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moinsbienquekaworu · 1 year

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RAM MY BELOVED hello hi happy Valentines (if you celebrate) hi

I just drove home while listening to my tomarry playlist and i need to tell you, i love themb so much and this song (Carnivore by Bear Attack! If the link doesnt work) is such a themb song and omg. I need to go reread love is touching souls. I need to finish typesetting it. I need to stop procrastinating buying printing materials and just bind it into a physical book. Themb.

But also, i was thinking about this fic thats currently sitting partially done in my google docs, thats endgame tomarry but currently drarry. And basic context: Harry becomes the DADA prof after a few years of being a failure of an auror and he and Ginny just finalized their divorce (nothing was Wrong Per Se, Ginny just realised shes a lesbian), and Hermione sets him up with Draco but theyre not really Great together theyre more just meh as a couple, but then Harry accidentally time travels back to 1945 (give ir take a few years) and teaches DADA during Tom's seventh year, and they get together and Harry knits Tom a Weasley sweater and etc etc etc BUT i couldnt figure out how to get them both back to The Present Day while not breaking up Harry and Draco BUT BUT BUT i realized i can just make it hella poly and itd still be cute!

Im telling you all of this as the person who got me into tomarry plus the first person i thought of when i put this playlist on, i hope this hinged-ness finds you well i love you <3

Love the idea of introducing someone else to the Tomarry relationship because we've all seen Tom and how he feels about sharing. Like I feel like any work with Tomarry + another character is like, 40% getting Tomarry together (all the Hurdles and Problems and such with those two) and then 60% Harry slowly making Tom stop hissing at whoever else because he has to share Harry with them and that's his soulmate. Yes even if he likes them too he's just Like That. He's so very not suited to polyamory, it would be extremely entertaining reading a fic trying to make it work.

I remember reading a fic back in Ye Olden Days that was a Drarry snippet with Severus looking in from the outside wishing he could be with Harry but Knowing Deep in his Soul that he was Wrong for him. I'd link it but I'm like 90% sure it was in french and I don't want to go looking through FFnet for it right now haha. Drarry just made me think of it. Oh and there was One good Drarry fic I loved, still in french, by and author who wrote banger after banger (all in french, yeah) on FFnet that introduced baby me to Supermassive Black Hole and the fact that you don't put two condoms on. It's Nothing Else Matters by Rose Malefoy if you want to look at the page and not understand the text haha (yes Malefoy with an e that's how it's spelt in french) Oh and my first Snarry was amnesiac Harry who was with Severus and forgets it so he gets into a relationship with Draco but then remembers and leaves him I think? It's been a while. I used to be into Drarry more but it's been years since I read some, since I discovered Snarry and all.

I think we should combine our poly Tomarry AUs to inflict the maximum amount of Situations on theses guys. Like throw in Draco throw in Severus and then let them take years and a lot of therapy to disentangle that mess and make a working polycule out of it. A bit like when you plop Sims in a house with full autonomy and wait for them to do something cool like starving themselves or making out with their brother's wife, except here I hope they'd figure it out and get a good ending at some point. Anyway.

Oh and in Tomarry news if you haven't tackled Draw me after you (let us run) by Toastranger you should go for it because now after about 200k words and 44 chapters Things have been Happening 👀 (I'm not subtle, they finally kissed is what happened) extremely fun fic, highly recommend once again. That said it is a time investment because I love long works

Your song rec is actually making me realise I don't have Tomarry songs? I have Obikin songs I have plenty of Snarry songs I have Johnlock songs and Kylux songs but nothing for these two. Ah well. I mean I guess The bog in the valley by the Irish Rovers is kind of a Harrymort song because it's a part of Dark Livestream but that's not very Tomarry specific. OH WAIT NO I do!! In the Daylight Again by Duplicity is named after a line from Salt and the Sea by the Lumineers so. One (1) Tomarry song. Good fic too, I can't make myself rereading it because it hurts my feelings :(( but it's really good

Cool song you got though! I've added it to my current playlist, love finding songs through other people and associating them to random stuff like that.

Anyway love you hope you have a good evening come back whenever you want <3

#also did you see. i'm going to the uk next year!!!!!#i need to say it to everyone i'm so fucking happy right now #i'm going.... i'm going!#and i'll send you a postcard <3 #very unrelated #this actually got me thinking about the forgotten tom/harry/severus au thing #like originally i couldn't decide if i wanted it to be omegaverse or not so it had omegaverse elements but i ended up dropping it #too busy y'know #i just love the combo of tom Jealousy riddle severus Insecurity snape and harry Make-a-fucking-effort potter :')))#put them all in the same room and watch them suffer etc etc #i'm soooo not a multishipper though most of the time so my vision of the characters is influenced by that #this is just making me think about the island time travel tomarry #like it must be in my reclist from last time so i won't give it again because i forget the title and i don't wanna go lookig for it rn #but yeah.#ANYWAY.#wow i have an asks tag now #fandom nerdery

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whoslaurapalmer · 2 years

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9, 16

9) what's your writing process like?

oh boy. well. buckle in

-get idea. and i say 'get idea' as in 'i am usually reading something or thinking about a character (or thinking about anything) that makes me think one specific thing about them that then makes me go, i think that would be interesting to explore in a fanfic.' (-i desperately wish i could write shorter/cuter things but a deeply-ingrained part of my writing process since college is long consideration of 'what is the point. why is it this story that matters. what does it mean what is it saying why is it here.' i'm definitely trying to work on 'shorter/soft times/just as meaningful but quieter-meaningful?' things, though! cause that's something specific to fanfic that fanfic allows you to do, because a lot of meaning and character is already there to be played around in, like you can just write a fic that's two characters cuddling or something and call it a day and it's EXCELLENT, and that should totally be taken advantage of.) -jot down, ideas, about the idea. little notes/brief vague scenes i want to work towards/lines that are going to become 'why is it this story that matters' -might rewatch/reread something from canon, if it's been a while or i want to fact check something. -FROM THIS POINT depending on how i'm imagining the length of the fic, it's either, my vague notes are enough because the fic is relatively short and doesn't move around a lot or need to accomplish Many Things, and i can just start writing it. sometimes words happen very quickly!!!!! sometimes they do not. -when i finish it, though, is completely up in the air. there's a lot of staring at my laptop, a lot of, i don't know what word comes next and that will stall me for many more months than is strictly necessary, a lot of rewriting/reworking what i already have -- which you should not do. you should just pile words up and then edit at the end, but i am a perfectionist and not always capable of doing that!!!!! -i do procrastinate a lot. often. -setting descriptions trip me up a lot, for the record. it's hard to write them well and in a way that doesn't.......show the machinery of the work. like in a way that doesn't draw attention to the fact that you set a sentence or scene up in a way where you need to describe the setting and it's what you're about to do. describing it organically (honestly describing ANYTHING organically) is something that i still find difficult and will make me stare at my laptop for a long, long time. -oh, character playlists!!!! i like to listen to character playlists if i'm writing that character or songs i think hit the vibe of the story. or a song i just like at the time. either way i'm almost always listening to music while writing. -eventually i get it done. usually it involves specifically sitting myself down to work on the thing and getting it done. but catching myself in the mood to do it helps, too. sometimes you should be in the mood to work on something specific. forcing out words isn't always great? sometimes it is because it makes me put words down and they're honestly better than i expect. but sometimes forcing words can just stress me out.

-IF IT'S NOT THAT SHORT, it needs more than just 'vague planning' and i need a much more solid idea of what's going to happen and when and why, and so much thinking about the theme, but it also depends on how much is involved in the plot. sometimes, i really need to plan something within an inch of its life because there's just stuff i have to have figured out and i have to know in order to make it go as smoothly as possible. -like, babybea fic, that followed a very straightforward structure (the beatrice letters) and i had like just a page where i wrote down a summary of each letter and how i thought babybea got there each time, and worked from there. and i had some characterization notes for her, and where i thought vfd was. -cat burglars was relatively short, but because it was built around a mystery, i had to know every detail about what created the mystery, so i just kept rewriting the plot in terms of like 'this is point a this is point b how do i get there (and where is the character growth going to happen/what will lead to that)' and figuring out something new each time until it all clicked together. -for folding mirror, there was SO MUCH to keep track of, plot-wise and character-wise, (and i had SO many false starts for the fic as i tried to figure out the best way to discuss what i wanted) that yeah i made a plot wall to help figure out plot points, why things mattered, what was the best way to get certain things done, and the order in which the scenes would play out. -for longer ones, yeah, i do have to Sit Myself Down and make myself work on it. and the more i do that the more i am actually In The Mood to try and make things happen in the fic?? because then i get really, really excited for what i'm going to write and i really want to do it. -i still sit around and stare at my laptop, though. only slightly more productively. (-if i'm REALLY stuck i will handwrite a scene. sometimes that helps.)

-i do try and leave room for editing bc editing is important. IDEALLY what you should do is read your writing out loud when you edit bc a lot of times that's the best way to catch clunky writing, but sometimes, you don't always have the space to read it out loud??? but i definitely try to make sure i reread it, at least, and at least once. by the end of a fic, though, like right before i post it, i usually HATE IT but i also feel like i've reread it enough that i've caught nearly everything i should have. building time into writing schedule/a deadline to like give it a couple days to sit and then edit it is also ideal because you hate it less. but i. usually do not give myself that much time. (-oh, editing also includes, for me, printing it out, ctrl+f-ing words in the document that i think i overused, and highlighting them in the printed version, and trying to cut some of them out when i go through and reread it and make other edits. typing up the edits and checking them off in the printed version is always very satisfying.) (i doodle a lot on the printed out version, too. the more doodles are on a page, the longer i worked on that scene, especially if it wasn't done by the time i printed it out.)

-i post it and try not to be to stressed about it. -personal satisfaction in a work is what matters the most. like i should be happy myself with the things i make without asking other people to confirm that it's good and worked out how i wanted it to. especially because like, in terms of publishing original fic, you don't get outside validation in the same way you do with fanfic. -BUT ANY OUTSIDE VALIDATION ISN'T GONNA MAKE ME FEEL BAD, THOUGH, YEAH???????????????? -fanfic especially is written with the thought of, someone else is going to read this, someone else needs to read this, even if i wrote it for me, and i want people to read this and talk about it because that is a KEY part of writing and sharing fanfic. -once someone has told me Yes, It's As Good As I Thought It Was, i reread it like i haven't just spent so much time stressing out over each individual word.

-A LOT OF THIS WORKS FOR ORIGINAL FIC TOO, it's still very much 'get idea, in some way. outline scene ideas/themes, vaguely. plan, if necessary, because some short ofic you can get through too without planning-planning. write??????'

16) do you reread old fics? is there a time in your writing you won't go back to?

oh, i definitely reread my old fics. it's embarrassing and terrible and i might just skim them because the embarrassment causes me Deep Physical Pain and Massive Psychic Damage, but i don't think there's a time i wouldn't go back to (as long as i have it, and like.....earlier than 2006, it's very hit or miss if i have it, but i remember a lot of it. and i'm missing my 2005-2008 poetry, cause i fucking forgot to save it) (save your stuff!!!! save it!!!!!!!!! save it!!!!!!! save everything!!!!!!!!!!) (i also just realized that i don't think i saved one fic from 2009 bc 2019!me, backing up her writing, didn't want to read it again!! 2022!me doesn't want to read it either but wishes she had it anyway, for the principle of the thing!!)

i think it's super beneficial to reread your old fics, even if they are embarrassing!!!! 1) it's part of your writing journey. we all start somewhere. and we all have really, really bad writing in our past because that's the only way you get better, by writing. like, no writer was immediately super great at writing. everyone has worked really really hard to get to where they are and are always still working to be even better and really old, really bad writing is part of this. 2) i try to remember that, like, when i read my old naruto fic, i thought it was SUCH HOT SHIT at the time. i thought it was great. i was so excited about it all the time!!!!! it meant so much to me to write it, and i loved writing it, and it's really, truly terrible writing but i loved it, at the time. 3) it's really great to see how much your writing has changed!!!!!! 4) it's ALSO really great to see like.......the kinds of themes you've carried with you. there's stuff i was writing about when i was younger that i'm still writing about, only better because of time and experience, but i think it's fascinating that a lot of the themes or topics were things i wrote about when i was younger, too. even if i did it really, really badly because i didn't know the right words to talk about those things. i think that's fun to realize. it doesn't make me feel like i've always been writing the same things, because i still haven't, it makes me feel like, there's things i've always loved thinking about and i can really get into them now and i think what i do now is something younger!me would be really happy to see.

#thank you vera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#THIS IS SOOOOOOO MANY WORDS BUT IF THERE IS ONE THING I CANNOT SHUT UP ABOUT!!! IT'S WRITING!!!!

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grumpyoldsnake · 3 years

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Tagged by: @ausp-ice here

Rules: Tag however many people you want to know better/catch up with and then answer these questions

Tagging: @zodiac-mage, @beefstatic, @spectralan0maly, @throughoutthestars, @quothreblogs, @novamoth, plus anyone tagged below. As ever, only if you feel like it; no pressure!

THREE SHIPS

Uhhhh I'm going to be honest, I don't ship things much. xD It's usually more a case of enjoying something in a particular work than a case of general "I want to see them together"-ness.

That said!

@it-refused sold me on Sans/Grillby with her Fired Up and Bone Weary series, years ago.

Garak/Bashir comes to mind mostly because I watched this video the other day, ahah.

I'm not sure if it counts when it's my own darned characters, but I am really enjoying writing Space/Ventro in the Abime Spire fic that I'm working on. xD It's just. Giant space monster cuddles are nice, ok.

[Image description: A messy digital illustration of a crab-bat monster and a dinosaur-centaur monster cuddling. End description.]

LAST SONGS LISTENED TO

It's not my normal fare, but I've been slowly putting together a playlist that's supposed to catch the general feel of what Diamond might like to listen to when he's working! So listening to it has been part of the process.

(...It's thoroughly limited by what songs I myself am familiar with. xD)

(Disclaimer: I also wouldn't really describe all the songs in the list as 'easy listening,' hah.)

CURRENTLY WATCHING

Ummmm shoot what have I been watching. Uh.

I've been giving a few episodes of the Ductales reboot a try this week.

I was also watching Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts -- got through the first two seasons a few months ago, still need to watch the third. I've been watching The Mandalorian some, when my parents have it playing. And I've been meaning to finish The Good Place some time, but it's been a year since I last picked it up. :'D

CURRENTLY READING

Ahahaha, lots of things! Pretty sure I've read more new stuff in the last 8 months than I had in the preceding 8 years, heh... I keep meaning to ramble about it. For now:

I just finished N.K. Jemisen's The Broken Earth trilogy, and I liked it a heck of a lot! It's definitely my favorite of the new stuff I've read recently. (I mean. Needless to say the subject matter is dark, but... goodness are they beautiful books.) (Also: geology magic! :D)

Some other things that I'm still in the process of reading:

Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings series

The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

I've been rereading bits of the Vorkosigan Saga here and there! Mostly just following along with @psqqa's own read-through. :)

And, lastly, there's always fanfic. xD

HOW’S IT GOING?

Eh. Well enough, I suppose! I'm coming out of a few weeks of anxiety & low mood, but I think I'm starting to get my feet under myself again. Certainly feeling better, even if my motivation is still low. Just gotta... fix the sleep schedule yet again, hah.

Drawing is going well, though! I've been trying to do daily concept thumbnails the past several days, and it's been a fun exercise. And I've been doing more active video calls with friends, which has been nice. :)

#tag games #life flails #my stuff

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dear-yandere · 3 years

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—ask collection!

a collection of mostly very old chats and sweet asks that i never got around to answering! thanks for the patience and love!!

beware, fairly long post... woops....

chat asks.

darling: Eu-jin is best boy. Change my mind.

vanya: i am physically incapable of fulfilling that request, how dare you do that to me... i’m biased since he’s my own oc, but i would die for my (very best) boy eu-jin... who can resist such a gentle yandere that loves you so whole-heartedly?

that reminds me! he’s actually based off of kuroyuki and gekkamaru from the otome nightshade, so if you want similar characters by any chance, do check them and the game out ♡

darling: I was watching the dub for Part 5 of JoJo's Bizarre adventure yesterday...Mista called himself Daddy and I like- sdfghjfgsdhnhnmj!! My heart can't take this--

vanya: WAIT HE DID???? i’m not even big on daddy kink and reading that made me go 😳 this is vital information to know... what episode was this??? for research purposes, of course. gotta perfect my yan! mista, after all~...

darling: for yandere songs, have you heard of the major to minor covers by chase holfelder :O? the way he delivers the lyrics in some songs (betty, all i want for christmas), added with the key changes to minor, is really fantastic, and gives a stalker-ish vibe imo! and he's a really good singer in general

vanya: i have!! a good chunk of them are actually on my personal yandere playlist, so i end up hearing them frequently when i’m writing!! i haven’t been keeping up with his uploads recently, so ‘betty’ is completely new to me and just, wow???????????? this man is an absolute god send for us “romantic” horror fans... ♡

this ask gave me such a lovely idea, though, darling: assigning yandere types/mbti based off each of chase’s minor key covers. i think i’ll do that just for you. ♡

darling @blossomiich: I reread some of your old character interaction asks and saw the one with Jotaro hugging his Darling after a panic attack and the elephant seal plush reminded me of the iconic C H O N K Y ringed seal plushie that was kinda trending and I can totally imagine Jotaro having one of those >w< that's so adorable!

vanya: i honestly don’t remember that interaction, but then again i don’t remember most things hmghng so i looked it up and

j...just imagine star plat hogging it and not letting joot cuddle with it 🥺 the duality of man...thank you for this cute image...

darling: Umm, sorry for asking this. I'm just curious because of your bio language in your header. Are you Chinese too, perhaps?

vanya: no worries!! i’m mixed guyanese (indian, chinese, & possibly black and/or portuguese), but my family only celebrates (or rather, acknowledges?) our indian descent, since the majority of our family is predominantly east indian.

my header is actually a quote from a danmei novel (and one of my all-time favorite fandoms), tiān guān cì fú (heaven’s official blessing)!

darling genki stan anon: Omg you're writing for free now, i didn't expect that one lol. It's a cute show innit? Not a nagi stan but I feel like nagisa has that kinda unsnapped personality that would make him peak delusional yandere material lolol like oikawa but less threatening and without his head being up his own ass 😂. Hope you're doing well!! -gsa

Gdjsjs im such a fool, i think my last ask said something about not thinking you'd write for free when i literally just pointed out kisumi on your sideblog LMAO my bad 😅 😂 also ill hold back on the gen chan requests because ive already asked so many in the past! Thank you though 🥺. Also feel free not to post this, it can just dip into my onesided chats with my lil flower 💐 so long as you receive them im fine 😌 -genki stan anon

vanya: nagisa isn’t my favorite (kisumi is), but gods if he wouldn’t make a great yandere. honestly, out of the iwatobi boys, nagi is probably the most unhinged. i wouldn’t peg him as delusional, at least not at first; i think he’s very lucid and knows exactly what he wants and how to manipulate people in order to get it!!! kisumi is fairly similar now that i think about it... i might... have a type...

please feel free to send in gen-chan requests whenever you want!!!! i’m kinda super asocial, so it’ll take me a while to answer, but i love getting asks from you since you’re so sweet and excitable!!! your little flower reads and cherishes them all!! 🥺

also darling genki stan anon: Sorry for spamming you with asks hdjkdks, u dont even need to reply im just kinda brain empty venting here whether you recieve them or not 😂 i just needed to confess that while yes i am #1 gen simp, and he is undoubtedly my fave oc of yours but that Ilya tentacle smut had me very much so highkey kinda 👀, had to re read the genki oral style drabble to bring my head back. He dont even need to worry about luca bc that man a thot. I think therin is a thot too but like lowkey, a classy thót -gsa

vanya: omg i’ve kept this one for forever mnmghngh i might’ve even answered at some other point, now that i think about it... but i just 🥺 gosh i hope i find my muse soon, because i really wanna write you a genki fic 🥺 hhhh

the ilya tentacle smut was so in character for that boy... i have no clue how to write monsters, much less tentacles, but i’d honestly do anything for him 🙏 kinky russian boy...

therin is definitely a classy thot, the kind that only bangs the finest concubines then turns around and slut shames you for banging the very same prostitutes gbfmngnfg rules don’t apply to him, in his kingdom...wish that were me tbh ✊😔

sweet asks.

darling one: i've read almost all of your dazai and chuuya fics and i love them so much!! your formatting is also super aesthetic just a question, i saw on your kofi that you also draw so i was wondering if you drew all the header arts?? bc they're all super pretty :) have a great day!

darling two: Just wanted to say love the writing and the way your format your posts is so aesthetically pleasing. One day I hope my posts looks half as good as yours because I legit can't get over how pretty and organized it looks.

vanya: omg thank you so much!!!! one of my bffs, yue, is to thank for the formatting and aesthetic choices, really! if you wanna see more of her aesthetic formats and posts, she actually runs a few blogs! you may know her as @milkscafe, formally @milkaaton! i adore her and her aes choices so much 🥺

as for the headers, i don’t draw 99.98% of them! i have drawn a couple, but they’re so few and far in between since i almost never finish my art wips haha... my older posts are lacking proper credits because i’m an absolute idiot, but i’m slowly working my way backwards to credit them all where possible! they’re all indeed super pretty!!!

have a great day yourself, my love!!

darling: THEY’RE NOT BAD CONTENT, I LOVE THEM ALL

vanya: this was in response to a now-deleted lil blurb but i kept it in my inbox because i wanted to say i love u very much and seeing this ask each time i open my inbox makes my heart skip a beat ♡

darling: Listen I love your writing, you inspired me to start it myself! I've always loved to write, and read of course but your style and concepts just stick with me. If you where to write something besides Yandere content/fandom content and started your own series? I would read the shit, out of it. I'm always nervous to interact with my favorite writers because you know, I'm afraid of the impression I'd leave but I just wanted to say this anyway! 💞💞💞🔫😳

vanya: wowowow fgfnmgnfmngfg that’s such a high compliment my brain just gmfnbgmnf go boom fogjfngnfg and thank you for the interaction, us writers truly appreciate it no matter how awkward or nervous you think you may be / come off!!!

darling one: As a writer, your post struck a nerve with me. I don’t send feedback to writers I like nearly as much as I should (and certainly not as much as I’d like in return as a writer). So, as such, I’m going to start doing that when I can, starting with you.

You are an incredible writer. You were one of the first yandere writing blogs I found and you’re still one I check in on regularly to see what you have been working on. You can portray a sense of suspense and intrigue in a natural way that many other writers - published ones included - struggle with. You delve into the darkness without it feeling forced, and you have an amazing grasp on the psyches of the characters you write for (which is a quality I adore in writing and strive toward myself).

I’m not great at ending these things so I guess.. you keep doing you? Because the you is great and I appreciate it.

darling two: hey. i'm here to tell you that from the bottom of my heart i love you and your writings. i really admire your writing skills. you inspire me. one of your posts once saved me from a nervous breakdown. thank you for everything you do. you're a wonderful person. good luck!

darling three: I wanted to tell you that thank you for writing such wonderful beautiful writings and that you take time to edit and write I hope you are taking care of yourself 💖❤

darling four: Thanks. I was having a hard time and deleted all my apps, but as soon as i opened my phone my first instinct was to look at your blog and i got my motivation back. Thanks (:

darling five: Hi ! I just wanted to say I really enjoy the stories you write and how they are detailed so well ! Stay safe and I hope you have a good day/night ! ლ(╹◡╹ლ)

vanya: ahhhh, these are very old asks mostly dating back to my “tumblr writing community is dying” post, and i’ve kept them this entire time because i’m just so starstruck. i have no clue how to reply to compliments, so i’m not sure what else to say besides that these asks made me very happy and got me through a few insecure moments!!! i’ve actually been feeling a little down about my writing recently, mostly because of lack of motivation / inspiration, so revisiting these really warmed my heart, so thank you truly ♡ i’m certainly keeping the originals in my inbox until the end of time!!

darling @monstrously-obsessed: psst, this local cryptic mom thing send all of their love for you 💕

vanya: your local herbo says she loves you very much momster 🥺 mwah

also, to the anon worried about my safety:

thank you so much for pointing that out!!! it hadn’t even crossed my mind when i made those ocs, so i appreciate your concern! i was contemplating revamping those two as is, so this is a great place to start! thank you again!!

#asks collection #not a fic #vanya rambles #[ vanya LITERALLY rambles ]#[ life's hard when you're this asocial i swear fgmnfgnmfg ]#[ now to answer concept asks ]

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spaceorphan18 · 4 years

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1-15 for the writers meme for ‘With Every Broken Bone.’ (I’m in a rereading mood for fanfic and I’m thinking about rereading this). Also you know I love this one!!

Aww thank you dear <3 Now I won’t shut up about process and the ins and outs of writing, lol...

1: What inspired you to write the fic this way?

When season 6 came along, admittedly, I had a really hard time reconciling going from a happy ending in season 5 to broken in season 6. And writing about it kind of was an interesting cross-section of therapy and analysis. While I was figuring out the timeline of events -- I noticed that there were some interesting parallels/juxtapositions going on, and because I thought I may not be writing more Klaine fic after this one (ha) I might as well take my own spin on a few famous portions of Klaine’s story.

2: What scene did you first put down?

I tend to write chronologically, so the opening flashback scene was probably first. I can’t fully remember. I did have a whole outline, though, before writing.

3: What’s your favorite line of narration?

Hmmm, I’m not entirely sure, since a lot of the specific narration I don’t remember as much anymore. I do love the entire month of June chapter, though, which is mostly narration. I love that it’s Kurt finally getting what he thought he wanted -- to be alone -- and finding himself through that, but also that even he can experience loneliness when having too much distance from everyone else.

Also early in the story when Kurt goes dancing with a guy and he starts to connect to him -- feeling Blaine through him -- only to realize the dude isn’t Blaine and basically has a panic attack. That moment was always really clear in my head, and I liked writing that one.

4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?

Oh, ha, it’s, like, my favorite line of dialogue ever, cause it’s a delightful metaphor for Klaine’s story at the time (And I’m sure people aren’t really that impressed with what I find clever, and are sick of me quoting myself, but I’m still amused by it)

“You know what it’s like? It’s like I stubbed my toe. And my toe hurt. A lot. And I tried to ignore the pain in my toe, but after a while it got so bad that something had to be done. So, instead of taking care of my toe, I chopped off my foot. Do you know how much worse chopping off your foot feels? Of course it took me four months to figure out how much it fucking hurts. And now I don’t have a foot. Just a bloody stump. I shouldn’t have cut it off. I could have fixed the toe.”

In addition, I also really enjoy some of the convos with Mercedes -- the one where she’s discussing her break up with Sam, and how, in a way, the two break ups are similar. I also love the July flashback with Mercedes -- because it foreshadows a lot of the story, and I thought it was rather clever.

5: What part was hardest to write?

The July chapter! Oh god, I think I had most of the rest of the fic done and kept having to put that on pause. I wanted Kurt to have another romantic interest during the summer - and get a sense of what casual relationships are like, and discover what he’s like in relationships that aren’t with Blaine. And to have to do that, set it up, pay it off, go through the whole thing and have it be meaningful was really hard. It took a long time to figure it out.

Not as difficult, but still I found challenge with, the flash back to the first break up. Trying to figure out how Kurt felt differently, and exploring how it was a different thing in a short amount of time was difficult.

The September flashback was difficult, too, because I needed Blaine to be frustrated without being too needy, or too much a bad guy. I know betas and talking it out helped a lot on that one.

6: What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?

This was my first big fic for Glee, and the first one where I felt like I was a decent writer. It also helped me figure out Kurt and the show in a way that I hadn’t before, and I love the character more from writing it.

7: Where did the title come from?

The lyrics of ‘I Lived’ -- I thought it was a nice touch that it was the last song on the show, and it fit with story I was trying to tell.

8: Did any real people or events inspire any part of it?

Yes! A lot of my experiences of New York I wrote into it here and there.

Also the story about thunder being god bowling. I had a cousin who used to tell me that so it didn’t seem so scary.

9: Were there any alternate versions of this fic?

Not really? The only big thing I cut out was an extension of the stuff with June Dalloway in chp 3 (?) -- my betas talked me into cutting that way down, and they were right to do so.

10: Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story?

I mean, well, they’re who I write. The pairing picked the story.

11: What do you like best about this fic?

I really love the story it explores with Kurt in it. I’m proud of how Kurt grows in it, and how I feel it does bridge the two seasons nicely. I really love how it gets deep into Kurt’s psyche -- drawing on canon as much as I could to paint a full picture of who he is. I think he’s a fleshed out and flawed character, and he feels real to me in this one.

I also really love that I was restrained in my use of Blaine -- he’s a ghost that haunts this story, and I was fascinated with the idea. I think it really comes through. Blaine is always there, even when he’s not, even when Kurt’s trying hard to move on. You miss Blaine in the story, but that’s intentional -- because Kurt deeply misses Blaine.

12: What do you like least about this fic?

There are still some parts that feel a little clunky to me. Certain sections that maybe go on too long, or not long enough. I can tell it’s an earlier fic of mine -- I could have worked on better and more concise sentence structure in a lot of places. I could have fleshed a few ideas out. And the October chapter, which is all of season 6, goes on a little too long -- and it feels slightly out of place, but I knew it did even when writing it -- I’m not sure how I’d re do it, but it feels slightly different than the rest of the fic.

I give myself a lot of leeway because it was my first time writing one, but the sex scene was a bit on the simple side. It felt more like an obligation - and I was super scared to write it, and basically my betas had to help me construct it cause I had no idea what I was doing and felt funny writing it.

I also think the Nov. flashback is a little too cheesy, but I was trying to get in all the last minute canon references, so I left it in there.

13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn’t listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?

Yeah, I had a whole playlist for this one!!

Chapter 1 (March): Teenage Dream - Darren Criss

Chapter 2 (April): Shake it Out (Acoustic) - Florence and the Machine

Chapter 3 (May): Rockstar - A Great Big World

Chapter 4 (June): I Shall Believe - Sheryl Crow

Chapter 5 (July): Daydream Believer - Mary Beth Maziarz

Chapter 6 (August): Dream City - Free Energy

Chapter 7 (September): Head Over Feet (Acoustic) - Alanis Morissette

Chapter 8 (October): Halo - Beyonce

Chapter 9 (November): I Live - Fate Under Fire

Each of the chapters kind of had a musical aesthetic going on with it! Also intentional were the use of Kurt solos as chapter titles -- those paired along with each chapter purposely.

14: Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic?

I have no idea - that’s up to them to get anything out of it.

15: What did you learn from writing this fic?

I did! I learned a lot about writing (which having a few fantastic betas really be strict with my writing helped a lot). I got myself out of some bad habits, and tried to be more introspective than I had been with previous writings. And I just felt like I stepped up when it came to writing. I think this is far from a perfect piece of writing, but I’m proud of how it turned out.

I also learned a lot about Kurt, he became a part of me writing this, and now his story is much more special to me than it had been before. And I learned a lot about Glee -- how it is as a show, and how it works, cause I looked at the structure of canon, and how it was written.

#gorgxoxus #thanks so much! I could talk endlessly about this one! :)#that's how s.o. sees it

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INKED - TioStyles

We all know how hard it is to find new writers on tumblr (let’s face it, it’s hard to do anything on tumblr these days), and that sometimes means talent gets buried. So, as two writers, we wanted to do something to highlight the wonderful talent the Harry Styles fandom has.

If you’d like to take part, or you have a writer you’d like to see get some recognition, fill out this handy form HERE! Please don’t be shy about putting yourself forward, this isn’t a popularity contest, this is about you and your writing being found. We’re also on Wattpad so if you have an author on there you’d like us to talk to, feel free to suggest them.

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Our author this round is @tiostyles!

You can find their writing here: TUMBLR

When did you start writing?

I started writing stories when I was in like second grade, pretty much falling in love with it right there at 8 years old. But I started writing fanfic when I was in middle school.

Tell us your 1D/Harry origin story.

I saw a photo of Harry on Tumblr in like 2010/2011 and I genuinely thought he was someone else so I paid no mind, but then I saw them more and more and looked them up and watched the WMYB video and the rest is history. I stuck with Harry, though, because I was actually already hyping up his solo career to my friend after Zayn left and I’m glad he didn’t disappoint 2015 me.

Tell us why Harry is your muse.

The most important reason is that I find myself relating to him a lot and he’s honestly helped me, over the past 8 years, become a better person.

Do you tell people you write fanfic? Do you tell people you write at all?

No. I tell people I like to write my free time, but that’s it.

Do you have a writing playlist, or do you need complete silence to write?

I don’t have a playlist but I do usually listen to music when I write because I find a lot of inspiration in the sounds mostly and I use the vibes of songs to help with setting the tones of stories.

Favorite thing you’ve ever written?

I don’t think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written, but my story (The Heart) Wants What It Wants is definitely my favorite. I have gone back and reread it so many times and I think about it all the time lol.

Name your favorite things you've ever read, fanfiction and non-fanfiction.

For fanfiction, one that sticks out is this really old Liam fic that I’ve read multiple times called Rescue Me by @some1dfanfiction on tumblr. Another one I loooove that is a one-shot called In The Morning by @stylesunchained. Another favorite is The Golden Hour by standingfacingwest.

For non-fanfiction, my all-time favorite book is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

Do you lean toward one genre over others? What are your favorites?

In the fan fiction realm, I tend to read more enemies to lovers because it’s my absolute favorite (if that is considered a genre?) but in general, I do lean a little more toward contemporary and sometimes fantasy, depending on my mood. I really love historical fiction and I don’t read enough of it. I’ve also come to enjoy more non-fiction things as well like biographies and case studies.

Do you have a fixed plan of what you’re going to write, or do you just see where the story takes you?

Try to have somewhat of a plan, but I don’t always and sometimes even when I do plan things out, I tend to change things as I write so my process is a little bit of an unorganized mess, not really completely one way or the other.

Is there a schedule you follow in terms of when you write? Or are you more impulsive and just write where and when you can?

Impulsive. I tried doing a schedule and fell behind. I’m just not someone who can write whenever, I definitely struggle with motivation.

Are your stories driven by plot or character?

I think they’re mostly driven by character. I spend a lot of time on dialogue and actions more than anything else and trying to actively convey a character based on what they say and do rather than descriptions.

Some readers are wary of leaving feedback because they’re unsure how the writer will take it, how do you personally like to receive feedback? Do you want to be critiqued, or would you like to just know if they did or didn’t enjoy what they’ve read?

I would definitely welcome any kind fo feedback as long as it isn’t non-constructive hate. I want to know if they liked it or not but I also want to know why. And I especially love when people quote parts of the story in their feedback that they really enjoyed. This is pretty cliche, but it really is just very heartwarming to know that something I created has affected someone in any way.

Do you use a beta? If so, feel free to give them a shout out! How do they help you?

I don’t, but I definitely should! I was lucky enough to have @verorax helping me with my 1dffexchange last year and she really made such huge differences in my writing and made my own editing better because I tend to not write in the simplest way possible. So, now I’m always looking at sentences that sound weird and trying to figure out how to say it in more concise ways.

Is writing a hobby or do you have aspirations of writing professionally outside of fanfiction?

It is just hobby and I’ve always said I’d love to write a book one day, but I don’t think it would ever be my career.

Do you post your writing in other places? Where do you you find to be the best place for your work?

I’ve posted on Wattpad only recently, but I’m still pretty faithful to Tumblr. I’m not really sure where the best place is to be honest. I’m still testing the waters with Wattpad at the moment.

Favorite writing trope?

Enemies to lovers. Of course I found a way to already have answered this question.

AU or OU?

AUs. I enjoy creating my own worlds and giving my own personality traits to the face claims I choose rather than being restricted to how, for example, Harry might actually behave based on what we know about him. No hate OUs though, I still like them too!

Preferred types of writing: Blurbs, short stories, or full fics?

Full fics, even though I don’t write them enough. I like creating OFCs and really going deep into developing their personality. I, once again, tend to feel little restricted when I do shorter things with a Y/N instead, even though I do those a lot more often lol

Do you draw anything from your personal life? What inspires your subject matter?

All the time. I think my main inspiration is my own experiences and it always tends to turn out better when I write about something I know because I can be really detailed without worrying that I’m wrong. But, I also get a lot of inspiration from movies and music. For example, in my story Counting Stars, the concept for it is pretty heavily inspired by a mix of outside sources, like the song it’s named after by One Republic, the movies Pursuit of Happiness, Coyote Ugly, and (a little bit) The Basketball Diaries.

What’s your purpose for writing? What do you hope to accomplish?

I just hope to be able to write something that someone can get so lost in that it inspires them to create something of their own.

And finally, do you have any advice or tips for fellow fanfiction writers?

Just to have fun with it and not get so bogged down by lack of recognition. I know how hard it is, I still see lack of notes or feedback and doubt myself all the time, but it’s something I’m trying to get better at. Because even if only one person likes what you write, that person still matters and you’ve still affected them enough for them to come and tell you how much they liked what you wrote and that’s what should be the most important. Not whether or not you have 1,000+ notes on something. Also, I would encourage everyone to step out of your comfort zones every now and then and write something you wouldn’t normally, or take a popular trope and really make it your own. It’s really good practice on getting better with writing!

#writing #Harry Styles Fan Fiction #harry styles fic #harry fic #harry styles fiction #fanfiction #one direction #one direction fanfiction #1d #1d fanfic #interview #inked #inked interviews #inked authors

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Hope you're well, my friend! Sending you love! I'm so curious about your writing process, would you mind telling us more about it?

Thank you~ I hope you're doing well too♡ Lots of love!

My writing process sometimes varies depending on the project. For certain ones I draw up an outline for the fic then create notes for character development and world building. A few fics I wing it entirely. Others I have a very basic idea of where I want them to end up but have very limited outlining.

In the cases of the fics with pretty limited to no outline, when I sit down to work on each chapter I do create plotpoints that I want to get through in the chapter. This allows me to know if I need to research anything or go back to reread previous chapters/scenes for consistency and because of foreshadowing I know I litter throughout. Once I have this done, I can generally guesstimate how long the chapter will be wordwise. I use this to help me decide which projects to work on since I have multiple ongoing pieces.

I brainstorm scenes in the shower or bath a LOT. The heat helps me to relax/gets my mind off any physical discomfort. Because of this I have a waterproof phone case and also use googledocs to create more notes and/or write out rough drafts of scenes. There are occasions where I listen to music for the same effect. Some songs are character-based and others revovle around the plot. I have personal playlists for some of my projects. For others I listen to songs that remind me of either Kylo or Hux mostly. (For my original, I have individual character playlists)

While writing I normally have snacks with me as well as water and either coffee or diet pepsi. Gotta keep hydrated! Then the caffeine helps with my headaches and the snacks ensure I eat /something/ because otherwise I can go a full day without realizing I haven't eaten.

Lately I try to get 500-1k words done per day. I used to be able to do 3-8k each day. This is why over the years there has been a drop in my update frequency. It's one of those things, though, where I have noticed that if I push myself to do that amount of writing the quality goes downhill. Occasionally I can do it naturally still. To me, though, quality over quantity is better. At times when I am stuck on a scene regarding how a character will react, I rewatch either clips or interviews with that character or character's actor. Study facial expressions and body language as best I can. Other times I have a few friends who are kind enough to look over the scene and let me throw various reactions I feel work at them. They help me find what best suits the scene. Then there are times when I am multitasking by writing while watching a TV show so I just zone into the show. Which at times ends my writing for the day, otherwise it gives me time to brainstorm then try out different things on the draft. There are some fics where I have two versions of a chapter that are vastly different from one another. I feel it's worth the extra time to flesh out a set of ideas to compare them instead of relying on mental renditions depending on the importance of the scene.

I can be a moody writer in that if a scene is very emotional, I get close to crying or get angry. In a very "don't interrupt me" sort of mindset. Moreso when it's a cope fic or something I have experienced or seen someone I care for go through.

For editing, I sometimes edit as I go. This is partly because I write out of order at times. Otherwise once the chapter is done I look it over for errors and inconsistencies. Sometimes I miss them. There are a few fics that I need to go back and edit them due to instances where I really did not edit. Plus human error of not catching a mistake no matter how many times you go over a document.

I think that's about it~

#just thoughts #writing process

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Thank you for tagging me @cosmicmingi ! I'll tag @san--shine, @wonderlandsobsession and @fantastic-bby and whoever of my writing followers/mutuals wants to fill this out 👀👀 tag me if you do!

1)Okay so Against The Tide was such a hassle for me because I couldn't settle on one name and I resulted in a twt poll and asking my server of kpop friends for their opinions. Alternative titles were Quantum Immortality (from a theory and a Crywolf song), Through the Sea of Time (a pokemon mystery dungeon song, one of my faves), and Through the Eighth Sea (suggested to me by Alma. Bc the "Eighth Sea" is the sea of time. Get it? 8 ateez members, 1 sea to represent them all? Yeaaaaa-)

2) Okay so its so funny because it came before Wonderland even came out, but All Eyes On Me came as soon as I thought of the concept of an ot8 fic centered around Yeosang bc of him being shy and such. That's why there's a lot of cameras and depictions of Yeosang being especially excited at being watched, so I felt it fit perfectly

3) so I made that AtT playlist (didn't realize the mofo was 6 hours long, jfc that might be why nobody's commented on the songs yet), and I'll just say I listen to a lot of Babymetal and Crywolf when I write. Not just AtT, but in general. Babymetal obviously for the "fie's on her anime fight scene bullshit" and Crywolf for my emotionally challenging (aka fucking HEARTBREAKING) scenes or scenes in general that have a more muted, down to earth feel to them.

4) As far as Ateez goes, I always have an abundance of fun writing Seonghwa and Yunho, tbh. Night Shift has me spoiled and now I'm in love with writing Seonghwa as a sarcastic, slightly passive aggressive being who's honestly just a big softie for those he loves and Yunho...Yunho has a heart of gold and I adore him uwu

5) Jongho is probably the hardest to write for me because I don't want to typecast him as this nonchalant, emotionless smartass, yknow? I wanna give him depth other than "big strong maknae boi" but I feel I might have to do a bit better to write him truer to his actual personality

6) In All Eyes On Me, San and Yeosang's little cat and mouse game wasn't supposed to take over but I-and a lot of other people-enjoyed the dynamic of Yeosang building his confidence, all while San was getting exceedingly more hungry/sneaky. So definitely San so far.

Though Yunho is creeping up in AtT and yall will see more of that in the near future 👀

7) Reoccurring themes...at risk of sounding like a nut, the stories I put the most time and love into are ones like Against the Tide or for those who have read some of my BTS works, Still Standing. Fics that have intricate stories and characters feel real emotional, mental, and physical trials, but eventually they overcome. I do write these with supernatural, fantasy, and/or sci-fi twists bc i love those genres so much, but I just enjoy writing fics that make me and my readers go through the emotional motions.

8) I've honestly stayed away from hybrid fics for so long bc of how a lot of them sre linked to ABO fics that are written in very...high key problematic and exploitative manners, but thanks to Skunk San, I'm definitely gonna get back into writing hybrid fics. Or at least a oneshot. Idk man I'm giving him a tail. Bitches love tails. It's me, I'm bitches.

9) I want to get better at making people laugh with scenes without making it seem forced. I've gotten lucky enough to have some people tell me they've laughed from my works and some scenes, so I'm hoping to throw some more giggles in for everyone without forcing it and ruining a scene. Plus we need something to counter all this damn angst.

10) Imagery. Again, back on my anime bullshit, but I've had a lot of people, both close friends and readers, tell me through the years that they can visibly see some of the scenes so visually. From the fighting, to the love making, a lot of people have complimented me on my visuals and descriptive imagery so I'm kinda confident in it c:

11) I know its early, but I'd love to see Against the Tide illustrated. My dream has always been to have something I've written, whether a scene or just my characters, drawn out. Its a little easier since the boys (almost) all have their halloween stages for their demon forms and such. I wish I were a better artist tbh. I'd love to draw some scenes from future chapters I have in my head.

12) I'm gonna pull from my BTS side for this and say Still Standing. Its already based off of a show (sense8) and it would be so neat to see sense8 but with a superpower twist to it~

13) I'd probably cameo in any given fic as that one person in the bg that disses some antagonist to the main charas in passing just bc they're assholes and they aint shit.

14) Hmm...i had an old wrestling fic eons ago that was a hybrid fic. I'd love to revamp it and clean up the wild storyline and make it a kpop fic tbh. It had potential and it incorporated a lot of mythology and I used it as a way to show people about some mythos they may not have been familiar with but I got too ambitious and it went all over the place. I'd like to make it over now that I'm more focused and mature in following my plot.

15) I honestly don't have one off the top :o I never thought about remixing someone else's fic or anything like that.

16) I don't often write about things I'm not comfortable writing with, but I'll probably say my casually unnamed wrestling fic comes close since I was in a very bad headspace at the time and poured a lot of my trauma into the story. It's… graphic. And I probably won't feel comfortable writing that type of content so vividly anymore. So hooray growth?

17) I've never written an incubus fic to to completion, but @fantastic-bby makes me wanna try 👀

18) Honestly I adore the concept of sensates so much (from the show Sense8, and my BTS fic, Still Standing) and I'd love to revisit it but I'm not quite sure how to do it without making it too similar 😔

19) Both of them are BTS fics, but I've reread @haylokitteh We Need You and @readbeneaththelines Professor's Pet 🥵🥵

20) Hm..that's a hard one because I like to branch out to a lot of genres so it depends on what I'm trying to describe. But since I have to choose, I'll say Against the Tide, since I'm pouring a lot of love and care into this and I intend on showing you all full spectrum of what I can do with it.

#tagged #fie chatters

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ladyfl4me · 5 years

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I’m planning an Indruck fic right now as something to chip a way at to relax between class work and I was wondering if you have any advice? I have all of it looking pretty mapped out down to the chapters it’s more because this is the first fic I’ve written and plan to share I’m pretty nervous tbh!

hell yeah, that’s awesome! it’s great to hear that you’re planning on sharing it. i’ve been using tmwciftc in a similar way over the past few months, as a way to destress/move away from shit in my life, so i think it’s a great idea that you’re planning on doing this!

that being said, don’t let it consume your life to the point that it also becomes stressful. some of my friends can attest that - especially around chapters 10, 11, and 12, when the bombshells of arc 3 began to be dropped - i was going apeshit over the plot because i didn’t know how to make it fit with canon. it was becoming the only thing i thought about, and i needed a break. having a plan definitely helps. because then you at least know where you’re going, and you don’t have to stress out over what’s going to happen next. it’s good that you have the chapters mapped out, because then you have some kind of framework to go off of!

there’s some stuff i do that really tends to help. this got kind of long, so i’ll give you a quick summary, and then throw my explanations under a read more. i hope this helps

i read other people’s stuff

i listen to other mcelroy content outside of taz

i read transcripts

i listen to music

i take full advantage of the tagging system and my networks

sometimes - like, a solid 70% of the time - i get lost and don’t know what to say or do with the characters. it comes out like “duck jumped” or “ned said” or “the moon was big and large,” and it’s not flowing the way i want it to. when that happens, i take a break from writing and read some stuff that i know will be able to hold my attention. for example, i was really tied up over chapter 14 a few weeks ago because the words were sticking in a major way, so i went and reread American Gods and Good Omens to give my brain a break. not only was i not focusing on writing 24/7, but i also picked up some style and pacing tips that helped me figure out how to make the scene move. reading other stuff gives your brain a break and can give you tips for how to keep going.

that’s what i do for plot when i get lost. when i get lost with the characters, i go back to the source: i read transcripts and listen to other mcelroy podcasts. reading the transcripts, though, is like doing research: you have the facts laid out for you, you can skim back and forth in a simple way, you can see in an instant how characters act without having to slog through the actual dialogue of gameplay. that helps me cement characterizations and stuff after my first listen-through. when i’m done with planning a chapter, i’ll usually go back and listen again to get a grip on dialogue one last time, and maybe to do outside theorizing with friends. this is by no means an exhaustive strategy; you can listen to taz episodes as often as you like, if you need to get certain things down/if your fic is heavily reliant on canon elements to proceed. whatever works for you!

listening to other mcelroy podcasts is a good twofold strategy: it gives your brain a break, and it also lets you marinate in the mcelroy lexicon. you get access to juicy turns of phrase, speech patterns, senses of humor, and other things that typically remain consistent throughout their other podcasts. i’ve listened back to episode 229 of mbmbam in the past two months, and there have been a lot of interesting things i’ve picked up.

for example, mbmbam griffin is different from wonderful griffin and taz griffin, but there are similar threads of humor and emotion that are present in each podcast he does. same goes for travis and justin. the cool thing about the DnD format is that these characters - be they from amnesty, balance, committment, dust, or anything else they do - are an extension of the people playing them. travis has stated that he directly draws on elements of himself and the people in his life to play aubrey and magnus; he is the most obvious example of how the boys are connected to their characters.

i can’t speak for the other mcelroys - real people cannot be subject to the same standards of analysis as literary characters - but there is a human element embedded in these characters that is unique from other pieces of media. listening to other podcasts can give you some vocabulary for TAZ dialogue that might be helpful, and also you might get a good brain break.

also - music helps. music helps me a lot. you mentioned that you have the chapters outlined already; if times get tough while writing, or even before they do, you can go through spotify’s film scores collections and see if there’s something that strikes your fancy. with the tmwciftc playlist, i pick songs that have a specific mood, or can possibly be played in the background as the score, or - as was the case with the start of chapter 14 and the middle of 16 - are actually in the chapter. composing your own “movie score” for a fic can be a) a good brain break, and b) can make some of the emotional complexities of your scenes deeper.

once the fic is underway, there’s the daunting task of publicity. getting people to read the story can be tough sometimes. what i usually do is post on ao3, then post on tumblr - with a quick description, and using as many tags as apply (character, ship, fandom, usually) - and then yeet the tumblr link at my friends in discord servers. if you’re not on discord, publishing links just on tumblr is more than okay.

in either case, when you’re sharing the fic, at the end of the day it’s a story you wrote. it’s a part of you that you created, no matter how small or silly or terrifying. before you wanted to post it for the world to see, it was a story that you wanted to tell. just remember that. this is a story that you want to tell, and it is a story that someone will hear, even if that someone is just you. but you’re going to be amazing, and i bet this story will be too.

i hope this helped! if you have any more questions, feel free to send in any you have. thank you so much for the ask!

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3, 4, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 49,50, 51

3. What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?ncis! the whole fandom experience was so formative for me, i was in it for such a long time. i made so many amazing friends and met so many amazing people who i still talk to and who are still v important to me today. everyone was also just very talented and supportive and inclusive.

4. Do you regret getting involved in any fandoms?

yeah honestly

21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote?

ooh, hm. that’s hard tbh. the first one i published was a fluffy tiva fic in 2008. i think before that i had written something for sweeney todd though (big lol)

24. What fic do you desperately need to rewrite or edit?

all of them lol. maybe say its only a paper moon just because it feels really rushed and if i could id go back and pace it better.

25. What’s your most popular fanfic?

a tiva smut fic lol.

27. What do you hate more: Coming up with titles or writing summaries?

neither really bother me a whole lot tbh. maybe summaries?

28. If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of?

maybe say its only a paper moon. art of that would be so nice bc of the era + style. there are a few chloe Looks and some scenes that are vivid in my mind that would be cool to see. maybe them on the couch in becas apartment. if only i had an ounce of talent lol

29. Do you have a beta reader? Why/Why not?

most of the stuff i’ve published hasn’t been beta read. some of my old ncis stuff i had a friend who’d read through it i think, but none of my published b*chloe stuff has been beta read. mostly just because i didn’t know anyone who i trusted to. it doesn’t really seem super necessary to me anyway.

30. What inspires you to write?

idk. thoughts, pictures, songs!

32. Do you listen to music when you write or does music inspire you? If so, which band or genre of music does it for you?

yeah totally. honestly an important part of my writing process is creating a playlist of songs that fit the vibe of what i’m going for, and then i’ll listen to that while i write.

33. Do you write oneshots, multi-chapter fics or huuuuuge epics?

one shots mostly. i don’t have the emotional stamina to stick around for multichaps no matter how much i want to lol

40. What do you struggle the most with in your writing?

doing it lol. i have adhd so sustaining focus is really difficult for me. thats why i dont have a high output. i also dont make much progress bc i get bogged down with perfectionism and rereading/reworking everything every five seconds so it becomes a daunting task real quick and i get sick of it and abandon projects

49. Do you care if people comment/reblog your writing? Why/why not?

i mean yeah, of course. i want to know what people think. i think most people would care about feedback to a degree because it lets you know if you’re on the right track. and the whole thing around fan culture is that we love to interact and engage about the things that we love, so existing in a vacuum, esp when you put a lot of work into something, gets pretty boring.

50. How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction?

I honestly don’t actually know. I think a friend introduced it to me? ff.net was definitely my first foray and i was quite young, like 11 or 12 lol.

51. Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!

hmm. when people take ppls ideas and dont credit them at all. very unfair and inconsiderate!

thanks for the qs !! x

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Thanks to the lovely @bitsandbobsandstuff for taking the time to answer these! Get to know more about lovely Kris, go give her a follow and then show her some love!

These questions are from this list. You should check it out, there’s 50 questions all together and they’d be great to ask your favorite fic writer!

1) How old were you when you first starting writing fan-fiction?

Looking back, my first attempt at fanfic was probably when I was 11-years-old and I couldn’t wait for the next ‘Babysitters Club’ book to come out, so I wrote my own story. I think it featured Stacey McGill and horses. I really fucking wish I could find it… But honestly, I didn’t really understand the world of fanfiction until I joined Tumblr. So outside of those little forays when I was younger, I’d say it was last year when I realised it was a thing I could do and people might be interested, so let’s say my 30s.

2) Do you prefer writing OC’s or reader inserts? Explain your answer.

When it comes to fanfic, I prefer Reader inserts. They feel more inclusive and frankly, even as a writer it can be easier to imagine myself in the shoes of the reader character (so I can understand their thoughts and feelings and motivations), if I don’t have a specific name attached to them.

5) When is your preferred time to write?

Either first thing in the morning (coffee and morning air are excellent inspiration) or Saturday afternoons.

6) Where do you take your inspiration from?

Constant reading. I’m that nerd at the bus stop or waiting at the movie theatre or walking down the street with my nose in a book. I also try to draw on real life experiences/ situations when I can, it gives stories more texture.

7) In your Safe With Me fic, what’s your favorite scene that you wrote?

I’m going to be cheeky and say it’s a tie – the dance scene in Chapter 8 and the trigger scene in Chapter 15. The realisations they both had within the few minutes of their dance together felt like such a great payoff for everything up until that point, and I loved imagining Bucky in that black suit (and I just love that song ‘Run to you’). The trigger scene was so much fun just to resurface and/ or create all Bucky’s memories, especially the ones with the Soldier…they were like mini-stories of their own.

8) Have you ever amended a story due to criticisms you’ve received after posting it?

Nope. Everyone has a different vision and every story is unique for a reason.

9) Who is your favorite character to write for? Why?

Clearly, I’m such a sucker for Bucky Barnes. 😊 His character has been through so many things over his lifetime, you can take him in a hundred directions and they can still feel true to source material (both MCU and comics). He can be a battle-weary soldier or a sassy little shit, and it all links back to some iteration of his personality at some point in his life – whether pre-WW2, Winter Soldier days, or now. I’d like to branch out and try others (or maybe other fandoms) at some point, but I’m content with him for now.

11) How did you come up with the title for the Safe With Me?

I knew I wanted the title to be a line of dialogue, because I like the symmetry of finding titles inserted in a story, and I knew I wanted it to be something ‘safety’ related, since that was the theme of the story. In Chapter 3, Bucky gives the reader a little speech at the end, telling her he’ll do anything he needs to protect her, and after re-working that a little, I came up with the ‘you’re safe with me’ line, and that became the title!

12) How did you come up with the idea for Safe With Me?

I wanted to try a series for a long time, but was always so intimidated by the idea - I’m blown away by the writers on here who do so many series, the time it takes is nuts. For SWM, there were certain themes I personally wanted to find in a story - what it means to be safe, how sometimes evil people can live right next to you, the importance of mental health...all those concepts were used as foundations to the story and the colour was created around them. Sometimes things went in the direction I wanted, sometimes they took unexpected left turns as I was writing - I think you really have to be okay being led by your gut sometimes. Things like lemon drug or Tony’s tech or changing the purpose of the trigger words were random ideas that fell into place. My brain is a weird place to be sometimes.

14) Are there any stories that you’ve written that you’d really love to do a sequel to?

I’ve thought about doing something else with ‘Bless me father’ (still the strangest, weirdest, dirtiest story I’ve written) maybe a prequel or sequel, but still mulling over ideas.

16) Tell me about another writer(s) who you admire? What is it about them that you admire?

There are so many on Tumblr I love, but three in particular I would point out.

@a-splash-of-stucky: Elsa is a literal poet. The way she writes, the images she conjures and phrases she uses, are beyond gorgeous.

@justreadingfics: Ally can set up a scene like you wouldn’t believe. I am also in continual awe of someone who can write so beautifully when it’s not their first language.

@4luvofall: Cristina nails the dialogue every single time. Her characters are always a little sassy and a little funny, and I want to go drinking with them (and her). Outside of Tumblr, my favourite book is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and I would be happy to read Harry Potter every day for the rest of my life.

17) Do you have a story that you look back on and cringe when you reread it?

No stories, although sometimes I’ll read old dialogue or descriptions and roll my eyes a little! I think it’s important to read your old stuff and recognise how far you’ve come or how your style has changed.

18) Do you prefer listening to music when you’re writing or do you need silence?

I have a writing playlist that is mostly Sigur Ros and Sleeping at Last, with a heavy dose of movie soundtracks like Lord of the Rings. But sometimes, I put headphones in and just listen to silence.

19) Have you ever cried whilst writing a story?

I’ve gotten a little emotional at points, but never full on cried. I have sobbed like a baby while reading though, good lord.

20) Which part of your Safe With Me fic was the hardest to write?

I think the club scene in Chapter 12 was the hardest. The idea was to use the scenery and secondary characters and music to build the tension through the course of the night, until everything collapsed. Finding the right flow and making sure it didn’t feel too rushed was really hard, it took me a long time to work through.

21) Do you make a general outline for your stories or do you just go with the flow?

I tend to make an outline. For one-shots, it’s never long – just listing out the key points and scenes I want to hit. For SWM it was long – the outline was more than 15,000 words. Admittedly, I’m somewhat Type A, so I need structure to function. 😊

23) Do you have a story that you feel doesn’t get as much love as you’d like?

Probably my first Stucky story, ‘The language of a kiss’. I was hesitant to post it – it wasn’t long after I read ‘Not easily conquered’ which was one of the most mind-blowing literary experiences of my life. I love the story and have gotten lovely comments on it, but I think AO3 tends to be a better place for Stucky stories, Tumblr leans more toward Reader insert.

25) Are any of your characters based on real people?

Yes! The reader for ‘Safe with me’ was based heavily on yours truly! Most of her dialogue came very easy because it’s how I speak in real life (full of F-bombs and insults that rarely make sense). Some of Bucky’s dialogue and sass was based on my husband, the way those two bickered in the story was pretty close to real life.

26) What’s the biggest compliment you’ve gotten?

Some of the compliments I’ve received for ‘Safe with me’ have been genuinely unbelievable. Several people have said the story inspired them to write again, which I’m so excited to hear. The biggest compliment though, was probably someone telling me the story helped ease them through a depressive episode in their life. That hit particularly close to home and I can’t express how happy I was to hear that.

29) Do people know you write fan-fiction?

My husband and a few close friends. The first time I told my best friend, who is not remotely into fandom, I gave her ‘Safe with me’ at chapter 12 and she read the entire thing overnight and by 8a the next morning I was getting texts saying “are you awake and if so are you writing because you can’t do this to me.” Hearing someone with no interest in Marvel say that was pretty fun.

30) What’s you favorite minor character you’ve written?

Definitely Riz in ‘Safe with me’. I picture him hanging out in his little kiosk in downtown Manhattan, playing Candy Crush and watching the world go by. He has to have some great stories.

31) What spurs you on during the writing process?

Deadlines! I work so much better under pressure. If I ever had to write a thesis, I would wait until two days before it’s due.

33) Can you remember the first fic you read? What was it about?

I think it was the ‘Worth Fighting For’ series by @serzhantkris. The plot was based on Mulan, and followed the reader who took her brother’s place in the army during WW2 - she went though basic and got deployed and captured as part of the 107th. She was a feisty and amazing character, and I’m always a sucker for 1940s Bucky. The story is broken out across the three Captain America movies and it is seriously breathtaking – sweet, cheeky, full of action, and completely heartbreaking.

34) If you could write only angst, fluff or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why?

I think I’m going with angst. I like being able to dig into something and maybe cause a little pain in the process. 😉

#milestone celebration #ask the author #bitsandbobsandstuff

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masieofthevalley · 3 years

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All I Really Want is You (Spideypool) - Chapter Ten

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Summary: “Who are you, the big bad wolf?” She snarked. She mentally congratulated herself that her voice hadn’t betrayed the fluttering in her gut.

“Why don’t you come a little closer and find out?”

Peter Parker is an exhausted and overworked student in her senior year of college. Sleep-deprived and running on coffee and fumes, Peter really just wants to get through this semester. On a rare coffee run to ensure that she doesn't fall asleep on patrol or in her textbooks again, she quite literally stumbles upon Deadpool. Try as she might, she just can't stay away from him, and along the way, she finds herself in the middle of a nefarious plot between HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D.

A/N: Hello, everyone! Today’s chapter is Chapter Ten: This Side of Paradise. This chapter is named after the song This Side of Paradise by Coyote Theory.

As always, there is a playlist for this fic, and you can find it on YouTube and Spotify. Spotify won’t play in order unless you have Spotify Premium. You don’t need to listen to it in order, but each chapter has a specific song associated with it. There is also a song associated with the entire fic, which is She Looks So Perfect by 5 Seconds of Summer.

If you liked this chapter, like, share, and reblog, and please leave comments! They make my day, and I will gladly respond. You can also head over to my AO3 and comment there, and I will also respond there! Enjoy!

Chapter Ten: This Side of Paradise

Chapter Summary: Peter receives her first text from Wade, and Spider-Woman and Deadpool work together to stop a group of bullies.

It didn’t take Peter long to wake up Sunday afternoon. She’d gotten plenty of sleep the night before, and for the first time in a long time, she felt rested when she opened her eyes. She still wasn’t ready to leave the warmth of her bed though, so she just grabbed her phone off the nightstand and huddled up beneath the blankets.

As she opened up her phone to respond to one of MJ’s texts, she vaguely remembered her burner phone going off as she climbed into bed last night. She stuck her arm out of her blankets and blindly reached around for her other phone. After searching for a few seconds, she found it and dragged that beneath her blankets as well. She felt very content as she opened up her burner phone, flipping through it to get to her messages. She was content, and yet, she felt like something was missing. Not something, but someone . Someone that was tall and huge and usually dressed in a black and red suit and who Peter just knew would fit cuddled up against her back.

But Peter was alone in her bed, and that was very unlikely to change in the near future. So to distract herself from the slow creeping of loneliness, she pulled up her messages on her phone.

She expected the text she had gotten the night before to be from Natasha. She had talked with her yesterday, after all, and it was possible that the spy wanted an update on Peter’s situation with Wade. But, it wasn’t from Natasha.

It was from Wade.

“Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck,” Peter whispered, wiping the last dregs of sleep from her eyes. Her heart started to race, and she wished that her eyesight would stop being so blurry. It had been years since she had last needed glasses, thanks to the spider that so kindly bit her, but that never stopped the blurriness that came from sleep.

She couldn’t get her heart to stop beating so fast, and the anxiety in her veins that accompanied her rapid heart rate was almost like a distant, familiar friend. She didn’t feel like she was having a panic attack; she could still breathe normally, and her senses weren’t acting up. Maybe it was a stroke? Was she having a stroke? Surely, she was too young to have a stroke, right?

“Calm the fuck down,” Peter hissed at herself, blinking rapidly as her sight finally adjusted. Fuck, fuck, okay.

Peter clicked on the new text, and the anxiety stopped just as quickly as it had started.

“You have got to be kidding me,” she whispered in disbelief, her eyes scanning over the message again.

this is ur daily msg from ur friendly neighborhood deadpool, here 2 tell u 2 get ur perfect ass in bed! reminder: it is recommended that cute lil bun-buns (like urself) get 7-9 hours of sleep. :)

Peter didn’t know what she was expecting from Wade’s text, but that certainly wasn’t it. Before she could stop herself, her fingers were flying across the keyboard, her thumb tapping “send” within a matter of seconds. Realizing what she had done, Peter blinked, groaned, and flopped back on her back. She really wished that life had an undo button.

And this is your daily reminder from your friendly neighborhood Peter, here to tell you that I can function plenty on limited sleep. It is recommended that friendly neighborhood Wade’s (like yourself) go to sleep instead of bothering friendly neighborhood Peter’s.

She had never been good at texting or flirting, but as she reread her message for the third time, she wondered when she had gotten so bad at it. Peter shrieked as her burner phone buzzed in her hands. She dropped it in her pile of covers, and she spent a good fifteen seconds trying to fish it from the depths of her blankets. Prize in hand, Peter leaned against the headboard, swiping to open Wade’s newest message.

some1 is grumpy, did u not listen to ur friendly neighborhood dp and get enough sleep????

Peter just rolled her eyes and fired back with two words.

Bite. Me.

Much to Peter’s surprise - because for some reason, she was still surprised every time Wade so much as looked at her in a flirty way, let alone all of the shit that he actually said - Wade’s reaction was just risque as it had been the night before when Peter had said those exact same words.

i’d be careful if i were u lil girl

I’m not scared of you.

no, ur not. but u might be scared of what i’ll do to u. isn’t that right, peter?

Peter’s world was on fire. Wade’s texting shorthand had not done anything to take away from the heat of his words. A deep growl rang in her ears as she remembered how Wade had sounded yesterday when she had told him her real name. Arousal settled low in her gut, slowly warming her from the inside out. She shifted her legs on the bed, a nearly-silent whine escaping her throat as the seam of her shorts rubbed against her core.

all jokes aside bambie u should sleep more. sleep = good 4 u.

And just like that, the heat was gone from their conversation. Wade was giving Peter whiplash; one minute he was joking, the next he was turning her on like there was no tomorrow, and then he was back to joking around again. She couldn’t figure him out.

She continued their friendly banter for a few more minutes before getting up and moving around her bedroom. She had finished all of her assignments the day before, but she needed to study for tests that were coming up in nearly all of her classes. Not to mention that she wanted to go patrolling again tonight; she had liked her longer patrol yesterday, and she was eager to do it again.

Peter kept her conversation with Wade steady throughout the rest of the day. She managed to resist the urge to immediately text him back every time her phone vibrated, but only barely. She had to give herself scheduled breaks in her studying to check her phone and respond accordingly. When late afternoon came, she switched gears from studying to trying to research more into HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D., but she was so distracted by Wade that she didn’t get any productive work done. She did get to see some pretty cute dogs just chilling in Central Park, though, so she didn’t think it was a huge waste of time.

At one point in the day, Wade’s comments turned more sentimental, immediately drawing Peter’s interest and suspicion.

u seem so lonely. r u lonely?????

What?

if ur lonely, cum b lonely w/me ;)

He was such a romantic.

Eventually, 8:00 PM rolled around, and Peter reluctantly put her phone away in favor of pulling on her suit. She tucked her phone into the pocket she’d once designed for that exact purpose, and then she was climbing out of her window and into the night.

Peter’s phone buzzed in her pocket as she swung across town, but she ignored it, relishing the feeling of the cold New York air against her skin. She had switched out her usual suit a few days ago for the insulated one that she only wore during the winter. It trapped her body heat inside of it, ensuring she didn’t freeze during New York’s brutal winters.

Peter swung closer to the ground, throwing webs at streetlamps so she didn’t end up splattered in a puddle of Peter. She hadn’t been out long, but already, her spidey-senses were alerting her of some sort of danger in the nearby vicinity. The prickling on the back of her neck became more intense as she rounded the corner, and she landed on the side of a building before crawling into an alleyway.

In the alley were three big, buff dudes surrounding a very small, lanky boy. He couldn’t have been older than 13, and the other guys were clearly in their early 20’s. The boy was shaking, and Peter could see the rips in his clothing. She glared at the sight; if there was something that she never tolerated, it was bullies.

“I-I told you! I can get it next week!” the boy protested, holding his hands up in front of his face. One of the goons grabbed onto his wrists and yanked them down; it was clearly painful judging by the boy’s shriek. Peter tensed her muscles, ready to jump into the middle of whatever was going on, but a voice coming from the mouth of the alley startled her. The fuck?

“Now, now, now, what do we have going on here? Some sort of tussle?” the newcomer drawled. Peter stifled her groan, as she realized without looking that it was Wade. She should have known that it was him from the fact that he had - once again - foiled her spidey-sense. And the fact that he said the word “tussle.” Nobody said tussle anymore.

“Fuck off,” one of the goons, the one holding onto the boy’s wrists, called before turning back to the boy.

“No can do, Sweetheart,” Wade crooned, walking closer. Peter bristled at Wade’s use of the pet-name, though she had no reason to. As Wade walked by her, he swung something between his palms, and Peter recognized it as a metal bat. His katanas were still strapped to his back, and all of his guns seemed to be in place. Strange.

“See, three against one is not fair at all,” Wade continued, shaking his head as he stopped just a few feet away from the group. A grin stretched over his mask. “It makes me think that you guys are bullying this poor little guy here, and I really fucking hate bullies.”

“So do I,” Peter announced, her voice coming out more higher-pitched than normal as she dropped to the ground. Wade didn’t turn around, but she heard a small squeal coming from his direction. She blushed and smirked to herself.

“Crush the bug, I’ll take care of this fucker,” Head-Goon ordered, shoving the boy harshly. He hit the wall and fell with a crunch that made Peter see red.

“I’m an arachnid,” she snarled before kicking him in the face. Deadpool whooped, and as she spun to grab one of the other goons, she saw him swing his bat at the third goon. It connected with a sound that Peter didn’t even know how to describe, and the other man collapsed.

“No killing!” Peter hastily objected, growling under her breath and rolling her eyes as Wade let out a high-pitched whine. She was so distracted by Wade that her next punch was grabbed out of the air by the goon she was currently fighting.

“Now where are your manners?” she snarked, dropping to the ground and sweeping her leg out in a move that Nat had shown her a few months ago. She knocked his legs out from underneath him. “You’re not even going to buy me dinner first?”

Peter webbed him up against the wall with the first goon, and she turned to make sure that Wade had the last one under control. She was breathless as she watched him pin the bully to the wall, growling harsh and vulgar insults in his ear as the other man cried out in pain. The warmth from earlier had returned to Peter’s gut, and she quickly looked away, her eyes searching for the kid from earlier as she desperately tried to think about anything but Wade.

Peter slowly walked over to the still shaking boy, hands held up in front of her so that he knew that he was in no danger. The last thing that she wanted was for him to bolt.

“Are you alright?” she asked, her eyes scanning over the red, angry handprints on his skin. She winced; they were going to leave bruises.

“Yeah, m’fine,” the boy said, looking at something behind her with apprehension. She heard a thud coming from that direction, and she knew that Wade had finally ended his little battle.

“Do you have somewhere to go, kid? Somewhere we could walk you to?” Peter asked gently, keeping her distance from him. She didn’t want to seem threatening and in his personal space.

“I was just on my way home,” the kid replied, his voice hardening as he talked. “I can get there just fine on my own.”

“While we don’t doubt that, Spidey here does have a duty to personally make sure that everyone gets home safe and sound,” Wade chimed in, suddenly right next to Peter. Though they weren’t touching, she could feel the heat that his body was giving off. It was nice, and Peter had to fight every instinct in her body to remain standing up straight and not curl into his side.

“What he said,” Peter finally managed to say, wincing when her voice cracked. A smirk appeared on Wade’s mask, and she just knew that he was preening beneath it.

It took Peter a few seconds to shake herself from her embarrassment, and when she rejoined reality, she noticed that the boy and Wade appeared to be locked in a staring contest. Wade’s mask should not have been able to blink, but it did, and he immediately started pouting while simultaneously yelling that it wasn’t fair or cool to be beaten by a teenager.

“Deadpool, cut it out!” Peter snapped, and immediately, Wade straightened. Peter raised an eyebrow in surprise. Interesting .

“C’mon, let’s get you home, kid.”

The kid’s apartment turned out to only be a few blocks away, but Wade made the five-minute trip seem like an eternity. Peter called the cops while they walked, though neither the kid nor Wade seemed to notice. Wade never shut up, once. He talked endlessly about tv shows and shit he’d seen online, and at one point, the kid made a comment in regards to a cooking show that Wade was rambling on about, and Wade took it and ran with it. He talked about cooking shows that didn’t even sound real . Peter mostly just tried to shut both of them out, and she was very grateful when they reached the kid’s apartment. After he went inside and she heard him open his apartment door, Peter turned to scale the building. Before she could leave, Wade’s hand clamped down on her forearm, large and warm - there was a dick joke in there somewhere - and unyielding. Peter managed to hold in the “Yeep!” noise building in her throat, but it took a lot of effort.

“Hey, Spidey! Thanks for helping me out tonight! That was fun, we should do it again!” Wade exclaimed, letting go of her arm once he had her attention. She swiveled in place and stared at him, crossing her arms over her chest as she raised an eyebrow under her mask.

“One, you helped me out, I was already there when you showed up, and I had everything under control,” Peter said, her voice somehow steady as she kept up her false bravado. “Two, absolutely under no circumstances are we going to do this again. I work alone, and I don’t need distractions.”

“Oh, c’mon!” Wade pouted, his stance matching hers as he crossed his arms over his chest. Even stomping his feet and slouching a good foot, he was still more intimidating than Peter. It was just offensive.

“I can help, I promise!” The eyes on Wade’s mask got much larger as he continued to beg. Peter’s resolve was cracking fast. “I’ll be a good little Dobby, no killing, only maiming or a little bit of serious injury!”

Peter shook her head and spun around. Before Wade could grab onto her again, she shot a web at the building to her left and pulled herself onto the side of it. She scaled the building in a matter of seconds, and when she looked back down, Wade was no longer pouting. Instead, his head was tilted to the side as he looked up at her in what she thought was awe.

“Dat ass just keeps getting better, Spidey!” Wade called up, cupping his hands in front of his mouth even though he clearly didn’t need to. Christ, she wasn’t even that far up, just a few stories. It was like he lived to embarrass her.

“Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me!” Wade shouted as Peter took a running start and jumped off the building. She sighed as she swung away, though a smile had already begun to worm its way onto her face.

Peter spent the next few hours patrolling on the other side of town, trying to stay clear of Wade. She was distracted the entire time, especially when her burner phone buzzed again. She called it quits just after 1, and she would never admit to the fact that she swung home twice as fast as usual.

When she climbed in her window, the first thing she did was yank off her mask and collapse on her bed. She whipped out her burner phone, her thumbs gliding across the screen as she unlocked it. The first message from Wade was a picture of a dachshund in Central Park. It was followed up by a picture of another dachshund, though this time, the dog was in a hot dog costume. It was the greatest thing ever.

There was a string of actual texts after the two pictures.

u no like weenie dogs???? tht is a war crime, bby-girl

or mayb u fell asleep like a good bun-bun???

tis late after all

k i’ll see u in ur dreams then bambi

sweet dreams sweetheart. catch those z’s 4 me

Peter rolled her eyes as she reread through the messages again. The pet names sent warmth through her chest, and her nerves felt jittery, like she was on some sort of sugar high. She closed her phone without responding to Wade, knowing that the man was probably still awake, and if she texted him, he’d only reprimand her for not sleeping. The thought of Wade scolding her wasn’t as disenchanting as it should have been. Her fingers itched to send a taunting message to Wade, just to see what, exactly, he would do to her. Hastily, Peter tossed her phone onto the other side of the bed so she couldn't do anything rash.

Peter stripped off her suit with a groan. She shut her window before moving to the bathroom. It seemed that a cold shower was in order.

#marvel #marvel fanfiction #deadpool #spider-man #spider-woman #spiderman #spideypool #spideypool fanfiction #deadpool/spiderman #deadpool/spiderwoman #deadpool/spider-woman #deadpool/spider-man #peter parker #female peter parker #plus-sized peter parker #wade wilson #wade wilson/peter parker

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rollertoasteroflife · 7 years

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These Things Are Fun Lets Give It a Go

Tagged by @katyaton heyyyyyyy!

RULES: answer all questions, add one question of your own and tag as many people as there are questions. (…yeah I don’t know that many people...)

tagging: @deaded123 @showmethestarlight and if anyone that follows me wants to please do but you two are the only ones that actually reply to these things and I can’t be arsed to go through all of my followers when no one does them anyway :D

1. coke or pepsi: coke definitely

2. disney or dreamworks: oh god ummm i love disney cos that was my childhood but dreamworks have done some truly amazing films and they gave me how to train your dragon which i love far more than is probably normal...

3. coffee or tea: *whispers* both definitely both...I drink so much coffee and tea and currently green tea I’m probably 70% hot beverage at this point

4. books or movies: ah fuck. um I have to say finding a favourite book feels so much better than a favourite film but like I literally work in the film industry so I honestly love them too but yeah imma have to say books (that was really difficult D:)

5. windows or mac: windows cos it’s what i know

6. dc or marvel: um I’ve seen more marvel so I’ll say marvel but I’m not particular opinionated on the matter

7. xbox or playstation: I am abysmal at playing games so again not really my question. however i have finally worked out how to use my housemates xbox as a dvd player so woo

8. dragon age or mass effect: I don’t play them

9. night owl or early riser: Permanently tired pigeon here but more of a night owl.

10. cards or chess: Oh god um actually can’t choose because i grew up playing card games and i really love them but i have a massive sentimental personal thing about chess so yeah i can’t choose here

11. chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate what am I? dumb?!

12. vans or converse: Converse

13. lavellan, trevelyan, cadash, or adaar: I do not understand

14. fluff or angst: um in like fic reading or my life?? because my favourite fan fics are often angsty ones but I get wayyyyyyyyyy too emotional about them and yet still tend to read them over fluffy ones. Yet in actual life my life has enough problems please cover me fluffy things i’m tired

15. beach or forest: beach because there’s sea but i fucking love forests so much!!

16. dogs or cats: Cats!! but puppers are great too!!!

17. clear skies or rain: Fucking rain I love rain!!

18. cooking or eating out: I really like cooking it’s what I resort to when I’m having issues with life not working out.

19. Spicy food or mild food: I don’t like massively spicy food but I will fight you over bland food so like somewhere between the two??

20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: I only really started doing halloween like a couple of years ago but i do enjoy it (woo for fancy dress) but i do really love christmas!

21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: cold definitely i hate the heat. It was 15 degrees c today (59 fahrenheit thanks google) and i was dying and complaining most of the day

22. if you could have a superpower, what would it be: Shapeshifting!!!!

23. animation or live action: Again with the whole job thing, live action but i love animated films too!!

24. paragon or renegade: eh?

25. baths or showers: i shower more often but my house doesn’t have a bath and i really miss it. also currently with my leg injuries i would love a bath because they ache so bad D:

26. team cap or team ironman: umm i don’t know?? I’m not gonna choose sorry

27. fantasy or sci-fi: Fantasy but scifi is awesome!

28. do you have three or four favourite quotes? if so what are they: Presume not that I am the thing I was - Shakespeare Henry V

The planets and heavens will move for you. - this is a quote from a poem @deaded123/ @breathingtheworldinwords wrote for me which is my favourite poem

I am constantly coming across quotes i want ot remember but i never write them down so yeah...

29. youtube or netflix: netflix

30. harry potter or percy jackson: Harry potter but am currently working my way through the percy jacksons series which i do enjoy and rick riordan is an awesome human!

31. when you feel accomplished: when i remember how far i’ve come from what i was and how hard i’ve fought to be where i am now. Also I once forgot what happened in a battle on an history exam so proceeded to talk about the battle of helms deep and cut the orcs and elves. I got 100% on that paper. ;)

32. star wars or star trek: star wars......it was my childhood and i love it so much

33. paperback books or hardback books: i do love me a good hardback but my paperbacks have kept me company for a long time

34. horror or rom-com: ummm i’m not great at horror but it depends so i’d probs watch the rom com and just be cynically sarcastic throughout...(the fact that i enjoy rom coms when i’m not great and actual romance annoys myself)

35. to live in a world without literature or music: that is just mean :P but i’d have to chose literature as my life is based around stories

36. pastel colours or dark colours: dark definitely!! other people look aweosme in pastels but i don’t like wearing them and honeslty just feel kind of suspicious of them as a colour group (i have no idea why i have such storng opinions on pastels or why i am suspicious...)

37. tv shows or movies: Tv shows as you go through so much more. Also it suits my attention span better

38. city or countryside: can i have like a town?? i love the countryside but i also need to be around other people or i get very morbid

39. if any other zodiac sign could describe you, what would it be: i don’t understand??i’m a leo and honeslty haven’t looked at the others enough to know the traits!

40. if you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life what would it be: i would currently choose one of sia’s albums as just yes

41. cinema or theatre: cinema because i love films but i do enjoy theatre

42. if you could be any fictional character’s best friend, who’d you be: hmmmmmmmm i honeslty don’t know as my favs are people like me but being around someone like me as a best friend is kind of an odd thought...pass?

43. smiling or smirking: smiling to me means just being free and comfortable to be happy and smirking in my mind is the silly little in jokes that tyou have with friends in the middle of a conversation or when you’ve thought of something inappropriately funny both of which i do a lot.

44. are you an ‘all or nothing’ type or are you more consistent: all or nothing probably

45. playlists or your whole library on shuffle: shuffle because i’m too lazy to make playlists

46. travelling or staying at home: Travelling,but i like to have a base somewhere. but yeah i get bored of places easily and am not attached to anywhere as a ‘home’ as a concept i’ve never really got that feeling about anywhere? um it’s hard to explain so i’m just gonna stop cos i don’t know what my point is

47. books or fanfiction: both are literature and they’re both stories and i fucking love stories in all forms! right now i’m reading more fanfiction because when i need to work lets get lost in emotions about fictional characters right?! but seriously i have a bunch of favourite fanfics which i keep rereading and most are novel length so like not much of a difference!

48. If you could live in a fantasy world, what world would it be: the chronicles of ixia world probably but like god there are so many that i’d want to be in!!

49. your favorite cartoon: um i don’t really watch that many cartoons... cacn i claim the Dragons tv series that accompanies httyd? it’s animated......

50. name the weirdest five songs on your itunes, current or past: um ok so i have a bit of a weird thing about my music in that i don’t like talking about it too much...i’m getting better but yeah i don’t want to answer this :)

51. mountains or plains: Mountains!!!!!!! they give me liiiiiiiiiife

52. favorite anime (or tv show if you don’t watch anime): Yuri on ice is the first anime i’ve watched and honeslty have fallen in love with it and it has ruined my world right now (it’s what my anxieties are currently directed out instead of at my work which i’m cool with) and the only other one i’ve seen is ouran high school host club which i actually watched half of yesterday whilst working as a friend loves it, it’s amusing :)

53. which social media platform are you most like yourself on: err i don’t really do social media much. i have facebook to talk to uni people, a couple of group chats with home people and it’s the only contact i have with my dad’s side of the fam as most don’t live in england but i don’t actually post anything except about work i’ve got donea dn funny photos of my friends. obvs i have tumblr which i overshare about myself way too much but this is probs a very accurate summary of my shit sense of humour, tv shows, and everything else in my head! though i do sometimes get concerned about my oversharing on here cos y’know internet safetyand all D: oh i have snapchat too but i mainly use it to talk to 2 friends one is in germany so i can’t ring her like i used to and the other we pretty much just send each other selfies with a lot of heart emojis! i’ve been debating getting instagram but haven’t decided yet...

54. What are some of your passions:anyone that knows me or reads my frequent oversharing will know i work in costume stuff so yeah i can literally talk about costuming and historic fashions for days and not get bored so yeha don’t ask about that unless you ready to learn!! ;) um i’m also an archery instructor, really love drawing, and just yeah the various tv, film and book obsessions that i go through (currently it’s yoi but i do try and keep my obsession from fully taking ove rthis blog-80% of it is still my shit sense of humour

55. Favourite food: I will fight everyone to get a proper roast dinner with yorkshire puddings and also chocolate.....and pomegranates.....and sugar snap peas......

This was fun!!!

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