#tbh i don't think i'll use them as much as i use the poly build

[maranull]

Was talking with Bim about the ER cast in AC6 and then this happened.

The rest of Malenia's kids as ACs:

(Polyanna is in this post)

Maureen:

Maureen in ER uses the Treespear, which has a bit more varried moveset than other spears, so I opted to use the laser slicer cause I think it has the most moves out of all the melee weapons in AC6. And its one-two is kinda similar to the R2 chain of the Treespear.

Amy:

You can't dual wield melee weapons in AC6 (Amy uses two flowing swords in ER), so the best I could do was one of the light wave blades. Cause two light waves is equal to two different blades..? Yeah. I went with the Coral one cause red fits the Rot better.

Mary:

A scythe... Scythes are pointy. Check. Sometimes you swing them in an upwards arc. Check... Yeah, I don't know, the pile bunker was the best I think to do here.

Millicent:

She got a fancy sword and the "heroic" frame look. There are no curved swords in AC6, other than the one I used for Amy (I could had used the other one but it'd feel too similar), and my only way of mimicking the waterfowl dance is with the slicer, which fits better in Maureen's hands. So. Fancy sword it is.

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The frame choices are purely vibe based.

Also, gameplay-wise, they are all worse than the Poly build, cause the Poly build can handle itself just fine with the fist and the dagger, while all of these rely a lot on the turrets for actual continuous damage. Sure they can all pack a punch when charged, but their "reload" times generally suck and you can't really stun-lock enemy ACs the way you can with the Poly build.

[sparrow-in-the-field]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Tagged by @strangethings-everywhere ! Thanks for the tag as always!

I guess today is the day that you all get to learn about my other AO3 account since a lot of these Qs are about overall stuff lol.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

44 total (14 on sparrow-in-the-field and 30 on idyllic_hummingbird)

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

232,723 on sparrow, and 944,120 on idyllic, so that's 1,176,843 total! Pretty nuts lol

3. What fandoms do you write for?

On sparrow-in-the-field I've written for tbitb, Stranger things, and one Ted Lasso fic (I wanted to write more for Ted Lasso tbh but I was in my Writer's Block Era, so alas it was only one fic. Maybe someday I'll write more??). And idyllic_hummingbird was my BTS account (yes the kpop group lol don't judge me).

4. Top five fics by kudos?

Awakening (BTS) has 2,638

Just Hold On (BTS) has 2,234

A Secret for Shy Affection (BTS) has 2,122

Dirty Laundry (Stranger Things) has 1,888

To Build a Home (BTS) has 1,878

(rip to my smaller fandom fics for this question 🥲 lol)

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes!! I love responding to comments, I always respond! One of the best parts of writing ff is the sense of community and I love talking about writing so if you comment I will reply!!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angriest ending?

I only write happy endings lol. I guess my least happy/most ambiguous ending was for my gigantic BTS fic Heartbeats in Stone...so much happened to the boys in that one it felt wrong for everything to wrap up with a perfect happy ending, so I left it more as "not everything is okay rn but maybe with time it will be"

7. What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

All my fics have happy endings, idk how to quantify which is the happiest! I guess I'll shout out my tbitb fic The Quiet Act of Loving Someone because I think that one had whole lot of joy in the last chapter and it always gives me the warm fuzzies :')

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have! The worst was on a taejin fic, I had the all too classic, someone mad at who I had top/bottom in smut discourse 🙃 I was younger back then so I foolishly fought back and it became like a whole thing. Luckily I had a good support system in that fandom so I ended up okay. But there for awhile I was just tagging everything as switching so those type of people would leave me alone lol (can I just say, very glad that no one seems to care about that stuff in this current fandom.)

9. Do you write smut?

I think more of my fics include smut than don't lol. Writing smut is very important to me, it's healing. I see it as an ode to my past self, because I used to have a lot of shame around sex, and writing smut helped me unpack that like, a lot.

10. Craziest crossover?

I've never written a crossover.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of, and hopefully not. But the BTS and ST fandoms were huge, it wouldn't exactly surprise me if it did happen.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I've been asked several times, and I always politely decline. Idk if it's selfish, but having a work translated requires relinquishing a lot of control, and my fics are so personal and meaningful to me that the idea always gives me too much anxiety to say yes.

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

Nope! And sorry to all my writer friends but I don't think I could 😅 I just write my own weird shit, the minute I try to write for a prompt or with someone else I just flounder lol

14. All time favorite ship

I have never been able to have just one! In my BTS days I literally wrote poly ot7 because I wanted to write all the ships lol. In tbitb I thought I'd only write Bobby/Don and then fell in love with Chuck/Roger too and want to write Jim/Shorty. I'm hopeless at picking favorites of things lolol

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

This is going to make me sound like an asshole, but I don't ever start writing fics unless I intend to finish them. Did one of my fics take 5 years for me to write? Yes, but I still finished it. I guess if I include like brainstorming fics, I have several tbitb modern au ideas that I want to write but I keep putting off for new ideas, so. Maybe those?

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'd say my biggest strength is dialogue; it comes the most naturally to me when writing. I also tend to get a lot of compliments on my worldbuilding, so I must be decent at it, but tbh to me it just feels like I'm winging it lolol

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I'm bad a descriptions, idk how to go on at length about how anything looks lol. And this one is terrible, but I'm bad at research. If anything I write is ever inaccurate it's because I was more interested in writing the story than looking up like...how boats work (looking at you, The Cormorant Don lolol)

18. Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

No thoughts head empty? Lol I've never ran into this in a fic before...and it's not something I'd be inclined to write, so...idk.

19. First fandom you wrote in?

BTS :> I was a late bloomer to writing ff, so everything I've ever written is on AO3.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Again, I'm so bad at picking favorites!! They're all my babies lol. I guess to shout out a few: in BTS stuff, Just Hold On was the first ever novel-length story I'd ever completed so it's very special to me. In Stranger Things by far my favorite was Can We Always Be Friends? because I loved writing more platonic stobin and a lot of Steve's journey with his sexuality was a reflection of myself. I've been super happy with all of my tbitb fics so it's hard to pick a favorite! Tbh it'll probably be The Cormorant because the premise is so dear to me, but it feels like cheating to pick an unfinished fic. Maybe The Quiet Act? That fic got me out of my Writer's Block Era and introduced me to this lovely, lovely fandom, so of course it also holds a special place in my heart :')

Idk who to tag! @dogwooddiaries @kcsplace have y'all been tagged yet?? I can't keep up lol. No pressure as always!!

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15 QUESTIONS FOR 15 FRIENDS

Tagged by @sherlockig, thank u Alexz!!

Under the cut bc I got wordy and rambly as per usual lol.

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

Kind of? In that I more or less named myself after Izzy from our flag lol. Not that I'm going to tell everyone I meet that, but it is a big part of why I stuck with it after trying it out (that, and I've always wanted a name that had the letter zed in it, silly as that may seem.)

One of my middle names (that I had been using as a first name for a few years) is after my grandfather and aunt who also have that name as their middle name.

My deadname was after an actress famous in the 90s (tho tbh my mum apparently didn't choose it for that, she chose it bc she didn't find out my gender until I was Out and then was like 'aw fuck I don't have a name for this situation' and went with the first one she saw in a book of names a nurse gave her. It was only after that she remembered the actress when I was like. 4. that she changed and started telling ppl it was after that instead.)

And technically Holden is after the book character, but mum never actually read that book (and after I described it to her, said she has no interest in doing so lmao), she just liked how the name sounded and that was the one solitary name she for sure had on hand when I was born apparently. Could have saved us all time had she just used that one for me anyway!

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

Couple of nights ago. I'm doing better abt missing my cat Nisha, but my phone will toss up compilations of pics of her to mark the year/month/etc and sometimes those still get me. It popped up just before I went to bed that night and I was already so tired that I just. broke down. Bc I know she's v loved and looked after w/my mum, but I do miss her goofy lil self a lot. She was my first cat that was given to me and meant to be mine alone, and there's something abt that first pet bond I guess.

3. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

Nope, and it's not a likely thing for me. I've said before that that happening would be in a very specific situation, wherein I'm with someone who wants to dedicate the rest of our lives to raising a child, or god forbid more than one, tho I think I'd max out at two if I managed one at all tbh (and that's not even getting into the very complex for me thing of would I want to actually be pregnant ever (probably not, absolutely terrified of dying in childbirth and don't see myself getting over that easily), we have the funds to make that happen (and give the kid a good life, not just a decent one or 'could have been worse' like my own), and we feel stable mentally, emotionally, and physically (as much as one can outside of Life Happening of course) bc having a kid means putting allll of that first for them, ahead of yourself. Or at least I think it should mean that lol.

But that situation is incredibly unlikely considering my bigger goal in life is to wind up being a third for multiple couples while also fucking any of my friends who are down for it in a big poly ENM sort of thing for lack of better/more detailed definition (I know it sounds unrealistic and maybe it is to a degree, almost definitely is lol.)

I can admit I just. don't want to uproot the life I've been trying so hard to build for myself in so many ways, to have kids. I'll happily help babysit the kids of any friends tho and be the fun uncle that buys them junk food and lets them stay up late to watch movies. I think that's about the level of parenting of any kind that I can handle for now (also tbh I burned out on parenting bc my family admits they parentified the fuck outta me with my three younger cousins. It by far could have been worse, but I spent my teens spending most of my days after school helping look after them from the newborn years and on. Unless my above uber specific scenario happens, then I've probably had my fill of parenting for my lifetime.)

4. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?

I played volleyball for a few years in elementary school, and we were made to participate in a multi-school track and field thing for most of middle school every year, but I was never amazing at them. Housemate and I have figured out I likely have undiagnosed asthma tho (turns out running or going out in too cold or hot weather shouldn't instantly make you gasp, struggle to breathe, and make you taste iron in your mouth, who the fuck knew? Not me, genuinely) so I think that might have a lot to do with it.

I also enjoy tennis and badminton and would love to try rugby, but I've never played any of those beyond a hobby with family/friends.

5. DO YOU USE SARCASM?

I do! Probably too much and not always in the best situations, but I've been working for years to hone when and where it should be used so I think/hope I'm a lot better with it than I was when I was younger. Tho even then, I did get adults who found it funny when I was sarcastic bc of how adult I seemed to a lot of them (their words, not mine lmao.)

6. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?

I genuinely don't know. Usually I'm too busy running my script for meeting new ppl in my head and trying to maintain Common and Expected Etiquette to really notice much right away. I have found that after a bit of time/after the initial meeting has passed, I tend to notice colours ppl wear more often than others if I see them often enough, or hair colour. But I don't know if it counts towards this question at that point lol.

7. WHAT'S YOUR EYE COLOUR?

Kinda blueish grey? Some ppl say it's too grey to be blue, others that it's too blue to be grey. I had a lady at the ND DOT freak out abt not being sure if I should have blue or grey on my ID a few years back, and she finally just told me to put blue so 'she could stop feeling so confused.' Was a weird day and the first time I realised apparently they really do have a blend of both colours, enough for it to be upsetting lmao.

8. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

I can't choose between the two; I like both! I also like mixing them together when I write (a scary story with a happy ending, an ending that seems happy but is actually terrifying, so on and so forth.)

9. ANY TALENTS?

Writing? Maybe, I always list it bc it's something I know how to do and to (usually) do decently well. I can sort of draw? But not well enough that I think 'talented' would be accurate to describe how I draw lol. I'm not sure of anything else off the top of my head tbh.

10. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

In California, USA! We were there bc dad was in basic training for the Marines and then just got stuck at Camp Pendleton for years lmao (or that's how he always talks abt it anyway lmao.) Only was actually there until either: a. I was 3 months old, b. I was 6 months old or c. I was actually basically still a fresh newborn. Depends on whether you're talking to my dad, mum, or grandparents as to which answer you get, and at this point I'm genuinely uncertain as to exactly when mum left and took me to North Dakota but 6 months seems the most potentially accurate lmaooo.

11. WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?

Writing, drawing, reading (not enough but I'm trying to remedy that), napping, watching movies/fave shows, and giffing.

12. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?

Kind of? My cat Nisha had to stay in North Dakota after I moved, so my mum and her bf are looking after her now (and got her a little sister, a kitten who is getting so big already!, named Bella.) I help Housemate look after aer two cats as well, and I'd like to think the boys consider me like their fun uncle lol (aka I bend over backwards for them and let them steal my spot on the couch all the time, and will break out the treats if needed to corral them now and then. In my defense: they are the cutest lil baby boy cats and they deserve the world, even when they're being little gremlins lmao.)

13. HOW TALL ARE YOU?

Approximately somewhere between 5'3 and 5'4ish? I can't recall the last time I was actually measured, and most of the ppl I've been around were somewhere between those heights and I'm usually either slightly shorter or slightly taller than some of them, so??? I put 5'3 on my ID tho lol

14. FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?

English bc it was easy and I liked almost everything we did in that class. All my general and more specific history courses were a close second, and my foreign language classes a close third.

15. DREAM JOB?

Ideally, I'd love to not have to work. But who wouldn't, so that said, probably something in a library or museum. I'd love to be a library page again, or help work the front desk/docent duties of a museum. Working at someplace like Mystic Seaport would be amazing too; I'd be happy to learn how to help repair/repaint ships that come in or just help do tours or look after artifacts and stuff (tbh they could hire me just to type up any random data entry work they need done for any/all depts and I'd say yes to the job offer lol.) Unfortunately there's fairly significant roadblocks to me achieving any of these jobs rn, but I like to keep them in mind, just in case.

Also, if I can have one dream job that would be even more unlikely and is slightly TMI probably but: paid third for a rich couple. I show up, look nice, [redacted], make sure they're both good for the night, then go back home to Housemate (if it wouldn't be a night they'd want me to stay over, which I wouldn't be against but also. That would require some overtime pay lol.) The chances of this one are...so unlikely it's stupid funny, but a man's allowed to have dreams right lmao?

Tagging (if u guys wanna, no obligation if u don't wanna/have already been tagged/etc!!): @starmoonchildfromthebeamsabove, @freebooter4ever, @willowenigma, @turtleduck-tales, @mash1972, @mysteriouslybluepirate, @turtles-on-turts, @cononeillbreastingboobily, @treesofgreen, @dianetastesmetal, @arsenicflame, @gydima, @king-bussy, @p0ochy, @crvwly, and anyone else following me who wants to!

[mc-i-r]

Thanks for the tag!! Okay let's see,,

Age gap: nope! Don't like age gaps, they make me feel weird

Codependency: +9 THIS IS MY SHIT!! I love this trope but very few write it correctly/accurately (that is, not taking it too far and/or making the characters able to have lives outside one another while still relying on the other person)

Obsession/Possessiveness, jealousy: +6 only good if it's written correctly!! Kinda goes hand in hand with codependency with me but for fics centered around this, yeah I'm just "eh" with em

Opposites: +3 good trope, just not my cup of tea. I think characters are more than the one-sided versions this trope mostly consists of so I just don't enjoy these as much as others

Enemies to lovers, enemies with benefits: +10 absolutely my favorite. I am In Love. I will give you a kiss on the forehead if you write witty banter between characters even after they're in love. Because I want to. And because I can.

Friends with benefits: +8 okay this one's gotta have feelings involved or else I won't read it. Like if they don't fall in love, it's no dice for me. Sorry.

Sex to feelings: 0 maybe?? I honestly can't remember a fic I've read with this trope but who knows, maybe I'll like it

Fake dating/relationship: +6 I'll read it if the premise sounds interesting but I find them cliche for the most part. Just really formulaic to me

Friends to lovers: +10 THIS IS ALSO MY SHIT!! God, give me characters with a positive, established relationship that leads to more and I'll fall in love with you. Seriously. The connection? The love? The feeling??? Oh my god????

Found family: +7 I like it as a side trope bc it adds world building and outside relationships but I probably won't read something based solely around it

Hurt/comfort: +10 this is an immediate read for me!! If there's hurt AND comfort? You bet your ass I'm reading it right the fuck now. If you can give me intense angst that will leave my chest hurting and tears pricking my eyes while promising me a happy ending where the characters work out their differences and issues then I will love you for all eternity

Love triangle: 0 again, this is one of those situations where I don't really know if I've read a fic like this, but I think I'd find it annoying tbh

Poly, open relationships: +5 I'm open to reading these fics but I don't actively seek these out most of the time (also depends on the fandom)

Mistaken/hidden identity: +4 usually depends on the "why". Superhero/villain fics are a good read, not something I'd go searching for tho. Same applies to Rockstar!character fics

Monsterfucking: +10 ....do I even have to say anything?? Okay apparently I do- this is a good trope if, and it's a big IF, it is done correctly and to the likes of the fandom. What I mean by that is if a character is commonly turned into a monster/turned into a monster within the universe, the universal understanding of those creatures must be used. That means no adding weird shit!! If the monster doesn't have it, don't add it!! Keep them the way the fandom wants them and everyone will be relatively happy!

Pregnancy: -10 okay I get why some people like this, don't hate on me, but I just... don't. It's more to do with personal issues than the trope itself but yeah, just don't like it

Second chance: +5 only if it's done right!! Idk if you know what I mean but if you do know what I mean then you get it. If the first chance was ended by something super bad that I, myself, wouldn't forgive someone for? Then it's a no for me dog. But! If it's something reasonable/understandable/misunderstanding then yeah, I'll read it

Slowburn: +10 ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!! Will immediately read anything with this tag, I don't care (that's obv not true). Give me a 100k+ slowburn fic any day and I will marry you

Soulmates: nope! Okay don't come at me for this but I just don't like it when characters' fate is predetermined like this. I want the "will they/won't they" of relationships without the "well the universe says they will so they will". The only exception I'll EVER make is if the characters aren't actually soulmates (they don't have one, they died, etc) and find solace in one another

Tags (but no pressure!!): @tea-beloved @marvelingjules @stardust-walker @beenherewaytoolong

Trope rating game

tagged by @just-my-latest-hyperfixation (my wife must be trying to kinkshame me or something that's okay I'm into it)

rules: How much do these tropes affect your decision to click on a fic? -10 -> very dissuaded  0 - don’t care either way  +10 -> very enticed  nope -> if it’s a hard no and you’d never click on a fic with that tag or or you even have the tag blocked or you’d insta click out of the fic if it wasn’t tagged.  Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it’s conditional.

Age gap: +3

It definitely isn't a make or break for me, but sometimes when I'm on the cusp of not clicking something and I see it, especially with certain authors, the temptation is too good to ignore.

Codependency: +5

It's about the toxic love for me. They just NEED each other SO MUCH.

Obsession/Possessiveness, jealousy: + 7

There are the occasional times when the obsessive/possession is too much, but it is RARE at this point. The more "you're mine, I'm yours" there is the better to meeeee.

Opposites (grumpy/sunshine etc): +4

I like it as a background feature most of the time (said as if my most popular written work didn't start as grumpy/sunshine based).

Enemies to lovers, Enemies with benefits: +10

I kiss every author who writes it on the MOUTH.

Friends with benefits: +5

I love it when it ends in requited feelings, but I have read it where it turns ugly and stays ugly and I do not ever wanna read that! Please! I'm a big baby.

Sex to feelings: +6

See above pretty much. But also in cases where they were just a hookup and then just fall in love quickly? That's my kryptonite.

Fake dating/relationship: +4

I am alllll for fake dating/relationships, but it absolutely has to lead to the real deal. I can't be edged like that for it to just end. I especially love when it's slow burn for this, so if the slow burn tag isn't there, I may not click it.

Friends to lovers: +2

Something is broken in my brain that this doesn't get me hooked the way any other blank to lovers does.

Found Family: +8

I don't click on stuff BECAUSE of it alone, but it definitely does help with fics I'm on the fence about.

Hurt/Comfort: +10

Yes. I want them to hurt and then be so so comforted. Every time. All the time.

Love Triangle: -8

In any ship, I absolutely hate it. Just be brave and make them polyam instead.

Poly, open relationships: 0

I personally love Steddissy as far as polyam goes, but open relationships are super difficult for me to read. I know that works for a lot of people, but if it's a tag, I'm probably not reading that fic.

Mistaken/hidden identity: 0

For one shots, sure. Anything chaptered, I think it gets into unbelievable territory without very specific other tags with it and I have never seen one that hits the spot.

Monsterfucking: +10

Yeah well. No words necessary.

Pregnancy: 0

I'm never reading a story BECAUSE of the pregnancy tag, but it fits in some cases (the good omegaverse shit if ya know what I mean). I lived it, hated it, don't wanna read too much about it.

Second Chance: +3

I don't know that I have ever read a Steddie second chance fic, but I don't know if this particular trope would make me dive in.

Slowburn: +10

I loooooove a good slow burn. I will read just about anything if it's got a slow burn tag.

Soulmates: +7

Steddie is really the first ship where I was like all in for this trope, so if it's got this tag, I am so so in.

No pressure tags: @wormdebut @wynnyfryd @messessentialist @steves-strapcollection @starryeyedjanai @thefreakandthehair @scarcrossdlvrs @patchworkgargoyle @vecnuthy @corrodedbisexual @stobinesque @legitcookie @matchingbatbites @judasofsuburbia @sidekick-hero @spooky-stevie @inairbinad @simplebtromance @estrellami-1 @zerokrox-blog

[billsfangearring]

congrats on the follower milestone!!! now to see what hasn’t been asked - 11, 17, 22, 23 please! ❤️

Thanks love! 💙

11. What makes you want to bookmark a fic? How many bookmarks do you have?

I have 520 AO3 bookmarks, of which 449 are HP. 🤣 As you can see, I'm fairly liberal with bookmarking, though those represent only a fraction of the fics I've read in my lifetime! I tend to use bookmarks to save fics for three reasons: (1) fics I know I'll want to revisit, (2) fics that really wowed me even if they're not the type of story that I'm likely to reread, and (3) fics that fill a specific niche that I want to keep track of to rec later on.

17. What’s a fic that brought you on board with a ship you were skeptical about?

Hahaha oof most of my followers are not going to be on board with some of these ships. If I get cancelled in the Marauders fandom I'm blaming you! (But also I highly recommend that everyone experiment with new-to-you ships—multi-shipping is fun and you never know what you'll find!) Here are five that I haven't mentioned yet on tumblr:

we were in screaming colour by aceofdiamonds. Harry/Parvati. TBH I never gave this pairing much thought, but I really love this? A very sweet and organic relationship caused by Ron/Lavender.

Weasleys' Wizard Weekend by orphan_account. Harry/Ron. I've read some poly Trio fics before, but Harry and Ron always seemed too brotherly for me to ship. This one feels very them though!

love is touching souls (surely you touched mine) by ToAStranger. Harry/Tom. Time travel fic where they properly work through Harry's past with Tom/Voldemort, and it feels like fate in the end.

a certain optimism by hippocrates460. Harry/Severus. @consistentsquash loves Snarry and made me want to try it with her amazing recs. This one works for me in part because they don't know they're writing to each other. Great Snape characterization!

The Meaning of Mistletoe by Endrina. Remus/Severus. Reluctant allies raising Harry to lovers. Great portrayal of kid!Harry and I really like this Remus. He makes sense with this fic's softer Snape.

22. What are your favorite fic tropes to read?

Hmm... across the board in HP I like time travel as a means to mix up the characters, but only when it affects the story in a meaningful way and isn't just a means to eliminate the age gap in a particular pairing. I also love fics featuring really creative magical theory that builds on what we see in canon. And, of course, I'm here for mutual pining where they both think it's unrequited but surprise! It's not. Now kiss.

Otherwise this varies across pairings for me:

Wolfstar: friends with benefits/undefined relationships, raising Harry... this is really more eras for me. Post-Hogwarts all the way.

Jily: meet-ugly, non-magical AUs, humor.

Drarry: AUROR PARTNERS!!! Ahem.

23. What are your favorite themes to read about in fic?

Mmm okay so I'm going to stick to just Wolfstar here. Acceptance, trust, redemption, and forgiveness are sort of the heart and soul of this pairing for me. Remus and Sirius's relationship is so complicated throughout their lives, with multiple betrayals on both sides. These are also issues they wrestle with individually—Remus in relation to his lycanthropy and Sirius in relation to his family. These themes come up again and again in their stories, and they're why I'm drawn to angstier stories for this pairing.

Questions from here!