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mayalaen · 2 months

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20 questions for fic writers

@whataboutthefish tagged me - thanks Fishie!!

First, my AO3

How many works do you have on AO3?

191

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

2,150,989

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Supernatural, Stranger Things, Fargo, Stargate, Dickensian, The Blacklist, The X-Files, Angel the Series & Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I'm probably gonna pick up a few more soon.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

CONventional Psychopathy 'Verse - SPN AU Tumblr Ask Box Requests - SPN 40 ficlet challenge Alpha House 'Verse - SPN AU Resonance 'Verse - SPN canon verse with angel sounds Best Brother Ever - SPN with a technique that has gotten me the most questions from readers saying "does that really work?" Yes it does.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do, but sometimes it takes me a while to respond because I get weird and shy about it at times. I love comments and read them over again when I need a boost!

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

I don't usually have angsty endings, but with CH challenge fics I go ahead and do shit I don't normally do - so Inside (SPN) would be the angstiest ending.

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

Probably Splintered - ST fic where I throw a lot of shit at the guys but they all get a happy ending.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Yup. I delete comments and asks immediately though so readers and followers hopefully never see any of it. I don't play that game.

9. Do you write smut?

SO MUCH. SOOOOO much.

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

Open Sesame Street Walker has to be the wildest one I've done. It was a challenge fic. A choose your own adventure style thing, and I wanted to make every outcome disturbing. I did it, but at the cost of ruining Sesame Street for myself and others 😂

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yup. CON 'verse is still being sold on a bunch of sites and the "author" is continuing to add more books to the series. I've tried a few times to get them taken down but only succeeded in getting things taken down for a few months. Out of all the fics that could've been stolen, that's the one that's the WORST because I'm also writing it as original fic and have been for years. I've got proof of that, but if retailers fight me on it when I try to publish, it's gonna suck.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes. A few.

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

I wrote a few years ago but haven't in a while. I'd like to do it again!

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

No way I can answer that. I'm definitely a multshipper at heart, and I can't even decide on favorite characters, let alone a favorite ship!

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

Rewritten in the Stars is something I'd love to finish, but I don't know if I'll ever be able to get in the headspace again. It's complicated and rewrites aspects of the characters while sticking closely to canon with a lot of moving parts over a 30-year time frame. The first part of the series feels complete if you read it, but I have 30k written of part 2 and a full outline for part 3.

16. What are your writing strengths?

The thing I get complimented on the most is my worldbuilding. I also think I'm good at natural dialogue - making it sound like actual speech instead of written word.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I have trouble condensing things and it gets wordy 😭

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

I've kinda sorta done it with alien language and angel language, a few words here and there of other languages - most of it just English in italics to show that it's not being said in English. I don't think I'd ever try and use an actual language I didn't know for more than a word or two.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Stargate SG1

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

CON 'verse is and probably always will be my favorite. 💜

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hellebore-petall · 2 years

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I posted 20,918 times in 2021

264 posts created (1%)

20654 posts reblogged (99%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 78.2 posts.

I added 10,393 tags in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

Lucien is probably my favourite villain I have ever encountered.

Like don't get me wrong, the ways he perverts all that is good about Molly makes my skin crawl, but that's also the beauty of it.

As a writer and (sometimes) DM myself, I cannot help but marvel at his role in the story, the way his interactions in the most recent episode ushering the Mighty Nein into what very well might be the end of the campaign so perfectly bookends with how it was Molly that pulled everyone together into the adventure that solidified the Nein as a group. I love the way Matthew Mercer has made use of the potential of his character, this frustrating dichotomy between being the most irritating man you've ever met in the body of a beloved and I daresay even almost deified by both the fandom and party. "Long may he reign" - the memorializing line. "He was basically a god." - says Jester upon remembering her lost friend.

And the funny thing is, he kind of is, or at least Lucien is. Lucien is one of the most powerful beings the Nein has ever come across, comparable maybe only to Trent. And he has all of Molly's charm, but in such a charming way. The familiarity of his voice and tone draws me in, but the sinister edges he can't quite push away warn me not to get too close. He is a fascinating enigma, especially now that we know that Molly is still in there somewhere.

I think Lucien might be one of my favourite characters outside of the Nein, which isn't to say I trust him, or even like him all of the time. It's a different attachment, less complete adoration I hold for my other favourite characters and more deep-rooted appreciation for what he represents to the story, to the mastery of Matt's creation.

I am going to be very sad to see him go, because as much as I want Molly back, I don't think Lucien/Nonagon/Mollymauk are getting out of this alive. Lucien's hubris is showing even now, and I get the feeling this is going to be an Icarus situation with maybe a heart-wrenching genuine Molly moment as Lucien dies or loses himself to the Somnovem.

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TAZ Grad Episode 36: Out of Context Spoiler

86 notes • Posted 2021-03-25 23:04:35 GMT

Love how Matthew Mercer was just like: I'm gonna bring in some of the EXU crew so you bigots out there HAVE to accept Aabria's DMing as canon if you wanna enjoy new Critical Role content.

115 notes • Posted 2021-10-22 07:04:27 GMT

This is an appreciation post for Travis Willingham and the fact that he mixes hardcore screamo with Disney and sesame street on his first grog playlist. As someone else with playlists that throw together any and every genre for maximum whiplash, he is a true icon.

120 notes • Posted 2021-06-07 07:04:46 GMT

D&D shows are like

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