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[persnickety-doodles]

5 and 28 for your art asks!

5. What work are you most proud of (regardless of likes/reblogs)?

My cowgirl! She’s from my brain, and people love her!! 🥹

28. Did you learn anything about your art/process/style this year?

I learn this all the time (I forget sometimes) but, I think I can take my time with my process. I often get in such a rush to finish everything in one sitting and if a piece is so complex, it gets tiresome.

It’s okay to time away from a piece.

End of the Year Wrapped: Artist Edition!!

[wizardofahz]

WIP game:

I am curious about "A Question of Identity" and "Monsters in the Mirror" if you please. Thank you!

Sure thing! You picked some angsty fics to ask about. 😈

A Question of Identity is a WIP in which tragedy makes the Danvers sisters do a lot of assessing and rebuilding of their senses of self. I suppose it's kind of an alternate ending to season 3. I've posted a couple of sneak peeks in the past (1, 2), and here comes another one.

Kara hears the entrance of the Fortress of Solitude open. There’s only one other person who can open that door. For a moment she considers leaving. She doesn’t have the energy to interact with anyone. She doesn’t in the end. She also doesn’t have the energy to care if her lack of resolve worries Kal. “I thought I might find you here,” Kal says from behind her. Kara doesn’t bother turning around, just asks, “What do you want, Kal?”  “I wanted to see how you’re doing and to ask if there’s anything I can do,” he offers. Many people have offered Kara the abstract “anything.” It’s a nice sentiment, but Kara has found little solace in it thus far. “There’s nothing anyone can do.” “Kara,” Kal says as if there must be something he can do but quickly pauses when nothing comes to mind. The name elicits a laugh from her that surprises them both. Perhaps calling it a laugh is generous. It’s more of an escape of helpless emotion. Kara.  That’s her name.  But what does it mean? Is she Kara Zor-El? Is she Kara Danvers? Losing Krypton had been traumatic. In some ways though, the necessity of total reinvention had helped. Kara Danvers held little of the trauma of Kara Zor-El, no hints of alienness, invisible by design. It had only been in recent years between becoming Supergirl and a reporter that she had started to let the latter seep into the former. Who is Kara on Earth? Who is she without Alex?  Once upon a time, Kara thought about moving to Metropolis to be with Kal. Alex had protested being left behind. But Alex is gone now. Kara could move to Metropolis. But all she wants is Alex back, Alex who made this planet home. “There’s never been a Kara Danvers without Alex,” Kara says out loud.  The non sequitur has Kal looking confused. “There was only Kara Zor-El,” Kara continues and, without realizing it, switches to Kryptonian. “There is only Kara Zor-El, who has lost her family, her culture, her planet. Kara Zor-El, who does not exist on this Earth. Kara Zor-El never had an Alex Danvers. Except that’s not quite true, is it? Because Alex did know me. All of me.” Kara only realizes she’s switched to her native tongue when she looks at Kal El, looks at Clark Kent, who has only ever known this planet and looks apologetically lost. “Do you understand anything I am saying right now?” she asks. There’s no malice in her voice, only sadness. “I--” Clark begins sheepishly in English. “Only some of it. I’m sorry.”  “It’s not your fault,” Kara says tiredly because it isn’t.

Monsters in the Mirror is about guilt and facing the consequences of one's actions. It's set in season 2. I do have an old sneak peek, but to be honest, it could do with more editing. Here's a more updated sneak peek.

In her apartment, M'gann watches Alex pace back-and-forth, full of unsettled energy. In the end, it's no surprise when Alex changes course and heads for the door. “You know what? Forget it. You wouldn’t understand.” “Before you walk out that door--because if you really want to, I won’t stop you--I just want to say one thing," M'gann says. To her relief, Alex stops with her hand on the doorknob. She doesn't turn around, but M'gann senses hope that maybe her words of wisdom will make a difference. M'gann continues, “If you want to keep running, that’s your choice. But I don’t think you do. You came to me for a reason. You could have gone to Kara or J’onn. You know they would welcome you with open arms at any time"--at this, Alex's head dips in guilty acknowledgment--"but you came to me instead. Kara and J'onn know guilt, of course they do. But they know the guilt of surviving what has been done to them. You chose me because I know what it's like to live with the guilt of what I have done. So don’t tell me I won’t understand.” Alex slumps. She rests her head against the door. She stays like that for a while until she finally musters up the words. “I killed my dad,” Alex says quietly. M'gann wants to believe that she misheard. She knows enough about J'onn and the Danvers to know how important family is. No wonder Alex has been spiraling. M'gann waits for Alex to continue, knowing a break in momentum may mean the rest never comes at all. “I always knew that I would do anything to protect Kara. I just... I never thought that would mean killing other people that I love." Alex pauses to take a deep, shuddering breath. "And maybe the worst part"--She hesitates again. Clearly what's coming next is the part she really doesn't want to face--"is that I’d do it again. For Kara, I would. What does that say about me? If I’m capable of killing my dad, then what won’t I do? Who wouldn’t I hurt? J’onn? My mom?”

And thus ends our double dose of angst.

Thanks for the ask!

[fanfictionfaberrycentral]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor, Alex Danvers, & the assorted extras riding the bus Additional Tags: Canon compliant-ish, Supercorp takes the bus, Hilarity Ensues, Alex isn't paid enough for this shit Summary:

"Where've you been?" Alex modulated her pitch a bit when Kara winced. "I've been worried sick. I was this close to sending out a search party."

"I took the bus," Kara grumbled.

"That lame excuse might work on every other human being you've ever—"

"No, Alex. I had to take the real, actual bus for the first time in my life and it was a genuine disaster."

[bigbangsanvers]

All's Fair in Love and Sabotage

written by @segfaultfault and @endersbegin

Rating: Teen and up audiences

Warnings: None

Summary:

Maggie’s starting to think that she’s doomed to have a bad dating life, but after the fourth date gone wrong, she’s sensing a theme. An outside factor theme, with an admittedly nice butt.

“Are you sabotaging my dates??”

Alex's bewildered expression is worthy of an Oscar, honestly.

Additional tags: AU - Different First Meeting, Gay Disaster Alex Danvers, exporting disaster™, while Maggie's just trying to get some, this is basically a romcom, No fruits were harmed in the making of this fic, Sanvers Big Bang 2024

With art by AlineArtan

These works are part of Sanvers Big Bang 2024.

[kelinswriter]

Ao3 wrapped 2023

Tagged by @smarterinabsentia

Works published: 1, still unfinished, plus some cleanup editing to some older fics.

Wordcount: 43,598 (and counting)

Kudos: 44 (plus lots to older fics, which always makes me smile)

Most popular by kudos: My all time kudos champ is still Eclipse with 814. Yes, I will finish it eventually.

Longest/shortest (irrelevant when there is only one): The Pirate and the Spy at 43k, but by finish it looks to be close to double that. A proper novel it is.

Most Comments: Comments are a dying art form, which makes me appreciate the folks who still do it all the more.

Fics that made me cry: You Don’t Remember Me, But I Can’t Forget You by @segfaultfault is the Sanvers fic of the year. It takes that murderous mindwipe and stands it on its head.

Fics that made me smile: Sometimes Through the Stars by @smarterinabsentia was my big gulp this year. Love this world. Also her What Eats You series and @segfaultfault ‘s Operation Unmask the Masks, which I just finished. Looking forward to catching up with more fic in 24. I’m so behind on my reading!

events: Sanvers Big Bang 4.0 and also a short lived revival of SanversCon. Hoping to get on a more regular schedule in 2024.

Tag yourself if you like! Here’s to a creative 2024.

[spudking]

30's ask! 41 (oldest thing you own) and 48 (outrageous feature you want in a house)

41. Oldest thing? Probably my coffee table. Nothing special about it, it's just my parents' old one that they'd stuck in the loft waiting for one of us to need a coffee table, but I'm pretty sure it's old than I am.

Although I do also own a knife I forged from the leaf spring of a morris minor (blacksmith experience day, I'm not anywhere near capable of doing that on my own!), so the metal there's probably older than the table if it isn't quite in it's original form.

48. Outrageous feature? Got to be a doorway behind a bookcase. Brilliant and ridiculous in equal measures.

[segfaultfault]

And the art by Marseptica!

[bigbangsanvers]

Choosing You, Choosing Me

written by @segfaultfault

Rating: Teen and up audiences

Warnings: None

Summary:

Maggie Sawyer jumped from her chair with a clatter. Before Alex could call her lightsaber to her hand, Maggie's lips were on hers. Every muscle in Alex's body went slack all at once as Maggie pushed her into the wall with two hands fisted into her cloak.

"Mmph!" she grunted, unable to speak past Maggie's insistent lips.

"Play along, or we're both dead," Maggie hissed in her ear.

Alex didn't know why she accepted the premise presented to her. She did.

At least, she did until Maggie put both hands flat against Alex's shoulders and shoved her back into the wall. Alex's head connected with a heavy thunk that clacked her teeth together and reverberated in her skull. Her lips buzzed with the suddenly missing contact.

The woman, who'd been all over her a moment ago, now stared at her with near hatred.

"Stay out of the things that don't concern you, Jedi," Maggie Sawyer spat.

What? "But you—" But she…. "What?"

Additional tags: Star Wars Setting, JEDI AU, Lesbians in Space, Gay Disaster Alex Danvers, Jedi!Alex, Jedi!Maggie, Discussions of Jedi culture, former jedi, Referenced Terrorism, lightsaber violence, Sanvers Big Bang 2023

With art by @marseptica

These works were part of Sanvers Big Bang 2023 and were revealed on November 3.

[bigbangsanvers]

Operation Unmask the Masks

written by @segfaultfault

Rating: Teen and up audiences

Warnings: None

Summary:

The NCPD has had it with vigilantes. Supergirl… Fine, they could put up with her on her own. But now there's the Martian Manhunter, Guardian, Valor, Dreamer, and Sentinel too? Where would it end?

To shut down the entire vigilante underground, the police target their identities. As the department's most adamant voice against vigilantes, Maggie Sawyer goes undercover as National City's newest masked hero, B—

"Hey! Who are you, and what the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Additional tags: AU, They're all still superheroes, Alex is Sentinel, Maggie is a cop, who goes undercover, as a vigilante, vigilante hijinks ensue, secret identities all over the place, reveal eventually…, Canon-Typical Violence, Sanvers Big Bang 2022

With art by @marseptica

These works were part of Sanvers Big Bang 2022 and were revealed on November 15.

[bigbangsanvers]

Statues of Liberty

written by MorganaStorm24

Rating: Teen and up audiences

Warnings: None

Summary:

The number of missing people in National City triples overnight, whilst incredibly lifelike statues of said missing people are found in the last known location of each victim, almost like a calling card.

The NCPD hands the case over to the Science Division and Maggie asks her girlfriend Alex and the DEO for help. Alex makes the shocking discovery that the statues aren't statues of the missing people, they ARE the missing people.

Now it's a race against time to locate the alien or aliens with the power to turn people to stone and stop them before anyone else can get hurt.

Additional tags: Sanvers - Freeform, Sanvers Big Bang 2023, Mystery, Statues, Max Lord is a douche, missing people, Race Against Time

With art by @segfaultfault

Check out the work on ao3 for more art!

These works were part of Sanvers Big Bang 2023 and were revealed on November 1.

[spudking]

fruit ask! 🫐🍇

(love to see you posting again! (I know nothing about the fandom, but I'm excited for you!) please do take this as an opportunity to gush about your new fandom (or old, as you prefer))

🫐 What’s your favorite underrated thing in your fandom? (A ship that only you seem to write for, a character there’s almost no fics about, a trope that criminally hasn’t been written yet, etc.)

Tough one. LoK had such a large and active fandom I don't think there was much left uncovered, and the Willow fandom has managed to wring damn near miraculous amounts of fic out of 8 episodes so I'm definitely not in any uncharted territory on ships etc. I think it's more character nuances; there's some good overlap between Korra and Kit on being surface level brash and cocky but having a lot more depth to them.

🍇 Is there a particular scene/episode/book/etc that you want to just write a million fics about, over and over? Which one?

For LoK I still regret not doing an end of book 3/in between fic because we get hints of so much and it'd be fun to explore. Willow...huh, yeah, I definitely have a type, for a single canon bit I could have endless fun post Skellin/across the shattered sea, but I also really want to dig into all the implied before bits and map out where it could all go after.

Sadly I need to work and sleep so I'm probably not going to be able to write all of them!

[spudking]

writer's truth or dare: ☁️🦋🏜️

☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username?

(copying in from an earlier ask) Halfway through marathoning the extended lord of the rings trilogy we went to put food on and ended up playing effectively a very ill-advised game of real life fruit ninja with kitchen knives and baby potatoes. I managed some unusually coordinated thing and, in a fit of overly caffeinated excitement, declared myself the lord of the potatoes and the spud king.

🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately 

How utterly ill-equipped I am to resolve or even help with half the shit coming at me personally and professionally (either directly or at my family, friends, team), and how despite ticking most of the boxes to define me as a truly adulty adult I feel like an overgrown 14 year old most of the time.

🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

All comments are good comments, but anything that picks out something specific is just next level.

[spudking]

hello! yet another writing ask: 28,33 please

28. Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?

When the urge to write grabs you cling on for dear life as long as you can.

Don't know how to phrase that exact bit? Stick "????" there and get back to it later, don't lose steam worrying about one piddly sentence.

33. Give your writing a compliment.

Rude.

I think I can write dynamics between characters pretty well? Fairly believably at least? And I can do a decent plot.

[spudking]

Hello! For the fruit game, 🍓 please. I'd love to know what you consider your most underrated fic, and what you love most about it. Thank you!

(Love your writing btw)

I'm always surprised anyone rates my stuff so I'm not sure there's really an underrated one that I think deserved a bigger audience, but I guess Internet Connection got the smallest following. That one was a bit tricky to write.

I still want to go back and finish those three I've got on the go, but I might need to dip into another fandom and get back into the rhythm of it all again. Nothing is dead til I finally give up.

[segfaultfault]

“you know what you’re doing” Sam/Kara

"Yeah, I do. I've only been doing it the same way for the twelve years I've been raising Ruby on my own."

"Whoa, I didn't mean--" Kara backpedals with her hands in the air. 

"No, no, you're right," Sam relents with a sigh, sagging with the burden of her sins, "carrots don't belong in spaghetti sauce. It started as a trick to get Ruby to eat vegetables, but then she started peeling them to help me make her favorite sauce, and when you called me out last night, I couldn't admit in front of her that I'd been lying to my own daughter for twelve years."

[segfaultfault]

So I thought, I've done several one shots-- smut, humor, an action-y "one shot". I should do fluff! (Fair warning: This is not fluff.)

I'm not entirely sure what happened. I set out to write fluff with no plot. My thinking was, if plot is external tension, and there is no external tension, then all of the tension has to be internal. Which (in hindsight-- duh!) turned this angsty af. But…. there's still no plot. So… win?