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ashtraythief · 3 days
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Jensen Ackles rehearsing for a fight scene on The Boys 3x08 “The Instant White-Hot Wild” [x] 
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ashtraythief · 4 days
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a collection of my favorite tweets regarding the Ever Given in the Suez Canal
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ashtraythief · 4 days
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Fanfiction Writing Asks
Do you daydream a lot before you write, or go for it as soon as the ideas strike?
Where do you get your fic ideas?
Do you share your fic ideas, or do you keep them to yourself?
How do you choose which fics to write?
How many wips do you have?  What fandoms/pairings are they for?
What’s the last line you wrote?
Post a snippet from a wip.
Post an out-of-context spoiler from a wip.
Does this word [chosen by asker] appear in your current wip?
Do you work on multiple wips or stick to one fic at a time?
Do you write scenes in order, or do you jump around?
Do you outline your fics?  If yes, how detailed are your outlines?  How far do you stray from them?
Do you listen to music while you write?  If yes, what have you been listening to recently?
What is your favorite location and position to write in?
What’s your favorite time to write?
Do you write by hand, on your phone, or on your laptop?
Do you have a writing routine?
Do you enjoy research?  Which fic of yours required the most research?
Do you enjoy creating OCs or do you prefer to stick solely to canon characters?
Do you prefer writing AUs or canon fics?
Do you prefer writing chaptered fics or one-shots?
Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process?  How do you come up with titles?
Is writing the beginning, middle, or end of the story easiest? Hardest?
How do you choose whose POV to write in?
What’s your favorite part of the writing process (worldbuilding, brainstorming/outlining, writing, editing, etc)?
What’s your least favorite part of the writing process?
What area of writing do you feel strongest in?
What area of writing do you want to improve in?
What’s something about your writing that you’re proud of?
How much do you edit your fics?  Do you edit as you write or wait until you finish the first draft?
Do you use a beta reader/editor?
Do you take fic requests?  Why or why not?
Is there a specific word count that you hold yourself to/enjoy writing the most?
How much of your personal life/experience do you include in your fics?
What’s your favorite fic you’ve posted?
What fic are you proudest of?
What fic has been the hardest for you to write?
What is your most self-indulgent posted story?
What’s your most self-indulgent wip?
What is your favorite world that you’ve created for a fic?
Who’s your favorite character you’ve written?
What’s your favorite title that you’ve come up with?
Is there a trope or idea that you’d really like to write but haven’t yet?
What is your favorite genre to write?
What genre/trope do you tend to write the most?
If you could only write one type of AU for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Is there a trope that you’ve written before but are now sick of?
Who is your favorite character to write for?  Has this changed since you’ve started writing for that fandom?
What fic of yours would you say is the best introduction to you as a writer?
How would you describe your writing style?
Does what you like to write differ from what you like to read?
What’s the average word count of your fics?
What is the most-used tag on your ao3?
What’s the fandom/pairing distribution of your posted fics?
Have you noticed any patterns in your fics?  Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?
Are there any fics that you would change or rewrite if given the chance?
How conscious are you about including symbolism or foreshadowing in your fics?
Do you have a favorite piece of figurative language you’ve written?
Have you participated in any fic events/writing challenges?  If yes, what were they and did you enjoy them?
In [insert fic], what inspired the idea for the plot?
In [insert fic], what’s your favorite scene that you wrote?
In [insert fic], is there a deleted scene/idea you wish you could have included?  Why did it get cut?
What was the hardest part of writing [insert fic]?
If you rewrote [insert fic] now, would you change anything?
If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would happen in it?
What’s a fun fact about [insert fic]?
If a fic was titled [insert made up title], what would this story be about/how would you write it?
Are there any fics that influenced you to write the way you do?
What are your favorite fics at the moment?
Are you subscribed to any writers on AO3?
Do you spend more time reading or writing?
What’s your favorite writing compliment you’ve gotten?
What do you tend to get complimented on the most about your writing?
Do you have a fic you wish got a bit more love?
Is there a particular fic that readers gravitated towards that you didn’t expect?
How do you deal with writing pressure, whether internal or external?
Why do you enjoy writing fanfiction?
What motivates you during the writing process?
Do you have any writing advice you want to share?
Free space - asker can come up with any writing or fic-related question they want!
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ashtraythief · 13 days
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ashtraythief · 15 days
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baby
(the sun is dying)
from this series:
Jack
Castiel
Dean
Sam
as always,
My art tag ⸜(。˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
Ask me a question/say hi/make a request... ( •̯́ ^ •̯̀)
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ashtraythief · 28 days
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Could you draw something with Sam & Dean in a graveyard? Either gravedigging or, like, one of the "Death Takes a Holiday" hanging-out-in-the-cemetery-waiting-for-the-ghost-to-show scenes?
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Hiii <333!! Yeah!!
The plot bunny for this was longer, but i had to finish it here or I'd end up not sleeping tonight...might come back to revisit/finish it later, or to at least make an illustration or painting out of this (which is probably closer to what you wanted ;;) Anyway, hope you like them! If it's a salt-and-burn or something more ominous I'll leave that to your imagination.
Art tag
Say hi / Ask me a question / Make a request
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ashtraythief · 1 month
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Playing with fire
- Process:
Drawn in Procreate, actual time 1 hr 20.
With this picture I wanted to used a similar technique to the one I had used to draw Sammy. And while I like the final result, it wasn’t exactly what I was aiming for. The plan was to draw fire where Rowena’s hair would go and then to put the black layer on-top and erase the highlights to have the fire showing through from underneath. I ran into some problems tho because I had included white in the flames and as I etched in Rowena’s curls on the black layer there were too many random flashes of white throwing off the flow of her hair. So midway through I went back to the base layer and covered all the white with a lot more red. The end result is that I have a really interesting fire themed colour palette for this picture (something I wouldn’t normally have chosen if I was just choosing colours as I was drawing) but it’s not obvious that the hair is drawn on-top of actual flames, it all just looks red. So in future I need to consider how much of the under painting will show through and what shapes will best complement each other. Maybe I could do elements or nature scenes as underpaintings to match a character’s personality. Im definitely having fun experimenting tho 😄
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ashtraythief · 1 month
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Wolf Winchesters ②
I think if they both turn into wolves, they will like to stick together more than when they are human forms, animals will not be shy^ω^
*Action has photo reference
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ashtraythief · 1 month
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Fic: It's Not Rotten Work If It's You
firstprince | rated E | alpha/omega | ~30k
“Everything okay, sweetheart?” Alex asks although the answer is probably no if Henry’s sitting in his bed, staring at his suppressants. Stupid question. Alex already has regrets, but he also hasn’t had any coffee yet, and he’s only been awake for half a minute so he thinks he can be excused. At least he immediately clocked the situation and asked. He can be a good boyfriend.
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After years of taking suppressants to hide his omega status, after the email leak and the election, after things finally settle, Henry and Alex spend Henry’s first heat together.
I've tried to fight this for six months, but my muse basically clobbered me over the head and tied me to my desk chair and five days later I have almost 30k of schmoopy RW&RB fic. I don't know what to tell you guys. But if you want to read self-indulgent, schmoopy heat fic, the first chapter is up now and will probably update once or twice a week while I finish up the last chapter.
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ashtraythief · 1 month
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"I just fell for their company line." ↳ 12.22 - WHO WE ARE
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ashtraythief · 1 month
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Fic: It's Not Rotten Work If It's You
firstprince | rated E | alpha/omega | ~30k
“Everything okay, sweetheart?” Alex asks although the answer is probably no if Henry’s sitting in his bed, staring at his suppressants. Stupid question. Alex already has regrets, but he also hasn’t had any coffee yet, and he’s only been awake for half a minute so he thinks he can be excused. At least he immediately clocked the situation and asked. He can be a good boyfriend.
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After years of taking suppressants to hide his omega status, after the email leak and the election, after things finally settle, Henry and Alex spend Henry’s first heat together.
I've tried to fight this for six months, but my muse basically clobbered me over the head and tied me to my desk chair and five days later I have almost 30k of schmoopy RW&RB fic. I don't know what to tell you guys. But if you want to read self-indulgent, schmoopy heat fic, the first chapter is up now and will probably update once or twice a week while I finish up the last chapter.
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ashtraythief · 1 month
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ashtraythief · 2 months
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I got podficced!
Thank you so much for having me on the podcasts and picking this fic to record 🥰
If you guys in the mood for some pre-series wincest pre-slash outsider pov, where a witch come across the boys, check out Branded Heart, either as a fic or podifc.
Branded Heart - PodFic Version
@ashtraythief came on to @idlingintheimpalapodcast to discuss fanfic and the writing process. I was lucky enough to narrate one of her works - a short pre-series pre-slash story titled Branded Heart. Click the link to listen.
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ashtraythief · 2 months
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In which Amnesia!Dean hits on Sammy.
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ashtraythief · 2 months
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Had an absolute blast with the IdlingInTheImpala peeps! If you ever wanted to hear me ramble about writing, why I love supernatural and of course dinosaurs, come check it out!
It's #NewEpisodeAlert, #SPNFamily
We've got another guest this week! The incredible Ashtraythief joins to to talk all things fic, how space makes everything better & how sometimes you just need dinosaurs
Watch/Listen👇
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ashtraythief · 2 months
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6.06 // You Can’t Handle the Truth :: For Abby, who is always sweet and encouraging <3
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ashtraythief · 3 months
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More random tropes that I fucking love: Becoming the mask you wore.
Like oh shit, this character who was sent to spy somewhere under a false identity suddenly realises they've started to genuinely become the person they claimed to be? Someone who's been telling the same lies about who they are for so long that they're actually forgetting that the story isn't true? Finding themselves genuinely doing the things they pretend to do in front of people, when they're alone and nobody's watching? Answering to a name that wasn't supposed to be theirs without thinking?
Ooohh-hoh-hoh, you lost track of yourself in pretending to be someone else? You were only supposed to impersonate somebody, a plausible background and a name you came up with on the spot, and now that the people you were supposed to infiltrate have become your true companions? You lost yourself in the game you played, and no you no longer know who you truly are, and where your true loyalties lie? And both sides would mark you a traitor if you came out with the truth. On a scale of one to ten, how bad did you fuck up.
Fuck that is a good trope. Never seen it done badly. Pour that shit on a table and I'll chop it into lines and snort it.
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