#probably won't be published for awhile lol

[hiding-under-the-willow]

1, 18, and 28!

1. The last sentence you wrote

“Save it for the next speech, big guy.” She says, scooping the disembodied head up from off the ground and turning to leave the now desolate room.

Ghosts au fic sneak peak :] (the first few chapters of this thing are going to take so long for me to parse as I work out structure for the chapters do not expect this fic any time soon just bc of this 🙏)

18. If you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

I don't keep a lot of my deleted stuff due to the way i tend to edit (I probably should though, I know it's good practice), but I do have. Like. Half a chapter of LaHoF that never got published due to. The circumstances. And while a good chunk of that will be included in the final ending summary thing, there is a half written scene regarding X's interview with Beef after he wakes up that won't be included, and I can give you a bit of that :]

“So, I’m going to walk you through my understanding of events, and you can fill in the blanks, okay?” X looks up at him from the book, and it takes Beef a moment to realize the admin is waiting for some kind of confirmation from him. He clears his throat, nods once, “Got it, yeah.” X’s gaze lingers on him for a moment, before he leans back on the couch, crosses his legs, and turns his attention back to the page in front of him. “I understand this all started week one, you had an encounter with him in Wels’ base and things spiraled from there?” Beef nods, hums in affirmation. X continues, “Right, so, he impersonated Wels and attacked you?” “Not exactly.” He says, causing X to look up from his notes, “He, uh, was just stealing things out of Wels' chests, I think. Didn’t expect anyone to walk up on him. I was the one who mistook him for Wels, he just went along with it.” He looks at the ground, hands clasped tightly in his lap, “It was dark, I hadn’t thought about him in awhile, had never actually met him before then. Maybe I would’ve noticed quicker if I had, I don’t know.” Wels is tense beside him, the room seems far too quiet for his liking, ���Anyways, I wouldn’t even really call what he did attacking. He really just seemed to not want Wels to realize he was there at first, maybe to mess with me a bit, but he, uh, got angry, after that,” He pauses, “About Wels and I, and the, um,” He hesitates, “The whole business with the cloning machine.” He says quietly, like it might deemphasize the weight of the topic.

(Longer than a paragraph lol but I really liked this portion of that chapter and am kind of upset it was tainted by he who shall not be named so you get the one unharmed section)

28. Your least favorite part of the writing process

Honestly I'm not sure I. Have one? Maybe the actual process of like. Getting into the groove. Getting to the point where I can actually sit down and write effectively. But beyond that idk. I like it all once I'm in it, even with the struggles

[feralkwe]

in an effort to not succumb to a potential panic attack, i will instead focus on some fandom nonsense! i've had a little influx of new follows, almost exclusively people i've seen in the ffxiv tags and watched from afar for awhile now, so maybe i should do a little intro post.

i'm feral kwe (kwe means woman in anishinaabemowin) but you may feel free to call me just b. just a tired, queer, indigenous lady who is an eldritch being in tumblr years (my original blog started in 2008 or 09) and gets a little too lost in the blorbo sauce. the fandom i'm currently most active in is ffxiv, but i dabble in good omens, mass effect, a couple of the gay vampire shows, and have been in and out of marvel fandom. i'm a dragon age old, my first online fandom and the one i went the most hard in up until now, so consider that a blanket warning for the upcoming months, since i'm not sure yet where i'll fall into it again. for the foreseeable future, i'm quite happy in my ffxiv brainrot, and will happily go on and on and on (and on and on) about my wol, kit hareington given even a breath of permission to do so.

i write fic! i'm feralkwe on ao3, and have the highlights marked in a pinned post. i write original work, too, and have even sold and published some. it's easy enough to find, so i won't link it here, but if you are curious and want to ask me about it, please do!

speaking of asks! my askholebox is always open and i welcome people to just drop in unannounced. consider this open provocation to do so! i don't have anon enabled, and likely never will. my life is better for it. 11/10 do recommend as a life choice.

i don't follow a lot of people. i keep the number artificially low for the sake of not having so much go by that i can't keep up. that said, i do try to check in on the blogs of people who follow me from time to time. i don't really make mutual/non-mutual distinctions. since i block with abandon for any multitude of reasons, if you're here at all i already love you. that said, if you follow @yamisnuffles or @icescrabblerjerky you are likely to see a lot of overlap. they're my ride or die lifelong besties and we exist in a state of mutual whimsy that can best be described as 'lol ilu'. do with that information what you will.

i try my best to use tags consistently for things i know need it. that said i do my best to stay out of active dragon age main tags, and do not use any of those in original posts. the most pertinent one, the one i was asked to tag the most, and the one i've had the longest is #and that's jenga, my personal anders tag. if you need something tagged, please ask, and i'll try my best to accommodate reasonable requests.

i probably haven't read your blog description. i probably did not notice if you have a dni. i assume if you're here that i don't fall under any umbrella you desperately do not want to engage with. i do not vet the blog of every poster i reblog. if you think i've done something harmful, please give me the benefit of the doubt that i did so unknowingly, and give me a chance to correct it. i'm human, and so are you. i just ask that we try to be excellent to each other.

i think that covers everything! if i missed anything, like i said, ask! or just come say hi and introduce yourself!

[minkkumaz]

AHHHH OMII TT

it feels like its been awhile,, (its only been a week.) since i interacted ^^;

how have u been?! i hope all of yungyus insta posts have been making you jump up and down with happiness LOL

a little confession, i always delete tumblr off my device when i go to school. I worry someone will recognize the app and find out im an avid fic reader.. but i forgot to redownload it for a while..

had to backtrack on what happened w/ the bonedo series u were working with; ill be excited when november rolls around!! an extra month to prepare for all of that angst.. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IM SO EXCITED FOR THE HALLOWEEN IDEAS U HAVE COMING UP!! whatever u write will exceed all of our expectations (as they normally do!!)

hopefully you were able to recover from ur sickness!! stay healthy omi, dont force yourself to write <33

-🍉

HI MELON!!

i've been good, and yes all the yungyu photos he's been posting have had me jumping for joy :,3 i literally have changed my pfp on discord multiple times hes just such a cutie.

AND ME TOO ! i used to have notifications on all the time but i turned them off and have gotten so secretive over my phone ever since i started my little tumblr career. i used to be super into fanfiction over quarantine with my other interests, but i only got back into it out of curiosity when i started liking kpop! then it only spiraled from there. my first story ever was a coffee shop au for seungmin hehe. i had such a crazy seungmin phase, and i have so many old stories for him that i haven't published!

and yes i feel so bad for putting them on hiatus but all of them will probably be around 6k words, and it has intimidated me so bad i haven't wanted to work on them! so i might just gradually release them for awhile, just know at least ONE of them will be released in january. so sorry abt that btw i know you were looking forward to them :( but i do have an idea up my sleeve for october so atleast one thing will be spooky themed aha.

i've recovered well from my sickness just a little cough :) i'm gonna focus on school for a bit, as i hate forcing myself to write! writing is something that is supposed to be a fun hobby to make me happy, and if i force myself to get stuff out i won't have fun anymore. but trust me, ill get back in my groove eventually, just waiting for thanksgiving and winter break LOL

[orcnumber1]

Oh Jesus...here we go -

1. I've been writing since I was a small child. It started out with me just lying in bed at night telling stories to my stuffed animals, and later on progressed to actually writing stuff down. I used to illustrate my stories too but I haven't done that since high school because I cannot draw.

2. I've randomly almost cried in public because I'll hear a song meant for a character or two characters and the song reflects how they feel about each other - the other day at work the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" came on (Shawn and Quinn's wedding song) and I had to excuse myself to the bathroom really quick.

3. Almost every story I've ever written has had something to do with music. The series I wrote in high school (and didn't show anyone lol) was about an all girl grunge band. It was all drama.

4. I want to write horror but every time I set out to just write a horror story or novel it morphs into something else. Maybe I'm too soft - I don't really enjoy killing off my characters. It doesn't mean I won't, it just means I feel like, for my stories, killing off characters left and right makes a story boring after awhile. I don't really like killing off protagonists at all, though.

5. I use the word "just" way too much.

6. My writing style is somewhat informal. I like it when characters talk like real people and not like they're reading from a script. This is probably a "well, duh" statement but I come across this problem in a lot of sci fi and fantasy stuff I read, or YA, or novels in general. It throws me out of the story when things are too perfect, or trying too hard to fit a certain genre or mold. Like, I love it when fantasy drops the "yes milord" stuff and lets their characters be real people.

7. I'm really good at writing erotica. This is a blessing and a curse. Mostly a curse because I know I could churn out amazing novels where the plot and the sex are bangin' (lol), but my god I don't want to be known as another "booktok" author that makes sex the main focus of the story just to get people hooked.

8. I'm usually pretty busy with work (I'm a line cook at a restaurant), so I don't get to write every day. Whenever I have an idea for a scene or a snatch of dialogue or anything, I log it in my personal discord. I also store picrews of my characters in there, hero forge screenshots, whatever I can do that inspires more worldbuilding until I have time to write again.

9. When I publish my books, they will be free. I'm not doing this for money or fame or clout. I just want to share my stories with people. I will probably pay to have some physical copies made to give to people I care about.

10. A long time ago in a much darker period in my life, I started writing an omegaverse au for my story. I didn't even make it through the first chapter before realizing how cringe I was being and deleted it. I'm sure Jesus Christ himself was giving me the stinkeye from upstairs.

✨ 10 chaotic writer facts you didn’t ask for but are getting anyway ✨

I write 1,000–3,000 words a day. Not because I’m disciplined, but because I have no social life and mild control issues. It’s fine. I’m fine.

Before I ever touched a keyboard, I was an artist. Like, sketchbook-at-recess, drew-my-own-manga-level obsessed. I’ve been drawing since I was five. Now I use those powers to procrastinate writing.

I talk to my characters like they’re real people. I once argued with one out loud in a grocery store. We’re not on speaking terms anymore.

I name all my WIPs things like “pain_project” or “he cries again.docx” because I enjoy foreshadowing my own breakdowns.

I collect empty notebooks like a Victorian ghost who died tragically in a stationary store.

I have cried because a character forgave someone. That’s it. That’s the fact.

Sometimes I start new projects just to avoid editing old ones. This is not a healthy system but it is a personality.

I finish a gut-wrenching scene and then go eat cereal like nothing happened. Cold emotional whiplash is my brand.

I regularly forget what my characters are supposed to know, and when it happens, I just give them sudden intuition or full-blown memory loss.

I’ve rage-deleted whole chapters because a side character took over and made the main one look bland. And yes, I made the side character the lead.

Okay, now your turn—drop your own ✨10 chaotic writer facts✨. I know you’ve got them. Don’t leave me screaming into the void alone. Reblog this with your chaos, I want to see the beautiful mess.

Love u all!

[supermarine-silvally]

🌹🌹

Aaaaa tysm for the ask!! Here's some out-of-context Ground Zero:

He let out a “tch”, glaring at her for a second before scooping her up.

“Hey!” Kovalenko protested, though she wrapped her arms around his neck anyways. “Bakugou, what are you doing?”

prompt game: for every “🌹” received in my inbox i’ll post one random sentence of a random WIP i’m currently writing

[usagi-miyamoto]

[Rubs my gay little hands together] I have so many drafts that are almost done, and soon I might be able to edit them and publish new fics hehe >:3

[scary-senpai]

🌝 + 🧠 (Doesn't have to be exclusively for OPM necessarily, although I prob won't know what you're talking about for other fandoms, lol)

Gahh! Thank you so much for asking <3 you are the best.

🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?

this was difficult to answer because for better or worse, a lot of my writing ideas appear as intrusive thoughts when I should be doing other things. there really isn’t a character that interests me that I haven’t written for in some way/shape/form, even if I haven’t published it yet, especially within the OPM-verse.

I think I'd like to do a bit more with Mumen Rider. I think Mumen tends to appear in fic as an Author’s Darling, almost—and for the record, I do this also--if I need a sweet, upstanding cinnamon role to always say the right thing at exactly the right time, I'll use Mumen Rider (like when he's giving Garou parenting advice in Holiday Hijinks).

Anyway, I imagine him like this although in canon, his decisions are ostensibly selfless but still somewhat questionable (and I joke a little bit about this in The Hero Association's First and Final Festivus, when Mumen attempts to do a self-deprecating standup routine in front of his colleagues.) The first rule of emergency response, for example, is "stay in your lane, and don't create more work for the rescue team." Also, he attacked Garou first, from behind. (oh man, when I went back and read the manga after watching the anime, I wrote 'Mumen rider struck first????' on a big ole post-it note because I thought I was reading it wrong).

I think a lot of the sweetest, kindest people have spent a lot of time fighting their inner shadows, because (like we see in Mob Psycho), kindness is a muscle that has to be actively exercised and mindfully developed, and it’s also a muscle that fatigues. So I'd like to see Mumen Rider grappling with how to be a good person. I've thought about this, but I haven't figured out a way to execute it quite yet—whenever I try, he just comes out too similar to the way I write Garou. Probably I will figure it out after spending a bit more time in Mumen's head.

Anyway, if I were ever to write a Mumarou fic, it would be either the sweetest thing ever or the absolute darkest thing ever. I would also like to write a crossover where Mumen is actually Gojo Satoru, this massively over-powered and insufferable character widely considered by his community to a kind of "Chosen One," who, having spent an entire lifetime living under intense and overwhelming pressure, just wants to bike around and touch grass and rescue cats from trees and maybe lose a fight once in awhile, knowing that Saitama's got his back. Gojo's Cursed Technique (magical power) requires him to cover his eyes most of the time, and he has very distinctive features so this could easily work in an AU where we never see Mumen Rider without his biker gear.

🧠 What’s an idea you have that you can’t quite call a WIP yet?

Okay, funny you should ask that question, Bestie, because I might ask for your help with this one day. It's an OPM / welcome-to-nightvale crossover:

I use Discord to keep tabs on my WIP notes, and these are literally the only notes I have. Here's a transcription/translation because these notes are somewhat incomplete

Garou taking Tareo to the library for books. Garou saying it will be fun, libraries (“you mean books?” “Books too but mostly libraries”) are fun but also incredibly [[Note: apparently I did not finish this sentence, which is a problem I have often]]

Opening is sweet but then maybe vague mention of “librarian repellent” (Tareo wonders why Garou doesn’t bring any). Garou says “like a librarian would get me down” [[Note: basically, the first scene would be a bait-and-switch, playing around with irony and what most people would picture when tasked with imagining two kids visiting the library]]

When Garou and Tareo arrive, Genos is just very calmly in the library fighting off librarians. Saitama came because he’s bored. or he’s on a quest to not come home with his memory wiped, holding 33 copies of Helen Hunt’s biography. “You too, huh?” Garou says [[Note: this is a frequent occurrence in Nightvale]]

Anyway, for those of you unfamiliar with Welcome to Nightvale, here's what the Nightvale Library is all about:

The Night Vale Public Library is a notable landmark in Night Vale, although there is widespread dissatisfaction with the library among the town's citizens. Its available public computers are outdated and slow, they provide a lending period of only fourteen days, and the Biography section contains nothing but 33 copies of the official biography of Helen Hunt. There have been reports of a faceless spectre who roams through the Biography section, bringing visitors to an untimely end. Cecil expresses his desire for the City Council to make some serious changes to the library, "or I may find myself hoping that the faceless spectre puts the library to the same mysterious, violent end as its many victims."

Unidentifiable black metallic trees suddenly appeared by the library back in June, causing all airborne objects above 30 feet to catch fire. They were cleared away to make room for a new strip mall and parking lot.

It's creepy. It's weird. It's got books—Garou would love this, and he would have certainly survived the summer reading program.

The Summer Reading Program was is was an annual event held at the Night Vale Public Library in a group of kids and teenagers are trapped in the library and possibly forced to learn.

It was abolished around 1983 following an incident known only as "The Time of Knives." During the 2013 program, fourteen students between the ages of 5 and 17 were kidnapped by librarians and trapped in the library. The number later grew to nearly 100 children and teens before the program officially began that day. It was during this event that Tamika Flynn, 12-years-old at the time, battled librarians for the first time. Her triumph established her combat and leadership skills, and the severed head of the librarian served as a reminder of her battle in the summer reading program of 2013.

To promote the 2013 event, posters were placed around town, unbeknownst to the stores they were put on. Some of them read:

- Get into a good book this summer We are going to force you into a good book this summer - You are going to get inside this book, and we are going to close it on you and there is nothing you can do about it

All with the tagline "Catch the flesh-eating reading bacterium!"

Truly, the Summer Reading Program Garou needs and deserves. I've got a decent amount of headcanon but no real plot.

Thank you so much for asking! these are always fun to do.

(original post is here--the ask is still open, I always love talking about my fics, haha)