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[zmediaoutlet]

twenty questions for fic writers

tagged to do the do by @prince-of-elsinore, ty ty for thinking of me

How many works do you have on ao3?

211 (and elsewhere, maybe a dozen we don't talk about, bc they suck, on livejournal; maybe a couple dozen short pieces here on tumblr that have never migrated to ao3)

What's your total ao3 word count?

1,515,103

What fandoms do you write for?

Almost all Supernatural, but also some video game fandoms (FF, DA, maybe BG3 soon), MCU, etc. usual suspects.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. oh so good, oh so fine -- 993 kudos 2. there will be better days -- 846 kudos 3. see things so much clearer -- 621 kudos 4. into the flood again -- 602 kudos 5. side two, track one -- 558 kudos maybe someday we'll break 1000, lol

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Absolutely I do, and would find it rude not to. I know other people have all kinds of reasons they don't respond but I don't have any of those reasons, especially since I'm pathetically grateful every time someone bothers to say they liked something, lol. If anyone's even a tiny bit encouraged to become a repeat reader by the writer responding, I want to encourage that as much as possible. Plus, every once in a while, you can get a dece conversation going in the comments! Find a like-minded fan! That's worth any effort to compose a few sentences of thanks. The only comments I don't respond to are emoji strings or cut-and-paste 'another kudos here' comments, because they're not actually comments. (I appreciate the thought, but... I don't want them.)

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I have had some beta friends who would argue about this one, lol. I guess the saddest is probably the hollow summer, since the whole plot is kind of hurt/no comfort. I don't believe in a successful boy king, let's say that.

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

again, probably depends on how you define 'happy'. glory days is probably the most cheerful; for me, the happy comes better with more experience behind it, so the thirty-third yard would maybe be my personal choice.

Do you get hate on fics?

nope; worst I ever got was some twerp who actually responded to someone else's comment, bitching that I didn't put the right peepee in the right poopyhole. But only one of those, ever, and safely ignored. idk, I don't attract that much.

Do you write smut?

...yes.

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

only one, and it only sort of counts -- i heard love was blind, which is Cordell Walker/Dean Winchester, but of course the point is that Dean's getting the body of his brother by other means. I like crossovers but I usually want there to be a point beyond 'let's mash these two faves together and see what happens'; I'm more inclined toward doing a whole-universe fusion, e.g. fully placing characters with what you can salvage of their key backstory elements into a universe not their own... which I guess would also count as a crossover, wouldn't it. so I also did that with putting the Winchesters into the Dragon Age 2 plot, in whatever we were before. definitely 'crazier' than the first one here, lol.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I think that's the kind of thing that happens on WattPad. Who cares.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes, a few.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I tried; it didn't work. Both people need to be contributing to the writing for it to really count as 'co-written'; nevertheless it's stuck with both author names on ao3 because I don't think there's a way to change that.

What's your all-time favorite ship?

I think from context this should be clear. Although will also forever hold many small candles for the little guys.

What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

the aforementioned "co-written" fic, which was meant to be a huge series. The first fic is finished because I brute-forced my way through it, but there was a full five-season arc we were going to try to get through. Alas. The first one is decent, though, and works as a complete fic on its own: In a Cursed Hour.

What are your writing strengths?

voice, pacing, naturalism; characterization, though that can be argued in a fan-space

What are your writing weaknesses?

plot -- I find it intensely boring. Avoidance of plot then tends to flatten stories into similar non-arcs; I don't mind that, but it's a skill to exercise.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'll only do Spanish, and that's only because I studied it for eight years. Even then it's usually the wrong choice, unless it's a fully blended multilingual story (which most are not, and in the wrong hands it comes off as absurd); better to convey through the POV character either understanding it or not, and dealing with it in narrative instead of straight dialogue. Although a word or two here or there is nbd, clearly.

First fandom you wrote for?

Final Fantasy VIII

Favorite fic you've written?

well, questions, you got me, because I don't believe in favorites. at this moment in terms of writing skill I think the best might be asceticism, but in terms of one that sits in my head and fully just is canon, lol, it might be there will be better days, mentioned above. the only heaven fic I need. I guess that says something.

kind of interesting to look at the stats, if also stressful. let's get some other writers to be interested/stressed -- uhh @redmyeyes, @phynali, @hellhoundsprey, @stillwaterseas, @whiskeycherrypie

some shots in the dark :)

#i kinda like this small text thing #i mean i need to get out my old lady readers but #keeps it tidy #writing meme

[numbuh424]

The unstoppable, mighty hurricane and the immovable, cold, hard truth.

#death note #death note art #death note the musical #Light Yagami #L Lawliet #death note fanart #death note musical #lawlight #dn musical #digital art #elle draws #more musical art! I love u forever death note musical #been trying out new things with my rendering again lately sorry if I'm all over the place #kinda wanna talk abt the decisions that went into the movement of the text because #originally it was just supposed to be simple serif type in the empty space beside them but listening to their solos on repeat while working #really influenced it and I couldn't shake how much I wanted them to match the movement lol #esp with light like I just wanted it to be small text but hearing jeremy j belt 'HURICAAAAANE' made me go fuck it it's the mighty hurricane #*increases font size significantly*

[astranauticus]

Do mechanites cry?

#rolling with difficulty #vrla rwd #mrsn rwd #vr la rwd #mr sn rwd #art i made #yet another thing i drew then just fully forgot to post LMAO #man i had to listen to 3.7 like 3 times for this. goddammit #easter egg: the 4 big infernal books in the shelf all say contract law like its a textbook series i guess #the small one next to them says Doctor Faustus bc i was looking to my irl bookcase for inspiration #and the christopher marlowe play was one of my alevel lit texts #also i think it would be really funny if the devils have their own version of the story of the deal with the devil guy #honestly this may have been the kinda. last straw of my burnout cuz this was a lot of time spent on a lot of stuff im really not good at #and none of it turned out... exactly how i wanted but oh well. it is what it is #ok the kinda annoying thing about me spending far too fucking long drawing super emotional scenes like this is i kinda #desensitise myself to whatever im drawing. like i felt it the most with the demon possession comic i casually tossed into the discord #bc thats the exact kinda angst i personally LOVE but it just doesnt have the same punch after ive been staring at it for 5 hours straight #(anyway go read cal's fic about it its on ao3 and its bloody good) #all this to say. when i first listened to 3.7 and austin had that exchange of like #'noir can i ask you a lore question' 'sure..?' 'do mechanites cry?' #i straight up got fuckin CHILLS. and sometimes i forget that but i try to force myself not to

[chibishortdeath]

Strange question, but would you alright with responding to this with your separated username? Im dyslexic and have a very hard understanding what it says ^^"

Sure no problem!!! :D I’m kinda dyslexic too so I understand, I’m gonna put it in bold too cause that helps me sometimes if that’s alright d(^^ ).

Chibi Short Death

#text post #ask post #anon ask #hehehe I’m gonna explain my username in the tags #the chibi part comes from an older username I used to use for things #but it also comes from a silly chibi version of Bowser I used to draw when I was little #I made like a comic about it when I was in 5th grade it’s so cringe looking back at it but like in a positive way lol #the short part is there cause I am short XD #also short death used to be a nickname of mine #but I kinda don’t claim that part of it anymore cause the guy who gave it to me was a dick #I guess the chibi part also relates to me being small too lol #the death part also comes from two characters! #death from magical drop iii #and death from Castlevania :) #chibi death was also a former internet persona that was just me as a reaper #I have not used it in forever tbh #I’m thinking of making a different persona or something someday #idk it’s kinda just some words that have been related to me over the years thrown together that I got attached too X3 #I now get called chibi online tho which is cool I guess #I’m surprised no one had the username before me on all the platforms I’ve been on so far :O

[a-eo-iu]

Selection of characters for a possible story set in 1900s northeast Brasil

Mira is a jagunço, a sort of gunslinger who works as hired protection. He used to be a cangaceiro (criminal gunslinger who operated in bands and often attacked farms and small cities), but his band fell apart, and he started working for the first farmer who caught his attention: nhô Carlos.

Nhô Carlos, a rich (and single) ranch owner, and Dona Ana, last heir of a powerful family of the region, are rival farmers/land owners. The two often clash over claims on each other's territories, and each has gathered a small personal army to protect their properties.

Sôr Sérgio is Carlos's most trusted employee and boss of the cowboys/ranch hands in his property. Mira often spends his time helping sôr Sérgio with the animals instead of doing his actual job of guarding the property.

Coronel Alexandre, who is not actually a colonel, is a captain of the Guarda Nacional, the imperial and early republic equivalent of the police. He's in charge of keeping the peace in the region the story is set in, and Mira is in charge of causing trouble, so you might guess they do Not like each other very much.

#youni originals #jagunços #<- tag for all these guys and this story in general #despite only one of them actually being a jagunço #nhô/sinhô and sôr are colloquial ways of saying senhor (mister/master) they're not names or titles or anything they're just. sir #dona is the equivalent of lady #fun facts i will not include in the body of the text because there's enough text there already: #1. sor sergio is part native and that's why he has the ear thingy. cultural expression #2. the guarda nacional was composed of rich people who often bought their ranks. coronel was a popular one and many #land owners who were part of the guard bought that rank. to this day big people in small cities are often still called coronel #calling him coronel is kinda to mock him. he's a rich guy who is stuck in this fucking place. he didn't even buy his rank. #3. yes i said carlos is single. yes i gave him a gold ring. up to you to guess why #4. the metal things in sor sergio's hat and leg things are coins. it was a thing here. among cangaceiros and the likes #5. donana is gay. this is not relevant to the quick outline but it's relevant here. #she totally has a servant girl who she treats so well and takes care of like family. her beloved.

[criminal-sen]

btw i'm thinking of adding a few pics to my tangled in wire art, just with more of a body horror (and maybe also horny??) element cuz uhhh the trans urge to merge flesh with the machine, to take in something foreign and alien and make it a part of you, to blur that line where you end and the other begins.. or whatever:p

#kinda silly of me to put a link since i JUST posted art #but i always seem to have this weird phenomenon where ppl like my text posts about a thing instead of thing itself #the nature of randomly scrolling in small chunks of time ig

[chrimsone]

fun fact my homies

the imperial measurement system survived the Collapse! Despite the game using metric with distances and also with the funny fish, in lore the imperial system does get used. here is example

#destiny 2 #I first noticed this in one of the Lightfall collectors edition lorebooks #Ikora used the word 'inch' and the writer side of my brain went 'hmmmmmm' #at first I thought the imperial system only survived as a figurative sense #like just some words to use in a sentence #like an 'inch' purely meant 'a small measurement' and not as a real system #so I begun to dig deeper via Ishtar to see if I could find the system actually being used #found this bad boy and went 'my job here is done: #a more personal fun fact #I did all this research just to see if I needed to use cm to refer to my characters heights or use feet like the normal American I am #and yknow what #bungie probably didn't put a lick of thought into this kinda thing when okay-ing the lore #they're just an American developer so ofc there will be American bias in text #BUT THE IMPLICATIONS #this should also be reason why bungie should hire me for lore twam #pls bungo I want to get out of retail #what do I need to do to make you notice me

[gemharvest]

Man it's never not funny to me when someone has *the* most textbook furry artstyle & interests and refuses to be called a furry. Like I respect if there's a distinction to you that makes you feel like you don't fit as a furry, but when you talk about wanting community things* like fursuits c'monnnnnnnnnn.....

*clarification: non-furries can be interested in fursuits, it's a cool craft, refer to my notes for why I worded it like this

#ramblings #small text #i mean no disrespect. like i said i just think its amusing but i will not force a label someone does not want to take up #in all honesty i assume its more of a `im not a furry but i believe in their beliefs` kinda thing but like #one of the biggest things to me that solidifies that i am a furry is my interest in getting a fursuit. thats why that statement specificall #will make me giggle and teehee

[morningmask27]

I think I accidentally copied how my crush laughs...

#morningtalks #not the same one as my previous post. another one. I can't catch a break #but like. damn #the neurodivergence is very present #also this reminds me: I wrote a small thing last year for school about imitation and love #because I had also copied a little gesture (and some words) of one of my previous crushes (and now banished them away) #but I could try to make it into a proper thing #I honestly lied at school when I said I forgot what I had written. I just want to kinda forget it #but making it better. making it more than a thing I was forced to write in two hours for a dumb test while very very plagued by gay #that could also be very nice because what I wrote is a nice concept #well. let's add that next to my amatonormativity text I want to redo because it's a huge mess

[noxcaelestia]

In regards to the recent wip, I’m uh kinda scared to finish it now. I’m not sure where to take it (as with most of my work because my brain fizzles out before I actually do).

I may wind up cropping it and adding some experimental colors and effects or something idk

#text post #about my recent art #the thing was directly referenced from a statue of Achilles #I feel like I ‘still’ got some things fundamentally wrong #i’m embarrassed #especially since it kinda ‘blew up’ on Twit/X #it’s still a small drawing unfortunately #7 x 10in isn’t exactly large

[mintaka-iii]

My mental health can't possibly good if an essay on the found family trope gives me such an indescribable feeling of hollowness and yearning

#Generally I know things are bad when some media is unbearable to consume #It's weird because I'm not overtly anxious and I'm less depression paralyzed than a few months ago #But I'm so terrified and hopeless about grad school applications that it's affecting my whole psyche #Even though it's not even a problem in my current life #It's just unbearable to think about or work on and it has been for like two years #Which means it's kinda hard to make any kind of meaningful change that would make me LESS terrified and hopeless #So I don't FEEL anxious or ACT anxious but I'm scared to death and compartmentalizing it #Also I've been in this town where I know none of my friends for more than a year now and also it's so small and I'm so fucking lonely #I don't FEEL lonely like it's not acute and I'm calling and texting people really frequently #But then I never realize I miss my sister until I see her again #And I didn't know how much I missed seeing all my friends irl until I did #Exactly twice in the past year #So there's clearly multiple things fucked up in my subconscious and they're affecting me but I can't directly get a handle on them #Also I want nothing more than to get an astrophysics PhD but it's SO much more competitive than physics #Cause the programs are so small #So do I apply to what I want and increase my chances of being rejected AGAIN #Or do I try and write essays about being interested in something I'm not really #No matter which program I get into I can probably do work in the other in actuality #But I feel like I can't apply to a physics program and exclusively talk about all the faculty I want to work with one department over #And most places don't let you apply to both

[0tul1ss]

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#mannn i literally assumed he ghosted-- why on earth would he text me after so long???? #i was fully like 'ok the last msg i sent literally makes me cringe a bit to read but its been months so ig im never opening the convo again #it was simpler before when there felt like there was nothing else to do and easier to move on. i even had a little crush on someone else ! #now i have a whole wheel of decisions to choose from #and idek what i truly want from this guy anymore bc even just platonically he kinda fucked it up like. idk #or rather i want a lot of different things and idk what to choose #i want my friend back. i want to never see him again. i want him to know every truth of what ive felt and i want him to know none of it #i want him to miss me or maybe wonder about me sometimes down the line. i want him to not spare me another thought for the rest of his life #i want to reply only 'go fuck yourself' and i want to write him a letter and i want to ghost him better than he ghosted me #i want to tell him i love him and i want to tell him i hate him and i want to say nothing at all #i want the closure i was denied. i want to protect the closure i now have #<-going insane #anyway its soooo stupid like i already grieved for this shit bro. i accepted the end of this years long close friendship #anyway idk why im doing so much processing of this in a vent post nor do i know why i always feel compelled to post these when i do #good thing i keep a small presence on here lol. but yea uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh send post #ok wait i saved this as a draft and went to go look for what i had been tagging vent posts with #[couldnt find one i had been using consistently even tho the whole point is so ppl can blacklist it if they want whoops!!] #and i saw another vent from another time he just kinda disappeared on me #and while this time was a lot worse for a lot of reasons i think its important to say this-- #that the last thing that i want is to go back to square one of this stupid awful cycle #vent

[izzy-b-hands]

I am realising how many spots I missed trying to shave the back and sides of my head last night (down to skin this time bc it grows back so fast and it gets so hot in the summer bc my hair is thick)

This isn’t necessarily an excuse to start saving towards the Boomtown Rats mirror in their shop, but also, I could totally ask Housemate to put a lil hook on the opposite bathroom wall to the main mirror, and we could like. put that there for haircuts and find some cool art to habitat the hook the rest of the time and then the mirror could otherwise reside in my room unless needed for the aforementioned haircuts (bc I don’t yet have a mirror in there and I didn’t think I really needed/wanted one?? until I realised I was trying to style my hair in the flip view/selfie view of my phone camera a few days ago and was like. Oh.)

But also. Isn’t it?

#text post #its the most random and cool piece of band merch I've seen like #not even avatar have done a sort of houseware thing like that #and as an aging bandom person im finding that hoodies are wonderful but also #it's kinda fun to have houseware stuff/things to hang/etc #like i don't ever see myself having kids but those lil onesies bands make? cute as fuck #even better when it's a lil baby/small toddler sized tshirt so it's like. huge colourful design but so teeny #my mum claims a friend had one for a hair band they listened to in hs but didn't keep it for the kid and i'm like ???? #it's the teeniest band tee keep that bc it's cute and bc then ur kid can be like oh u've been a fan forever huh? #you have a really old band tee from when u were so young? well look at this BAM BABY SHIRT BEEN A FAN BEFORE I COULD SPEAK #all of this done jokingly ofc bc gatekeeping is shitty but the image of a baby waiting outside a concert alone is weirdly funny #lil sunglasses and a pack of newports (they don't smoke bc they don't know how they just share them to make friends) #like the guys you Always See outside of a venue. like there's always at least one #im sorry i let myself get decently stoned and i'm unfortunately chatty so im trying to type it out so i don't talk off Housemate's ear #anyway should i start saving for the mirror: Yes or Also Yes But More Yes Than Regular Yes

[probayern]

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#here to say that dating is annoying and id like to go back to being comfortably single #not that im even dating im going on one date #but i forgot how annoying the whole game of like what does the bar we pick mean or the time or even type of activity like... #also he kinda took initiative in texting me if i still wanted to do smth & suggesting drinks #so i was like ok ill like text him smth unrelated to planning to not just seem like. uninterested lol #but now he hasnt replied to my text from last night #which i dont really care like. i myself am a horrible texter #but i feel weird bc i felt like he is def interested #maybe hes just also a terrible texter which is fine lmao #we do already know each other so its not like we have to make small talk over text but #im so annoyed that i. perhaps care #bella things

[sysig]

♥!

#Title because body text is too small to encapsulate my Big Celebration #So if you've been following along the breadcrumbs of my Real Life nonsense you'll know I moved last October/November #And since then a lot of my didn't-think-at-the-time-was-that-necessary-but-actually-turned-out-to-be-pretty-frickin'-necessary Stuff #Has been back away. Yes for six months. No I'm not happy about it either but literally what am I supposed to do about it lol #And one of those things was my hammock! My bed! My reading spot! My favourite place! #Well tied for my favourite place with my rocking chair but splitting hairs really lol #And we just straight up couldn't find it - found the base! But not the cloth-and-rope part the actual hammock bit #So we bit the bullet and just bought a new one - the old one had been fraying and snapping like mad anyway so it was time #And it finally - Finally! Arrived today ouq #It feels amaaaazzzzinnnnggggg ahhhhhhhh #I really want to draw my excitement but that would require leaving it - yes I am typing this while reclined and rocking it's delightful #And the airflow! Ah!! #The only problem(s) now are well a) I never want to leave it again lol b) it's rather large #And part of the reason we couldn't locate my Various Items was because I don't have a room yet - nowhere to put it #So it's just kinda....in the way lol #And then c).....my employer asked for a night shift. Tonight. And tomorrow. Out. So I can't sleep in my hammock :') Until Sunday #So :'D #But!!! OTHER THAN THAT!!!! Lol #Most importantly going forward I have my reading spot back ahhhhhhhh AHHHHHH #I'm gonna read so much!! I have so many reading plans!!!!!! #HAMMOCK!! AHH!! #Update: She called off ahhhhhhHHHHHH

[jiiyawns]

late, but, 3 4 5 6 & 27 for the sonic asks!

it's never too late to send me asks :3c

3. how long have you been a sonic fan?

oh god okay so my sonic origin story is that when i was around 11 or 12 i caught some of satam then ended up binging all of it, then found out that it half continues in the comic series and binged ALL of archie (by that point they were at least 220+ issues in along with the side series like sonic universe, so when i say all i meant ALL of it) ... so by all technicalities it's been a little over a decade now

back then tho i didn't do anything like draw or look for fanart or read fics specifically for sonic (aka like, "fandom consumption" i suppose), so it feels kinda weird to say it's been that long even tho it's true !! i saw a weird little blue guy sayin shit like "way past cool" and "gotta juice" and i was like oh i have to find out what his deal is actually

4. favorite male characters?

sonic characters are forever playing spinball in my brain to determine who's my favorite but im what you call a basic bastard and tend to enjoy main characters/protags/main cast of most media i consume and sonic is no different (ofc there are times where side charas become my favorite but. well. not this series)

runner ups include tails my boy my little guy my buddy pal amigo and goddamn ANTOINE IS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS I MISS THE MOST FROM FREEDOM FIGHTERS

5. favorite female characters?

when i was younger i thought blaze was so fucking cool, i would always pick to play as her for mario and sonic at the olympic games LMAOO she was by far my favorite kinda overall as a child ...

now im a misogynist /j i just tend to like a lot of the male cast over the female cast (which. well. it doesn't help that there's a lot more male characters and a lot more focus on them anyhow) the comics really tend to add a lot more cool female charas to help that out... i fucking Love bunnie and sally still, tangle and whisper from idw have really been getting up there + surge's design is so good

6. favorite games?

shy emoji i already answered this one with my confession i haven't played any sonic games hehe. teehee. tho i suppose if u count the olympic games one that's the only one on my resume for realsies so far </3 my favorites are based on plot and stuff like visuals .... i'm expecting sonic frontiers to become my first sonic game but i've also been meaning to play sa2 on steam whenever i get the video game urge again i've been slacking as a gamer

27. what do you like about the fandom?

sonic fandom is like. notorious. as we all know GJKLDGAS so i like to poke fun and stuff about it pretty often ... especially the more gamerbro side of it (the side that instantly panned frontiers as shit based on the first footage we ever saw of it that only really showed a bit of environment and movement. u know)

but it's genuinely such a passionate fanbase, like the sheer amount of fans and the amount of fanworks is always so astounding to me. it's notorious but that's probably because people care so much yknow ... people feel things A Lot for sonic as a series. if someone told me sonic has the most video game mods and fangames Ever i would fully believe that

+ fanart, fics, WHOLE animations and animated series and like the fucking sonic and tails radio my beloved and stuff ... so much is made every day even during lull periods between games or nothing rlly happening. crazy shit! people LOVE that goddamn hedgehog!!! so many people like it enough to MAKE stuff for him!!!!!! insanity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#i've been on the internet long enough that 'fandom' is not quite a positively associated word to me GJASKLDJG #but! well! i'm always in fandoms because i too care greatly about things!!!!! so !! ! ! ! #anyways. thank you for the ask <3 i feel like my answers are boring but what can ya do im just a guy who likes typical stuff #sonic the hedgehog #chaoxfix #doodles #asks #rereading some post gen wave archie stuff bc of this ask btw i missed them #sorry to all 9 other characters im not tagging them bc they aren't the series name </3 #i drew them largely in order of fave (from left to right) but i think amy and rouge are ... swapped/tied #kinda depends. i really do love amy but she has more bumpy chara moments in a series full of em #sorry if small text is considered obnoxious now i used to be obsessed with formatting my tumblr stuff and the habit/desire still #i also get embarrassed whenever text or smth gets too long and the small text makes me feel better bc it looks. less GJASKLDJG