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veliseraptor · 3 years

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got tagged for two fic writer memes yesterday! the one from @ameliarating first:

How many works do you have on AO3?

509.

What’s your total AO3 word count?

3,432,24. dang! that’s a lot of words

How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

I have written for...counting the MCU as one fandom, on AO3 I have written for 32 fandoms, including at least one work in:

MCU, The Sillmarillion, Caliban Leandros, both DC and Marvel Comics, the book Barebacked by Kit Whitfield, Doctrine of Labyrinths, Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Wars, Black Jewels, Dragon Age, Lucifer, Dexter, Temeraire, Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Supernatural, A Song of Ice and Fire, Greek Mythology, Lymond Chronicles, Merlin BBC, Code Geass, Good Omens, Death Note, and White Collar.

this is not a comprehensive list of every fandom I’ve ever written for, because it is not including ones that live only on FFN or Livejournal.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Life In Reverse tops the list (11066), aka my 200k Loki-centric post-Thor AU fic that I wrote between 2012 and 2018 and with which I have a decidedly complex relationship at this point. I love it but also I no longer think it’s my best work but also I credit it with teaching me a fuck of a lot about writing and writing longer projects in general.

With Absolute Splendor is rapidly catching up, to my astonishment (6559), despite having been posted for less than half as long. Aka the wedding planning fic that’s really just me mucking about in my Jiang Cheng and my Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian feelings, at length.

some good mistakes (4618) was my first foray into the Untamed version of “characters who hate each other going on resentful roadtrips together, feat. Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng.” I have gone on to write others and will continue to write more.

Unraveling (3069) is a little bit of a surprise but also not - it was originally just sort of WWP stuff for my ‘what if people remembered that blunt force trauma is a really bad thing actually’ problem that pops up sometimes, re: Loki at the end of The Avengers, and then it kind of turned into a whole thing. I personally think it’s the weakest of the installments of the series it belongs to, but it is the first one and also the one that gets least into the broader family dysfunction and depression stuff that probably is less everyone’s thing (but is what came out this fic that mattered more to me, personally).

I am a little surprised to see Steve Rogers’ Halfway House for Notorious Supervillains (3068) here too! I was expecting one of the more...idk, mainstream concepts from the MCU to win out? But I also wasn’t expecting two Untamed fics to make it here, either. But I am stupid proud of this fic even if it is very extraordinarily unfinished. This is one of those unfinished fics that will nag at me unless and until I finish it, at least a little, because the concept - if I do say so myself - is so goddamn good and I think I was executing it pretty well, too.

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Pretty much never. I was never very good at it and now I’d feel like I had to go back and reply to all of them and I just. I can’t do that. and when I do try to just start at the beginning I get overwhelmed very fast and start avoiding it.

Basically I decided that if it’s a decision between wrestling with myself to reply to comments versus actually doing more writing I’m going to end up landing on the latter as feeling both more doable and more productive.

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

probably it’s The Worlds Forgotten, the Words Forbidden for sheer level of “so then what was the point” of it all. but like. I’ve definitely written a few extraordinarily miserable fics, and by “a few” I kind of mean “a lot.” Other nominees I’d put down might be nor autumn falter (for currently personally making me suffer most), once there was a way to get back home (for I think having the ouchiest summary), and Waiting for the Summer Rain (which remains one of my personal favorite Supernatural fics I wrote).

but like. there are 43 fics I have marked with Major Character Death warnings and every single one of those, pretty much, has a downer ending.

Do you write crossovers? If so, what is the craziest one you’ve written?

I have written several though not in a long time! My craziest probably remains the Morgoth/Cthulhu short I wrote that actually got sporked because someone took it seriously (???) enough to do that. But the craziest that actually has any merit, (I’d argue) is probably the Maeglin/Viserys one.

not linking to either, if you want to go find them I don’t think it’ll be that hard.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Yeah, a few times on a few different things. More if you count “people who seem to like the fic but love telling you how much they hate the female characters you’re writing about in it” as ‘hate’ which I would but isn’t, you know, quite as straightforward. If I had a nickel for every time someone bitched about Jane in Life in Reverse, though...lots of nickels.

Do you write smut? if so what kind?

Sure do! But what does ‘what kind’ mean, I don’t know how to answer that question. I feel tempted to just put in my “Mike’s Hard Kinks” image edit in this space.

I guess usually I tend to write smut that at least involves a little bit of a kink? I don’t think I’d feel comfortable writing entirely kinkless smut. I think I’d feel weird about it, the same way I do when I write really nice fic, generally.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I think I did back when but I don’t remember anything about it. I feel like it was one of those mass data scraping things where my fic happened to be among those caught up in it.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have! several actually, mostly into Russian and Chinese. every time it happens I’m immensely flattered that someone wants to put in that kind of work on something I wrote.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I think I’d be very, very bad at it.

What’s your all time favorite ship?

Depends on when you ask me! I could probably give you a top five but then I’d remember six that I forgot to mention five minutes later. I guess if I were to think about ships that feel like they hold very special particular places in my heart... Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen, Steve Rogers/Loki, and Min/Rand come to mind.

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

oh god do you want the whole list cause honestly I could just like. screencap the entirety of my “in progress” folder with a crying emoji watermarked over it. and that’s not getting into the fics that are like...half formed babies in my consciousness but not anywhere on paper.

and also I just hate to admit that I might not finish something.

you know what? the Lucifer/Good Omens crossover I started would’ve been a lot of fun. I’m probably never going to finish it, but it would’ve been great if I had. I know other people did it too but my contribution could’ve been amazing.

I can say this very boldly with the near certainty that I’m not going to finish the fic so no one will be able to disagree.

(...also the Last Herald-Mage fix it. that was going to be a good fic too, and also will probably languish unfinished forever.)

What are your writing strengths?

I’m pretty sure dialogue is my strongest point. Dialogue and emotions, which is why I always end up just wanting to write about characters talking and having feelings at each other.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Writing action sequences throws me into conniptions every time I have to do it and I will take drastic actions sometimes to avoid doing it at all, which probably weakens the work as a whole.

Also, I don’t plan ahead and this means I write myself into corners kind of a lot. If I wasn’t writing long, dense fic it wouldn’t be a problem but here we are.

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

I tend to avoid it unless it’s in the context of, as in CQL/MDZS fic, leaving certain terminology untranslated. I’m pretty sure I almost never write full exchanges of dialogue in a different language than I’m using for the narration within a fic, and generally speaking my reaction to other people doing it is at least mildly negative.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter was technically the first fandom I wrote for, but it was a crack fic I wrote to make my friends laugh more than anything; I tend to count Wheel of Time as my first actual fandom for which I wrote my first actual fic.

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

some days the answer is “all of them” and some day the answer is “I don’t like anything I’ve written in my entire life” and I never like giving this a definitive answer. yesterday I reread efforts in a common cause (the bound copy!! thanks @spockandawe) and you know what, that was a good fic and I’m proud of it, so I’m going with that one, for this meme, today.

tagging: @mostfacinorous, @jaggedcliffs, @silvysartfulness, @mikkeneko, @kasasagi-eye, @curiosity-killed, how many people am I supposed to tag for this one anyway

#lise memes #confessions of a frustrated writer

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szopenhauer · 4 years

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Walking into a party, what’s the first thing you look for? someone I know lmfao also a toilet Who was the last person you ate with? my mom, sister and niece

What do you do when you’ve had a bad day? depends Kiss on the first date? maybe Have you ever had a best friend who was of the opposite sex? yes Are you too shy to tell people when you’re developing feelings for them? wouldn’t say so If you could pack up and leave to move away, would you? yeah Do you wish you were with someone right now? I wish my dad was already home and everybody else OUT or just leave me alone, I wouldn’t mind my gf’s company much either How many more people do you think you’ll kiss before you die? nobody else unless CPR will count if I will ever need it Do you like messing with people when they’re drunk? nothing rude/dangerous Whats a song you absolutely hate? Gangnam style for example Your opinions on bi people? most of them end up in heterosexual relationships anyway because it’s easier Song playing right now? Melanie Martinez songs Has anyone ever mistaken you for someone else? my mom and sister

What color dominates your wardrobe? dunno

Do you prefer color photos or black-and white? color, black and white or sepia only if they’re really old - elseway they usually remind me of death What color is your house? What about car? white What color “emotion” are you feeling right now? I’m feeling blue? Have you ever seen a double rainbow before? yep, even this year Do you own anything that is rainbow-colored? like one item that I don’t even use anymore Do you enjoy coloring? not really

If you had the chance to get the cast of any canceled tv show back together to make one “reunion” season, would you? Or do you think it’s better remembering it the way it was? If so, what show would you choose? BUFFY!

Do you find music helps you sleep? Which type of music do you sleep to? recently it helps me survive until I feel sleepy enough to not overthink/cry/get anxiety attacks

Would you try to hold back your tears if you were attending a funeral? I didn’t cry but I believe it depends on who’s funeral it is

If you could be one age forever, how old would you be? I just want to be a kid

Do you have a particular shoe brand you favor over others? nah

If you had the choice, what would your final words be? telling my loved ones that I love them

What is one thing you always wanted as a child, but never received? big stuffed black panther and a treehouse mostly

What social situations tend to make you most nervous? all of them?...

What is one medical myth you’re tired of hearing? for an example that severe illnesses are visible all the damn time

Do you like making up nicknames for people? love, they’re catchy and other ppl start to use them to :D

Delete a year of your life, or start over in a new town? deleting one year wouldn’t help unless it was a year I was born like in Shrek movie...

What do you call your grand-parents? babcia

What’s your favorite song by Taylor Swift? Why is that your favorite? the only one I liked was Bad blood mostly because of the music video

What do you think about your hair right now? ugh...

Do you do your homework at the last minute? oh well...

Would you rather get a new brother or sister? new as in a way of replacement or another?

Have you ever used a Polaroid camera? I wanna buy one someday

What is your favorite thing to do online? lots

Have you ever gone to see a movie just to make fun of it? that’s stupid

Would you rather watch Family Guy or South Park? Simpsons

Does it bother you when people wear pajamas out? I’d do that myself :3

Have you ever tried online dating? How did it go? I tried and every single “relationship” failed, not that there were many of them, I met plenty of people that I wish I didn’t tho

Who was the last person you took a picture with? my sister and niece but shadows only

Do your parents allow smoking in your house? nooo

Is your last name shorter than your first name? longer

Last two numbers in your phone number? personal

Who’s in your house? my fam just went to the garden and I have a moment of silence, finally

What magazine(s) do you look at the most? interior design

Are you paranoid? kind of

What item should never be shared? toothbrush, bloody period pad, underwear, towel, used piece of toilet paper, gum that someone already had in their mouth etc.

Do you sleep with a fan on? I don’t even own a fan

How many plants are in your home? too many

Do you ever type “kik” instead of “lol”? it never happened :o

Do you know how to play chess? forgot

Are you picky? about some stuff, sure

How tall is the person you like? tall, much taller than me

Are you excited for winter? if I was then only for Christmas or New year eventually my birthday but it’s doubtful

If it was free and it would work perfectly, would you get plastic surgery? but it ain’t safe and painless etc.

Have you ever been called prince or princess? I dislike that

Do you like your body? pfft

What do you hear right now? dog barking

Last thing you wrote your name on? documents

Where did you get the pants you’re wearing right now? I don’t even remember anymore

When is the next time you will see your grandma? ...

What is it tomorrow? Sunday

Have you ever laughed at someone because they had a funny name? not face to face, I heard some funny names during mass or my mom told me about them and I saw some online or in movie credits Speaking of names, why do celebrities always call their kids stupid ones? to be unique If you have a problem with someone, will you confront them? maybe

Are you more likely to be called a hard worker or lazy? lazy What is your sense of humor like? quite dark, sarcastic, dry, witty, puns, daddy jokes, memes Have you ever had a dream in black and white? I don’t recall What about a dream with no sound? it’s possible What types of people do you tend to avoid? ... all of them? What is one personality trait a potential friend must have? understanding and similar sense of humor Have you ever been in a helicopter? no What color car would you like to have? DeLorean is grey but if I had a jeep then yellow, red, gree, black or silver

What is your favorite mode of travelling? on foot or train, definitely not plane Are your favorite characters often what the majority like? I hardly ever like the main character so I doubt it but who knows? Is it dark outside right now? not yet Do you get scared when it’s a full moon? when I’m outside it’s bothering If you travel anywhere, do you always buy souvenirs for people? often Are you waiting on anyone coming home right now? YES Do you like the way your voice sounds? nope Can you see the stars from your house? not currently but at night - if it’s not cloudy - yup How would you react if your favorite band made a song with your first name as its title? awesome! unless it was real bad Are you considered an awkward person? it seems Is there a light on in the room you’re in? too bright for that What day were you born on? Saturday, my mom said I shouldn’t be lazy then but I responded with - I was half an hour late for Friday Do you like having a favorite everything or do you enjoy keeping open? I often say I have a lot of favorites of things as I have a hard time choosing just one for most of them

How often do you feel pressured to be better than or different than you are? For example, how often do you feel pressured to be skinner, tanner, prettier, etc? Keep in mind that pressure doesn’t always have to come from others; In fact, we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves. ugh...

Would you rather it snow for three days or rain for a week? rain for a week if it didn’t cause the flood

Have you ever changed the look of a survey because you didn’t like the way it was presented? This can even include adding or deleting numbers to the questions. many times

Does it bother you when surveys ask questions that Google could answer? I agree

When is the last time you had a cell phone that wasn’t a smartphone, if ever? 3 years ago

Do you know anyone who can speak more than 5 languages fluently? noooo

Would you rather write an essay on global warming or UFOs? UFO

Do you like sailing? When was the last time you went, if at all? never been and don’t wanna Favourite Pokemon? Mimikyu and Pikachu Do you or have you done martial arts? Which type? karate, self defence

Favorite animal. raccoon

Any turn ons? personal

3 most important people in your life right now? my dad, my gf and my mom

Do you respond to texts quickly? depends

Who was the last person you called? dad

Winter or summer? summer

What is the secret to a happy life? good health, enough money, peace and quiet, either no people around or only good ones, no worries/problems

What are some phrases/words you say often? MAYBE

What are some of your greatest fears? personal

Spicy food:Like or dislike? my stomach doesn’t like spicy food

Do you like to travel? nope

Do you like rain? yup

Would you rather visit the past or the future? future to see if it’s worth living for - past if not to enjoy once more what I lost

How often do you go to parties? never?...

Do you think you’re ambitious? I know I’m not

What makes you nervous? what doesn’t?...

First mobile phone? grey Siemens

Do you like sharing? sharing what?

What was the last picture you took with your phone? single tiny cloud

If you had one word to describe yourself, what would it be? ME

Are you more creative or logical? why can’t I be both?

Would you rather lie or hurt someone with the truth? I don’t know anymore

When you imagine yourself as really, really relaxed and happy, what are you doing? sleeping well and having a good dream?

What is the best news you could hear right now? that I have no allergies

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ivanaskye · 6 years

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8+2 writing questions meme

@vardasvapors tagged me and I used doing this as a reward for dealing with airport security....

1. What are your current writing goals? Ohhh boy, okay, let’s see, I’ve got to get Šehhinah book 3 fully edited by March 9th, when I’m planning on publishing it … finishing drafting Evocation 3&4 … editing Evocation 2 … then editing the other Evocation books, obviously, once they’re drafted … outlining the series that takes place after Evocation … I think that’s as far as I have planned. That should get me through some of the year! Although let’s be real I probably haven’t even done cursory outlining of whatever I’ll be writing in November or whatever yet.

2. When did you first discover your love of writing? HAHAHAHAHA when DIDN’T I discover it.

Uhh ok no really … I learned how to read like really early and was always super into books. “Book! Book!” I apparently demanded of my mom like, all the time. My physical ability to hold a pencil took longer to be a thing than my ability to read, and certainly longer than my ability to storytell, but there’s a whole collection of little stories I dictated to my mom as she wrote them down when I was three or four or so. These include memorable lines such as “Yes, dear, a fire hydrant is very important” and “Buzzing! He couldn’t believe his eyes!” and “And then they drank all day and died. This was a long time ago, when people used to do that sort of thing.” There was also the story that ended in Pooh Bear and Piglet dying … and the one where Thomas the Tank Engine “took his medicine” and “didn’t do any bad things anymore” …

Not too long after those, there started being little things I’d write myself with pencil and paper. For whatever reason the first that comes to mind is this song about winter (meant to be sung by Pooh Bear, obviously) which I think I wrote when I was six, that went “It’s snowing / it’s mowing / but I don’t mind // I’ve got furry furry fur to keep me warm and snuggly / because it’s winter!” Gods, uh, I even still remember the tune for that actually. Then again, I think I remember all the tunes of the bad songs I wrote as a kid.

Also by the way I still have basically all of this stuff. I have like, a barely-even-started attempt at uh, a nonfiction book, bound by staples, about volcanoes … THE FREAKING FAIRY SLAVE STORY, involving a fairy enslaved by an evil witch at the age of six …

This kept ramping up in complexity until I was nine and decided that a good way to spend a three-week road trip would be to write an entire movie script. Which I did; it was about sixty pages long once later typed up by my mom (these were the waning days before I really learned how to type), which by typical page-to-minute conversions for scripts, means it would have been about an hour long as a movie. I did try to film it, and got partway through, but oh my Gods, that is a story for another time and this is already an essay and I’m only on the second question.

Keep in mind that on that same road trip I also attempted to start drawing several manga—most not making it past the third page—and did some Tokyo Mew Mew fanfic, and a number of other things besides …

Uhh anyway this brings us to March 9th, 2006, which is the “created on” date of my very first writing document on my computer! It was four paragraphs long and terrible and I was a bit of a weeb, so the main character’s name was Subeteno Kakusei … there was this whole thing where like, she’d fight for Life in the daylight but switch personalities and fight for Death in the nighttime, but I got stuck and stopped writing when she asked, “and why is life bad?” and I couldn’t come up with the answer. Uh. Also this story itself was already a revamp of another story written on paper which had started out as a riff on Pokemon…

3. What motivates you to keep writing? UH WANTING TO REMAIN BREATHING, lmao.

No seriously though, that’s actually something I’ve said to people: “oh, yeah, I have to write every day, OR I WILL DIE.” And I mean??? I probably would?? Wtf is a not writing every day? I mean, okay, yeah, I only started the daily thing at the beginning of 2016, but still…

Seriously though, writing makes me feel like myself, it’s kind of what I am…

4. How important is worldbuilding for your writing? VERY??? EXTREMELY??? A WHOLE BUNCH???? I absolutely 100% have to get the cosmology of a setting down before I can write in it. It’s the most essential thing in my entire process and also the hardest. That essential-ness is why I write secondary world stuff—I want to decide the cosmology Gods heck it!! I get to display something, a possibility of something, that is good, where the world works in a way that feels right, where the very formation of how the world works including its magic system is supportive of people’s happiness.

The whole cosmology process requires heavy amounts of thinking and analyzing and even heavier amounts of believing in myself though, and I feel utterly exhausted after it every time.

For all the other parts of worldbuilding, I do better if I have it down ahead of time rather than expect myself to come up with stuff while drafting—because, lol, I won’t, I’ll make up a cool landscape if I give myself a minute to do it in outlining or worldbuilding but if I don’t have one when drafting, I will somehow just completely fail to come up with anything interesting at all. But also, I like drafting way more than any other part of the writing process, so generally speaking I don’t worldbuild quite as much as I could or maybe should!

5. Pen on paper versus typing? Typing typing typing oh my Gods.

6. Favorite Author? OKAY UH … the obvious answer here is N.K Jemisin bc her most recent trilogy is perfect, and she has great subject matter AND a gorgeous writing style that’s just amazing, and, and. But. I don’t usually like to say someone’s my favorite unless I’m certain that the stuff they’re doing next is also going to be something I like, so I might defer Official Favorite Status to such a time as her next book is published!

In that case, the backup favorite would be Brandon Sanderson…

7. Something you do to get the creative juices flowing to write? Coffee.

But more seriously … to get the creativity flowing to write, I write. It’s a habit. There is no muse. There’s no use in waiting for inspiration to strike. You have to make it happen anyway. You have to just keep going and believe, and believe.

(More generalizing than I would normally say, but I highkey feel this one…)

8. Do you write better at night, or first thing in the morning? Morning! This past month is the first period of time for two years where I’ve not felt like I’m dying if writing isn’t the first thing I do in the morning … if only because I trust I’ll end up doing it for three hours in the afternoon anyway. I can pretty much write any time of day now but I’m most attuned to doing it in the morning. With coffee…

9. How do you take your coffee/tea? Cappuccinos are very important to my lifestyle. BY CAPPUCCINO, I specifically mean equal parts espresso, steamed milk, and foam—but the foam is mixed into the milk, it isn’t just spooned on top, so basically it’s foamy milk. The drink should be approximately 8oz. It includes two shots of espresso. The most preferred types of espresso tend to be Ethiopian, but anything with a bright flavor is great (which still is very most often African beans, with Ethiopian almost always as the best!).

…So, ok, maybe I’m a little particular…

10. If you could only live with one season for the rest of your life, what would it be? I’d say summer except that in many ways nighttime is more important to me than the day and also I lived in Hawaii for the better part of 4 years and the constant heat was too much for me. So uh. Uhhh.

I do need a lot of sunlight though, and even more than that clear skies! I need starlight! And moonlight! So any season where I can get those things, and where the temperature’s not too hot but not like horribly cold either. (Of late, my cold tolerance has outpaced my heat tolerance, but it too has limits.)

Tagging @lcmawson, predictably.

#yeah ok I have two friends and one tagged me and I'm tagging the other #BUT A VERY GOOD TWO FRIENDS.#COULDN'T HAVE CHOSEN BETTER MYSELF ETC.#writing stuff #yeah that might have been more than u wanted to read but!!! JUST DEAL W IT!!!

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therem-harth · 7 years

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An ask meme thingy! I was tagged by the amazing @not-poignant, thank you, hun I tag.... @thenewbuzwuzz and @fandomisrandom . that’s it for this time, can’t be fucked

A - AGE: 22. should change that tumblr header

B - BIGGEST FEAR: Not sure? Probably not being able to perceive as objectively as possible normally? Under this comes also the fear that I am just manipulating everyone and they will leave me and I am and will be alone. It’s not the catchiest fear and for some things it has become my reality but that’s the only thing that comes to mind.

C - CURRENT TIME: 17:39

D - DRINK YOU LAST HAD: Water

E - EVERY MORNING STARTS WITH: Checking my phone, reading the convos fro our group chat from after I went to sleep, looking up notifications (and if there are any good that can make my day) and then going out, saying good morning to sis and hugging her if she’s at home

F - FAVORITE SONG: who can tell. on days like this I really like sunn by Radical Face

G - GHOSTS ARE THEY REAL: Most likely but it’s probably more complicated than dead ppl floating about because they have nothing better to do. I’m still getting into all this.

I - IN LOVE WITH: dogs, forests, nature, black tea with milk and sugar, good music, feeling good (we’re star-crossed lovers lol), supportive friends - read my friends. i love all of them

K - KILLED SOMEONE: what kind of question is this? I have indirectly killed some rodents

L - LAST TIME YOU CRIED: 20 minutes ago today. I’m having a depression episode and a friend came to [sabužināt - literally translates to tousle but we use it as a term for cheering up] and before she came I was thinking very angsty thoughts and intermittently crying and stopping myself because I’m at work, and when she came she was in the middle of her own episode but told me she and all my friends love me and I just sorta broke. Oh hey change that time to I Am Crying Right Now

M - MIDDLE NAME: Don’t have any

N - NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: 2, im the smol one

O - ONE WISH: can i wish for happiness/stability for all of my close people, me included? cuz that would be fucking swell

P - PERSON YOU LAST TEXTED/CALLED: my friend Laura, asking if my other friend is ok

Q - QUESTIONS YOU ARE ALWAYS ASKED: hmm. don’t really talk to that many people. I get asked do we accept cards at work a lot :D. then I guess it’s how’s it going to which I either reply that it’s good (acquantances), don’t know how to answer (closer people) or tell that it’s rather shit but it’s ok (friends)

R - REASONS TO SMILE: Good tea. Having someone you can hype with about your fave things. Friends being goofballs/cheesecakes. Wonderful views (bonus points for being able to capture and post them). Sea. Jokes - when they are precisely in my sense of humor, you receive the trademark Really Loud Laughter. When friends or me are having a good day. Dogs. Pia’s writing. Amazing music! Sometimes when I’m feeling good I’d go about my business and just smile. It’s nice.

S - SONG LAST SANG: Steven Universe opening, I think? Or I maybe sang along some Latvian song from my shop. I like and miss singing.

T - TIME YOU WOKE UP: which one haha. shitty sleep amirite. I woke up the first time at about 5:30 then proceeded to have a shitty nightmare and then woke for good at around 8.

U - UNDERWEAR COLOUR: Cherry red. one of the comfy and good looking ones, one of the rewards for kicking my ass out of bed

V - VACATION DESTINATION: Australia. :D I’d love to go to Iceland again too, but it would need to be longer than a vacation. I’d love to go to Greece at some point too.

W - WORST HABIT: thinking expressing my hurts makes me weak. hard to kick that shit. also wanting to please, not sure you can call that a habit tho, it’s more like my entire personality.

X - X-RAYS YOU HAVE HAD: a lot of my left elbow bc that was badly broken once, my leg that I also broke (a funny story there), and lungs for the obligatory health check before working. i think thats all? I have a folder of xrays at home somewhere.

Y - YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD: Hrumm hrumm. Pizza/Pelmeņi (sorta dumplings)/chocolate/tortillas/anything if I manage to actually make food

Z - ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces. I think i’m also a willow tree but not sure anymore

#personal #a thing

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aceofstars16 · 7 years

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Lots of tags!

So, I was tagged twice for two different meme things so I thought I’d do both of them in the same tag thing haha xD

Tagged by @book-and-comic-fangirl

Birthday: May 16th

Gender: Female

Relationship status: Single

Hogwarts house: Hufflepuff!!!!

Time right now: 8:20 (guys, it’s 9:03...it took me forty minutes to do this...xD)

Lucky Favorite number: 16

Last thing I Googled: “feel again lyrics” I though it could apply to one of my OCs so I had to look up the lyrics...xD

Nicknames: Ace, Aceo, Swaya, Spammy (though no one has used Aceo or Swaya in YEARS xD)

Siblings: Yup! I’m the youngest of three, four if you include my sister-in-law. It goes my brother, my sister, then my other brother and his wife then me! (we are like the Pevensies in birth order, though not personality as much, though I’ve always related to Lucy...)

Height: Like 5′6 or 5′7, I have 5′7 on my permit so...I go with that xD

Favorite color: BLUE!!!!

Pets: Three cats, Alex, Ginger, and Juliet

Wake up and sleep time: Ha....hahah....ummm...it’s really bad right now...like...it changes every day but usually in between 12-2 am and then I get up like...between 10-12....hehe...*flops*

Average hours of sleep: I try to get at least 8, but I prefer 9 or 10

Love or lust: Love always

Coke or Pepsi: Both are pretty....eh...so Dr. Pepper or Root Beer or Sprite...like any of those, if I have to choose, Pepsi...but eh...not my favorite...xD

Day or night: Night usually, but I do like the daytime a lot too, at least when it’s not like freezing xD (but it’s been pretty warm recently so, both? xD)

Text or call: TEXT, calling is stressful...

Make up or natural: Natural, I only wear makeup on very rare occasions xD

Met a celebrity: Depends on your definition of celebrity? I’ve met Barlowgirl, Coach K, Penny Chennery, Ronnie Turcotte, John Flanagan, and Marissa Meyer...so??? And I’ve seen Rick Riordan, but I didn’t actually get to like...talk to him xD

Smile or eyes: Smile ^^

Light or dark hair: Both, I mean maybe lighter hair? But I don’t mind dark hair either?

Shorter or taller: Taller

Intelligence or attraction: Intelligence

Chapstick or lipstick: Chapstick, I put on Burt’s Bees every night cause chapped lips are not fun xD

City or country: Hmm, I like both? Like, the city is nice because you are close to things, but I love the calmness of the country...but I also don’t like the bugs so...? Where I live is a good balance cause we live next to a greenbelt but we are like ten minutes away from downtown xD

Blankets I sleep with: Depends on the season, anywhere from one to like four (also depends on the kind of blanket xD)

Last song I listened to: Uhh, well “Live Forever” by Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors is playing right now (it’s such a calming song <333)

Favorite bands/artists: I like a looot, NEEDTOBREATHE is one of my faves but recently I’ve been listening to lots of Moana and Hamilton xD

Dream trip: Probably a road trip/just country trip to meet a lot of my friends! Though, I’d also love to go to Iceland, and Argentina, London, Italy, Ireland, and Switzerland...(okay but my list grew from last time because my family was actually talking about going to Europe so...yeah, but I REALLY want to go to Iceland...like...really, AND I want to go to the place where they filmed the last scene in TFA because my brother told me it was like in Scotland and I geeked out a little xD)

Favorite fictional character: HA! One? You want me to pick one??? Haha nah...that’s not happening...I have wayyyyy too many....here’s a few...there are like...a ton more tho...Obi Wan, Kanan, Ezra, Hera, Sabine, Ahsoka, Anakin, Rey, Finn, Jyn, Cassian, Bodhi, Chirrut, Chopper, BB8, Steve Rogers, Scott Lang, Peggy Carter, Edwin Jarvis, Sokka, Bolin, Percy, Leo, Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, pretty much all of the Parks and Rec characters, Cinder, Thorne, Cress, Kai, Halt, Barry Allen, Cisco Ramon, Wally West, Felicity Smoak, Sophie, Dex, Fitz, Kefee, and Biana...Okay I’m stopping now! (okay but Alden too...and Elwin...and like...okay I love a lot of KoltC characters...xD)

What I’m wearing right now: Umm, my church shirt, khaki pants, fuzzy purple socks, and my brown jacket

When I made this blog: October 20th, 2013, I only know cause I made a post the day I made it xD

How many blogs I follow: 132

Posts:....206,009....dude...I don’t even...that’s a lot...xD

What do I post about: Lots of stuffs! Most recently Star Wars, but all of my fandoms really, and then some nature and faith things too ^^

When did your blog reach its peak: *shrugs* a few months ago I was getting like a lot of new followers but I don’t know? xD

Why did you choose your URL: I watched a movie called Ace of Hearts, I thought Aceofstars sounded cool, so that was my username on howrse and mweor. When I joined dA, that username was already taken, I added the 16 cause it’s my favorite number, and now I use it for like...everything...xD

Bonus question: If you are transported to the world of the book you are reading now, where would you be? Keeper of the Lost Cities world yaaass!!!! I mean technically it’s still our world? But with like, lots of cool lost cities and elves with cool powers and HEY I could be friends with Sophie and her friends! Even though I’m older than all of them....I SHALL PROTECT Y’ALL! Even though...they would do a better job of protecting themselves then I could...xD

Okay...that was long....NEXT TAG! xD

Tagged by @buurd

1. How old are you? 20, but I feel like I’m still 16ish...xD

2. What’s your current job? Ummm, student, occasional petsitter and fanfiction writer...even though I don’t get paid for that last one...xD

3. What are you talented at? Drawing and writing?

4. What is a big goal you are working towards (or have already achieved)? I don’t know, finish school I guess? I also want to finally rework my novel and write a rough draft for it and one day publish it. And I have some longer fanfics I want to write and stuff, and continue to improve my writing and drawing? Also, get my license....you know why I’m adding this Buurd...xD

5. What’s your aesthetic? I love a looot, but my main ones are the stars, the ocean (particularly pictures inside waves as they are starting to fall), autumn, and anything blue, but I like a lot of other things too xD

6. Do you collect anything? DUDE I collect movie tickets too! (though I may not have a place to keep them if I get a new itouch case cause that’s where I’m keeping them all...or a lot of them atm) And also stickers and socks...xD

7. What’s a topic you always talk about? Star Wars Rebels...and other various fandoms and my OCs

8. What’s a pet peeve of yours? I know one, I thought of another one a while ago...but I can’t remember...so, when people just stand behind me and watch when I’m on the computer...xD

9. Good advice to give? Go to sleep when you are tired...like...really, I was exhausted yesterday and I just kept not going to bed...also try your best not to procrastinate, reward yourself when you get something done if you need the motivation (even if it’s something small). I need to like...take my own advice..xD

10. What are three songs you’d recommend? “How Far I’ll Go” by Auli'i Cravalho (because MOANA), “Little Do You Know” by Alex and Sierra (I blame that SWR music video for my love of this song...xD) and “Be Here Long” by NEEDTOBREATHE (or “Great Night” if you want something super upbeat)

#tagged #about me #okay that was a long post...i'm so tired xD #but it was fun!

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empmoniitor · 3 years

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WANT TO PRIORITIZE REMOTE TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES? CONSIDER THE LATEST VIRTUAL TEAM CHALLENGES

Do you remember the fun games you used to play with your team on Fridays to break all the work pressure of the week and step into an exciting weekend? We all remember them as they were the best motivation for stepping down to the office with extra energy on Fridays, even after a long working week. But while imagining the good old days, did you just wish that you wanted it all over again?

Well, your wish just got granted. Even though we are working from home within our comfort zones and enjoying all the flexibilities of remote working, everyone needs a break. And what can be better than bringing in all those fun games in a virtual way?

Yes, we have summarized and brought you some pretty inspiring and fun virtual team-building games (and not the regular ones that you must have scrolled through a hundred similar articles by now). To help you connect with your corporate mates sitting miles away from you.

But does including exciting games in corporate life hamper your company culture? The answer is a complete no. Indeed it just spreads a positive vibe within the employees and impressively helps them know each other better. Hence this leads to building great teams in the future even if you have not met each other personally.

So, that was just too much information and a little recap to take you back to your amazingly spent days in your traditional workplace. Now, let us just roll right in and check some super fun and creative remote team-building activities that will help you connect with your team better.

REMOTE TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Before getting started, let us just look at some obvious factors that influence your plans for executing a game. There are times when all your employees are available and are willing to participate, and at times there is less time to include all the participants to continue the game for longer. And we understand the scenarios.

Hence, we will not provide you with some general team-building activities to implement. Indeed we have divided these games into various categories considering the time and employees involved only to make things more uncomplicated for you.

So, let us just get started with the first category.

QUICK REMOTE TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Less time-consuming and involving fewer participants.

1. THE 30 SECONDS PLANK CHALLENGE

Number of participants: 5-10 employees Time duration: 5-10 minutes

Planks! Not easy as it seems but undoubtedly a lot of fun included. Yes, the main objective of this challenge is to make your employees laugh a little louder and stay a little fitter. Well, you can begin by saying it is a super healthy game, but it will be turning out hilarious once it gets started.

The instructions go like you have to ask your employees to do a plank straight for 30 seconds and click a picture through the online meeting applications. Put up these images in a chat and ask all your employees to vote for the best planker. Hence, the one who wins gets a surprise reward at the end.

2. I’M SO HAPPY TO BE A MEMER

Number of participants: 5-10 employees Time duration: 10 minutes

Wherever you go, on social media sites or an interacting platform, there are memes all over the place. And we do love them. Then why not include them in a team-building activity? Undoubtedly we can.

Let me guide you on how you can implement this fun game in your upcoming Friday getaway. So, start by dividing the employees into a group of 02, or ask them to participate individually. Then, instruct them to check out any meme page and take some ideas from the same. Then, the best part is to craft an entertaining meme that describes the company or a sarcastic picture to tell all about their work from home experience.

And lastly, collect them all and put them up in a chat for other employees to vote for the most relevant one. Hence, you can find a good memer at your place.

Now, you must be wondering how quoting a meme helps remote employees. Well, the game is all about innovations. You can check who among your team is capable of sharing some innovative ideas. And later, you can include these employees while planning something creative for your upcoming projects.

3. MUSIC IS MY HAPPY PLACE

Number of participants: 10-15 employees Time duration: 15-20 minutes

Music is so refreshing in itself, and it is always enjoyable to include songs in various challenges, but this game is all about the music itself. Everyone prefers to listen to songs, so why not make the best use of them now? Yes, take up a group of 10-15 employees and ask them to take up a few songs (you can decide the number, of course) and mention the same in the group.

Give your employees some time to listen to them, memorize the name, lyrics, and most precisely, the artist. Here the fun part begins when you begin the challenge. So, randomly play a track and ask your employees to guess the song name, artist name, or bring an add-on to figure out the lyrics too.

And by the end, you will have one such employee who is focused on a given task and unquestionably a good listener. And this employee can be one of the most productive employees of your organization. It will be fun to check who is sincere and who is not with this exciting music game.

LARGE GROUPS REMOTE TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Takes up nearly an hour and includes unlimited employees.

1. LET’S BREAK THE LANGUAGE BARRIER

Number of participants: Unlimited employees Time duration: 30-45 minutes

The game we will be unfolding today is a great way to break those communication barriers within your global virtual team. If your organization has employees working from various parts of the world, there might be difficulty recognizing their language. Rather than misinterpreting the same every time, you can work on guessing what they exactly mean.

In this challenge, you need to ask your employees to mention 03 words or more according to your convenience and provide 03-04 options relating to the meaning of the same. Now, the other participants have to guess which word would perfectly fit the meaning of the relevant word. So simple yet so effective to embrace other languages and promote cross-cultural communication.

2. JUST KEEP MOVING WITH GIFS

Number of participants: Unlimited employees Time duration: Ongoing

The games or challenges you conduct may not always have to showcase the employee’s skills. It can be for fun as well. And what can be more intriguing than creating a GIF considering a given situation? Well, our next remote team-building activity is all about that.

Here in this challenge, you need to provide a theme to your employees and ask them to create GIFs and post on a platform. The best one receiving the highest vote count wins the game. Also, this is an ongoing game. You can keep changing the theme every week and add more participants to join the contest.

3. WHERE’S THE VIRTUAL PARTY TONIGHT?

Number of participants: Unlimited employees Time duration: An hour

Do you remember when you had an office party lately? Feels like ages ago, correct? But when the situation is not permitting us to have a party together, nothing can stop us from having a virtual one. Yes, if we can get on all the virtual games, then why not an office party?

It is pretty simple. If you have a genuine cause for celebrating the glory of your organization, then go all out, think of a perfect party theme and ask your employees to get dressed accordingly. Ask them to grab their favorite drink and snacks to enjoy the entire activity.

List out a few exciting games and line up a surprise award function too. Also, it must consist of categories beyond imagination (mostly the hilarious ones) and check who sweeps away most rewards.

REMOTE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Includes the entire organization and can last up to months.

1. BEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD

Number of participants: 5-500 employees Time duration: Months

The employee of the year/ month is a moment for which all of us serve throughout the period. Also, this too can get included in the virtual team building activities. It helps you recognize your employees in front of the entire organization. Again it serves as a point of motivation for all the other employees.

The instructions are pretty simple. You only need to list down a few categories according to which the employees will get evaluated. And the most productive and efficient one will be receiving the employee of the month award.

Hence, this is one of the best ways to check employee activities and their effectiveness towards the job and projects. And the fun part here is your entire organization will be participating in the game.

2. EMOJI EXPRESSES HOW I FEEL TODAY

Number of participants: Unlimited employees Time duration: 10 minutes

The last game we will be talking about is a way of building a healthy employer-employee relationship. Do you remember when you attended a meeting or so and your boss asked if everyone was feeling enthusiastic about a busy day at work? And it just reminded us of our responsibilities and assignments.

Well, we can do the same virtually too. Ask your employees to share an emoji that best describes the way they feel right now about working. The happy one is great, and if employers find someone confused or sad, talk to them and get their issues resolved.

MONITORING REMOTE TEAMS WITH EMPMONITOR

The amusing games are great for refreshing the employees towards the end of the week and giving them some fun time to forget their work pressure during the week offs. And this is all because employers are concerned about employee workloads throughout the week. That too from remote workplaces. Hence, it is necessary to track the employees to get an idea of the task they perform every day by maintaining the all-necessary employee productivity and efficiency.

So, the best way to track your remote employees is to invest in an employee monitoring software, and the best among the lot is EmpMonitor.

EmpMonitor is an employee monitoring, tracking, and managing software that acquires all the required features to track every activity of employees throughout the working hours. It works behind the computer screens of employee workstations and provides a detailed report of the same. Hence because of the stealth mode, it remains unidentified by the task manager. So, once the tool gets implemented in the employee’s workstation, there is no chance of stopping themselves from getting monitored.

Let us dive right in and check the EmpMonitor features in detail.

PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT

When you are working remotely, you are unaware of the productive and unproductive employees in your team. But with EmpMonitor, you can receive a detailed insight into each employee activity. The tool lets you mention the job role of each employee in the dashboard and monitors their tasks accordingly to provide the best possible report.

SCREENSHOT MONITORING

The tool captures real-time screenshots during random intervals and stores them in the cloud. Hence, you can look back at them to check if your employees were busy completing their tasks or were working on something less productive.

KEYSTROKE LOGGING

Employee monitoring just cannot get better as you can now track the keypunches of your employees during office hours. You can check if the employees were working or had left their workstations unattended for some time.

WEBSITE AND APPLICATION USAGE MONITORING

With EmpMonitor, you can categorize which website and applications are productive and unproductive for your team. Hence, whenever any employee opens up an app or visits a site, you receive a detailed report with a productivity remark.

ATTENDANCE MONITORING

When you invest in EmpMonitor, you do not need to get an attendance monitoring tool for your employees. The software marks the clock in and clocks out the time of the employees appropriately.

Apart from acquiring such remarkable features, the tool is pretty inexpensive and also has a free trial. Hence, if you do not have an employee monitoring tool already and having trouble tracking employee activities, get your hands on EmpMonitor today!

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TO WRAP IT UP

The article showed some of the best games from each category which will be super exciting to execute with your team. Also, we decided to group the activities considering the participants involved and time consumed only make you go through the article once and pick out the most suitable one according to your scenario.

Again, all thanks to the prominent virtual meeting tools like Skype, Zoom, and Webex. They make it more comfortable to connect with the team working from various corners of the world. And how can we not talk about the remarkable employee monitoring tool we came across in the article, which makes tracking remote employee activities so easier without any effort. Also, with the free trial, it is making itself worth a try.

So, if you wish to try out the extraordinary remote employee managing features of EmpMonitor for yourself, please click on the banner below to get redirected.

I hope the article helped you know about remote team building activities. Is there something that we can incorporate? Please drop your thoughts in the comments below. I would love to hear from you!

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