#rav rambles

[mymultifandomhell]

i need everyone to shut up about iowa unless destiel is specifically going canon there

[a-little-bit-of-ravioli]

20 questions for fic writers

Tagged by @the-real-azalea-scroggs! Had to wait until I was of my phone because doing these is a nightmare on mobile lmao

1. How many works do you have on A03?

18 as of a few days ago!

2. What's your total A03 word count?

157,937! Which is. Only a fraction of the word count in my Docs folder. Be prepared.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I mainly write for The Legend of Zelda; specifically Linked Universe! In fact, that's all that's posted on my Ao3 currently, since my fall into that fandom began with me uploading there! Pre-Ao3 I wrote for Black Cat (Anime/Manga), Megaman NT Warrior, various Pokémon things, Assassin's Creed, Yugioh, Final Fantasy XIV and Octopath Traveler! Some of these I still write privately, but I haven't gotten around to re-posting any.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Whistling on Deaf Ears - My longest fic on Ao3, focusing on Wild and Twilight's friendship and how good intentions can lead to disaster.

Iconoclasm - Warriors deals with the room full of portraits in Cia's palace. The Chain also deals with it, but with a bit more fire.

Deserving - Twilight finally tells Rusl that he was the wolf in the village during TP, but that also means dealing with some heavier topics. Colin half overhears them and forms his own conclusions.

Something Greater - The start of the "Hyrule can see magical auras" series! In this one we deal with Legend and his many rings.

Ocean Magic - Mermaid Legend and Zora Time have a race and then fight one of the Big Octos from WW! Fun times.

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

Every single one!! I love comments, they give me an excuse to ramble about my fic more!! I am always down to ramble about every single insignificant detail of any line and/or section. If you ever want more background info about one of my fics, look to the comments!

So please, I adore comments, I treat them like treasures, not responding to them would be a CRIME.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

There's no contest; Inevitable, my (so far) only MCD fic.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Hmmm, that's hard to quantify. I usually try to end fics on a hopeful note regardless. I'd say possibly either Deserving, where Twilight reconnects with his family, or Shimmering Blue, Striking White, where Time meets the Fierce Deity settled down on Satori Mountain and they both get closure.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Thankfully, no! I've been blessed with mostly amazing and patient readers, even when my upload schedule isn't the best.

9. Do you write smut?

No, not really. I've attempted it, but I'm too asexual for it lol

10. Do you write crossovers?

Very, very rarely. Mostly privately, and only very specific ones. Only a single one has had an actual plot, so far (more on that one in question 15!).

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Also a nope! I tend to write for smaller fandoms, where these things don't tend to happen a lot!

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

I have! But it's been a while. Over a decade, in fact! I tried to find the fic to link it here, but it was on the German fanfic website fanfiktion.de, and my friend who posted it back then must have deactivated her account, because it's nowhere to be seen (I still have the Word file though!). It was a Multi-Crossover that started as an RP in a forum, and we took turns turning the RP into prose one chapter each. "If a Hero Turns to Dark" was its title. We were edgy teenagers.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Hissssss. Bad question. Shoo. They are all equally important!!

But it's probably TenRose from Doctor Who.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

One of the very few crossovers I've ever worked on; a crossover fic between Assassin's Creed and Doctor Who, that I have mapped out in both chronological and timeline order, and yes, those are different. I only ever wrote about a quarter of it, since my primary audience of it disappeared when we graduated. I doubt I'll ever pick it back up properly, and if I do it'll probably go through heavy rewrites first since it's so old. Finishing it is a nice thought, but realistically, after 9 years it'll never be high priority enough for it to actually happen.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, especially arguments, and emotional impact. I've been told I do really well making characters feel alive and believable! Also I like to believe I'm decent at setting a scene and giving it the vibe I want it to have!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I struggle with dialogue tags when nothing much is happening besides the talking. I always feel it's too bland, and fall back on the same phrases. My scene transitions could use some work too.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I've done this with Japanese phrases, because I was a massive weeb. Usually I followed them up with their own translations, though; I'm not the biggest fan of footnote translations, unless they are properly linked to. Simple dialogue tags are my favourite way of indicating a language switch.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Black Cat the Manga/Anime! It's a series about an assassin turned bounty hunter trying to live a life separate from his murdery past, but getting dragged back into things by still wanting to avenge his best friend's death. The series has a special place in my heart and my bookshelf, it left an imprint on 13-year-old me that will never leave.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Probably Jailbreak, uncharacteristically enough! It's one of the only fics I never got stuck in once. Writing it was a great feeling from start to finish. I love writing all of my fics, but that was a special few days.

Tagging @ahrva @nowhere-to-go-but-down @silvercaptain24 and @aeghina! And anyone who wants to do it, really, go wild

[kitofawriter]

Alright, I’ve got my forest scented candle lit, I’ve got my peach tea, I’ve got Black Myth Wukong finally loaded up. I am ready

[thatoneawkwardfanthing]

Finally after a thousand years here's my thoughts on Golden Lilly. Definitely disjointed I listen to the audiobooks at work. Spoilers below obvi!

Sydney is once again a better person than I, I would have told them to let Keith rot in their weird cult prison. Speaking of weird cult, the whole thing with keeping that guy captive is ... Interesting. Shout out Adrian being into Le Mis, couldn't be me tbh. Dimitri being a good man we love to see it. I low-key forgot Angeline and the Keepers existed but she's quite interesting. To be fair, it is her first time in modern society so she's obviously gonna have a hard time adjusting. She's giving cookie monster pajama pants in the best way so far. Jill dating Mason's lookalike has gotta be hell on poor Eddie. Not gonna lie, there's some chemistry between Sydney and Trey, but him trying to set her up is cute too. The guy is in fact perfect for her, if a little boring. Her constant mentions of how pretty Adrian's eyes are is really a mood, he really is pretty. She's gotta get more used to the magic thing tho like, girlie you're working with two spirit user and your history teacher is apparently a witch. Okay no, Braden is like, really annoying. Such an erm actually. He's also boring as shit. The vampire hunters are gonna be interesting and Trey is ABSOLUTELY one of them. Angeline throwing hands at the motivational theater troupe is hilarious I love her so much. The fashion designer chick definitely has ulterior motives too. Adrian being so down bad for Sydney that it bleeds through the bond is such a mood, she is pretty amazing. Like, he bought a classic car he can't even drive just to impress her. He wants that cookie so fucking bad. OH NO BADDIE DOWN SONYA NO. Will these two just kiss already, jesus. I really went from "idk Sydney just gives aroace vibes" to "I want these two to make out sloppy style" in like, half a book. I KNEW IT HE'S ONE OF THEM AND HE WAS THERE!!! At least he feels bad about it bc Sonya is a good person dammit! This whole thing is stressing me out I don't want anything bad to happen to her. The little moment with Adrian before made me scream omg JUST KISS ALREADY I'M DYING. I knew they'd find some way to track her and seeing her start to de-construct her beliefs is so good. Especially since THEY KISSED BAYBEE!!! Glad she and Braden broke up he was a weirdo. Fully on board the Sydrian train now

[ravyncursing]

now that twitter's dead, we need a new homie time quotes thread. aka, shit icarus says and makes the three of us question his sanity.

icarus: (trying to figure out where to go when we meet up in october) me: those were certainly all ideas.

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icarus: you can put your dogs (toes) in the river ulla: stop saying toes.....

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icarus: the german town... you know ulla: you need to be more specific icarus: you know, the german town with the german houses

[ravioxhilda]

New self portrait, may be doing a Meet the Artist on my other socials soon so stay tuned

[kitofawriter]

Wallet, lotion, a couple fidgets, a battery pack (habit after a past phone would not hold a charge longer that 30 minutes), earbuds, stain removing pen because I’ve lost too many of my favorite clothes to stains. Now for the weirder stuff:

Sketch set with tiny pencils

A measuring tape (one of the most used items BTW, it’s really helpful for anytime you want to make sure something will fit where you plan to keep it before buying)

A tiny pewter giraffe (no explanation necessary)

Sewing needle and thread, and sewing scissors.

Book lamp

Lighter (that I basically never remember to refill with fluid)

Pocket knife

Tylenol/midol/ibuprofen

Scrunchies

Glass/screen cleaning cloth.

Phone cords and wall plugs.

Hand sanitizer

Eye drops for contacts (I carry these for my mom because she always forgets/loses them)

Uuuuh, I feel like I’m missing something but I can’t think of what?

This all also leaves enough space for me to carry my book with me in I feel like I’m gonna get the chance to read.

@ people who carry bags everywhere what do you put in them what is there to bring other than chapstick, keys, phone and maybe a tampon why are you packing a suitcase to be outside for 5 hours

[vorpaldoodles]

As with monkey may, I’ll be posting my Journey Tober pictures a day after since I mainly get to draw at night.

[mymultifandomhell]

i know they're in love i know that they literally kissed stede has said the words out loud yet when djenkins makes an instagram post with a song that has the lyrics 'this guy's in love with you' i'm sitting here going i can't believe it they're in love and he's posting about it??!?!? 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[a-little-bit-of-ravioli]

For the wip asks, are SOMETHING Darker/Spiritual/Familiar and Wild related? Or just a funny coincidence in the name?

They are absolutely related! All of those are part of my series Hues of Magic, that started out with a single fic called 'Something Greater' to allude to the moment in LU when Time says that about his wedding ring. When I decided to make it a series, I liked the naming convention enough to keep it! So each Link gets their own 'Something X' fic (or perhaps more than one...?).

A few are already done and posted, but here's what the WIP names mean:

Darker Than Gold (Twilight & Sky)

Familiar (Time)

Wild (....Wild)

Spiritual (Wind)

Oh, and the one titled 'Hues of Magic' will be the final fic of the series!

[kitofawriter]

Sometimes your brain won’t let you sleep until you google the earliest UFO crash on record.

Anyway it’s from 1897 in a spec of a town in Texas.

50 years before Roswell. There were lots of sightings before but that’s the earliest crash I found.

I actually knew about it before but it’s fun to know it’s the first.

[ravyncursing]

hanging with the homies this past weekend really reminded me how much i missed forum roleplay. specifically with the homie group.

been kinda feeling like i don’t hav much of a hobby anymore and miss the feeling of banging out a thread in no time flat.

[ravioxhilda]

I was alived today.

[a-little-bit-of-ravioli]

Ty @ahrva for the tag <3

Nothing much has changed with me, lol. If anything my my style has mellowed a bit! I'm basically in jeans 24/7 now, but I was very punky in my clothing choices as a kid, so lots of cargo pants! Should get some again....

Two or so years ago I would've said my personality has changed from an outgoing, loud kid to an anxious teenager+adult, but I've actually reclaimed much of my boldness in the last year! Little me would be proud!

@zartophski @azalea-scroggs-archive and uuuhhhh @silvercaptain24! If you feel like it!

New picrew chain idea: yourself vs what you looked like as a kid

Free for anyone to join in

Link

[blighted-lights]

"ravage lives" au where ravage asks buzzsaw to join her on the lost light when the rest of the crew makes the split-universe jump at the end of lost light. they sneak onto the ship last minute, knowing that there is a high likelihood that at least one version of themselves will never be able to return to their earth or cybertron ever again. (but it's not even their cybertron anymore, is it? it's functionalist cybertron). ravage and buzzsaw get a second chance at a new life away from everything that tied them to their past; every filled grave, every empty seat at the table, every hurt and failure and devastating loss.

it's a new chance for them, with new people, in a new universe. but it'll never feel as full or as right as it used to in their own.

(added an unrelated sketch of them bc i can >:))

[twink-between-worlds]

im eepy so headcanon time

fable usually messes with legends hair to help him fall asleep. ravio probably does it too once they get together.

because of this, he has trouble sleeping around the chain because he doesn't want to ask them to do that, it would be embarrassing.

sky picks up on it super quickly though