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exhausted-eternally · 4 months

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Fic Writer Interview

Saw Topsy did this and it looked like fun so now Imma pester y'all with one.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

35, currently, and only 1 is for a fandom other than The Lego Movie lmao

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

496,195 over the course of 6 years

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1- Reboot To be honest, I'm kind of baffled by this one. I started it just when covid was really starting to take off, lost where I was going with it before I was even halfway through writing it because I got SO swamped with work that writing was taken off the stove entirely for a while, and a lot of it was honestly just half-assed to get it finished but so many people LOVE it. I don't think I'll ever stop scratching my head about it, but at this point I've just accepted that it's my most popular fic ever. 2- Atonement Still ongoing and without a clear ending in mind yet. I had 2 ideas I was wanting to play with when I started it- wingfic, and house arrest. I've been having fun with it so far. 3- Prizes, Plunder, and Adventure This one was actually written based on a friend's doodles & half-finished ideas. I took them & ran with them as far as I could lol. I'm honestly happy that this one's in my top 5. 4- Hot Spring Another one that I'm kind of baffled by. It's a oneshot that's barely over 400 words. People like their coppernauts fluff, I guess lol 5- Time Travel Troubles This one was based on a prompt a friend gave me when I complained that I wanted so badly to write but had 0 ideas, lol. Of all my oneshots, I'm glad this one made it into my top 5.

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

Most of the time! Sometimes I can't think of a response though, and once I got overwhelmed with like 25 comments on one fic in one night from the same person so my brain kind of short-circuited lol. I definitely read and cherish every single one though.

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

I don't really do angst tbh, so none of my fics really have angsty endings.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

That's a tough one to pick, I always write happy endings. XD; I guess I'll go with Starting Over Again.

7. Do you write crossovers?

Sort of; honestly I think they'd qualify more as AUs than proper crossovers, but sometimes I just get bit by a bug to write all my favorite characters in some other media settings for shits & giggles. Murphy's Law (Skyrim), Space Shenanigans (Star Wars), The Stranger (Myst), Octan Nights (1001/Arabian Nights), and Hollow Heart (Beauty and the Beast)

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Yeah, when I first started posting Murphy's Law on ff.net. Honestly it just made me laugh, it was so obviously some kid doing a shit job of being a troll.

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

I tried once. It was SO awful that I ended up deleting it and swore off ever trying again.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope. The fandom I'm in is pretty small so no one's bothered to translate any fics in it, at least as far as I know.

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

Oh, eons ago when I was still just a little baby birb. I wrote a pitiful attempt at an OoT fic with 2 of my cousins that never got far. All my works since have been solo.

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Coppernauts. C:

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Lord I have SO MANY. Think I'd pick Tech Support though (with a much better rewrite to boot, so no link for this one. If you want to read the atrocious original, you'll have to hunt it down yourself :P).

15. What are your writing strengths?

I'm told I'm pretty good with characterization. I'll choose to believe it. ;3

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Describing literally anything. I am terrible for just... not doing it. Which is something I REALLY need to work on if I really want to reach my 300k goal with The Umiran Amulet.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

There's only one language I can speak in any capacity, so I just stick with English. If it's something that's meant to be in another language, I just italicize it. Only every once in a blue moon will I use a word in another language, like if a character is swearing in their native tongue, and only if I'm absolutely 100% certain it's the right word.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Ocarina of Time. It was the fic I mentioned earlier that I wrote with my 2 cousins.

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

I don't really have any, at least at this time. I am very, VERY slow to move between fandoms & ships and am probably still going to be quite happily writing for TLM even when there's literally only 5 of us left lol.

20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

I'd have to say The Atlantis Expedition, which was my first ever fic for the TLM fandom, and the first one I'd ever finished period. I have others that I love just as much, but this one will always have a special place in my heart.

#the lego movie #coppernauts #gcbc #benny the spaceman #president business #lord business #good business #emmet brickowski #wyldstyle #unikitty #vitruvius #metalbeard #general mayhem #sweet mayhem #queen watevra wa'nabi #rex dangervest

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f1-disaster-bi · 10 months

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The Happy Fic Writer Ask Game

5, 8, 11 and 12 please :)

Ahhh thank you for these anon!

5. Have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic? What was that like?

I have! I have had one or two fic authors that I adore and admire comment on some of my works publically and privately and it just is the best. It gave me such a confidence boost. Especially when they ask questions and let me ramble about the world building/process of the fic

8. Talk about any friends/connections you've made as a fic writer

The biggest connection I made was with my amazing girlfriend @lance-strulobitch. We met over discussing my fics, and ended up falling in love. We've been together over a year now ❤️

@f1-birb my partner in crime who is getting the biggest of hugs if we ever meet in person. Our friendship means so much to me. She's been such a sweetheart, and such a good friend, I'd be lost withouth her honestly

@wolfsbanesbite is another friend I adore. They're ideas are amazing, and there's no one better to chat to about Simi, werewolves, wolves or supernatural au's in general. I love our little world building chats

And there's so many more that have reached out privately and only use tumblr for browsin so I won't tag them but they know I love getting their messages

11. Who is your favorite character(s) to write about and why?

I love writing Lando. He's normally the focus of my fics and all my angst. I enjoy bullying him as seen in some of my works (mafia au....party au....).

I also enjoy writing Lance and Daniel, as well as Michael.

Max is another one I enjoy writing (and Im still contemplating writing a Max Party au installenment)

12. What is your favorite theme/subject matter/trope/ship to write about? Why?

Ooooo I don't think I have a favourite theme or thrope. Maybe falling in love? A lot of my fics do revolve around the characters getting together, but mostly I like to write a variety of things

Favourite ship? I adore my favourites such as Strollis (Lance/Lando), Dando (Daniel/Lando) and Sebson (Sebastian/Jenson). Thos two bring me a lot of joy, but I also adore matching Lando with other drivers and figuring out the dynamics they'd have such as Pando (Pierre/Lando), Mindo (Michael/Lando) and other rare pairs like Michael/Seb

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batarangsoundsdumb · 3 years

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yet another ask dump yeehaw!

do you ever think that jay's mother was one of those bitch who believes in horoscope and tarots and things like that and so he believes in these things too, or it is just me projecting?

sheila haywood took one look at jason's birthchart said 'nah this won't do' and left.

Wait, but what happens when the justice league does find out that Bruce and John fucked? Lmao it sounds like it would be hilarious, really, I don’t want a justice league that doesn’t make fun of Bruce for like his entire life.

barry runs out of the meeting immediately and comes back with an entire sti testing kit. diana fully seriously wants bruce to get tested while bruce is sitting there like 'come on guys, you're being ridiculous, i already checked twice'

john is standing in the corner clearly offended while bruce is just like 'don't even say anything, constantine, you fucked a shark'

tim was like "i'm drake now" and everyone was like ahh so your fursona is a dragon and tim was like pffffft no. ducks.

on the one hand, good for him, on the other hand, bro, how do you still have a secret identity when your superhero name is just your last name,,,,

Your fic on ao3 was GOLD PLEASE CONTINUE I loved Dinah's cameo btw ( @purple-vixen

thanks so much! i already continued but this ask is like 10 years old because i'm a notorious procrastinator (also yes! i love dinah so much aahhhhhhhhhhhh)

I've FINALLY been watching the Batman animated series and I gotta say, after watching "the gray ghost" I am CONVINCED that Batman is a closeted super hero geek who was 100% freaking out the first time he met Superman and is just REALLY good at hiding it.

bruce internally: holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit bruce externally: get out of my city, alien

AHHH ur multimedia fic is the only thing that brings me happiness anymore continue it forever pls

uhh thanks, but can't continue it forever because my attention span is that of a toddler on crack on a good day and i can't function without at least 10 things going on at the same time and music in the background

Oi, so I'm getting into dc and watching batman the animated series, and they use fruitcake a lot. Which I thought was very funny and wanted to share w you - Denilla

wait like fruitcake (food) or fruitcake (derogatory) ?

young justice 🤝 teen titans slut shaming batman

tim drake and dick grayson to their respective teams 'you guys stop it, that's my dad'

Happyhoganon: If an eighty year old Batman had fought crime in Gotham City for decades and the only threats to him and the city lately are a wheel chair bounded Penguin, your usual purse snatchers and a few con artists popping up every now and then, how well could the Dark Knight do in maintaining the peace in Gotham despite him being just somewhat fit to do that as an elderly man (which says A LOT given how old he is)

uhh he'll probably do what my grandpa does and that is ruthlessly prank them until they die of shame.

in the death in the family interactive movie there's an ending where Jason is tasked with raising Damian and he decides he's gonna raise Damian to take down the waynes and al ghuls which uh maybe isn't great BUT the idea of Jason raising Damian... PRICELESS. CHAOTIC. I just need more people to know about this :)

yes i saw that wow holy shit but jason would accidentally drop damian on his head one (1) hour in and jason just yeets him into the lazarus pit.

Headcanon: The Penguin has a really hard time fighting any of the Robins because of his avian obsession means there's always a small part of his mind that's like "Birb. Child. Protect" ( @subspacecadet )

as soon as dick becomes nightwing the penguin is like 'you know what, fuck this dude' and shoots at him.

Y'all talking about King Shark dating Constantine, let's not forget about John literally hooking up with Satan

listen there's a clear difference between monsterfucker and satanfucker in that king shark is literally a shark and satan still looks like a normal dude

Does everyone in Gotham think Batman is a teen dad?

everyone in gotham thinks batman has been around since gotham was founded, but they do think that bruce wayne is actually a teen father and dick grayson's biological dad.

why. why would you do that fancast when you know it will only hurt people

what? i loved my fancast it was really well done. i did it with good representation in mind and i really managed that with alfred pennyworth being ✨italian✨

Seeing james charles a jason gave me psychic damage how dare you i need to wash my eyes

well that's a you problem isn't it?

do you think dick grayson thirst tweets about nightwing just to annoy his family/cause problems on purpose in general?

he thinks nightwing is hot, next question.

holy jiminy cricket batman, its as cold as the good lords ass crack in here!!

i- what? this is why i don't fuck with english expressions it's way too goddamn weird

Brooooooo, your teen dad!Bruce au is soooo good. I've got brainrot.

Honestly if you ever write anymore, I'd read that shit twice. Sign me the fuck up. Good stuff, Good Stuff.

uh yeah i'm thinking about writing a fic, but i have exams coming up and i don't wanna fail because that would suck. but after i'll certainly be writing more tho

your teen dad AU is so great! bruce acting like a big brother for all of like a week before he's telling everyone about his son. what if in the AU dick meets the JL because they need to rescue him? maybe he's in trouble/kidnapped at a gala and bruce starts calling for JL. clark finds him and has to fly with dick to bring him home - that's how dick and clark meet and superman becomes dick's fave hero. he goes around the manor thinking he can fly with a red blanket draped around him like a cape.

actually- if you want a young dad! bruce fic with like that kinda stuff(just with damian) go check uhh- in for a penny by cdelphiki. it's really good and bruce is like 24/25-ish. (and dick's there!!!)

This account has solely convinced me that Tim is a trash goblin ( @hamilcat-and-magic-turtle )

because he is. that boy has slept in dumpsters on multiple occasions even if he is the son of a billionaire.

Okay but when you said victory dance I did think of the whole justice league defeating the big bad and then they all start flossing

well that's exactly what hal jordan does and that's why batman uses a gun now. no but the victory dance in my opinion is like the 'we're all in this together' dance from high school musical.

The horrors in Invincible s1 was nothing compared to the comics, I cant wait for s2

oh well okay, i mean i personally react to horror and violence by laughing awkwardly so i can't wait to be called a monster for accidentally laughing at a mass murder.

I'm currently watching Batman: The Brave and The Bold and- Bruce is just talking about Oliver like he's an old love (@nightwings-kid)

okay im going to watch that lmao that's totally and completely in character for him tho.

The invincible comic is like super gratuitous with its violence so much so I'm shocked the show was able to adapt it in a faithful way! Anyway had the show been live action it absolutely wouldn't have the same impact as it does as an animated show and I'm so glad so many people agree with me on that

also because a live action casting would've been like uhh amanda stenberg for amber, the dude- the guy from the supernatural but with a mustache for omni-man, and scarlet johanssen for debbie grayson

Debbie grayson is a milf, yes. You're welcome for the invincible propoganda, now you can questions your life. Bruce def seems like the perfect father next to Omni-man. Like they really took a rip off justice league and I was like well, now I'm attached even tho I was like hah I know who they're supposed to be. And then bam- death gore death gore gore gore sad Mark grayson just had to have daddy issues. Why does every character have daddy issues. I'm sick of the attacks

because daddy issues make a person arguably funnier, that's why i'm not even remotely funny (haha good dad flex). i liked that it was dark contextually, but not in the colouring, bc i hate when it's like 'uh yeah graphic murder and now a shot so dark you have to sit in a dark room and squint at the screen to faintly see the characters. (like dcau ugh)

About the Wayne insurance, for a moment I thought you would put the video with moans over the waves.

i mean- i could've done that, but rick rolling seemed more family friendly.

Its the first time in forever that im surpise rickrolled, i usually expect it. Congratulations (i really should know better this is tumblr)

i get rickrolled so often but i actually like the song so i dont really give a fuck

Actually, my information about Damian and John's kids is outdated because it was revealed that the old men telling the kids stories about the Supersons were actually Jon and Damian the whole time. I was blinded by my thirst for Grandpa!Bruce Wayne but I was wrong... I liked my version better, tbh (@artemisa97)

fair enough. but i'd honestly like to see damian and jon getting together, just because it's a really fun dynamic and their friendship was really cute when they were kids. (also idk maybe it would be nice to have one (1) main batfam/superfam character that's not cishet)

How am i JUST finding your blog skdskfkd you're so fucking funny and ur takes are hot

i thought u were calling me hot :( but youre not :( crime detected (but lmao thanks)

So I have depression and I swear that your memes are one of the few things that have made me laugh so thank you 💛🥺 (@katekanebadass)

aw you're welcome, and i hope you're doing okay!

The metropolis memes are so funny, I love them 💀😌

i think metropolis is also so fucking funny it deserves more attention imagine having your entire police force being upstaged by an alien from kansas and his kids

as an american i feel your complete lack of knowledge of us geography is just so sexy (platonic) ❤️

thanks so much (i also don't know any other geography, i'm not kidding, like you can tell me you're from hungary and it will just blank, there will be nothing that comes to mind)

In the DC universe they don't say "Can't have shit in Detroit" they say "Can't have shit in Gotham"

this just reminds me of that guy whose porch got stolen like the steps to his door, and i'm thinking of people living in gotham and waking up without a front door and going "can't have shit in gotham"

honestly all i know about chicago is the bean, so. what would gotham's famous sculpture be?

gigantic gargoyle statue in front of one of the police precincts because a villain thought it was a smart way to keep the police inside, but it's too heavy to move.

why tf do people go on about how batman "works alone" or how he's the "lone wolf" when he like 38290202 members in his family

bc people think it's cool that a grown man in his 30s has no friends or family instead of calling it what it is (sad)

Bruce is gotham's sugar daddy

why would say something so controversial yet so brave.

my favorite batfamily fanfictions are the ones where they use their shitty codenames, unironically, in any context

dick: gerard way are you in position, gerard way are you in position

tim: for the last fucking time, my codename is 'totally not count olaf' this week, abbafan 3000

dick: shut up my codename isn't 'abbafan 3000'

dick: it's 'abbafan number 1' and you know it

I have a feeling Tim drake is ur favourite batfamily member but okay u don't have favs if u say so ok

i mean he is, i won't deny it. but i love each and every one of the batfam just the same, i just have a weak spot for short dumbass nerds, because i'm a short dumbass nerd.

Omg i fuckin love boy meets world too fam shsjkfk

bro boy meets world was the shit!!! it was just fire and awesome and so fucking great like bro. it was so good im not even going to be accepting criticism

you know I find the whole "joker completes batman" thing a bit disgusting considering the horrendous stuff the batfamily went through because of the joker and let's not get started on the "joker has a point" thing like yeah he's this cool complex villain but he's absolutely batshit crazy

like yes! i get what you mean the joker just fucking sucks man he doesn't do shit for batman's character or the batfam he's literally just annoying as fuck. like the joker has a point' shit is so stupid. i will accept 'magneto was right' because he fucking was and i think he didn't do anything wrong, but joker? he's just like that. he's not even cool and complex he's just a weirdo with a bleach kink at this point.

ALSO YOUR RACISM POST- SO TRUE BESTIE

thanks bestie, i'm glad you agree.

in today's essay of why I think cass should become batman- I was thinking Tim would probably be the most efficient batman in many ways but I also think he wouldn't want to be batman tbh none of the batfamily members would want to be batman because they're trying to outgrow him but cass is the one who wants to represent the symbol that is batman

absofuckinglutely i will say it again and again that cass represents the batsymbol more than anyone in the batfam, in batgirl (2000) she literally didn't care about anything else than bruce's oath to not kill, she thought the batsymbol was more important than anything in gotham. she's just an excellent character because her motivation to not kill is not 'i'm scared i can't come back from it' or 'well my dad says no murder so i'll go along with it' but that she's killed somebody as a young child and she never wants to kill a human ever again and that's so fucking beautiful for a new batman like yes.

need more cass, duke and tim inclusion in gothamite memes

yes yes, a tall order of cass, duke and tim coming up in 1-14 business days

oldest to youngest batfam members cus I'm confused as shit

okay order of being taken in: dick, jason, tim, cass, damian, duke order of age: alfred, bruce, dick, cass, jason, tim, duke, damian (though cass and jason are around the same age general consensus is that cass is a little older)

I'm so confused Steph is a redhead?? like how was it that hard to get this right? the source material is literally right there and free

cw is jared, 19

do you receive anon hate? if so, how do you deal with it

uh no, i'm not remotely popular enough to get anon hate and i also don't say a lot of things that would attract anon hate, but i do send anon hate to @the-real-peter-parker because he forgot about the specialists from winx club

Wait how many languages do you speak??

uhh- 5 if you include latin, but that's a dead language and i'm really bad at it. but english, my native language, german, and french also, tho german and french not fluently.

You can mix aguaepanela with aguardiente 😈 and is tasty

okay but now i'm curious if the liquor deserves the 😈 emoji or if that's a you problem. but i googled it and it looks like something you'd take one sip of and then not remember the rest of your evening.

#i love all of you guys so much thanks for all these asks #some of these are literally from march but fuck it #the day tumblr puts dates next to anon messages is the day i close my inbox crawl into a hole and die #it's such a basic task to answer asks but i don't want to bother anyone with asks clogging up their timeline #and if i don't have a funny or good answer i'm like 'uhh okay won't answer it now then'#so this is for you #also i deleted a few asks because it gives me mental pain to see my inbox go over 50 and it's almost at 100 #i was complaining about having too many asks to the-real-peter-parker like months ago and then i had 45 asks in my inbox #now it's amassed to going over 100 twice #but no i love all of you and you're great and you're all fantastic and i lvoe you #muchos kiss kiss #kiss kiss for my kiddies lvoe you #invincible spoilers #dc #dcu #dc comics #ask #anon #bataranswers #i really wanna try aguapanela now i'm gonna see if i can find panela somewhere and review it for you babes #uh yeah that's it #muchos gracias for all your questions babes

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mimi-cee-hq · 4 years

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The Dating Project - Futakuchi x Reader

Summary: In a dorm where nobody dates, Futakuchi thinks of a solution to Y/n's Dating Project.

Pairing: Futakuchi x fem!Reader, mentioned Aone x Nametsu (for plot reasons)

Genre and Themes: Fluff, Boarding school AU, Getting together (to fake date lol), Sort of dystopian? but it’s still cute?

Word Count: 1,553

Author’s Notes: Happy Birthday @writeiolite! Here's your matchup story. Out of the list of your favourite characters, of course I chose Futakuchi :P This is the first time I’ve written an AU, but I hope you like it. (Your description is at the end of the post.)

General Taglist: @dorkyama @the-black-birb @hqprotectionsquad @nagichi-kenma @moonaaluna @muffins-puffins

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Y/n heaved a sigh as she rested her head in the palm of her hand. “Should I just drop the Dating Project?” she asked Futakuchi.

He leaned back against the metal bench they were sitting on and placed his hands behind his head. He stared up at the glass dome ceiling of their dorm, about five floors high from them. Colourful metal beams stretched across the building. Students milled around the balconies. At his left was a wide metal stairwell, just far enough so the people strolling up and down wouldn’t hear their conversation.

“Why? You were so passionate about it when you first thought of the idea,” commented Futakuchi.

A large and soft teddy bear was the only thing separating them. Who knew his stuffed gift would remind him to keep his distance from her - not that she knew it was from him. He still hadn’t quite adjusted to being a resident of Dorm E, even though he had lived there for three years.

“Nobody wants to be a part of it,” Y/n replied, sticking out her bottom lip. They continued to face the TV, playing a movie which was apparently acceptable for them to watch.

“Well… can you blame them?” he said. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye, fully aware he couldn’t reach over and place an arm around her shoulders. So instead, he rubbed his hair and sighed. “Not after they made an example out of Nametsu,” he added.

He recalled the moment when he heard the announcement through the speakers. Nametsu would no longer be a part of Dorm E. He and Y/n stared at each other, eyes wide, and ran to the balcony to see what was happening in the dorm’s foyer. Nametsu was being escorted out of the dorm.

Reasons were vague. They said her potential had decreased to the point where she was no longer a student suitable for Dorm E, a place reserved for top students. The school evaluated every student on a variety of factors including leadership skills, extra curricular activities, and academics. They wanted Dorm E to have a culture of innovation, creativity, and success. The students would be society’s future leaders.

So dating was banned.

There was no need for romantic relationships. Those were reserved for commoners. The elites of society were meant for more and shouldn’t be tied down to a relationship.

So when Nametsu was caught dating Aone, the Council decided she was unsuitable to be a future leader. Her potential was negligible.

“Ugh, what they did to Nametsu was stupid,” she told him. “But she didn’t care anymore. You should have seen her eyes when she would describe Aone: stoic but warm.” Futakuchi saw a sad smile on Y/n’s face. “And when they kicked her out, it was as if she was walking down the aisle. Like one of those women dressed in white!” Y/n longed to be able to love like that too, to give it her all like Nametsu.

When Futakuchi raised an eyebrow at her, she realized what she said and she quickly covered her mouth. “Pretend you didn’t hear that,” she said in a hushed tone.

“Pfft,” he teased. “You’re telling me to forget that you watched a banned movie when we’ve been talking about your Dating Project this whole time?” That earned him a smack from her, using the teddy bear of course.

“I know so many students here who are in love,” she continued to complain. “I’ve seen how they pine for each other.” She let out a sigh. “But nobody wants to take that first step.”

“Well… they’re still the minority,” commented Futakuchi. “Most of the students in Dorm E agree with the Council - especially people like you who’ve been here their whole lives.”

Y/n gave him a smirk. “I still don’t know how you got in,” she said, lightly jabbing him.

“I just know how to not get caught,” Futakuchi grinned with pride at her.

Y/n was about to retort, but he suddenly stopped talking, blinking a couple of times. She saw the growing smirk he was trying to hide, but she caught on right away. “I know that look!”

“What look?” Futakuchi said as he averted his eyes away from her.

“That look when you get an idea that'll piss off someone,” she said, bending over while laughing.

“No it’s not,” he snapped back.

“How would you know what you look like right now?” she snickered. He didn’t answer. “Come oooon,” Y/n whined as she continued to poke him. “Tell me!”

“Ugh!” he groaned, finally giving in. “Alright.” He opened his mouth to tell her, but stopped short of actually verbalizing his idea. Instead, a blush covered his cheeks and the tips of his ears.

Y/n eyed him, grabbing his arm and saying, “What the heck? Are you going to tell me or what?”

Futakuchi let out another groan and shrugged her off. “Fine. Basically, you can do what you usually say: show don’t tell.” Y/n scrunched her brows. “You know… for the Dating Project.”

“Uhh… What?”

“Just start dating someone to encourage the other students to start dating,” he explained. “If you take the lead, others will follow.”

As Y/n scratched her head, seriously considering Futakuchi’s idea, he turned his head away from her. He started to bounce his knee, now regretting sharing his idea.

“Futakuchi…” Y/n said in a singing voice, causing him to look back at her. Y/n batted her eyes at him expectantly, knowing he would be quick to catch on.

“No,” he firmly replied. “I’m not doing it.”

“Please!!!”

“No.”

“But you’re the only one who agrees with me.”

“No I’m not.”

“Okay, you’re not,” Y/n admitted. “But you’re the only one who’s not pining after someone.”

Futakuchi grumbled as he ran his fingers through his hair. Of course she’d think that. She didn’t know he liked her - even though he did before he came to Dorm E.

Several years ago, he saw her and Nametsu through the wired fence bordering Dorms B and E. He hadn’t met anyone from Dorm E before, but he thought they were all nerds with no life, which was why Y/n peaked his interest. She danced. He watched her footwork and her swinging arms. He saw her there every Thursday afternoon, showing Nametsu the various moves she came up with and laughing at herself whenever she messed up. Little by little, his desire to see her up close grew. He even started to wonder if he had a chance to get into Dorm E. He did.

“Are you sure about dating me?” he asked. “Aren’t you worried about getting kicked out?”

“It’s worth the risk. I want to see the Dating Project happen.”

He sighed, scratching his temple. “Okay. Just on one condition,” he said in a serious tone. “Just to be clear, we are fake dating, okay? That’s the only way I’ll agree to this.”

With fake dating, they had a chance. He could weasel their way out if things got messy with the Council and they failed. There were no rules against fake dating. Even if there was just a small possibility he could keep them in Dorm E, he’d take it - even if it messed with his own feelings.

“I’m fine with that,” Y/n grinned. “Umm… but now what?”

“What do you mean? Do you seriously have no idea what to do?” replied Futakuchi.

“I’ve only watched one banned movie okay?” she replied, reminding Futakuchi she had no real life examples of people dating.

He took a deep breath, knowing he would be in for a rough one. If he was the one who needed to take the lead in this relationship, he didn’t know how he’d keep his feelings in check. But maybe he didn’t need to.

Futakuchi suddenly scooped up Y/n from the metal bench, her legs dangling across one arm and her back against his other. “Hey! What are you doing?” she complained.

He rolled his eyes and replied with a scowl, “Having fun with my fake girlfriend.” Futakuchi carried her to the large stairwell, scanning the area to make sure they were visible to most of the people in the building. As expected, some were already turning their heads.

When they got to the middle of the staircase, he put Y/n down and looked into her eyes, asking again, “Are you sure you want to do this?”

Y/n nodded. As he studied her face, he admired how selfless she was, putting herself out there at the risk of being kicked out, hoping to change Dorm E. She longed for it to be a community where students would be free to date whomever they loved.

Taking her cheeks in his hands, he pulled her close and placed his lips on hers. Y/n’s eyes shot open in shock, Futakuchi seeing them after pulling away. “W-what was that?” she asked, her cheeks surprisingly red.

“A kiss you idiot!”

Looking down, she shyly asked, “Can we do that again?”

By now, Futakuchi could sense many eyes watching them. He heard mumbles and whispers around the building. But that wasn’t his current concern. He wondered how long they could keep their relationship fake.

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I hope you liked it. I'm a little worried you won't because this is slightly different from my usual. But I was glad I reopened my match-ups so I could write this for your birthday. lol.

Fun fact: This was inspired by a historical couple who got married to encourage others to do the same (and to provoke their opponents). I'll be surprised if anyone knows who I'm talking about. lol

I have another Futakuchi x reader fic called Anonymous Text, which is in canonverse and a cute and funny one, and a bunch of other fics too in my Masterlist.

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Matchup Request from @seijoh (Like usual, I didn’t use everything lol):

MATCHUP REQUESTS AYYYEEEE!! feel free to write based on anything u already know abt me plus: am a smol dancer and choreographer. i love to lead projects and come up w/new ideas. cooking/baking is lots of fun but nothing beats sitting in bed with a soft kitty, tons of blankets/stuffed animals, and just cuddled up over a tv show. or going out for food/museums!! ♡ i’m a firm believer in all or nothing, so i’m rly like that with relationships too ahdhsjjsakw. congrats on 500 again!! ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

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I really like this au, very adorable, but I think I got here a little late so I'm confused. Could you please help me understand the context?

Hi! Sorry for the long wait. I wanted to answer, but I didn’t have a lot of time after work and I wasn’t sure how to explain it very well. Here’s my attempt at a coherent condensed sorta explanation for this AU:

For the extreme shorthand explanation (Please note that everything is still in the concept stage and some stuff will change or require more explanation in the future):

Ozpin was orginally a bird fanus who was possessed by Ozma after the death of his mother who was a friend KoV!Ozma was trying to rescue. Throughout his younger years, Ozpin was an undercover agent who rescued and broke down illegal fanus slavery/trades and met a very young Qrow and they both made a significant impact on each other’s lives. However, he lost one of his wings in a mission and purposely removed his other wing after an incident so no one could use his Fanus background against him in the future.

Timeskip to the future, after Jinn and Oscar running away, Oscar accidentally does a mind dive into his soul/the past and encounters a young teenager fanus who turns out to be a piece of Ozpin’s soul that didn’t pass away. Soul!Ozpin helps guide Oscar to Ozma who’s processing the combined trauma of his past/Ozpin’s memories and processing Ozpin’s death. After learning more about Ozma and what Ozpin and Ozma were trying to do to prevent Salem from destroying humanity, Oscar becomes closer to them and starts learning magic.

After Ozpin comes back and the group cautiously make amends to each other, Ozpin and Qrow have confrontation where they still didn’t have the full conversation they need, but in the end, affirm that they are willing to work things out with each other in this new setting (note to self: this will be the third version of Ozpin, Qrow had interacted with). Ozpin does make sure that Qrow knows he definitely owes Oscar an apology though. The group gets separated (kids to school?) and Oscar stays behind with Ironwood to work on his training to catch up to the others and that’s when he accidentally extracted Ozpin’s soul from Ozma and placed it into BB!Oz who was supposed to be a golem of a sort, but Oscar did not provide any materials except the himself. Qrow (who was doing investigations with Maria, Winter and Ironwood) gets called back to help Oscar.

Now for the extreme long version that’s still incomplete....

Before and the beginning of Ozpin’s Birth:

King of Vale!Ozma was working on trying to fix relations between the kingdoms after the war and worked with Ozpin’s mother (bird fanus;haven’t decided on name but probably is a bird pun) who was one of his undercover agents. However, she got captured and was illegally sold as a slave to a group in Atlas. KoV!Ozma always tried to find her but there were still post!war tensions and the fear of possibly blowing her cover.

Despite her hardships, she managed to befriend a shy mechanical toy maker who helped hacked her collar so she can move about freely and gather information. They hung out with each other enough that eventually, baby Ozpin (not his original name though) was born and a deadline to escape was made promptly. For the beginning of baby Ozpin’s life, he was taken care of by his other parent while birb mom took care of escape precautions. Birb mom’s partner made the original Birdie for baby Ozpin to confuse sensors and for a good cuddle.

However, accidents happened and only Ozpin and his mother ended up being the ones to escape to Mistral Underground where his distraught mother had to teach Baby!Ozpin to never stand out too much since wing-type fanus are rare. She also inadvertently taught him how to hide in public by working as a dancer/singer with many disguises to gather information to try to get KoV!Ozma to come rescue them.

However, around the time KoV!Ozma got her message, they were betrayed and found out by a fellow Fanus who sold them out to to rescue their own family. Ozpin had Birdie taken from him so in order to save him from being branded and secured with a new collar, birb mom made Ozpin wear hers instead while she was forced to get a new one.

After some unknown time, KoV!Ozma finally managed to track them both down and attempt a rescue raid with some trusted friends. However, during the rescue process, Salem’s assassins were also tracking KoV!Ozma and attacked at the same time, resulting in a bloody mess from all sides. Unfortunately, while viciously fighting back to defend her child and KoV!Ozma, she was too weak from the prolonged imprisonment to survive a brutal blow that became fatal on contact. Upon seeing his dead friend and her tramatized child, KoV!Ozma was shocked enough that he too, was killed by one of the assassins who were waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Since Ozpin and KoV!Ozma were both traumatized by Ozpin’s mother’s death, Ozma’s soul ended up in Ozpin and Ozma was forced to take control early on so he could bring Ozpin away from danger by convincing his friends to run away with the young child. After that, Ozma’s soul went into slumber as he used up too much energy too early; plus he has to deal with his previous host’s death and integration with him. Ozpin by himself, with a few occasional voices of reassurance, was passed on and helped by a Ozma’s allies/friends and random strangers (both fanus and not) to safety in Vale.

Once finally there, under the care of trusted friends of his mother (the school staff), he collapsed into a catatonic state for a few months and woke up at the same time as Ozma. Ozpin consented to Ozma taking control for a while and watched as Ozma interacted with his friends and the people in Vale, but never did anything Ozpin that made Ozpin nervous or scared. Eventually, Ozma had a heart-soul talk with Ozpin and shared his painful experiences with Ozpin so he wouldn’t feel alone and that, even Ozma feels scared and afraid like Ozpin.

After finally coming out and being with people who were kind and non-judgmental of him, Ozpin overheard and found out about how illegal fanus slavery was still very much so present and a big problem. Learning that his mother was one of their most accomplished spies and that Ozma was trying to fix this issue for a long time, Ozpin decided that he wanted to move forward by following his parent’s footsteps and help with Ozma’s mission to unite mankind so no one will ever go through what he did. Ozma was very resistant to a child risking his life, especially when one as frail as Ozpin, but he could never deny his hosts’ will and he understood that this was a choice they were willing to dedicate themselves to following. The best he could do was teach Ozpin the most effective way to fight and survive.

His mother’s/Ozma’s friends, taught him her dances and songs as well as proper disguises for his age and figure. And when Ozma was being elusive, they told him about their experiences with Ozma as well. After a few years of experiencing the awkwardness of Ozma and only starting to break out of his insecure personality, he decides that not only is he going to help others like him and Ozma’s mission, but he’s going to protect Ozma as well. At the time, Ozma accepted this with good humor since Ozpin was just learning to be confident and has no idea what this will lead to...

Pre-Team STRQ Time:

After some intense training and having the impatience of a teenager, Ozpin goes on his first mission and messes up due to nerves and lingering PTSD. Ozma was trying to calm him down so he can make escape plans when a very young and injuried Qrow found Ozpin’s cage. BBY!Qrow was more interested and curious about Ozpin instead of being malicious like the other bandits so Ozpin calmed down and they had a nice quiet conversation. They couldn’t see each other that well but Ozpin could smell blood from Qrow’s scratches and bruises so he gave Qrow a quick heal with his magic. Qrow was bewildered and impressed so in order to cover up his skill, Ozpin covered the magic aspect by claiming that he’s training to be a huntsman. Being young enough to accept that explanation, this was the starting point of Qrow’s interest in Hunters before finding out about Maria. In order to repay Ozpin for the heal, Qrow set off some distractions on the day of the big auction and set Ozpin free.

Ozpin repayed Qrow with for this favor in the near future by rescuing him in the forest where Qrow was lost and severely injuried. Previously, Qrow and Raven were supposed to watch an example of how their bandit group operated but the Grimm that were supposed to distract the Hunters were more numerous than expected and spread to the auction on the side. During this time, Ozpin was one of the members who alerted the authorities of the Grimm distractions/auction and helped escort the enslaved Fanus to safety before making his own run in order to protect his undercover status. Then he found Qrow who was separated from his group and disorientated from pretty much everything. When Qrow was finally reunited with Raven/his group, he just thought he made up an imaginary friend based off that bird fanus he rescued b/c no one else saw him when they found Qrow.

A few years later, Ozpin was near fatally injuried in a mission/set up where he lost one of his wings. Qrow was the one who stumbled upon him and helped provide him a safe place to recover without realizing that this fanus was the same fanus from his childhood at first b/c of Ozpin’s disguise. With some subtle hints revealing themselves every now and then, Qrow finally realizes who Ozpin is but at the same time, Ozpin’s pursuers were rumored to be in the area so Qrow rushed to warn him. But he was too late when he only found bloodied feathers and no body. This tramatized him for a while and made him more aggressive until he forced himself to forget the reason why he’s so angry and sad. In the meantime, Ozpin actually escaped against his will because he was in such a bad state that Ozma had to forcefully control him to get to safety since Ozpin couldn’t think straight and associated Qrow with safety. Ozpin could not find Qrow when he searched later on b/c the tribe moved away.

That year and a few before was a bit tension fueled between Ozpin and Ozma b/c Ozpin took on so many undercover missions that left him with many injuries and of the such, but he never let Ozma take control during those times anymore after the first few attempts when Ozma pretended he wasn’t in pain. Guilt and avoidance from both sides prevented them from talking it out until Ozma forced Ozpin to safety after his wing was lost. Feelings were complicated when recovering at a safehouse, Ozpin and Ozma shared fevered nightmares where Ozpin’s recent accident mixed with Ozma’s old memories of being tortured by Salem over the years. When the fever finally broke, Ozma was the one in control and panicked about it for a while b/c Ozpin’s presence was too quiet. When Ozma started fearing Ozpin hated him and tried to apologize, Ozpin just quietly and tiredly reassured him that he wasn’t angry and that over the years, he trusts Ozma’s intentions and his attempts to help humanity were genuine.

Although Ozpin and Ozma’s relationship grew better and became more of a true partnership, Ozpin had to acknowledge the loss of his wing caused not only his health to deteriorate, but he also had to change his fighting style and escape paths. Old comrades in the know started suggesting him to retire b/c he was standing out too much and the attempts on his life were starting to become more focused. He was finally convinced to retire and become a teacher when one of the fanus teenagers he rescued convinced him that he would be a great teacher who treated them all equally. This is when he finally took on the name “Ozpin” and destroyed records of his old name.

While he was a teacher, the teenaged fanus who convinced him, was his first student and they both helped covered for each other’s fanus states. Ozpin’s chronic pains forced him to use his cane quite often while he worked on a spell to reduce them since medicine was that advanced yet, so after his first student graduated, they went undercover as his bodyguard by pretending to be his aide most of the time. However, Ozpin’s other wing was discovered by somebody (probably Merlot) and his student was killed protecting Ozpin. Afterwards, Ozpin had his wing surgically removed (and from the drawing, cut his hair) and used most of his magic to keep his body functional. However, depression took over and Ozma was the one usually in control when Ozpin was too tired. Eventually, he recovered enough to focus on training the students of Beacon the best he can until he became the headmaster of Beacon. Then he met Qrow again.

Oscar with Ozpin and birb!Ozpin

Although Ozpin lost and was dying painfully by being burned alive, he refused to let Ozma take control b/c he knew how afraid Ozma was of fire. Ozma’s desperate attempts to save him resulted in their death and unusual reincarnation in which Ozma and a piece of Ozpin’s soul woke up too early in Oscar. It was too early for Ozma so Ozpin ended up guiding Oscar against the clock b/c of how dangerous everything is after Beacon’s fall and his death and Ozma fell asleep for a while to recover. The reality of his death was pushed to the side as Ozpin tried to adjust to everything and control his boundaries with Oscar. However, after Jinn and Ozma’s traumas influencing him as well his Qrow’s rejection, both Ozpin and Ozma fell into a vortex of depression and self-hate and shut themselves away from Oscar to protect him.

After the Oscar ran away from the group in Argus, he kept desperately trying to contact Ozpin, and accidentally caused a fusion of magic and aura when he dived into his own mind/soul and summoned a guide to help him. That guide turned out to be teenaged!Ozpin when he had both of his wings and was more confident in his skills. Not to mention, he was a bit mischievous as well since he liked using subtle magic tricks to trick Salem and her group in the past. Oscar didn’t realize this was Ozpin at first and until they started going through the memory sequences of Ozpin’s life to reach Ozma who was struggling with his traumas, plus accepting Ozpin’s death/memories.

A/N: Sorry, this is as much as I can keep straight in my head. Some details are still shaky and this is mostly self-indulgent stuff but I think it’s as close to canon as I can keep it considering there’s pretty much almost nothing known about Ozpin himself. There are also details or events missing/not written down b/c the original drawing post would have more but I don’t remember right now.

I hope you and others enjoy this backstory that I’ll try to convey. I didn’t go into Team STQR years, Post Team STQR years or after Vol.6 stuff b/c I’m either still deciding on it or it’ll have spoilers for this AU’s plot. (-∀-`; )

#rwby #ozpin #BB!Oz #Birb Fanus!Ozpin AU

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