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[halowritesthings]

i love learning about things a week late through youtube recommendations from random channels i've never seen before

(bad grammar and typos cause i'm shooting my shot as fast as possible so I can get back to Important Adult Stuff(TM))

i suppose i can't really gripe because i'm still largely logged out and wouldn't have heard otherwise so maybe I should take it for what it is

i know i'm a random person who writes as a hobby so I don't necessarily "owe" anything to people online, but y'all have been so sweet to me and I feel it would be unfair to keep dropping off the face of the planet like I have been, plus, I have been stewing over quite a bit of my thoughts these past few months and making a large "get all my thoughts out in a word vomit" post is a good way to A.) sort out my shit and B.) to procrastinate homework

college is BEATING MY ASS and i'm not even at the harder junior/senior year type stuff so even if my writer's block wasn't the worst it's ever been I highly doubt I would be writing anything anyway. i cannot say for certain when I'll be able to get back (it seems the universe is tailored specifically to punch me in the face whenever I have the slightest inclination to do so) but i will say it is always on my mind. i don't ever want to give up writing fully because of how many good things it's brought me but i want to be mature and say that it has taken a backseat in my life.

i still don't regret the things I've created and i will always be thankful for the experiences I've had + the friends I've made (even if we haven't talked in a while :') sorry guys) BUT this situation has just become the nail in the coffin for me in terms of what i want to do with my ds/mp and other adjacent fics. i can't say for certain what I'll go through and orphan/keep or just outright delete (WIPS/unfinished series will probably get deleted is what I've decided so far) so this is a BIG WARNING sign right here and now: if there are any ds/mp fics of mine you are fond of, please go and save them now. even if you think the one you really love is "safe" it's better to be cautious and have it yourself than hope for the best outcome.

now's a good time to mention that i have been feeling similar feelings toward my fl0wer husb4nds fics (gonna come out and be honest: i don't particularly care for sc0tt anymore, sorry) so if you like those you should also search them out. i think a hard majority if not all of them will be orphaned, so they'll still be up, but it never hurts to be able to read something while offline anyway

however, due to the aforementioned Important Adult Stuff(TM), i won't be able to get to the whole Properly deleting/orphaning process for a hot minute. that does not mean you should put off saving my fics because my brain could decide one night that i HAVE to do it IMMEDIATELY, but i can promise that it's not happening tonight (might hold off for at least a week just to give people time to see this post).

TSALP, my pride and joy, is perfectly safe and fine. when i think about whenever ill be able to write again, this series is the First thing to pop up in my mind. i have so many things i want to do with that series (and h3rmitcr4ft as a whole) that make me smile despite all that has happened surrounding mc/yt. someone will need to threaten me with death to make me even consider giving that up. hell, even taking a step back, i can say that i will never fully let go of mc/yt. i straight-up have tickets to go see tommy's america show later this month (send my dad well wishes as he's the one taking me LMAO) .

remember to drink water, take breaks, tell your friends you love them etc. I'm terrible at giving advice since I'm a bonafide mess of a person, but i will say that the best thing you can do for each other is support one another. i've always been a bigger fan of giving support to those who are hurt than trying to go and cause more pain to the people that you can argue "deserve" it. the people you care about are going to be with you much longer than the assholes, so be sure to put more energy into focusing on them than the ones that don't even deserve your scorn.

#halo be talkin #dont plan to tag this with any warnings unfortunately but i hope i left it vague enough to not be upsetting but specific enough #to know what im talking about

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i am so unproductive i can't even be productively unproductive (read a fic i've wanted to read, make progress in an unfinished game vs. "let's watch the same youtube video i watched last week)

#halo be talkin #executive dysfunction and i need to be alone in a room for a few minutes so i can chat with it :)

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i wish my writer's block would go away so i could write the fic i wanna write where link takes yona out to see some farm animals in person after she off-handedly mentions never getting to do that even after she became an adult (reasons being a mixture of arranged marriage duties making her somewhat sheltered plus zora are literal fish people so they don't really leave the water/their domain etc) except link is peak heart of gold Dumb Of Ass and manages to trespass on the land of a farmer having a particularly bad day so now link and yona are in an itty bitty amount of trouble with the local law cueing zelda and sidon having to bail them out of the local jail they landed in which includes a lot of zelda and sidon bonding over their shared anxieties of being good rulers + making sure their kingdoms prosper + their best friends being utterly stupid goofballs

#tears of the kingdom #totk #link #totk yona #zelda #sidon #legend of zelda #loz #in my heart it would be an ambiguous polycule type situation so it could be interpreted as ot4 or zelink+sidyona or sidlink+zelyona #the main point tho is that all four love each other and would go to the ends of hyrule to make sure their best friends are happy <333 #aroace indecisiveness ftw babeee lol #good chance i will sit down and right this one day regardless but if ppl talk me into it i may or may not Write It Sooner >;] #halo be talkin #fandom: botw

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I'm sitting in a restaurant and the idea of all the Traffic winners meeting right after winning their respective games just hit me.

Last!Scott being so happy to see Pearl again. DL!Pearl preferring to chew her arm off than be near Scott. 3L!Grian would be so conflicted. He would be horrified Pearl was dragged into these games even if DL!Pearl wasn't his Pearl, and he would probably want to side with her anger so he didn't push her away, but 3L!Scott was amicable with him, and he can't begrudge Last!Scott's need for companionship since he knows how being so utterly alone feels.

And then you have Lim!Martyn. If you thought 3L!Grian and 3L!Martyn were antagonistic toward each other, hooboy, imagine how bad it would be if it were 3L!Grian and Lim!Martyn. 3L!Grian has crushing regret for what he did to his partner in his game, and seeing Lim!Martyn feel no shame in actively harming those around him and feeling genuine joy for winning? Grian doesn't need to trap Martyn in a cactus ring to do the things he wants to do to him.

Not entirely sure how Pearl and Martyn would get along, but I'd like to think Martyn would attempt to gain her trust to betray it (it's what he knows best, after all), but Pearl has seen too much for it to happen again, and now it's Martyn's turn to feel the pain. Oh man, maybe being the last one left isn't all that it's cracked up to be...

Then, in a surprising turn of events, Last!Scott and Lim!Martyn would form a shaky bond, especially if it's after Martyn's failed attempt at backstabbing Pearl. LL!Scott might feel guilty for killing him to win in his world, and perhaps Lim!Martyn would feel a little guilt, too, seeing how this Scott is faring and being reminded of the good times he had with his Scott.

Regardless of how they feel, regardless of who attacks who first and who plays mediator, I'd like to imagine it's LL!Scott discovering evidence of the Watchers and going up to the others to ask if they know what that means and being woefully underprepared for the level of vitriol that would begin radiating off the group.

What did he walk into, and don't tell him he actually has to kill a bunch of gods, please. It's already been a rough week.

#someone talk me out of starting another wip (but also dont) #grian #scott smajor #pearlescentmoon #martyn inthelittlewood #3rd life smp #last life smp #double life smp #limited life smp #traffic series #halo be talkin #halo be procrastinatin #fandom: traffic series

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me: yay i'm going to write a little tonight before i go to bed :D

the cut + bandaid on my finger:

#halo be talkin #MAKING THIS POST WAS DIFFICULT WITHOUT MY POINTER FUCK. why do i do these things to myself

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Fandom: Dream SMP AU, Traffic Series AU

Pairing: Tommy & Grian, Scar & Tubbo, Grian/Scar, Tommy & Tubbo

Word Count: 15697

Summary: Tommy and Tubbo feel jaded by their respective legal guardians and decide the best way to get back at them would be to trade places during their respective flights. Surely, this isn't a colossally stupid idea. Surely, they won't be made to feel super guilty about jumping the gun. Surely, the adults don't actually know each other, and they definitely aren't forlorn exes that haven't talked in years. Wait, what was that last part? (In which two teenagers learn about adulthood and its trials and tribulations. And just maybe, the adults learn a little bit along the way, too.)

IT'S FINALLY HERE! REJOICE!!! i can pull this thing out of its 4-5 month-long stint WIP limbo and present to you guys in full :D as always, i hope you enjoy <333

#dream smp #traffic series #3rd life smp #parent trap au #trafficshipping #tommyinnit #grian #goodtimeswithscar #tubbo #scarian #clingy duo #halo be writin #fandom: dsmp adjacent #fandom: traffic series

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it does not matter if you are gay or straight or something in between, the tommy in my fics will ALWAYS disprove of you getting married. date anyone you love to your heart's content, but if you dare to put a ring on it he will be there to strongly advise against it

#halo be talkin #idk why im so attached to this reoccurring theme but i am #i need to go to bed lmfao

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the slow and lengthy process of un-traumatizing your local birb friend

if i had a nickel every time i posted fics for a new fandom without cross-posting the fic links, i would only have two nickels, which isnt a lot but i never expected to do it twice

please do head the tag warnings! like a lot of my works (most tbh), this deals with PTSD recovery and a buttload of anxiety-related stuff. there are multiple references to past abuse and self-esteem issues and everything in between that can be attached to the theme of “recovery” as well as even less happy things in the “pre-recovery” era of stuff <3

this post will have the links in chronological order (aka the order the fics are in on the ao3 series), but i will occasionally UPDATE in a non-chronological order, so be sure to check these two places out if something about the timeline comes across as wonky

anyways, onto the actual fun part: the fics themselves! :D

Keep reading

#halo be writin #fandom: hermitcraft #series: un traumatizing your local birb friend #hey i updated this post as well as the series in general so i figured i would rb it again :)

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Fandom: Pokemon, OCs

Pairing: Brendan & OC, Calem & OC, Brendan/Calem

Word Count: 928

Summary: Shenanigans be afoot in the Paldea Region.

hey i remembered this series of mine existed. enjoy this little self-indulgent ficlet before i go and forget about it again <3

#original character #pokemon #brendan pokemon #calem pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #halo be writin #fandom: pokemon

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writers will be like "here's my current wip! can't wait to share more :)" and then you never hear about it again

#∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿ #halo be procrastinatin

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me searching through my dozens of docs folders trying to remember where I stored the one for a multi-chaptered WIP be like

#no its not TSALP regrettably. i actually know where that one is due to me constantly opening it and failing to write gfndksdnj #halo be talkin

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one of those "create a prompt" twitter threads where you pick certain options based on your birthday/name/sign/battery life/whatever gave me an absolute BANGER and i feel the need to share with y'all what could potentially become the background for one of my fics because it feels criminal to never use it

#halo be talkin #writing prompt #unfortunately i dont have the og thread these photos have been on my phone for weeks

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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!

#i have gotten very little done on my wips but a little is still more than nothing :D #ask game

[halowritesthings]

YOU! ARE! SO! SO! SO! COOL!!! just wanted to make sure u were aware :)

#halo be answerin #fic love #<- not really but i still appreciate the love lol <3

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hi ur a cool writer i just started reading a fic of urs so. yeah good job being good at writing 👍

Thank you so much anon!

#halo be answerin #fic love #carrying over prev tags for prosperity -> #unfortunately it looks like i wont be getting any fic out before christmas sadge #but im slowly but surely adding words to my wips which is better than what i was doing a month ago lmao

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did i just break something

#halo be talkin #i am. so confused lol

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tfw a one-off semi-crack idea becomes a fully-fledged adventure with established lore

#halo be procrastinatin #this is gonna be 10k+ isnt it