#writer truth or dare ask

[skywalking-through-life]

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Loving that y'all have so many things that you'd like to ask me 🥹

🍄 - share a headcanon for one of your favorite ships or pairings

Y'all know I've gotta do percabeth, lol. Honestly though, it's hard to pick something I haven't already shared here, or written about in fic! A lot of my headcanons for them make their way, subtly and/or overtly, into my writing. 🤷‍♀️ But here's one I maybe haven't gone into yet: I think that once they settle somewhere, they both kind of become homebodies. They've done SO MUCH traveling as a result of terrifying, life-threatening quests over the years that I think it's lost some of its luster, and that staying home usually sounds infinitely more appealing to them! I don't mean to say that they don't even go on vacations, but I would imagine they are typically pretty chill vacations, with only a few bigger or more significant trips - they'd rather go to Montauk with Percy's family, visit Annabeth's in San Fran, see friends across the country, rent a cabin in the mountains to have a little more privacy, etc. I think international travel in particular makes them wary and a little anxious, and they probably only go if their kids/other friends and family want to go somewhere. I think they view travel as a means to an end - seeing loved ones, relaxing, etc - and don't find the idea of travel JUST for travels sake very exciting. Too many bad memories, too many times when a fun trip has been co-opted by monsters and peril and world-ending nonsense.

❄️ - what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?

Hmm, this is such an interesting question! Like anybody and everybody I have favorite tropes, but I'm not sure I've ever had one particular dream theme/plot that I've held above all the others that I haven't been willing to try writing myself? I love love love historical AUs as a general category, and often wish there were more of them, but because I wish that, I'm trying to write one! 💀 I'm a big believer in people writing what makes them excited and happy, so I feel a little odd about asking someone to write what I want them to write, rather than what they want to write? That being said, I think @campercabeth could write a damn good LotR×PJO percabeth as Arwen and Aragorn crossover AU. 👀

📚 - what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?

Hilariously, this poll. Not going to give context, but vote for whatever you like best! 💀

[copiousloverofcopia]

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You know what I want.

Lol omg ok ok 🤣

🍄: Share a headcanon for one of your (and Jill's) favorite ships or parings lol

So for Terzo and Alessandra from, Tied as One Eternally, one of my headcanons is that, as much as Alessandra acts like she's done having babies after each little goblin is born...one look from those damn mismatched eyes, and that smug painted grin, and she's back to deciding between baby names 🤪

Another one is that Alé and Terzo are 1000% faithful to one another and that the only other person allowed in their bed is Omega...on rare occasion. 😉

One last NSFW one below 😈

Last is that Terzo's absolute favorite thing to do with Alé during sex is cunnilingus. That man thoroughly devours his wife. Enjoying every savory, sweet taste of her as he's buried in-between her thick, juicy thighs. Ready to die for the cause, just to make her cum all over his face one more time. The compulsion to take her this way is especially bad when she's pregnant and he gets to stare up at her belly...feeling all proud having made her round with him. So possessive and hungry. He absolutely adore her.

[starcraftt]

🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

Apologies for choosing three, - 🍀

YAY SOMEONE ASKED HAHA! Nd no worries; asking for three is totally okay! :3 1 ⇢ ✨ + 🐎+ 🧥+ ⚫ + 💭 ( hahahaha,,,,, i couldn't find the right ones gahhsjgshj ) 2 ⇢ Ooohh! Hm, I actually really love Two-Bit nd Ponyboy's relationship, so, ( this was made up on the spot 😭 ) i think that two-bit would sneak ponyboy out some times? like, if pony wanted to go to a late night movie on a school night and darry wouldn't let him, two would definitely help pony sneak out and go to the movie with him. i dunno !! ^^ 3 ⇢ OHH WELL STICKING WITH THE OUTSIDERS THEME, I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE BOB SHELDON. 😭 i jst recently reposted smth about it,,, but i really do like him as sort of just a book character, i have no idea why im sorry. thank you sm for asking! i genuinely enjoyed answering these, haha! <3 have a great day.

[darl-ingfics]

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🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here

Oooo, forcing me to actually write, I see you... lol. This is from a piece I've said nothing about yet, but the inspiration has been striking:

Namjoon needed three things: sleep, a gallon of water, several doses of Tylenol, and sleep. Okay, that was four, but technically only three because sleep was on there twice. But Namjoon really, really just wanted to go to bed. 

They’d been in the US for nearly two weeks. Two weeks in which Namjoon had had to keep track of his members, while also keeping track of all of his own belongings, which was a feat on its own. Two weeks of running through airports and catching flights and playing the never-ending game of ‘smile at that camera, run from this one.’ Two weeks of talk shows, interviews, performances, concerts, photo shoots, content filming, sightseeing, and so much more. 

And, most importantly, two weeks of non-stop translating for his six very talkative yet very much not-fluent-in-English-speaking members.

🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

OOOOOOOO!!! So fun but so stressful, cause I don't want to leave anyone out!

@fairyniceyeah is such a sweet soul, and a joy to chat with, about fics and otherwise. I really appreciate fairy's presence in this community, and the compassion that comes so naturally to them 🩷

@17snifflesandsnzes always leaves me the most wonderful comments, and I get excited whenever I see their name in my notes. I also definitely don't stalk their blog daily... just in case... cause I don't want to miss their writing.

@sickonthedancefloor reblogs all of my fics and it makes me heart just soar! I love reading Whit's writing too, and feel such positive energy from them.

@lovesnzs-blog @leedoesnotkn0w @whats-k-popping @suraandsugar @nastanperfekt among others, I see yours names pop up in my notes frequently, and it instantly boosts my serotonin, and I can't thank you enough for your love <3 <3 <3

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

This is a hard one, cause I've actually been out of the fanart sphere for a while. I was much more into it back in my anime days, and I feel weird tagging those artists on this blog cause it's a separate thing. Sorry that's such a lame answer!

Writer's Truth or Dare Asks

[kiwiana-writes]

🥑and 🐝 please!💜

🥑 You accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

@rmd-writes and @welcometololaland for practical reasons, and @clottedcreamfudge and @cha-melodius for like, tactics and resolution. Hopefully I accidentally killed someone during winter, though, cause it'll take a bit for everyone to arrive.

🐝 Tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

@firenati0n is just consistently one of the most lovely positive people in my life. @sparklepocalypse is here for every bullshit unhinged idea and is on my wavelength to a scary degree. I genuinely don't know how I'd have gotten through the last couple of months of Personal Upheaval without @happiness-of-the-pursuit in my corner.

And I have to give a massive shoutout to the Original Novel Hype Group Chat of @indestructibleheart @rmd-writes @inexplicablymine without whom I definitely would have given up on pursuing this ridiculous dream at least fourteen times so far.

[Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game]

[carlos-in-glasses]

The Notorious C-I-G

💌 🍄 📚 🏜️ 🐝 (you don’t have to answer this one if you don’t want, I already know it’s me 🤭)

Lemon...right?

💌 ⇢ how many unread emails do you have right now?

Darn you for making me look! 248!

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

Answered this one here and here but here is another: After Andrea met TK and really started opening up her heart and mind to Carlos being gay and in love with another man, she began seeking out queer art, books, shows, so she could learn more about the community her son is a part of. Carlos recommends and lends her things! I touch on this in my fic Wrestling Angels.

📚 ⇢ what’s the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?

I didn't have to say anything. He knew I was shaking.

🏜️ ⇢ what’s your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

I love it when an aspect or overall theme leads a reader to discuss something and it gets a bit more personal and chatty. Fire Island and Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines led to comments in which people shared their memories and feelings about the AIDS crisis and about 9/11 respectively. I guess it makes it seem like the fic has a bit more 'social impact' in a way. It's quite amazing when that happens.

🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

Haha @lemonlyman-dotcom... right? You have been so supportive and friendly from the beginning - the beginning being pre-tumblr when you were leaving such lovely comments on my fics. When I saw you'd set up your tumblr I was so happy to be able to interact with you on here too. And now look!

And @thisbuildinghasfeelings - you were one of the first people I spoke to on here and your kindness and enthusiasm not just towards my writing is just incredible and I feel very lucky you're here.

@heartstringsduet your comment on Afterglow of a Supernova basically changed my life in that it made me instantly more confident in my writing, like it represented a turning point in how I felt about it, and you've always been in my corner. And you've made art for my fics???!!!

@goodways you have been so lovely about my fics I feel like I can never thank you enough and your comments always make me laugh and make me think. Your feedback always means the world to me.

@herefortarlos your enthusiasm for my fics, all fics and this fandom is a thing of beauty and so inspiring.

@welcometololaland you were one of the first people to ever tag me in anything and I remember it vividly because I couldn't believe it haha. Your comments are always so hilarious and make me feel like I've done something right, and without you I wouldn't have written I Was Thinking About Your Mouth, so I am forever grateful for that and for you being such a good sounding board when I complain about work!

@cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut mate, you are divine and the fact that you spend any time beta'ing my fics when they are still kinda hot messes is wild to me. Thank you as well for your kindness and generosity!

@im-overstimulated-and-im-sad you are a delight and your comments are like a balm to my soul!

@reyesstrand Also from really early on you were leaving such encouraging comments on my fics and including me in WIP tags and things and I'm so grateful and forever awestruck.

@paperstorm I always cherish in particular how incredible you were about Fire Island (and When Soulmates Swim recently!), and how you helped so much in my hour of need when the whole scary situation around Afterglow of a Supernova happened. Thank you!

There are other people too of course but I worry I'm banging on a bit too much like I'm at the Oscars and the music is going to play over me talking so I just want to wrap up by saying thank you to everyone who has read my fics and commented and left kudos - I've said it before and I'll say it again, it really does blow me away that you're giving your precious free time to my stories in that way.

[weaverpop]

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Tw a bit heavy

🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately

Lately I’ve been wondering a few things about… stuff. Specifically mental stuff. I’ve always known I was a bit different than the others, but lately it just seems more prominent I guess.

Like for example, I’ll be staring at my screen of my computer, knowing I have a collage paper overdue… and yet my damn body won’t move. And it does this constantly. I can’t hardly think of doing something I don’t wanna do (ie collage work, basic chores, ect) without feeling like my insides are gonna collapse. I’m currently kissing a ton of things because I can’t bring myself to do it.

I’m worried about bringing this up to my parents (who is till live with) because I’m afraid of what they might say. I’ll prob get taken to a therapist, but if they diagnose me with something I just. I don’t know. My whole life has been built around “the good kid” and being the overachiever. For gods sake I graduated with more credits then needed in highschool, I could have graduated early!

I took duel enrollment (collage + high) and missed out on a bunch of teen stuff like parties and being studpid because my older subs were like that. And I had to be the “good one.” I’m worried that if I get diagnosed with something big, it’ll change how my parents view me.

Sorry it got heavy. Just something I’ve had on my mind for a while.

Ref

[quinloki]

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Name three good things about a character you hate.

eugh..... Eeeeeeuuuuuuuaaaaagggh....

=/

Trebol had a solid fashion sense when Doffy did. He... is well organized? He doesn't leave a trail of snot everywhere despite being covered in it.

link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

Oh that's easy - but it is a tie, a serious tie, between

This

and

This.

I wrote A Light Touch because of one, and the other is just hands down my absolute favorite Marco Art thus far.

Writer's Truth & Dare Ask Game

[bookish-karina]

Writing Share / Last Line / First Kiss Friday Tag!

thank you for all the tags @the-golden-comet (X2), @drchenquill , @willtheweaver , @rotting-moon-writes , and @gioiaalbanoart !

ahhhh okay so since I was tagged in a variety of these, I'm combining them! I've been playing around with how Jace and Maeve's first kiss is going to happen. I have so many ideas for this since it's a slow burn (and I'm little miss impatient when it comes to the slow burn burning) and the opportunities are limitless, please give me some feedback or a way you think it should happen (whether it's in a comment, reblog tags, ask, or private message)! bonus points if you've been reading the chapters as I've published them on AO3, which I know many of you have been (which thank you so so so much for all the love and support you have been giving me and Your Average Fangirl !! whenever I'm having a bad day at work, you never fail to make me want to cry happy tears at your comments, reblogs, kudos, etc)

without further ado, here's a first kiss scene <3

“Truth or dare?” Lucas asks, a small smirk dancing on the edges of his lips.

“Dare,” the word is out of my mouth before I can fully think of anything remotely gross he could dare me to do, being out in the middle of nowhere and all.

A full grin takes over his face as he says, “I dare you to sit in Jace’s lap,” he points towards where Jace sits to the right of me, “and make out with him for one full minute.”

“No way,” I laugh nervously. There’s no way he just suggested I make out with Jace. “That’s not gonna happen,” I shake my head.

Kai and Gabriel both laugh, shaking their heads at Lucas for such an inappropriate dare this soon in the game.

“You don’t have to do that,” Jace says to me before turning to Lucas, giving him a look I can’t decipher. “She doesn’t have to do that.”

“Come on,” Lucas taunts, “it’s just a dare.”

It’s just a dare. Except it’s not. I’m a fangirl, I’ve probably dreamt of this situation hundreds of times. But to actually do it? That’s too much pressure. Too much pressure to be perfect. In my head? I’m the perfect kisser. In reality? I could be mediocre. What if I ruin kissing for Jace?

“It’s just a dare,” Kai echoes, shrugging a shoulder as I meet his eyes.

“Come on, do it,” Lucas whines and I know he won’t drop it until I do.

With a deep, steadying breath, I get up and slowly walk over to Jace. His eyes widen as I lightly place my hand on his left shoulder.

“It’s just a dare, right? Meaningless?” I add the last part for his benefit, my heart beating so hard I swear I can feel the vibrations in my fingertips.

He nods, wetting his lips.

For some unknown reason, my heart sinks at his response. This is going to be meaningless. It doesn’t matter if I kiss him tonight or a year from now, I’ll only ever be a fan. A friend at most.

I gently crawl onto Jace’s lap and he moves so that I’m straddling him, my legs dangling on either side of his hips. His friends start hooting and hollering as I remind myself one last time that this means absolutely nothing.

Then, I lower my lips onto his.

The kiss starts slow, gentle, but my heart never slows down as his hands roam my body. His fingers dive into my hair as he pulls me impossibly closer, deepening the kiss. I wrap my arms around his neck as I lean into him, letting him take control.

His hands slide down my back and his fingers tickle the bare skin on my lower back, causing me to shiver at the sensation.

Jace smiles against my lips before pulling away and kissing a line down my jaw, where he finds the sweet spot on my neck and starts peppering it with kisses.

A timer goes off loudly, causing me to jump away from him and land harshly on the ground in front of his chair.

My chest heaves up and down in quick breaths as I refuse to look up at Lucas, Kai, and Gabriel, who are all laughing and clapping as if they’ve watched the best show.

I run my fingers through the grass, reminding myself of what’s real. What just happened, everything I just felt, it wasn’t real. It was meaningless. It practically never happened.

After a few more minutes of trying to calm my heart, I get up and walk quickly to the tour bus before slamming the door shut and burying myself into the covers in my bunk. Embarrassing. That was so embarrassing.

basically what I was going for with this scene is that Lucas knows there's something going on between Maeve and Jace (whether that's from mere observation or Jace confiding in him) and he knows nothing will happen unless he forces their hand a little. he bands together with Kai and Gabriel to egg them on into doing this, not thinking that he may be harming what could've happened naturally. he's definitely the golden retriever of the group, though!

one song I really associate with this scene for some reason is Dead Inside by LØLØ, which I'll link here :)

if you want another version of their first kiss, let me know!!

also no pressure tagging @romances-not-tragedies @wyked-ao3 @katenewmanwrites @kaylinalexanderbooks + an open tag

[javelinbk]

Writer truth or dare!

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🎱 ⇢ post your AO3 total stats

🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

@fkajohnlennon you know what to do (you also know who I killed)

🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing

Jav, you write natural enough dialogue, but you rely on body language far too much. And try getting a bit closer to the POV character!

Thanks for the asks!

Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game

[skywalking-through-life]

Much delayed, but for the truth-or-dare ask game: 🍓🥑🥤🧃 (🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷)

My friend! 💙💙💙💙💙

These are such good ones, omg. Sorry in advance for the word vomit, lolol

🍓 - How did you get into writing fanfiction?

Okay, so I've kind of been writing fic in my head (and sometimes in notebooks/random word documents) since I was about 8 years old, and I first realized that 'writing stories' was 1) a thing ANYONE could do, and also, sometimes, 2) a job that required refined skills, lol. When you're a kid you're told (if you're lucky) that you can do anything that you put your mind to, and little Sky loved stories more than most other things, so I couldn't imagine doing something with the rest of my life that didn't involve them! So I started practicing. The first fanfic I ever wrote was in a journal, and it was only a few pages long because I did not have great penmanship and was impatient with own slowness, lol. I'm fairly certain I was embarrassed by my efforts and threw them out. For a long time I wrote elaborate stories in my head instead, and didn't start actually doing the (MUCH harder) work of putting them on paper until high school. But I was also having a complex at that point in my life around acceptability/popularity and anxiety around being perceived as a nerd, so I was way too terrified to tell anyone I was writing it. And then I was so disillusioned by the meanness that I saw in online fandom spaces that it still took years before I got up the courage to post any of it publicly! I've had an ao3 account for the past decade, and was a lurker for a good five years before that, but I didn't start posting my own work until just under two years ago. That ought to say something, I think. 💀

🥑 - you accidentally killed someone, which mutal(s) do you text for help?

LOL, heaven forbid I ever find myself in this situation, but if so...honestly probably you, lmao, and some other folks on here that I don't think have ever been involved in crimes, but are otherwise competent, functioning adults who don't shy away from difficult/grey situations - at least in fiction, lol. @60sec400 @darkmagyk @phykios @deerlie-main , I hope you are not insulted by this. 💀

🥤- recommend an author or fanfic you love

I just did this the other week - and apparently y'all really needed recs, wow! - so I'm kind of wracking my brain here to rec something I haven't already recommended recently...there are a LOT of good options to choose from! I guess I'll go with 'percy jackson and the scrutiny of his coworkers', which is an absolutely BRILLIANT outsider pov fic by pqrker on ao3. It's popular for a reason, and the reason being that it is perfect. 🥹

🧃- share some personal lore you've never posted about before

Ooooo, hmm, what to pick, what to pick...hmm, okay, I'll go with this. A segue from my first answer, lol. I was nominated for Homecoming Queen in high school, and was the first runner up, so - hilariously - became the Homecoming Princess. It was my teen movie Cinderella-story moment, because I had always been the shy nerd in the back of the classroom, but then all of a sudden was in a fancy dress on the football field getting a crown and wondering what parallel universe and/or Taylor Swift song I'd just fallen into. And weirdly enough, knowing that I hadn't done anything special to be nominated - that people had just liked me - went a long way towards me being able to accept myself more holistically. Maybe if they liked me enough for that, I could like me enough to try and see what they saw, you know? It was years ago now, but it is a fond and bizarre memory, and was very helpful to a confused and anxious 17 year old! 😅

You may have gotten more than you planned with this ask, lol, but thank you for asking, my friend. 💙

[f1-birb]

some positivity ones from the askgame 🌻🐝🥐

🌻 - tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis

I have a few actually

@quadrantslandonorris - I don't think we've ever spoken but it doesn't mean I don't appreciate seeing you in the notes

@racewinnerlandonorris - makes some Lovely gif sets and I always like to see them on my dash

@racingorange - some wonderful fics I have very much enjoyed

@wunderlichkind - we don't talk as much as we used to but I hope she knows how special she is to me

@landinrris - my fellow norrix truther, I also love that when we talk, we Talk

🐝 - tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

I am so incredibly blessed to be able to put several people here

@f1-disaster-bi - I honestly don't think there are enough words to say how much I adore you

@alexi-01 - my life would be so boring if you weren't in it

@geooooooorge - I love you so much and I love how I can just send you things no context and get the best reactions

@stephanieu8719 - I've told you already but I am sooooooo happy you and the boy sorted out your shit and you're living your best life

@sof1shticated - I love we can go days (sometimes longer) without talking and we just pick up as if we never stopped

@landonor - you just get it, it being lots of things

🥐 - name one internet reference that will always make you laugh

if I ever don't laugh at squash banana assume I am deceased bc I kid you not that thing always gets me, cut off screams are one of my faves and that one in particular

[lestappenforever]

For the Writer's truth or dare:

🌸🧩 and/or 🥑

Thank you so much, lovely. 🧡

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

This is my Nadja, and her evolution over the past 2 years and 10 months - from newborn foster kitten to fully grown forever cat.

🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

Well, assuming there are no ships, themes or tags that would keep me from even clicking the fic in the first place: too little use of paragraphs. If I open a fic and I'm met with walls of text, my brain goes 'Nope' and I exit the fic immediately. My brain cannot compute big walls of text in fics.

🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

@f1writingbyme is a given because the chances of me having updated her live on the entire process are high. Also @il-predestinato because I have a feeling she would be excellent at helping with the clean-up and figuring out a way to get me out of it. @fueledbyremembering for moral support and assurances that I wouldn't go to jail.

Ask game.

[minecraftbookshelf]

🎨 for funzies :)

link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

Oh this is. This is mean.

Genuinely this might be impossible I love so much art and the mcyt community has so much amazing art in it...

I'll pop a few on here

I love this Empires!Pearl vs Xornoth piece by @justl-12

The motion in it is so good its a very dynamic piece and also Pearl vs Xornoth is one of my favorite Empires scenes so I'm biased XD I also just really, really love Pearl's boots. It's such a small detail but its so good.

Another Empires!Pearl by @gremnda this time (I am very predictable)

I love a scrappy Pearl and this is the scrappiest.

This Codfather art by @arsonnel

I'm a sucker for cool lighting in art and this lighting is very, very cool.

This Ocean Queen watercolor by @izuchannisfan

The vibes are so good and I think watercolor just suits the ocean queen well.

[chodzacaparodia]

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Thank you for the ask! <3

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

Hmmm which ship should I choose... Maybe Sakuatsu from Haikyuu!! ?

Sooo

Atsumu and Sakusa are huge hypocrites (and haters) when it comes to various issues. Especially when it comes to love matters.

They will hold hands and talk to each other about how annoying Hinata and Kageyama's flirtations are. They will exchange disgusted faces or feign gagging as they listen to Bokuto talk about Akaashi, even though they are both hugged tightly to each other. Atsumu keeps complaining to Omi about Osamu that he's such a pathetic idiot in love, while Sakusa strokes his hair and places soft kisses on Atsumu's face.

Hating other people's acts of love? Yes. Being the most annoyingly clingy couple? Also yes. This is Sakuatsu for you.

(I love this headcanon so much that I wrote fic using this trope hahah)

Have a nice day 💖

Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game

[sotwk]

Writers Truth or Dare Ask Game - SotWK Answers

Link to game is HERE,

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?

I was in 4th grade and my friends and I really wanted to date the Backstreet Boys. We discovered fanfiction was the most fun way to do it. We would write our lil’ self-insert love stories in notebooks that we would pass around and share. 

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

Pumped Up Pop. I’m a 90s kid and Pop runs deep in me. 

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

I don’t think anything can be considered weird for a writer doing research anymore. But one thing I remember working extra hard on was researching how to pilot a jet for a Marvel action fic. That’s why I admire and commiserate with @scyllas-revenge for her helicopter piloting scene in BLCI. 

🐇 ⇢ do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both? 

Mix of both. Reader Inserts to make others happy, OC fics to make myself happy. 

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

I would write an entire essay explaining this one, but in the SotWK AU, Elvenking Thranduil and Elvenqueen Maereth are metaphorical avatars for the Valar couple Oromë and Vána, and were destined to be such (as they were destined for each other). The qualities they each possess which make them similar to these Valar--Thranduil's strength and skill as a protector/warrior and Maereth's gifts for nurturing and fertility--are what safeguard and sustain Eryn Galen for thousands of years, holding their people fast even against Sauron.

🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis 

@talesfuzzy is constantly on my notifs since she likes so many of my posts on a daily basis. She also reblogs some of the best Tolkien content, which I often put into my own queue. We don't really talk, but she's like that friendly person you see on your daily commute whose name you might not know but you smile and nod to each other till they've become a comfortingly reliable part of daily life.

❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?

I would LOVE a thrilling action fic where Thranduil and all five Thranduilion Princes march into battle at the same time and completely crush the enemy because there is possibly no greater or more fearsome fighting team left in Middle-earth. However, such a plot would violate my own AU’s headcanon, because in Thranduil’s family, there is a hard rule that the Thranduilions can never all be fighting in the same battle at once; Thranduil simply refuses to risk his family that way. 

I would hire/nominate/beg @ass-deep-in-demons to write it. If you’ve read her fic, “Under Our Darkening Skies”, you’ll know she’s the top pick for incredible and cinematic battle scenes. 

🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing

I find myself reusing a lot of the same lines and expressions, especially when describing character emotions and actions. Sometimes I feel my writing is pedestrian and boring, especially compared to many other writers in the Tolkien fandom who have such eloquent, sophisticated styles and brilliant, creative word choices. I'm quite soppy and sentimental too, but that's just my thing. 

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

Sadly, I have not had a pet since my early 20s. I had plenty of them growing up, though, including my beloved yellow Lab. Once my kids are old enough to share in pet care duties, we are definitely getting a dog. 

🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual?

Talk to me about my Thranduilion Princes, pretty please! (There are many easy ways to be Moots with me, but this is a guarantee and the fastest way!)

🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

I am lucky and grateful to have a solid band of supporters, but I want to grab this chance to send a special shout out to @achromaticerebus. She has been a big supporter of my Thranduilion Princes since she discovered them early on, she comments on ALL my Thranduil/Thranduilion stories, she gushes about them to me and with me, and her enthusiasm just keeps me motivated. She is not herself a writer, and it's so rare to find a friend so willing to just be a reader and supporter, when there's really no way to “pay back” her kindness.

🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

Point out even just one specific detail or line of dialogue and tell me how it made you feel, your thoughts about it, or even ask a follow up question! I am most impressed when a Reader points out an Easter egg or interesting tidbit/headcanon/lore I included. I am over the moon when their comments show they are familiar with my other fics or my SotWK AU as a whole… it means they've really invested in my stuff.

🐚 ⇢ do you like or dislike surprises?

I enjoy being wholly surprised (good surprises, of course), but I don't like being told “a surprise is coming” and having to then think about it or stress out until its arrival. 

📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app? 

A work-related reminder, which is boring. So I'm gonna answer this question by sharing something I wrote in my “Scratch Dump” document that I use for my headcanon drafting: Inscribed on the blade of the sword was Mirion’s personal oath to his people, written in Silvan: “Until my last breath, I will serve.”

🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh 

It’s probably because I’m fairly new to it (and because I enjoy the song/video), but the concept of internet friends Rickrolling each other as a prank seems so funny and wholesome to me.  

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

I made a separate post answering this HERE.

Thank you to all my awesome friends who jumped in to send me these Asks! This was fun and made me feel good about myself as a writer. Love you guys! 

@lady-of-imladris @erathene @unethicallypleistocene @fishing4stars @Hobbitwrangler @quillofspirit @from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras @niennawept @malzenn @melpomaenofimladris and that one Anon friend!