#look I've deleted fics that made me feel awful

[heywriters]

If you want to write a dumb little story with a dumb little plot and ridiculously silly characters. No one's stopping you. Genuinely, no one should be allowed to stop you. Write that dumb story with your whole heart and don't hold back.

#look I've deleted fics that made me feel awful #There's a time and a place #A good idea will come back to you again #But some things should be given time to settle #writeblr #writing tips #writing #writer advice #writers on tumblr

[myname-isnia]

*wakes up*

*grabs phone*

*email notification*

*new comment on SotRL*

*throws phone to the far side of adjacent couch*

*goes back to sleep*

#NOT TODAY THANK YOU #not ever. preferably #I was not emotionally prepared for this #look... I think I might be the direct opposite of literally every writer on the planet #because seeing that email made me feel sick to my stomach #this has singlehandedly sent my entire day off kilter #I'm supposed to go to my grandma's today but now all I want to do is rot in bed for the rest of the day #literally anyone else would have been happy to receive a several sentences long comment praising them #but my initial reactions were 'how the fuck did you find this?' 'why the fuck would you read it?' and 'I should've deleted when I wanted to' #I've heard countless stories about sudden comments received years after the last update kicking authors into continuing the story #usually in PSAs to always comment or whatever #but I just feel awful #not because I feel guilty over not finishing SotRL or anything like that #just.. because this is exactly the reason why I wanted to delete that fic #people reading anything I've written makes me want to die but SotRL especially #it's old. the writing is bad. there's a reason I call it my greatest failure #I don't want people to read it. that's why I wanted it gone #and the comment was so nice too. much more than just a call for an update #I hate that it caused this reaction in me because it's clear the person only had the best intentions in mind #but I can't control my emotions. far from the first time I wish that I could #someone put me in the guiness world record book as the first person to ever get genuinely upset over a nice comment #I laugh shit like this off as the mortifying ordeal of being known or whatever but in reality it's so much worse #if I didn't have anything to stop me my entire ao3 account would be gone. I hate the thought of people reading my work #just further proof that I'm not a writer. that I spent six years deluding myself into believing that I was #trying to shove square pieces into triangular holes like a dumb toddler #I should have quit before any of this happened. erased everything and forgotten about it like a bad dream #I should have never started writing in the first place #if I had the chance to go back in time and tell one thing to my 11 year old self it would be to not even think about writing #it has brought me nothing but pain and suffering and I really should have stayed away from it #too late now. I've been irreversibly ruined

[snickerdoodlles]

I was gonna ask you for ☕☕☕ on Kim characterisations but I know that could put you at risk of assassination 💀 so free choice! Any ☕ on anything you need to get off your chest - I love u

😂 it is a choose violence game, let's play with fire 🔥 three Kim characterizations i don't much care for:

writing Kim as really old

like. hmmmm. i feel like a lot of fic out there is just really bad at characterizing young 20 yos, there are a lot of stories that write Kim's vibes like he's 38 yo or something. it's. bizarre. 21/22 yo is still so young. there's still so much uncertainty at that age and so much self-discovery to come. i've complained about this before so i don't want to just rehash that but. yeesh. some people really kinda suck at writing "kid in college" aged characters.

not letting Kim be playful

honestly, this one kinda follows on the previous point? there's a very annoying trend of writing ~older~ characters as only ever very serious. and like, aside from the irritation at the way people are really bad at early 20s vibes, people never outgrow playfulness. in canon, i'm pointing to Porsche trapping Kinn under the sheets and farting or them huffing their morning breaths in each other's faces (i love u canon ❤). but people still do ridiculous shit at 40/50/60/70/80/ALL THE AGES too. 40yo sisters who greet each other by punching the other in the boob. the 60yo neighbor who tells me my shoelaces are untied every time he sees me in sandals. the 50yo uncle who flicks popcorn in the mouths of anyone who falls asleep during movie night. there's no age limit to this sort of thing!

but while some of the ultra seriousness seems to be a weird age thing, it's like people also missed that Kim is playful? he's very intense when he's in mafia business mode and he's a nightmare to the guards (❤), but he plays along with Khun. he teases Chay. he has a good rapport with other university students. he can be more lowkey playful than others, but Kim's not made of stone, he has his fun too.

Wik being a burden on Kim

this one starts running into differences in headcanon-- like personally, i'm looking for fics where Wik is Kim's home. i've cried about this elsewhere so i'll keep it short, but Wik is the life Kim poured blood, sweat, and tears into to build up brick by brick. Wik is the life Kim wants, it's the parts of him he thinks are the best of him. i actually make the MC of the ep4 university one of Kim's best friends (i call him Green), and one of my favorite headcanons i've come up with for them is that everyone thinks Green twists Kim's arm into doing outreach events, but actually Green is Kim's connection to university news because he loves doing them but never knows who to ask. Kim desperately wants to be a source of good inspiration to others and have purpose outside of violence, and Wik is his way of doing that. Wik is not a burden on Kim (in fact, i'd argue Kim all but said he is a burden on Wik, but i digress).

so, that's my personal preference for Kim's relationship with Wik, but obviously not everyone's going to have the same characterization and that's cool. where i start to get annoyed is when people write him as very...hmm. dismissive? of it. or otherwise seems like he doesn't like any aspect of it. i straight up back click on any fic that has Kim fuck up the name of some popular musician. this is not a specific call out, but for example-- i remember reading something where there was this offhand line of Kim being like "and there's a request for a show with some other musician, wangson jack?" and just. no. back click, goodbye, nope. shit like that really starts to bug me. some of it is personal irritation at how awful a lot of english speakers are towards asian artists (which like. random fandom people are not at fault for the crimes of USamerican music reporters. but maybe consider that until people overall are less shitty and dismissive towards them, one off lines referencing real life musicians like this are better off deleted). but over all i just...really, really dislike disrespectful attitudes like that (esp for something related to the arts) and i don't want to read them in my favorite character. Kim is pursuing a career in the music industry for himself--Kim being, u know, Kim, he's going to take it very seriously and with that, also hold a lot of respect towards his fellow musicians generally speaking. at the very least, he's going to be cordial and pleasant with them because no one likes working with an asshole and Kim is trying to keep his mafia bullshit far away from his Wik goals. not everyone's going to have the same characterization headcanons i do for how much i think Kim would pour himself into music and love it, but i really don't vibe with any take where Wik is a burden on or a drag for Kim.

and a bonus ☕ because i luv u too anon: anything where Kim doesn't love his brothers or sees them as actual competition instead of the ones he wants to protect the most. this is not a surprise to anyone here, u all know how much i love brothers, but i've noticed that fandom gets kinda caught up in the chess metaphors sometimes. and to that i say: 1. Terry Pratchett yall: sin is when you treat people like things. 2. Terry Pratchett again: chess is a stupid ass metaphor for real life. 3. kp canon agrees with that. Korn is shit at playing chess. (the fucking. ep1 game. omfg. Chan is all but eating his pieces to let Korn win. i'm still howling over the scholars mate in ep5.) Korn is noticeably shit at all his hobbies that are metaphors for controlling people. which is the point! the boys fail every time they try to play his games, because you cannot play people like you would a game. every triumph is rooted in overturning the game board completely.

[ send a ☕, get a bitchy* fic opinion ]

*personal preference related, we’re not here to be mean

#thank u anon this was fun 😂 #kinnporsche #tea asks

[atiyasnake]

Broskies, my homies, my guys, fellas, pals, besties, brother in christ, my ride and die, strangers, peeps, my lovelies, ya'll. . . I write fanfic for the fun of it.

For the lil bit that my brain gets hooked on and what's to check out, twist around, make into something a lil different and new. For the source material that just Ahhh I want to enjoy more in dif ways. For the story ideas and tropes and scene ideas that pop up in my head at times where I'm in a rush to write it down or type it out. For the love I have of fanfic written by others.

I'm not a professional, I'm not a genius with words, grammar, rules on how to write stories, and characters, but I try.

I'm just a regular human being who decided to write for fun and share it with other people for the small chance that 'hey maybe someone would enjoy this'

I've got my own problems in life. My own faults and insecurities. I'm not perfect.

So like maybe. . . just be kind.

If you enjoy what I've written, I am super duper to the max ecstatic that you did. Like smiling like a fool and in awe that another person likes something I've made. And if you didn't, then I hope you can find something you do enjoy.

Like I said, I'm not perfect. I have different tastes and a different way of thinking about how I want to handle something in a story or event that happened in the show, etc. I might have made something full of what would be considered mistakes. (You'll probably find a few in this very post)

You might not like it. You might not even understand why I wrote it. You might think it's the stupidest thing someone could have written and that I need to fix it or even just delete it.

You have a right to your opinion.

I know there's fics and prompts and stuff I don't like. But I just keep on looking for something I will like, because I know that a human being made it. Another person out there wanted to write it, and they did and then decided 'hey maybe someone might want to see it' and other people do. Might not have been me, but it was for someone else, so I'll let them enjoy it.

But I didn't go out of my way to tell them I didn't like it. To tell them all the things I thought were wrong or didn't understand. I didn't tell them how I thought they should 'fix it'. I didn't go out of my way to make another person feel bad about something they created for fun and freely shared with others.

I didn't do that because that is not kind and is not the type of person I want to be. Because again, I am a human being.

So look for things you enjoy and make you happy. Be kind to the people who are sharing these things with you. Don't discourage and insult them. Only give criticism if they explicitly asked you to.

You don't know these people. You don't know what going on in their lives. Your words can have huge effects on a person. So make sure that it's a positive one.

Yes, some writing is bad. Yes, some may seem cringy, stupid, nonsensical. But there is no law in the universe that says everything must be perfect. It's OKAY if things are bad, cringy, stupid, nonsensical. Some people are just beginning in writing, some are very young, some may struggle with writing, some may just want to write a dumb fun crazy story. LET THEM.

Let them grow and enjoy what they are doing.

Let them be human!

#i know i dont write perfect and thats fine #but it hurt when ppl go out of their way to bring you down #especially when you already struggle #it can suck the fun and motivation right out of you #just be kind #look for things you enjoy and culitvate that #let others enjoy what they like #fanfic writing #fanfiction #writing fanfiction #vent #im trying really hard to just focus on those who have enjoyed my writing and been supportive #i want to write and actually finish my stories because i like writing them #i want to continue 'liking' to write them plz

[sweet-s0rr0w]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you so much to @citrusses, @danpuff-ao3, @tackytigerfic, @maesterchill and @squintclover for tagging me in this! I loved reading your answers, which is what made me finally decide to do this one. I'm really awful at these, and I'm stuck in that endless blank early period of motherhood where my focus is so inwards, so survivalist, that I've lost all sense of popular songs/films/sport, which is a big part of why I don't generally do other 'about you' type posts. So I'm also tagging @elskanellis, @epitomereally, @mallstars, @oknowkiss and @thecouchsofa who recently tagged me in other posts to say thank you <3 and I appreciate you, and here, do this one if you like <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

25, good grief

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

332,461!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Just Harry Potter. Can’t see that changing any time soon, but never say never. Meanwhile F1 will remain the One That Got Away!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Nor All That Glisters (111k, E, Drarry)

Kept in Cages (77k, E, Drarry)

Dreaming Skies (21k, E, Dron collab with @tackytigerfic)

When The Party's Over (5.4k, E, Drarry)

Among the Elements (8.3k, E, Drarry)

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

Embarrassingly enough, not usually. Basically, I got very overwhelmed last summer after writing Kept in Cages, because I pushed myself ridiculously hard to get it finished in time for Wireless (last fic in Wireless, but I made it!!) Combined with a lot of stress in my personal life, I then experienced massive burnout and had six months of complete writer’s block. Meanwhile, I got some really wonderful, brilliant, thoughtful comments on that fic, and I felt just awful and like a total fraud who couldn’t put a sentence together, and couldn’t bring myself to even respond. And now I don’t feel like I can reply to anything more recent until I’ve got through the old comments, etc etc. I guess I should just get over myself and crack on though, because I love getting comments and do really truly read and appreciate every single one.

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

I tend to give them at the very least a hopeful ending, so I had to look through my account to work this out, and I think this has to go to my weird tiny little dark fic Not Waving (M, 3k, Drarry).

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

As above, I do like a happy ending, but rarely is it unqualified happiness. Kept in Cages, maybe, because I like that they’ve built a life away from everything, and that it’s something that they’ve each freely chosen. Or perhaps Silhouettes (E, 17k, Dronarry), which now I think about it does have a rare conveniently-packaged ending!

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not yet! The odd lightly offensive bookmark rating, but nothing that especially bothers me. I got caught up in the top/bottom trolling early in my time in fandom, but that stuff was so ridiculous I just deleted the lot of it and didn’t think of it again.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I write what I want to read, really, which (naturally) involves smut. I can’t do PWPs though; there’s a Tumblr post that says, like, ‘I’m going to write a quick PWP, the starting premise is that character A has lost their faith in god’, and this is kind of me. Sex in fic for me is a big part of relationship development, and so I usually slot in whatever works best for the characters from that point of view. I’m actually writing something right now that’s fast sexual burn/slow relationship burn, and it’s a very new dynamic for me, to try and take the feelings away (a bit, obviously they’re going to catch them sooner or later).

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

I don’t really enjoy reading them, so it doesn’t really enter my mind to try and write one. I suppose sports AUs are the exception to the rule – does that count? I haven’t written one, but I’ve read some I’ve adored (@sleepstxtic, @citrusses) and I could see myself having a go.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

A couple, I think. Someone translated NATG to Brazilian Portuguese, all 111k of the thing (although looking now I think it might have been taken down!), and Nice I think got translated to Vietnamese.

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

Yes, Dreaming Skies with @tackytigerfic. Dream come true, etc etc. I have to say, I’d absolutely be up for another collab with someone in the future (time/life/etc allowing, which is a big if for me).

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Drarry. Twenty-one years and counting!

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

Oh, I’d never say never! Good to always have something on the backburner, I say.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, I think. And I used to think pacing, but currently having a slight crisis about this in my latest fic, so get back to me! But yeah, dialogue; as I was saying to @fluxweeed the other day, sometimes I feel like I write my fics by just filling in the gaps between dialogue.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Everything that’s not dialogue! No, I’d say probably endings. I don’t think I’ve mastered the art of ending strong just yet. I’m too keen to satisfy readers, possibly, or maybe it’s the dialogue thing again, I want to end on a quip or something, and it never sits quite right. I should really start looking at what I think makes a good ending, I guess.

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

Fine? I mean, I wouldn’t personally do it using google translate or anything, because I’d have horrors that I’d accidentally end up insulting someone, but if I know the language a bit and/or have someone I can trust to help, that’s fine.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

First and only, HP. I read HP back in the early 00s – a broad range of stuff, following the well-known authors (Cassie Clare, Maya, Rhysenn, Aja etc), but was always just a lurker, never part of fandom (was too nervous, and too busy with F1, which was a very niche fandom back then, consisting of about 30 of us and an unhealthy number of screenshots of Jarno Trulli’s backside after every race – I ran a fic archive and modded fests etc, but never wrote). Then when I got back into fandom, it was immediately HP, and immediately Drarry <3

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Don’t make me choose between my children!

Tagging: gosh, I think I've tagged enough people just in the course of my ramblings! Oh, maybe also @shealwaysreads, and @skeptiquewrites if you haven't done it, and the Aussie crew @moonflower-rose and @shiftylinguini, I'd love to know your answers if you have the inclination. Anyone who gets a tag for the post please feel free to do it and please do tag me with your responses <3

#drarry #dronarry #my writing #look mum i actually did one of these

[desceros]

It's been almost a decade for me too 😌 I used to write entire chapters in a day, but now I can't put a sentence together without deleting it right after, because I hate it lmao. What do you do when you have writer's block? I've been hitting a wall with writing for so long, it's like I don't know how to write anymore. I still love writing, still get plot bunnies all the time, but it's like I'm stuck. Any advice for that? 🤔

sooooo. i am about to really out just how fucking autistic i am. please don't laugh.

so one thing i do to combat writer's block is i try to write every day, no matter how shitty it is. i let myself suck, because it doesn't matter; no one's going to read what's in my icloud. it's just for me. that lets me be as gratuitous and sucky as i want, guilt-free.

and then—again please don't laugh—i have... a spreadsheet that i made where i can randomly generate one of about 2k prompts and a character. on the days when i don't have inspiration in my head, i just generate a prompt, and then i write that. sometimes, i'm going to be real, it's really awful. like. oh god awful. but i don't delete it. i keep it. because that forces me to think of everything that i write as something that's worth keeping.

so, uh, guessing that you don't want to make an automatic spreadsheet for yourself—i recommend that you follow some of those prompt blogs that float around. i also really like going to a random word generator and giving myself thirty verbs. then you write thirty little baby ficlets where that verb happens. look at pictures. listen to music. think of a line from your favorite fic that made you go 'wow!!' and create an entirely new fic based off of it. there's an entire world of inspiration all around you already, and it doesn't have to come from within if you aren't ready for it; you just have to let the outside in until you are.

at first, you're going to be rusty. everything is going to feel awful. it's going to suck. but if you do just a little bit every day, eventually you'll get to a place where it feels like. oh yeah this is just what i do every day. it doesn't have to be a lot; maybe 500 words. just a scene of a fic. two characters talking. and you'll get back into it eventually!

#ask tag #i showed my roommate my spreadsheet and they gaped. so. it is. truly a Work of A(utism)rt

[eilinelsghost]

3, 4, 18, 23?

From these fic writer asks. Still happily taking these!

3. how you feel about your current WIP

I'm actually feeling rather good about this one (Atandil 17)! I was very make-it-up-as-I-went for the last installment (within reason) and for this one I have a pretty solid outline of what beats to hit. Which always makes me feel like I have things a lot more in hand than when I have no idea where it will end up taking me.

4. a story idea you haven’t written yet

This Nerdanel and Finrod idea rotates constantly in my brain. I really hope this one materializes at some point.

18. if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

Here's one that never made its way into Children of the Sun:

“Balan, come sit beside me,” he said softly, then added quickly, “if thou wilt.” The other nodded and moved to join him upon the seat, awed by the intricacy of the design, the long cushions soft and welcoming. He looked for all the world like a skittish pup and Finrod tried not to let the amusement show on his face. Instead, he moved closer so his arm rested firmly against the other’s, but he did not take his hand. “There. Now I’ve some grounding.” He felt the other’s tension ease at the touch, but still a cloud of unease hovered between them. “Balan,” he said at last, turning his face toward him, “have I made thee a stranger by bringing thee here?”

23. pick three keywords that describe your writing

Oh goodness, this one is difficult. I'm so bad at keywords and also about being an objective perceiver of my own writing lol. Um....let's see....I've asked someone else about this because I was stressing too much on an answer and was informed that "contemplative, intricate, and dreamy" are the ones to go with here.

#asks and answers

[hephaestiions]

Hello! 18, 24 & 29 :)

thank you for the ask, anon, these were fun!!

18. if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic.

from Every Breath You Take, an earlier cut, when the relationship between harry and draco, in the aftermath of an already failed marriage wasn't total silence, but relentless arguments about nothing. i scrapped it (and then changed the dynamic in general) because the dialogue felt both clunky and chunky, neither of which i try to go for when writing people speak:

“Do you find joy in being this hateful? Did this stupid fucking hold-up— I have a job, Draco, Merlin, what was the goddamn point— at least tell me it made you happy. That all this rotten rubbish I put up with every day is worth something in that twisted little head of yours, that you smile for a second thinking, yeah, I ruined Harry's breakfast, pat on my fucking back." “Fuck you! Happy? Happy, really, Harry? I haven't been happy in years! Not in years! Is that— is that good enough for you? To know I am just as miserable here as you, I get nothing out of any of this—" "Why do it at all, then?" Harry asks, throwing his hands up and spinning on his heel. He goes and rests his head against a pillar in the living room. If he weren't furious, he'd appreciate how ridiculous he looks right now. Muffled into the wall, he says, "If you're so fucking miserable—" "There's one thing," Draco says with a watery laugh that doesn't carry much humour at all. He stalks over to where Harry's standing and tugs on his robes until he's facing Draco and his endless, endless rage, always his rage, never— Jesus. Draco leans in and jabs his pointer finger into Harry's chest. "There's one thing I've been good at all my life, and it's riling you up. You think— what? A marriage fails, and I just— what? Let the opportunity go?"

24. how do you recharge when you're not feeling creative?

the short, unhelpful answer is i try to go out and live my life. the slightly longer, still probably unhelpful, but wordier answer is: i go out on the lawns and spend the late afternoon fading into dusk reading books on the grass, i go to town with my friends and enjoy how the world looks when we're all giggling and tipsy, i focus on finishing things i've been procrastinating on, i clean my room and my desk and my wardrobe and i throw out half my things to make space for new ideas, i pick up new hobbies and i hyperfixate on some new fascination and find out everything i can about it, i sit in cafes and public transport and art galleries and take little notes on what people are doing and what they're saying and how they're living their lives, i write bad poetry and laugh about it, i sing terrible songs and laugh about it, i start some embroidery wips and look at them with great affection knowing i'll never finish them. and after months, or maybe even years of not sitting at the keyboard or picking up a pen to do more than write two lines of floating ideas, i think to myself— imagine if that thing was to happen. and imagine if that other thing was to happen right after. imagine, imagine, imagine, and suddenly the imagination can't be contained anymore, spilling out all over my hands.

29. how easy is it for you to come up with titles?

quite difficult if i'm trying to find a title from within the fic— i'm awful with wordplay of the smart & referential kind that makes for good titles. but usually, i have some song on repeat while writing a fic or a poem that comes to me in fragments, and i pick a lyric/line from there and it's the easiest part of the process.

send me some more fic writer asks while i procrastinate on my assignments!

#thoughts on these ones are that to write is to live #and sometimes when you're stuck with writing you have to remind yourself to live #thank you for the ask! #ask games #geets.txt #lovely anon

[amostimprobabledream]

Writer Tag!

Thanks so much @blindmagdalena! How many works do you have on AO3? As of right now, 67. What's your total AO3 word count?

No idea lol.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos? A Lungful of Smoke Quid Pro Quo The Trees Stood Witness The Beast You've Made of Me the beast you've made of me

I feel like three of these should be discounted because I wrote them in like 2017 - the Hawks one was literally when he was first introduced and we didn't even know his civilian name then.

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do, though not every comment - usually if they're just like "Part Two!" or "More plz!" I tend not to reply to those. I tend to worry about looking like I'm purposefully boosting my comment number by replying to them all.

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending? Definitely "as the stars explode".

What’s the fic you've written with the happiest ending? I'm not sure, most of my fics are smut oneshots so I guess hitting the big O is a happy ending. "The Gift" was a pretty happy ending for Grimmjow and Reader.

Do you write crossovers? Not usually but that doesn't necessarily mean I never will.

Have you ever received hate on a fic? Yes. Once I got a particularly stupid one about some girl getting salty that I spoiled a character's death - a character that had only appeared in the manga, so as an anime-only watcher she shouldn't have even been reading about him since she shouldn't know who he is if she hadn't already seen some spoilers.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I think it's pretty much all I write lol. I'm trying to branch out a bit but I worry people feel cheated with no sexy payoff.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? I have, though this was back in like 2015 of a fandom I'm not naming out of embarrassment, and they reposted it to ff.net. Luckily I don't think Reader Inserts are permitted there so I'm assuming it got deleted anyway.

Have you ever had a fic translated? Yes, a couple of times! Mostly into Russian.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? No, though my Peaky Blinders OC fic is based off an RP I was doing with my friend, so some of it was partly written by her, which I'm repurposing with her permission. <3

What's your all-time favorite ship? I tend to not get too involved with shipping because I like ships that are more unusual and get tired of the same super-popular pairing getting shoved down my neck. That being said, I am forever salty Peaky Blinders set up Tommy/May in Season 2 and then inexplicably just sorta dropped it because May's actress got preggers. (I want them to finally get together for the movie so badly but I'm not holding out much hope.)

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will? I like to think once my hyperfixation kicks in I'll go back to some fics I've ditched but I find multichapter stories difficult to commit to. I do want to continue with my Demon!Dabi story and that Dazai one I wrote one chapter of and then ditched. What are your writing strengths? I think I'm fairly good at dialogue and I try to put unique twists on concepts I've seen done before. I personally also enjoy the personalities I give to my Readers, I'm a bit picky with Readers in Reader Inserts (I hate it when they're either super passive and meek or aggressive af for no reason).

What are your writing weaknesses?

I think I have a bad tendency to skip a lot of exposition because I want to jump to dialogue. I also sometimes worry my writing is too beige prose-y and I should take my time a bit more. Also I am awful at finishing multichapter fics because I get distracted so easily. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? I guess it depends on how it's used? I quite like it when people write characters with accents, I think it adds a nice flavour to stories. What was the first fandom you wrote for? Fruits Basket and Naruto lol. What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to I have a bunch of like, half-started Billy Butcher x Reader concepts but he's such a hard character to write for. I think it's because I don't get to discuss him nearly as much as Homelander. What's your favorite fic you've written? I'm personally pretty fond of "I'm neon phosporescent" for Dabi being a kinky bastard and "stardust in my eyes" as my first foray into The Boys.

No pressure tags: @librarianqueen @inkyveins @honeydazai-main and anyone else who wants to participate!

#Fanfiction #Writing #Ask game

[lucky-bishop]

20 Questions for fic Writers!

Thanks for the tag @rosieposiepuddingnpie! 💕Anyone who would like to play along, please do, and go ahead and tag me if you'd like! I always love reading these.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Also 57! Weird coincidence!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

520,472

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Teen Wolf primarily, only one of my published fics is for another fandom (What We Do in the Shadows). I do have WIP fics in that fandom as well as Stranger Things and Hannibal, though I don't know if they'll ever get finished or published haha.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Hearts in the Byline (Steter, 62,395 words) Kinky Antics with the Pack (Kinktober 2020) (Multi-Pairing, 53,103 words) Try, Try Again (Steterek, 35,241 words) The Empty-Nester Alpha (Steter, 16,306 words) Mask of Many Faces (Steter, 22,806 words)

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

Yep! Pretty much all of them! At least all initial comments, and as long as they're made in good faith. Criticism or petty shit I pretty much just ignore. I just know I always like it when authors reply to me, so I like to reply as well. It's a good feeling!!

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

Depends on how you're defining your angst, but I'm personally going to go with For This I'll Burn where Stiles lets the nogitsune in on purpose. 4,409 words, no pairing.

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

Tough one! I'd have to say either Foxes and Wolves or The "No-Bite" Rule. They're both Steter HEAs (5,289 and 3,869 words respectively). Forever might look different for Stiles and Peter than it does for other people, but they definitely deserve it.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have before. Most of the time I can just shrug it off, and it doesn't really bother me. Like I said, I just don't engage with those bad faith comments. I got one on Hearts in the Byline while I was writing it (I believe it has since been deleted lmfao I couldn't find it) on a chapter that asked if someone else had written it because the quality was so bad and they felt it was so incongruous from the story. It was hurtful and awful and at the time it really sucked. I think I've grown as an author and something like that wouldn't bother me as much anymore, but that was my second or third fic, and the longest one I'd written (and still holds that, I think, lol).

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes :-) Some from my own brain and others requested from me. And all sorts!

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

I haven't yet. I have one TW/Buffy crossover WIP that I don't know if I'll ever really get to finish, but I'd like to. It's more of a fusion than a crossover, anyway.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of! Hopefully it stays that way haha.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Once! Someone translated The "No-Bite" Rule into Ukrainian here.

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

I have not! But I would try, I think it seems fun.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

It's gotta be Steter, man.

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

I don't know! I would definitely like to finish all my WIPs, but it's probably unrealistic. Writer in the Dark is a Kira/Cora WIP that I started but lost motivation for. I hope to revisit it someday, but if something won't get finished, that's probably it.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Character growth! I feel like I do a good job showing how characters have changed through the narrative over time, no matter if that's years or months or even a very impactful night.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Action is definitely one. I struggle to write combat scenarios (the closest I've gotten with it would be in Mission Control, I think). I'm also not always great at balancing background characters/b-plots. I've had comments before like, "where did x character go???" and I'm like "shit. forgot they were here tbh." But I'm working on it!

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

I probably wouldn't do it, write dialogue not in English. The only exception might be German, since it's what I studied as a second language, but even then I'm rusty enough that I wouldn't trust it well. Anything else I'd be tossing in Google Translate and hoping for the best, so it's a no-go for me. I've used pet names or short phrases in another language before, but that's really the extent of it.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Technically Marvel but none of what I wrote is up anywhere (that it can be traced back to me, lol, all of those works are orphaned). That I actually count? Teen Wolf.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I think it has to be Down to the Marrow. I just really, really loved writing that fic. I think it will always have a very special place in my heart. Before then, since it was so recent, I probably would've said Shall We Not Revenge?

#ask #rosieposiepuddingnpie #ask game #my writing #teen wolf

[masonalexanderparkconfession]

I've been going back to read some of your fics and I love the way you write its so poetic I seriously can't get enough. If I may could I ask for A desire x reader fic?.

Desire and reader have known each other for awhile ad like each other as well but are too stubborn to admit it. Until one day when Desire comes to visit reader at their house and finds reader on the couch with their head thrown back R says they had a rough day just wants to relax. Desire ask what they can do to help, Reader just looks at them before grabbing them by the hand and making Desire sit on their lap and starts kissing them.

I apologize if it's too long I send this in to someone else but never heard back idk if Tumblr deleted it or they just didn't want to answer it not really sure

Hello again! Thank you for your kind words and compliments, they really made my day! <3 I hope you will enjoy that fic!

You were exhausted. It was difficult to describe exactly the events of the day. They seemed to fade away, melting in your memories as you hadn't the energy anymore to think about them - was today the only culprit, though? Or was it only one more, one too many days followed by others, weeks or even months which had leaded you back to your house?

Looking back to this past year, you wondered when it had started exactly. When everything in your life had gathered to beat you down. Thankfully, you also had been granted the wonderful chance of meeting a being you wouldn't have dared to desire for. A being, whose memory seemed to keep you afloat, in the overwhelming dark sea.

A part of you knew you were overreacting, that your mind was being dramatic. You've had your downs, yes, but you've also had the small joy of everyday, the beautiful glimpses of hopes and of awe, the unexpected chances you sometimes hardly noticed. Still, you cared not about being fair with life - for it hadn't been fair today. You were tired - too tired to cry this out - emotionally drained, empty even, and you were allowed to be petty about it. To complain, and dwell, and not try to make it better.

The being would have made it better.

Them, too, was a reason for you to complain at this instant. Because your heart was aching with love it carried, and that you never expressed. It was not that you thought it was not shared - it was rather clear their gaze on you wasn't offered to anyone else.

And while you couldn't begin to understand them entierly, in their whole supernatural existence, you knew enough to see they were making genuine efforts at times to make you happy, even when it involved actively going against their own interests.

(Except that one time they used you having a flu as an excuse to avoid a family gathering. They wouldn't convince you they were more than happy to cancel these plans.)

And it wasn't that you didn't trust them, even if a part of you was aware of how dangerous it may proves to be in the future. This part, which had heard the tales of the being, and had witnessed what their abilities caused to the heart of humanity: Greed, corruption, jealousy...

But you trusted they liked you. And you liked them back. The thought of admitting it aloud, though, was frankly terrifying. An army of "What if" overwhelmed you whenever you brushed the idea of telling them, and an another, prideful and childish voice, was stubbornly whispering: "Why me?"

Why should you be the one to take that step forward? You, human and fragile, while you have everything to lose in it. For you think they share the feeling, but can't be certain, while they have that absolute knowledge. How unfair is that? Because with their abilities, they must be aware that you desire them. It should be them who speaks up first. It should be.

It couldn't be because it was too soon. You had met them earlier in the year. (During a reception the friend of a friend, who had helped you moving in your house, had thrown. You exchanged a glance, and you ended up talking the night away, having no memory of the party but their eyes and the sound of their laugh.)

Ever since, you hadn't spent a couple of days without seeing each other. After a few months, they had even confessed to you - or bragged - about their true nature, and while you obliviously hadn't believed them at first, they had given you proofs you couldn't deny.

Admitting they liked you would have been nothing, after giving you their identity, their name and their function. But they did not. And you waited, when they sneaked in your house in the evening (it had become a habit), when they listened patiently to your stories, when they stroked your hair gently. You waited for the words to leave their beautiful red lips.

None came.

"I was going to ask if you've had a good day, kitten, but it's clear that you hadn't."

The purring voice did not surprise you. You stretched in your sofa, barely glancing in their direction.

"I've had a rough day. I just want to relax."

There was a silence. You felt them moving behind the sofa, circling it until they were facing you. They placed their index finger under your chin, gently nudging you to lift your head - to see them. And despite all the swirling worries in your head, seeing them was enough to mute the thoughts, and to bring a smile on your lips.

"What may I do for you? Tell me how I can help."

"Oh, Desire."

And looking into their eyes, it was suddenly very easy. Life was. Your heart felt light. They were grinning, with fondness, caring for your well-being, and it came to you naturally. For, who cared about the right times? The fairness, and the just? The disappointing rewards of patience, and the obedience of the stability? And maybe, it was because you were done, because the day and the past weeks had been too much, because you couldn't bring yourself to care for the consequences, or for your ego anymore. But maybe, it was also because you had understood why they had been waiting for you to take the first step.

The lesson of desires was to take it all, and right now. To live for the thrill. Nevermind, and to boldly exists into the moment - for they were a creature of the moment.

You took the hand which was under your chin. Your laced your fingers together, and tugged. It took no words for them to sit on your lap, but they seemed amused for a flickering instant.

You kissed them. Because it was what you wanted. What you desired, and so did they.

And when you parted, your heart beating wildly, the adrenaline having erased the exhaustion, you heard them chuckling:

"Finally."

#mason alexander park #mason alexander park imagine #mason alexander park confession #desire of the endless #desire #sandman #the sandman #headcanon #adryanscott

[onlylostphysics]

"a dark deck and a bad idea" for the dvd extras!

thank you so much! I have such a fondness for this fic.

my 5 DVD extras (author's commentary and deleted scenes) for a dark deck and a bad idea

1. The title is a riff on I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (by Fall Out Boy) because a) titles are the worst part of writing and I use the first one I can come up with that I don't hate and b) the opening line of that song is "joke me something awful just like kisses on the necks of best friends" ☠

2. Beginnings are hard, here's a couple of scrapped openings:

He's glad Ed's having a good time, truly. Just because he's always felt out of place at these things doesn't mean he wants Ed to -- this is Ed's night, after all! His big debut! A small part of him worries about leaving Ed alone down there but he was the life of the party when Stede left, so he's probably fine. The one problem Stede has is that there's only so long a man can go on feeling like an unnecessary column in the middle of a ballroom before he slopes up to prop up a wall elsewhere. He found this narrow deck wrapping around the aft of the ship, so far away from everyone else that he only hears the odd shout of laughter that the breeze brings around. It's just he wanted to be a pirate, not go back to these stifling things -- but! Fair's fair, and all that. He made the bargain. ~~~ He's used to feeling like a fool at these things, but Ed -- god, Stede saw the way Ed looked when he caught sight of himself in the mirror, looking elegant and sophisticated and as far away from the dread pirate Blackbeard that Stede could imagine. It was the same look of hopeful longing Stede's caught being thrown in his direction when Ed's thought he wasn't looking - and Stede gets it, he really does. The life of a gentleman must seem like a dream in comparison to the realities of being a pirate. Stede knows just what it's like to gaze at someone and wish you could be them. It's staggering, really, that Blackbeard could look at him that way, but it happens so often that Stede's starting to get used to it.

3. A bundle of deleted bits that didn't fit/went in the wrong direction/were too self-indulgent:

It's most likely just a lingering after-effect of getting stabbed, he thinks. Nothing to worry about. (He's been meaning to ask Roach about that, actually. The man has more qualifications from the Sorbonne than Stede even knew you could get, so he must know what he's talking about.)

It was easier back when they were getting dressed. At least then they had something to do that Stede was good at and could immediately take control over.

"It wouldn't be very gentlemanly of me to leave you -- unsatisfied," Stede says, with all the confidence he can muster. Ed looks up, his eyes moon-bright and breathtaking. "Well," he says. "We wouldn't want to be ungentlemanly now, would we?" he says, blowing across the embers still glowing in Stede's belly.

"This shit kinda gets everywhere, doesn't it? 's why I prefer to do this naked." "Naked," Stede says. "Well, perhaps we could try that next time."

Maybe Lucius knows a trick or two about getting stains out, Stede thinks, and sighs. He's certainly offered to give Stede a hand enough times.

A laugh bubbles up, and then for no reason at all Stede reaches up to cup Ed's jaw in his hand, a cloud of beard in his palm and Ed's eyes close and bright and shining. "I really like you," Ed mumbles. "I like you too," Stede says, a warmth like good brandy sinking through his chest.

4a. A version of Stede with even less of a clue:

"There's only one figure in his head right now, mate," Ed says, swaying close, and Stede realises with a fond jolt that Ed must be a little more drunk than normal on all that champagne. "I'm glad you're having fun," Stede says, smiling softly. "We could be having more fun," Ed says, so close that it feels like there's a lantern between them, a caged warmth glowing. "Oh? Has someone suggested a game? Although those are always dreadful, I afraid."

4b. A version of Stede with slightly more of a clue:

"Oh, he's very good at head," Ed says. "He's heard you're in the market… for a new accountant." "Ye-es?" Stede says, not quite sure where this is going. "Jeff would like to… give you a demonstration of his services. On the house, like." Stede realises, with sudden and perfect clarity, that Ed really has no idea what an accountant does, but he's not going to let that stop whatever is about to happen from happening. "I'd love to hear more about these services," Stede says.

I had no idea where either of these were going.

5. So, when I started writing this fic all I had was the "Fair's fair. Blackbeard just takes, but I'm Ed. Or Jeff." dialogue down to "Really? Good at head? I mean. Keeping figures. In his head." and the notion that Stede was going to get a blowjob on the French boat.

I wrote down my options to figure out what to do with Ed:

ed is in need of assistance. solutions - it's stede's turn to give a blowjob, which seems Too Much for his first time - stede gives a handjob, which seems like a rehash of previous fic, especially with ed's repetition already - ed has already come. on the fabric?? just from giving a blowjob?? - he's not hard?? he has impeccable self control. lmao no he's already done. he came in his pants like he's not in his mid-forties. - he could go away and deal with it?? stede could go away while ed deals with it. why isn't stede at dinner???????? i think i need a lie down, he says. - they make a mess of stede's things and THAT'S WHY he's not at dinner?!

BONUS. my favourite note to myself:

[be! more! vague!]

#ask meme #❤!

[grammarpedant]

AO3 wrapped: 3, 11, 15, 18?

The AO3 wrapped meme

Thanks for sending in the questions! I had a lot of fun with the answers :D

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

Hm... depending on whether you count last year's Gift Exchange event as part of the wrapped (since this year's not being included I'd lean toward yes), I'd say the past is no forgotten promise, a highly niche fic that I wrote for RoundedLoaf, based on the tender feelings of love and labor that her hopepunk generation ship fic gave me, and on the strong feelings of connection (and on Murderbot, an outsider unfamiliar with the power of that sense of belonging, beholding it for the first time) that the scene of moving through the Pressy in FT instilled in me the first time I read it. Its summary- like a whole bunch of other fics I'd posted this year; apparently i've lost my touch with writing summaries- I only figured out how to actually sell convincingly like three months after it was posted XD

If not that fic, then probably lead me to water and bid me to drink- that one began as a stream-of-consciousness Mensah POV series of musings on all the stuff that gets me going about her relationship to Murderbot- the fucking mining drill scene, MB looking up at her in awe and :an_emotion: at the first person who's ever gone to the trouble of going back for it, the fact that she MURDERED A SELF-AWARE BEING (the DeltFall SecUnit) to do so, all the care and safety she tried to offer it and her coming to terms with the fact that despite all her best faith efforts she cannot give it freedom or self-determination, that it must take with its own hands. I fucking love Outsider POV, ok, and I love drilling down into angsty feelings.

It's interesting- I think I felt like I got less engagement with the Mensah POV fic than I'm used to my oneshots getting, but in truth that's probably because a) the fandom has evolved- there's more writers than in my heyday, and thus more for readers to choose from, and b) I'm no longer in the habit of responding to every comment I get, so it looks like I have fewer of the thing I usually use as an indicator of engagement. On the other hand, I knew the past is no forgotten promise would be niche as hell, but I was hugely gratified by the sheer number of readers who commented with something like "this made me cry"- and it's become something of a cult hit ever since i_have_loved_the_stars_too_fondly (who doesn't have a tumblr, last i checked) made some truly incredible and lovely fanart for it.

11. What work took you the longest to write?

This is a really hard question to answer, because I generally don't keep track of stuff like <time, wordcount> on my own; I use a whole bunch of different programs to write in (OneNote, Scrivener, discord itself, tumblr drafts) and don't know how to access stats like "how long did you spend on this draft cumulatively" or "when did you start writing this shit anyway" in each of them, so I generally rely on AO3's stats to keep me in the know.

The thing that took me longest to "write" was probably Three in Clay, the 2,000 words of which are mostly image IDs and silly asides about the process of sculpting a model of Three out of ceramic clay. But over the five months I worked on the project, it did end up developing a narrative, so I think that counts XD

15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

Oh my god. This question actually made me realize that I had a whole bunch of draft chapters queued up for the upload of my tumblr Network Effect meta that I never got around to hitting "post" on, and I had a terrified moment of thinking that the drafts had been deleted by AO3. But apparently if it's a draft chapter AO3 keeps them indefinitely, so that work now has a new update XD

To answer the question though, I'm probably taking spite the air (fandom staple "A SecUnit and its Human" OC fic, with a slight twist: a hopeful, fresh-off-the-factory-line SecUnit is responsible for guarding/caretaking the galaxy's most unhinged cynical bastard old woman who ever tried to mass-murder her colleagues) into the new year, and hopefully leaving The Context that History Is (a hundred years after the spark of bots' rights kindled robot revolution and the downfall of the CR, a SecUnit born-free on Preservation looks back at Murderbot's legacy and how it's shaped its own life) and profile tag: friend (Murderbot and Ratthi aro solidarity) complete and done with in 2022.

18. The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

This is such a funny question to me because, as a big Outsider POV writer, the one thing I almost NEVER do is write Murderbot itself, and yet almost everything I write is still about Murderbot, you know? I kind of struggled with profile tag: friend (i mean, part of it is the subject matter, since frankly as we all know MB haaates talking about feelings and especially doing it with a human, even Ratthi)- but some of my older ficlets feel much more like I grasped the voice better than I do now, so I think it's fair to say I'm out of practice XD

#verso answers #chimaerakitten #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #murderbot diaries #ask meme #queue

[thosetwofirefighters]

fic origin story

thanks to the lovely @mooshkat for the tag! <3

what was your first fandom (reading and/or writing)? glee lmao (it haunts me tbh)

what was the first story you ever wrote (even if it was never posted) and what made you decide to write it? i'm a creative writer through and through (got a degree in it and everything), so i've been writing since i was little, but the first fic i ever wrote was a horrible (and i mean horrible) novel-length fake dating drarry fic that has now been purged from all platforms oop

not sure what made me want to write it, but i'm pretty sure i wrote it over winter break my sophomore or junior year of high school? so probably boredom lol

what's a piece of advice you would give to your younger fic-writing self? don't publish fics until they're finished! when it comes to fiction, editing is my strong suit tbh, and i will change around so many things in my stories by the time i'm done with them, and i used to write and post chapters before i even knew where the story was going, wrote myself into holes and awful plots, etc. now, when i write longer fics, i keep them to myself until i know everything is as i want it to be

what's an early fandom interaction that stuck with you (be it a nice comment, a friend you made, a fic that got a lot of feedback etc.)? tbh i don't remember much of my old fandom interactions, partially because i did a lot of fandom things with people from real life (my childhood best friend is who introduced me to fic), so this isn't really an early interaction, but every so often, i look up the fics i've orphaned instead of deleting just to smile at the fact that people are still reading and commenting on them today <3

post a sentence or two from an older fic and a sentence or two from a newer one (if you want). there's no way in hell y'all are getting even a word of an old fic from me, sorry not sorry! /lh

buuut here's a lil snippet from my fake dating wip!

“Eddie,” Buck says, allowing himself to find comfort in his best friend. “I’m so worried.” “I know, Buck,” Eddie replies, running a hand up and down Buck’s back. “Come on.” He takes Buck’s hand and pulls him up the stairs, pointing at a dining chair. When Buck sits, Eddie goes to the kitchen, and Buck doesn’t even have it in him to joke that Eddie shouldn’t be anywhere near their food.

i feel like everyone else has probably already been tagged so sorry if i'm late but no pressure tagging @the-likesofus @lilbuddie @alyxmastershipper @jacksadventuresinwriting @ajunerose

#this was so fun!! #also yes the first fic i ever wrote was fake dating and yes the longest buddie fic i will probably ever write is fake dating #i cant help it #its the best trope i'm sorry #(i'm not sorry at all) #me #mine #fanfiction

[starleska]

aaaa I kinda wanna make a DHMIS side blog and write some fic but seeing so many ppl start getting harassment out of nowhere is so discouraging 😂 wishing you all the best, I love your warren stuff (and sorry about those mean anons!!)

oh, sweetheart. i'm so, so sorry that you feel this way. this is dreadful. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared fandom, look at this ask. over the past week myself and many other fans of the shorts and show have been receiving vile messages. death threats, wishes that our favourite characters should die in horrible ways, and personal attacks. the level of harassment the fandom has reached is unconscionable. if you're one of those individuals who thinks it's a great time to spew filth into people's inboxes, or to scream at artists/writers/theorists through tags because you really don't like a fictional character, or even enjoy watching the fireworks like people's emotions are some kind of sport? re-evaluate your life for a moment. right here, you have an individual who is too scared to engage with their interest because of this harassment. now, i'm thankful i'm in a good place mentally and am able to laugh this stuff off. i've liked weird characters and been bashed for it before, and it will happen again. but these people are forming an unsafe, toxic environment. it's not 'lmao this freak likes the worm i'm gonna send death threats 😂'. it's them taking time out of their day to make others miserable because they can't handle other people liking something they don't. i find it unbelievably ironic that it's posting about Warren, of all characters, that is drawing such ire. joking about how he's ugly and a terrible person is one thing, that's all in good fun - he's both! but did the actual message of that episode go entirely over their heads, or is their media comprehension so dim they believe it to be a one-to-one depiction of reality? for anyone who has been made to feel unsafe in this manner - whether in this fandom or another, for liking an unpopular character or for just trying to enjoy themselves - you don't need to give these people your energy. go ahead and make that sideblog. post those headcanons. make your art and write about your ships and create your AMVs. and do everything you need to do to keep yourself and your mental health safe. it's okay to turn off anon, it's okay to delete replies, and it's okay to block liberally when assholes come into your space looking to ruin your day because their own lives are so vapid and hollow. anon, thank you so much for your kind words and for being so sweet to me - i'm really glad you like my silly Warren content! i think you should make that sideblog and have a blast with it. for every awful ask i've received, there's been a hundred other messages, reblogs, tags and more gushing and theorising and just having a great time. the fandom as a whole isn't bad - it's just a couple of people who have nothing better to do and want to project their insecurities outwards. don't worry about them. they're leading profoundly sad lives. take care of yourself, and i hope, with time, these people grow up a little and learn to enjoy themselves. 💖

#i've been meaning to make a larger post talking about the problem the DHMIS fandom has with harassment for a little while now #i hope this helps. and please know you're always welcome to come into my inbox/DMs and yell about your stuff if you can't do it openly! 🥰 #don't hug me i'm scared #dhmis #dhmis warren #warren the eagle #anon hate #harassment #starleskasks #starleskatalks

[heich0e]

ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠

my ask tag is #liv got mail if you'd like to block it!

hello!! ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

⋆.*ﾟ minors/ageless blogs please don't follow or interact

i’m in my late twenties! i’ve lived a full (-ish!) and good (debatable!) life.

i know i’m just some random girl on the internet and that i can’t force you to do anything (or not to lie to me), but i really do ask that you please consider for a moment just how uncomfortable going against this simple request could make me, or any other user who asks this of you. there is nothing wrong with being a minor. there's not even anything wrong with not wanting to put an age indicator on your blog. but at the same time i'm well within my own rights to ask, if either of those things are the case, that you keep our experiences on this website separate by not following me or interacting with my posts.

if you are a minor/ageless blog and are found to be following/interacting with my posts you will be blocked, and if it continues to be a persistent issue i will delete my blog and stop posting my work--for my own safety as much as yours.

⋆.*ﾟplease don't steal my ideas

i know that parallel thinking is a thing. i don't claim to be doing anything revolutionary. i don't claim ownerships of tropes or character archetypes or generic conventions. that being said, please don't plagiarize/otherwise copy my work. it feels AWFUL.

i also get you might see a hyper-specific, detailed headcanon/drabble/post and be like 'hey i like that idea and want to make it a full fic!'. i get that you might see a title (in this instance I mean the more specific or distinctive ones I've come up with)/line of dialogue/scene in something i write and be like 'hey i'd like to use that in my own work!'. i get that you might see a piece of writing for a character you don't know but think it applies to a character you love and want to adapt it to suit your own tastes/fandoms.

but just... please don't. it's hurtful and incredibly devaluing to see someone else trying to take an original idea (that you have put time and effort into nurturing and developing) and present it as their own.

there are so many ideas out there for you to come up with, i promise you that you don't need mine.

⋆.*ﾟdon’t repost/recommend my work on other platforms (ESPECIALLY TIKTOK)

please. please. I don’t care if you're saying nice things, or if you’ll credit me, I don’t care if you’re translating it, I don’t care if you offer to literally send me money.

i appreciate the sentiment SO MUCH. it means more to me than i know how to say that you have read/enjoyed something I made, but PLEASE don’t do it—it makes me very uncomfortable.

⋆.*ﾟpls don’t send me/ask for fic recs uwu

i am MUCH MORE of a writer than a reader, and i tend to be really particular about what i read in my free time/when the desire to read fic does infrequently strike. that being said i reblog EVERY fic i read and tag it #fic recs - and if you're looking for a specific character try #(character name) recs!!

that being said PLS feel free to tell me about what you’re reading if you need somewhere to rant/gush!! i enjoy hearing about stuff that makes you happy!!

⋆.*ﾟbe nice!

#liv hates her life #house rules