#about aoife

[black-cat-aoife]

Tagged by @kathastrophen

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

somehow I need to write words before typing the number 55 because otherwise this very functioning website fucks up the formatting

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

77,339

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Sad Cops The last ones were for Blind Ermittelt, Detective Anna, Endeavour and Polizeiruf Frankfurt.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

In Which Everybody Regrets Their Life Choices (Daredevil)

The Tale of the Beautiful Professor (Guardian)

Tee Mit Folgen (Tatort Berlin)

Adam, Vincent und die Eule (Polizeiruf Frankfurt)

A Sickbed Visitor (Society of Gentlemen)

OK, technically there's another Daredevil Fic on 2, but it's a collection of shorter fills for a prompt meme so does that count?

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes. I try to respond to all but occasionally fall in the "Oh yeah I will do that later" trap where I...y'know...don't do it.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I had a whole paragraph here, about how I don't usually write Angst and wanted to name a few sort-of-angsty ones, and then I remembered, that I did in fact write Never To Be Told which is very angsty.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

A lot, but Look Not Into My Eyes has a veeeery sappy ending.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

None yet

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

No

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Well, if you equate "crazy" with "nobody but me wrote it" then it's my Ein Fall For Zwei/Tatort Saarbrücken Crossover. But honestly: a crossover between two crime shows that feature abusive dads whose heads make sudden contact with blunt instruments and the resulting fallout from that is not particularly crazy. I also have this idea for a Blind Ermittelt/Allmen one, but as it's so often the case that's all vibes, no plot so far.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not as far as I know.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I once wanted to, and we even discussed some plot ideas, but then I got ghosted

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Yeah, Niko/Alex caught me like few others, but I also always will have a soft spot for Till/Felix

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Currently, I'm having a really hard time with my Alex & Sophie pre-canon fic, because it requires writing Alex shortly after the attack, and I am not sure if I can do that.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm quite good at character-voices, both in dialogue and when internal-monologuing

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Getting from one scene to the next. Also in dialogues the right amount of surrounding description. I tend to start off with a screenplay, and then turn it into character says one sentence, followed by three paragraphs of description.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I hate it. Either your POV character understands what is said, and then you can tell the audience what is being said, or they don't, and then you just write "they were talking in XY." Don't make me use Google Translate to understand your fic. And don't make me read phrases like heiße schokolade mit gepeitschter creme, because your foreign language knowledge also comes from Google Translate. (That is an example from an actually published book, but my feelings on that transcend the fanfic/pubfic barrier, and I also read enough bullshit in fanfic).

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter. As in write-write. I don't think I ever wrote down any of the Sailor Moon self insert I made up.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Hmm I wrote A Sickbed Visitor with me as the target audience in mind, and considering that, I am quite happy that it also ended up being reasonably popular. Because this is the fanfiction for a romance series that doesn't feature one of the main couples but the friendship between two halves of different couples. (Yeah. Having fun writing something is nice. Validation is also nice)

And Es Wird Wieder ein Sommer is well...it's not the same, because it is an Alex/Niko fic, and I always meant it to be one, but it's also about Laura and her relationship with those two and that was lots of fun to think about and write.

No pressure tag for @cricrithings and @tatzelwyrm

#about aoife #on writing

[forgottenroisin]

OOC | Malconaires (OG & Step)

hi, guys! here's smth absolutely no one asked for! heehee so, since we've been talking heraldry (my fav subject! alksjdfklsjdf) i wondered if anyone had any thoughts on the malconaires' heraldic devices etc? both re: the og malconaires AND valentina's formerly-royal birth fam?

i know that kate the great had mentioned asp that she envisions eithne in cool colors and esp greens? in heraldry, green is emblematic of hope, joy, and loyalty in love all of which feels v them to me! honestly, i also associate them w green a lot, too, bc they give lotsa plant and nature symbolism for me <3 but im open to any/everything!! i just thought that might be a place to start talking abt it if we're interested heehee

for valentina's fam...i tend to associate both val and cassimir w black just bc i think they both dress that way a lot hahaha (in heraldry that stands for constancy or grief which alsjdfkjsf but anyway) but yeah obv this is also just a jumping-off point for chatting abt it there're endless possibilities!

yknow what...imma put a list here of colors and their heraldic meanings for us:

TINCTURES

or (yellow/gold): generosity and elevation of the mind

argent (white/silver): peace and sincerity

gules (red): warrior or martyr; military strength and magnanimity

azure (blue): truth and loyalty

vert (green): hope, joy, and loyalty in love

sable (black): constancy or grief

pupure (purple): royal majesty, sovereignty, and justice

tawny/tenné (orange/brown): worthy ambition

sanguine/murray (maroon): patience in battle, and yet victorious

furs (ermines, erminois, vair, counter vair, pean, potentnt counter potent): dignity

DIFFERENCES/MARKS OF CADENCY (often used to delineate cadet branches so this probs allies to valentina and her brood but pls note that these symbols do not ~always indicate these things mostly only do so when used in conjuction w another charge -- for example if we take, say, house lannister from asoiaf, a lion w a crescent [usually placed almost like an asterisk or a period] would indicate that person is either themselves the second son or descended from a second son from house lannister -- tho the way grrm tends to handle this is the other way of doing it which is switching colors and things like that similar to what we did w house varmont so!! lots of possibilities but here's another way to do it if we want)

label: eldest son

crescent: second son

mullet: third son

marlet: fourth son

annulet: fifth son

fleur-de-lis: sixth son

rose: seventh son

cross moline: eighth son

double quatrefoil: ninth son

imma add a pic of these for reference since the meaning of these is somewhat obscure for a number of them (and it even shows how to do branches ~within cadet houses which could also be valuable for valentina and her kids alksjdfkjsdf):

i also have a v extensive list of charges and their meanings but its sooooo long i think id have to publish that as its own document hahaha or else i can just list possibilities if we choose a category (ex: birds, trees), if you like!

#ooc #valentina malconaire #cassimir malconaire #sonya malconaire #eithne malconaire #brigit malconaire #aoife malconaire #about

[oifaaa]

Aoife is one of those rare names that really there is only 1 currect spelling and that is Aoife if you are spelling it any other way it is no longer the Irish name Aoife I do make the rules

#and don't bring up Aífe #thats different #aoife is the mordern day spelling of aífe #so its different #but anyway #this is more about people who spell aoife #as aoifa #bc that is just #objectively wrong #i know what you did #you remembered that the first half of aoife #is spelt aoi #but you forgot the last half #sounded it out #and bc irish and English are 2 separate languages #you got it wrong #sorry you just did #don't go naming kids names if you cant even spell the name right #(this is a call out post for my mother the absolute cunt)

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

august 25, 2021 8:00 p.m. the black pearl

[grant] well, i know it doesn’t fix the existential angst and you shouldn’t ever feel like it needs to go away instantly, but i guarantee you will be a good dad.

[grant] any kids you have will feel loved. they’ll be set up for the future no matter how everyone’s lives play out. i know you’ll do your best, and i know soobin will, too. you guys have worked so hard to have such a long and healthy and sincere relationship.

[grant] and the fact that you’re worried about any of this means you’re going to do a good job. shitty parents and shitty partners don’t ask if what they’re doing or about to do is wrong.

[grant] everyone is going to make mistakes sometimes but it’s about getting most of it right, and i believe you will. soobin doesn’t hold it over your head that for a while, your fear made you a little controlling. you improved and she forgave you. you’re smart, you’ll adapt, and most of all, you should know you’re loyal. at the end of the day, a parent who puts their kids first and never turns their back on them is the best parent in the world in my eyes.

[grant] mistakes can be forgiven if you put your kids first and treat them like a human being who matters.

[henry] thank you. i appreciate it. that means a lot coming from you.

[grant] and i understand your main fear in the first place. i've thought about it many times. i never worried about myself dying but others dying. elizabeth, uh...yeah. those big family losses seriously will ruin you forever in one way or another. the way you lost your father only makes it worse. it does strip away any feeling of invincibility you have.

[henry] you can say that again.

[henry] i'm glad someone understands.

[grant] you can never really know, i guess, what’s going to happen to you or to anyone you know, and it’s not helpful to say it’ll be fine because we all know crazy and terrible things happen. it's unfortunately mathematically true. but trust me, i'll kill you if you die!

[henry] you’ll kill me if i die? haha.

[henry] thanks for making me laugh, too.

[grant] yep. i will re-kill your ghost.

[henry] i'll kill you if you die.

[grant] thank you, buddy! you’re a real one.

[henry] dude, ugh, i googled life insurance policies a month ago. ew, adulthood.

[grant] life insurance is a good thing to have, though.

[henry] it is, it is. even if my hypothetical kids just buy a fucking pool with the money.

[grant] i mean, if it benefits them, right?

[henry] let me add a note to the policy saying you can either get an in-ground pool put in or free college tuition–one or the other.

[grant] does that include getting a sick ass waterfall feature installed on the pool or no?

[henry] by the way–

[henry] disclaimer that this is just an idea, not concrete at all, but soobin and i briefly mentioned moving back to korea as a way to make sure our kids have a good life.

[grant] wow, really? it is worth thinking about! it is rational. most of your family is here and all of soobin’s family does live here, and you do have to consider what’s best for you and your family, current and future. before i did move back home, when i was with you know who, i thought about this, too, if we ever had kids that maybe we could or should move back to michigan so they'd have my whole family around.

[grant] and just so it’s on the record, you have my full support in any decision here.

[grant] are you interested in moving back?

[henry] i don’t know. i haven’t lived here since i was five years old. i've only visited, and then came back for one year to do the military service because i was wary of giving up my citizenship. but i almost did because truly, i did not want to go into the army. that shit sucked.

[grant] what does soobin think?

[henry] well, it was her idea. i'm very whatever about wherever i live. i feel no strong pull one way or another at the moment. but it’s different for her.

[henry] she lived here much longer than me. she cares much more and has a preference. i mean, she spent pretty much her entire life here except since college and during the school semesters between sixth and twelfth grades because her parents sent her to a fancy private school there.

[henry] i will say, soobin’s main point isn’t wrong, and it's the one you brought up. most of our family is here. it’s like you and michigan. that’s where your folks are. and that support is invaluable when you have kids, both for their social development and for financial reasons. plus, my mom actually wants to move back. she never talks about it, but i know she does.

[grant] i get that, too.

[henry] like i said, she’s just never been the same since my dad died. which i don't fault her for. she does her best to be happy, you know, but i think she feels very alone, even more now that i don’t live on the upper peninsula anymore. she was with him forever. they were soulmates. and her life drastically changed after he died.

[henry] this has been the first time she's had a job since, god, the 1980s. she loves being an art teacher for school kids, but that's a huge change in addition to the sudden loneliness.

[henry] and on the loneliness side, she has your family and they've been close for a long time.

[grant] she was literally over at my aunt bridie's house the other day making shampoo with her.

[henry] yeah, so she sees them pretty often and she also has her book club and some other friends, but she knows way more people here. seoul's where all her family and friends are.

[henry] i want my mom to be happy, you know? it’s my job as her son, and i'm the only child she ever had. she doesn’t need me to look after her every day, not really, but i want to and she deserves that. and truth be told, a part of me believes that if she comes back, i would feel not very good about being away from her.

[henry] i think that if i encourage her to come back or talk to her about it and she does go through with it, that would sway me more to soobin’s side. again, i want my mom to be happy, and i'm also scared of losing her. it doesn’t matter if it’s sudden or slow. i don’t want to lose her, and especially not if i feel like i've spent my whole adult life away from her, not prioritizing what time is left with her.

[henry] not to be morbid, but she’s almost 60. at some point you do ask yourself how much longer you have left with your older family members around. life is unfortunately very short.

[grant] of course. that’s totally understandable. she's a great mother, and you wouldn't want to miss out on that. and i'm sure you don’t want your kids to not have their grandma present in their lives.

[henry] but then i have to start over with my job and maybe i lose contact with my friends if i leave. i do have friends here–sorry, they weren’t able to come hang out this time, maybe next time–but my real two best friends are in michigan. it’s you and ben. i don't let anyone else get that close to me except for soobin because to me, my best friend slots are full. i don't want anyone else. no one else is worth it.

[henry] and i always said you’d be my kids’ godfather. i don’t want them to miss out on knowing you the way they should.

[grant] there’s facetime! and i'd come visit. and i'm so goddamn annoying, i will be texting you about everything i think about in the world for the rest of our lives. you're not going to lose me.

[henry] i try my best to believe i won't lose you.

[grant] also, don’t stress out too much about this yet. you do not have to make any of these decisions now, and when you do need to, the right answers will come to you.

[grant] and listen, one last thing and then i'll shut up. i don’t know how, i don’t know why–i don’t think there is an answer to this–but the people we lose are still with us, even if only in spirit. i am famously a skeptic, but i felt something this year that changed my mind. i know you miss your dad but he’s still with you. somehow he’ll see your kids grow up, and he’ll be there guiding you to make the right decisions.

[grant] your dad loved you, like, beyond what words can express. he loved your mom just as much. he would never willingly leave you. if there's something after this mortal existence, he's still with you.

[grant] oh, and we should probably eat this pizza before it's frigid.

[henry] fuck, i forgot about it. thanks for reminding me. yeah, let's demolish this pizza, and then i'll take you to that cool arcade i told you about. we'll make up for the awful arcade experience at your cousin's bachelor party.

#ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 #sims 4 story #sims 4 storytelling #simblr #hlcn: everything the stars promised #PARALLELS I LOVE PARELLELS *stares at the aoife subplot that we started in the last batch update* #also not me writing in the fact that this is a deco pizza and i can't show them eating it #well maybe with poses but y'all know i hate posing sims no really just posing them in the chairs without accessories was enough #also just bc the scene was a long time ago... #when grant says something changed his mind he's talking about his sister's birthday and visiting her grave - that scene #holocene.png #holocene.docx #hlcn: grant #hlcn: henry

[florbelles]

LYRA FAIRBANKS, fc5 ✤ ELIZA CLARKE, fo3 ✤ JOCELYN PERALTA, fnv ✤ LILLIAN FITZGERALD, fo4 ✤ AOIFE, tes v ✤ LAVINIA MEDE, tes v

tagged by @inafieldofdaisies to make the girlies in this picrew, ty beloved!!

sending tags to @unholymilf, @adelaidedrubman, @belorage, @henbased, @corvosattano, @jackiesarch, @roofgeese, @swanfey, @shallow-gravy, @shellibisshe, @firstaidspray, @leviiackrman, @nokstella, @risingsh0t, @shadowglens, @queennymeria, @chuckhansen, @denerims, @roberthouses, @shegetsburned, @minaharkers, @indorilnerevarine, @noonfaerie, @aartyom, @morvaris, @arklay, @cybilbennettgf, @poetikat, @ri-a-rose, @gwynbleidd, @socially-awkward-skeleton, @confidentandgood, @loriane-elmuerto, @strangefable, @purplehairsecretlair, @trench-rot, @derelictheretic, @nightbloodbix, @teamhawkeye, @nuclearstorms, @blissfulalchemist, @playstationmademe, @fourlittleseedlings, @devil-kindred & anyone else can @ me xx

#losing it @ lillian. just her hanging out #sorry for the cut but tumblr keeps being weird about tag formatting?? #oc: lyra fairbanks #oc: eliza clarke #oc: jocelyn peralta #oc: lillian fitzgerald #oc: aoife #oc: lavinia #picrew tag

[partypanic]

Mr freeman... Are you, i quote, “silly little guy”, or... a, I quote, “goober”..? Mr freeman..

(please reblog if you like! Thanks!)

#party panic posts #hi guys #i give a gman #I ACTUALLY PUT WFFORT INTO THE COLORING AND YOU SEE JT. IM SO SAD ABOUT THIS #hlvrai #half life vr but the ai is self aware #hlvrai gman #gman coolatta #- rodolfo / aoife n morgan n ben n pav

[comehellsorhighwater]

GPOSE YEAR IN REVIEW 2023 ~ The War of the Magi

you can achieve incredible things when the brainrot is real

(CREDITS: aoife @tallbluelady; balor @azure-dragonsinger; anatu @lilbittymonster; leanashe @hermits-hovel; alorus @mythandral. castlevania cosplay emet-selch is my oc)

#magiposting #louhi louhiatar #tursas #bricriu #aoife redbranch #balor #anatu #leanashe #alorus #castlevania cosplay emet selch is my oc don’t worry about it

[aoifereal]

when i saw this post these were the three i thought of immediately and i'm glad i got a chance to draw it. this is the dynamic i see for shipping them all together with miri bossing them both about and alpha and aavari can end up getting competitive over who can fawn over her better

#aoiferealposting #the wolfpack #aaravi mishra #miranda vanderbilt #monster prom #the wolfpack alpha #by the way in my head for this fic the slayer is a trans woman and the wolfpack is butch #i like thinking about aaravi as a trans woman in general. same as i like thinking about all of the other monprom characters as trans women #aoife draws

[faerune]

everyone talks about who their tav romances which is totally valid but i also wanna know who is everyone's tav's bestie

#karlach and delphine absolutely adore each other #they get drunk and dance and get into trouble #spar a lot together too #shadowheart and astarion and triss are three pretty bitchy best friends #they drink good wine together and complain about things #aoife and halsin are treehugger buddies #minae and wyll are both goody two shoes sweethearts #wyll also encourages minae to get out of her shell which is sweet #emily.txt #oc: minae #oc: triss #oc: delphine #oc: aoife

[fideidefenswhore]

i would love tmatl and firebrand to both release into the ‘mainstream’ … soon, and not even bcus i have much inclination to watch either; but to please, please, please god, halt the incessant wank that is occurring in this lacuna of tudor content.

#or at least replace it with incessant wank abt ANYTHING ELSE #i’ll take 100 pedantic takes about Tudor costumes over whatever … this is. #ik ik… careful what you wish for #im sure as soon as firebrand releases we’ll be subjected to many takes outraged and trying to begin a small claims lawsuit #over the audacity of casting an actor for mary that doesn’t twin the 1989 Ariel Disney movie princess #and there will be a refusal to feature her in edits like there was for Aoife hinds #and yet anything . to get y’all to stop churning out the most bad faith takes imaginable about Mary’s evil stepmother and her evilllll fans

[black-cat-aoife]

Tagged by @the-thorster

LAST SONG: Daisy Jones: Oh La La

FAVORITE COLOR: dark red and purple. And blue. Well and black

CURRENTLY WATCHING: right now: SOKO Wien. Generally: Murdoch Mysteries

SWEET/SAVOURY/SPICY: if I had to pick one for the rest of my life savoury because I couldn't eat only spicy or only sweet forever. But as a favourite I can't pick

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single

CURRENT OBSESSION: yeah. Austrian Daredevil and his golden retriever. Also Spatort

LAST THING YOU SEARCHED: on desktop: Maultaschen because in the work chat the whole "they were used to cheat during lent" legend came up.

On mobile: Stipe Erceg for reasons

I honestly think each of my mutuals has either already been tagged or isn't into these kinds of games. But if I'm wrong: feel tagged

#about aoife

[forgottenroisin]

OOC | Malconaire Names

ok so now that we've got the parents named, i went on a lil [ name meaning ] spree and looked up all our kids! and i love how these all like...fit but in an unexpected way!!

Macdara -- son of oak

Sorcha -- radiant/bright, lady/princess/noblewoman, clear/bright/famous

Eithne — kernel, grain/little fire

Brigit — exulted one

Aoife — beauty/to breathe, to live

Roisin — little rose/little famous type/kind

while im at it...imma hit up the ~vasilieva!malconaires, too!

Valentina -- strong/vigorous/healthy/fertile

Cassimir -- DESTROYER OF WORLDS lkdfjksdaljfjld...anyyyywayyyy (literally it means 'to destroy peace/the world')

Sonya -- little wisdom/little lover of knowledge

i was gonna do a lil chatting/meta abt how this fits rosie but im too laskdjflksdjfkdsf about cassimir's name!!!! valentina whatre you doing alksjdfkljsdf i know she dreamed of having a son her whole life so there's no way she didn't know what his name meant and alksdjflkjsdkfjlsdf ngl i always assumed he was named for some famous king they're like ~vaguely related to or smth like that, but still like alkjsdflkjdsjkfjkdsf OMGGGGGG OBLITERATOR OF PEACE -- its legit like naming ur kid 'ruiner' like someone put this innocent newborn she'd carried for nine months in her arms and she was like 'THIS is the only name for him' laksdjfkljdsjfjkdsf kernal/grain/little fire that's basically like naming ur kid 'hope' like....

HOPE x RUINER = NOTP for her w/ valentina truly be like 'yknow the kid in this pairing whose parents really messed them up???? EITHNE' kaljsdfkljdjslfjkdsf SCREAM

rosie's meta's gonna have to wait...god, i really shoulda put this on @forgottenvalentina -- i didn't knowwwwww until it was too late alksjdfklsdjf

#IM LOSING MY MIND OVER #cassimir malconaire #skdljfakjsldfjkldsf what was #valentina malconaire #THINKING w that one #bc i refuse to believe she didn't know laksdjflkjsdklfjjdsfjsdf #IM LOSING MY MIND #anyway #about #ooc #macdara malconaire #sorcha malconaire #eithne malconaire #brigit malconaire #aoife malconaire #sonya malconaire

[foewreckem]

cat! thank you for your time

#doodles #can't stop thinking about it #aoife mahsa

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

august 1, 2021 1:00 a.m. somewhere over the ocean

great need was my only strength and so we were separated as if we had become slaves, out on the boats lost in the fog to know one another no more

because time moves forever forward and it carries with it this endless sense of being alone 🎵

#ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 #sims 4 story #sims 4 storytelling #simblr #hlcn: everything the stars promised #i never really POV switch but i REALLY wanted to use this concept and this song #also it matches with grant talking about how he does his best to see her existence and their similarities but ultimately she is lonely </3 #because again being an immigrant is inherently very lonely #you don't really belong anywhere #btw i pinky promise you the aoife lore will come back in a BIG way in the future #holocene.docx #holocene.png #hlcn: grant #hlcn: aoife

[partypanic]

Making gay old man sad it not only a want, it is a need

#party panic rambles #it is a need.... #hlvrai #Call of duty #honestly thats what this is about #-aoife n soot/tommy

[yloiseconeillants]

bricriu believes in maintaining traditional social niceties with your political rival in the face of the upcoming apocalypse (aoife belongs to @tallbluelady)

#magiposting #just coven things don't worry about it #bricriu of mhach #aoife redbranch #other ocs #he's one of the architects of dun scaith and definitely had a hand in the decor