#wip. bobf

[lyssa-ink]

make me write

Picking up @reneesbooks open tag!

Rules: make a 24hr poll listing the title of every wip that you want to work on. Whichever title gets the most votes, write 1 sentence for every vote.

I only really post about one WIP here but I have a lot but here's the ones that are coherent enough to share lol

Also leaving this open to anyone and everyone because polls are fun

[lesbianwyllravengard]

20 questions for fic authors!

I was tagged by the lovely @ugetelynx and @wisecrackingeric-2 <3 so sorry it took me so long to do this hfsgjhdj

1. How many works do you have? - currently posted on ao3 I have 57 works total. However I have almost twice as many wips it's bad

2. Ao3 word count? - 395,068 ..... I've got a wip that's almost over 100k but it's also been there for years so I doubt that'll change anytime soon

3. What fandoms do you write for? - of the fics I have on ao3, I have written for detroit become human, star wars, resident evil, assassin's creed, and the last kingdom. The fandoms I've written for that are not on my ao3 include lotr/the hobbit, bbc sherlock, bbc merlin, marvel, voltron legendary defender, percy jackson universe, and whatever the Carry On by rainbow rowell fandom is called. Most of those I will never ever write for again lmao

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? - In order:

Sapphire Moonlight (Tequila Sunrise) (Serennedy)

We Look So Good (Reed900)

Hold Fast, the Suns Will Rise (Stay) (Dincobb) (also, my first fic ever posted, and still the fic I hold most dearly in my heart to this day)

We Are Home (Hank and Connor family content)

Tomato Soup (Serennedy)

5. Do you respond to comments? - every single one. I'm obsessed with comments. I have them all saved and stored so I can reread them at any time. Thank you everyone who has ever commented I love you

6. What fic did you write the angstiest ending for? - I only write angst with a happy ending. But I did write You Should Have Killed Me for a friend's dbh x hunger games simulator result and it had an angsty ending by result of being a hunger games simulator.

7. What fic did you write the happiest ending for? - I write many fics w happy endings, but I personally think my fic series Din and Grogu | the Clan of Two Trilogy has the happiest ending because it happened against all odds. It's a fic about Din and Grogu's found family (before BoBF and Mando s3 came out, so it's not canon accurate) and it ends meaningfully to me.

8. Do you get hate on fics? - I have before, but it was all bullshit that showed me the person commenting didn't actually read what I wrote but chose to get mad at something that didn't exist. So it was discarded easily. Otherwise, I've had people try to tell me how to write things, but I ignore them all

9. Do you write smut? - yes. badly.

10. Crossovers? - I wrote a dincobb fic that was set in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, with Din as Kassandra and Cobb as Anais. I also started a serennedy fic set in the detroit: become human universe but never got anywhere close to finishing it.

11. Ever had a fic stolen? - not that I know of lol.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? - I had someone ask to translate one of my fics, and I said yes, but I don't think they've done so yet, which is fine. Other than that, no. But I'd be honoured!

13. Ever co-wrote a fic before? - I started a dincobb fic with a friend years ago but we never got around to finishing it. Someday I still hope to.

14. What's your all time favourite ship? - that's genuinely impossible to pick tbh I've had so many that rewired my brain. top three are probably bagginshield, simarkus, and shadowzel, not in any particular order.

15. What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will? - ehhhhh probably the klance fic I started when I was like 15. I don't go to voltron anymore and literally couldn't care less about it. In fact I actively hate it.

16. What are your writing strengths? - I've been told that I'm good at characterisation and plot. I think I suck at plot severely. As for characterisation, I study characters really hard and take a long time to write fics so they remain in character so I'm glad people appreciate that. I also prefer writing dialogue to anything else.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? - Writing. haha I mean exposition.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language? I have before, I find it fun but also intimidating.

19. First fandom you wrote for? - The Hobbit :') my first ever fic was a bagginshield fic I started when I was 13. I still mean to finish it someday.

20. Favourite fic you've written? - *sighs* I guess I should say Another Time. It was the most fun to write, and everyone's responses have made all the difficulties of writing it endlessly worth it. It took me months but I'm so happy I finished it, and I'm working on p3 rn I PROMISE. But again the fic I hold most dearly in my heart is still Hold Fast, the Suns Will Rise (Stay)

[kazoosandfannypacks]

College au spring break trip and/or Sabine meets Grogu for the WIP ask game, please?

🏫 college au spring break trip

This is one of my AUs that I wish I'd finished— technically, it could qualify as finished, if I want it to have an unhappy ending with loose ends, but who wants that?

This fic, of course, takes place in my OUaT college AU. I haven't worked out every single nitty gritty of this au, but I know a lot about who's roommates with who, who hangs out with who, and a lot of the character dynamics. In this story, Emma and her roommate, Elsa, decided to go on a road trip together for spring break. Unfortunately for Emma, who isn't the biggest fan of huge groups of people, Elsa invited Mary Margaret, who insisted on bringing David, who wanted to bring Robin and Killian, and then Will found out about it and August and Belle and Ruby ended up tagging along too, along with Regina, all crammed in a rental van for a few hours.

When they finally get to the hotel they're staying at, everyone is exhausted, especially Emma and Killian, who, though they don't know each other very well or hang out very often, end up falling asleep together on the couch during a movie night that night.

I don't have too much plot worked out past that, but I've loved playing around with the characters in a modern au, and doing silly little things like implying that Will Scarlet is a tumblr user and that Robin Hood never pays for streaming services and instead just pirates whatever he wants to watch. This is also part of the AU where Will and Belle are exes who tolerate each other but are always being snippy and sarcastic toward each other, and August, despite being rivals with Belle and often bickering with her, cares about Belle more than he lets on, and goes out of his way to be as subtly spiteful and rude to Will as possible.

💚 sabine meets grogu

This one came about from me having a little empty space on my shelf covered in Grogu figurines and putting my Sabine Wren funko pop there, which lead me thinking about how, if Ahsoka had continued to train Sabine, then Grogu and Sabine would've undoubtedly met at some point in the Mandalorian/Book of Boba Fett.

In this story, Sabine isn't with Ahsoka when she meets Grogu the first time, because Ahsoka didn't want Sabine coming along on (or even knowing about) a finding-the-map-that-leads-to-Thrawn-and-Ezra mission, worried that her feelings might get in the way, and if they failed or came upon another dead end (there'd been lots of those in the last decade) she didn't want Sabine to be disappointed and weaken her already-a-little-shaky relationship with the light side of the Force.

However, Sabine does come along with Ahsoka when we see her in the Grogu storyline from BoBF. Grogu, who has been missing his dad Din a lot, is instantly drawn to the Mandalorian Jedi apprentice. Sabine isn't usually the kind of person that children are naturally drawn to, so she's really confused by this tiny green youngling who has been clinging to her shoe since she got here, but as soon as Ahsoka explains Grogu's story, Sabine understands.

But when Sabine learns that Grogu had to decide between his family and his training, she's obviously very ticked off, more upset with the Jedi order than any Mandalorian has ever been, and ends up telling off Luke Skywalker to his face, giving him a very large lecture on the importance of family to a Mandalorian, and how when you have a family, you should do everything you can to hold onto them, because you never know when you're gonna lose them, and how it's just not fair for Grogu to have to decide between the two. Luke, however, quickly realizes that Sabine isn't upset at him, nor is she really upset on Grogu's behalf, as much as she's projecting her own unhandled grief over everyone she's lost onto the situation.

I'm still not sure how this fic will end, but Grogu and Din will be reunited, and I might have Ahsoka tell Sabine about her already-formulated plan that'll bring them closer to finding Ezra than they've been in a long time.

Thanks for the ask!!!

🖊 send me the title of one of my wips and i'll tell you about it!

[court-jobi]

✨ send this to ten bloggers you think are wonderful. keep the game going ! hope you're having a beautiful day darling, sending lots of love your way✨

@evenstaredits you are just the best 🥰🥰🥰🥰

As a life update, I have not abandoned writing!! Between fun summer travel and then two back to back surgeries for my poor puppy (15 month old, but he's still Baby), it's been a wild and unexpected few months. Work's also gearing up with changes all around, so while it's exciting, it's been zapping my time and brainpower-- and coffee writing hours 😭

Here's my current slate of WIPs for any and all interested:

LotR: Thorin WIP (sequel to Want for Nothing by request!)

LotR: Thorin WIP // some lovely storm comfort with our King~

LotR: Fili one-shot // my first for him that I'd love to make a full one shot!

Star Wars: Boba Fett // one shot that I might make a lil series? Techy Reader and delicious Daimyo!BoBF era Boba ❤️‍🔥

Star Wars: Paz Viszla (sequel to Just be Gentle by request; perhaps taking relationship to next level-- goobs of sweetness) + maybe it's sequel?...

Star Wars: (2) Din Djarin stories that are mostly complete! Just gotta format, land the plane, and make pretty for Tumblr 🤩

LoZ: one shots, bc Tears of the Kingdom got me in my Hyrule Brainrot Era... So many thots, so little time~~

My Star Wars content tends to do the best here and on Ao3... But I have loads of ideas so that there's something for everyone!! I hope to share more fandom goodness with y'all soon... Major kudos to my Discord family (y'all mean the world to me) for being so supportive -here, and on the interwebs- and for loving me through this unintended hiatus! I have so much reading, replying and reblogging to do...

Perhaps if I take a pure PTO day, I can catch up on everything!

Pic of my sweet puppy for good vibes-

[krazykupid]

WIP Game

Was tagged by @mcu-supersoldiers

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!

TFP- Moonwhisper's "Pets"

SWTCW- What the Force Wants

Mando/BoBF- What the Manda Wants (sequel)

Star Wars Legends- What the Kriff do You Want (prequel)

Star Wars Legends- Time Travel Korda XI

TFP- My Lady

This is not my usual Ao3 blog but whatever it looked fun.

Tagging with no pressure, @wanderingjedihistorian @blackkatmagic @bitter-chocolate-stars

[mykingdomforasong]

WIP game :))

Got tagged by @trashquisitor-shirozora three weeks ago and finally getting around to it!

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!

Cap's birthday fic

Midnight Sun

Moonlight

Old Republic bobf au

Twice Upon a Pointe (percy jackson fic lol)

Thanks for the tag! I tag:

@ful-crum @theydjarin @lady-of-the-spirit @captainkappa

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WIP Tag Game

Rules: Post the names of the files of your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you asks with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it. If you want, tag as many people as you have WIPs.

---- I was tagged by @ashcroft-writes as part of a series of very clean wips, all too tidy. Amateurs!

Y'all keep on top of your work, I see. Let me show you what an unhinged WIP folder looks like. Go ahead, sweetings, send me asks about any of those that pick your fancy :

Arcane

-Final chapter/epilogue

Server AUs

-Bodyguard vanco -Daycare AU -Mermen -Red Rising Hood Vanco

Misc

-Regency -vanco chapter 3 -centaur 2 -more centaur notes -Zine story -Darkin 3 -Swain 2 -Bloopers 1&2

Avatar

-Aitya -Crumbs 3 -Vampire Q -Elias fic -Eyre wake up

Elden Ring

-Double pubber AU -Godfrey -Tarnished Baker 2

Star Wars

-Aau -Cafe AU -Hardeen x Dooku 2 -Mirial Lore -Moran -Neyo & Reidi -Rey stuff - Soka & Cad prison escape -The Nexu Files -JFO notes (future in the stars fic) -Seeker

Andor

-Kino lives -Melshian -Nemik -Luthen finds shipmind

Obi-Wan

-Anakin POV -Dreams -Dual TT 2 -Kenobi & Meeyan -Show rewrite -Thrawnobi

Thrawn

-Che'ri notes -Thalias chapter -Maiya notes

Dad Bane

-BoBF fix it -Jedi AU -Worth yw next

Tarkin Soka

-1 -ideas -Tarkin POV

TMA

-MA -TMA -Elias Notes

Sparing you from the OG stories in progress or rewriting by including images of all the wip nestings:

Tagging @scalefeathers @spaceprincessleia @zkyfall @skierunner

But low pressure and anyone is welcome to jump on board. I obviously can't tag that many people!!

[mandaloria314]

ao3 wrapped [writers edition]

How many words have you written this year? 124,497!

How many works did you publish this year?  32 works!

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)? My long Narcos series about Javi. I poured a lot into it while watching the series. I went in with zero expectations or knowledge about what was coming.  

What work of yours has the most hits? A bobf bobadin missing scene I wrote to cheer up a friend: You’re My People, Too.

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected? A treat fic I wrote for the Star Wars Rare Pair exchange in which Din accidentally time-travels and meets Obi-Wan. I think it’s because they are a lot of people’s favorite blorbos, so putting them together in any capacity is a siren call. The Mando, The Jedi, and the Crystal Cave.

Favorite title you used: I have two: 

(`1) The Abyss of Disenchantment. This is a serious one taken from a Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote, because it was for Narcos and he’s a Colombian writer who is quoted in the show; 

(2) Big Talent Energy, a play on BDE for the Nic Cage movie with its own big title: the unbearable weight of massive talent. I love this title.

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most? I don’t.

Pairing you wrote the most for this year? Javi/Pacho from Narcos

Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? Bobadin, even though I had a bit of a hiatus on it. They are still the bee’s knees. 

What work was the quickest to write? I write most things super quickly. I would say some of my Andor ficlets just jumped onto the page. Also, The Vice Minister of Nothing about Eduardo Sandoval from Narcos came esp fast. 

What work took you the longest to write? The Din/Leia exchange fic took a long time to put into words, even though I have been thinking about them for ages. I honestly think they’re great together! I wish there was more fic to gobble up about them (and I really loved that I both gifted and received a very lovely Din/Leia fic!).

How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year? 2 or 3. I want to finish the Hostage (Din and Grogu) as well as add more to Alpha Pack (Narcos werewolf AU). I also started a fic about Din and Boba picking Mayfeld up from prison (again)!

What’s your longest work of the year? (not counting the bobadinluke catch-all work, which I last updated in January) The Abyss of Disenchantment.

What’s your shortest work of the year? Numb, a Cinta/Vel fic from Andor.

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tags? Missing Scene, Humor, Canon-Typical Violence, Swearing. (No surprise that humor is high up there! It’s my favorite.)

Your favorite character to write this year? Javi from Narcos (Din and Cassian are runner-ups)

The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year? I only write about what and who I like. 

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year? No idea.

Which work of yours have you reread the most?  My Narcos series. I love rereading it, even (especially?) the cringe moments. 

How many kudos in total did you get this year? 1,868 kudos

Which work has the most comments? Big Talent Energy

Did you do any collaborative works this year? No.

Did you write any gifts this year? Yes! I participated in the Narcos fic exchange and the Star Wars rare pair exchange.

Did you receive any gifts this year? Outside exchanges, I got amazing fanart  of Din’s drone ‘crown’ in Aureole (the dinluke tabloid romance fic) as well as a thrilling (and devastating) Javi/Pacho fic.  

What do you listen to while writing? Indie pop

Favorite work you wrote this year? Personal fave is probably most all the Narcos stuff. It was just a different vibe for me, and I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed that it brought me into a new fandom with fun, good people.  

[the-starry-seas]

you are the war's gentle consequence for the wip game :D and because I'm greedy.... aces rescue kix please~

heyo! :D

you are the war's gentle consequence is a good one! it's a Boba/Din crossover with Pacific Rim. the basic concept is that there's a kaiju attack at midnight on Halloween, and Rangers that died in previous years were brought back to life, along with their Jaegers. There's a whole lot of emotional drama and Fetts Being Fetts but they get it together for a team-up against kaiju and Boba is 100% nerding out at being able to fight side by side with his dad. Unfortunately the revived Rangers only last for a day 😔 but that's long enough for Boba to get some closure!

and yesss Aces rescuing Kix is near and dear to my heart 💜💙 in their original AU, the Aces were in stasis for about thirty years and were later found by Boba in the BOBF era. So when I found out that canon had done a very similar thing with Kix, of course I needed to have them rescue him! Racer's girlfriend Maya, a pirate captain, comes across Kix and brings him back to the palace, because she knows a clone when she sees one (even if she firmly believes that her clone is the hot one). Kix has a rather hard time adjusting to being so far in the future and the rest of the GAR being gone, but the Aces adopt him before he's even out of his stasis pod, so it's not all bad for him. canon is simply too sad, he needs a loving family for the rest of his life, whether he likes it or not.

[krazykupidspoems]

WIP game

Was tagged by @dathomirdumpsterfire

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!

Second time posting the ask so im going just leave out the one that was already asked about.

TFP- Moonwhisper's "Pets"

SWTCW- What the Force Wants

Mando/BoBF- What the Manda Wants (sequel)

Star Wars Legends- Time Travel Korda XI

TFP- My Lady

[whyamismall]

Ty for the tag @melting-houses-of-gold @tealmisthams and @snips2112!

I got a couple that I'm keeping all to myself like Gollum, but heres the few wips or ones I plan to (or maybe) work on, one day.

Heart Monitor

Dragonshifter Au (adding this to try to force my brain into picking it up one day xD)

BOBF Rexsoka No pressure tags: @darthgoosegoose @acatinwinterfell @ladysongmaster @taylorswiftscar and anyone else who might fancy trying this!

WIP Game

Thanks for the tag @anxiety-banana!

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Imma be honest, i have too many WIPs and working docs and snippets (help me), some of which have been languishing in my google docs since 2022, help. Here's a smattering:

i'm the powder, you're the fuse

stakeout makeout (ask here)

could we live with just a taste? chapter 4

music

ice ice baby

this could get ugly

they were roommates

on the road to ruin chapter 2

CWB

now there's a look in your eyes

Destiny of Despair (ask here)

Tagging with zero pressure: @chocmarss, @ahsokathegray, @whyamismall, @ladylucksrogue @shardminds @jewelofmandalore @velidewrites @hannah-schooler @mschiefmanagxd and anyone else who may want to participate!

[xxlumos]

Made this after Episode 5, still applies though

[hyporheicflow]

busy week so who knows when these’ll get finished lol but some more twi’leks on the stove rn!!

[mykingdomforasong]

Find the word!

find the words from the list in your wips and post the paragraphs they belong to

Thanks to @ful-crum for the tags!

your words are: night, lips, feel, then, either

Night: (from cap's incomplete birthday fic. sorry that it's not done lol)

The night after Luke introduced Han to Din (a redundant introduction, it turned out. Of course they know each other, Luke thought, what bounty hunters doesn’t Han know?) they speculated and fantasized about what the Mandalorian might be like between the sheets. Dominant, tough, strong, but also maybe kind, careful, reverent.

2. Lips: (this is from "midnight sun" the fic that is "more light than heat" from Din's pov)

Before Din had retreated from the party, Luke seemed to turn his fantasies against him. The man was torturing him with seductive glances and careful caresses of his wine glass. The man -- his husband by Naboo’s standards although not Din’s -- stared at him as he licked his lips, and Din remembered what Luke had said to them after their ceremony.

3. Feel: (from "moonlight" another fic in the "more light than heat" universe)

Din flushed and turned his face away, bashful, but still, Luke could feel that curiosity bubble up and off of him.

4. Then: (this is from something called "old republic bobf au" that I have literally 0 memory of lmao)

Or maybe the grudge was because Luke's sister had strangled Jabba and then Luke blew up his barge with dozens of bounty hunters still on board. Probably affected the Mandalorian's bounty hunting work. Not that Luke cared. Jabba was a slaver and a terror to the people of Tatooine. It was about time someone got rid of him.

5. Either (also from cap's birthday fic)

Maybe they’d watched too much Mandalorian-themed holoporn, or maybe Han’s pulpy romance novels had given them the completely wrong idea about Mandalorian courtly romance. Either way, when Han and Luke made their move on Din, they were equally surprised to find out that the man only seemed to make love gently. That was, if he even made love at all. 

Tagging: @captainkappa @theydjarin @grey-sides @sadiebwrites @leorizanzel

Your words are (any tense variation of): touch, cry, kiss, soft, and sleep

[stars-n-spice]

Thanks for the tag!! 🩵💫 Sorry it took so long to actually reply to this-

How many works do you have on Ao3?

40! We don't talk about all the fics I've orphaned/deleted-

What's your total Ao3 word count?

504,821 aha-

What fandoms do you write for?

Right now? Mainly Star Wars and specifically Bad Batch. Been churning out a lot of OC related stuff too. But I've written for a ton of other fandoms, mainly Marvel, Cobra Kai/Karate Kid, and TMNT.

What are your top five fics by kudos?

"Conversations with Myself" - A 2012 TMNT x ROTTMNT crossover fic (998 kudos)

"Ah Yes. Me. My Boyfriend. And the Twelve Kids He Adopted" - A fluffy Haikyuu fic (474 kudos)

"Beautiful, Beloved" - A c!Awesamponk fic (407 kudos)

"A Universal Wish (Ni Kar'taylGar Darasuum)" - A DinCobb slowburn fic (343 kudos)

"Rest Between Rebellions" - A Star Wars Rebels fluff fic (226 kudos)

I'm realizing that these are all old fics (probably like more than a year old) but I shouldn't be surprised considering how people tend not to interact too much with fanfics anymore 🙃🥲

Do you respond to comments?

If I got any,, lol. But, yes! I love responding to comments!! Getting comments is better than drugs man,, I love responding to comments because it means the reader took the time to say something about what I've written and that means the world to me <3 The least I can do is respond back!

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oof,, maybe a DinCobb fic called "But Now You're A Stranger" in which Din and Cobb get together for a night but part ways. Then when Din comes back in BOBF for Cobb's help there are a lot of emotions they struggle to deal with and ultimately end up being estranged. It was based off a song called "August" by flipturn and I think I might've cried while writing it.

What is a fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Most of my fics tend to have happy endings but I don't know how to go about choosing which one had the "happiest" ending out of all of them. Recently though, I wrote a fic about Wrecker meeting his new adopted daughter for the first time, called "Buir be Ner (Father of Mine), which started out with Wrecker's girlfriend being nervous about introducing her daughter to Wrecker but ended with them getting a small taste of being the family they longed for :)

Do you get hate on fics?

I don't, thankfully! I don't know why someone would take their time to leave hate on something or give time to read something they hate but,, y'know,, I'm just grateful I haven't had to deal with that yet.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I don't write smut. I'm aspec and writing smut makes me feel weird, I don't really like it :/ Usually I'll timeskip over it or something if I include something like that. Most I'll do is some foreplay, but that's like it. I've tried before but I honestly just tend to avoid it in terms of when it comes to writing fics. (explains why all my characters are ace, lol).

Do you ever write crossovers?

Yes!! I absolutely love crossovers and wish I could write more of them. My most popular fic is a TMNT crossover fic and I did a few other fics where it wasn't really a crossover but I would put one fandom into the plot of another fandom so it's like half of a crossover. Kinda.

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Oh? What happened here-

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Ah, not yet but I've had a very lovely non-English reader who has translated some of my fics for herself :D

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I haven't. I'm a very unreliable person so I don't think this is a good idea.

What's your all time favorite ship?

Oh goddamn. Off the top of my head I always say Superhusbands (Tony Stark x Steve Rogers) just because it was the ship I was obsessed with the longest and I have a lot of good memories surrounding that ship. Also they're like,, multiverse soulmates and their different versions of themselves fit so many different shipping dynamics, so what's not to love?

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

Definitely my TMNT crossover fic. It got SO much more attention than I expected and I feel terrible about letting all those readers down. Midway through writing the fic I became fixated on Star Wars again and can't bring myself to finishing it :( But there's so many others man,, I have so many fics I haven't finished yet-

What are your writing strengths?

I've been told I'm really good at writing natural dialogue apparently despite being terrible at holding a conversation myself. Someone asked me if I took a class on it once and I told him I just spend a LOT of time listening to other people speak. I'm also apparently good at creating characters and character dynamics. That's another thing I tend to get a lot of comments on when it comes to workshops with my writing; that I write "real/relatable" characters or that my characterizations in my fanfics are spot on. I heavily value characters and characterization so it's always nice to hear/read something like that about my writings.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Description (yikes). And keeping things short :( Growing up my english teachers always commented that I had a habit of writing a lot of run on sentences. Now I just put in a lot of commas and semicolons (whomp whomp). As for description, I struggle coming up with what I think is good description. I've had a handful of people in workshops compliment me on my imagery though and claim that my narrative writings read like a movie they can clearly picture but sometimes I feel like it's not a lot and I just take SO much time thinking about what to write for description.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

Eh, usually the only other languages I include in fics are Spanish and Korean because they're my languages and I'm familiar with them, but I don't really have any opinions on them. I will say though that if you DO write something in another language, don't italicize it. It draws attention to it and makes it seem like it's something "unnatural" or something and if it's a native language for a character than that's the norm and therefore shouldn't be any different to how you'd normally type dialogue or action for that matter. That was just something my narrative writing professor really emphasized because people tend to italicize anything in a different language when there's really no reason to.

First fandom you wrote for?

OOF. I actually have no idea,, I'd have to go back to my Wattpad account but I deleted a lot of my fics on there, lol. Um,, if I had to guess though I might say it was either Marvel or TMNT. Do I remember specifically what it was? No. For Marvel it was probably a SuperHusbands or Superfamily fic and if it was TMNT it was probably something with old OCs.

Favorite fic you've written?

Waaaaaah, I have no idea 🙃 I enjoy writing all my fics (why else would I be writing them) so I think they're all my favorite, lol. I guess in terms of finished fics I would say that my favorite one was probably Karasuno's 12, a Haikyuu fic that followed the premise of the Ocean's 11 movie. I had SO much fun writing that fic because I had to fit the Haikyuu characters into the Ocean's 11 characters while making sure they weren't out of character. I also had to fill in a lot of the blanks from the initial movie while also adding extra scenes and coming up with those was fun too! Essentially, I had a skeleton (the plot, dialogue, and characters of Ocean's 11) with some muscle and meat (the Haikyuu character's) and I mashed them together to create the fic. And not only was it both challenging and fun, but also rewarding as hell! I had at least two readers who ALWAYS left super long comments about how much they enjoyed the fic and they helped motivate me to finish the fic. That fic got so many comments, it was just so nice and fufilling 🥲 I miss those kinds of feedbacks. So I think that that fic was probably my favorite, even if I'm not really in either fandom anymore.

Thank you for the tag! 🩵

Tagging whoever wants to hop on!

20 Questions for Fic Writers

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 75

2. What's your total Ao3 word count? 92,568

3. What fandoms do you write for? Currently, Star Wars (mostly Bad Batch); however, I've written for a lot of TV shows over the years. (I prefer TV shows over movies simply because I can get to know the characters better and have a better feel for them when writing)

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

1. Unconventionally Easy (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) - a pre-Order 66 story about a mission gone awry for the Batch. 2. I Miss You (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) - Echo finds an unexpected message from a brother. 3. Regroup (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) - Tech and Omega have to leave Hunter and Wrecker behind when a job for Cid goes sideways. 4. Just Sit With Me (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) - A Cadet Batch fic featuring young Crosshair and Tech. 5. Resilient (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) - Echo struggles with his PTSD.

5. Do you respond to comments? Yes! It's one of my favorite parts of writing fan fiction!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? This one is really hard since I did Whumptober and Febuwhump and Angstpril 😅 I'd have to say maybe Haunting Failures or Sick Day (although my readers would probably choose different ones).

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Probably the Stardust Conspiracy or Detail Work.

8. Do you get hate on fics? In other fandoms, I have...I have yet to experience hate in this fandom.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I don't read or write or watch it...not my thing.

10. Do you ever write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? I haven't really written any...but I did kinda play with the idea of writing a Psych and Bones crossover 😂 I was gonna call it The Psychic in the Capital.

11. ?? (there was no question for #11...so I'll just say....nothing, I guess)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Not that I am aware of, but that would be so cool!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Kind of! I wrote Where Fears Are Born & When Fears Are Faced as companion pieces of @just-here-with-my-thoughts' fic Phobia. And then @just-here-with-my-thoughts wrote a couple cute companion pieces for The Stardust Conspiracy! (Find the Stardust collection here!)

14. What's your all time favorite ship? Kanan and Hera 🥰😭

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Mmmmm...I don't know. Any WIPs I have chapters posted for I have plans to finish...the ones slowly dying in my folder, however...😅

There's a Fives Survives AU I've been writing where he's actually the one who finds and rescues Omega from Kamino that I would really like to see through.

16. What are your writing strengths? I love character studies, so I feel like that really helps my writing!

17. What are your writing weaknesses? I hate writing action scenes...and I tend to lean heavily on dialogue.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic? The only time I've used "another language" in a fic is when I have clones use Mando'a words...but they don't usually use full sentences.

19. First fandom you wrote for? When I was an early teen I wrote for the Disney show Pair of Kings. 😂 However, I think I deleted the story after a couple of days...the first fandom I stuck to for a bit of time and still have stories floating around out there was Bonanza.

20. Favorite fic you've written? Basically any story I've written with the boys as cadets. They All Fall Down is probably one of my favorites, just because it reminds me so much of growing up with siblings. I also loved writing the Stardust Conspiracy.

Thank you for tagging me, @the-little-moment! This was so fun!!

Is it possible to tag all my moots?? Because I wanna see all your answers...(**cough**cough**if you've read this far, consider yourself TAGGED)

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36, 17, 15, 37 and 8 for the 40 questions ask meme please!!

8- Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Oh no, this is SO hard. I pride myself on my dialogue, and 'dialogue heavy' is one of the more common tag on all my works. Some of my favs have been emotional, heavy moments between characters, but I also write real stupid banter which I enjoy a lot, especially when it lands for readers. It's very hard to share a good dialogue snippet without the context that makes it funny or emotional though.

I also published 157 works, so there's choice galore! Here, have a bit from an Elden Ring fanfic, in which you, the reader, are the mate of one of the bosses, and the player character (the Tarnished) is a non-gendered character coming in and out of your life (as they do in the game), helping restore your hubby's memories and health by giving him death root. Just having fun with the way games send you on perpetual quests.

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'I have seen you bring deathroot tirelessly,' you say, 'and wanted to thank you myself. It can't have been easy.'

'What ails him?' they asks, changing tack.

'An old grief,' you answer, the half-lie coming easily. 'Turned to madness.'

The Tarnished cocks their head sideways, a little like a curious wolf. 'I couldn't help but notice that the deathroot seemed to help? Like he's regaining memories… What affinity does Gurranq have with death?'

'You're a curious one, Tarnished.'

They look down and kick a pebble, swaying on the balls of their feet, now more like a child than a wolf.

'It's rare…' they say. 'For anyone to talk to me, or talk intelligibly. I miss it. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry.'

'That's alright,' you say with a smile. 'No harm done, and I understand you. I miss many things. I think if I saw a honey roll right now, I might cry.'

'Do you want me… to get you some?' the Tarnished asks, uncertain.

You laugh hard enough to nearly fall off your perch.

The Tarnished crosses their arms, defensive. 'What?' they ask. 'I've been sent on stranger quests.'

'I don't doubt it! Strange quests for strange times… But no. I would have no reward for your work, Tarnished, and Gurranq and I are not to linger here, so don't worry yourself.'

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15- If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?

In Odd Company, my personal take for the Book of Boba Fett series, before it aired. Not like it's a high bar to clear, but I'm convinced my version is far superior, and it'd be the pilot episode. It was done for the BoBF Big Bang and has bonkers good art by Roventum.

17 was answered here!

36- Which is your favorite site to post fic?

AO3. I don't post anywhere else.

37- Talk about your current wips.

That is… a lot. There are a lot. I have so many unfinished works, I'm just the most blessed writer as I've received a stunningly tiny amount of "Update WHEN???" messages. For Avatar alone I have

Two chapters in the works for the Five is an awful number fic (which was always intended to be a one shot, I hate you all) Next (and final???) chapter of the Trail of Crumbs Quaritch fic A fic focusing on Quaritch and Spider as Spider adds a bead to his songcord for meeting him The Ronal and neytiri have a chat chapter of the Ronal fic Kiri x Rotxo date followed by the arrival of Spider…

In Arcane I need to finish Fathers and Daughters, and all the rest is suspended till the blue people mental illness subsides.

For Star Wars I am sitting on a finished chapter for the double time travel fic but I got concrit on it that demands a complete rewrite. Tarkin and Soka sitting where they always do, overshadowed by Pandora and its delights… I also have a bunch of unfinished Andor bits, which I might honestly yeet into a blog post instead of leave to rot on my laptop.

I'm not even going to list things in SW… I have WIP disease and I kind of hate it for myself.

40- Write an alternative ending to [insert fic title] (or just the summary of one).

I wouldn't know how. I've never felt the need to write alternate endings. I also almost never know "where the characters go" after I finish a story. If the ending is open and vague, it's on purpose. I'm not withholding anything.

There isn't a single fic I'd look back on now and want to change the ending. My endings are rare but I'm happy with all of them.

Sorry x'D

Thanks a lot for the asks! <3