#uhhh dare i fandom tag this

[mikittalabs]

ok idk how to word this correctly right now cuz Tired but i think persona fans should learn that just cuz the game says something doesn't mean it's not also saying something else. like not necessarily in a subtext way but moreso how games can frame something. like p4 says naoto isn't really trans even tho the subtext is right there (naoto saying "it would be easier if i was born male" when talking about their childhood in their social link, being uncomfortable when dressed femininely, etc) , but it also frames transitioning is a very negative light.

naoto's dungeon has that operating table with the saws and shit as though the "body alteration surgery" (read: gender reassignment) is some dangerous and unethical process and not something that's been around since the 30s. the game itself goes to great lengths to say that naoto's totally happy being a cis girl. other characters will say it like, word for word, and you have to tell naoto you like it when they act girly to start their romance route. like the game has to insist that naoto isn't trans which is just fucking weird?? idk.

and it's in this weird clashing where we get all of this discourse. p4 (the text) insists that naoto is happy as a cis girl, while naoto the trans narrative resonates with people for a reason (that being all the subtext), and the framing of the narrative wants you to believe transitioning makes you unhappy.

so like what am i saying? p4 accidentally has a trans character and is purposefully transphobic about it.

[mirjam-writes]

20 questions for fic writers

Tagged by @suavissimapenna <3 Sorry it took so long!

How many works do you have on ao3?

7 for Sherlock and 23 Good Omens that are completely mine. 6 collaborative fics I have either partly written, or just made art for. So, 36.

What's your total ao3 word count?

380,863

What fandoms do you write for?

Good Omens! I used to write for Sherlock too, but that's now in the past.

Top five fics by kudos:

Truth Or Dare (E, 6.5K words), my first proper smut ever! Post s1 gettig together story.

Angel Of Justice (T, 9.5K), my first ever Good Omens fanfic. Post S1 from Michael POV, A/C as a background couple.

!False (It's funny because it's true) (E, 5.4k), an office romance human AU set in software company.

A Stable Relationship (E, 9.9k), horse rider AU with trans Aziraphale. Friends with benefits becoming a romantic relationship.

Girls Just Wanna Have Sun (G, 1.7k), outsider pov scene about Robin's day at the beach, where she meets two weird gentlemen who have never been to a beach before.

Do you respond to comments?

YES I DO! Slowly, possibly, but yes I do, and I read and reread them!

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Uhhh... angsty ending? What is that? Technically Be Still My Soul: The Rift, but does that count if it's a middle part of a trilogy? That's definitely my angstiest fic of all time BUT I tried to write the happiest ending possible to it. But also, yeah, people died in the war (just not A or C), so maybe I'll count that story.

Edit: WAIT NO! To Love Somebody, a story from Shadwell pov about how he fell in love both Aziraphale and Crowley, and how that changed him. That's sort of angsty and the ending is bittersweet!

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

Hmmmmmm. I have so many. I can't compare. Maybe Watching You (Watching Me), it's the porniest porn i have ever written, and it has...uh... several happy endings :D

Do you get hate on fics?

Not so far!

Do you write smut?

Yessss. I'm in my porn writer era at the moment :D

Craziest crossover:

I did some super weird anime crossovers as a teen (I hope those are long lost) but haven't dabbled on that since apart from very vague blink-and-you-miss-it references.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

Have you ever had a fic translated?

One of my Sherlock fics was translated into french in 2018!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Only for one round robin event, which produced four stories! Not sure if that really counts as collaborating since we weren't allowed to talk about it when we did it, we just got the fic, read it, and added 600 words and gave it to the next one! It was super fun though.

All time favorite ship?

Aziraphale and Crowley. No competition there.

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

I don't usually start posting unless I'm 100% confident I'll finish the story, so I don't have public wips.

I had one pretty cool Sherlock post-apocalypse story idea, which I'd love to talk about if someone is interested, but writing it? Hmm probably not. But it's not really a wip, if I have only like two bullets in a doc?

What are your writing strengths?

I think I write pretty good bickerflirting and humour even in dark situations. And, uh... historical research.

What are your writing weaknesses?

LONG ASS SENTENCES. I need to cut them down. Chop chop chop. Also, I over-use commas and em-dashes.

Also, not being a native english speaker, but I think I've got a lot more fluent during the past years, so maybe that's not my biggest weakness anymore.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I have done it myself, in a situation when my pov character wasn't supposed to understand what was being discussed, but I did only a couple of lines.

My languages (apart from english) are finnish, very rough swedish, and teeny tiny bit of german, but many fics I've read that have used another language in dialogue, use French or Spanish (which are popular languages for English speakers to learn in school!), and with those I'm woefully lost!

But honestly, i don't need to understand every fic under the sun! You do you, I bet there are people who can understand whichever languages you'd like to mix in your story, and that will be amazing for them!

First fandom you wrote in?

The Book Series That Must Not Be Named. I projected so much of my teenage angst into wizard school drama.

Favorite fic you've written?

You monster! Making me choose. Uh.

Okay, fair. It's easy. Be Still My Soul, hands down. @be-still-my-soul-fanfic

No pressure tagging: @hkblack, @ambrasue, @tawnyontumblr , @ack-emma and @zehwulf and anyone else who wants to answer!

[noelle-holi-gay]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

heyyyy I was tagged by @snarky-wallflower for this thingy, and I don't typically do stuff like this but what the heck! This one looks fun, and I need a small break from finals.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Sixty-six! Nice round satanic number.

2. What’s your total word count?

Uhhh... 1,164,238. I think I broke a million back with Dream Come True. Wild stuff! Guess that's what happens when you do this nonstop for like four years.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly Deltarune these days, obviously, but I also had a wonderful time in the Splatoon and DuckTales fandoms, as well as Miraculous Ladybug, My Little Pony, and a ton of smaller ones here and there.

4. Top 5 fics by kudos

Dare to Dream (Deltarune): A fun little Susie x Noelle romcom that takes place in a divergent chapter 2 timeline where Susie kisseed Noelle on the Ferris Wheel. Also the first fic in my mega-series Dream Come True, a 300,000 word epic that really kind of went off the rails. But don't worry about that! It's just a funny little romcom! Come closer!

F@#!, Marry, or Kill (Miraculous Ladybug): I am so mad that this is up here. This fic sucks. I wrote it when I was fourteen (hence my reluctance to say "fuck" in the title) and it's just the main characters of the show getting caught up in a game of Fuck-Marry-Kill that involves their own superhero identites, but nobody else knows that. It's a good way to leverage the dramatic irony of Miraculous Ladybug, I guess, but I hate that this was my most-kudoed fic for so long. I wrote it over SEVEN years ago. The only reason it got so popular is because back in 2016, the Miraculous Ladybug fandom was a sea of piranhas starved by the seemingly endless will-they won't-they of the show, ravenous for whatever scraps they could get their grimy little teeth on. Perfect example of why popularity doesn't always equate with quality.

People Write Fanfiction About Me? (Miraculous Ladybug): This one is actually good, even if it's also incredibly old. Basically, Marinette finds online RPF of her and her superhero partner that was obviously written by her superhero partner, and they get into a whole meta fanfiction war, and it gets worse from there. I like this one a lot even if it's in an outdated style: I think it's a good take on the identity reveal genre for the ML fandom.

Stealing Kisses (Deltarune): Not much to say on this one! It's a direct continuation of Dare to Dream, still part of the Dream Come True series, though it functions more as a drama than a straight romcom, which is only one of many tone shifts that this series eventually takes. It also contains Locker Biting Challenge (if you know you know), which I think is, to date, one of the funniest bits of situational comedy I've ever written, so it gets special notes for that.

Crossing the Streams (DuckTales): And this is my most popular DuckTales fic, to round out the set! It's a low-stakes / no-magic AU, where instead of going on daring adventures, the DuckTales kids stream FPS video games online, and are, like, famous streamers. I think its popularity was artificially boosted just a tad due to being in-progress when the series finale dropped, but I think it holds up! I had some good fun playing with identity, fame, and hidden relationships.

5. Do you respond to comments?

I--sometimes! Just not very often... Look, if someone asks me a question, or if I have something to actually say in response, or if the comment is particularly touching, I'll reply, but I'm just really bad at taking compliments! It feels very awkward to me to reply to every comment when I would basically just be going "Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked it!" ten times in a row. That's the only reason (<-Definitely doesn't have anxiety)

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't tend to do unhappy endings. Cold Case for sure, if it were finished, lmao. Although--I guess you could argue Stealing Kisses has a very angsty ending, though it isn't actually an ending since it's just a sequel-bait cliffhanger. But yeah, I'm going to cheat a little and say Cold Case. It should be finished soon, anyway! Hopefully!

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

That's hard to say considering the amount of romcoms I've written, but I think I'd actually have to go with the final mainline entry in my Splatoon series, Operation 24, which was The Wedding. It ends on a really sweet and poignant rooftop scene that I think is particularly uplifting, even compared to the endings of my other long-form romance fics.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Very rarely. I've gotten my share of transphobic comments -- welcome to the Internet! -- but thankfully they've been few and far between. I just delete them when they show up.

9. Do you write smut?

Yes, I have; no, you can't see it :p

10. Do you write crossovers?

I have written at least two crossover fics, so yes! I wouldn't exactly call it my genre, though. They're a little too niche and I like attention.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Oh boy. Yes, twice; the first was my Fuck Marry Kill fic for miraculous ladybug, which was ripped off and horribly butchered into a terrible version of the story by someone who IMMEDIATELY abandoned it to Orphan Account. Which is wild to me.

But the real creme of the crop was some kid on WattPad who copied large portions of my Operation 24 series, and then changed small and seemingly arbitrary details throughout to be more...train-centric? Like, all the characters would have strange and OOC dialog about trains in the middle of the romance. And then after a few chapters of that it did a total left-hand veer into a Thomas the Tank Engine / Harry Potter crossover that was utterly wild to behold. This whole saga is probably one of the weirdest things that has ever happened to me in my life and I'm honestly more bewildered than mad about it.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Wow, wouldn't that be cool! But no, along with getting a podfic this is one of those big fic-writer experiences that has elude me thusfar.

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

Nope! I don't really know how to co-write outside of RP, and I haven't ever really done RP. I'm not opposed to the concept of co-writing, but I think it's sort of difficult to make work with my writing style.

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

While I'd love to give the PR-friendly answer of Suselle, I think it's gotta go to Miraculous Ladybug's Love Square. That show has haunted me for seven years and is showing no sign of stopping, and the fuckery it does with its main relationship is some utterly unrivaled Shakespearian nonsense. The way the fandom has built around the relationship is also very interesting, especially the way the fanfic scene has shifted as the show develops and its audience grows up.

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

If I want to finish a WIP, I will finish that WIP. The only ones that don't get finished are the ones I don't want to finish. This is the power of believing in yourself!

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialog for sure--always has been--and also just, like, grammar? I do words good, as they say. I like to think I have a pretty well-rounded writing skillset at this point, though.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Definitely descriptive stuff like setting the scene. I have to really work to make sure my scenes are embodied in physical reality, and sometimes I just forget to describe new locations. It's just a fairly boring part of writing for me, so I don't like doing it.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?

I took six years of Spanish and have forgotten all of it, so this is unlikely at best. Spanish also uses em dashes instead of quotation marks to denote speaker changes, and while that is very linguistically interesting, it is also very confusing to me, specifically.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Uhhh... the first fandom I published was Miraculous Ladybug, but I think the first fandom I wrote for was My Little Pony. My MLP stuff is on a different site, and also pretty freaking bad, but it was my first large-scale fic and it really helped me develop my skills and voice.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Easy: Dream Come True. That was a monumental journey to go on, and seeing my readerbase follow along as that story morphed and twisted and just kept going and going was such a unique and satisfying experience as a writer. It truly feels unreplicable.

I'm not going to tag anyone because I am a coward, and get horribly anxious at the prospect of @ing people. But if you see this and you wanna do it, use me as an excuse! Say I atted you! Live freely!

Okay good bye. I must return to my endless studies...

[matd0]

life update ig ??:

hi hi hi hi hi hi hi !!!

ok so

1. i mentioned about having medical issues and some people got concerned so i just want to quickly explain the thing yk; in short it turns out having anxiety can cause heart arrhythmia ????? which can be like kinda dangerous;; but like in most cases it's fairly harmless so i should be alright :] !! still have to go check it out at the hospital (which i have been sorta putting off for a while bc yk. anxiety,, lol) but like other than it stressing me out a bit, everything is relatively fine :]

2. school is kicking my ass rn 💀 have a lot of unfinished work and missed a ton of classes bc my mental health kinda sucks,, so yk it's not exactly going great lol. but uhhhhhhhhhh im sure I'll figure it out ? ig ?? ye.

3. got a small art block. well it's more like "i have so much work to do, how dare i draw at a time like this" (and then just go to sleep bc im soo stressed and overwhelmed about everything 💀) but like. I'll probably get over it soon 🤷

idk i also just feel super obligated to always post super high effort paintings if i have many followers yk? like alot of the time i just feel like my drawings aren't good enough and everyone will like despise me for it;; and idk ig i just need constant approval for everything i do for some reason sjdhjshd. ik it's like. a really inaccurate and terrible way to look at it but i just can't rlly help it;;

uhhh all that to say, i hope it's alright if i post more sketches and unfinished drawings ? ;;

4. i would like to formally apologize for barely responding to literally anything. like. im so sorry dudes;;;;;;; unfortunately i have. very intense social anxiety and literally do not respond to anyone ever. (/srs it's like. a genuine issue in my life. whoops) but like i feel super bad about it bc i don't want to seem like i don't care T_T cuz lik e. i literally read every comment, message, tag, etc. and they always make me so so so happy ;;;;; like i routinely show screencaps of random comment to my friends gush about how nice they are 💀 idk point being; im a loser, i love all of you and it blows my mind that anyone cares about my silly drawings for a p much dead fandom lol.

extra: also i uh made a creepypasta oc 🧍‍♂️might post about him maybe idk im scared it'll be cringe sjhsjsgdhgdhd epic

TLDR; pretty stressed, small art block, school suckz, might die but probably not lol.

(sorry this came off super negative and sort of venty 💀 its all good i swear, im just silly)

[executeness]

Tagged by @voxofthevoid

Last Song: Home to Me by Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Got the whole album after hearing it on @words-writ-in-starlight's Kencyrath playlist!

How dare you love me like you've never known fear When you've got more troubles than minutes in the year And a voice like your father's tells you nothing good's for free Well that may be, but you're walking home to me

Currently Watching: Brain not currently accepting video input? Really wanna finish Spy x Family and watch Nimona tho. And Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Currently Reading: Uhhh. Uhhhhhhh.

Non-fiction (Academic)- Collecting, Preserving, and Interpreting the History of Electronic Games by Jon-Paul C. Dyson for an essay I should be writing about the "discourse community" around archiving video games and connected materials

Non-fiction (Leisure)- Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper and The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace (it's about wine fraud)

Fiction- direly tempted to, instead of writing my essay, start either In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu (an extrasensory human, Anima, starts to question ær job maintaining and protecting ær city when a cabinet of curiosities comes to town) (FUN PRONOUNS) or Tentacle by Rita Indiana (trans masc protagonist in the Dominican Republic tries to get transition drug and also prevent environmental disaster with time travel)

Fanfiction- where are they fucking hiding the Star Wars clone shenanigans. This fandom is massive why can't I find more CLONES and (this is important) co-dependence and polyamory. Anakin is a background character unless it gets me more Padme and Obi-wan being considerate and kind translating directly to bottoming has gotten old fast

Current Obsession: I have brainworms about GrimmIchi and have recently been consumed by Don't Starve Together (game).

Tagging: Gabe (above), @aethersea @tanoraqui @smallblueandloud @thesuninperigee @starcloud-nova @firecoloredwater and @mothman-etd

[jetgirl1832]

20 Questions More

This is a deeper and more detailed version of the 20 questions for AO3 fanfic writers. @nottawriter hit me with a tag, I have been attacked lol.

1) How do you keep getting ideas for your ship / fandom? A dash of shower thoughts, with a pinch of I watched a movie and couldn't help but think... Yes, that will work. They often feel like the come from nowhere.

2) Which authors inspire you in your fandom, and why are they so freakishly good? That's not fair how dare you ask me this!!!! Uhhh I'm mostly reading Supercorp stuff these days sooo... @jazzfordshire, @mycatismyeditor, @fazedlight, @innamorament0, @scribblingpunk, @fyonahmacnally to name a few. AAAAND my co-author and a vast array of things @tomatopudding! Why? Idk, I just get drawn a lot to these works and think they're lovely, and I love their depictions of these characters I love.... with @tomatopudding we just vibe very well, sharing the same five brain cells helps.

3) Aside from the characters of your main ship, who are the characters you love to write? If we're talking Supergirl... That's so hard, but I might have to say Brainy and Nia if really pressed... and Alex. I really enjoy Alex.

Otherwise, my other faves include all of the Les Amis from Les Miserables (if you know you know), specifically Courfeyrac and Marius and their hilarious dynamic. Other faves include Eliza Schuyler-Hamilton, Eponine Thenardier and... This could go on for a very long time, are you sure you have time?

4) Are there pairings or tropes you know for sure you’d never write about? Which ones? Not putting Kara and Lena together just makes me sad... So Supercorp ftw all the way, they are my top (I am a lot more amenable in other fandoms I've written for)

Tropes... I'm unlikely to do Omega-verse, I haven't done it and I can't see myself starting even if I sometimes read it.

5) What is your writing process and why is it cursed?

When I worked in retail I wrote on stupid little scraps and probably lost about 75% of them. Sometimes the method is hand writing, and then typing and making edits during that process as well. The handwritten can vary drastically from the typed draft lol.

I tend to fly by the seat of my pants unless someone is keeping me in line. I'm pretty darn chaotic.

I doubt myself a lot, so I always think whatever I write is garbage no matter how much proof there is that's not true. Also, sometimes I get burnt out, or my muse dies and then I feel terrible. Yay.

6) What is your favorite part of your writing process? Falling down rabbit holes, looking into fun topics. Likely ending up on a government watch list for the stuff I've searched up over the years

7) What’s the weirdest thing you’ve had to research for a fic? Uhhh.... hmm. I have no idea what the weirdest is lol. Cause it's on my mind, probably looking up what types of wood are easiest to chop, and why. (There is definitely weirder, but I don't remember right now).

8) Is there a particular writing rule you struggle with (grammar, spelling, tense, reality in general)? Commas. They hate me, and I hate them.

9) What was your hardest scene to write so far and why? Oof. Uhhh... This is so hard! Honestly there is a lot of stuff in my co-written very long series Hamilton Family Album that was *a lot* between research and feels.

Especially when you're co-author hits you with unexpected feels out of nowhere that you weren't anticipating (YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID).

10) Have your characters ever done something you didn’t expect, changing your plot completely? Of course, they have. It happens all the time.

11) If you could converse with any of the characters, who would it be and why? Ohhh... Hands down Kara and Lena, I wish they could be my friends and we could hang out. Why? I think that they are absolutely incredible, wonderful and I could just sing their praises for ever.

12) What are some of the tropes or themes that you find yourself returning to in your writing? Oooo, I'm a sucker for fluffy romances, and I've been dabbling in smut recently. Other themes for me can be like found family is a really popular one for me.

Since I've written both a lot of Les Mis and Hamilton stuff (among other similar things) I've done a lot of "Modern AU's" as well, which are uhhh varied to say the least. If I can treat anything they way the treat most Shakespeare pieces these days I do it.

13) What’s your most important resource as a writer? Asking for help! Soundboarding with other writers, I love doing it. It helps me make sense of my ideas... Or decide they're maybe too out there (almost never lol)

14) Can you share some of your strategies for editing and revising your work? Reading it out loud, I have a hard time noticing errors otherwise. Asking someone you trust to look it over as well, take your time and double and triple check if you're unsure about something.

15) Which is worse: making the summary, picking the tags, or the anxiety when you post your fic? D. All of the Above

16) How do you define success for your fanfic - hits? Kudos? Comments? Bookmarks? Or just if you like it? I try to just write for myself, usually because I haven't seen something like it and think it should exist. I do really enjoy getting comments if only because I'm always curious to hear what readers think about my work.

17) Do you have a playlist for your favorite character / ship? I don't, and if I did it would be odd... I'm the most massive theater nerd. I do have songs that I think fit the vibes, and some shows I listen to have more apt things than others. Or if it's Les Mis it's the whole dang album lol.

Supercorp things if anyone is curious (and wondering how odd it could get): Mercury Rising from Lizzie, Come Home With Me, Anyway the Wind Blows, Wait for Me and Wedding Song from Hadestown, In A Crowd of Thousands from Anastasia, Origin of Love from Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Maybe I introduced you to something fun today.

18) If fan art was going to be made from your work, which fic would you pick and which fan artist would you like to create it? Oh dear... I don't know. The thing I'd love to see art for isn't up yet and I just think it would be fun but it will be called What Was I Made For... And we're gonna leave at that for now.

19) How many WIPs do you currently have? I'm finishing up You've Got New Followers (One chapter left!), I think three other WIP's (two more plotted than others) and my WIP for May-Hem... So five?

20) What’s your advice to new fanfic writers? Don't be afraid just because you've never done it before. That's why fanfic is amazing. You can do what you want and in reality no one can stop you, just make sure you're having fun.

My fics: https://archiveofourown.org/users/JetGirl1832/works?page=1

Tagging but no pressure: @tomatopudding and @innamorament0

[hedgiwithapen]

Answer the Questions and Tag 5 Fanfic Authors

Tagged by @mosylufanfic

1. How did you get into writing fanfiction?

Daydreamed a LOT. hated writing. Made up stories in my brain, mostly about Digimon. then, was Chronically Unsupervised for a summer and found Fanfiction.net and went oh heck, I could do that? I could just. write one down??? people would maybe like it?? and then I Did That. at this point I had, you see, decided I Liked Writing Now. (active choice, the way I recently decided that I Like Celery.)

2. How many fandoms have you written in?

Uhhhh ok so there's Digimon (technically) and Fablehaven (again, only technically.) Big Hero 6 and then Flash, Young Justice, Supergirl, Stargirl, Avatar, the Librarians, Leverage, Blue Beetle(movie) My Adventures with Superman, Superman and Lois, Legends of Tomorrow, pokemon (game--sapphire) and Agents of Shield. And like. my various RPGs. but a lot of those are like.... just a couple dammit hedgi day ficlets so... shrug?

3. How many years have you been writing fanfiction? the first one I ever posted on the internet was in I want to say 2007. but the first one I guess I ever like. actively came up with was a little booklet about an oddish and a jigglypuff escaping team rocket (they were the only pokemon I could draw) and that was back in like. '99. it had aproximately ten words in it so that's more of a fan comic than fanfiction.

4. Do you read or write more fanfiction?

I write more than I read, I think, but I read more than I finish, excuding the month of september. DHD is an outleir adn should not be counted.

5. What is one way you’ve improved as a writer?

I can do action and fight scenes now!!!! Also I think I'm better at dialog. I used to be real bad at both those things.

6. What’s the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

hmmmmmmmmm. I mean. I feel like the deep diving into victorian flower language maybe? or like. How Trial By Combat worked in the Age Of Knights? How many calories a kitten with superspeed would need, perhaps. oh wait you know what, it's absolutely more obscure catholic patron saints, which I hardly even used in the fics i was researching them for, but man. did y'all know that St. Jude is also called Thaddeus and that he and St. Bartholomew are co-patron saints of Armenia? there's some kind of Barth Allen and Thaddeus Thawne Joke in there.

7. What’s your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

I really like the key smashy "how dare you." ones. also a big fan of the ones where people leave their favorite line and a string of emojis. I love anything that lets me guess how emotional a person got.

8. What’s the most fringe trope/topic you write about?

uhhhhh idk. metakitties?

9. What is the hardest type of story for you to write?

Long fics that drastically diverge from canon or are big AUs... I run out of roadmap and then worry no one's really going to care. also, just. ship fic in general. So I do not. or I do so rarely and in smaller sections.

10. What is the easiest type?

present tense introspective fics. those just flow.

11. Where do you do your writing? What platform? When?

I mostly use google docs, and I also do a lot of hand writing in a notebook. usually sitting at my little computer desk on my bed, or in the back hall at work, and typically in the afternoon-evening.

12. What is something you’ve been too nervous/intimidated to write, but would love to write one day?

ehhhhhhhh I'm not really like. intimidated by anything that I'm interested in doing? I'm just lazy. lol.

13. What made you choose your username?

Assigned Hedgehog by cubscouts when I was a counselor at a summer camp. It Stuck.

uhhh I tag @windona @pennflinn @wrencatte @thenarator and @parvumautomaton but no pressure but also anyone else who wants to do this.

[bleezebrew]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thanks for the tag @candyskiez! I am…bad at this internet thing, so I'm not sure who to tag. Anyone who wants to can jump in.

1. How many fics do you have on Ao3?

46 total so far. 38 are fanfictions and 8 are original works but I'm going to be ignoring the latter from this point onwards where possible.

2. What's your total Ao3 word count?

271,996. The majority of that is because of "Above Board." That series was not what I expected to write at the time, but 2020 was…odd.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Good question. I don't know. Whatever I am feeling in the moment, mostly.

In the past I've written for Hogan's Heroes and Fullmetal Alchemist. Recently I've finished a sizeable Star Trek Next Gen series. I am currently working on a number of Nimona fanfics and I expect to return to Leverage at some point after that. Beyond that, couldn't say.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

"Trust Fall", "Golf Blues", "Inventory", "Only the Best", and "Challenges in Rhetoric". A mix of Leverage and FMA. Somehow I'm not surprised to find the Waterworld story hasn't gotten a lot of kudos, lol. Glad to see "Inventory" up there, it was a lot of fun to write. Outsider POV usually is.

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

I try really hard to. I adore getting comments, and I want to communicate that, but I can start to overthink my reply and spiral over them pretty easy.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Uhhh…. Gonna have to give that one to either "Lies Will Out" or "Confessions" I think, even though "Lies Will Out" has a hopeful final scene. (Both Star Trek Next Gen)

"Love Like a Rain" (Nimona 2023) is a strong contender, but with the context of the movie, it gets resolved pretty much instantly and ends well. "Bones on Bones" (Waterworld 1995) is also a contender but is more impersonal over all.

Getting a proper resolution from "Lies Will Out" takes all 54K of "Wheat with the Chaff," and "Confessions" is a straight up tragedy.

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

"we are such vicious, wild things" is very domestic in spite of the title, probably that one. Runner up is "Trust Fall." I love my OT3's it seems.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not yet. I did start on ffn though, and the commenting etiquette there would be considered rude on Ao3.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I only wrote some recently, and I haven't posted any as of yet. Generally not my thing, but this one grew a plot I'm excited about. What can you do?

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I write them, but I don't post them, because I've never actually finished one. I was working on an FMA x Star Wars Prequels thing for a while, got a third of the way through and scrapped it, though that isn't the craziest one. That's probably the unfinished FMA x Megamind Community Theatre AU I want to finish someday.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No. Would love if it happened but it's very unlikely to.

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

No. Love brainstorming with people, hate actually writing with people. I'm a little bit of a control freak about the execution.

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

How dare you make me pick one. I'm going to say Leverage OT3, but really it's tied between Goldenheart and Royai.

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

Question 18 made me think of it--Tower of Babble.

I started a Next Gen fic where the universal translator goes off-line. I planned out the personnel dynamics based on who spoke what and the fact that the computer would revert to Vulcan and we see no Vulcans on the Enterprise D. I was going to have Geordi speak Creole specifically to fuck with Picard. I was going to have Riker and Barclay both speak German. Worf would speak Russian and people would reply to him in tourist Klingon with absolutely no idea what he just said. It was going to be gold but also I can't just use google translate for the whole thing. I really only speak French and English, which does mean I can fake competence for a few different languages if I do my research well, but that's really only the romance languages and…well. I just don't think it's happening, unfortunately, as cool as it would be. Idea is free to a good home, doesn't have to be Next Gen or even Star Trek, would love to see it if someone makes it.

16. What's your writing strengths?

I have gotten a lot of compliments for getting character voice right and for providing an emotional journey, so…those. I think I manage to balance OCs pretty well so that they stay secondary characters at most, and that I'm a fair hand at tension.

17. What's your writing weaknesses?

I am allergic to mystery plots. Hate them. Loathe them. Don't want to write them ever, ever, ever. I will give you dramatic irony all day every day, but mysteries are just. The worst. I don't actually know if I could be good at them because I have honestly never tried.

Fight scenes also, because fight scenes are of course really hard to write and I always make the mistake of making my characters competent so that I have to actually do choreography and not just Vibes. Uggggghhhhh.

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

I have done it in some of my fics, I usually try to do it in a way that the meaning can be intuited easily and it doesn't detract from the fic if you don't know it, or so that the translation is provided by the characters in the main body if it is plot relevant.

Mad respect for people who use it to drive the plot and do full translations in their end notes or hover text, you are incredible and I love you.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Hogan's Heroes. In 2018, I'm pretty sure. As far as I know that fandom still does like 3-5 annual events over on ffn. They're cool.

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

Noooooo I have to pick??? I love them all for different reasons.

If I have to pick, then probably "Build Them Up, Let Them Go." Outsider POV is always a delight. I would consider saying "Wheat with the Chaff" but it was a COMPLETE AND UTTER BITCH TO WRITE, so no, no it doesn't get to be my favourite. :) Ever. :)

"Trust Fall" is a very solid runner up though.

By the time I finish it, I think some of the other stories in the "Love Like" series are probably going to jump ahead of these. I am still deeply in love with the character dynamics in Nimona.

My Ao3, if you're interested in an eclectic mix.

[katie-delaney]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thanks to @thepiper0fhameln for the tag.

1. How many works do you have on ao3? 68

2. What's your total ao3 word count? 666,406

3. What fandoms do you write for? At the moment just Captain America but also have done X men, Castlevania, Supernatural, Harry Potter, Witcher

4. Top five fics by kudos:

Obsessions Release (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy)

Game Changing (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy)

That Sinking Feeling (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy)

The Vampire Sex Club (Trevor Belmont/Alucard)

He Ate My Heart (Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes

5. Do you respond to comments? Yeah I try and reply to all of them

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?God uhhh I don't usually do angsty endings but probably Betrayal which is a Drarry one but that's only really cos I never got round to finishing it, it was meant to end in a happier place

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? lol god idk I am a sucker for a happy ending so that's hard to pick, it's probably gonna be The Officers Tent just cos that's gonna have a sappy as hell ending

8. Do you get hate on fics? I don't think I ever had apart from the first post I ever did on ao3 where someone told me my formatting looked ugly but someone replied to that comment before I'd even read it telling the to shut the hell up :D

9. Do you write smut? all of it is smut

10. Craziest crossover: oh uhhh I wrote a Libertines/Harry Potter cross over once but its safe to say you won't find that shit anywhere :D the other one I wrote was throwing Hannibal into The Meat Grinder

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? I don’t think so.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? no

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Yes, but it was with one of my friends and a very long time ago

14. All time favorite ship? I mean Stucky at the moment but I may change my mind on that one day

15. What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I WILL FINISH THEM ALL how dare you

16. What are your writing strengths? probably smut, conversations and I've been told I'm funny?

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Long sentences with a million commas, repetitive sentence structure (according to every editor I've ever sent work to) over using the em dash, putting the word 'just' in about 5 million times to every fic...over exaggerating?

18. Thoughts on dialogue in another language? idk like I get why people do it but I have to stop and either click and translate or scroll to the bottom and that's gonna interrupt the flow of the fic, unless your intention is that I'm not supposed to understand it. I'd probably more go for 'he said something in Russian Steve didn't understand' . That being said one of my favourite fics at the moment does it all the time so it clearly hasn't put me off that much as it :D

19. First fandom you wrote in? Harry Potter.

20. Favorite fic you've written? Probably He Ate My Heart but I don't know if that's just cos it's the one that got the most likes/interactions in this fandom and I'm a praise slut?

[adreamingofguns]

1, 3, 4, 24 for fandom asks!

1. What is the first fandom you were ever a part of?

OH GOD. Well. The first thing I wrote fanfic for was um. Fantastic Four. It was bad, it never got posted. My first POSTED fanfic was uhhh Twilight. But my first FANDOM I participated in was Silent Hill, and then that animated movie 9 I wrote sooo much fic for.

3. All-time favorite pairing?

Oh god uh. Listen. Listen. I eternally have a candle burning for Cassarric. It's my guilty pleasure. It's the only ship tag I track on AO3. 😂😂 Also Johnchurch is a good ship!! Love that ship!!!

4. Pairing that makes no sense to you?

I'm normally a ship and let ship multishipper but sometimes there's just some ships that don't do it for me. Especially when they're like. Middle aged man x teenaged girl. DOUBLY SO when this middle aged man sets off my gaydar sooo bad. I'm not posting it by name because people get sooo mad when you insult it like that one person who was like Oh so you support incest?? As a gotcha when I said I would rather ship him with a man closer to his age, which I guess according to the anon replying translates to "ship him with his brother and mother" somehow?? How dare we piss on the poor!!!

24. Funniest fandom-related story?

Okay, so my biggest friend group right now is the Ducks (hi guys!! 🙋🙋👋) and genuine ass we met over TAZ fandom. Idk if I have any other really funny fandom stories other than like what stuff happened when I cosplay. Tldr at a con a random Taako ran at me from across the floor yelling Magnus because I was the first Magnus they saw and I picked them up in a big hug even tho I didn't know them and they didn't know me. Another time was when I cosplayed handsome jack and touched my friend's chin and called her kitten and she turned purple.

I think also listening to Silver Springs on repeat while on a 2 hour plane flight and writing sad saw fanfic counts lmao

[smushedmuffin]

<3 thanks for the tag (i kinda forgot about it for a couple days) (BUT. I remembered it again)

Name - muffin

Pronouns - i dont really care, but she/he/they (in no particular priority)

Star Sign - Libra ♎️

# of Siblings - 1 younger (i radiate older sibling vibes irl)

# of Pets - None :(

Fandom - uhhh, omniscient reader’s viewpoint, onlyoneof, skz sort of, pjo (renewed hyperfixation because of the show), a lot of webtoons/manhwas

Favorite Color - Green recently

Favorite Song - you dare make me pick one?? [babygirl by boywithuke or gaslighting by onlyoneof or into you by ariana grande] (actually idk) (you gotta understand, i hyperfixate on songs. i loop a song for three days straight and then never listen to it again)

Favorite Author - i was going to say idk bro, but then i remembered about the existance of Shaun Hutchinson. i think ive read all of his books and only like 5 pages have made me mildly annoyed when they werent supposed to

Hobbies - Swimming (wheeee im on a winter team this season and im like the slowest in my group but its a-ok), reading [manhwas or fics, i dont really read novels anymore], sleeping (i practice sleeping a lot)

Favorite Fic Type - exes to lovers, time loops, times loops again, established relationship, she-fell-first-but-they-fell-harder (im just listing tropes i like because i have 3 fics i like and i usually just reread those)

Favorite Holiday - Toss up between Durga Pujo and Christmas

Partners - nope

Fun Facts / Other:

Probably got the adhd from my mums side

somehow still a good student (so far)

i like math and science (language arts/english is disgusting. or maybe i just get bad teachers because i liked it for the first and only time last year)

Im bengali, but i can write/read it as well as a 5 year old (i can speak it tho)

i got my online name / url from a Slope leader board (there was a person called smushed pancake and i thought that was a good name but i also didnt want to steal their name like a fae)

i want to go into a science field, but i have no idea which and im running out of time before i have to decide on a major

one sec im going to go check that one hyper specific poll i did for more stuff

nvm tumblrs tag system sucks

i play viola (NOT THE FREAKING VIOLIN FUDKDJFJDJJDJ) (and also clarinet)

i have a cactus and i love her very much

i tried to save a couple orchids from the hands of my parents and they were doing better. but then i neglected them for a week because of finals and a fungus killed them

more youll have to unlock organically

No Pressure Tags - @coldbasementruins @toxicrevolver @ghostfeather @certifiedfakeikemen @anyone else who wants to

I got bored so here's a little get-to-know-you tag game I think could be fun :3

Name(s)

Pronouns

Star sign

# of siblings & fun facts about them (if you have any)

# of pets & their names

Fandoms

Favorite color

Favorite song

Favorite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!)

Hobbies

Favorite fic type

Favorite holiday

Do you have any partner(s)? (romantic, qpp, anything!)

Fun facts about you / anything extra you wanna share!

────────

Name(s): Loki (highly preferred), Elye

Pronouns : they/them mostly, he/she okay too

Star sign: Pisces

# of siblings: I've got 2! An older sister and a younger sibling. The fun fact about them is that they're also both queer; in fact, my mom is too. The only non-queer person in my immediate family is my dad.

# of pets: 4 cats! Phoebe & Frankie are our girls, Lenny and Murray are our boys :3

Fandoms: MCU (kind of), BSD, OFMD, Ranboo (does his fanbase count as a fandom?)

Fav. color: Don't have one

Fav. song: Aurora Borealis by Lemon Demon

Fav. author: Alice Oseman

Hobbies: singing, acting, drawing, writing, procrastinating

Fav. fic type: Fluff, definitely. I am a sucker for well written coffee-shop and flower-shop aus, too. Smut's fine, but only if it's romantic. I can't do angst if there's no comfort.

Fav. Holiday: Hanukkah or Halloween! I love autumn and winter

Partners?: Yes! I have a girlfriend (queerplatonic) who I love very much, and a boyfriend (romantic) who I love very much :]

Fun facts:

- Even though I'm a cat person, I really, really want a dog.

- I actually used to play sports. Because I don't do gendered leagues anymore, I don't play, but I've been looking for mixed/gender-neutral/queer sports teams. Baseball and basketball specifically!

- I started questioning my identity in 2019; I'm no closer to finding a label now than I was then. The difference is, now I don't want a label. I just am. :]

tags: @neonganymede @cha0ticlesbian @x-chiara @exceleo @brinnybee @autistic-katara @gandalfthemorallygrey @ohboyanotherlokiblog @roachandrenfri @ourflagmeanslokius @exceleo @edettethegreat @swiftlyspidey

[quodekash]

A VERY LATE INTRO THING IDK

HELLO FRIENDS call me bj or egg. i dont give a rats tail about what pronouns you use for me, use whatever terms and stuff you want for me. call me sir, call me madam, call me a lion in a panda onesie, idk

im a theatre kid with adhd and i am actually just the physical manifestation of dad jokes (fun fact: i respond to being called Dad (call me daddy if you dare)) and egg puns 

uhhh im in a lot of fandoms and there’s too many to list so I won’t, you’ll have to figure it out (I might one day put them in the tags of this post. but that day is Not Today)

oh im also an english/literature kid, I love analytical writing and creative writing of all kinds

TALK TO ME. PLEASE. send me asks if you want, dm me, tag me in stuff, whatever you like! im here for friendships and a funky fresh ol’ time. if you wanna talk to me about life, go ahead! If you wanna rant about life, go ahead! If you wanna rant/info dump to me about a show you like or a book you love or an interest you’ve recently acquired, whatever it is, GO AHEAD!! I love it when people get passionate about things, it makes me happy (and I rant a lot, so I feel like it should go both ways)

fun fact about me: i dont swear ever but I will use weird substitutes all the time (holy bajoolies is one of my most common ones. what’s a bajoolie? idk. how did I come up with it? no clue man). (Update: I now swear sometimes (okay maybe more than sometimes) but I have used an f-bomb precisely three times in my life. and the third time was because guYNAWA KISSED FIVE TIMES OH MY GOSH)

also i will reblog a lot, so I give you my sincerest apologies. I sometimes try to add something to the things I reblog (generally in tags), but a lot of the time I just reblog it without anything. so if you’re scrolling through my blog, uh… good luck.

i ramble a lot and for that i am sorry. 

HAVE A GAY DAY!  -BJ

[luminecho]

🌺 what is your current favorite wip?

✨ who are your favorite characters to write?

☄️ what fandoms do you write for?

🔔 what’s one thing you love about the way you write?

🙌 who are some writers that inspire you?

Oh jeez that’s a lot- ok heRE WE GO

I’m about to ramble a lot so be prepared for long answers lmao

🙌 - I’m doing this one out of order so the people I tagged don’t have to read through the whole post, lmao. I’m not that evil

Anyway, there’s a lot, but the ones that really come to mind right away are @musashi and @thescrapwitch. I’m so in love with both of your guys’ writing hdfgdjkfj. You’re both incredible and I love reading your work so very much. You never fail to inspire me and motivate me to improve my own writing. Words can’t even explain how much you inspire me. <3

The rest are below the cut because I talk a lot jfhajwhdkhsj

🌺 - That’s a hard tie between Patchwork & Indigo (Shadow-joins-the-lu-gang-instead-of-Four au) and Everything Goes Away (lovingly referred to as “lu traitor au” 90% of the time). I’m not very far on progress for either of them, but they’re going to be longfics.

I’ve been working on EGA for much longer (like, since I first joined the fandom. So… about a year now. Good lord) and the plot is a lot more connected, and I think it has a lot more potential to be emotionally impactful, but I really love P&I’s vibes. I’m going into that fic with a specific vibe in mind and I like trying to keep to it. Plus I’m biased cause it’s Four Swords-centric, lmao.

✨ - Four, Vio, Legend, and… tbh, Sky.

Four just comes really easily to me due to how connected to him I feel, lol. I don’t have much else to say. I’m biased and I love him and he’s a joy to write, always.

Vio is… really really interesting to get into the perspective of. He just,, thinks. So much. And you have to stop and consider his actions every time— idk, Vio fascinates me and I love writing him.

Legend is a bit harder for me just because I’m not very good at coming up with snarky comebacks and the like, but I still enjoy writing him. Snarky characters my beloved. Give anyone a strong personality and I’ll love the hell out of writing them, lol.

As for Sky… he’s much harder for me to write. I’ve realized that I’m SUPER afraid of getting his characterization wrong and I really really wanna do him right… but when I’m not focusing on my worries I honestly love trying to let myself think the way he thinks. Those sort of nurturing, “i will lend my whole heart to you so you can find the comfort that you need” types of people are the some of the people that I admire the most, so it’s really nice to be able to write in their perspective. I’m not explaining it very well, but… yeah.

☄️ - Linked Universe and Four Swords, right now! I technically have some very very old abandoned Okami wips, but I have no plans of ever letting them see the light of day, lmao. I might dip into general LoZ someday though. It’d be cool to do a Minish Cap or Phantom Hourglass oneshot or smth… idk! We’ll see.

🔔 - how DARE you tell me to compliment myself. FSHGSKWHHFK UHHH fuck. I don’t know??? Ummmm… I’ve had people tell me that the way I write my prose in certain fics is like,, it feels comforting? Or gives off a comforting vibe? Idk. I got a comment or two like that on BMAD and I got a comment on Heartbeats saying they “felt peace at the end of [it]” so,,,, That. Whatever I’m doing there. I like that. I wanna do more of that. I have no idea what I’m doing that gives off that vibe but I wanna replicate it. Whether it’s the prose or the dialogue… I just wanna give people that feeling, yknow?

[ao3feed-ineffablehusbandz]

oh, the life of a pirate for me!

by poetic_nonsense

"Well, if it isn't the great Captain Crowley, most famed and ruggedly handsome pirate in all the Spanish Main," said the loathsome, detestable Lord Ravencroft, utterly indifferent to the tiny gasp from behind him. "How good of you to join us. I had rather hoped that my little invitation would entice you here."

Captain Crowley, most famed and ruggedly handsome pirate in all the Spanish Main, didn’t even look at the villainous blackguard. His gaze went instead to the reprobate’s captive, the lovely, buxom maiden tied ‘round a rather out-of-place column, her eyes wide and starry as she beheld her daring rescuer.

Words: 1079, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M, Other

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Pirates, Humor, uhhh... how to tag this, suggestive roleplay?, romance novel tropes, Bodice Ripper Tropes, also this is a "use your safewords for any reason you want to" psa, Established Relationship, Scene Gone Wrong, but like in a fluffy funny way, Aziraphale is a persnickety old fusspot and that's just fine, Cheesy, Fluff

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35792788

[a-wayne-at-heart-too]

The Robins as...

DICK:

Are you even from the DC Universe if you aren't aware of how physically stunning this man is?

Consummate performer? ✔.   Previous modeling experience (in canon)? ✔. Linked to a Tamaranian super model? ✔.

>>> --- <<<

Photographer: "That's it! Keep posing, darling! Ugh, you're amazing! Now, you're an animal!”

Dick: "You mean like this?

Photographer: ...

Dick: *contorted*

Entire crew: *grimacing*

Photographer: "It’s, um... It's a wrap."

>>> --- <<<

Dick: "Guys, pizza's here --"

His friends: *busy watching a commercial on TV*

Commercial on TV: *in a sexy, masculine voice* "Easy, Breezy, Adorable - Cover Boy" *winks at the camera*

Roy: *snorts*

Wally: *covering his mouth to stifle his giggling*

Garth:  "Wow, Grayson... You could sell water to me and I'd totally buy it."

Roy and Wally: *break out into belly laughter*

Dick: *places the pizza box on the coffee table and switches the channel* "Ha ha, very funny. I'm undercover, remember?"

Donna: *grabs a pizza and nods in mock seriousness* "Oh, we know, UnderCover Boy." *winks*

~ * ~ * ~ * ~

JASON:

Chiseled features? Ooooh, ✔. Previous modeling experience as a villain pretending to be Nightwing (in canon)?  ✔. Also linked to a Tamaranian super model?  ✔ (But they’re “just friends, okay?”).

Discovered by an agent while trying to break into a warehouse of a well-known fashion corporation to rescue child laborers (accepted the job to gain access to the higher-ups)

>>> --- <<<

Red Hood: "That's me, dude." *gestures at a billboard before lighting his cigarette*

Arsenal: "Where?"

Red Hood: *takes a drag* "There."

Arsenal: "That's a calloused hand and a Bear Grylls watch."

Red Hood: "Yup."

>>> --- <<<

Jason: *catwalking*

Designer: *takes a bow onstage after their entire collection is presented*

Jason: *pounces at the model in front of him*

Audience: *slow-clapping awkwardly*

Later... 

Batman [on the comm link]: "It really couldn't wait, Jason?"  

Jason [hiding backstage]: *frantically searching for wet wipes in his weapons bag to remove his makeup* "He was the mark, Bruce!"

Batman: *gritting his teeth* "I know. But did it have to be in front of everyone at Gotham Fashion Week?"

~ * ~ * ~ * ~

TIM:

Used to traveling and working long hours? ✔ and ✔.

He doesn't model for anything you'd know (unless you're a superhero, that is).

>>> --- <<<

Edna Mode [visiting from the Disney universe]: "Walk for me, Timothy. I want to see how it fits on you." 

Red Robin: *struts, then abruptly stops* "Ms. Mode, I know you're not a big fan of capes, so I was thinking maybe we could add wings instead? I've tried them, and they're actually pretty awesome. They're also weaponize-able." *fumbles for his sketches in his utility belt* "I could show you some designs I've been working on --"

Edna: *widens her eyes at him* "No wings!"

>>> --- <<<

Tim: "And this --" *dabs a brush on some blush, then onto Conner's face* is supposed to make your face melt."

Conner: *examining his pinkish cheek through the tiny mirror* "Uhhh... Was this specially formulated for Kryptonian skin?"

Tim: *disappointed that nothing was happening to his best friend's face* "Oh, dang, that's right! I figured you were just healing really fast."

~ * ~ * ~ * ~

DAMIAN:

Mention "OshKosh B'gosh" to him one more time, he dares you. (And learn the hard way, as Jason did, why you’d better not.)

Let's just say that you don't hire him; he hires you.

>>> --- <<<

Damian: "I would like to model for you."

Receptionist: "Sir... This is the Gotham Animal Welfare Society."

Damian: "And I am Damian Wayne. Did I stutter?"

>>> --- <<<

Damian: "Perhaps it is time I tell Father to set up a meeting with you and his 'friends' in the fashion industry."

Alfred: "Master Damian, while I am truly flattered, I hardly consider myself a designer."

Damian: *admiring his reflection in the mirror as he gently sways the green-and-red, hand-sewn thobe with gold accents that he's wearing*

Alfred: "Besides, why on earth would the world want to see some bloody old butler's --" 

Damian: "Shush, Pennyworth." *looks down at his feet, his eyes glistening* "You put them all to shame."

Alfred: *pulls him in for a hug*

~ * ~ * ~ * ~

Oh, @fleetof-fandoms, how I wish I could tag you properly. Thank you for another cool suggestion!

[90sdiablo]

yee-haw!! another tag game!

just got tagged by the one and only @skin--slave, so let's goooo!!

20 writer questions

1: how many works do you have on ao3?

9. the other three are part of a collective fic series I work off and on called The Shifty Motel.

2: what my total ao3 wordcount?

17,470. I oughta keep writing and posting.

3: how many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

somehow, all of them feature Manson. however, I crossed him over with Korn, Kittie, more OC stuff, etc.

4: what are my top five fics by kudos?

Fastest Route, Prayer Service, The New Era, A Warm Evening, and Love and Howl It Loud.

5: do i respond to comments, why or why not?

absolutely! it helps me know that the reader really enjoyed it! ^^

6: what’s the fic i’ve written with the angstiest ending?

uhhh, maybe Community's Choice? it has two chapters, so it's quite debatable. :/

7: what’s the fic i’ve written with the happiest ending?

the most recent fic I've just posted has a wholesome ending. I guess that counts as a "happy ending".

8: do i write crossovers? if so, what’s the craziest thing i’ve written?

yeah! most of them are the craziest since they are based on analog horror films I have watched on YouTube.

9: have i ever received hate on a fic?

ehh, maybe. if I did, the guys were probably too scared to say anything.

10: do i write smut? if so, what kind?

yes, and they are LGBTQ+ friendly. trans/enby characters probably don't have that much valid representation. but yeah, good gay/enby smut is good.

11: have i ever had a fic stolen?

nahh...

12: have i ever had a fic translated?

nope.

13: have i ever co-write a fic?

sorta. I usually provide a partner some free time to work as well as free time to get other things settled before doing so.

14: what’s my all time favourite ship?

Manson and Diablo. they both have a "best friend" kind of relationship and they go out and have various adventures that a best-friend duo would do in a world that tries to keep putting them down.

15: what’s a wip i want to finish but don’t think i ever will?

hehehe... I don't think my fics would be ever left behind. however, I'm currently working a BIG fic starring Manson and Diablo go concert touring and as said before, it'll have allegories so shhhh...

16: what’s my writing strengths?

around midway on writing something I really get into the scene. like, I even quote and act possible lines a character might say. an example would be if I were to write Diablo saying "yee-haw!" I do a hillbilly voice and emphasize the "yee-haw" as a reference to describe it.

17: what’s my writing weakness?

trying to shift gears when it comes to writing the beginning and end of a scene.

18: what’s my thought on writing dialogue in other languages in fic?

if I were to write foreign-language dialogue, it'll be something quick and simple. for example, I might use italics inside quotes. I dunno, I haven't written any characters that speak in a foreign language.

19: what was the first fandom i wrote for?

just as cliche as it sounds, it was Harry Potter. I was a dumb middle-schooler obsessed with magic and wizard stuff.

20: what’s my favourite fic i’ve written:

I guess right now, it's the Shifty collective project. it has alternate history and worldbuilding elements to it. sometimes, the characters appear as total badasses when the bad guys try to put them down, and sometimes the characters have crazy, daring, and sometimes dirty adventures.

so, I guess that's it for this tag game. if I spoiled any fics for you, I'm sorry. but other than that, I tag anyone! ^^