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aurathian · 6 months

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20 questions for fic writers!!

thank you for thinking of and tagging me @mistresslrigtar !! this gave me a nice break from my studies <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

31 blushing emoji

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

99,127

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Zelda. mostly BOTW (but i dont discriminate) there are also some Hades fics sprinkled in there

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

for all time (a collab with @zelzenik !)

Of Memories

demeter nipping at your nose (one of my 2 hades fics)

one last look

Life in a Dead World (??????? why)

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

Usually yes!! I love getting comments from my readers and I want them to know I appreciate it. if i don't reply it's usually because i think the comment is strange/rude or i just dont know what to say lol

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

def love me (and leave me to die) but it was hard to pick bc tbh im the angst queen (TOTK SPOILERS IN THIS FIC!!)

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

HyMart i'm going to pick this one because its happy all around and tbh idk what fic of mine is necessarily "happy" or has an ending that isnt streaked with tragedy or pain in some way whoops

8. Do you get hate on fics?

not that i remember but ive gotten like. weird passive aggressive comments

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

i write SO MUCH fade to black because writing smut is way too weird for me... like i get embarrassed just typing certain words LOL (reading it is another story...)

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

no, not a fan

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

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

Yes!!! I love to collab with my friends and @zelzenik and i are literally an unstoppable force when we write together. when we combine our powers nothing can stop us

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

zelink obvi

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

probably my Post-SkSw fic for my Aftermath series . I have restarted this fic 3 times now and I just have no idea how I want to structure it, what I want the tone to be, things like that. Everything I put down never sounds right. Also I just don't have time lol

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue for sure.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Character's inner monologues and scene transitions, I think. I find inner monologues interesting, but I don't think I excel at making them interesting for the reader. I tend to give too much away. As for scene transitions, I find that when I write them they come out very short and rushed.

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

I usually don't do this because I'm just not a fan. in my world everyone in Hyrule speaks perfect American English lol. jk but kinda not. it's just not something I'm really thinking about when I write? and if I do include other languages, the main character(s) are usually oblivious to it and I don't include actual syntax. I'll just say "they muttered something in a different language" or something similar.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Super Mario. In Kindergarten. I made picture stories. LMFAOOOOO

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

love me and leave me to die this one probably. i worked super hard on it for zelink week 2023 and thought i presented some unique ideas. totk spoilers abound though lol

ok im tagging people now. but u all have probably been tagged already. sry @hyylia @zelzenik @nocturnalfandomartist and anybody else who would like to join in <3

#tag game #zelda

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thegeminisage · 10 months

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a teensy bit of zelda...i played day before yesterday but didn't document it so:

i went to those craters at the edge of the world and barely recognized them, even tho i know ive been there in botw. it's wild how time will soften those spatial memories when it's someplace remote

also - there was a crystal shrine there - it struck me how comical it is that the crystals ARE the shrines. those rauru and sonia statues getting shaken and stirred while i bounce these bad boys all over hyrule

adn finally. i finally beat that FUCKING stalnox. the one that kicked my ass so bad at the beginning of the game. and THEN!!! RIGHT AFTER I BEAT IT. blood moon. what was i going to do? it killed ME multiple times. i turned right back around and went back to kill it again lol

the secret to stalnoxes i think - and this is annoying - is to wait for nightfall. wait a little longer. and THEN fast travel as close to one as you can. and hope you make it there and kill it before dawn :/

i'm only here to play for a bit (20 minutes, i can't get invested in anything crazy) so i think i'll go see if i can nab the one in hanu pond before the sun rises

got his ass!! i love how fast i can kill minibosses now, it's sooo nice and so much better than always getting my ass kicked like i was before

ok i took a break but before that i warped to kakariko to get two korok seeds i missed AND NOW THERES A SHOOTING STAR. 315am. ill never make it but i have to try!!!!

ok, i actually DID get it but barely...i couldnt see where it was bc it landed behind a hill. now i see that it landed right next to a shrine lol. so im gonna reload & try again (risky) to see if i can save all my stamina food i just used

mission accomplished, back to kakariko. geez lol

the reason i planned this trip was to snag a ylnel. back when i only had 15m to play. unfortunately this was a huge waste of time because there's so much i wanna do before pikmin comes out but i never have any TIME...

2 shrines left in the hebra region...maybe i can knock them out before bed

found a BEAUTIFUL cave with glowing ice and full of colorful mushrooms. map fatigue is one of my biggest critiques for totk so it's always nice to come across something like this

ok i am 2sleepy and i have the dentist tomorrow, so i gotta quit. UGH i'm not gonna have enough time!!!

#personal #loz blogging #totk lb

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