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cafecliche · 18 hours

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New fic? Don’t mind if I do!

🌑 bad moon rising

🌑 Gen, 4.5k

🌑 written for the Rally for Palestine

🌑 a continuation of the Conjuring AU

🌑 in which a few months into Lan Zhan and Wei Ying's partnership, Jiang Cheng comes crashing, quite literally, into their lives

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55558753

#my fic #mdzs #SO lovely to revisit this AU!!!!

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cafecliche · 6 days

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new moshang fic from me!!!!

a little more close to me

❄️ 8k words, rated m

❄️ post-canon developing relationship

❄️ courting rituals, engagement gifts, sqh's daddy kink (???) and further shenanigans

❄️ https://archiveofourown.org/works/55368160

#NEW FRUITDAZE JUST DROPPED #moshang #svsss

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cafecliche · 2 months

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wolfgang grimmer <3

#give that man some delicious wine and delicious cheese #naoki urasawa #monster

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cafecliche · 3 months

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fic writer meme!

[RISES FROM THE DEPTHS] I'm here!! Thank you so much @uhuraisgay and @englishsub for the tags, and also for reminding me that I've missed Tumblr

1. how many works do you have on ao3? 50 even - which was more than I thought!

2. what's your total ao3 wordcount? 187,448

3. what fandoms do you write for?

My fic-writing impulses come along like cicada seasons, except without any regularity whatsoever: I do a lot of dabbling in a lot of fandoms, I can never really tell if something's going to light my brain on fire. Most of my fic output came from Yuletide for a long while (I loved the grab bag aspect and writing little treats for small fandoms, but then my holidays got busier), and then Yuri on Ice and MDZS were my biggest fandoms by far, especially MDZS. I've written Yuwu recently, and I'd love to write some Trigun, LoZ, or Mysterious Lotus Casebook one of these days.

4. what are your top 5 fics by kudos?

grow

the only way out

The Guests of Cloud Recesses

detente

bespoke

And the soft animal is our runner-up at #6!

5. do you respond to comments?

I usually don't unless it's a request or a question, but I read and treasure every one.

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

I am too tender for Bad Endings for the most part, but my canon-verse Nie Huaisang fic after me comes the flood does not end in a particularly good place for anyone involved. (But even then, we know it gets better for him eventually... albeit at the expense of several bystanders)

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I tend to write pretty gentle, occasionally LIGHTLY bittersweet happy endings (that's the cafecliche guarantee baby) but part of me wants to say 'the only way out' (and probably 'the yunmeng accords' series in general) here. I tend to write fic when I want to play around with the emotions or relationship dynamics that can already be found in canon, so 'the yunmeng accords' is probably as close to a fix-it as I'm going to get.

8. do you get hate on fics?

Not usually! I was part of the Great MDZS Anon Hate Train of 2021, but that was the worst I've ever gotten by several magnitudes - the vast majority of commenters are fabulous.

9. do you write smut?

Not yet! It's not off the table, though.

10. do you write crossovers? what's the craziest one you have written?

I actually don't think I've ever written a crossover! The closest I've ever gotten was when I look over my shoulder, but even that's 'Wangxian in a Conjuring-esque ghosthunters in love situation' and not really a formal Conjuring AU.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

I've had plagiarism brought to my attention a couple times, but truly just a handful. I still remember getting a message on FF.net that someone had ripped off a line from my Black Lagoon fic. The SCANDAL of it all.

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

MDZS is the first fandom where I've gotten translation requests, which is always so cool! To my knowledge, I've had fics translated into Russian, Spanish, and Ukranian.

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

No, but brainstorming fic concepts with my brilliant friends is one of my favorite thing in the world.

14. what's your all time favorite ship?

omg ever? Well Victuuri and Wangxian have been the ones that really lit my brain on fire (if I own the Nendos, it's serious) but let me also throw it back to Fakir and Ahiru in Princess Tutu. That is ROMANCE.

15. what is a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I would have really liked to have one more entry to 'the yunmeng accords!' I had a couple of ideas that I really liked, but nothing that caught fire quite enough to dive into it. That said, I am currently working on something short and Yunmeng Shuangjie-related, at the very least...

16. what are your writing strengths?

Emotional through-lines, pacing, and that sweet, sweet catharsis. I'm drawn to particular fandoms when they leave me with an emotion that I need to break down over the course of several thousand words, and I know that shows through in my writing.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

Choreography! I'm not a very visual thinker, so sometimes it takes me a while just to figure out how to block the characters in a given scene. I also have a lot of trouble getting into a draft until I figure out the voice, which, when it comes to fanfic, will either come to me extremely easily or not at all.

18. thoughts of writing dialogue in another language in fics?

Yeah, absolutely! (But if you don't speak the language, do your research!)

19. first fandom you wrote for?

[rubs my temples] an X-Men crackfic.

20. favorite fic you have written?

Oh my god. WELL. 'grow' and 'the only way out' I think are the best fics I've written, and 'when I look over my shoulder' and 'the soft animal' are also extremely close to my heart. But 'detente' might be the favorite child. It just gushed out of me.

I think a great many of you have been tagged at this point, so sorry for any double-tags, but: @bluecrystalrainingdaggers @tigerjpg @floofyfluff @vinelark and anyone else who'd like to go for it!

#hi! I'm still here #writing meme

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cafecliche · 4 months

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Oh btw I'm reading another star trek novel and chapter 1 just opens like this

#help #spirk #star trek

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cafecliche · 5 months

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Javert who?

#help #ds9 #star trek

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cafecliche · 5 months

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Is it scary?

MYSTERIOUS LOTUS CASEBOOK (2023) | Ep 32

#she went off #sorry #mysterious lotus casebook

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cafecliche · 5 months

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What I didn't expect... was that he hated me so much. (2/2) Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

#[redacted 20000 essay about how LLH based most of his self-image as LXY on thinking he broke his best friend's heart and sent him to die]#the use of POV in all of the MLC flashbacks.... delicious #mysterious lotus casebook

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cafecliche · 5 months

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Mysterious Lotus Casebook 莲花楼 | Episode 38

#episode 38 my beloved #mysterious lotus casebook

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cafecliche · 5 months

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Array of Longing Pear Blossom 相思梨花陣

Dí FeiSheng never really walked out of it, did he?

日暮嘉陵江水東，梨花萬片逐江風。

江花何處最腸斷，半落江流半在空。

元稹 Yuán Zhen - 使東川。江花落 Flowers falling into Eastward river (Tang Dynasty)

As sun sets over the JiaLíng River flowing east 。 Ten thousands of pear blossom chase (caught in) the river wind。What chops my guts(/breaks my heart) as I watch the flowers flow? 。Half have fallen (helplessly) in the river, (only) half drifted in the air.

...☕?/commission

#HOUGH #mysterious lotus casebook

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cafecliche · 6 months

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