#which isn't unreasonable bc it did look really really cool and all but like... this is real life

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Fic Writer Interview

Thank you so much @starlightbelle for tagging me!! If there are any One Piece fans following this blog, I highly recommend Belle's fics!

-- How many works do you have on AO3?

Officially I have 18, but it's 19 if you include the Star Wars au (my beloved). I haven't taken it out of the anonymous collection yet because I promised myself I would only do so when I posted the second chapter, but I still count it in my head!

-- What's your total AO3 word count?

95,613 :') I know that's nothing compared to some writers, but I am unreasonably pleased with it. I'm wondering if I should do something fun when I break 100k, which should hopefully be soon with chapter 2 of 'now i'm glad i get forever' 🤞

-- What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

there's no good tricks but old ones

i'll take what i can get, i'll take what i am given

you've got no fear of the underdog

write me a list of how it is

every battle, every day

-- Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do!! I'm a smidge behind on literally everything this month, but I eventually respond to them all <3 I really do appreciate every single comment, they literally make my entire week and sometimes it takes me so long to reply because I am editing my response four hundred times to take out all of the !!!s.

(I also love getting to talk to others in the fandom, even if it's just for a single exchange--MHA is actually the Most Involved I've ever been in a fandom, and I've met so many really cool people by commenting and replying to comments on fics!! Thank you ao3 comments section, I love you ao3 comments section.)

-- What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Hmmm this is tough bc I don't write a lot of angsty endings, and most of my fics are canon compliant anyway so the angst is relative? With this in mind, it's probably 'there's no good tricks but old ones'--it's one of my only fics where there isn't some kind of emotional breakthrough or connection reached (or even the start of one) and it's pre-Paranormal Liberation War arc so we all know Hawks is headed for A Really Bad Time 😬

-- What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

All of them,, but I did write about Shinsou finding out he'd been accepted into the hero course in 'every battle, every day' which might take the cake (Brian from TAZ voice I'm so proud of them etc)

-- Do you write crossovers?

Do crossovers have to include characters from another media? Bc I've written aus set in other universes, but none of the characters from them appear 🤔

-- Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Thankfully no! I did once receive a comment that was just like. A Statement with no tonal indicators, In All Caps, but I'm 99% sure it was meant to be taken positively. okay 98% sure.

-- Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Nope! (I also don't read E-rated fics even though I get so many interesting looking recommendations with that rating 😭 If you've ever recommended me an E-rated fic and I just never brought it up again I'M SORRY)

-- Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of?

-- Have you ever had a fic translated?

Also no!

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

No, but I think it would be fun :D

-- What's your all-time favorite ship?

It feels like cheating to say erasermic on the MHA blog, but like. I'm going to say erasermic on the MHA blog. I don't think I'd ever written anything for a ship in my life before them. To be loved is to be changed but to have a ship is also to be changed.

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

Never say never but rip time travel fic lol.

-- What are your writing strengths?

IF I SAY SOMETHING YOU DISAGREE WITH LOOK AWAY. But. I think I write good dialogue, especially banter, and that I am occasionally funny. I also think I'm pretty good at describing places, but only if I have a clear mental image of them, so I feel like you can always tell when I'm not sure what a room looks like (which is most of the time).

-- What are your writing weaknesses?

Second-guessing and self-doubting myself into genuine writing paralysis. Also internal monologue/narration, like a character thinking about and articulating their feelings :')

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

I'm a little confused about this question?? But I also only speak one language fluently so I can't do this anyway 😭

-- What was the first fandom you wrote for?

When my sister and I were kids we used to pick our favorite characters from a bunch of different movies/books/shows and tell stories about them all going on some kind of gigantic crossover adventure, so it was probably something along the lines of 'Scooby-Doo, Batman, and Jedidiah from Night at the Museum vs Firelord Ozai'

-- What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

I have a few Demon Slayer WIPs I'd love to figure out one day!

-- What's your favorite fic you've written?

This question is so hard bc like. Does it mean my favorite fic while I was working on it, or my favorite result? The fic that was easiest to write, or most difficult but most worth it?? The fic I've reread the most, or the fic I'm afraid to reread in case it doesn't live up to the memory I have of it??? Can I do a top 3????

This was so much fun!! (even though it did give me several small crises staring at my stats page--run 'i'll take what i can get, i'll take what i am given,' 'there's no good tricks but old ones' is right behind you!!) No-pressure tagging @machiroads @blinkeasy @kyurilin @karliahs @poppy5991 @ifyougoillfollow and anyone else who sees this & wants to participate!! I was scrolling through my following tab but omg it's a long list so I def missed some writers 😭

[princessnijireiki]

@aiffe replied to your post “anytime I see art with tipis in it or like witchy altar photos~ with...”

The smudging feathers sold on Amazon and etc are turkey feathers painted to look like eagle feathers, and even say so. Hopefully no one is selling actual eagle feathers on the net as that's super illegal. *doesn't have any, just follows some Feather Discourse*

Yeah, that’s usually the case. It’s just one of those things that it’s like... the balance ends up between really blatantly only being into these practices for the ~aesthetic of it all, because there is a reason it’s eagle feathers and not turkey feathers with legit practices (or I’ve seen people use other feathers, too, but generally they are from birds that are still illegal to have/buy/sell outside of indigenous religious practices-- they just aren’t stuff I’m 100% familiar with + the aesthetic crowd does tend towards eagles & crows more)-- or people who’ve def broken the law, not just wrt trampling on these hard-fought battles for Native right, but like, you really shouldn’t be fucking with a lot of these birds.

And I know there has to be a certain amount of illegal feather sale/trade online just because that’s how shit works, same as you know there’s people eager to pounce on estate sales & antiques and things that they can sell as actually “legit” Native products with real feathers, beads, etc. just bc there’s a lot of money and a certain degree of social cachet in that. Which is what makes things frustrating, too, not just bc there’s a lot of underground black market animal trade in general that doesn’t get cracked down on, but everything gets so normalized aesthetically that like... it’s easy to smuggle in real shit among the “fakes” because the consumption levels are so high.

Not that all eagle feather / owl feather / crow feather etc. trade is directly linked to appropriative action against Native peoples but like... there is a link there that’s pretty lose-lose for us, and it does have a direct connection to how sturdy those rights are and how long they’ll prove to last, yk?

And it just makes me twitchy that there’s whole industries in place that serve as a workaround for people to bite shit from other folks that the law would otherwise pretty specifically prohibit.

All of which is like... just me being knee-jerk pissed off on principle, bc my family has a decent amount of feathers kicking around that my grandma gave us as kids, like it’s not taking anything from me personally, but it still feels personal. Especially when so much anti-Native legislation and racism & shit has impacted my family so much, and that’s definitely taken stuff from me personally, going back for generations, that yk... maybe I’m not using my feathers to smudge but gdi it’s fucked up that other people want to ape the visuals and smudge now bc it’s the hip thing to do when like two and three and four generations back it’s something that my family members would have been beaten or killed for.

Like it’s very much been paid for in blood, and I don’t have anything against turkey feathers and RIT dye, but I can’t help but be aggravated by seeing non-Native folks really obviously don my peoples as a costume or a prop on top of the fact that folks need to leave eagles the fuck alone!!! Not to say that all Native folks have to be earthy-crunchy about it, but I’m pissed on a racial-ethnic level and on an environmental one lol.