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itsthefandommash · 9 days ago

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Finally getting to this! Knew I would put it off xD Still sooner than some of the other unanswered games I have.

1) how many works do you have on ao3?

43 works! More than I expected to ever get to.

2) what's your total ao3 word count?

72,446. God damn xD

3) what are your top five fics by kudos?

The Things I Can and Can't Say - LawLu soulmate au Learning I'm Inn Love with You - 2 ch MarcoAce with one bed It's Me or the Pumpkin - Fem LawLu drabble Darling, Your Love's Like Witchcraft - MihoPero song fic I'm Over The Moon For You - MarcoAce based on art

4) what fandoms do you write for?

Mostly One Piece! I only have one not OP fic, and it's for My Hero Academia. I think about other fandoms, but I don't write for them. I'm not motivated to write most days, I choose other hobbies

5) do you respond to comments? why or why not?

I don't unless there's a question that I think should be answered or I have some additional anecdote to add. I think I should more, build more community, though I definitely feel awkward about it.

6) what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Wish I Could Still See You - Post Marineford Marco feels, and even that ends vaguely hopeful. I have others with big sad feelings in the middle too, but they don't have the truth that is Marineford & the fall of the Whitebeards

7) what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Most of them. I write for happy endings really. But I'm gonna say this one You’re My Perfect Match . It's MarcoAce birthday fic

8) do you get hate on fics?

No, I don't. I think one shot content is less seen to be attacked, idk

9) do you write smut?

I have! One published smut fic and I throw around some ideas with friends that never get finished or fleshed out. I worry about not getting things right and being flamed for it

10) do you write crossovers?

No, I haven't. No plans to either

11) have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so? Wattpad is a crazy place though, so maybe someone stole one

12) have you ever had a fic translated?

I haven't! I got one or two bot requests for it maybe, but its fine. One day maybe

13) have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Not yet. A friend and I talked about it, but they switched fandoms and I ran out of energy for hobbies at the same time

14) what's your all time favorite ship?

MarcoAce. They are like the holders of my heart, its great. Since I mention them so much, I'll offer some others are All Might/Aizawa (MHA), Kakashi/Iruka (Naruto), and Zuko/Sokka (ATLA)

15) what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Two of them. One is a fic I started for an event that is about a lemonade stand and flirting and shit. It's cute, I've rewritten it at least two times though because I get so far and then can't seem to push past the invisible barrier. The other is a Halloween fic I started when doing the Year of the OTP event in 2023, so one fic about your OTP a month. My computer broke in August that year and after writing two fics on my phone, I was tired and didn't continue. I know a little for that fic was also that it was meant to be a Halloween one and I couldn't decide what costumes I wanted to write about.

16) what are your writing strengths?

I think I am good with dialogue and I can get a good voice/read on the character I want. There's times I know my word choice might be slightly off, but the lines work and they flow and feel very real. Also, I'm good at puns and jokes and wordplay. My first year of fics, I'm pretty sure I put at least one pun in each fic, and I know one was filled with Marco punning at Ace, and it makes me so happy! I just hope my joy translates in to the fics. Titles are also generally a joy for me. I love taking a handful of information from the fic and finding something thing to match it. My preference is puns and kitschy romance titles, both of which I enjoy.

17) what are your writing weaknesses?

Descriptions, mostly on rooms. I know what my mind is kinda picturing, but I feel like I need to get better at actually showing it. And for me, sometimes its just that I wouldn't pay attention to the details, so why should the story. I already work on descriptions and adding floof to create good stories, because when I started I didn't want my stuff to be too flowery or long winded, so I held back more. Speed too! I like writing, but I am not motivated by it. It can take me 4 hours to write 500 words. I can type fast enough, but I can easily forget an idea mid-type or I get (allow myself to be) distracted by other things.

18) thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I think I've give people pet names in other languages, which I love from any author +, but never any long sentences. I definitely think it can work in fics, but sometimes it's more distracting than anything.

19) first fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter technically, though those aren't on ao3 and never will be

20) favourite fic you've ever written?

Let's Take a Trip Down Memory Rain - MarcoAce I really love a lot of my fics, wrote them for myself truly, but this one is filled with love for me. I included detailed-ish descriptions of dancing in it, which is something I love to do and love to share with other people, and I gave Marco and Ace birds as pets

tagging @snailor-bee and whoever else wants to play <3

20 questions for writers

i wasn't tagged, but saw this going around and figured it's my turn to tag @sephirthoughts in a tag thing ehehehehehhehe

since i have two accounts i post on, i'll include them both because i love them both dearly. de_Winter is my one piece only account and BettyBoom is for all the other brief obsessions i have once in a while

1) how many works do you have on ao3?

atm i've got 94 visible (and 3 hidden) fics on de_Winter, and there are 21 visible (and 16 hidden) on BettyBoom

2) what's your total ao3 word count?

apparently ao3 stats show word count for all fics, including hidden ones so on de_Winter it's 680,986 and BettyBoom is at 231,559 (which tbf is pretty low considering how long i've been at this, but i guess that comes with regular removing of my fics and never writing anything but oneshots lmao)

3) what are your top five fics by kudos?

i have to admit i've never checked this and i'm surprised by the results on the OP account hahaha for de_Winter: 1. Home (Strawhats gen) 2. Catching feathers (MarAce) 3. Fire and flames (MarAce) 4. red velvet (MarAce) 5. Of ink and feathers (MarAce) for BettyBoom: 1. Bucky Barnes, PI (Stucky, MCU) 2. pocket full of sunshine (Buddie, 9-1-1) 3. over the edge (and into the unknown) (Buddie, 9-1-1) 4. Don't hold it against me (Stucky, MCU) 5. heaven won't wait (so we'll make our own) (Buddie, 9-1-1)

4) what fandoms do you write for?

primarily it's One Piece, but i do have some captain america, black sails, assassin's creed II, stranger things, overwatch and 9-1-1 wips rolling around the drive right now

5) do you respond to comments? why or why not?

i absolutely reply to every comment! commenting is difficult for many readers especially when you're not used to it or you don't know the writer so i always want to thank everyone for the effort and make sure they know i appreciate that they took their time to comment even if it wasn't easy <3

6) what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

it's honestly a tie between the marineford aftermath fic and the death row fic, from the posted ones (the viking funeral might enter this statistic one day this year lmao)

7) what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

probably the rest of them, i generally gravitate towards happy endings even if my definition of happy (conflict is resolved, everyone is ok and well) doesn't often match the definition many others have for what counts as a happy ending (exclusively fluff)

8) do you get hate on fics?

i haven't gotten outright hate directly on the fics in years, but i do often get snarky remarks about some choices in characterization i've been making for years (which just confirms the choice to me)

9) do you write smut?

very much so, it's very fun and i'm good at it these days

10) do you write crossovers?

no, i'm not a fan

11) have you ever had a fic stolen?

yup, i think some might still be on wattpad that i haven't posted because the search is so shit, i couldn't find them. the person who let me know they came across them was on anon and never provided the links

12) have you ever had a fic translated?

yup, tho if it happened in recent years i don't know of it because no one asked for permission in a while

13) have you ever cowritten a fic before?

i have!! aerle and i had a little bb collab many years ago and it was incredible fun. other than that i also cowrote with turtlefriedrice also many years ago haha

14) what's your all time favorite ship?

it has to be MarcoAce cause i've been writing them for like 12 years and i always gravitate towards them even when i have periods of writing other ships

15) what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

it's honestly hard to say because i just write what i feel like writing at a given time, until i feel like it regardless if it's finished by the end of it or not, and i'll go back to something years later and finish it because i felt like it so with me there's really no saying. i want to finish all my wips, but there's usually no saying when the right time for it will be

16) what are your writing strengths?

all of it. i'm not saying that cause i think i'm perfect or the best, it's just that i am currently really comfortable with where my skill is and i love how far i've gotten with both my english and my writing skills in the years since i started so everything is a strength to me

17) what are your writing weaknesses?

i don't have any because i'm in my loving myself era, unless we count the adhd and difficulty motivating myself to write more often than not

18) thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

so far i've never written full on dialogue in a different language, but i do often add words in other languages when needed because multilingual characters are hot

19) first fandom you wrote for?

one piece hahaha it was around May 2013, after i read what i could of zosan on ff.net after my first dip into fandom (yup i was in my early 20s when i first found out about fandoms) and i decided i should try writing. my first fic is no longer posted, but i will always love it dearly because from the very start i was looking at writing fics as a challenge so i wrote a 3 part/3 pov fic for zosan with a side of ace as an outside perspective and it turned out hilarious so i might just bring it back

20) favourite fic you've ever written?

i love almost all my works equally and my favorite changes with almost every fic i write, but my marace renaissance venice au that has been worked on since 2015 and has had 2 iterations so far has got to be special because you can tell it's based on something very dear to me (art history, but particularly renaissance art which is what my masters was focused on) and it reads like a love letter to art and everything i've learned about it through my life

also giving a tag to @wordsdrippinginink @lunarshores @itsthefandommash because they've committed tag crimes against me in the past

#tag game #thanks dee #this took an ungodly amount of time #distracted myself with being in a voicechat and causing chaos #angel writes

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libraryofgage · 22 hours ago

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After checks calendar 84 years, I am once again offering Smart Steve content lmao

Listen the writer's block has been hitting recently if you couldn't tell, but I'm still happy with how this came out.

As always, if you see any typos, no you didn't :P

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So.

Steve Harrington is smart.

Like, smart smart.

Like, the kind of smart where he not only understands shit, he can explain complicated shit to Eddie without sending his brain into a coma.

It's been two weeks, and Eddie is still trying to come to terms with this discovery. He's four tutoring sessions in and a little spark of surprise still rocks him whenever Steve can easily explain a new topic using the stuff Eddie likes.

He explained velocity using D&D spells. He explained electrical circuits using the concept of plugging a guitar into an amp. After asking a few questions about Lord of the Rings, Steve Harrington managed to explain the in-depth concepts of magnetism using the fucking One Ring.

How the fuck is Eddie supposed to be normal about any of that? Ignoring the sheer fact that Steve is capable of it, how is Eddie supposed to feel about the...the willingness to learn what Eddie understands best and meet him on that level?

If the answer is awed and practically starstruck, he's ahead of the game.

"Hey, you doing okay? Kinda spacing out over there, man."

Eddie blinks, the textbook in front of him coming back into focus. Steve had been explaining the concept of momentum, but his words just floated in one ear and out the other because Eddie was once again consumed by the absurdity of the situation.

It's not like he can say that, though. So, instead, he settles for a grimace and pushes the textbook away. "I think I'm all fried out for physics," he says, looking up at Steve.

"Oh," Steve says, blinking a few times before nodding. "Yeah, sure, uh, sorry."

"Wait, what are you sorry about?"

Steve looks away, an awkward frown tugging at his lips. "I...probably wasn't explaining it too well, huh?"

"Woah, woah, no way," Eddie says, putting a stop to that train of thought before it can leave the station. He turns in his chair to face Steve directly, ignoring how the metal rod that attaches it to the desk digs painfully against his shin. "Listen, Stevie, I've never understood physics more than when you explain it. Like, I don't know, man, whatever you're doing works."

Steve must have been more worried than he let on, because Eddie can literally see the tension draining from his shoulders. "Great," he says, rubbing the back of his neck as he glances away. "Seriously, that's great. I'm glad nothing's been confusing."

"Yeah, so, nothing you did," Eddie says, feeling like he needs to reiterate that point to drive it home. "Honestly, you could probably even make me understand geometry. Not like our teacher is doing shit to help."

"Do you...not understand geometry?" Steve asks, looking a little unsure like he can't tell if that's a joke or Eddie's attempt at suggesting another class he needs help in. This one is a class they share, which means Steve will have seen Eddie's floundering attempts at answering questions, and he feels a whole new burn of embarrassment course through him.

"Do you?" Eddie asks in return.

"Yeah. It's just, like, angles and shit, man."

Eddie stares at him for a moment, eyes narrowing and trying to figure out if Steve is somehow, subtly, making fun of him. But of course he isn't. If Eddie has learned nothing else, it's that Steve doesn't ever think Eddie is actually stupid or deserving of ridicule. He just thinks Eddie hasn't been taught properly, which is more on the teacher than him.

After a moment, Eddie twists around to dig in his bag. He pulls out his geometry homework, slaps it on the desk, and gestures at the triangles and squares and other shapes with unidentified angles and side lengths. "I have literally no clue what the fuck is going on here," he says.

Steve moves closer, looking over the sheet with a slight frown. Eddie knows this face by now. It's the one Steve makes when he's searching for the relevant knowledge in his own brain, pulling it to the front so he can easily identify the gaps in Eddie's understanding. "So, how would you start?" Steve finally asks, offering his pencil.

Eddie takes it, twirls it between his fingers a few times, and looks over the questions. He eventually chooses one asking him to find the length of a side. "I know this one. It's the equation with the squares and shit," he says, carefully writing it out and plugging in numbers under the triangle.

"Right. Pythagorean theorem. A squared plus B squared equals C squared."

"Yeah. That," Eddie says, working through the math on a separate sheet of paper instead of in his head. He can do easy addition and subtraction, but one of the first things Steve did was get him used to using scratch paper. His brain doesn't feel quite as crowded by numbers anymore; now it's just crowded by the endless rotation of bites of knowledge and equations that have nothing to do with the work at hand. It's like his brain can recognize that it needs to remember something, but can't identify what exactly, so it just offers up everything.

When he's done, Eddie shows Steve his work, the answer circled at the bottom of the scratch paper. "Perfect," Steve says, flashing a smile that makes Eddie's heart lurch dangerously. "Okay, so that's solid. What about this one."

He points at a right triangle with only one angle listed and the other marked as unknown. "No fucking clue," Eddie says.

"This one is asking for the unknown angle. It'll just be some subtraction."

"It's only giving me one angle, Stevie," Eddie points out, gesturing to the angle marked as 53. "What the fuck do I do with that?"

"Well, the main thing is that a triangles angles will always add to 180. Also, this is a right triangle," Steve explains, taking the pencil from Eddie to circle the L-shaped corner of the triangle. "This angle will always be 90 degrees on right triangles. Should I keep going?"

"No," Eddie says slowly, drawing the word out as he takes the pencil back. "I'm starting to get it. Lemme try."

Steve waits patiently as Eddie hesitates before adding the angles together and subtracting that from 180. When he gets to a solution of 37, he gestures for Steve to check.

"That's right," Steve says, nodding as he points to another triangle on the sheet. "For this one, I'll teach you about the SOH CAH TOA trick."

Eddie nods, paying as much attention as he can, but he can't help feeling a little distracted by Steve's happy smile and relaxed posture. He's never seen Steve like this during class, and he's struck by the sudden notion that nobody else will see Steve like this, either.

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When Steve gets home, he drops his bag in the hallway, grabs a soda from the kitchen, and collapses onto the couch.

A few National Geographic and Scientific American magazines are still spread out across the coffee table. A brief glance reminds Steve that none of the stories were particularly interesting in these editions.

He pops the tab on his soda, takes a sip, and glances at the phone on the end table next to him.

Steve had noticed something today. Eddie's shirt. Most of the band shirts Eddie wears are popular enough that Steve sort of knows them. Metallica, KISS, and AC/DC were recognizable since he's passed their albums on display in record stores.

Today's band, though. He didn't recognize that one. What the fuck was Manowar?

After a few seconds of thought, Steve reaches out and grabs the phone. He's just doing research. Wanting to understand the music Eddie likes is reasonable. That's how Eddie learns. There's no other reason for Steve dialing the number of an old classmate.

The phone rings a few times before picking up. "Amare residence," a girl says, sounding distracted.

"Hey, Dee. It's Steve."

"Hmm, Steve. Steve. ...Steeeeve. Oh, is this Steve Harrington, deserter of friends for the woes of public education?"

Despite everything, Steve can't help an amused smile. "Yeah, that Steve," he says. He doesn't apologize, since he knows that's not what she wants. If she was actually angry, she would've hung up.

"Well, how kind of you to grace me with your voice," Dee says, sounding distant like she's set the phone down. "I suppose I can give you until I finish braiding my hair."

"Great. You know about metal, right?"

"Like iron? Duh, Steve, I'm not thirteen."

"No, like, heavy metal."

"Iron is pretty heavy."

"Music, Dee. Heavy metal music."

"Oh! Aren't you a Tears for Fears kind of boy? What are you doing asking about heavy metal?"

Steve starts to answer but stops himself. He doesn't know why. Dee tutors kids all the time. Everyone in their private school group did. That's how they made money. She'd understand that he's trying to learn more about Eddie's interests for tutoring purposes.

So why can't he just say that?

"This long pause says you're thinking about lying to me," Dee says. "Don't bother, Steve."

"Well, I do want to know for the guy I'm tutoring. But not just because I'm tutoring him."

"Awww, are you trying to make a friend?" Dee teases.

Steve grimaces, wondering why his stomach twists slightly at the question. "Yeah, kind of. I want to know more about the stuff he likes. And he likes heavy metal. So, ya know, I thought of you."

"Well, you've come to the right place," Dee says. "And I love talking music, so I guess we can keep talking even after I'm done braiding."

A relieved smile tugs at Steve's lips. "Thanks, Dee, I appreciate it. So, first question, what's Manowar?"

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