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heclosescases · 16 days

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20 Questions for Fic Writers

Tagged by @rngaredead 🫶

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

91 complete, 2 WIP (one of these is yet to be public)

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

797,286

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Ted Lasso and The Mentalist

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Pillow Talk — Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon (The Mentalist)

To Make The World Less Noisy — Ted Lasso/Trent Crimm (Ted Lasso)

Please, Remember Me. — Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt (Ted Lasso)

All These Things That I’ve Done — Ted Lasso/Trent Crimm (Ted Lasso)

Squeeze Me Harder — Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt (Ted Lasso)

5. Do you respond to comments?

Usually yes! I love getting comments as it is a more tangible reminder that there are people reading. Plus most of the time they’re nice to read too.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I love writing angst but not too many of my fics have angsty endings. I like happy endings haha. I’m not sure if it has my angstiest ending - especially compared to some of my Jisbon fics - but earlier this year I wrote a Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt one-shot which probably applies (it seems like once again you’ve had to greet me with goodbye).

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

Most of my fics have happy endings even amongst the emotional hurt/comfort. I actually think ending a fic is one of the most difficult parts of the writing process but endings I can remember fondly in particular are ‘The Tea Shop’ (Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon), ‘Please, Remember Me.’ (Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt) and the conclusion to my ‘i know it’s just a number but you’re the eighth wonder’ series (Ted Lasso/Trent Crimm).

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not really… until the series mentioned above. I had a couple of haters on that because I wrote Trent as trans.

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

Some of my fics include smut but I don’t find it easy to write so usually I either don’t include it or I keep it very vague. However, I have realised that two of my top five fics by kudos are 'E'.

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

Nope. I personally don’t understand the love of crossovers.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Back in my Wattpad days I had a fic stolen and translated to German without my permission. Including the cover art.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

See above.

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

No, but I have had some cool people beta my fics before.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I know I mainly write tedtrent now but I think jisbon will always be my ship.

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

My only public WIP is ‘Pillow Talk’ (Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon) but it’s a collection of one-shots so there really is no “finishing it”.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I’ve got better at characterisations. It is one my favourite compliments if I ever get it because I think it is so important to get that right, for the reader’s enjoyment. I’ve also improved at setting the scene as opposed to just jumping in with the story. Dialogue is definitely easier for me to write than this though.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I am my own worst enemy. I will be writing and think ‘yeah this is pretty good’ but when it comes to proofing it I suddenly become full of self-doubt. I know I am not the best writer in the world, but it is a good outlet for me, so when I start to feel like my work is terrible, that hits me hard. It is why I rely so much on comments and knowing if people enjoyed reading or not. Just for some more motivation.

If there are too many characters, some tend to get lost or forgotten. I have especially found this when writing Ted Lasso fics because there are sooooo many characters in that show who I love but it just isn’t possible to regularly include them all in fics.

When I am writing, I write different sections of a chapter/one-shot and then try desperately to tie them together which doesn’t always flow well. I also then get annoyed at myself for leaving really unhelpful notes as reminders.

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

I have done this for a few lines in fics but I couldn’t do it confidently regularly. Relying on translations apps is a risk due to accuracy. I’ve sometimes written dialogue in Spanish for my The Mentalist fics, but never large bulks of text.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Sherlock - back in my Wattpad days.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Probably ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ but the energy on Twitter when I was writing/updated ‘Undercover With You’ and ‘A Blue-Eyed Surprise To Come Home To’ (both Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon) was unmatched.

(No user tags because I am not good at Tumblr - but thank you @rngaredead for thinking of me!!)

#fic game #fic writer game #fanfic #ted lasso #the mentalist #tedtrent #jisbon #royjamie

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casismybestfriend · 3 months

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let your spotify predict your 2024! shuffle your on repeat playlist and the first twelve songs represent your 2024!

thanks for tagging me @rngaredead and @beckstraordinary and @trentcrimminallybeautiful and @edteachs ! 💕

jan: all my life - foo fighters

feb: de selby part 1 - hozier

mar: when the curtain falls - greta van fleet

apr: 18 and life - skid row

may: the rain song - led zeppelin

jun: intergalactic - beastie boys

jul: i will - mitski

aug: we didn’t start the fire - billy joel

sep: unknown/nth - hozier

oct: these eyes - the guess who

nov: arsonist’s lullabye - hozier

dec: wasteland, baby! - hozier

tagging anyone! if you want to do this, consider yourself tagged by me :)

#i don’t have spotify so this is my regular music playlist #and idk why it gave me so much hozier haha #tag games #my posts #music

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bookqueen101 · 7 months

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list seven comfort films and tag seven people

Tagged by @leothil (hiya!)

Tried not to overthink my choices too much here!

1. The History Boys (2006) [aka my favourite film]

2. Pride (2014)

3. A Knight’s Tale (2001)

4. Shrek (2001) [Shrek 2 almost made the list]

5. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1999)

6. Mamma Mia (2008) [+ sequel]

7. In The Heights (2021)

Tagging @imaybeabear @beckstraordinary @ashesandback @oscar-wilde-thing @rngaredead @probablynottola @tinylilemrys

#tag games

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bi-demon-ium · 10 months

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ask game! tagged by @nobody33333333

currently reading: technically the last book i tried to read was so you want to be a wizard? but i admit, i wasn't able to focus on it so i kinda gave up halfway through. that's not an indictment on the book, but i've got a lot of shit going on rn so honestly not a lot of books are going to hold my attention rn

favorite color: green!

last song: 'cartoon heroes' by aqua

last movie: uhhhh... maybe "violent night"? either that or "the killing"

last tv show: im literally straight up adding this one because i just want to share that i've been watching taskmaster and poirot lately, and i think that's very sexy of me

sweet, spicy, or savory: it really depends. drinks? sweet. same with if i'm making something. eating? spicy, unless it's Too Spicy (i love spice but im a weak bitch, ngl) in which case savory. but also it really depends on the savory. generally i prefer spicy.

currently working on: so many fucking fics. and gifsets. for both MBS and ted lasso but i admit i've mostly been spinning trent crimm in my head lately. i've been trying to finish the 5+1 demi trent fic but i've had so many different ideas for both fandoms (and a few others!) spinning in my brain at once......

tagging: literally whoever! but you know what, let's go with some of my ted lasso folks since the whole mbs fandom is tagged by now i think (i'm so sorry if that isn't true but i'm just assuming based on the volume of tags on milk and nobody33333333's combined alone, if you're not there consider this me tagging you) (also ted lasso friends hi it's me trentcrimminallybeautiful lol)

@eryaforsthye @casismybestfriend @sighonaraa @jamiettart @tomlinfonda @maewinter @beckstraordinary @rngaredead

no pressure!! feel free to ignore this, i will 100 percent not be offended. also, if you're not here but you wanna do the game, do it! tag me! say i tagged you, because i have and i am! presses gold star sticker to your forehead!

#tag games #tag game

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wrong-energy · 11 months

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wip game (thank you for the tag @mikeslawyer!! I fully copy and pasted the template lol)

rules:

post up to five (5) file names of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to post.

after you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. you must then write 3 sentences in that file

that’s it! you can invite others to join in or just post

wips:

1. Ted Lasso Finale

2. Byler Senior Trip AU

3. Byler Time Travel AU

snippet:

tags: @foodiewithdahoodie @rngaredead (no pressure at all!! <3 )

#ignore my shitty writing but this looked fun #stranger things #byler

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medecineformelancholy · 2 months

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Here is my humble take on Catherine - Trent's best friend and the mother of his kid from I Really Enjoyed Getting to Spend This Time With You. The drawing is of Catherine and Trent at a wedding in Chapter 2.

Original characters by @rngaredead always blow my mind, and Catherine is no exception. She is charmingly funny, painfully honest, incredibly caring and always the smartest person in the room. She is a teacher and a woman in STEM. She is Trent's biggest cheerleader in his journey towards his own happiness (and she's rooting for Trent and Ted like we all do). What's not to love???

Hope you all enjoy this story with us ❤️

#the second drawing was not meant to be here and it's a quick sketch but I couldn't resist #happy Trent!!#the inspiration for Catherine in these was Ruth Wilson #ted lasso fic #tedependent fic #trent crimm #trent crimm fanart #art #i really enjoyed getting to spend this time with you #rngaredead

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youshouldseemeinadeerstalker · 2 months

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15 QUESTIONS FOR 15 FRIENDS

thank you for the tag 🥰🥰 @snake-snack-stede (thank you olivia!!)

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?: yep. as far as i know it was actor inspired. But not sure all of my names were.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: THIS MORNING because of a fanfic. It just hit. It was a 'LOVELY LETTER' in the fic that got me.

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?: noooo, thank fuck not.

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?: so many random ones. judo, track and field, a tiny bit football, none of them stuck. i like ice-skating but nothing in a club or anything.

DO YOU USE SARCASM?: its second nature

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?: idk depends on what is happening

WHAT'S YOUR EYE COLOUR?: brown

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?: happy endings. i'm a little scaredy cat.

ANY TALENTS?: not sure what qualifies as talent but i have an eye for visuals, what looks good etc.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?: Germany

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?: reading, video and picture editing. photography. idk i guess also video games

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?: No but i had a rabbit growing up

HOW TALL ARE YOU?: 5'7"

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?: art - no competition at all

DREAM JOB?: something like creative director or university educator in my field

💗 no pressure tags (sorry if anyone's already done this!):

@cheersmequeers @cahootings @epersonae @adickaboutspoons @poetling @rngaredead @stedebonnets @stedebonnit

as well as anyone else who sees this and wants to do it! 💗

#tagged

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trentcrimminallybeautiful · 17 days

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20 Questions For Fic Writers

Tagged by @rngaredead :)

For simplicity's sake I'm going to go with just my biDEMONium/trentcrimminallybeautiful ao3 and not try to combine it with my thesorrowoflizards one (why do i have more than one? because i was, among other things, an idiot who didn't know how pseuds worked next question) even though that would probably double some of these numbers lkfjgh

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Again, just on this account? 171 (some of those are oneshot compilations though)

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

661,851 for now

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Ted Lasso, The Mysterious Benedict Society, The House on the Cerulean Sea, House MD, Death by Dying, Instinct, King Falls AM. Also, sort of Gravity Falls. Mostly those first two though, tbh. This one I think I will include other fandoms I've written and posted for on other accounts because it's fun and less about math. So also Shadowhunters, The Librarians, The Mentalist, The Dresden Files (TV), Roswell New Mexico, The Sandman, Star Trek, Professor Layton, Sanders Sides, Miraculous Ladybug, and sort of The Legend of Zelda. Also see, for unposted or posted a very long time ago and no longer something I would willingly share, Supernatural, Dirk Gently (both 2016 and 2010), Doctor Who, Warehouse 13, SurrealEstate, Person of Interest, Haven, Leverage, Bones. Psych, and probably more

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Ted Lasso Kisses Trent Crimm On The Mouth (Trent/Ted - 1,157 kudos)

semaphore (Trent/Ted; Trent & Colin - 997 kudos)

off the handle (Trent/Ted - 736 kudos)

linger (Trent/Ted - 709 kudos)

a preacher, a bikini, and a kiss or two (Trent/Ted; Diamond Dogs - 673 kudos)

5. Do you respond to comments?

I try to but I always get really busy/tired and then it's been so long it feels like it would be weird if I did. Plus, sometimes my answers by nature of the comments can get repetitive and then even though I'm being sincere I feel insincere which sucks. However, if a comment has a direct question or something I actually have like, something unique to say about, I'm much more likely to respond sooner rather than later/never. I appreciate every single comment soooo much though literally my motivation to get through the day like 80 percent of the time

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'm going to stick with Ted Lasso fics here since I have so many fics posted and this is my Ted Lasso sideblog and say... well, most of the time I have a bittersweet ending and then some sort of hopeful epilogue (such as with ink sunset and make a mess of you) but I guess betrayal's sting / absolution's balm or something to get off my chest may qualify?

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

Uhhh, honestly, most of them are happy endings. I think trick & treat and matters of the heart end on particularly high notes?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not in this fandom! Yet

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

Oh, yeah, baby. So much. Not sure what "kind" means in this context. It sure is explicit smut. I have tended almost exclusively towards hot transgender sex the last few years because. yknow. hi. but somehow I don't think that's the intention in the question.

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

I do, but I haven't posted a lot. Only one on this account (a Gravity Falls x The Mysterious Benedict Society crossover that started as a joke because of a shared actress) although I had an interesting Shadowhunters x The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess fusion on my other account. I've written some pretty weird WIPs, though. And I've got some posts about Ted Lasso crossover/AUs, like a Sarah Jane Adventures AU, a Pushing Daisies AU, a Stardust AU... You can find that kind of thing in this tag on my blog.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yes. Not in this fandom, though, as far as I'm aware.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! Again, not in this fandom, though.

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

Not really.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Oh, man, I don't know if I can decide. Magnus/Alec (TV version only I'll die on this hill) will always hold a special place in my heart, but I've got other "obsessed with this when I was a kid" ships and also recency bias/current hyperfixation means Trent/Ted screams as an immediate answer, and so on and so forth. I'm bad at picking favorites. Overall, I'd probably say one of those two, or both.

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

Sticking to Ted Lasso again (I have. so many MBS WIPs. god.) I'd say lost sight of (who you are) (lost motivation, want to finish, fuck!!) or sweeter than heaven (hotter than hell) (got mad at it), or!! oh!!! ink sunset (stuck) and possibly the next installment of matters of the heart. Yeah, I have a problem

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm pretty good at being funny and also at eloquent but perhaps a little too verbose metaphors. I love me an elaborate metaphor

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

It's hard for me to focus and get what I have in my head out sometimes, even when I really want to. Whether it's being unable to organize or just my brain flat-out refusing to cooperate and do anything. Also, I'm way too like. easily discouraged with lack of feedback, and even a little negative feedback can kind of ruin my week and make me never wanna go back to that story ever again.

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

I just realized. The questions seemed familiar but I wasn't sure why and now I know, now that I've gotten to this question. I have done this game before and I remember bc of this question. I was confused bc it was under a different name, I think the questions were in a different order, and it was sometimes slightly differently worded but nope! This is the same one! Weird Anyway, just for this particular question, I'm going to copy-paste my old answer because I'm lazy. I’m extremely bad at linguistics in general, so if I must include someone talking in another language in my fic, I think I’d tend to cheat and do italics or some other indication that this is ‘in another language’ (ie “Where are you going?” she asked in Russian), but that’s admittedly a lazy approach. But I also think it’s probably better than butchering it with an auto-translator? Also, when people just include the translation in the end notes, even with a link (although that makes it marginally better) it breaks the flow of the story and makes it hard to read. Making an effort to at least match grammar is good (which I would do if it was for longer than a single scene, probably) but I think the best solution is when people know what they’re doing and like, have an actual translation with a little html code so you can click on it and it reveals what it means? Or if you’re clever, revealing what it means using context around it, but that has its own limitations. So that both like, uses the actual language and doesn’t break up the flow. It balances accessibility, flow, and respect for the other language in question well. But you’ve got to both know what you’re doing with the language (either asking someone/hiring someone/knowing the language yourself) and the html (although there are guides for that you’d have to spend time figuring it out + know it exists in the first place to look). And this is fanfiction, something we ultimately do for free in our spare time, so the lazy approach, I think, can be understandable. Maybe not in every context, but it’s not worth stressing a lot over in a few random lines or anything, you know? It is really cool when people do know a language well enough to include it properly in a fic, though, it can say a lot about a character or dynamic; and their background(s) and like. it’s neat :)

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Ever? Doctor Who. And I don't remember the order, but after that I know I wrote some stuff about Star Trek (mostly TNG but I believe also TOS), Supernatural, A:LTA, Marvel, WTNV, and the Stanley Parable? I think I first posted either Supernatural or WTNV

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

I have no idea. Some of my top ones (for Ted Lasso again) would be matters of the heart and trick & treat I suppose?

Tagging: whoever wants to do this man, I probably tagged everyone I'd normally tag last time so if you see this and you wanna do it, go ahead and tag me and do it!

#tag games #tag game #gertspeak

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ailelie · 2 years

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Trent Crimm/Ted Lasso Fic Recs!

All right, so, if you're interested in Trent/Ted fic, you have got to check out basically everything written by r_n_g_are_dead (@rngaredead). Every single fic is a gem. The first two are both over 90k and the second two clock near 30k and 40k respectively.

Fathers and Sons and Boyfriends (Oh My!) involves a touch of fake dating and an absolutely beautiful father-son relationship between Trent and his dad and his dad and Ted.

Nothing's Easy as Riding a Bike When You Don't Know How is an amazing character study of Trent that is extremely well-paced. Ted and the romance with Ted start about midway through, but that build-up was absolutely necessary. The father in this is the polar opposite of the above fic. Also, Trent's relationship with his ex is rather complex and a great read.

Curious & Judgemental is a story about coincidences with a bit of identity porn that I was on edge from chapter one to see how it all played out. Coincidence is heavy in this, but also wonderful, so enjoy.

What Happens After is a series of four fics that re-writes season 2 with Ted spending Christmas with Trent instead of Rebecca and how that shifts everything.

What really stands out in all of these stories is the depth of characterization. r_n_g_are_dead creates multi-faceted, messy characters and often complex relationships. In each story, they build up a good case for why Trent and Ted work as a couple, rather than just assuming the reader will agree they work. Every positive relationship exudes warmth.

I read these stories just recently and I already want to re-read them.

#trent crimm/ted lasso #ted lasso/trent crimm #fanfic #fic recs #ficrec #fanfic rec #ted lasso #trent crimm #r_n_g_are_dead

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