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[luckystarchild]

patience is such a compelling dynamic in relationships sorryyy it’s the peak of romance to me

#ope that is 100% nqk hahaha

[luckystarchild]

Since you've read the dungeon meshi manga I want to ask what do you think falin x marcille ship?

I've said this a few times lately, but I truly don't ship anyone, and that applies to that fandom, too.

[luckystarchild]

hallo :DD if the fanfic writer ask is still open, B, M, O, and Y?

(it's been awesome to see you here especially since i first got into fandom because of your work, especially lucky child heheh)

B:  What was the first fandom you read fic in? Which was the first you wrote fic for?

Yu-Gi-Oh! for both! But I gave up my first story after... one chapter? The first fandom I really wrote for with any earnestness was Devil May Cry.

M: What’s the weirdest AU scenario you’ve ever come up with?  Did it turn into a story?

Probably Lucky Child! I did some crack-fic crossovers a while back that were weird, but I'm not sure if they count. LC's core concept takes YYH and gives it an AU spin, in a sense, and that one goes such weird places I feel like it has to count.

O: What are your thoughts on people writing fanfic of your fanfic?

Totally fine. Just credit/tag me so I can read it! ... I finished answering the other questions, gave this an editing pass, and paused at this answer. The definition of "fanfic of a fanfic" feels oddly nebulous. If someone writes a fanfic about NQK and others within the LC-verse, that's totally fine. I feel less happy about someone, say, trying to write the ending of LC while I'm on hiatus and calling it a fanfic of my fanfic. Does that count as fanfic-fanfic? I hope not... I guess I'm not sure where the line is! But writing about NQK and the LC-verse is totally OK and I like seeing people's different takes on the universe I've written so long as they aren't, you know... pulling my SI out of NQK and swapping themselves in or something. That feels less cool to me, though I'm having trouble articulating why.

Y: What are your thoughts on your personal satisfaction with something you’ve written vs. the popularity of your stories? Do you tend to be most satisfied with your most popular stories?  

One of my favorite stories is Queen of This Backwater Moon, a Cowboy Bebop fanfic, which isn't popular at all. I really love that one and feel happy with the chapters I've written. In contrast, there are large parts of LC I'm dissatisfied with, and that's my most popular work by a wide, wide margin. So I guess I'd say my personal satisfaction isn't tied to popularity.

FANFICTION ASK MEME

#fanfiction ask meme #ask meme #fanfic ask meme #luckychildfanfic

[luckystarchild]

Will you write any fanfictions for One Piece?

(Feeling deja vu. Have we talked about this? I feel like we have, but I can't find the post!)

Short answer: Probably not.

Long answer: I have zero degrees of professional separation from that series' producer/studio/licensor. Writing fanwork for the series could put me in a professionally hairy situation, especially if they perceive significant personal gain on my part resulting from my participation in the fandom. It's a paranoid worry, but it's one I can't quite shake. (This is the reason why I stopped streaming my live reactions to the new anime episodes, for the record.)

I hate to say this, but once I finish Lucky Child, I probably won't publish anything new under this name. I tend to gravitate toward anime fanfic, but in the event anime licensors start taking issue with Western fanfic, I don't want to be caught in that crossfire. Reputation is extremely important in this field, and I never want to step on anyone's toes. Plus, LC hangs around my neck like an albatross (see what I did there?), and it would be nice to start fresh in a new fandom without that reputation following me/my work.

I really have come to love One Piece, though, and I'm enjoying reading the stories you've sent me in recent weeks. Thanks for the ask and have a great day!

#one piece #fanfiction

[luckystarchild]

During butterfly migratory season, my father would stop along the highway and scoop the corpses of butterflies hit by cars into grocery bags, by the armful. Imagine snowdrifts of colorful wings heaping up along the interstate. Thousands of slain butterflies, but just a portion of the massive kaleidoscope that had passed through days prior. He'd take them home and pick out the least broken bodies for his bug collection, admiring them throughout the year, and explaining to anyone who saw his collection the significance of their migratory patterns.

Today I had to explain to a child the existence of butterfly migratory season, because this phenomenon has stopped occurring in my region.

it's kind of crazy climate change has occurred at such a remarkable pace that I and everyone else around my age can remember a completely different climate in our childhoods. I truly watched winter gradually disappear in my life.

#the collective noun for a group of butterflies is a kaleidoscope #sometimes called a swarm #but kaleidoscope is prettier #ecology #butterfly #butterflies #environment #environmetalists

[luckystarchild]

During butterfly migratory season, my father would stop along the highway and scoop the corpses of butterflies hit by cars into grocery bags, by the armful. Imagine snowdrifts of colorful wings heaping up along the interstate. Thousands of slain butterflies, but just a portion of the massive kaleidoscope that had passed through days prior. He'd take them home and pick out the least broken bodies for his bug collection, admiring them throughout the year, and explaining to anyone who saw his collection the significance of their migratory patterns.

Today I had to explain to a child the existence of butterfly migratory season, because this phenomenon has stopped occurring in my region.

it's kind of crazy climate change has occurred at such a remarkable pace that I and everyone else around my age can remember a completely different climate in our childhoods. I truly watched winter gradually disappear in my life.

#the collective noun for a group of butterflies is a kaleidoscope #sometimes called a swarm #but kaleidoscope is prettier #ecology #butterfly #butterflies #environment #environmetalists

[luckystarchild]

OP turned off reblogs so this is my post now. Behold, the "Objective quality vs. degree of ferality" scale

Here are a few of my own personal datapoints:

#omg tHANK YOU

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you’re cool as fuck + your meat is huge

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I often forget how time-blind I am. Had no idea it's been two years since I updated LC (yes, really) until I did a double-take at my AO3 page today. Still feels like I updated last week... O_O

Going to start structuring time daily to work on it. That's the only way I'll get back to it and finish the thing.

(Stray Thought: I wish I had a Discord where I could host writing sessions and be kept accountable by anyone willing to glare at me sternly; that's a project for another day, though.)

#luckychildfanfic

[luckystarchild]

Re your comment about the YOI movie: Okay, hilariously enough, after seeing your post about it my Instagram dash, which had previously been completely free of YOI mentions, suddenly became flooded with people outraged it had been cancelled. I feel as if you've cursed my feed now /j

I absolutely cursed you, specifically! haha

#yuri on ice

[luckystarchild]

Ever thought about bookingbinding LC? I certainly have but when I look at LC's word count I get scared xD

I understand the fear! I believe someone attempted binding part of the work a few years ago. It would need to be split into 12+ volumes at its current length, with additional volumes added after I finish the story. I broke down the chapter count per bound volume in a post once, I think.

I personally don't know how to book bind and I'm not sure of the legality of paying someone else to do it for me, so at this time I haven't considered it seriously. Not sure what print-on-demand options are legal for fanfic, either, so I haven't given it much thought.

I want to print myself a personal hard copy after some thorough editing, but we'll see if I ever get around to it! I would only produce copies for myself, never sell them.

#luckychildfanfic #fanfic #fanfiction

[luckystarchild]

Yoko my beloved...

[luckystarchild]

purge of 2002? of 2012? what ARE those?

Oh, how quickly the past is forgotten. 

They are part of the reason A03 is a thing now. Not the whole reason, but part of it. 

The Great Purges of 2002 and 2012 are when ff.net got a wild hair up their ass about THINK OF THE CHILDREN and nuked any fic posted on there that was explicit. Thousands upon thousands of nc-17 smutfics were lost.

It’s what led to the creation of alternate hosting sites for smutty fic…AdultFanfiction was the one I went to…but thousands of fics would never be recovered. 

[luckystarchild]

Knowing about the Yuri On Ice movie was the hardest secret I've ever kept in my life and I'm so fucking glad the news finally broke so I can stop smiling tightly every time someone brings it up.

[luckystarchild]

#accurate