#this was just collecting dust in my WIPs completely finished lol

[berryblu-arts]

kids chatting :)

[carry-the-sky]

20 questions for fic writers

tagged by my one and only brainpipe bestie @ninzied ♡

How many works do you have on ao3?

43!

What's your total ao3 word count?

163,202

What fandoms do you write for?

mostly good omens at the moment, but i am also tinkering with an old kanthony fic. i have so. many. hellcheer wips collecting dust in my google drive. and of course kastle my og, my beloved.

Top five fics by kudos:

say my name (and every color illuminates) - kanthony

the wonderful part of the mess that we made - stranger things trio

warm, solid things - hellcheer

every bit of beating heart - kastle

my head is filled with ruins (most of them, i built with you) - kastle

Do you respond to comments?

always! if i don't, i probably didn't see it.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

definitely any of my older kastle fics 🙈

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

probably the one lucky dog series? i based the proposal scene (spoilers for a fic that's five years old lol) off of my own, which made me happy, at least!!

Do you get hate on fics?

thankfully no!

Do you write smut?

i have, but it's a struggle. the stage management of it all!! it's definitely something i'd like to work on and improve though

Craziest crossover:

probably my good place au. i was hmm shall we say overly ambitious with that idea, but it was a fun covid project!

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i'm aware

Have you ever had a fic translated?

i haven't!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

in theory i would love to, in practice i think it would stress me out immenselyyyyy

All time favorite ship?

i like nina's answer for this one. i love and appreciate them all for different reasons!! kastle will stick with me forever obviously. truly the fandom to rule them all. ♡

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

the hellcheer detention fic i started for @majicmarker under threat of being pushed into a pool if i didn't finish, oop. wrote about 5k and just lost the plot completely. tale as old as tiiiime

What are your writing strengths?

capturing a vibe. dialogue. exploring smaller moments.

What are your writing weaknesses?

plotting?? i don't know her. also finishing chaptered fics. i probably overuse semicolons and em dashes.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

i've done this before with very simple words/phrases. anything more in depth should probably be looked over by someone who speaks the language?

First fandom you wrote in?

kastle!!

Favorite fic you've written?

probably warm, solid things. it's the longest one-shot i've ever posted, and it's personal to me in many ways. i'm happy it seemed to resonate with people!

honorable mention to my most recent good omens fic, which took years off my life to write, but i'm quite proud of the end result; also this kastle ficlet which sort of just fell out of my brain fully-written?? what sorcery????

tagging! (no pressure!): @majicmarker, @redbelles, @heartonfirewrites, @imashybear, @evilbunnyking

@onebatch2batch, @ejunkiet, @malachitegrey, @andromeda4004 and anyone else who sees this and wants to play :)

[alinaastarkov]

NEW YEARS CLEAN-UP 🎊

rules: unburden yourself from the abandoned WIPS collecting dust in your folder and share 5 gifs, then tag five people. tagged by: @gwenpendragns tagging: @laylakeating @ughmerlin @usershelby @azoraahai @yenvengerberg (totally ignore me if you've already done this 🩷)

ok so to be honest i usually delete the entire set the minute i decide to abandon something so this was quite hard 😭 therefore i may be slightly cheating by including stuff from 2022 but let's agree to ignore that anyway 😁

rhaenyra + thee book quote

started making this while hotd s1 was airing and just... never finished it rip </3 none of the other gifs came together and i then got swamped with uni work so i might continue it still, even tho the colouring definitely needs fixing lol

sab + chess pieces

another one i made while the show was airing and uni got in the way, plus the cancellation made me doubt if i should continue. also another one i would completely change if i decided to continue lol this layout was not doing it for me and i would like to do something more interesting with the text for sure

amita suman as nymeria sand

another one for my sab actors as asoiaf characters that i started AGES AGO and never finished whoops! i did stop and plan to use s2 footage for this set and then forgot (i'm sensing a pattern here)

lumax + out of the woods

this has been in my drafts for way longer than i care to admit. overall realised i hated the colouring, hated the text, even hated the footage i was working with so... who knows if i will continue this ever but i think this made me realise giffing stranger things might not be for me 😅

becoming elizabeth + the 1

save me period drama cancelled after one season... save me... 🥲 fr tho started this, hated the colour i chose, then i hated the text, then none of the colouring would match between gifs... story of my life it seems. i would like to continue this because i love them but... we'll see :/

[die-schwanenkoenigin]

20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by @lilolilyr 🥰💕❤️ thank you so much!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

85!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

409,668, more than half of which I've posted this year---210,056 words, to be exact, which is absolutely insane!!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently only Mirandy (Devil Wears Prada).

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Well, this is going to be embarrassing, lol:

bad things (487)

nightly encounter (469)

Too Soon, Not Soon Enough (434)

unexpected (410)

Stalling the Inevitable (377)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Absolutely! I respond to every single comment I receive. I love interacting with people, hearing their thoughts and ideas! Every time I get a comment, it reminds me of the fact that there are actual, real humans out there that read my writing??? And that's still so crazy to me, even after 6 years???? So I always feel the need to let them know how much I appreciate them!

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

That would be two:

Thank you, baby (for loving me like you do)

unrequited

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Ohhhhh, I am SUCH a sucker for happy endings. You'll find that---taking away the two outliers from the previous question, obviously---all my works have happy endings!!

8. Do you get hate on fic?

I can't remember ever receiving any. That said, people do sometimes comment things like "hmmm this is weird" or whatever but, like, I pretty much just ignore that.

9. Do you write smut?

Oh, I am very much into writing smut, yes! In fact, I've currently got The Kink Series going on which... is exactly what it sounds like, lol. Smut, smut, and then some more smut; though, in this case, I'm actively trying to dive into things I haven't explored before.

Also, I've just noticed that out of the 16 works I've written/posted for the DWP fandom, 13 have been explicit. Whoops?

10. Do you write crossovers?

I haven't so far, no!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I had someone repost some of my works in a smut collection a few years back. They mentioned my username, but did not ask me beforehand---or even tag me properly. I ended up asking them to take it down, and they did. My finding it in the first place had been a complete fluke, though.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, though I've attempted to translate some of my own works. It didn't work. (I realized I suck at writing in German, lmao.)

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

Nope! But I've just recently talked about a potential collab with someone whose writing I really enjoy! So that's exciting!

And just in general, I'm very open to trying out new things---i.e. collaborating on fics.

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Well, I'm going to have to say Mirandy here. This ship really has me in its grip. I love the dynamics, and I thoroughly enjoy playing with their characters. There are so many things to explore!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but probably won’t?

Okay, so, I do have this one idea. And I've written... a tiny little amount. Maybe around 3k. I realized, however, while I was writing, that it would most likely take 20k+ words to make it anywhere near enjoyable. It just wouldn't flow otherwise, I don't think; plus, I wouldn't be able to properly explain everything. Unfortunately, I'm just not really one to write multi chapter fics, and so I've come to the conclusion that it'll probably just sit in my docs forever and collect dust.

Sorry @ Assignment WIP.

16. What are your writing strengths?

As soon as I've got a good sentence to get me started, I can usually just keep going and get all my ideas out in one or two sittings. I'm also an exceptionally fast typer, which means I can write things down as quickly as soon as they pass through my head. Very good, considering my memory is absolutely crap.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I have no organizational skills. So if I realize a fic idea would have to be explored in multiple chapters, I usually retreat and abandon the idea.

That also means I just...do not plan fics. Ever. Not even my one shots. I'm 100% serious when I say I would not have the patience to plot out, say, a slow burn fic. They either get it on, or they don't. (And in my case, they pretty much always do. 😏)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I did this all the time when writing Mariana/Ana fanfic. Madre Solo Hay Dos was, like, my first fandom earlier this year; effectively letting me reconnect with fic writing; and it was right around the time when I was obsessed with learning Spanish. So I constantly included Spanish text conversations, as we all as---occasionally---dialogue. 10/10, would recommend and do again.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Camren (Fifth Harmony). That's what got me into writing back in 2017, and it stuck with me for quite a while.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Hmmm... that's really hard. I love soulmate AUs, and considering my obsession with Mirandy at the moment, I think I'd have to go for Too Soon, Not Soon Enough.

Though I did also very much enjoy writing Pretty, Dirty Girl as well as the other, kinkier fics, including, for example, Four Play. The latter was challenging at first, but ultimately a great exercise.

Thanks again, friend, for tagging me!!! ❤️

I'm going to go ahead and tag @harrytoad, @sporkmetender, @guardianrock, @awomanontheverge. None of you have to feel obligated to do this, though. 🥰

oh, and if any other writers see this post---you're welcome to do this as well!!

[chaosintheavenue]

WIP Wednesday

So, I’ve been tagged in quite a few of these by various people the last few months, but I’ve never had anything to contribute. The few things I have written in that time have been oneshots that I absolutely blitzed through, going from the first word to finished and posted within hours- which is great, just not all that helpful for WIP-posting purposes!

However. Today I haven’t been tagged specifically, but I do have something to post, kind of. A 76 glitch yesterday night prompted me to torment Trin a little. It’s still very much in semi-note form, so it might not make a whole lot of sense, but that’s hardly anything new for my Fallout OC posts lol, and I’d rather post something than nothing as usual.

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(some context: Trin, my 76 gal, didn’t get her hands on any scorchy Nuka-Cola until she’d done Scorched Earth repeatedly, and so is slowly becoming ‘lightly Scorched’)

Trin arrives at the Valley Galleria to complete the daily quest The Importance of Communication. When she opens the door, she momentarily hallucinates a Scorchbeast inside the building, flying from the skylight down through the floor and vanishing. This hallucination involves pretty much every sense she has- she sees it, hears its screech, feels the movement in the air as it flaps its wings and dives, smells the distinctive burning scent of ultracite dust in the air, even feels a familiar jolt of energy in the pit of her stomach. But she blinks, and it's gone.

Afterwards, though, her brain is thoroughly scrambled. Her head feels heavy, her energy is drained, and she can't remember why she's in the Valley Galleria (she first thinks it's to collect inert bombs, since that's her typical reason for going there, then she remembers collecting Sofia Daguerre's beacon recently and thinks that's also why she's there now). Then she realises with a start that she was completely zoned out and unfazed by the approaching Scorched, three of which are now in her vicinity, weapons at their sides, not hostile, simply... watching. She slowly backs out of the door, maintaining eye contact with them until it swings shut. She follows her old approach of walking swiftly away in the opposite direction until she literally feels the mist clear from her mind. Still shaken by what just took place (in particular how real it had seemed, and that her brain can deceive itself to that extent), she gets the heck out of there, deciding that she'll find radio vacuum tubes at a different location, she knows of a few good potential sources already.

Her best guess as to what happened is that being near to so many Scorched whilst she was already in a confused and somewhat emotionally heightened state not long after she'd visited Watoga (she went to the Valley Galleria directly on her way up from there, so... yeah) triggered a momentary connection into their hivemind. She decides she'll give Cranberryland a wide berth for a while, and opts not to disclose the incident to anyone yet, or she knows she won't be trusted to explore alone, which is exactly what she'd rather be doing to keep her mind off recent developments.

[cominfromtheforest]

The twice updated fic list post!

Warning, I suppose: all but one of my fics are QuirrelxGhost, so if that’s not what you’re looking for, this one might not be for you!

1. Raising Hell to Sway the Heavens X / first, introductory part of my still ongoing series “Umbra Sumus” (pretentious name, I know lol)

2. The: “Hollow Knight Holiday” series X / Series of fics based on different Holidays, such as Christmas or Valentines! Currently has 7 fics total.

3. We are but Dust and Shadows X / the second part of “Umbra sumus”, this one is completed! Description: The Pale Kings alternative way of getting rid of the Radiance fortunately works, but unfortunately (for him at least) it also brings a new God to the kingdom. As Ghost, the God of the void, tries to work out their life after ages worth of imprisonment, old trauma and new problems that rear their ugly heads. Thank the heavens that Quirrel also lives in Hallownest.

4. Blood, Bone and Tissue X / part 4 of “Umbra Sumus”, technically a stand alone, if not knowing really anything doesn’t bother you. Takes place before any of the other fics in the series, but is fourth just to make more sense. Description: They scream: a terrible sound, infinite and endless. It fills the Abyss and shakes the world to its very roots, It echoes from the bottom of the world to the very top. The kind of sound so drenched in power that it clouds the minds of lesser beasts, brings the civilised to their knees and sends a shiver down the spines of Gods. It's a scream of pain, of death; The only true mark of rebirth.

5. Of Your World and Mine X /  Third part of “Umbra Sumus” the still ongoing one (two years and 100k words later (good lord) and we’re still here)! Description:  Even though Ghost has found their footing again and gained control over the Abyss, and even if they can now call Quirrel their boyfriend, They still need to find a new oracle, and Quirrel still needs to finish his thesis, and The Pale King needs to become a better person, and Monomon is seeking for more chaos, and someone should probably go and check up on Unn already...

6. You Can Think That You’re in Love, When You’re Really Just in Pain X / The modern AU Hallownest fic, can technically be read as just a friendship between Ghost and Quirrel, but any additions will not remain as that. Description:  Quirrel is standing outside of his (former) apartment. He isn't crying (yet), and he isn't going to, until he figures out what the fuck he is supposed to be doing now. Next to him sit seven cardboard boxes, his former life neatly packed away, moved to the curb alongside him to make space for someone else who he hadn't even known existed until some twenty minutes ago. It feels like a bad dream. He shouldn't call them. But he has already pressed the button.

7. Veil of Shadows X / an AU idea I have, one that I hope to get to eventually finish. Description: What if Ghost contained the Radiance instead of Hollow, and what if Hallownest didn’t fall?

8. “The Explicit ones” X / a collection of E rated fics for my main fic series “Umbra sumus”

9. Decadence X / well there’s really no plot to this one. If you catch what I mean :)

10. No-one Lives Under Hallownest X / This fic was very inspired by Jacob Geller and was written to combat writers block. Description:  After the light is gone, after you turn your back to the rocks, the walls and the path you just walked, the caverns return to how they were, into unknown shapes that retain no memory of you. After you leave they plummet back into the darkness that was there long before the light ever arrived.

11. The Aftermaths of a Fortunate Breakup X / continuation to the Modern AU. Still a WIP. (I will come back to it, I have ideas)

12. Beauty Lies Within the Corruption X / an honorable mention to this fic, which is about Quirrel getting possessed by God!Ghost and murdering a bunch of people. One of my personal favourites <3

13. Shallow Graves X / A rewrite of the first chapter of “We Are But Dust and Shadows! Also Known as: what if the author had been competent the entire time?

There! That is all of them, for now!

[opinionatedoctopus]

FIC YEAR IN REVIEW 2021

Tagged by: @bi-demon-ium​

Total Number of Completed Stories: Six! Which is such a small number, but a really big deal for me. I have over 30 WIPs and I get really nitpicky at my storytelling and discourage msyelf from writing more, so I’m really proud of myself for posting this year! :D

Total Word Count: 32,379 words on AO3 from this year on both my accounts. (the spicy one and the non-spicy account XD). Including my WIPs: 87,190. A lot of them aren’t even at 1000 words because I just don’t write down what’s in my head.

Fandoms Written In: The Mysterious Benedict Society, Naruto, Miraculous Ladybug, Spiderman, Doctor Who, Assassination Classroom, My Hero Academia, Harry Potter, Ted Lasso. (:

Looking back did you expect to write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expect: So much more than I expected. I had hoped to write more of my own story, but that bitch is collecting dust XD I’ve recently been allowing myself to write poorly so that I can eventually write well and it’s helped my creativity and self talk so much!

What’s your own favorite story of the year, personally?: I will not be linking it because it is spicy, but it’s a Naruto fic. All of my favorite fics I’ve written are Naruto fics because Rock Lee is my comfort character right now and I adore all the senseis in that show XP To be clear: the spicy fic is not my Rock Lee fics, but I do ship him and Gaara lol 

For TMBS tho: A Single Thread

Did you take any writing risks this year?: Yeah, for me, I started posting one-shots and short little ideas. I’ve never allowed myself to post stories that weren’t full feature length plots before so I just...never posted because my other condition was I couldn’t post until I’d finished the story. But this year I’ve tried posting a couple first chapters to see if feedback helps my motivation and I’ve tried posting little one-shots and it’s just been wonderful!

Do you have any fanfic goals for the New Year?: I want to finish writing a multi-chapter story. Just one would be exciting, but I have so many as WIPs that it’s hard to keep going. I’m also writing a Naruto fix-it fic with my sister and that’d be really cool to get a few chapters out there!

Best story of the year?: Watermelon Sugar :3 I’m having SO much fun writing this! It’s a spicy Lee/Gaara Naruto fic.

Most popular story of the year?: 

By kudos: “spicy fic” I keep mentioning with 749 kudos

By subscriptions: The Scientist with 29 (a Miraculous Ladybug fic)

By comment threads: “spicy fic” with 24

By bookmarks: “spicy” wins again with 220

By hits: “spicy” by 9,100??????!!!!!

Clearly that spicy fic is the winner and it should not be that hard to find if you use the info from this whole post to find my other account lol. If you do find it, shhhhh. Don’t mention it here. I wasn’t even planning on tying my ao3 accounts to Tumblr in the first place lol.

Most personal story of the year: Definitely Scars on my other account. It’s about something very personal to me and writing about it has helped with all the pain I have surrounding the subject. I have a part two drafted even though the first one is complete because I have a lot of thoughts.

Funniest story of the year: Watermelon Sugar. Hands down. Lee is a total bumbling crackhead in this.

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Still Watermelon Sugar lol

Most fun story to write: Again, Watermelon Sugar, but a close second is a WIP of mine that I’ll be cursing you all with very soon. Paaaaaaain.

Story with the sexiest moment: Obviously the spicy fic.

Sweetest story of the year: I would saymy TMBS fic Rest Easy  but it’s angst, so Watermelon Sugar. They go to a fair together and *gasp* hold hands!

“Holy crap that’s wrong even for you!” story: I’m going to interpret this as angst for the sake of not repeating myself, but it is called Canary and I’ll see if I can finish it before the New Year :)

Hardest story to write: It’s called Solid Ground and I just updated it with chapter two. It’s a spinoff of a story I’d read last year and it has some heavy themes in it that I’m trying to balance without making it too depressing, but I don’t think it’s working.

Biggest disappointment: I can’t finish hardly anything. I just can’t crank through stories like I see some of you do and it’s really discouraging sometimes, but I’m trying to be kinder to myself about it.

Biggest surprise: That spicy fic really came outta NOWHERE with its popularity. I am Thriving.

Anyway I have failed at keeping my accounts separate and if my personal friends try hard enough they can find my really spicy fics through internet sleuthing and tie it to me irl. Should I just give up and merge all my accounts and different usernames and accept my spicy nature?

Maybe I’ll decide next year...

I Tag: Anyone else who just wants an excuse to do this tag game because, once again, bi-demon-ium has tagged all my mutuals XD

[definitely-not-an-alb]

fanfic tropes! identity porn, friends to enemies to lovers, hurt/comfort, coffeeshop au (don't have to answer them all, pick what you like). hope work went by quickly :)

Ahhh! Thank you, anon!

Identity Porn

How  likely am I to write it: Identity porn isn’t really a narrative kink  for me, so I wouldn’t go out of my way to put it into anything, if it didn't come up naturally. Or if it would be funny.

What characters/ships/fandoms would I write it for: I don’t  really have a lot of fandom I could do identity porn for, too, so that's the next problem I have. RoL doesn't go for it much, and neither do TMA or Witcher or SGA. In the MCU/marvel comics I'm kind of only invested in Characters that just superhero under their legal name, zero fucks given in all canons I'm aware of, so oops there. Hannibal, maybe? Hannibal might work. Altho I prefere season 2 era, with everyone vague degrees of aware of each other's bs and scheming like petty murder divas.

Friends to enemies to lovers

How  likely am I to write it: Very unlikely. I think the only thing with this dynamic I like is Hannibal, as in, both Hannigram and Clannibal and Clannigram, but I don't think I'd really seek it out in fic or write it. I don't even know why, I should be into The Drama Of It All, but I'm just not.

What characters/ships/fandoms would I write it for: Like I said, Hannigram/Clannibal/Clannigram, if it's something that retells an arc. I don't really do Ironstrange, but enemies to lovers or friends to enemies to lovers might be the only way I would, probably. They just don't get along in canon, and I DO NOT UNDERSTAND why people ship it so much. Also why is their Doc always ooc. Enough moaning, I'll stop, I'll stop. Have fun ya'll, but stop the goddamn cross/mass-tagging. There shouldn't be that much Ironstrange in the gen tag, ya hear me?

hurt/comfort

How  likely am I to write it: VERY LIKELY. Hmmmmmm give me that good hurt/comfort.

What characters/ships/fandoms would I write it for: Basically everything, lol. All my faves are idiots who need to be shipped with therapy and tortured with hugs. The Bev & Thomas fic is very hurt comfort-y, as is the Nonromantic-Soulmates WIP. Yes I know I never finish anything, shhhh. There's also an unfinished Strangewong fic in my drafts that's technically sick!fic (I MEAN ... what else lmao) and involves cuddling and soup and being sad about Endgame, so. Which, btw, is THE ONLY reason I will ever acknowledge that dumbassery masquerading as plot. To mine it for FRIDGE HORROR *evil laughter*. And then hand out soup.

coffeeshop au

How  likely am I to write it: Relatively unlikely? I don't really do fluff without plot (and I'm down with emotions as plot or snapshots that reveal something halway and sideways), and incidentally the only version of this trope I ever started would need a Graphic Violence tag lol. (If it wasn't LANGUISHING IN MY DRAFTS.) So I think I might be doing this trope wrong. Also doesn't help that I have experience manning a beer-counter / drink station, so I fall hard in the camp of 'that's an awful place for cute/fluffy shenanigans, have ya'll ever worked customer service lol'-camp. I see the appeal, but I also ... don't.

What characters/ships/fandoms would I write it for: Like I said, the only one I ever started was low-key a joke, because I don't do the trope and the fandom didn't have (and still doesn't have) one, and also because, you know. Graphic violence.

Have the first four or so paragraphs of the very unfinished RoL Demi-Monde Coffeeshop ... pre-canon canon divergence. Is there even a tag for that kinda thing? Anyways. I think the best part about this is getting to write a snotty totally-an-adult!!!-Peter who has zero respect for anything and thinks Thomas is the most ridiculous person he ever met. No graphic violence yet, only canon-typical ableist language.

There’s a lot of reasons people hate working in customer service; The bad pay, the atrocious hours, the customers, the service.

I did about two year of it, first on-and-off positions in some retail shops around where I grew up, punctuated by getting dragged along to my mother’s cleaning gigs, and then later, about a year in a not-actually-fancy Coffee House near Russell Square. And I figured afterwards my stint in customer service and retail had, at the very least, taught my younger self some much needed humility and compassion.

I’m kidding, of course. It just confirmed the suspicions I held towards my fellow humans. Especially the kind that start magic duels in public.

Now, I worked in a Coffee House, not a coffeshop, which meant Management got to price everything even more ridiculous then the rest of the world, we played wannabe-jazz elevator music instead of pop and our clientele wasn’t weird and crazy but more slightly bizarre and very deranged.

Like that one vaguely East-European guy who thought combining windowpane and paisley was a grand idea and who we – that’s the staff – did certainly not call Dracula, or the posh black lady who came to pick up her coffee before heading into the City every morning, except for that one time when, I swear on my dad’s record collection, she was wearing a diving suit under her costume, and of course Mister Stranger-Danger, who was the reason younger cousins didn’t get to do their homework behind the counter any more.

Of course we got your everyday stroll-by white girls and hipsters, but our regulars where, as far as I could tell, decidedly posh, but mostly not yet fully upper class, and also completely batshit looney, is what I’m saying. No offence to actual crazy people, because they certainly don’t dress that badly.

That’s why I didn’t even bat an eyelash when one day someone walked into the shop who was either a time-travelling noir-spy or a runaway extra from Downton Abbey.

He was a white guy, in that inexplicable past-40 age range where I can’t tell their age for the life of me, with a side sweep that must have been held in place with actual pomade, and dressed in one of those sleek looking, old suits with the broad, deep lapels and incredible narrow waists. To round off the impression that he’d come over, lean homoerotically close and tell me the name of the Kraut’s informant any moment now, he’d draped a Burberry over his arm and lugged an actual, honest to god walking cane around the city. It seemed impractical to me, but who am I to judge people’s fashion choices; I’m only the barista.

He also had that stiff demeanour about him, which I’d taken as a sign of something shifty going on anywhere else. Here, in seven out of ten cases, and even more with posh dudes, it meant that he longed to order something utterly ridiculous, with a long name, six ingredient and maybe some speculoos dust uptop, but didn’t have the courage too. Honestly, the way grown men start acting once there’s pumpkin spice on the menu is hilarious – you’d think we’re selling sex toys under the table.

[lavender-lotion]

2, 17, 18, 21, 50

2) What fandoms do you write for and do you have a particular favourite if you write for more than one?

Actively writing in: Teen Wolf, X-Men: Alternate Timeline Movies, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Glee, Kingsman (Movies), Ragnarok (2020), Push (2009). Young Justice (Cartoon), 

Potentially writing in: The Witcher (TV), Soul Eater, & The Umbrella Academy (TV)!

17) Post a line from a WIP that you’re working on.

And then, not just a suggestion, on order, a plea, hopeless and terrified and just as determined as Erik’s own burning desperation, as his lungs burned and burned, Please, Erik, calm your mind.

18) Do you have any abandoned WIP’s? What made you abandon them?

oh fuck I HAVE much fic sitting around in google docs, collecting dust. like, well over 100k of finished fic just. never seeing the light of day. BUT I don’t actually consider any of these abandoned. 

even with all those docs, all the fics that might never be written, I actually only consider about two fics abandoned. Give Me Family, a marvel & tw crossover, and Love Thy Family, a teen wolf cest fic. both of these have been abandoned because I just cannot for the life of me think of a way to end them. Give Me Family would be LONG, and I truthfully have too much I want to do with it to do anything with it (long fic isn’t my thing), and with Love Thy Family I feel like i’ve written myself into a corner and I really just don’t know how to get out of it to get to the resolution I want. 

these are the only two fics I have on ao3 that are marked as abandoned. my other wips have hope yet, and anything in a google doc... well i eventually might work it out. it’s not real till it’s posted, anyway, 

21) Tell me about another writer(s) who you admire? What is it about them that you admire?

m - absolutely crushes my fucking soul lol. they have an ability with words that completely blows my mind. they’re so talented. every single time I read their fic, I fall across so. many. amazingly. written. lines. i once answered a discussion for my creative writing course using excerpts of her fic bc it’s fucking incredible. hands down, one of the best authors i’ve EVER read in my life. i literally just like can’t comprehend how talented they are and it annoys me but they’re also brilliant and one of the best people I know so it balances out my pure disgust and hatred that I feel whenever I read her writing (bc it’s so good).

l - makes me feel things in a way I didn’t know, with absolutely beautiful prose that’s so disgustingly flowy and wonderful?? like, she digs so deep in such a multifaceted. everything is so thought out and thorough, that every single line is steeped with so much meaning that it’s always such a joy to read and read. i don’t know quite how to describe it bc I'm done, but there’ something really, poignant about her style of writing where it’s like. every line hits something different and it all adds up to be really really wonderful and just so enjoyable!

j - writes long fic in a way I ENVY, all the time. i absolutely cannot write long fic to save my life, but they regularly craft these insanely intricate worlds over the course of long, exciting and riveting fics! she also has a really really interesting way of playing off different character dynamics that I really like. just. the world-building that goes along with her long fic absolutely blows me out of the water and I actually do not understand how she does it. so often. time and time again. but also u made me cry once so fuck u that was really mean :(

50) If you could write only angst, fluff or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why?

I want to say that this one is... very obvious for me, LOL. fluff! after all, it is my second most-used tag!

[jadeile-writes]

Fanfic Progress Update 70

Greetings, my loyal followers~ It’s Saturday, so let’s do a progress update. Stay tuned to the end of this post for a spoiler-y glimpse into the next chapter of Adventure gone Mini AND the next Radiohusk drabble I’ll post sometime next week!

Current WIPs:

Adventure gone Mini

Fandom: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / The Minish Cap

Summary: Sidon is given his very own Sheikah Slate, the first replica Purah has managed to make, and sets out to travel with Link with the intention of registering warp points for convenient travel in the future. However, when a malfunction shrinks them down to the size of bugs, and they meet little people called the Minish, they have to change their plans from “fun adventuring” to “getting out of this mess”. Not that those two have to exclude one another. Link/Sidon.

Progress: Chapter 40 is the current latest chapter and was posted on 17th of June. Chapter 41 is 1/3rd written and the scheduled posting date is 15th of July.

I post a new chapter every three weeks on Wednesdays. These updates always include a sneak-peek for the next chapter, slowly getting longer over the three weeks waiting period.

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That month of the year

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel

Progress: I’m shelving this one indefinitely. It’s obviously not working out right now, so I’m better off writing something else and hopefully coming back to this at a later point in time.

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Experiment in Romance

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel

Summary (temporary): Husk’s afterlife takes an odd turn when a drunk Alastor knocks on his door and has no intention of going to his own room for the night. It only gets weirder from there, leaving Husk with a most unexpected arrangement with the Radio Demon. Either it’ll be the best decision in his afterlife, or he’s simply out to break his own damn heart dealing with the fickle asshole. Radiohusk.

Progress: Chapters 1 and 2 are done, though I will need to check them out to see if they’re still good to go, as it’s been a while. Chapter 3 has been started, but the same applies. I’m tentatively bringing this one up here now that I’m dropping That Month, but we shall see if this becomes the project I’ll work on next or not.

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Hah! Our afterlife is the most hilarious bushwa, dearest

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel

Summary: This is not a stand-alone story! This is a oneshot/drabble collection in the universe of “Shit, the Radio Demon is a part of my afterlife”. Read the main story before bothering with this one.

I decided to give my readers a chance to throw Radiohusk prompts at me, and had the Afterlife-verse as an option to set the stories in. Everyone liked that, so this fic is now a thing. Enjoy the extra mischief from these two dorks!

Progress: Chapter 20 is the current latest chapter and was posted on 26th of June. Chapter 21 hasn’t been started, but the scheduled posting date is 3rd of July. A sneak-peek will be posted on Thursday.

I have 16 prompts left.

This fic receives a new chapter every Friday.

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Secret drabbles and ficlets!

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel

Summary: I’ve occasionally written completely random drabbles and shared them with a bunch of friends without posting them on AO3 or here. I’d like to rectify that and start posting them here at random for everyone to read. I won’t be posting them on AO3 because I don’t want to, so keeping an eye on this blog is even more rewarding than before for a while.

Progress: I have one drabble at the moment and I shall post it next week. I also have a few nearly finished ones that I’ll probably get done sooner or later, but since I don’t know when that happens I shall remove this thing from the list next week, unless the drabbles get done in time for this to stay relevant.

Here’s a bonus secret: I have a couple of things I won’t be posting here, because I don’t want them reblogged around - one that is unfinished and not likely to be finished at all (and which I would post on AO3 if I did finish it) and one that is slightly risque (by my very very ace standards, lol). I’ll eventually post them on the Radiohusk Discord server, if you want to see them. Asking me via DM might also work.

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Other WIPs I’m not currently working on but intend to get back to someday:

PoE Drabbles (Pillars of Eternity)

DC Drabbles (Justice League)

Diaphanous Relations (Forgotten Realms, R.A. Salvatore’s books)

That month of the year (Hazbin Hotel)

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That’s it for the WIPs! Here are the promised sneak-peeks into Adventure gone Mini and the random Hazbin drabble (Note: the text may end up slightly different in the fic itself due to more editing happening before publishing). Enjoy!

Mini

"I give you my tentative blessing to explore the shrine when you return, mister hero", Festari of the Abbey said once the children had been extracted from Link’s person and sent away. Again. This time Link wasn't actually expecting them to be truly gone; he liked to believe he learned from his mistakes most of the time. "However, we will have to have a serious talk about your conduct and carried weaponry when that time comes. I will not allow the shrine to be destroyed because of an unneeded exploration by a hero who isn't doing this for a grander purpose than curiosity. Are those a acceptable terms for you?"

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Random drabble

"I told you to leave me the fuck alone if you're not going to buy something", Husk growled, and leaned backwards to avoid Angel Dust's grabby hands. "Oh come on! I'm not even reaching for your ass, I just want to touch your ears", Angel Dust said, and wiggled his perfectly plucked eyebrows. "I'll even let you touch this in return."

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That’s it this time. See you next Saturday!

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[babyybitchhh]

Okay, this has been a long time coming and I’m not gonna’ go into the full detailed sob story just because I’m not the sort of person who actually talks about their problems (wild concept, tbh) but, as I’m sure some of you have noticed, I haven’t really been writing fics recently. The last one I finished and posted was well over two months ago now and I pretty much had to force myself to complete it (so it really wasn’t all that good and I acknowledge that lol) Between a combination of struggling mental health and the upheaval of the world as we knew it thanks in no small part to the Corona virus, I’ve hit a solid wall of writers block. I’ve tried to force myself out of it and currently have about ten different half finished WIPs collecting dust in my files but actually finishing any of them is proving difficult. I’m working on getting myself out of this slump one hard earned sentence at a time and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for sticking with me through all this. I don’t deserve it but I appreciate it all the same. I’m on the upward mend of what I can only assume was a depressive episode so I should have something out soon.

That being said, I’ve made a side blog dedicated solely to my writing so that it’s both easier to peruse and more organized without getting lost in all the other stuff I post here. This one will continue to be used for general fandom content (fics from other writers, fanart, my own weeb centric posts) but don’t worry. I’ll reblog anything I post there onto this account so you don’t necessarily need to follow both just to see my fics. I’m hoping this change will make it easier for those who only want to read smut without seeing all the other shit I blog about with the added bonus of acting like a one stop hub for my content. Details will follow as I continue pulling myself up by the boot straps to get back into the swing of things, and that goes for my own projects as well as the requests you guys have sent in. I haven’t forgotten them, I promise. Things were just kind of hitting a low point there for a minute where I didn’t want to talk to anyone or do anything except immerse myself in Naruto. 😂

Speaking of, I finished Shippūden and am now working on Boruto. Honestly, I’m not sure why so many people shit all over it because I truly went into the series expecting the worst attempt at a sequel in recent history but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it’s actually quite good. Charming. I think it handles it’s female characters much, much better than the original series and it also gives us the sort of characterization the OG cast desperately needed and, in some cases, STILL needs. I can only assume that any genuine dislike for it stems from either the final pairings not being what you’d hoped for (I’m not a fan of Shikamaru ending up with Temari, to be frank, but that’s not enough to make me hate it) or because the nostalgia goggles are just strapped on too tight to recognize what Boruto does better. Anyway, my point here is that I am enjoying the new gen quite a bit so don’t be shocked if I pop off with content for them at some point. It’s likely only a matter of when, not if.

So yeah. There’s my long overdue update/apology for dropping off the face of the planet in every possible way. More fics are coming, I can promise that. It’s just taking me a while to get my shit back together after I took such an emotional nosedive. I’m far from done with thirsting and being a general cock slut tho so I’m not giving up yet!

[profewriting]

Found this when scrolling then decided to give it a try <3

How many works do you have on AO3?

I have 88 works in AO3 ;) also have some fics in write(.)as and FFn tho, but I think I won’t publish it in AO3 lol

What’s your total AO3 fanfic words count?

318.730 ! Omg I’ve never thought I’ve written that much lololol XD

More under the cut!

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Those would be: 1. D-Kindergarten [Joker Game]. It’s actually a multichap I’ve written when I’ve just got into college. Just a cute fic where all the D-Agency’s agents become kindergarten children and Yuuki becomes their teacher. It actually was inspired by rio-san’s Joker Game fanart lol XD 2. Belanja? D-Online Aja! [Joker Game]. A parody fic that is set in the modern world. It has many pairings, but I remember I also include my Amari x OC ship here lol. I’ve never imagined people really like this? I’ve forgotten the ending thus it’s incomplete *sweating* 3. Auf Wiedersehen [Joker Game]. Sakuma/Miyoshi. Oh yeah, I’ll never forget this. This fanfiction became the second first Indonesian fic that had been posted in fandom Joker Game in AO3 lol XD I’ve made this right after eps 11 aired and got the feelings for angst then, bam! It’s here XD 4. Cerita (Sial) di Elevator (Sialan) [Joker Game]. Sakuma/Miyoshi. I got the idea from my own experience in my university. At that time, I was taking the elevator to reach my class, and these two guys came in AND ONE OF THEM SUDDENLY CORNERED HIS FRIEND AND MADE A SMUG SMILE. I was standing beside them and couldn’t process what the fck is happening LOLOLOLOL XD 5. Pernah Denger Nggak? - [Joker Game] OH YES!!!! MY HUMOR/PARODY FIC THAT GOT AWARD FOR BEST HUMOR/PARODY IN IFA 2019 <3 <3 actually it’s a flash fic I’ve made because I thought, wow it’s gonna be funny if D-Kikan’s agents adapted Indonesian spying method then, here it is XD

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes!! I like to talk with my readers, especially with someone who left a comment in my fic. It makes my will stronger wwwwww XD

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

... actually I’ve forgotten which fic has the angst ending lol. I’m more into angst with happy ending since I mostly only write about my OTP ((c’mon my otp already suffering in canon, they deserve a happy ending in my fics /stop)).

What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Hmmmmm since I adore angst with happy ending and most of them haven’t completed yet, I think the happiest ending gonna be “there’s gold inside a pile of old dust” :>

Do you write crossovers? If so, what is the craziest one you’ve ever written?

I’ve only written one this far. It’s about my three otps (I called it my crossover otps) from different series: Banana Fish, Joker Game, and D.Gray-man. So, the semes actually were voiced by Morikawa Toshiyuki and yes, I made three of them meet in some room (idk too why lol, I just wanna see them together and talk about themselves and realize how similar they are XD). But I’ve been thinking about another crossover au for these crossover otps in a more serious fanfic. I can’t wait to write them XD

Have you ever recieved hate on a fic?

I.... don’t have any memory about this. But, I think I received a very confusing review back then in FFn.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Hmmmmmm I write two kinds of smut: the pwp and the one with a complex plot HAHAHAHAHA XD it’s actually because I was pissed off since many people was “oh, you write smut? eeww. that must be horrible like w*ttp*d piece”. then I was just, “oh yeah? watch me.” then proceed to write 15k words smut with complex and detail plot lol XD But I also write short one like pwp. The last pwp I’ve written didn’t even reach 1k words. It’s Tyki and Lavi having sex in the corner of their classroom (yes, it’s based on Vocaloid song titled “Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder” lol).

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yes, I have. But it’s quite a long ago when I’m still active in FFn. The worst part? The one who stole my fic is actually someone I’ve recognized who’s often giving my fic fav + follow. They literally stole my 5k words fic, split it into some chapters, and published in different fandom lol :“)) I still save the screenshot of it. They deleted the fic tho, after my friend left their fic pretending she’s been in the fandom and left a review in the plagiarized fic. I bet they deleted it because they thought nobody knew it was a plagiarized fic, but after they received my friend’s review, they suddenly deleted it.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I almost said no, but then I remembered about my Lucky pairing fic about Valentine’s Day that I’ve translated from Indonesian to English akdhaidhaidhaidhai lord I’m still shaking whenever I remember that fic. I still want to delete it but still haven’t get a heart to click delete button orzzzzz

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I’ve tried collaborating with some of my friends in the past. But the piece that ended up successfully was the Katekyou Hitman Reborn! fic about cloning :D ((lol I really like to make a complex fic haha XD))

What’s your all-time favourite ship?

You don’t want to ask me that, I’m serious. I will give you a long answer like De Grote Postweg. Just, don’t. When I ship something, I ship hard. I’ll post about that ship for 24/7 and will last for years. Just that. But recently I’ve been shipping Lucky Pairing (Tyki x Lavi) from D.Gray-man and still attached to my Amari x OC ship (I call it AmaOC lol)

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

DON’T MAKE ME WRITE MORE AFTER YOU ASKED MY FAVOURITE SHIP AKHDAIDHIADHIAA- But, there’s two fic ideas for Lucky pairing that I’ve been dying to write about. One is about historical fanfic and will take time during Portuguese-Japanese trade. The last one is about smut fic lol.

What are your writing strengths?

Hmmmmm. I’m quite good at making dialogues. Many of my friends and readers mention it a lot. And, I think I’m quite good at describing/making allegory (something about abstract things).

What are your writing weaknesses?

Latar tempat, demi Gusti nu Agung gua tolol bat di latar aaaaaaaaakkkkkkk kok orang bisa sih bikin latar tempat rinci gua jeles aaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkkk orzzzzz

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

*sigh* lord, it’s from 07-Ghost, reincarnation!AU, and the pairing is Frau x Teito x Ayanami HAHA XD

What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

OKAY THIS IS GONNA BE MY LAST CONFESSION I SWEAR ADHAIDHIAIDA. I have plenty of satisfying fics actually. 1) there’s gold inside a pile of old dust [D.Gray-man]. Tyki x Lavi. Historian!Lavi, Noble!Tyki, a bit heavy theme since it’s about the history of Portuguese nobles but also inaccurate. I could say it's my proudest work today. I’ve collected general information about Portugal’s history, and changed many aspects before posting it in AO3 :’DD it took me a year to finish that. No wonder it also became my longest oneshot work with 29k words. 2) agathokakological [Joker Game]. Many pairings. Psyco-Pass!AU. Like I’ve said, I like to make complex plot story lol, so this fic was complex and need a lot of brainstorming sessions XD

If someone wants to give it a try, please don’t hesitate/ask me. Just do it~! ;)