#sorry but why r ppl on my dash making fun of ppl for ~believing~ it is russian hackers. it is russian hackers.

[gingerswagfreckles]

Really fucking weird how the whole #russianhackers thing is so quickly becoming a meme and like #cringe when it is literally true. Just because something sounds weird doesn't mean it isn't true?? Like Anonymous Sudan is actually literally a hacker group based in Russia thats been investigated numerous times by cybersecurity experts.....I cannot for the life of me tell u why they decided to target Ao3 but they did. Sorry it sounds #cringe to u. Sometimes reality is like that.

[twilightofthe]

fanfic asks!! really late!!: a, b, c (walk the family line), d, j, n, r

Hello you!!!  Thanks so much for the ask, so sorry I couldn’t get to it sooner!!  Ask questions are from this writing ask game

A: Of the fanfic you’ve written, which is your favorite and why?

Oooof ok, time to pick my favorite child!!!  Lol but really, all of my current fics up are just so different, ya know?  I put a little bit of myself into all of them, and I’m so happy to see how they all turn out!  I think I’ll always have a soft spot for And The Void Answered Back just because it’s the first fic I ever finished, but I really like all of them equally!!!!

B:  What was the first fandom you read fic in?  Which was the first you wrote fic for?

Answered here

C:  How did you come up with the title to Walk The (family) Line?

Ok, so for context, this is the series name of my Force Ghost SW Sequels Reaction Trilogy, with one fic for each movie in the trilogy.  I knew I wanted a title that would emphasize my point in all of this, that was to connect Anakin Skywalker and the rest of the Skywalker saga more fully to the events of the Sequels to make them really feel like one connected saga, which I honestly didn’t feel like the movies had done a very good job of (still don’t, honestly).  Was playing around with different overarching titles and things to do with family lines and the phrase “Walk The Line” popped into my head, and after googling its meaning, found it was almost exactly what I was looking for, and adding in the tiny little emphasis on (family) really sealed it for me!

D: What’s the most personal fanfic you’ve written?

That’s a tie between ATVAB and Pas de Deux, honestly.  Void started off as just a oneshot I wrote during a boring class of Force ghosts rambling at Luke on the island because I had missed them in TLJ and figured I might as well publish it because it wasn’t half bad.  But then I kept writing them, because I hadn’t realized just how much I had missed Anakin and the other ghosts in the Sequel Trilogy until I was knee-deep in the TFA script and trying to add the ghosts in anywhere.  I know Disney is trying to distance itself from the Skywalkers so they can play all by themselves in their newly-purchased sandbox, but honestly, that’s always been what Star Wars has been about for me, what made me fall in love with it, the antics of this one stupid overdramatic family, and writing a catharsis fic that injected what I loved back into a trilogy I found myself falling gradually more and more out of love with was really important for me.

Pas de Deux I originally wrote because I wanted to explore the concept of Ahsoka knowing Jar’Kai and why.  I am by no means trying to police people’s headcanons, y’all can think whatever you want, I am not judging.  But.  I always found that when people would just casually toss out “oh it was ever so obvious that OBI WAN taught Ahsoka Jar’Kai because he’s really good at it”, it just rubbed me the wrong way because to me it sounded like “Anakin is incompetent at everything and needs his Master-- who is better than him at everything --to do everything for him up and including teach his student the most major part of her training”.  The thing is, even tho I know that in this particular instance people didn’t mean it like that, it sadly is a really popular opinion held in this fandom that Anakin is stupid and useless and can’t do anything for himself without Obi Wan doing it for him or doing it better (don’t get me wrong, I know some people JOKE about this, I jokingly say it myself, and I know some of my mutuals joke about it too, this isn’t directed at y’all, but like some people wholeheartedly believe it unironically and use it as an excuse to bash my boi).  

For the Jar’Kai thing, I knew I was thinking irrationally-- heck, I remember thinking myself whenever I saw Obes dual wield that he probably taught Ahsoka --and remember at one point being like “jeez, paranoid much?  I’m sounding just like Anakin when I think this,” and that was what really hit the nail on the head for me and I realized what was making me so upset.  I projected onto this mess a little too much, and now whenever ppl called him dumb or incompetent, I was accidentally taking it too personally.  Then I thought further that, “you know what?  Anakin’s insecure, he’s probably had those exact same thoughts himself”, and that started me on writing a fic that explored my own anxieties as much as Anakin’s while I tried to tackle a way that could involve Obi Wan in Ahsoka’s training that didn’t make Anakin out to be incompetent/incapable.  So yea, a LOT of Anakin’s vulnerabilities and worries mentally in the fic is a spiral I’ve gone down very many times myself, those were my anxieties, and also just my desire to have someone like Obi Wan in my life to help me with stuff too lol, so that’s pretty personal for me.

J:  What’s your favorite fanfic trope?  Have you written it?

Favorite trope, eh?  That’s tough, there’s so many!!!!  I guess I love hyper-competence, seeing my faves be reeeeally good at what they do and others appreciating them for it.  I’ve definitely written this.

I like mutual protectiveness, seeing characters going full force defensive, would face a whole army to protect someone they love romantically/familially/platonically, because fuck you you aren’t hurting a hair on their head while I’m around.  I’ve written a little bit of this too.

I like dashing romantic gestures right out of a fairytale because I’m a little girl with a princess complex at heart and I’m still waiting for my wayward knight.  I’ve written some of this, could always write more.

I like dying dramatically together/shared fates, just the idea of two souls intertwined and interconnected that always find their way back to each other and die together.  I don’t think I’ve written this.

I like playful banter, obviously, it makes my heart happy.  I’ve written this, want to write more.

N: Any fic ideas brewing that you’d care to share?

Answered here

R: Which writers (fanfic or otherwise) do you consider the biggest influence on you and your writing?

Answered here

Thank you so so much for asking again, friendo!!!!  I had a lot of fun with these!!!!!!!!!!