valiantlyweepingdreamer

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Hey, @legolasghosty, look!! It's our mutual friend!

the true cycle of life

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Painful but true.

So anyway....anyone have any writing inspiration for me?

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endings that are better for dean than dying young and bloody:

opening a bar (as shown to be a fantasy of his)

opening a gay bar (my preferred ending)

working with kids, potentially at a home like sonny's

working as a mechanic, eventually specializing in vintage cars

becoming the new bobby, helping the next generation of hunters

being a stay-at-home dad with his husband castiel as the breadwinner (cas doesn't work either he just steals money from rich assholes using his powers and calls it being a breadwinner)

(he's with cas for all of these btw in case that wasn't obvious)

spending like a good decade traveling the world via angel express and enjoying his retirement from hunting

becoming a rock star with a cult following, a significant portion of which love sharing around conspiracy theories that he's actually a serial killer who faked his own death and started fresh with a new identity (no one seriously believes this)

becoming a sheep herder (it's the closest thing to a modern-day cowboy he can get. he gets to wear the hat and everything)

moving to hollywood and becoming an actor under the pseudonym jensen ackles

becoming a successful writer purely to spite chuck, outselling the supernatural series easily and receiving rave reviews for his refreshing style and devastating depictions of childhood trauma and breaking the cycle of abuse

building a space ship and searching the galaxy for intelligent life

literally anything other than what happened on the show

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Send me a # and choose SPN, Marvel, or characters reading, and I'll add that amount (or as close to it as I can get) to the selected project.

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Tag Game for Writers

How many works do you have on AO3? Currently, 25.

What's your total AO3 word count? 138,117

What fandoms do you write for? Currently, HP. Previously, JATP.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos? You're Not What You Want, But I Love You This Way; Harry Potter and the Way Fourth Year Should Have Gone; Cashier v. Karen; Girl Crush (I Wanna Taste Her Lips); and Will You Be 'Mine' Forever?

Do you respond to comments? I used to, but after tons of "thank you" comments, I just couldn't force it anymore. If someone leaves a detailed comment or a question, I do my best to answer.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? If I Die Young, in the JATP fandom.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I...really don't know? Maybe You're Crazy, and I'm Outta My Mind.

Do you get hate on fics? I have been lucky enough not to yet, but I figure anyone that writes (and shares) enough fics is bound to get hate eventually.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? No. I'm not necessarily opposed to it, I definitely read my fair share, but I just don't have the comfort level needed to write it. Plus, I struggle finding betas for my non-smut work, so...

Do you write crossovers? I have been known to, yes. If I'm comfortable enough with both fandoms.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not to the best of my knowledge.

Have you ever had a fic translated? Not that I know of! I think people generally ask before doing that, right?

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Yep. I have one that is actually posted (Ain't Nothing Funny When A Soldier Cries), and a few that my co-writers and I started but never quite got around to finishing.

What's your all-time favorite ship? Ummmm.....Maybe NottPott? Or possibly Drarry? But also Juke. I just love love, okay?

What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will? Posted already? Beauty and the Beast. Still in my docs? Way too many for me to even contemplate. I write when the muse hits, which isn't often enough.

What are your writing strengths? .....I don't know that I have any, really.

What are your writing weaknesses? Writing fluff or comfort. I have the hurt part of hurt/comfort down, but the comfort generally escapes me and I have to be @legolasghosty to help me figure it out.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I don't trust Google translate and speak nothing but English myself, so it isn't likely to happen.

First fandom you wrote for? JATP

Favorite fic you've written? Probably Girl Crush for a fic with a happy ending. It was so fun to write! For an angsty fic, probably You Don't Even Know, I Know.

@shellywrites, wanna take a shot at this?

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I am so enthusiastically obsessed with the idea of Julie and the phantoms s2, but I need them to understand that the best (only) way to do that is to pretend that the last 4 years didn't happen. no time jump, no recastings (if they can help it), no explanation on why Carlos was 9, but now he's 14, none. just simply pretend s2 came out right away. give me one. "Wow, you grew fast since dinner." "yea I ate my veggies," and then simply move on. it would be perfectly comedic and simply nothing would be better

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So, a friend just threw this insanity at me, and now I'm looking for someone that is willing to help me?

"On the writing thing, I've been trying this thing with a mutual on Tumblr and it's helped both of us a bit with the Block? It's basically an ask game (though you totally wouldn't have to do it in that format) where people send in a number under 200 (you can totally adjust that cap) and then you write that many words and share it with them. Like a little accountability partner/cheerleader?"

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Someone please tell me I am not the only writer that starts a fic with a very specific end game ship, only to change their mind every other day?

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Excuse me while I clean up some drool...

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me, apparently

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the jatp fandom rn

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Ugh! Someone please poke my muse and/or finish one of my WIPs?!?! I'm going insane over here!

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Hi, what is the difference between a Beta reader and an Alpha reader?

I'm glad you asked! Disclaimer: This is how it was explained to me, and other writers may have a different idea about it.

A Beta reader is there to catch spelling, grammar and punctuation errors (and in the case of my amazing Betas, @legolasghosty and @lockwoodsco, to tell me when things don't make sense).

An Alpha reader is less concerned with the spelling, etc., and more involved in helping brainstorm, encourage, push when needed... it was explained to me that an Alpha reader knows the story line as well as the author does, and helps them figure out how to get it where they want it to go.

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Desperately searching for an Alpha for my fanfics. I'm not worried about beta work at this point. I am mainly looking for someone who is good at encouragement and holding me accountable, and willing to drag me to the end (sometimes kicking and screaming) when necessary. Mostly in the HP fandom, though I occasionally write in JATP, too.