#actually scratch that we're putting this under a cut mostly :p
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fic writer interview
i was tagged by @theoceanismyinkwell — thanks so much!!
How many works do you have on AO3?
40 (although a few are drabbles...still)
What’s your total AO3 word count?
143 802 :D
How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
5 on ao3, but really four because i listed the marvel ones in general MCU and the specific fandom. they are supernatural, what we do in the shadows, downton abbey, and thor. HOWEVER i have written for several and either didn’t publish those fics anywhere or posted them to sites before ao3 started and lost track of them lol. i think probably 8-10 total?
What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Judges of Character (downton abbey, G) — explorations of george and sybbie’s reactions to thomas’s suicide attempt in s6 (HUGE thanks to @oleander4 for the inspiration for this one!!!)
Thomas Barrow and the Power of Friendship (downton abbey, T) — a series of character/relationship studies revolving around thomas
“Mr Barrow Has The Flu” (downton abbey, G) — daisy’s reaction to thomas’s "illness” in s6
Seize the Crown (what we do in the shadows, E) — uhhhh...indulgent hair pulling kink lol
Second Visitor (downton abbey, G) — daisy visits thomas after the thirsk fiar debacle
dang the downton abbey fandom really treated me well with kudos!! <3
Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
yes!!! in part i respond because i love comments and i feel like responding to them encourages people to comment more, but mostly i respond because it gives me a chance to talk about the fic! when people pull out stuff i did on purpose to comment on, it’s really exciting to get to give the commenter a little more information about why i did that. and when they pull out something i didn’t even realize i was doing, i want to react to what they said and appreciate having something about my own writing called to my attention. i have probably failed to respond to a comment or two but i really do try and want to respond to all of them :D
What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?
uhhh probably Passive (thor, G) since it’s an infinity war thor-grieves-loki fic?
Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?
i don’t...crossovers don’t particularly appeal to me usually. i don’t often think of ideas for them.
Have you ever received hate on a fic?
aaahahaa ok no i have not (fingers crossed for it staying that way!!!) but i DID get a comment on a supernatural fic that was essentially someone going on a strange, aggressive rant about theological justifications for misogyny that were loosely related to the fic in question? that is also the only comment i’ve ever removed from a fic...
Do you write smut? If so what kind?
yee. idk if any particular kind? i don’t really enjoy writing smut tbh but i do sometimes just because i have some idea that i want to express that necessitates some sexy shenanigans. typically when i write smut it’s uhhh odd in one way or another? a bit creepy and/or unsettling? because that’s the vibe i enjoy writing. the weirdness makes it more entertaining for me to write than the sex does :p as a result it’s probably not very hot but you know, whatever lmao
Have you ever had a fic stolen?
not that i’m aware of!
Have you ever had a fic translated?
yes!! Human Indulgence (supernatural, T, starring lucifer and lilith in one take on lilith’s corruption) was translated into spanish by Gordafabi. the translation is here!
Have you ever co-written a fic before?
nah...not saying i wouldn’t, but i like to write alone with my thoughts mostly.
What’s your all time favorite ship?
samifer ✌️sorry about my amazing taste skskskskss
What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?
gawddd yeah...the thing informally known as the adversary-lawboy tapes is #1 on this list. i have a bunch of snippets of sam n lucifer chit chatting and generally having a weird time in sam’s head throughout s5 and especially in the interval between the “yes” and stull cemetery, but there’s no way i’ll ever actually turn it into anything solid. i’d also love to finish the fic in which gabriel acts like a sickly god and does a bunch of very sketchy things but again, there’s no way i’ll ever do it. RIP.
fortunately neither of those is public so it doesn’t matter to anyone but me that they’ll stay WIPs forever :p
What are your writing strengths?
characterization, atmosphere/pacing, and pretty little prose stuff. i care a lot about these things and get comments on them so, hurray! (also i think i’m good at a tie-in gut-punch ending on occasion...heh)
What are your writing weaknesses?
i keep not actually writing anything!!! lmao but ok other than that i sometimes try to convey something too complicated without enough explanation. i also often write these really obnoxious sentences that you have to read the end of to understand the beginning...my thoughts are not at all linear lol. i do TRY to fix these things whilst editing but...i’m sure they still happen :/
What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
i usually don’t because i assume most readers won’t understand it and i don’t want to make people skip around the page for the translation. i’ll do it if it’s short and is more of an easter egg than a crucial line, or if it’s a quote from something else.
What was the first fandom you wrote for?
harry potter
What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?
you know...maybe “Mr Barrow Has The Flu” (linked above). i feel like i really landed all the emotional beats in that, and did daisy right. i’m also very pleased with Drawn and Quartered (spn, T). there’s another spn fic i wrote during my first pass through the fandom that i think about often but i won’t say what it is because i think about lines in isolation but am not that satisfied with the fic as a whole hahhaha
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