put it away so characters can actually have serious, genuine emotions. also i don’t like outlining and i tend not to get betas for fanfiction so like..... i do my best continuity-wise but having really tightly plotted stories is just not my focus lol. (and i do put more effort into that for original stuff, it’s just fic where i kind of go wild)

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

If the reader’s supposed to know what it means, then writing it in another language is iffy for me. (stuff like terms of endearment which come up a lot in fic are fine imo, you can just put a note in to translate them and your reader will prob remember)

If the pov character isn’t supposed to understand it, and it doesn’t matter if the reader understands it, then ig it’s fine? but unless you already speak the other language (and i am NOT confident in my ability to translate english into literally any other language), then i think it’s way easier to just note that a character’s speaking x language and provide tone indicators, body language cues, etc. so the reader understands as much as the pov character.

That being said there are def times when it’s used super effectively--the dialogue in spanish in cemetery boys comes to mind! that’s not fanfic but it’s still creative writing so w/e

so i guess it comes down to: does actually writing out the dialogue in the other language serve a purpose? if it doesn’t, then you’re filling up the screen with words your reader isn’t likely to understand, which i try to avoid doing

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

so the first fandom i actually *wrote* for was PJO, but i distinctly remember creating warrior cats OCs when i was little. i never actually did anything w them but i had them and my favorite was a riverclan warrior named shellstream i remember this VIVIDLY

19. What’s your favorite fic you’ve ever written?

oh boy. okay so this is hard because i feel like i’m continuously improving as a writer. like in the sense that my writing is getting closer and closer to really matching my own taste? my favorites tend to always be my current projects as a result. and i do really love set those ghosts alight (HP) but it feels a little like cheating to say a fic i haven’t even finished writing yet. even though it’s def not cheating, that’s just the direction my brain is taking it.

i’m gonna say and then what? (OMGCP) because i’m super proud of the prose (especially ch 2 aka the first actual prose chapter), survived by (HP) for SUCCESSFULLY WRITING AN EMOTION and making readers cry :), and Q&A (AFTG) because i’m literally the one who wrote it and yet it still makes me wheeze. those are all fics i reread occasionally, because i’m big enough to admit i enjoy rereading my old stuff! (just like. to a point. some of my old stuff i can’t look at anymore because all the mistakes stick out to me like they have spotlights shining directly on them)

this was fun!! i’m gonna do an open tag because i just started my fall semester and brain tired. i know sometimes people see open tags and assume the op didn’t really mean it but I MEAN IT, PLEASE DO THIS AND TAG ME!!!!! YES YOU READING THIS

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tuesday: name a fic you have posted which you think is overrated?

tuesday: name a fic you have posted which you think is overrated?

firstly, i definitely think that the pjo/marvel crossover fic i wrote is ridiculously overrated, just bc there are a lot of flaws with it and it just feels a little immature looking back on it. but in terms of omgcp, i think probably the sun has burst the sky and the river its banks just bc it doesn't feel fully developed and finished? so i kinda feel like its a little overrated just because it could have been better if i'd spent a bit more time on it.

from this ask game

[jankwritten]

What’s Jack up to in this AU? How’s he with Nico/nicos past situation with mental health and family? OH also what does Jack think of Jason??

Sorry, I’m just so incredibly interested in this AU

OH MY GOSH DON'T APOLOGIZE I literally love getting asks about hockey AU I'm fucking nuts about it. There's nothing I love more than other people showing interest in my story dude!!! ask as many things as you want I promise I will love to answer everything.

Jack isn't up to much in this AU, at least not much on Nico's side. When I get around to rewriting Percy's side he's much more relevant (Jack is like Percy's Snowy, except the dynamic is different). Jack keeps quiet track of Nico, keeps an eye on him and all that (we'll see in upcoming chapters that Jack is the one who understands Nico and his freakouts the most, and is the one who can calm him down the easiest because of it).

He doesn't know a lot about Nico because he doesn't really know how to approach Nico. He and Bitty have had many conversations about what to do about homophobes now that they have a pretty openly gay player on the team - Nico isn't out, but he doesn't really hide his sexuality, either. So Jack tends to try and take care of things behind the scene, like if he hears that there's a homophobic staff member, or if he hears another player talking shit, he deals with it before it can become a problem for Nico. Because of Jack's own deal with his family, he tries not to pry too much into Nico's, but he has noticed that Nico didn't have anybody come to the traditional NHL mother or father days, and that Nico doesn't really talk about his family much unless prodded to by reporters.

Jack's opinion of Jason is...difficult. Jack and Parse see Nico and Jason as mini versions of themselves, because the two of them are still working some shit out. Since Jason's mentor is Parse, Jack automatically assumes that Jason is bad news for Nico, because Parse was bad news for him when he was Nico's age. So, at this current moment in the AU, Jack suspects that something is going on between Jason and Nico but he doesn't know how to approach Nico about it without making things worse. Jack is tentative and on the fence about him, but never outright rude or hostile or anything. But he definitely doesn't think the two of them should be seeing each other, and even thinks that them being friends is only going to end poorly.

[jankwritten]

I FINISHED!!! EDITING!!!! CHAPTER 6!!!!! OF SPOTLIGHT!!!!!!!

(This means that I am almost out of the section of the story that I've been working on for, oh, 4 months now. Literally these first 6 chapters have been kicking my ASS and I know the next 14 will not be easier but it will at least be something NEW!!! FINALLY!!!!! I am so excited to work on chapter 7 as well because I can change so much of it if I want to.....)

[jankwritten]

I'm StrugglingTM with hockey au again because there's a big long part of chapter 2 where Nico is just talking about how he got his one big superstition (sleeping with a specific puck under his pillow, nothing crazy). I keep going back and forth on if I want him to go into ALL the details, or if I just want him to talk about getting his tooth knocked out and then him, in a pain-killer-fueled haze, putting the puck under his pillow instead of the tooth (you know, for the tooth fairy. even though he's 14 at the time of the story he's telling.)

ALL the details include some potential context about his dad and why he didn't really start playing hockey until he turned 14, but I don't know if that's really NECESSARY stuff to share yknow.

so anyway this is what i'm worrying about on this American Thursday

[jankwritten]

AT LONG LAST!!! The new and improved CHAPTER 9 of Spotlight is now up!!!!

It took a damn long time, but it's HERE! WAHOO!!!

[jankwritten]

hi hello I saw hockey au in your tags and came as fast as I could. hand it over

OAIOSUdoiaSUDoiASUdoAISduAISODu Oh buddy it's my. PJO OMG Check Please crossover fic right. Consuming my life. The thing is it's like, over 600 pages but it's nowhere NEAR ready to see the light of day *i am hiding* but i will give a summary synopsis because oh my god i love it so fuCKING MUCH

Percy and Nico are on the Falcs alongside the canon OMGCP Falcs, and there are 2 sides to the story - Percy and Will's side, and Jason and Nico's side. Lately I've been focusing on Jason and Nico's side.

It's kind of just following them in their lives. Jason is the top prospect for the upcoming draft, Nico is the backup goalie for the Falcs who got drafted the year before (he's like, UNREALISTICALLY good because I wanted to make him Special oaiudsoaisudaoiuds) and they meet in a bar in Vegas after the Falcs get their asses kicked by the Aces. Jason, unsurprisingly, is friends with/mentored by Kent Parson, they met once after an Aces game and the rest is history. Jason and Nico are both like, trying to teach each other about hockey and falling in love but they're not boyfriends but they want to be but they can't and they're supporting each other even though Shit keeps Happening.

Will and Percy's side of the story is kind of similar, except Percy has been with the Falcs for a few years. I honestly need to rewrite their side because So Much has changed in my views of their characters and the characters involved with their side that it's just not accurate anymore. There are moments where it crosses over with Jason and Nico's side too which don't align anymore since I've edited it to death, but basically Will and Percy's side is like, meetcute moment turns into a weirdly coincidental second meeting which turns into an "are you stalking me?" third meeting kind of vibe (Will works for the Stars and Percy just doesn't pick up on the Stars being in town every time he bumps into Will LMAO). It deals a lot with Percy figuring some shit out about himself and his past and his emotional situation.

I'm half considering adding more of the actual demigods from PJO in as the other characters on the Falcs/Aces - right now I have OCs, because it seemed easier and gave me more room to play with, but also the idea of like. Frank being the Aces goalie is....very fun, even though I also HC that Swoops is the Aces goalie

All the ages are fucked with because I Wanted To - all the Falcs/Aces are like, as old as they would be in 2018/19, but then the PJO characters are ALL fucked up. Percy Annabeth and Will are all around the same age, Jason and Nico are 18, Hazel is 16ish, and then I haven't really used any other PJO characters (though Leo and Piper have made an appearance in a side story that is becoming more and more canon, they are also both 18-19 ish). Frank is also around Jason's age I think, but he was only ever mentioned in reference to Jason's backstory and never in the actual story (yet).

SO YEAH HOCKEY AU MY BIG PROJECT MY BABYGIRL MY EMOTIoNAL SUPPORT FIC I have written up a full Falcs roster of OCs and have made timelines of events and even created my own hockey team set in Maine specifically so if I ever wanted to make this into an original fiction piece one day I could.

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considering the first place that Nico and Jason meet in hockey AU is Vegas, I think I should write a spinoff AU of it where they actually get a little bit too drunk at the casino where they meet and, instead of going back to Nico's hotel to hang out, they wind up getting married somewhere. Might store that idea in my back pocket for a day when I want to write hockey AU but not REALLY hockey AU.

[jankwritten]

In the hockey AU what’s Percy and nicos relationship? Like friends, older brother?

Definitely like a siblings thing going on there. I think Snowy was just slightly too old (he's 33) to see Nico as a younger sibling instead of just "a kid", while Percy, who's only 25 and has a baby sister at home, immediately swooped in as the annoying older brother. ESPECIALLY because I think he tacked onto Nico's whole "scared and alone" thing and decided that he was going to make Nico feel at home on the team whatever way he could - AKA, immediately being a pest and treating him like they've been friends for years.

(I also think it could've been partially influenced by Jack, who got news about the Falcs drafting Nico di Angelo and knew just how delicate his situation was going to be. I bet Jack nudged Percy to be friendlier to him than Percy initially would've been on his own, and then from there the rest of it happened organically.)

It was definitely weird at first, but Nico's gotten used to it. I think Nico also had the briefest panic of "oh god what the fuck do I have a crush on him?" that took him like, two weeks to get over.

The age thing 100% freaks Nico out if he thinks about it for too long - the fact that almost all of his friends are so much older than him makes him feel Strange. Yet another reason he's so fucking glad to have Jason in his life :D

[jankwritten]

Saw the words hockey and Nico di Angelo in the same sentence in one of your tags and I am now frothing at the mouth (affectionate) , I can't wait for you to share that fic with us

hehehehe oh BUDDY am I working on it!!! i'm editing chapter 5/21 right now. 20 isn't the final chapter count either, so who knows how long it'll end up but I'm SO excited to get to share it, I'm hoping yall will love it as much as I do once I finally get around to posting it :D

for reference - the first four chapters, which are mostly complete, total at 27k words. this thing is a BEAST but i am chipping away at it fr.

[jankwritten]

I want to post chapter 1 of Hockey AU/Spotlight soon, but now I’m starting to wonder if the plot moves Too Fast. Maybe it’s just because I’ve read it so many times but the chapters feel so short and like nothing happens to me. WAHHHH. I cannot rewrote this thing again but the urge to just say fuck it and start expanding chapters is very appealing ngl

[jankwritten]

What if I really let myself go and descended into Voltron again…….

I’m being dragged in against my will help

[jankwritten]

YOU’RE WRITING A PJO/OMGCP CROSSOVER?? HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS ALREADY?? AAA!!!

GIGGLING YEAH!!!!!! Hockey AU my absolute beloved!!!!!! Its SPOTLIGHT on my ao3 and it’s got 5 chapters posted already (of about 21 written). Goalie Nico, rising star Jason, love story of a century fr :D