20 Questions For Writers
Thanks for the tag @sinvulkt!
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
I have 7 works.
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
60,129. Wow, a lot more than I thought, especially since I am terrible about posting things I write.
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Looking at my official statistics, apparently I have written the most for Marvel (4). Most of those are marvel crossovers with some sort.
However, Marvel is definitely NOT what I have written for the most. Back in middle school and high school, I wrote a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction and posted it on harrypotterfanfiction.com back when that still existed. I wrote two novel-length stories in addition to one-shots. If I were to add those to my AO3 stats, things would be very different.
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
1. It's Nice Being an Avenger (2,331 kudos)
2. The Dark Knight and Gotham’s Prince: Our Sweethearts (1,070 kudos)
3. Just Call Me Lucifer, Love (778 Kudos)
4. Avenging with the Nine-Nine (475 Kudos)
5. Melting the Ice (78 Kudos)
The number one fic is a crossover of Netflix's Daredevil and the MCU Avengers. It wasn't too popular for about two years after I wrote it, but then after Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the popularity skyrocketed. I got at least ten kudos every day for about two months after that movie.
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Yes! I do not get them terribly often so I try to remember to reply to all of them. Some of them I might forget to reply to and wait until a few months later, though.
6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I tend to usually post-humorous fic to AO3, so of what I have posted, the angstiest fic is probably "Harklin", which is set in the Star Wars High Republic. I usually end on a positive note. The darkest fic I've written - one I wrote in high school in which the main character committed suicide - had a somewhat uplifting last few sentences as the main character only committed suicide so she could be with the ghost she fell in love with.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Most of my fics have happy endings. "The Dark Knight and Gotham’s Prince: Our Sweethearts" is probably one of the happiest, though - I had a few commenters gushing about the happy ending.
8. Do you get hate on your fic?
Nope! I am glad. Sometimes people will point out minor corrections/mistakes, but that's not hate. And I'm glad they do it, because then I go back and fix it.
9. Do you write smut?
No. I read it sometimes, but I have no desire to write it.
10. Do you write crossovers?
Yes, I have a few crossovers posted - most notably the Marvel/Lucifer TV crossover and the Marvel/Brooklyn-99 crossover. It is interesting, since I rarely read crossovers, but I love to write them.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
I don't think so? Never checked, but nobody has told me that it has been, soooooo.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Just hit this milestone a few years ago! Someone asked me if they could translate "The Dark Knight and Gotham’s Prince: Our Sweethearts" into Chinese, I said yes, and it is now posted as a translation of my fic. HUGE honor - the day it was posted I was grinning so much.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic?
Yes, I co-wrote a one-shot once back when I was writing on harrypotterfanfiction.com. I literally just looked it up on wayback machine because I don't remember it well (looks like I published it in 2014), but it was for a challenge/competition thing with another randomly assigned author. We got along quite well and had a lot of fun!
14. What‘s your all-time favourite ship?
When reading fanfiction, I tend to not read a lot of romance, and I don't write a lot of romance, either. I don't have a "this is 100% my favorite ship" that I am sure about, but the first one that popped into my brain when reading that question is Supercorp.
15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
"Avenging with the 99" - essentially, the cast of Brooklyn 99 teams up with some Avengers for their annual Halloween Heist. There's so much pranking and a lot of fun, but a) after a certain point, I struggled with where to take it and b) I know at one point I planned who was going to win... but it's been so long that I have forgotten.
In middle and high school, I planned out an entire seven book series for Albus Potter, Harry Potter's son. I completed the first two books (something I will always be proud of) and started writing the third while I was still editing the second book, but then I quit. I had outlines of plans for all seven of the books, which I know I still have somewhere. At this point, it has been so many years and I have fallen out with the Harry Potter fandom completely, so I know I will never go back to it.
16. What’s your writing strengths?
Dialogue. I love to write dialogue, as it comes so naturally to me. Easiest part of writing, by far.
17. What’s your writing weaknesses?
One, I hardly ever write. Most things I write I don't complete. But when it comes to writing itself, I am AWFUL at description. I can't describe locations, people, etc. If you see a fic of mine with a lot of description, know that it took me a painfully long time. Often when writing a first draft of something, I will say [insert description of place here later] because trying to describe things ruins my flow.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
I have never done it, but I don't see why not. I think it depends how much - a few short phrases here or there would be awesome, but I don't think all of the dialogue should be in a different language than the rest of the fic.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Harry Potter
20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?
Honestly, "The Dark Knight and Gotham’s Prince: Our Sweethearts" is one of my favorites to go back and re-read. I still laugh when I re-read it.
I will always be proud of the first fic I ever wrote, simply because it was novel-length (75K words) and I did an excellent job for a 13-15 year old. I would never want to re-read it now, though - I will probably cringe at it.
As for tagging... uh, I think @sinvulkt already tagged most people from our Star Wars discord, so I shall change fandoms and tag @starsandstormyseas. I will also tag @chaosgoblinhours because I love their Gutterworks series.
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