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sarah-sandwich-writes · 5 months
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20 Questions - Fanfic Writer Edition
I was tagged by both @writer-or-whatever and @jmrothwell so I suppose I better do it 😅 Thanks guys!
1. How many works do you have on AO3? 42 (*gasp* am I Miles Morales?)
2. What's your total AO3 word count? 1,265,660 lol
3. What fandoms do you write for? currently just Spider-Man but I used to write for Supernatural and before that Harry Potter. I'm a one obsession at a time kinda girl.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Paradise (spread out with a butter knife) - 72k spideypool soulmates au
Don't Freak Out - 136k parkner rivals to lovers speedrun
A Peach Like You - 73k parkner featuring autistic!peter, loveatfirstsight!harley, and a cringe self insert as the villain of the week lmao
The Distance Between (You and Me) - 29k parkner bodyguard au
You're Freaking Out - 166k sequel to DFO featuring plot (wow!) and Miles (yay!)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
My dudes I try. I know I'm not very consistent and I have a tendency to disappear for months at a time, but I read and cherish each one.
6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I don't really do angsty endings lol I think the closest I've gotten is Lay Me Down - 8k destiel major character death--lowest kudosed fic out of all 42 lmao
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
This is an impossible question. I am like the queen of happy endings? You want me to rank them??? Fine, it's You're Freaking Out. Best 10k epilogue in the land. Oh hey also I just noticed it has 997 kudos. May I humbly request 3 more pretty please?
8. Do you get hate on fics?
No. Closest was when someone complained on one of my destiel fics about the grocery store not having plastic bags and needing a quarter in order to obtain a cart. I specifically remember they said, "I hate when writers do this," and went on to complain about us making up obviously fake stuff that pulls them out of the story. Like, first of all you're complaining about storytellers making stuff up ??? okay. And second, it was an Aldi. A real grocery store. That I didn't make up.
I had to take a day to cool off before I responded and then they were like oh yeah, my roommate told me when I complained to them, you responded to this really nicely though! WHICH folks LET ME TELL YOU made me angrier lol Like you found out you were wrong and didn't even come back to edit/delete/apologize for your comment???
Anyway after that I internalized that you don't know what kind of lived experience your commenters have so some comments should be taken with a grain of salt. Which is a double-edged sword bc sometimes I get really nice enthusiastic comments and read it like, okay but what if this person is 12 and read it at 2am in a fit of delirium and this is their first fic ever and it's actually not as good as they think haha
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I doooo. I haven't published any since I wrote for spn but I have a parkner pwp ready to go as soon as I muster up the nerve.
I have no idea how to interpret the question "what kind" lol uhhh the hot kind? pffft
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
I have but I never published them. Again, these were for spn which is hella fun to play with merging into other canon. I started but never finished spn crossovers with Firefly, The 100, The Hunger Games, Criminal Minds, Agents of Shield, and Teen Wolf. I think that's all of them. I've been thinking about putting all of my abandoned wips on AO3 for archive purposes, but idk still noodling on it. I wish there way a way I could elect to post without notifying my subscribers :/ Or at least send them a message warning them that I'm about to be incredibly annoying
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of 🙃
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yes!! A few now! The ultimate kudo in my opinion, and one I never expected <3
The wonderful @bluettspetal has translated An Insignificant Problem, Undercover? I thought you said under covers..., and Completely and utterly devoid of sex appeal into Russian with plans to translate more.
And Faaayeee42 on AO3 translated Paradise (spread out with a butter knife) to Mandarin Chinese.
I'm forever blown away by this.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Nope! Done some brainstorming a few times but nothing that has evolved into actually writing out a shared thing. Not sure I'd be any good at it tbh. I'd probably be a very frustrating writing partner.
14. What's your all-time favorite ship?
Peter Parker/Harley Keener. They're good boys.
15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
My Infinity War time travel fix it (make it worse) fic 😔 It's got so much potential but it is perpetually at the bottom of the to-do list.
16. What are your writing strengths?
Dialogue and developing relationships
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
mother fucking action sequences and like, coming up with The Plan (the evil kind and the ones to take down the evil kind)
This silly little graphic I made for You're Freaking Out where Harley mocks The Plan made by the spider dumplin gang was initially one half of my brain negging the other half about being shit at making Plans and I decided that it might as well manifest as the characters lmao
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18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
Eh. It's fanfiction, you know? Do what you want. Experiment. Try your best to do it justice. Accept that some people are going to let their eyes blur and skim over it while others will pick it apart but most will exist somewhere in the middle. Just write what you want to write, how you want to write it.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
*sigh* Harry Potter. Looking forward to my own post getting gobbled up by my block list lmao
20. Favorite fic you've written?
Goodness gracious how do I even decide? I think Peaches Ain't Pretty is my favorite. It's the fic that showed me beyond a shadow of a doubt that I can step outside of fanfiction and write whatever I want and be just as satisfied, if not more.
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Twenty Questions for Fic Writers
tagged by @magicalrocketships, thank u pal! 💛
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
252 😅😅
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
3,190,822 😅😅😅😅
3. What fandoms do you write for?
i tend to stick to one fandom at a time, so for now i'm writing hellcheer for stranger things, but in the past i've written for: 1d, julie and the phantoms, shadowhunters, 911, and young royals! (some of those were just one-offs tho)
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
can't help falling in love with you (1d - narry)
keep me up all night (jatp - peterpatter)
tell me how to feel about you now (1d - louis/harry)
if we don't leave this town (we might never make it out) (stranger things - hellcheer)
damn bitch are you okay (julie and the phantoms - multi/prompt collection)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
yes! i try to respond to every comment i get, tho sometimes i don't reply to ones that are like replies to my previous comments bc that gets to be too much. i also moderate all my comments so i tend to delete the ones that are rude (which truthfully i do not get a lot of, which is nice!)
6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
oh without a doubt that's always have & i always will. i set out to write a very sad fic and that's exactly what i did.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
i'd say this could apply to pretty much every other one of my fics bc i do prefer a happy ending since isn't that what we're mostly all here for??? happy endings for our blorbos???
8. Do you get hate on fics?
i have in the past. it's part of the reason why i started moderating comments. i simply don't understand why someone would take time out of their day to read something when they usually know they aren't going to like it before they've even started, and then take MORE time to write a nasty comment to someone who shared their work FOR FREE. go be miserable somewhere else, thank you!
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
yes! all kinds, i suppose. i'm not really sure what that second question means.
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
i don't think AUs count as crossovers so ... no? i once had an idea for a 1d/teen wolf crossover a million years ago but that never really made it out of my head much less onto ao3. once upon a time i also had an idea for a jatp/hellcheer crossover ... that could maybe still happen.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
yes. someone once reposted several jatp fics of mine to fucking wattpad (derogatory) and only deleted them after i commented on every. single. one. calling them out for it. wattpad did fucking nothing.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
no, but i've had a couple people ask over the years.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
yes! so far i think the only one that's ever been posted is the only thing i want (when one drop hits my mouth) with my dear friend @cunnninghams, but many fics have been brainstormed over the years with grand plans of one day being written! (the omfd s2 we dreamed up lives on in our hearts if not our memories @magicalrocketships)
14. What's your all-time favorite ship?
how DARE u ask me this i refuse to answer on principle.
15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
ughhhh i don't want to say i'll never finish it but we're edging towards a year since i last updated i roll 'til i change my luck and i just have zero will to go back to it. but! i really don't want to delete it either so we'll just have to wait and see :(
16. What are your writing strengths?
i take very great pride in my dialogue. my sister read one of my works recently and complimented my dialogue and i was all 🥰🥰🥰 over it. i've also had multiple people compliment my ability to write scenes well enough that they can see/hear them in their heads and i absolutely love that because that's exactly how i write!! i have a very vivid imagination and it takes a lot of effort to try and get it right on the page.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
BREVITY.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
english is bad enough i don't need to be stupid in another language.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
once upon a time i wrote self-insert lotr rpf fic that will never, ever see the light of day (shut up i was like eleven) BUT the first fic i actually posted for other people to read (which has subsequently been deleted from internet existence) was a bandom fic specifically about simple plan lmfao
20. Favorite fic you've written?
oh, that's so hard. if i'm going by fandom, for 1d it's these four walls and me bc that fic has a piece of my soul forever. for jatp, it's a tie between coping and stubborn, selfish, easily jealous (the former because it helped soothe the sting of the show getting cancelled, and the latter because i love my stupid fucked up boys who can't get their shit together to say i love you). and for stranger things, it's if we don't leave this town (we might never make it out) because i had the most wonderful time writing it and i'm so glad so many people felt so deeply connected to the story.
wow that was a lot so i'm passing along this enormous task to @cyraclove, @gorgeousgreymatter-x, @medusasfinalgirl, and @staceymcgillicuddy
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demxters · 3 years
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question: if i were to write a series for the mcu with an oc, who would you guys be interested in seeing as the love interest?
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cescalr · 3 years
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9 and 23 for the ask game please 😊
9: Are there any fics you'd love to see but don't want to write yourself? What are they?
Ooh, um... I'm not sure! Something substantial for Cursed 2005, maybe, like a crossover with buffy or teen wolf or something, with jimbo as the pairing from cursed and idk just something interesting (please no b*angel or st*rek or st*dia), or a time travel fic for Supernatural that involves Dean as the POV but absolutely zero, nada, nothing of (even hints) De*tiel or winc*st, that's 100% a fix-it fic (bc my mans deserved a lot better than that ending smh. And so did Jo, and Anna, and Lisa and Ben and Charlie and Benny and- ).
23: What's one piece of advice you would give to anyone who wants to start writing or posting their writing online?
Hmm... Just go for it? Like, write whatever comes to mind and post it. And keep doing that. Over and over again, because it's all the same thing - practise. If you can't think of an idea, there's no reason not to go trawling for prompts. I've got this list of 200 prompts, can't remember where I found it, but it's really useful if I'm stuck. But yeah. Find some time, any amount of time, whether its 5 minutes or five hours, and write what you can, as much as you can, whether it's ten words or 10,000, or more or less, it doesn't matter. Just get words on screen (or on paper, if you prefer.) And then... post it. If the main issue is getting the courage to post it, don't read back over it. That's when the nervousness rears it's ugly head. Just post it. Straight up. Type right into the Ao3 doc and hit post if you have to, just... find a way to minimise the amount of time you give yourself to get all worked up about whether it's 'good enough' or not. It won't be perfect the first time you write something - nothing ever is. Everything requires practise. And each time you post something, you get better at it. It gets easier. If proofreading is the bane of your existence, just post it and come back later to fix any issues. If titling it is a problem pick a random word or a song lyric or hell, a sentence from the fic, anything at all. 'Working Title | Stiles POV All Human AU Stira Fic', even. Just. Anything. You can always change it later. Summaries an issue? Grab the first paragraph. Grab the first sentence. Put 'Stiles POV all human au, stira focus.' as the summary. Who cares? You. Can. Always. Change. It. Later.
That's the great thing about fic. Changing everything later is possible. Nothing here is permanent. If you aren't happy with something, that doesn't matter. So long as it's out there, you can get feedback (because often, we don't know why we aren't happy with something - outside help is always invaluable). Being scared of criticism is half the problem, for a lot of people... but - not to sugar coat - it's necessary. And, just to note, in my 10 years of fanfic writing, I have never, ever, gotten a single malicious comment. Not. Once. It's much rarer than people think it is. And even if you do, you can always delete it. Put comments on moderation, turn them off, if it's the main issue. Gather your confidence at your own pace - but don't forget feedback is necessary for improvement. Eventually you will need to accept it's going to happen - it's not an attack on you. It's an attempt at help. We're taught in school to consume media critically, and those who internalise that will comment constructively. English class can leave an impression - the worst thing is to take any of it personally. Having a negative mindset (they hate it) versus a positive mindset (they want me to improve at this thing I enjoy doing, they're trying to help, they're being supportive) can make all the difference.
Eventually, you'll need to turn those comments back on. But you don't need to take anyone's shit, hence why moderation is a thing. There is a difference between constructive criticism and hate - but it's rare you'll get the latter. Tone is hard to convey in text form; benefit of the doubt is the best way forward.
Make sure you've got friends/mutuals you can ramble with about your fics. it's genuinely the most helpful thing. Give them snippets, do the whole cheerleader routine for each other. It's great. Brainstorm with each other. Not necessarily doing collaborative fic (though you might find that's what works best for you!) but just, geeking out with each other. It makes a huge boost for your ego, and that's useful for your confidence when it comes to posting things. But also, if you trust them, it makes taking their advice easier.
Sometimes, it might feel like two steps forward and one step back. That's great! It's still a step forward. Go at your own pace. The worst thing you can do is rush yourself and burn out. If it takes you a year to update, it takes you a year. I assure you, the readers will still be there, and they'll be happy to see the update. Nobody's going to hate you for taking your time. Prioritise your health. I promise it makes your work better if you're in a good place, and you don't have too much on your plate.
Though, having said that, if you find you work best with about twenty wips all at once updated every week, then go for it! Like I said; your own pace. If a schedule helps you, have one. If it doesn't, don't. I don't have a schedule. I have about 40 wips posted, and a few that aren't yet. It can take me a year to update, or I'll do four in a week. People are pleased either way - what matters is that you wrote something, and it exists, and other people can read it. Isn't that awesome? You've made something. You've made a mark. Someone's happy because of you, because you wrote something they like. Who cares if there's twenty typos and you use the wrong you're* (*or equivalent in your language, ofc) - you can fix that later. And it didn't stop that person's enjoyment of the first fic you ever posted, which might not be as good as your future fics, but it's still special. It's still yours.
Prioritise the thing you want to prioritise. Plot, relationships (of any nature), whatever. Prioritise that. The rest will fall into place. Personally, I prioritise characterisation. interpersonal dynamics follow, part and parcel of character exploration, then plot, as an extension. Do what suits you. And people don't tend to mind very much about any of these. If characterisation matters to you not one whit, just put OOC in the tags and be done with it. Plot doesn't matter? Perfectly fine! You don't want to write ships? Nobody's forcing you. Do what you want. It's just fanfiction. That's kind of the point. There's no need to feel pressure to write a certain thing. I'm in a lot of fandoms with a lot of very large ships. I'd get a lot more readers if I wrote st*rek, or d*stiel, or whatever, but I don't, because I wouldn't enjoy it. Write what you want to see. What you want to read. That's the best advice I can give. If you cry at your own fic, perfect. If you laugh at your own fic, brilliant. If your own fic leaves you all giddy like, grinning wide, amazing. It's gonna give someone else that reaction, too.
Hits, kudos, comments - they're not everything. Ao3, for harry potter, has 5000 pages of fic, with some of the tags I don't like excluded. It's not a case of people not liking your fic - it's a case of people not finding it. Don't worry. Recognition will come with time. Also, the ratio for fics is kind of awful, anyway. Comments and kudos vs hits is always poor; 2%, 5%, 7%. Don't worry too much about it. If people read it, it's likely they liked it. A lot of people are just lazy, and don't press the kudos button. A lot of people are incredibly nervous, or don't know what to say, so they don't comment. Another thing; some of your fics are going to be more popular than others. This is normal. Fandom size, fandom activity, content of fic, tags - prevalence of fic type, etc etc. One of my fics has around 15k notes. the rest are all below 6k. the runner up is a whole 10k below that fic. This is to be expected, and it's nothing to tear your hair out about. Write, first and foremost, for yourself. The rest, as always, comes later.
Really, tldr; you can always fix it later. the rest comes later. recognition comes later. the best thing to do - the first thing to do, the only thing to do - is just start. Post something. Anything. And go from there however you wish.
In 2016 i had zero subscribers on Ao3. I've got 72 now. These things just take time. In 2016 i'd written 30k words. I've written 1.2 million now. These things just take time. Through fandom, mostly fanfiction, I've gained people I'd consider friends. I think it's a really cool endeavour, and I think - for your confidence, peace of mind, and social sphere - it's also a really positive one.
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toomanytuesdays · 4 years
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Supernatural Rewatch
Season One
Episode Nine: Home
Date: 25/01/2020
Monster: Poltergeist + Mary’s spirit
Favourite quote: “Then I carried you out the front door.”
“You did?”
“Yeah, what? You never knew that?”
“No.”
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Comments/Thoughts:
I didn’t really like this ep when I watched it for the first time. I felt it was a bit bleh.
“We are going to be very happy here, I promise” um no you’re not. Bc you’re at the start of a Supernatural episode. Nothing ends well for those suckers.
Who tf leaves stuff at their house when they sell it. Take everything with you John jfc why would you leave sentimental pics of Mary
Oooh the premonitions have begun
Sam drawing trees reminds me of Lydia from Teen Wolf when she was drawing the Nemeton over and over
C’mon Deanie, it’s okay baby, it’s okay to be scared. Nawww fuck I hate seeing him sad all I wanna do is cuddle him
Aw Dean, he’s trying his hardest not to believe that the house is haunted.
“There’s nothing in your closet” guuurrrll have you seen Monsters Inc.? There’s def something in your closet. Say hi to Sully for me if you see him
Jared’s face is so soft
It kinda pains me to hear them talking up to Mary and John like this. Especially Mary, when I keep hearing Dean’s “I hate you! And I love you” (or vice versa) sounding in the back of my head whenever he mentions her.
Dean calling John in this scene reminds me of Dean praying to Cas after he “died” in s13. The tears and the helplessness, and the almost begging for them to come back - Jensen’s acting is so perfect
Oof that monkey thing will always give me creeps bc of this and Little Nightmares. I’m never going near one ever again in my life. Much like I’m never ever letting anyone I know put their hands down a sink gobbler bc the sink monster will eat them
John was a marine? Huh, makes sense.
Hehe what ever happened to Missouri? She was great. They should bring her back this season and Sam and Dean start to tell her what’s happened and she’s like “boy, I know what you two been up to” and then proceeds to tell them her recount of their story, including Dean and Cas’ love story to which Sam is sitting there sniggering and Dean is straight up (gay up) tryna deny it to which Cas goes “no Dean, it’s okay, we all know it took you a lot longer to realise your feelings,” and pats his knee goddammit I need this now. Oh wait didn’t she die? I just had a war flashback to her dying.
That kid is such a good actor for his age. He’s more successful in his 4-6 years of age (estimate) than my 20 years of living
Missouri calling Dean out and then his face afterwards is gold I love it
Lololololol the classic EMF reader, when did they use that last? They haven’t used it in years
Dean wtf why would you put that in your mouth, I swear he’s 4 years old, always putting things in his mouth
Oops they destroyed this chick’s house. Nope it ain’t over bc there’s still 10 mins left of the episode
AHAHAHAHAHA I LOVE MISSOURI “and don’t cuss at me” SHE SLAYS
Mmmm Dean’s neck looks good enough to bite, I just had some dirty thoughts
OH OH HE SAID THE THING
Jesus Dean you left a muddy footprint on the white door, who raised you boy
OHHHHH PLOT TWIST WHAAAAAAT IT’S MARY WHOOAAAA THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION bitch why didn’t she do that sooner and then this whole deal wouldn’t have happened, jeez Mary I thought you were a hunter
Damn they fixed that door pretty quick huh
PLOT TWIST AGAIN WHOOOA MORE BRAND NEW INFORMATION heeeeeeeerreee’s Johnny!! (Sorry I couldn’t help myself hehehe)
P.S: So I watched the deleted scenes for Home, and they cut out a scene from the garage where apparently the dude they were talking to called social services on John after the fire and that’s what caused them to leave Lawrence. I wonder why they cut it
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ohdeer-malia · 5 years
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GET TO KNOW THE MUN
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name:  Jo (i’ve never actually used a name on here but uh ha ha here’s one)
nickname: ^ (:
faceclaim: okay this is wild bc i don’t have one??? but i was just thinking that if i did it might be laura harrier and as i was looking icons i was like,,,,,yes???? so lets go with that (:
pronouns: she/her 
height:  5’7″
birthday:  Aug. 18th
aesthetic: uh right now i’ve got this kind of idk watered down art hoe thing going on ig, i don’t really have an aesthetic? i had a grunge phase for a bit in hs lmao idk i’m just out here chillin
last song you listened to: right now i’m listening to i love you - billie eilish bc i’m listening to music at all times 
favorite muse(s) you’ve written: I love Malia Tate with my entire heart I have for years I will scream it from the rooftops. I also have grown this understanding and love for Jackson, I love both of my muses ok
getting  to  know  the  account
what inspired you to take on this muse: okay story time — originally i had a Teen Wolf OC on here that I loved, she was Theo’s sister (which is wild bc i usually don’t like OC’s that are just thrown into a story and related to a character just because,,,but the way i did it i was like,,,this works), she was a total queen bee, HBIC, rival to Lydia (and I lowkey shipped them 👀)
anyway, i worked hard on her account wrote some starters and had her up for about two weeks before I got discouraged and intimidated bc i couldn’t find anyone to interact with and deleted her lmaooo 💀 i wish i didn’t though, i miss her 😔
ANYWAY i still wanted to rp on Tumblr, i started rping with my best friend on discord and she was doing a Lydia account @literally-lydia on here and I wanted to still rp on tumblr so I was like,,,hold on,,,i love malia tate lets do a malia tate account. 
i also made a jackson account bc i had started writing about him and discovered that, hey, jackson whittemore isn’t the worst guy in the world. he’s got issues that he deserves to have worked out. i like exploring why he was the way he was and also writing jackson is so much fun he’s so mean and it’s so entertaining
what are your favourite aspects of your current muse(s): i found that a common theme between my muses is that they can be mean lmao and just writing their quippy one liners is so much fun. they both come off as hardasses who don’t care about anyone’s feelings but theyre really vulnerable deep down and i like exploring that side of them
what’s your biggest inspiration when it comes to writing: music is a huge thing for me. i love making playlists. i also love graphics, making or just seeing gif sets. THIS ISN’T AN AD BUT I LOVE GETTING MEMES!!!! I LOVE PLOTTING AND THREADING AND SCREAMING ABOUT OUR CHARACTERS!!! seeing a mutual tag me in something that reminds them of our muses makes my heart so happy so like,,,,don’t ever feel like you’re bothering me or spamming me with memes or tags, i love that shit please spam the hell out of me i eat it up yum yum
favourite types of threads: yooooo imma be real i love angst. getting in my feelings? yum yum yum. wrestling with inner demons? sign me up. hurt and comfort??? mmmm mmmm good. i also love just goofy, light hearted threads too, just to balance it all out
biggest struggle in regards to your current muse: i’ll start with Jackson bc right now he’s the one i’m having trouble with (if you’re waiting on any replies from him, you know this lmao) but he’s difficult. sometimes i worry that i write him too mean and that people won’t want to write with him or they’ll think i lowkey hate their muses lmao. as for malia, i don’t really have any problems with her. i’ve loved her for years but i’ve never really written as her so i’m just trying to figure her out some more in terms of her memories and such. i worry that i rely too much on the accident in my writings and while yes, it is a very important aspect of her character, i want to dig deeper. 
Tagged by : @deadbrcther (ty ily)
Tagging : @queencfwolves @spider-gwenmaxstacy @badassxqueens @lameutedemccall @notapackanimal + anyone else u already kno what it isss
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novocaine-sea · 6 years
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About Me As a Writer
Tagged by @foxyena Thank you so much!!
1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean? My tumblr username obviously comes from Aizawa from BNHA. He’s one of my favorite characters and he’s voiced by one of my favorite seiyuu’s, Junichi Suwabe. My old username novocaine-sea (which is novocaine_sea on AO3) came from a song by the band Senses Fail! The lyrics go “I wanna drown in a sea filled with novocaine” I had that username from my bandom days and couldn’t part with it
2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos).
Fruitless has the most of all of these things, over 200 bookmarks, 726 kudos, almost 9000 hits and 100 subs! But as for active fics Side Effects is the second best with 90 subs!
3. What is your AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it?
My AO3 icon is a sleeping Bakugou cap from the anime bc he looks like such an angel I love him so much
4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?
Yes!! My fav commenters are @vairenna, @emotabek and @mirikiri93 but i also love every single person who comments on my stories anyway because they’re all so lovely and supportive and I cherish every single one of them
5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?
Right now I’ve been going back and reading Feathers Are the Least of These by mousapelli (I’m unsure if they have a tumblr account). It’s a Tokoyami x Deku fic and it’s really wonderful I love it a lot.
6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?
I have 830 bookmarks (it’s a mess I had more but went through and deleted a bunch one day, I need to do it again) and I don’t know how to see the exact number of works I’m subscribed to but there are 5 pages worth, though half of them are most likely completed
7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?
Well I tend to keep coming back to serial killer AUs, are AUs that are particularly blody. I think I have at least one planned for each fandom I’m in, and have already accomplished that with Haikyuu. Though I do wanna write more. 
8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)
I have 145 user subscriptions and 1655 bookmarked
9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)
I have a, uh, cannibal fic planned? Which I feel like a lot of people wouldn’t be cool with so I’m gonna keep it to myself for now lmao
10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.
Fluff mostly. I’m not very good at it and i feel like compared to my angst and smut even it comes out really lackluster
11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?
I really love rarepairs, my favorite pairs are SemiSuga and MatsuAka, but lately I’ve found myself writing IwaOi which is strange bc they’re not even one of my main ships. But I love both rarepairs and popular ships equally!
12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?
Okay so my AO3 says 56 but I’ve deleted at least 5 or 6 from it so it’s more in the 60s.
13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?
Oh god I don’t even want to count but I have at least 5 WIPs for Haikyuu, BNHA, and YOI respectively
14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?
I do the bad thing of keeping some of them in my head but I really try to write down a lot of them.
15. Have you ever co-authored a story?
I have not! But I was planning to cowrite something with my friend Erin! I think it would be fun to cowrite with somebody :)
16. How did you discover AO3?
My best friend Faith made me read this one Teen Wolf fic called “DILF” and I’ve been on AO3 ever since!
17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3?
Oh no not at all
18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?
Do fandom authors do that?
19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?
A lot but I would credit @thewiselearnfromhistory as my biggest inspiration. Idk where she disappeared off to but she’s a wonderful friend and an amazing writing (she’s ConesofDunshire on AO3)
20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?
Write what you want to see. Don’t try and copy other writer’s style; develop your own while reading their works. It’s okay to be inspired by other people’s writing. 
21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?
I’ve done both! I had a really intense outlie for Fruitless but it ended in a way that was not plan. Half of what happened in the fic was not planned until I actually wrote the completed chater. I really thik it’s fun to let the fic take you where it wants to go. Currently I’ve planned out all the chapters of Side Effects but they’ll probably end up being scrapped, at least half of it.
22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?
Yes! I have been told that my grammar is awful and the story would have been more readable and enjoyable if I had a “better grasp on my grammar.” I’ve been told that the way I write certain characters is extremely OOC. I’ve been told that characters would never do that because they’re monsters and not kind souls. But the amount of positive comments I’ve gotten outweighs the bad ones tenfold
23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)
I’m really bad with action scenes but I’ve been writing BNHA which is an action packed series so I’ve been trying to use that as my “training” I guess
24. What story(s) are you working on now?
My biggest priority right now is Side Effects as that is my main work on AO3 right now. But I will return to Untucking and the TodoMomo fic eventually. I am also working on some Kacchako secret Santa stuff!
25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?
Lmao yes it’s an ISSUE
26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?
No but my only goal right now is to finish Side Effects chapter 23 because it’s been giving me issues so that’s my goal every day right now
27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?
Oh my fucking god yes. I read the UshiOi smut that I have posted on AO3 and I cringe SO HARD. My friend told me that,that was their favorite fic of mine (or one of them at least) and I was like why... please....
28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written?
I would say Fruitless, but I also really love Golden. IT evoked a lot of emotion from me and I really love that piece of writing. But also Side Effects. And Wisteria. I can’t pick a favorite
29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written?
Ahhhh the UshiOi story aforementioned. And anything I’ve deleted from AO3
30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?
I hope to still be writing for fandom because I do enjoy it, but I also hope to be writing my own original work and maybe have a short story or two published? I think it would be nice to get into a fandom zine too!
31. What is the easiest thing about writing?
I think putting intense emotions into the characters and everything around them is my strong suit. I love breaking characters down and getting to the root of their problems
32. What is the hardest thing about writing?
Keeping things happy! I always return right back to the angst and I need to fucking relax with it it’s bad
33. Why do you write?
I write for myself, to get my ideas out there, and hopefully write something that other people love and enjoy fully. I write to make friends and to meet people who will inspire me and who I can inspire too. I love the way writing and art in general in fandom connects people. It’s really special :)
Tagging: @hamletsprozac @tenacioustooru @caelestisxyz @tootsonnewts @meimagino @seekingsquake and anybody else who wants to do it! don’t feel pressured
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minigoblinnn · 4 years
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Hello! Long Time No See
Hello everyone idk how many people will see this because I don’t have a lot of followers but that’s okay. HI! I haven’t used this account in almost three years I think. I’m pretty sure the last time I used this was possibly my freshman year of high school and I am now going to be a senior in September. So the world has kind of gone to shit recently but I had some soul searching while stuck in my house for over 3 months and realized that I needed to try to find what makes me happy. So bc we have all the time in the world rn bc 1. quarantine and 2. school is over, I thought I would try to revisit things that I used to love from freshman year and before. Yes I am 17 and I am no longer a hardcore stan like I was in middle school but it’s been a little refreshing trying to find myself again. If you’ve made it this far on this post thank you so much! This is more of a revamp of myself bc I realized over quarantine that I haven’t been truly happy in almost 3 years so whoops. 
Anyways this is gonna be sort of like a long rant but if you end up reading to the end I really appreciate it I hope I don’t bore you!
1. A major thing I had to come to terms with during quarantine was that I am indeed depressed. For the past 3 years I have been shoving down my inner struggles really deep within myself and never officially addressed it. As I’m sure many others who struggle with mental health have had to deal with the same difficulties of being stuck at home, it was a very shitty experience that I had to endure. I think a lot that attributed to it was the pressure of school and the rapid change of being in school one day to having a complete flip was also a major adjustment. As someone who has major control issues and hates very big change all at once this was very overwhelming for me as I’m sure it was for many of you. With this, I also realized I never prioritized myself before quarantine. I never talked about my struggles with friends and I was very irritable around late April/early May when it came to a specific friend. I previously had a major breakdown in school bc I was super anxious over losing this friendship back in February so that was also affecting my mental health extremely. Since my birthday in May, I have since slowly learned to prioritize myself and to face my struggles instead of avoiding the problem like I usually do. I now have a therapist that I talk to weekly over the phone and also with school ending it has released a lot of pressure that I had on me before. I still haven’t really discussed it all yet but I am the type that doesn’t like talking about me in that way or discussing myself in a vulnerable way but I hope I will slowly learn to improve on that. School wise, let’s just say the 4th marking period was an extremely ugly one. My sleep is something that is on and off. I am constantly exhausted but I cannot sleep so I’m trying different methods to try to fix my sleep but that is a uphill battle. I am currently writing this at 4:39 am so if that gives you any indication there you go.
2. Since there hasn’t been anything else to do and I don’t have my license yet, I have been getting back into things I used to enjoy freshman year and prior as I stated above. On my journey of trying to find any ounce of happiness again, I have been re-watching and revisiting things I used to “fangirl” over such as tv shows, youtubers, etc. 
Shows I have re-visitied include: The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, Reign, Avatar: The Last Airbender, I finally watched Shadowhunters all the way through and not just the first season
Youtubers: Maddi Bragg (she recently rejoined youtube so...), I also have re-watched Dan and Phil Games, specifically the sims series bc I used to love it. 
And bc I re-watched Shadowhunters I re-watched the Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones movie that is on Netflix and before I get bashed I used to love that movie bc I personally think it is more of what I envisioned of what the books come to life would look like minus the ending...I also really like Jamie Campbell Bower and Lily Collins so personal bias but Malec on the tv show are immaculate. Controversial topic I know. And just earlier last night ig I finished reading City of Bones and I’m gonna re-read the entire TMI series and re-read/finish TID series. 
3. Along with revisiting things I have sort of slowly reinvented myself ig. I cut my hair right after my birthday so before it was about right past my chest and I cut it to roughly above my shoulders and I re-dyed my hair black bc I cannot be a ginger. My music taste has also slightly put more alt music and indie groups. Everyday I find new bands such as Meet me @ the altar, 100 gecs, and I recently got into $uicideBoy$...but honestly I get good music recommendations from tiktok so ofc. Also with the current climate in the US I have been a lot more outspoken when it comes to politics and my activism. I have a pretty conservative republican father who listens to fox news for however long I can remember. And after the 2016 election, I never really tried to argue/debate my father about Trump and everything but I also was not super informed in politics. But now I am absolutely never silence. I have gotten in plenty of arguments mostly with my mother about my activism. I have also gotten into painting political statement paintings after I painted my BLM protests signs. I have put these paintings around my room but my mom does not like them but I don’t care. So I am definitely wayyyyy more vocal when it comes to social issues and politics and I am not afraid to back down. I think before I didn’t speak up bc I didn’t want to argue with my father bc he would shut me down immediately when I tried to say anything against trump. But now I don’t care. Bc everything he stands for goes against me and my existence so I will not be silent as much as my parents want to. They don’t understand that I have always had these opinions, I just never expressed them as much until now bc I didn’t know how to properly express it. That I am super proud of.
4. Another thing I sort of realized ig was that I can now fully say I am definitely pansexual. Bro even typing that is like wow. Okay okay back story. So freshman year I told my two best friends at the time that I believed I was pan bc I’ve always thought that but I was never comfortable enough to say I was apart of the lgbtq+ community bc idk I just don’t feel like I have a right to? Bc after freshman year I slowly moved to other best friends and with them and my family I have always referenced to only being interested in men and ig I instilled this norm that I could only talk about liking men in front of them and my friends so I never felt comfortable addressing it. I still always had that thought in my head and especially in recent months I have been turned off from guys in general besides maybe 4, all who are actors or Kurtis Conner lowkey. So I’m not really looking to date anytime soon so it doesn’t really matter but I just don’t see me dating a guy. I think about it for about 2 seconds and then I snap back to reality. But yeah I made a pan flag painting and put it in my room and my parents have no idea what it is so they won’t even question me. But I don’t feel comfortable addressing it to my friends or my family, oh definitely not. I’ve put it on my second tiktok account but I don’t let my best friends ig see it so yeah i will probably never tell them until college. I’m sure most of them won’t care but again, I never really addressed personal things about myself with them unless it’s like my depression where I couldn’t hide it anymore but anyways that’s just how I am.
So things I’ve learned since being stuck at home for 3 months: I’m depressed, I’m pan, I’m a leftist/left-leaning, and I will no longer just say I will beat someone up but I will actually do it not that I haven’t already but that’s not important. But anyways, idk how often I will use this but this is an update. I might delete some old posts based on me now and everything but yeah I will hopefully use this to update on the things I revisit! Hope everyone is doing mostly well! If you read all of this thank you thank you thank you! Sending virtual hugs and kisses!
sorry for any errors, I recently put on these long acrylics and I’m using my laptop and I haven’t had long nails in a while so bear with me :)
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msmarvelsmarvel · 5 years
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fanfic author asks from @ inanauthorsworld (bc I wanted to answer all these cause why not)
A. what’s your favourite fandom to write? 
Currently? WWE, but I have a few other fics that I love like my Harry Potter one
B. what’s your favourite fandom to read?
I’ve probably read more WWE than anything so I’d say it’s a favorite.
C. what fandom(s) did you start writing?
Its a long list so here we go: WWE, Harry Potter, Grey’s Anatomy, Teen Wolf, Supernatural, Boondock Saints, Game of Thrones, Avengers, Daredevil, Xmen, Walking Dead, Vampire Diaries, Umbrella Academy, Bones, Twilight (fight me), Riverdale, Sons of Anarchy, Shameless, Criminal Minds, Firefly, Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, My Chemical Romance
D. what fandom(s) do you write now?
See above, though a lot haven’t been worked on in a long time like the Twilight, Riverdale, Shameless, all the band ones, and Supernatural. It’s mostly just WWE
E. who is your OTP?
Ambrollins (Dean Ambrose x Seth Rollins)
F. canon fics or au?
Writing wise I only like exclusively write AU. Reading wise I also mostly like AUs
G. longfics or shortfics?
Writing: I mostly only write longfics (except my WWE ones, a lot of them are shorter. Reading: It depends what I wanna read. If I’m looking just for smut fics I like shortfics. Other than that I like longfics
H. original characters or no?
Always. I have an original character for every fandom I write for I. porn with plot or porn without plot?
Typically I have plot when I write it
J. smut or fluff?
Depends on my mood. I think I read smut more tho
K. angst or happy?
Allllll the angst
L. favourite fic of yours?
That I’ve read? There’s one where Dean is a college professor that I read on here and I thought I had it liked but I guess not which really sucks its a fav of mine. Favorite fic that I wrote? From 25 Days of Ambrollins: “I’ll be Home for Christmas”. Very angsty it really hurt my feelings while I wrote it M. least favourite fic of yours?
When I watched Gossip Girl way back in like junior year of high school I started a fic for that and let's just say I deleted that shit N. do you write smut?
sometimes it’s the ONLY thing I write
O. where do you post your fics?
Archive of Our Own, Tumblr, and Wattpad
P. do you write exclusively fanfic?
Sure do. All though I do have ideas for original stories
Q. link your most recent fic.
https://wwetookovermyllfe.tumblr.com/ <<< my fanfic sideblog
R. link your favourite fic of all-time.
Well since I can’t find that professor Dean AU, here’s the one I love equally as much >>> https://archiveofourown.org/works/7950436/chapters/18178507 (it’s with Jon Moxley)
S. link your favourite author.
Well written by the same person as my favorite fic >>> https://archiveofourown.org/users/TheRoarOfAtlas/pseuds/TheRoarOfAtlas 
T. when did you start reading fanfic?
sixth grade
U. when did you start writing fanfic?
also sixth grade. It was a Maruader’s Era Harry Potter fic
V. post the last sentence you wrote.
From the outline for my Grey’s Anatomy fic: “
However, as he begins to really make advances her and as she gets to know him, she realizes she likes him for him and not just bc he reminds her of Mark”
W. when was the last time you wrote?
Well once I stop procrastinating it’ll be today, right now
X. give a summary of your current project!
Set sometime around season 5 of Grey’s, Kristen Shepherd is the twin sister to Amelia Shepard and Derek’s youngest sister. When Mark and Addison had their affair, Kris took off to Seattle with Derek because she and Mark had been dating for some time. She is a Cardio attending at Seattle Grace, living her best life and becoming friends with her brother’s girlfriend, Meredith and her friends. Well, she was until Mark showed up. Follow Kris as she handles with drama that comes with working at one of the most prestigious hospitals in Washington
Y. what is the title of your current wip?
It doesn’t have one just yet, it’s just title “Grey’s”
Z. how to you feel about your wip compared to other works of yours?
Eh, i’ll probably forget about it and not touch it again once I get bored of Grey’s and watch something else. Just like every other fic I have started but never finished
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