#talking about WolfStar fanfics

[centaur-dreaming]

All fic writers have that one document in their drafts that would end their entire career, social life, everything if anyone irl were to find it

[maladaptivewriting]

“this popular fanfic is bad, the writing sucks”

yeah, yeah. you know what else is bad? the shitty nachos i make in the microwave with tostitos and cheddar cheese.

but does it not soothe the soul? does it not nurish the body? does it not quiet the aching stomach?

[votapublica]

just random thoughts:

From my experience of reading both Chinese fanfic and English MLM & WLW hp fanfic, it appears to me that English (especially American, don’t ask me how I know they are American) authors are more inclined to

Write under age sex

Write about messy dating as characters’ exploration of sexual identity or gender identity

Include trans characters

Characters having a clear statement like: I am gay/ I am bi

Talk about social justice issues, (eg. I forgot which fic but the two girls’ first talk is about lesbian activism)

While Chinese authors are more like to write:

Characters having sex (right) after they come of age

Instead of messy dating(also exists but less) characters feel miserable until they suddenly meet each other

Include intersex characters

Instead of saying: I am gay. They say: I just happen to fall in love of someone of the same sex. Instead of expressing: love is love. They say: you are you, and no matter what gender you are I still love you.

Usually the world either just accept them or the topic about social acceptance is ambiguous and instead focus on how the characters get together

[liquidisedfrogs]

i can just imagine remus wearing a t-shirt that says i love feminine men

and sirius wearing one that says 'I'm not feminine' while wearing a skirt

it's just them in my head

[starratzz]

I'm sorry but I feel the fucking urge to say this but, not in a million trillion, billion years would Regulus... REGULUS... would take Remus's side during The Prank. "B- But Moonwater 🥺" Suffer. Sirius and Regulus are brothers, and in reality, Regulus only 'likes' the marauders/Gryfindoors because his brother is one. Lupin is only on top of the list because Remus is sleeping with his brother!! No way would Regulus see his brother so distraught and sad and take Lupin's side. He doesn't even know what really happened so why would he!! Idk, just saying 😭

[candorverity]

i've actually seen people pointing out that making all and only characters that can shapeshift nonbinary or genderfluid representation can get problematic (or at least icky), bc you're reinforcing the idea that body = gender. it's super automatic too: yes, of course they're genderfluid, they can change their body to what they want! and that's completely alien to the experience of real genderfluid people

You are probably right about it geting possibly problematic, I just haven't done much research into it and was just spitballing my ideas. I know, as a genderfluid person myself, and a young one at that, it's more fantasy wish fulfillment than reality. Obv body ≠ gender, but my thought process came from my own desire for a solution to the dysphoria.

When it comes to the characters in questions, I was just thinking about my hc version of Teddy Lupin, and how he would have a different take on gender and sexuality than most people due to being a metamorph, being (in my mind) raised by two men, and one of those men often being headcannoned as genderqueer themselves. In my mind, she comes from a super interesting situation that can be explored. Not that being raised by a gay couple would change anyone's gender or sexuality, but that it would undeniably create a safer space for doing those things.

Tonks only got looped in bc it felt weird to ignore her, and also her earlier framing in the books and movies, but my intention was mostly with Teddy. I didn't mean to include all shape-shifting characters into my Teddy Lupin centric thought process by lack of specification.

[dorlezzie]

HI!!!

got an idea like creating a discord server or a tumblr group idk?? to write some marauders things and help each other and read each other stuff and things??? if you're maybe over 20 i think, not to have a big age difference !!!! (sorry) i think that could be fun, and motivating so if you're interested, lmk!!

[cancerravenclaw]

just wondering where people get their audacity

[nettedtangible]

I love writing from the POV of dumb characters. They don't need a big vocabulary. They don't need to be witty funny sassy. They just need to be dumb hot sexy.

Writing from the POV of smart characters got me like crying weeping thesaurus on standby. Why you gotta use such big words in your stupid inner monologue you fancy intelligent fuck.

[moonydoodlez]

date idea: you come over and i explain every little detail of the fan fiction i’m currently reading while making us coffee and muffins

[prongsfish]

my dad has finally started reading atyd. i did it guys

[mvnvgedmischief]

sometimes i think about how unremarkable days breached containment. like I was telling my sister about the kind of angst I like to read and she goes "oh this is one my friend sent me! you'd probably like it! it's really good!" and there's a link to my fuckin ao3 account with my fuckin magnum opus

[imsiriuslyreading]

Okay thank you @thisliminalspace-on-ao3 for helping distract me from productivity.

current time: 14:46pm

current activity: Writing fanfiction and watching you eat popcorn

currently thinking about: the cadence of part time poets and also all the young dudes. and also why dungarees are everything to me.

current favorite song: moonage daydream

currently reading: TCOPT and ATYD Sirius POV

currently watching: I haven't watched anything for AGES although i recently watched shrek and frankly that's always a good decision

current favorite character: the love of my life in everything is remus lupin. Sirius black in TCOPT is incredible, though. I'm also a lover of Marlene.

current wip: Cold Coffee - Drarry, Thousands of Good Deeds - Marauders/wolfstar/jily/dorlene/rosekiller, and Rocket Man - wolfstar with sneaky jeggy, marylily, rosekiller and dorlene in the background,

tagging: @soliloquy-dawn @motswolo @lyrrosewrites @eniaos

[liquidisedfrogs]

CADENCE WOLFSTAR IS EATING ME ALIVE I LOVE IT SM

i would happily rot reading it over and over and over forever

[rosamariaa]

There’s a lot of great and famous fanfics I want to read but i know r/s are a side pairing on them and I feel bad for reading them because I just know my wolfstar-obssesed brain would be looking for those fools in every damn chapter or scene..

[candorverity]

Can we talk abt how Tonks and Teddy could be A+ genderfluid or agender rep if people were brave abt it? Bc my god, gender queer Tonks and Teddy would be the raddest things I've ever seen.