you would think that everyone would be obsessing over jerin!! but, no. it's like a huge joke!! where are the cameras!! the actual character(s) and ship filling the tag seem like it was orchestrated to be as frustrating as possible considering the existence of jerin. it makes me wish i never got invested because i truly have never been so disappointed before
I don’t understaaaaand. Now I’m going to have to watch some TDIM playthroughs so I can have an opinion! I keep meaning to watch Miles play it but if anyone has a streamer whose run through they like drop it in the comments/dm/asks.
Also I am hearing that this might be the doing of the girl x cop folks and as I said elsewhere, girl x cop is a boy x boy fan’s natural enemy so this makes sense.
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Jamie Tiergan x Erin Keenan (Jerin)
1. my beloveds okay, i was in pleasant shock when saw a "young love" plot line (i didn't know anything about TDiM when i started it so didn't expect to get lesbians)
2. Jamie and Erin already have such a wonderful dynamic to begin with, having bounced around each other before taking the leap after enough flustering and teasing. They care so deeply for each other, and one losing the other is beyond heartbreaking. Erin even admits how much she doesn't want to lose Jamie, which makes my heart scream and yell and cry and oh my god
3. They're sweet, they're cute, they're canon! Supermassive finally gave us an official queer couple that can get together and Jerin deserves some recognition for that. <3
4. I mean, its Jerin! They're relationship is so cute and interesting even if they don't get together, its so clear when they don't they still very much love and adore each other and have so much more to say. And when they ARE together they are just so cute and gentle to each other. The perfect couple <3 (also they are a very rare non-white biracial lesbian couple that aren't toxic or weird so the representation they hold is just <3)
Laura Kearney x Max Brinly
1. Binky bonky
2. Laura is so protective about Max, just best gf ever
3. I think Laura's main motivation throughout the majority of the game being to break the curse on her boyfriend is SO good. The devotion here is so real. I love their silly old person pet names. Max wearing his girlfriend's clothes is also great. The scene where they reunite is SO good. This one's probably my favorite canon Supermassive ship I just completely buy that these two care about each other, want the best for each other, and enjoy each others' company.
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Halllo Zal!
I don't know if you finished Derry Girls (if you haven't seen 3×04 stop reading) or if you already answered this question (in which case could link it to me, I couldn't find it). If the answe to the first thing is yes and to the second is no:
What do you think of James and Erin?
For me it came out of nowhere (and I'm someone that ships easily, all it takes is a look), nothing could have made me guess that it was gonna happen between them. I think they have NO romantic chemistry whatsoever. And it kinda of ruined the vibe of the whole group for me.
What do you think on the matter?
Oh, I liked Jerin since the season 2 finale.
It’s also funny that the season 2 finale is what got you to ship Orla and James because it was the season 2 finale that got me to ship him with Erin, it wasn’t prom, it was Erin’s reaction to James’ news
I was like, oh I think I ship it.
And there are quite a few posts in the fandom that talk about how them getting together is symbolic of something much larger, i.e. they're two teens from two countries that have a tumultuous relationship with each other and they come together and it's a symbol of hope and a new beginning etc.
I also think their coming together is rooted a lot in character and the relationship dynamic is secondary. What I mean is, Erin is a character who has grand ideas of how her ordinary life will transform, whether it's fantasizing about being on a talk show/radio show
or having the goal of being the first person in their family to go to university or wanting/believing that the young English teacher sees her creativity and they have a special bond, or finally, finally getting with the cool musician and every time the reality is different and James is the much better reality, perhaps not what she fantasized about,
but the extraordinary in the ordinary.
For James' part, he came to Derry an outcast, not understanding how things worked, painfully uncomfortable and his arc in the first two seasons is realizing he belongs with his family (Michelle) and found family with Orla, Clare and Erin but then there's added layer of him falling for someone from the place he once looked at with utter confusion and bewilderment
so rather than hyper-focusing on James and Erin together, I think it's led by their characters' journeys. That being said, I think they had their moments, I think 1x04 (one of my favourite episodes) is really telling
she's been into David since the first episode but instead of trying to get closer to him at the party, she's obsessed with Katya and James
in fact she actually has her in with him, he approaches her, he offers to sneak her a beer, it's the moment she; been waiting for, but what matters more is James and it's significant that she's the only one who cares about this, Orla, Claire and Michelle think he should probably have sex
I just don't think they had as many moments as I would've liked that were coded as specifically romantic before the confession and the kiss but I went along with it anyway.
And I don't think it did anything to disturb the friendship dynamics.
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20 questions for fic writers!!
Thanks for the tag @private-bryan!! :D
How many works do you have on ao3? 45
What’s your total ao3 word count? 715,982
What fandoms do you write for? Heathers, Les Misérables, Total Drama, Derry Girls, Miraculous Ladybug, Equestria Girls, Rainbow High, and Monster High, plus a few original pieces (mostly poetry).
What are your top 5 fics by kudos? mArinette (Miraculous Ladybug), today I woke up wanting to kiss you (Total Drama), Cute Boys With Short Haircuts (Miraculous Ladybug), Mistlejoke (Miraculous Ladybug), and More Adventurous (Miraculous Ladybug)
Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I do my best to - I'm a very anxious person so responding to comments feels a bit like pulling teeth, but if I get one really nice comment on a fic I'll usually reply to it and then while I'm still riding that high reply to all the other ones too.
What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Posted, probably vivere sine dolore est (Miraculous Ladybug). Planned, a tie between Max Kanté and the Murder on the Startrain Express (Miraculous Ladybug), and The Mystery Solvers of Derry (Derry Girls).
What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I write a lot of fluff, but I think the most cathartic payoff happy ending has to be The Dark Gate (Les Misérables).
Do you get hate on fics? On one fic, my most popular and yet most controversial - mArinette. It's the curse of writing for a big fandom - about 10% of all fandoms are assholes, so the bigger the fandom, the more assholes there are.
Do you write smut? If so what kind? Yup! I was born on the run (but I'll die holding you're hand) and Waitin' on the Sunrise are both Heathers smutfics - the kind that's fluffy, emotional, and trauma-healing (hey, fandom looks for what it didn't get in the source material!). Weirdly, I'm less self-conscious about letting my IRLs read my smutfics than I am about letting them read the fantasy epic stuff.
Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve ever written? Are we counting fusion here? Putting the characters from one fandom into the plot of another is kinda my jam! Memorable ones include mArinette (Miraculous Ladybug Easy A AU), On Se Sent Comme Par Magie (Les Misérables Winx Club AU), Max Kanté and the Murder on the Startrain Express (Miraculous Ladybug Poirot AU), and The Mystery Solvers of Derry (Derry Girls Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated! AU)
Have you ever had a fic stolen? Hopefully not!
Have you ever had a fic translated? Not by someone else - I've translated a Monster High fic - Ginny MacFerrouson: Profile and Diary - I wrote in Scots to English, but haven't posted the translation yet.
Have you ever co-written a fic before? Not unless you count goofing around in google docs with @deinde-prandium discussing the possibility of writing a Miraculous Ladybug RENT! AU. I once wrote several snippets of a multifandom Hogwarts AU with an IRL friend, but I'm kind of a control freak who even struggles to relinquish control to a beta reader, so co-written works from me are probably unlikely.
What’s your all-time favourite ship? Right now it's JDonica (Heathers), but other favourites include Marisette, Enjoltaire, and Courferre (Les Misérables), Jerin (Derry Girls), Sunflash (Equestria Girls) and Duncney, Gidgette, and DJxDawn (Total Drama).
What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? Right now a lot of fics have had to be put on the backburner while I deal with my ongoing JDonica brainrot, but the one that I'm doubtful of ever going back to is probably 10 Times Carlotta Sugrue-Dupain Got Very, Very Angry. It's a shame, because it was a fun writing exercise for an OC, but she's developed a lot since I posted it, so I doubt I'll ever go back to it.
What are your writing strengths? According to my beta reader for On Se Sent Comme Par Magie, readability, emotional connection with the characters, and engagement with the plot. Ignore the small piece of dust in my eye...
What are your writing weaknesses? Endings. I am so bad at coming up with endings. Usually I try to write the ending before I write the beginning, because if I don't do that, I suck so bad at coming up with an ending.
Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? Here's the thing. English is my second language, my first being Scots, which has a somewhat different spelling system, and 44 of my 45 published fics are in English. I've written bits and pieces of dialogue in French for Miraculous Ladybug and Les Misérables fics, but I mainly use an online translator for that. I don't take issue with other people doing it - sometimes a story requires it, y'know?
First fandom you ever wrote for? Published? Total Drama. Ever? When I was six I wrote fanfiction of a two-part wildlife documentary about whales because the first part ended very tragically and I wanted a happier story. The adventures of Spermy the Sperm Whale (I was six, ok?) was handwritten and illustrated on a little paper booklet and is probably in my attic somewhere.
Favourite fic you’ve ever written? On Se Sent Comme Par Magie, the six part Les Misérables epic!fic set to a Winx Club AU. It's like my beloved child. I've been writing it since 2017 and it's responsible for most of my AO3 word count. And you don't have to know anything about either fandom to read it! My beta reader doesn't. I'm the Will Smith meme pointing to it.
Tagging @deinde-prandium, @theladyfae, @multimousenette, and @hanaasbananas!!
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