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It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn
Chapter 1 - The Mission
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Summary: You’re a Fatui Agent, tasked with assassinating the one man who three years ago had almost suceeded to shatter the entire organization out of sheer hatred and thirst for vengeance. The best way to get close to someone? You make them fall in love with you - only that you didn’t plan on catching feelings yourself.
Pairing: Diluc x Fatui! Reader (gn)
Chapter Warnings: Mild swearing, Dottore is a bit crazy, very mild violence, talk about assassination. Mostly neutral chapter, neither fluff nor angst (yet)
A/N: I'm back with some more Diluc food because the Harbinger trailer did things to my brain! I plan for this to be a multichapter fic. I'm aiming for around 5-6 chapters for now. The rough outline stands, I just need to write it out and will try to keep updates as consistent as my schedule currently allows it. If you reblog or give me feedback, it always greatly motivates me to keep working on it! Please enjoy! <3
You entered a big, dimly lit room that smelled like a mix of parchment, candle wax and ink. On the far end stood the very person who had summoned you here, his back was facing you and he was intimidatingly staring at the chess board in front of him. Pierro, more commonly known as The Jester, was the First of the eleven Harbingers and the leader of the entire organization known as the Fatui. You’ve been part of them for a little more than a year now and have managed to make quite a name for yourself as a spy within their ranks.
“You have arrived.” The white haired man remarked and turned around to face you. Twisting a faint mint glowing queen piece in his hand before slamming it back down onto the chessboard with a loud bang.
“Mondstadt… trouble is stirring there that needs to be taken care of.” He kept his eyes pinned on the chess piece and spoke slowly while deliberately putting an emphasis on every word he spoke.
Pierro’s presence was oozing authority and was exceptionally suffocating but you tried to hide your nervosity. The atmosphere in the room grew noticeably tense and you could feel how it made the hair on your neck stand on and how it weighed you down more and more with every passing second.
“I’m assuming you summoned me here because you need my assistance, sir?” You inquired, earning a silent nod from the man.
“You are assuming correctly.” He gave you a nod and grabbed a letter off a table near him and slid it across the desk you stood in front of. A red wax seal with the Fatui emblem engraved on it decorated the back of it. “All the information about your target is in this letter. You may refer to it at any time again. Everything we know about him is here.”
“Target? I have to kill him?” You gulped. With a rising heartbeat you could feel how the nervousness seeped into every fiber of your body. Without question, you had already assisted in committing several felonies during your time with the Fatui and also did some dirty work in the shadows for them yourself - but murdering someone had never been on your agenda so far. You knew what you had signed up for when you joined, but that didn’t help with the painful knot in your stomach right now either way.
“Why yes of course, what else do you think we do here?”, he bit back with a sharp tone, making you flinch and letting you know that you shouldn’t poke the bear any further.
“Your target is a young man named Diluc Ragnvindr. You might’ve heard his name before or rather the one of his product - Dandelion Wine from the Dawn Winery, however it is nothing we like to consume here in Snezhnaya, but that is besides the point now. He’s quite the celebrity even beyond the borders of Mondstadt, oldest son of a rich wine tycoon and part of the former Mondstadt aristocracy." He took a dramatic break from his speech to pour some Fire Water from an intricate bottle on his desk into a glass and took a sip out of it before slowly pacing up and down in front of you.
You opened your mouth to pose a question about the matter but Pierro cut you off before you could even attempt to inquire further.
"Now, you may be rightfully wondering, why him? Well, about three years ago he infiltrated our midst and managed to decimate quite a number of our members to get our attention. He was on some sort of personal vendetta against us, archon knows why, and it looks like he wants to continue where he left off the last time. Back then, he almost succeeded in killing Pulcinella, so in turn we, too, made an attempt on his life but unfortunately he barely escaped our grasp thanks to some underground intelligence network that we hadn't been able to track down at that time.”, Pierro came to a halt in front of you again and set down the glass on the desk, boring his ice blue gaze straight into your soul.
“Why now? Why didn’t you kill him already if you knew where he was the whole time?”, you asked nervously, fiddling around with the hem of your sleeve.
“We decided it would be best to lay low and watch. Pantalone has booked the Goth Grand Hotel a while ago and we have stationed our men there for the time being. Our spies in Mondstadt have been monitoring him for a while now and things are starting to become…aggravated.", he elaborated and tapped the letter that was still sitting on the desk.
"Keep in mind, he is a particularly skilled fighter so, you will most likely not be able to beat him in a one on one combat situation, and while I am fond of your capabilities, I may remind you that he cleared entire camps with our forces single handedly after all. I’ll leave the means of how you’re going to execute this assassination up to you…I trust you are up to the task, agent?"
"Of course, sir." You exclaimed.
"As expected. You have admirable talent, agent, I've had that feeling about you ever since you joined us. Fulfill this mission and I may propose to the Tsaritsa to promote you to the status of a Harbinger. What do you say, Paglaccio would be a fitting name, don't you think?" An evil smirk that chilled your bones appeared on his face.
Promoted to the status of a Harbinger? Not even in your wildest dreams had you dared to think such an opportunity would ever arise. If that wasn't motivation enough, nothing ever would be. You needed to succeed, no matter the cost.
Back in your room at the Fatui Headquarters you started packing your bags for your, hopefully not too long, trip to Mondstadt. Basically all you needed to do was go in, find and kill this guy and then hurry back to Snezhnaya and get promoted to the status of a Harbinger. It would be more exciting if you wouldn't have to get your hands dirty doing so, but you assumed the other Harbingers have done worse things to get to the position they're in now. After all, this was for the greater good and having someone slaughtering your people for no evident reason was worse than what you were about to do, right?
A harsh knock on your door halted your thoughts. As you looked up you could see a man with faint mint blue hair and red eyes standing in your doorframe with a mischievous grin. Dottore was one of the Eleven Harbingers and if you were quite honest, that man seemed even more intimidating to you than Pierro.
"Good, I see you're packing already!"
"I am. Is there anything you came to see me for, sir?"
"Cut the formalities, you're going to be on equal standing with me and the others soon. Pierro told me, Paglaccio does have a nice ring to it, don’t you think so as well?" He cooed with a wicked grin that sent cold shivers down your spine and made the blood freeze in your veins. "But yes, you assume correctly, agent, there is in fact something I came here for."
He took out a mysterious slim-looking object that was wrapped in a red silk cloth and carefully placed it in your hand.
Slowly unfolding the fabric around it revealed an intricate looking dagger with small red jewels in its handle. In the middle of it you could make out a strange blue liquid and something that looked like a button on the end of it.
"What is that?", you carefully inquired to which Dottore just replied with an even more malicious grin and a low chuckle making the hair on your neck stand on end.
"This, my dear comrade, is a modified dagger. Seeing as it was my fault that Mondstadt pest got away alive last time, despite being wounded, I decided that he shouldn't be able to manage to do so again… the blue liquid you can see in there is a very potent poison I concocted, stab him with the dagger and push the button at the end of the handle and the integrated syringe in the blade will inject it right into his veins.”, he made a pop sound with his lips and looked wickedly excited about his little creation. “The little mouse will stop squirming within no longer than five minutes… as for an antidote, there is none, not that you would need it, surely. Overall this should prove useful in executing your task."
You wondered who he tested that poison on so that he could tell you about it in such great detail but at the same time you weren’t sure you even wanted to know. You carefully wrapped the cloth around the dagger again and thanked Dottore for it, to which he replied with a sardonic grin before he excused himself and went back to work.
Once he was gone you realized how much you had held your breath while he had been there. He was supposed to be your colleague and direct equal soon and you asked yourself if, despite that, you’d ever get used to the suffocating presence of the Harbingers. Maybe it was because you were their subordinate and just a lowly agent of the Fatui still? If that would change, only time would tell.
You sat down on your bed and took out the letter you had been given earlier and cracked open the seal. Inside you found a several pages long document and several photos of your target including all the info the Fatui could gather on him.
Diluc Ragnvindr allegedly was the only son of Crepus Ragnvindr who died due to circumstances unknown to the Fatui. Soon after his untimely death Diluc went on his personal vendetta against the Fatui, presumably because of some past business deals that went wrong between the Dawn Winery and Snezhnaya.
Flipping to the next page revealed a couple of photos that were taken of him. He had long, flaming red hair that he wore in a ponytail and usually wore a black coat with a white shirt underneath. Not a bad looking man at all, quite modest even – considering he is supposed to be some noble snot from the former Mondstadt aristocrats he didn’t look at all what you had expected.
Reading further through the notes revealed that he wields a pyro vision and mainly uses a claymore. However during the time he fought against the Fatui he didn't even carry his vision on him. Impressive, you thought. Just how strong exactly was he?
You remembered that Pierro also mentioned that you wouldn't be able to strike him down in one-on-one combat earlier, so you'd have to come up with some kind of plan in advance. This certainly explained why he had emphasized it, because whoever this man was, it was without question that he was strong and most certainly not your match in a direct standoff.
You skimmed over the pages further and aside from some alleged character traits that were marked as “questionable” or “to be confirmed” your eyes trained on one single word - unmarried. This was certainly something you’d be able to use. The best way to get in assassination range without endagering yourself - you play pretend, act in love and then when they least expect it, strike them from behind.
Now you only had to find a way to wrap him around your little finger somehow.
About a week later you found yourself in Mondstadt in a small room in an inn you had booked for a couple weeks in advance. The first few days upon your arrival you mostly spent buying new clothes because you certainly couldn’t walk around in your work attire, collecting more information on your target and sketching out a rough plan. You’d need to get to know Diluc first, somehow make him attached to you so he lowers his guard, ideally kill him in his sleep and then boom - mission success and Harbinger status secured.
What you were able to gather from the gossip of the locals around town so far is that he was hard to approach, can seem quite cold at first and doesn’t trust people easily, but despite that loves the city and would do everything to keep it safe. You’ve also gathered that he seems to have changed quite a bit compared to three years ago before his run in with the Fatui and the death of his father.
A deep sigh escaped you as you took your eyes off your notes and leaned back in your chair, carding through your hair with your fingers. All this desk work had made your eyes sore and you could feel a headache creeping up. It was time to call it a day and get out of your room for a while, and what would be a better destination than the Tavern of the man himself, the Angel’s Share. This way you could actually connect your free time and work efficiently and possibly stumble upon some more information on Diluc and if you were lucky, even run into him.
As soon as you stepped out of the inn, you inhaled the cool night air and began heading in the direction of the Angel's Share. The streets were dimly lit by the sporadic street lamps scattered around town and the yellow glow that was falling through the windows of the houses lining the street. It was fairly quiet aside from some tipsy townsfolk who were already making their way back home.
You kept following the street further but as soon as you were about to turn around the corner you were suddenly being pulled into a side alley and a gloved hand was pressed over your mouth. It was too dark to make anything out so all you could feel was the hand and the warm breath of your attacker on the shell of your ear. With eyes blown wide, every alarm signal in your body went off at once and you began to struggle to try and get away from the unknown man's grasp.
"I've been looking for you, agent, but you rarely leave your room these days. How do you plan to fulfill your mission if you lock yourself up, hm?", He whispered in your ear. The way he spoke to you gave away he was with the Fatui as well, which caused you to stop struggling around in his arms.
"I was ordered to bring you some more Mora." He slid a bag of coins into your pocket but just as he was about to loosen his grip to let you go again, a flash of black and bright red entered your vision and charged past you, pinning your colleague to the ground faster than you were able to process it, knocking you down along the way, too.
The mysterious figure was looming over your colleague like a dark shadow, quickly knocking him out with an aimed punch to his temple, before quickly turning around to begin approaching you. You were sure this evening couldn't have ended any worse - first you almost got scared to death by being pulled into an alleyway, now followed by most likely being killed by some self-proclaimed vigilante. Your mission would end before it even started. You hastily started crawling back in panic, trying to gain distance from the intimidating man but were stopped as soon as your back hit the wall of the alley. You closed your eyes shut and tried to come to terms with the thought that this is where it would all end for you… but it didn’t.
A few long seconds went by before you realized that the stranger didn't see you as a threat and thus wasn't out to attack you, instead he was holding out his hand to you, offering to help you up. Baffled you hesitated briefly before you grabbed his gloved hand and let him pull you back on your feet.
As soon as you were standing you were able to get a better look at him. He was wearing a black mask on his face that would've at least revealed the color of his eyes if it wouldn't have been so dark in this alleyway. He was tall and wore an all black attire with a black cape with a hood on it that he had pulled over his face as much as possible. The little you could make out was that he had his eyes trained on your face. It was at that moment you realize you had heard descriptions of him around town before. This must be the famed “Darknight Hero” everyone keeps talking about.
As soon as he was sure you were able to stand on your own again he let go of your hand and nodded before rushing off into the night and disappearing as fast as he had appeared, leaving you behind with knees that felt as if they were giving in any second again and an unconscious Fatui agent on the ground.
After all this, you sure as hell needed some booze to numb your nerves.
The remaining way to the Angel's Share remained quiet and you were glad to be surrounded by some cheerful drunks in the Tavern who got your mind off things for at least a little bit. It had certainly been a day, additionally it was easy to get lost in your own head and mission, after all, it's not an everyday occurrence that you're tasked to take someone's life and actively gather information to be able to do just that. It was a strange feeling but in the end it would be worth the cost. And who knows, the night was still young, you might be able to gather some useful hints here tonight as well, this establishment was the one of your target after all.
"Here is your Death after Noon, my dear!" The barkeeper slid your drink over the counter of the bar with a hospitable smile.
"Thank you, sir!"
"Call me, Charles. We're all like family here, no need for formalities."
You nodded in response and took a big sip out of your glass as you tried to eavesdrop in on the conversation on the table that was close to the bar, because you thought you overheard them ushering the name of Diluc Ragnvindr in some context.
"Say, you're new around here, aren't you?" Charles interrupted your eavesdropping with a curious undertone. You had to swallow an annoyed sigh, instantly regretting the choice to sit directly at the bar. You definitely needed to be careful what you were saying and how you were behaving towards townsfolk, one wrong word could lead to blowing your cover and failing this mission and you couldn't let that happen at any cost.
"Yeah, I just arrived here a couple of days ago, I wanted to start fresh. See a little bit more of the world, you know."
"I see, where are you from if you don't mind me asking?"
Oh, you minded, but you couldn't let it show, so you just forced a smile and faked politeness.
"I'm from Inazuma.", you lied.
"Inazuma! My, oh my! A lot of things went down there I heard, glad I didn't have to go through all that myself. You must be happy the Sakoku Decree was lifted so you could get out, right?"
"Yes.", you replied bluntly. Charles nodded in response with a content smile that you forced yourself to return. Everything about this town was annoying you to your core and made you miss Snezhnaya more with every day you were forced to stay here. The people here were all way too nosy for their own good and on top of that, the barkeeper might have caused you to miss some crucial information on Diluc just now due to it as well.
"What do you work as? Did you find a new job here already?", Charles continued just as you thought he'd be done borderline interrogating you.
"I haven't found one yet, I'm still searching."
"Oh! Well, if you don't mind, I could speak to Master Diluc, he wanted to hire someone new to help around in the Tavern anyway. Unfortunately he isn't around anymore right now because he went out to run some errands earlier, so you just missed him by about half an hour. But if you're interested, why don't you come around at, say… 10 in the morning tomorrow and I'll introduce you to him? How does that sound"
Well, that certainly was an unexpected but welcome turn of events. Despite your initial annoyance with Charles he turned out to be quite useful after all.
"Oh, wow, really? That would be amazing. I'll definitely be there!"
Things were certainly about to get interesting.
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Ah, my dear @cilil has tagged me, and I'll try to do at least one Tumblr thing today. I had hoped that I'd have more time this weekend!!!
This week was madness...I swear!
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
391 (and yes, I am one of those who put between 7 and 133 different ficlets into one work to keep the number of individual works down).
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
1,800,713 (this does not include 2 longfics I've orphaned and several fics I've posted anonymously)
(but I've been writing since July 2021)
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Tolkien, roles played by Richard Armitage, roles played by Adam Brown, the odd Dean O'Gorman fic for @laurfilijames, 1 Lucifer fic...)
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Tumblr Imagines (it's a collection of ficlets from when I started and has over 200k)
October 2022 Ficlet run (Yeah, as I said, I don't post all my fics separately)
Black (Local folkore meets The Hobbit retelling
Silm imagines and ficlets (Again, a 50k+ collection)
"The only way is up" or "thrice stuck" (Smutty dream sequence with Thorin)
These are mostly my first writings which had had time to amass some few kudos :D
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Always!
It takes me a while sometimes, but I need people to know how much I love and appreciate their support! I love every comment, and I truly wish I was a little better at expressing myself when it comes to these things <3
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I honestly do not remember...Probably, Love letter to the man you've never got to be.
I usually don't do much angst 😇
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Very hard to say because I don't finish too many of my long fics lol. I'd want to say Sticks and stones (Christmas Hallmark story)...it's just that kind of story.
My TRSBs are usually "Happy End given the circumstances" rather than all-out Happy End...lol
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Thus far, no.
I am not relevant or known enough to attract that kind of attention!
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Me? No...(There have been spicy scenes in long fics, spicy fics, outrageous ficlets, Kinktober, Dead Dove December, MSV...Ok yeah, I do...and I do all of it. M/F, F/F, M/M, M/F/M...from vanilla to whips. You choose, I write)
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
I am an AU bitch. I've done a HP drabble once...Les Mis/LOTR for last year's Christmas event...it happens...
Right now? Twilight Crack parody for a good friend :D
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
I don't think so? Who would steal trash?
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Nobody has ever approached me...
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes...Once for last year's S&D, I am doing it now for the Calendar fic...I love collaboration, what can I say?
14. What’s your all time favourite ship?
Ship-ship? Russingon.
OC ship? Ori x OC
Rarepair? Nerdanel x Anairë
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
Black - It's one of my first fics...and I've never written that last chapter.
I am also known for having written chapters and chapters of other longfics but just...never posting them lol
16. What are your writing strengths?
I am fast, I am versatile, and I am willing to write almost any character, dynamic, ship, and genre. From tooth-rotting fluff to noncon. From very vanilla M/F meet-cute to kinky sex.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
I am bad at punctuation. I rarely have an outline, I just write. I do not plan, I do not come up with complicated worldbuilding, I have exactly 0 HC documents.
I just write whatever comes to mind.
Moreover, I have a real problem with posting. I write A LOT more than I post...because I just can't motivate myself to reread LOL
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I avoid even Tolkien's languages for fear of getting something wrong. I am fluent in at least 3 other languages, but I am not entirely sure whether there would ever be a place for them.
If I did that, I am afraid that it would become incomprehensible as the only one I wouldn't use is my mother tongue. It would sound a bit...magniloquent...
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Tolkien. Only fandom thus far...
20. Favourite fic you’ve written?
I don't know. Every so often, I write something I don't hate, but I can't remember right now loool
Open tag for everyone who hasn't done this yet :D
Tell me something about yourselves!
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Apologies for the looooong questions.
3,4, 31, and 68.
Hope you have a good day!
3. Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fi
sit down
turn on computer
open outline document (if a one-shot fic skip to point 5)
look over current chapter section
open writing doc
stare at the blank document
weep
smash fingers on keyboard
don't look at the words
once done do not look at it (this is hard and sometimes I break it)
come back later and use read aloud to help me edit it by listening for anything funky
send chapter to friends to read
gnaw my keyboard
post chapter after approval
stare at notifications/email for internet readers approval for serotonin/dopamine hit
repeat process until I feel normal
Also random tip that helps me write the actual chapter is; writing sprints, there's a discord bot that really helps with this or you can set a timer. And also listening to an audiobook while I write I find helps inspire me to write better and just to write more. I think it's like urge to write a fic after reading a really good fic but instead, I'm listening to Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White and all the body horror/gore in that while I tiptap some fluff. I also have a youtube list of free audiobooks, and I'll post them if you guys want.
putting the rest under a readmore so this post doesn't get too long <3
4. Where do you find inspiration for new ideas?
Literally anywhere.
Anywhere.
It strikes when it strikes (unfortunately)
31. Do you start with the characters or the plot when writing?
Most of the time, Plot. Plot is usually a big motivator to get me to write fic.
I find that good plots are sort of versatile. Like I could very easily take a similar plot of SI and put it towards Ghost. Baker!Reader gets employed at the ministry. Papa and her start getting close, and closed-off man eventually opens up to sweet lady.
Also while I'll know the Love interest for who I'm writing, cause I mainly write x Reader fic, the Reader is something I don't really consider. I try to be careful not to describe red cheeks, or hair texture in fics for example (though I have done it still), though sometimes it does slip through, cause I want you to imagine an idealized version of yourself. It's like a meme now that like when Y/N says this we go "I'd never say that" but maybe you would in Runeterra. Cringe is dead, make your idealized self in a self-insert or in Reader fics, because that's self-love baby. You are deserving of love and you should always recognize that.
I was always really happy in SI when it got fanart to see all the different versions of reader, with darker skin, or blonde hair before I finalized my own version with @designfailure56 in Ros, though anyone can draw SI Reader however they want. I still really prefer the blank slate approach where I have no idea how they look like, all I know is how they sort of feel and think.
68. What, if anything, do you do for inspiration?
Slide into friends DMs, or look for prompt lists on tumblr. Sometimes I just need to start writing a little request fic or going over headcanons with friends before I can go on to write the larger fic. It helps me get into the zone for it.
Get to Know Your Fic Writer Asks
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out of curiosity, how do you outline/write your utmv fics?
it depends whether it's a longfic or oneshot, or short chapt fic!
for oneshots, I usually just have a gist. for instance:
in a night of passion, the entire outline was just Dream and Cross fuck and it is fluffy. i mean, in the process angst did make it's way into there, but that's the point: in oneshots, it's always better to start off with a gist and let it evolve as it's written for me:D
for short chapt fics, I have a general goal (something like a gist) and a specific goal (anything ranging from a specific line of text or moment that I really want to include); for instance:
for deicide; undetified, my general goal were scenes of Dream accompanying Ink as his body slowly broke down and my specific goal was to make my way up to Ink's last words. everything else in that fic was built up after writing those two goals to give it more fluff and weight:D
for longfics, it's a little more complex! i'll need a main idea! it usually isn't very complex, but it has to be interesting enough:)
after that, it's basically balancing rambling and structuring, and doing it messily is better than never doing it, right?
for instance, Immortals & Empires:
obviously, many things have changed since, but the core idea is the "Empire AU". and, of course, the dreamtale angst at the beginning.
from there, i wrote down the motives of the most important characters (or: the characters I simped for the most and so wanted to get started writing about the quickest:
(i changed writing sites, quotev to google docs so that's why there's a theme change lol)
i never did actually finish writing the motives of the other characters. partially because i was lazy and partially because the writing momentum, yknow?
from there, i did a bit more brainstorming. heres an example of lore in its early stages:
1 did end up in the fic, but the rest didn't, apart from the second part of 3 lol.
I did a bit more brainstorming on the Dreamtale twins, went on to flesh out Ink and Error's strength and weaknesses, the history and background, etc etc-
then, once all that was fleshed out, i started planning the fic chapter by chapter. by then, i had decided on 3 acts + 10 chapters per act, which means I knew i would have 30 chapts; so i typed out Chapter 1-30 and started coming up with a coherent plot!
while i was doing that, I made notes of any sudden ideas I had. that was actually extremely useful and later developed into plot points, both major and minor. i can't actually show a screenshot because it'd be a MAJOR spoiler for the ending lmao.
after i outlined the plot, I began writing, and that was that:)
(if im being honest, some of the plot I outlined just didn't make sense. i had covid-19 when i outlined it lol, so maybe that's why? but geez sometimes I had to go back and correct it when I was writing Act 1 and 2; but it all turned out great in the endx) )
while I was writing, I definitely lost motivation sometimes because of burnout. when that happened, i went to spotify; started thinking AU ideas, and if all else was lost, i changed the font i was using in google docs.
im serious. it does wonders, i swear.
ANYWAY- I hope I answered your question, anon! thank you for the ask:]
#anon#anon ask#ask#immortals and empires#deicide undetified#a night of passion#utmv#utmv fanfic#utmv fanfiction
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20 questions for fic writers
Tagged by @voidcat-senket who is a wonderful person defo check them out!
1. How many works do you have on ao3?
15, shockingly.
2. What’s your total ao3 word count?
142,962, which 60k of that is towards yeehaw/shadow currently.
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Currently just Star Wars, but I do write for L4D2 on tumblr!
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
Love In An Elevator - a VERY old SpiderVenom fic that is by far probably my legacy on a03 despite it having been abandoned back in 2016. It was mainly a massive fluff piece of Eddie and Peter falling in love while meeting each other in the elevator of their shared apartment complex and soon enough, Eddie's past comes back to haunt him. There was a time where I had planned to make a 3-parter to finish it, and I lost that outline for it years ago and just never had the motivation to write it again.
2. Burnt Coffee - Another fluffy SpiderVenom of them waking up together post sex and just enjoying each other's presence. Another very old one. But it was a short and sweet one-shot that even I still read back on to this day.
3. Pipe - This was a Corvo/Outsider fic that was based around a single tweet from Harvey Smith about how Corvo would, on the occasion, smoke a pipe for something special. So I wrote about Wyman proposing to Emily and them becoming engaged and Corvo smoking a pipe as a celebratory thing. There he's visited by Outsider and some trippy vague sex happens and the god spends the night. This was probably the fic that really solidified my repetitive writing style that I still use today.
4. Pluvial - Another Dishonored fic. This one was written post the first game, with uncertain chaos ending of just the Outsider giving Emily her first meeting with him. It was more of a character study into the two and was before the novel and the second game had been announced. I had planned on making a sequel years ago called Petrichor, but never got around to it. I'm now realizing that 2/3rds of my Dishonored fics are titled with the letter P.
5. This Isn't Bourbon - I'm actually... shocked that this is the next one for Kudos. This is a short Modern AU fluff one-shot of Ronin and Tara from the movie Epic. Where Ronin fucks up on asking for a Bourbon Old Fashioned and asks for chocolate milk because he's smitten with the bartender (Tara). I wrote this one in a night when I SHOULD have been working on a project. To be honest, I was shocked this one even got up as high as it did for anything, as it was just a silly little thing. But then again, the Ronin/Tara people are hungry for anything,
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I do respond to comments! I don't get to all of them, but I do try to respond to all of them. Certain ones on old fics (like Love in an Elevator) I tend not to as they're just reminiscing on the fic being left alone. But if I post something new or I'm just flattered by the comment (wHICH TO BE FAIR, I'm always flattered???? some of y'all are too fucking nice), I try my best to respond! Interaction is always fun for me.
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
OH FUCK that would be Birdcall! I had been playing L4D2 once and everyone had died (playing realism mode, so no respawns) and Ellis caw-caw'd out expecting a return (as if the team gets separated they'll caw-caw back, or at least Coach will?), and never got one as the team was dead. So I decided to write up a literal all hurt no comfort fic of the team dying one by one and Ellis have to make it through the Parish chapter himself. And when he gets to the end of the game and onto the helicopter, he gets excited and turns to tell the team but remembered he was the only one left alive. I cried typing it ngl.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
If we're talking the longer fics I have, that would be Connor Get Your Priorities Straight, an Assassins Creed 3 collection I did of Connor and Mason Wheems connecting and falling in love over the course of a year. Each chapter was written during the season/weather I was currently experiencing (since the game took place near home of good ol' Boston) and was just them living their lives. And of course, it ends up with them together .
8. Do you get hate on fic?
Since moving to AO3, I have not received any hate. I used to get a lot of hate back on fanfic.net from the infamous Fox Familiar if anyone knows of her. And then some general odd hate in ways of mockery from others. But since moving from there, I've received none, and let me tell you it helped a LOT with the self-esteem with writing as I was still a minor when I got the hate.
9. Do you write smut?
I doooooo~ On occasion, for the most part. I've done a few PW/oP's and then emotional PW/P's. Of all the longer pieces I have none have smut chapters (very soon to that changing). I've come to realize, however that my best smut is when I write it as like, an experience, rather than explicitly. It's about the intimacy, the connection, the feelings, the experience, rather than just Person A does this to Person B. Person B does this to Person A. Which, do not get me wrong, I still love it when I see it, and it's a VERY fun way to read and write, but I find that I struggle with that style. So weird experimental stuff it is!
10. Do you write crossovers?
I could. I don't think I've ever written a crossover outside of roleplay? But I haven't yet!
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
ONCE. There was that HUGE breach a few years back on AO3 where a bunch of peoples fics got stolen onto a website that requires you to pay to even look at it, and I had to send like 3 e-mails to customer support with a copy-paste about stuff. This was back in like... I think 2019? And they'd nagged I think my Uncharted fics and my SpiderVenom ones.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
I have not! I do know that I have a few Spanish speaking readers (who've made a few comments before) that I would love to translate the fic for, but I know I'm not skilled enough in Spanish (and the Spanish I know is Puerto Rican-slanged Spanish) to do so. I know, in time, I do plan on writing a fic in Irish once I get better at the language (I'm still learning!).
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
I have not! It's something I think about a lot when it comes to my friends and such, writing something together but I have no idea if I can beat my walls down to let someone else take over on things when it comes to how I write and such. It's SUCH a thing for me. In time, I would love to. Where I'm at right now? Probably not.
14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?
All-time??? Gosh. I think, of all the ships I have, there's one I keep coming back to, regardless of time and place, it's something that I think of so much and how much I joke about how it's the blueprint for all future ships of mine, and that's Corvo/Outsider. It's the one I think of the most between all my hyper fixations, and it was one of the first ships that my partner and I had gotten into and done so much with before we even started dating. And to this day it is an important ship to the two of us.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but probably won’t?
Love In An Elevator. I feel like it's awful parent, neglecting it for years despite the fact I had written out a whole 3-parter outline to finish it up. Maybe, in time, I may try to again, down the line. But it would be a wild jump from 2016 writing and 2023 writing as I went through an entire degree and developed more and more of my writing style. But I lost motivation for it years ago. So there's always this hesitation of "Oh I'll pick it up!" and then I sit there knowing I would end up dropping it again.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I don't know. From my point of view, there's always things to improve upon. I've come to discover, with the recent writing of shadow of the mountain, that I've got a good voice for many of the characters, understanding their motivations, their tones, etc. And I find that my sense of writing pure dread and fear tends to work well as that's something I've been working on in ttrpg horror campaigns. (Hi Barq, I still think about the time I genuinely scared you and I'm still very VERY SORRY, I LOVE YOU)
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Planning. I have only recently started making outlines for my works. And even then, I don't follow it to a T as I tend to keep adding and adding. ALSO, FUCKING COMMAS. I USE THEM TOO MUCH! SOMEONE STOP ME.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
It's a situational thing. Certain things, like shouting out surprised ( "DIOS MIO!" for example) is fine, as it's part of being bilingual. I found myself shouting in Irish the other day at someone who cut me off! Without even thinking! As well as if the other person is also speaking in that language, go for it. But those fics where the character says something in a language that they had never spoken in in cannon without the explicit headcannon being mentioned, and then all of a sudden "oh sorry, I forgot you don't speak that"/"oh sorry, it's hard to switch out sometimes", I DUNNO MAN, rubs me the wrong way. This is also coming from someone who has English as their first language and is currently learning Irish through an app, and Puerto Rican Spanish through proxy of partner's family. But that language stuff CAN work, it just has to be in the right setting and make sense.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
First one I wrote for on AO3 that wasn't me moving things over from fanfic.net was actually Uncharted! But over all, from years ago? Wee me who was probably 14 or something? Either Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy.
20. Favourite fic you’ve written?
That would be the one I'm currently working on: shadow of the mountain. This is the first BIG fic I've written in a long time. The last big one being to catch smoke for the Dishonored Big Bang 2017, of which feels tiny in comparison to the current one. Shadow has been such a test of my skills to where I joked about "nothing is a coincidence" to the point where I had to make a tag for it because of how much intertwining and interweaving this fic has with itself. There's still so much I haven't fully revealed yet and so much I've hinted at (that some have caught on to) that I'm just--it feels good to write it. It feels good to push myself to something so intricate for each and every detail since the very first sentence. I can't wait to finish it.
Tag 20 people: TWENTY? THAT'S SO MANY. i think senket tagged some of you already but im retagging :D @nightingalesighs @etoiline @missinkylace @xenalistair (DO THIS FOR YOUR ART <3) @paper-crane-castles . I got 5. Meg ain't got a fuckin tumblr so I can't assault her with it.
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Writing behind-the-scenes: 1, 3, 4, 13, and 15? You write so much quality fic, it's got me really interested in your process for pumping all that out so fast haha.
aewin !!!!! hi hello thank u dear 😭😭🥺🥺🙏🙏 u are so sweet???? for context (x)
1. What was the first fandom and/or pairing that you wrote fic for?
i was a slutty lil dan and phil fan lmao. which i say with truly the most love and affection - i am very genuinely grateful for my time in what i would consider a very wholesome, supportive, and tight-knit community cause i think it really gave me the confidence and encouragement to keep writing and trying out new things (lmao)
3. Do you write fics from start or finish, or jump around?
mmm although i will put some dialogue or thought snippets into my discord for later use, i really genuinely cannot jump around while writing? and that's partly the fault of my characters, sometimes they just go off and do smth totally unexpected and i have to follow that train even if it goes off the rails lmao
4. Do you outline before you start writing? If so, how far do you stray from that outline?
lksdfjkl yeah this kinda goes along with the last one - i really cannot outline sdlkfjklsdf and there's a couple things that go into that? first is, ofc, characters do not like to do what i say lmao
which, i feel like i see this said a lot but without any explanation behind it for people who may not write/who might not get what this means? for me at least, it's not so much that characters 'have a mind of their own' exactly, it's more that once i get into the story, there might be decisions or actions or dialogue that comes up as i'm going and feels very natural to the characters/circumstances that it would feel forced or inorganic to ignore or to steer in a different direction. and sometimes, it leads the plot or characters in a direction i hadn't really thought about from an outside ("planning", i say very vaguely) perspective?
so there's that component lmao which often renders a lot of outlining or planning moot. but the other piece is that i suffer from 'end of the story' syndrome which i have just invented right now but basically, if i know how a story ends, i sorta...feel done? with it? and it's not so much like 'i know they get together at the end so i'm done' but more like. if i have a more solid concept of the specifics of the ending (events, dialogue, etc), my brain likes to tell me that i'm finished with the story - even when i'm only partway through, or close to the end lmao. so planning smth from the start (in what i'd typically consider an outline) tends to deter me from actually working on the story lmao
but! i do usually have some sense of direction at least, just a matter of how exactly i get there - ends like 'they get together' or 'this problem is resolved by this action/choice' or smth are usually vague enough to keep me motivated to see how exactly it plays out in the end lmao
13. Is there a trope you wouldn’t write if it was the last trope on earth?
uhhhhhh,,,,,,,,are there any that i detest that much? tbh i think i could be convinced to try writing anything once lmao. i think there are probably kinks i'd never write just cause i think i'd fail to emulate the vibe of like "this feels sexy" but trope-wise? there's probs stuff i wouldn't write often or more than once, but i'm always up for a challenge lmao. i have joked before that i think i could write 1k about pretty much anything, and i think i could write smth that i had a good time writing with the right story behind the trope
15. A Hollywood producer tells you that they want to film just one of your fics. Which fic would you want it to be?
ohhhhh oh boy. hm. i think to love (and be loved in return) (x) would fit the bill for like. fun fantasy world + mostly lighthearted and enjoyable romcom/fluff vibes with a little twist? if they're a producer that doesn't mind a little spice maybe my king of disaster series (x) i really think it'd be fun and very cool to see one of my fantasy fics/series come to life, especially one with more magic and a whole big cast of characters!!o
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6, 25, 26, and 45 for the fic ask game!! :D (happy birthday btw!)
Thank you :D Both for sending it & for birthday wishes.
6. When’s the last time you wrote?
On the 27th. Worked on the Abby&Cecil Lyme disease WTNV one. Should write now but I’m probably just gonna play Zelda.
25. What’s your favorite part of the writing process (worldbuilding, brainstorming/outlining, writing, editing, etc)?
Worldbuilding if I did more of it, but tbh most of the worldbuilding I do is for Zelda and WTNV and I haven’t written enough for those fandoms. I do enjoy the brainstorming process, but not outlining. I just pace around and Think lol. So, all in all, it’s gotta be writing.
26. What’s your least favorite part of the writing process?
Also writing /hj
No, I think my least favourite part is when I have an idea but can’t write it down, or have no ideas, or just finding the motivation to write. Also the accountability that comes from posting multichapters, like I’m sorry but I don’t think I’m gonna update the fic you like, I’m busy and also just a Little Guy.
45. What genre/trope do you tend to write the most?
My first answer is angst, particularly angst where it’s like “I’m looking deep inside myself in this plotless character study” (this happens a lot), but also…
Ok, so I’ve written 6 fics about (and 1 meta vaguely pertaining to) MAG 199, because I listen to it and it’s like something within me is just Writing Jangst Now. What I don’t write is fluff, bc it’s just more interesting to me to write angst or at the very least hurt/comfort. I just. Enjoy pain. It’s about the catharsis, mate.
The ask game.
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11. How do you deal with writers' block?
i simply Don't lol. my block usually comes from losing the drive i can have, and i just have to wait for it to come back. but when i really ned to push through it i usually turn to going back to my original inspiration.
15. One-shots or multi-chapters? Angst? Fluff? Smut? Hurt/comfort? Fantasy? Romance? Which one is your favorite? Which one is your least favorite?
-multi chapters
-i need angst always, but only when it comes with retribution. so pretty much all of them, but in a specific order lol. but overall ig hurt/comfort explains it.
19. Give an update on your current WIP with a little snippet. No more than 300 words~
lol. im currently procrastination on the last chapter of my batcat fic. my other WIP's are deeply past all my school docs, so were just gonna stick with that;
Her eyes burned at the lack of her blinking as she watched it all; events that, although were merely a day before, fogged from her memory. Maybe it was for a sense of self preservation. Maybe the darkness was forgiving her, just enough to have the amount to hide the substantial, fundamental horrors that they faced. And maybe it was because the last time it happened, she gave up, and she ran. And that was something she couldn’t do that time—something she didn’t need to tell herself, but in instinct, in protection of what she now held, she did, subconsciously.
She was entranced by it; the images and recordings passing her vision, coaxing her muscles to tighten distantly. She could see herself fighting, somewhere along the shadows, but that was only because she knew where to look. In the foreground, it was all him. His return, seeing that the signal had not been used, and the mysteriousness in his motives to those who could now only view the sheer willpower in hindsight. Everything was so far away as she viewed it.
It all showed something that built up to a climax no one but her knew of. Such a catalyst of a broken mind, and then following…them. A dynamic not broken, no…but changed. Two of them, really. In a way one would want to mourn, or not look back on. It had her heart beating, watching these versions of themselves moments before everything was different.
36. What does your writing process look like? Do you plan, write, edit, revise, edit, read, post? Or do you say 'screw planning' and head straight in? Or do you not edit at all and post that sucka and run away?
it definitely depends on the story. most of the time i get a strong need to write/start a specific idea, so i write something like the first chapter, or a very very very long paragraph that outlines the whole story and varies in detail. once i get the vibes of how i want to execute it (in chapters o a one shots, POV, tone of writing, etc) i either plan or go right in. for example, my batcat fic had not one ounce of planning. i literally woke up in the middle of the night and started writing. but for a lot of my jonerys fics, or my upcoming dramione fic, i def need to write it out irst to have a road map.
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Moonlight
Pairing: Hwang Hyunjin x Reader (fem)
Genre: smut, romance, fluff, crack(?); historical!AU, arranged marriage!AU, 18+ (this continues where my last fic, Moonrise, leaves off, so this is almost PWP lol - be warned!!)
Word Count: 6.5k
Warnings: swearing, explicit sexual content, unprotected sex, switch dynamics
Author’s Note: As soon as Play With Fire dropped, I knew I had to finish out that cliffhanger from Moonrise. This is very rushed by my standards, so please excuse any egregious errors or mistakes. My writing here is very much based off the energy/vibes I’ve been running off from the cover, so if Hyunjin’s character here is a little OOC from how he was depicted in Moonrise - please forgive me [there’s also a detail I couldn’t leave out of this from the video lol, idk if that makes this crack]!! This is thirsty and smutty as HELL - so have your holy water ready (and if this is not your thing, please just keep scrolling!).
Taglist: @the7thcrow @ohmysparkle @dreamofamor @tenclouds @honeydewhyunjinnie
And finally: Just to repeat what others have said: if you enjoy reading fics on this site, please reblog them and interact with the writers! Yes, a lot of us try to be “writing for ourselves,” but plotting, outlining, and writing longer, more detailed fics can take days, weeks, and even months’ worth of effort. Even quick messages or asks can really make our day and give us the motivation to keep writing. So please - reblog, engage, and slide into our DMs!!
While you could *maybe* read this standalone for just the smut, I would suggest that you read Moonrise first (linked here!) for more context, characterization and plot (along with the first part of the smut scene lol)!!
You felt fire blazing through your veins as you gazed down at your husband – your lover – laying beneath you, head lolled back against the pillows as you trailed your fingers down his throat.
You’d just managed to get the laces of Hyunjin’s doublet undone, hands trembling from urgency, from the need to see, to touch, to feel. Now, having hastily disposed of it, you were left with your husband clad simply in a thin, white shirt, tantalizing flashes of skin peeking through with every rise and fall of his chest.
You’d thought that there was no greater pleasure than laying under Hyunjin, trembling in his arms and submitting to him as he lovingly, passionately wrecked you. Now that he had let you take the reins however, wanting you to feel more comfortable with his body – you found that the thought of dictating, directing his pleasure; the thought of having the freedom to do whatever you wanted to him…it did things to your insides.
You’d never thought that unselfishly giving someone pleasure could give you the same high that receiving pleasure yourself could – and you wanted more.
Crawling back over him, you straddled his hips and laid yourself, still naked, on top of his chest, hissing as your sensitized nipples caught against the fabric of his shirt.
Tugging at the neckline of his shirt – and ripping off a few buttons in the process – you exposed more and more of his skin to the hazy moonlight. Hyunjin looked like an angel, dragged out of heaven by your own hands – his plump lips swollen from your kisses, his hair a wild mess from your fingers, his clothing torn from his body by your lecherous hands.
“Eager, aren’t we?” Hyunjin squeezed out, clearly affected by your advances – and the slow, seemingly careless motion of your hips rubbing down on his. Still, you clucked your tongue in disapproval – he’d had managed to render you speechless earlier, but you clearly hadn’t done as good of a job – yet.
“Not as much as you’ll be in a few minutes.” With that, you dived into his neck, clumsily but fervently worshipping the dips of his collarbones, the smooth column of his throat – nipping and biting at the supple flesh – marking him just as he’d done to you earlier.
Underneath you, Hyunjin was losing his mind. The feeling of your lips sucking on his, your hips rolling against his, your body on top of his – everything felt so new, so wanton. It felt strange for him to give up control – to just lay there and be pleasured like this. Here, in your arms, he didn’t have to be a king anymore, he didn’t have to be Hwang Hyunjin anymore – he was just a man, passionately being loved on by his woman.
He couldn’t get enough. And he just hoped, prayed that he wouldn’t explode in his pants before you even got there.
“Ugh, this needs to come off.” Detaching yourself from his throat, you sat up on him, furiously undoing the remaining buttons holding his shirt closed. In the process, you inadvertently ground your core into his dick, almost your full body weight driving the motion.
Hyunjin choked, hips bucking up involuntarily.
You bit your lip, trying to hide your satisfaction at that delicious ridge once again digging into where you wanted it the most. But, as you felt your husband’s hands trying to sneak up onto your waist, attempting to grind you down onto him again, you lightly slapped his hands away, playfully frowning down at him.
You called the shots here – and you couldn’t have him distracting you if you were going to get this shirt unbuttoned any time soon.
“Love, you’re so mean. I wasn’t this mean to you,” Hyunjin pouted, his expression contrasting hilariously with just how lewd, how fucked out the rest of his body looked. “I took such good care of you, and this is what I get in re-”
His whining cut off sharply as he realized that you’d finally gotten his shirt fully unbuttoned – and your eyes were fixed on his stomach, your lips curling up in a slow, wicked smile.
As you’d predicted from the feeling of his body pressed up against yours, Hyunjin had a beautiful set of abs: well-defined, tight and toned – so gorgeous that you wanted to outline them with your tongue, pay court to them with your lips.
But – there, right in the middle, twinkling prettily in the moonlight, was a dainty little piece of jewelry, one that you’d never expected your husband of all people to have.
“Hyunjin,” you gushed, a smug, shit-eating grin plastered across your face. “What is this?”
He blushed – violently. You watched, fascinated, as a warm flush suffused his skin, painting his ears, his cheeks, his chest a pretty, vibrant shade of red.
“It-it was just a bet! Jisung dared me to get it a little while ago, and I didn’t want to chicken out…”
You couldn’t take your eyes off the piercing. It was the first time you’d ever seen anything like it on a man, but it just fit Hyunjin – your elegant, beautiful husband – so well.
It looked so breathtakingly, so devastatingly sexy on him that you just had to do something about it.
You tapped his thighs, and Hyunjin obediently parted his legs for you, eagerly anticipating what you would be doing next. As you prowled down between his thighs, you kneeled, bending so that you had easy access to his lower stomach – and his crotch.
“Does it hurt at all? Like is it sore or anything?”
“No, I don’t think s-oh!” Hyunjin broke off in a loud gasp when your tongue immediately made contact with the taut skin of his belly button, softly licking a wet stripe around the cold piece of metal.
“Tell me if anything I do hurts or bothers it, okay?” Hyunjin quickly nodded before he was forced to fling an arm across his face, moaning as you went to town on him.
You had to work the skin of his stomach a little hard to get the beautiful purple bruises you wanted, but it didn’t seem like Hyunjin minded very much at all. To the contrary, his moans only started getting more and more breathy, more high-pitched as you worked your magic, painting the hollows of his abs with marks of your love.
Once you were satisfied with your artwork, you turned again to that tempting, tantalizing little piercing. You looked up to meet Hyunjin’s gaze, watch his half-lidded, tortured eyes as you softly flicked at the metal bar with your tongue before gently suckling the metal beads at either end.
“How does that feel?” You asked, smirking as you saw Hyunjin panting above you; while you waited for him to catch his breath, you gently massaged the jewelry with your fingertips, feeling his muscles tense and relax under your touch.
“Really, really good – really fucking good,” he moaned out, still on edge from the sensation of your hands on his stomach; so close – but so far – from where he needed them the most.
“But…”
“But what, love?” You asked, teasingly emphasizing the pet name he always used for you. “Is there something you want from me, hmm?”
You smirked to yourself, knowing exactly what Hyunjin needed from you.
Languidly, lazily, you danced your fingers in patterns around his belly button, swooping lower and lower with each pass. The closer you got to Hyunjin’s waistband, the heavier his breathing got.
You fingered the edge of his pants, eyes drawn to the sizable tent struggling against the tight leather. Your curiosity – and desire to keep tormenting Hyunjin – overcame your shyness, so you deliberately traced your fingers over the fabric, moving downwards until your palm rested firmly against his bulge.
It felt…intriguing, a seemingly odd combination of softness and hardness, clearly straining to escape its increasingly tight confines. Biting your lip in curiosity, in desire, you gave it a singular, inquisitive squeeze.
Hyunjin let out his most plaintive moan yet at the added, tortuous pressure, desperate for some relief from the tension. “Please, love, just please…”
“Please what, Hyunjin? You need to tell me what I should do for you, angel.”
You knew you were playing with fire, that you were pushing Hyunjin’s limits with all of your mocking and teasing. But seeing him squirming under you, so obedient, so desperate for your touch – you were willing to get burned for it.
“T-take off my pants,” he groaned out. “Please.”
“There we go,” you smirked, pressing a soft, open-mouthed kiss to the skin right above the fabric before bringing your fingers to his pants, swiftly untying the laces and working them and his stockings down his slender hips and legs.
You softly gasped as his length popped free, slapping against his stomach and making Hyunjin hiss in relief. While you had nothing to really compare it to, only two words came to mind for some reason: large, much larger than the fingers he’d fucked you with before – and pretty, just like literally everything else about him. You gently ran your thumb over the weeping, red tip, making Hyunjin moan from sensitivity as you collected the clear fluid on your fingertip.
Hyunjin’s eyes watched you darkly as you brought your finger to your mouth, darting your tongue out to seductively lap the droplets up. You shivered under the intensity of his gaze, a niggling sense at the back of your mind that you were operating on borrowed time. Yes, your husband had seemed more than content to let you have your way with him, giving into all of your teasing and little cruelties with soft, plaintive moans – until now. You had a foreboding feeling that you were steadily approaching the edge, the point after which your world would be flipped again, and your husband would get payback for every groan, every whine you’d wrung out of him – and more.
You tentatively lowered your head once again to Hyunjin’s length, your confidence much lower than before. You were in completely uncharted waters here, so you weren’t sure of what you should do next, how you could best please him.
“If you want, you could spit on it, angel, and then use your hand to work it up and down.” You jerked your head up to see Hyunjin staring down at you, propped against the pillows with a carefully neutral expression on his face.
You realized that, having picked up on your uncertainty, he was giving you the power to decide how your dynamic should evolve from here – whether you would continue to be in charge, dictating his pleasure – or whether he could slowly start taking back over again.
It was such a thoughtful, such a Hyunjin thing for him to do that your heart couldn’t help but melt.
You lunged up into his arms, Hyunjin huffing as he caught you against his chest, a searching but warm look in his eyes. Running your hands up the side of his face, you brought him down for a sweet, tender kiss – no nipping, no biting, just a slow tasting and enjoying of one another. When the two of you finally broke apart, Hyunjin pressed a tender kiss to your forehead, waiting for you to show him how you wanted to go from here.
You didn’t even have to hesitate.
Keeping your eyes locked with his, you wrapped your hand around his wrist, bringing his large, warm palm to the softness of your stomach. From there, you guided his hand to drag up your body bit by bit, passing over your ribcage, through the valley between your breasts, and over your chest, until it arrived at your neck. There, you leaned your head back, allowing him to fully wrap his hand around your throat, the gentle pressure drawing a moan out of your lips.
When you looked back up at him, Hyunjin’s eyes were dark, a small smirk starting to pull at his lips. He deliberately dragged his thumb across the soft skin of your neck, sending shivers down your spine, before pulling away from you, leaning back serenely against the pillows.
“I think I asked you to do something for me, sweetheart?”
And he was back.
Judging from the volume of Hyunjin’s moans, from the way his thighs clenched and seized under your hands – you were doing a pretty good job for your first time pleasuring a man.
Hyunjin had quickly taught you what he liked: wet, sloppy kisses to the head; long, languid licks up and down the underside, fast bobs up and down with your mouth while thoroughly tonguing his shaft. Now, he had his fingers tangled up in your hair, working your mouth over his length with firm, but gentle strokes.
“You’re doing so well for me, love,” he moaned out, the feeling of your warm, wet mouth around his cock driving him to distraction.
“Do you like me using you like this, just for my pleasure?” Looking up at him from underneath your eyelashes, you nodded as best as you could, mouth still stuffed full with his cock.
Hyunjin couldn’t help but groan at the sight of you, enthralled by just how fucked out you looked – your wide, teary eyes; drool slowly dripping from the side of your mouth.
“Well, we’re going to have to stop now, angel, unless we want to bring the night to an end too early,” he laughed, gently easing your head off his dick. Once free, you couldn’t help but cough; while your mouth missed the weight of his length, your jaw was sore from hanging open for so long.
Hyunjin’s thumbs came up to your face, softly rubbing your cheeks and jaw to try and ease the strain. He watched you closely with tender eyes.
“Do you need a second, angel?”
You vehemently shook your head. “No!” Hyunjin watched you, amused, as you crawled back up to his side, placing your hand on his chest. “I want more.”
“You want more?” Hyunjin eyed you, a devilish glint in his eyes, as he leaned closer.
“You know, you really were so mean to me earlier, love,” his gaze bore into you as he ever so slowly, tauntingly traced his fingertips up your arm, leaving goosebumps trailing in the wake of his touch.
“And I deserve some retribution, don’t you think?” His fingers had now made it up to your shoulders, heat pooling between your thighs at his words, at the hypnotic feeling of his hand dragging across your chest, straying teasingly close to where you wanted his touch – but leaving you hanging.
You nodded mutely, the sarcastic fire from before gone as you willingly, needily submitted to him, letting him lay you down against the sheets. You couldn’t care less about being in charge – you just craved, ached for the pleasure you knew he could bring you.
But, as Hyunjin prowled over you – his lean, lithe body reminding you of a panther, slyly stalking its prey – you knew you were in for a rough night.
Keeping his body propped up on his hands, depriving you of the gratification of feeling him against you, he leaned his head down to yours, tonguing at the shell of your ear. Smiling at the sound of your whimpers, he softly, sensually whispered to you.
“Well – don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
And with that, he caught your lips up in a searing, fiery kiss as he pressed his weight down onto you, your two bodies finally entangled in blissful skin-to-skin contact. Your eyes fluttered shut as you let everything slip away that wasn’t him: the heat of his skin against yours, the feeling of his supple flesh, his lean muscle under your hands – the delicious slide of his hard cock, trying to nestle itself into your slickening folds. He had you trapped in a sea of sensation, and he wasn’t going to let you escape any time soon.
“Look at me, angel.” Your eyes flickered open at the sound of his breathy voice, only to be greeted with a sight straight from heaven – or hell – itself.
Hyunjin – his thick hair, mussed and even more wild after your exertions; lips, bruised and plumped up; his eyes, black with lust and hunger.
“Watch me take you apart, love – keep your eyes on me.” And watch you did – you took in the sinfully gorgeous image of his delicate, pianist’s hands torturing your breasts, squeezing them until the flesh overflowed between his fingers. You watched his fingertips, teasingly dancing over the tender bruises he’d painted your chest with, making you whimper at the added pressure. You watched him lower his mouth to your poor, chafed-up nipple, the wet heat of his tongue alternately soothing the pain and riling you up even more. And you watched his eyes, such dark promise, such tempting sin swirling in his gaze that you wondered whether you’d make it through the night in one piece.
“How are you so pretty, my queen?” You shivered as Hyunjin started trailing one of his hands downwards, the cool metal of his bracelets dragging against your skin, making a delicious contrast with the heat of his wet kisses. Instead of heading between your legs however, you were surprised to feel his hand traveling to your side, grabbing your wrist and bringing your hand to his lips.
What was he doing? You had no idea what your husband was planning as he pressed a tender kiss to the back of your hand, the action sending familiar tingles through you.
“I want to try something with you, my love. Do you trust me?” Almost before the words were even completely out of Hyunjin’s mouth, you nodded firmly, bringing a warm smile to his lips.
“I’m glad, angel. Now, what I want to do is…” he squeezed your hand tightly in his as he shifted, his toned thighs flexing powerfully as he moved to kneel between your legs.
He reached up to hold your chin, forcing you to keep your eyes directly on his. “I want you to touch yourself for me, love. I want you to feel how tight your pretty little pussy is, how wet and ready it is for me.” He leaned up to press a sweet kiss to your lips, staying close so he could read your expression.
“Is that something you’d want to do?”
“Y-yeah, I want to.” You’d do anything he asked of you. You’d do anything to put that dimpled smile onto his face, to make his beautiful brown eyes sparkle with mischief.
“Good. But before we do that…”
Hyunjin gently folded down your three shorter fingers, leaving just your index and middle fingers standing. Then, he slowly, deliberately brought your fingers to his lips, letting your fingerpads just barely graze their plush surface - before taking them into his mouth.
You would never have thought that such a simple act could be so erotic, but here you were: moaning, heart pounding, slick pooling between your thighs as Hyunjin suckled your fingers, licking and slicking them up with his hot, wet tongue.
Letting your fingers go with a wet smack, Hyunjin guided your hand down to your soaking pussy.
“Now, push them in for me, angel – yes, just like that…” Your pussy, aching for any kind of relief, ate up your fingers with barely any resistance.
Shoving his shoulders back down between your thighs, Hyunjin spread your legs wide open, greedily eyeing your tight hole as you pumped your fingers in and out, steadily fucking it open for him.
You couldn’t help but let your other hand trail down to your core as well, drawn like a magnet to your neglected, throbbing clit. It felt strangely intense, uniquely vulnerable, to be playing with yourself like this, under his watchful eye – at his command. It definitely felt good, and the heat of his gaze on you, following your every movement, only added to the pleasure.
But – you couldn’t keep your mind from wandering, thinking back to earlier – just how good it felt when it was him doing these things to you. His fingers. His tongue.
Hyunjin watched, smiling to himself, as you steadily worked your hand and rubbed increasingly frantic circles into your clit, but all to no avail – you just couldn’t recreate his magic.
You paused at the sound of Hyunjin’s voice, addressing you with just a hint of smugness.
“It isn’t enough for you, is it?” You shook your head no, slightly disappointed that you weren’t able to pleasure yourself like he wanted you to. You made to pull your fingers out of yourself, but Hyunjin stopped you with a firm hand on your wrist.
Ghosting his other hand down over your thighs, he slowly gathered up the slick dripping out of you, using it to thoroughly lube up his own fingers. As you realized what he wanted to do, you couldn’t help but moan, heat rising in you at the thought of feeling that full.
“I’m going to go very slowly, okay sweetheart? If it hurts, I’ll stop right away.”
You mewled as you felt his fingers ever-so-carefully, gently push into your pussy. Your walls, still relaxed from your orgasm before, gave easily to the intrusion, letting his fingers slide in right beside yours.
You bit your lip, your free hand digging into Hyunjin’s shoulder as you felt, for the first time, what it was like to be so stretched out, so open.
You realized, with a pleasurable clench, that his dick would stretch you out even more.
Now, it was Hyunjin’s turn to moan, cock twitching as he felt your walls clamp down on his fingers.
“F-fuck, sweetheart – your pussy likes being filled up, doesn’t it?” He pumped his fingers, once, twice, before pulling out, bringing them to his mouth to clean up.
“Mmmh – still tastes delicious too.” He licked them clean, looking like Eros incarnate, before placing his hands by your head, caging you in underneath him.
“You sure you still want my cock, angel?” He covered your body with his once again, pressing sweet, tender kisses all over your face as you cradled his hips between your legs. “You can still say no; I’d die a happy man even if I just spent the rest of the night with my face between your thighs.”
You giggled – and creamed, just a little, at the thought of him doing exactly that, all night long. Some day.
“Hyunjin,” you savored the feeling of his name – the name of your lover – on your lips. “I really, really want you.”
A blindingly bright smile on his face, Hyunjin swooped down to catch your lips in a thorough, toe-tingling kiss before parting your legs further, opening you up for him. Propping himself on one hand above you, he quickly jerked himself to full hardness, teasing your entrance with wide swipes of his broad, soft head.
“Hyun-jiin,” you whimpered, approaching your limit. “Please, don’t tease me,” you whined, increasingly desperate for him to take care of you, to fill you up.
“Yes, my lady.” And with one last kiss to your palm, one last squeeze of your hip, he slowly pushed himself into you, groans falling from both your lips as each inch after delicious inch sank into your needy, leaking pussy.
He’d prepared you so thoroughly, pleasured you so meticulously that the stretch, deep as it was, felt nothing but divine. Your eyes rolled back into your head, a broken moan spilling from your lips as he seated himself fully in your cunt.
You heard Hyunjin curse under his breath as he felt your tight, slick walls enveloping him, the desire to thrust and pound and fuck making him almost tremble with the strain of holding himself back.
“Let m-me know when I can move, love.” And he just held himself there, panting, as he waited for your approval.
“Please, Hyunjin – move.”
“But…” you trailed off.
Your husband was an angel – a considerate, loving angel. You appreciated him thoughtfully checking in with you like this – you genuinely did.
At the same time though…you wanted your hypersexual, aggressive, teasing Hyunjin back for a bit. And you knew what to do to bring him out.
With the lightest, most delicate of touches, you ran your fingertips up the taut, defined muscles of his lower abs to his belly button, stopping to play with that damned piercing. Mustering up your most coy expression, you looked at him through your eyelashes, softly biting your lower lip.
“I thought you were supposed to be punishing me…my lord.”
You watched as Hyunjin closed his eyes for a second, clearly trying to get a grip on himself. “Angel…I was going to go easy on you…be sweet to my little virgin for her first time.” His hands fisted in the bedsheets, twisting them up into his grip.
“But – but I should have known…that you just want to be fucked.” He punctuated the last word with a brutal thrust, one that made you almost scream in pleasure – and immediately crave more.
“Do it then – fuck me.”
And with that, you broke the very last string of Hyunjin’s tenuous self-control.
With a growl, he pinned your hips down with one hand, slowly pulling almost all the way out of you – only to ram back in, making you gasp in surprise – and toe-curling pleasure.
His pace was dizzying: fast, hard bounces – so hard that you were sure your poor pussy would be bruised from the force of his thrusts – punctuated by periods of slow, deep rolls, the deliberate drag of his cock against your tight walls driving you absolutely crazy. His toned, muscular hips rocked into you, pubic bone brushing up against your swollen clit with every delicious crash of his hips into yours.
As your moans continued to crescendo, hands desperately grasping at his shoulders for some stability, some level of purchase, you felt his hand leave your hip, fingers moving to tap at your cheek. You opened your eyes to find Hyunjin gazing down at you with a cat-like, almost unhinged smirk on his face, still steadily rutting into you at the same, punishing pace.
“Oh no, my sweet, sweet angel – is this too much for you, hmm?” Hyunjin mockingly cooed at you, wrapping his hand around your chin and squeezing your cheeks, making you look up into his face.
“N-no,” you forced out – and you were being honest. It felt so good – too good – but you were going to spontaneously combust if he stopped.
“Really?” He raised a curious eyebrow, a dangerous smile settling onto his face as he pulled out of you, leaving you whimpering at the emptiness. “Well – we’ll just have to fix that then, won’t we?”
In sudden, aggressive movements, he yanked your hips into his and grabbed your right leg, hoisting it onto his shoulder. Leaning down on top of you, and pushing your knee almost to your shoulder, he spread you wide open for him, placed your fingers back onto your clit – and immediately speared you back onto his cock.
Hyunjin knew he wasn’t going to last for much longer – it had been way too long for him, and you felt way too good around him. But he was determined to take you down with him – by any means necessary.
So, he proceeded to pound you into the mattress, balls slapping into your pussy with every thrust. You could hear the bed creaking wildly under you as Hyunjin rammed into you, driving you both towards your peaks at a breakneck pace. You rubbed at your clit furiously, so lost in sensation that you couldn’t process conscious thought anymore – couldn’t process anything other than him.
“I-I’m getting c-close, Hyunjin – s-so close,” you wailed, feeling that familiar, welcome cord knotting itself up in your belly. “Then let go,” he squeezed out, maintaining that same, punishing pace to get you to release. “Come all over me, angel – let me feel you milk my cock.”
The cord snapped – and you came violently, so hard that you almost jerked out of Hyunjin’s arms. Your thigh muscles, your hip muscles were all pulsing, contracting and releasing with such intensity that your body was shaking, your mind lost to the pleasure.
Hyunjin had slowed down as you hit your peak, letting you ride out your high, just watching in awe as you trembled and gasped prettily under him.
Even after you’d finally fallen still, your body feeling like jelly, still twitching here and there from sensitivity – your pussy was still spasming, convulsing around him – and Hyunjin couldn’t take it any longer.
Muttering soft, heartfelt apologies to you, he roughly splayed your legs out for him again, and started slamming into you once again. “Just a little longer, angel, just a little bit.”
Of course, you didn’t mind at all. It was now your turn to stare at him, admire his beauty as he single-mindedly, lustfully chased his high: his pink tongue, darting out to lick at his lips; his thick neck, on prominent display as he threw his head back in pleasure – you didn’t think any other man could look as sensual, as exquisite as your Hyunjin.
When the fluid motion of his hips started to stutter, you knew he was close; to help him along, you used your remaining energy to clench down around his cock.
Hyunjin gasped. You felt his length go rigid inside you, drawing a tired moan from your lips, before he exploded with one final thrust, spurts of thick, white cum filling you up, splashing against your walls. You whimpered at the sensation, overwhelmed – you hadn’t anticipated just how warm his cum would feel, the added heat feeling delicious inside your sore, battered pussy.
Hyunjin collapsed onto you, his arms too tired to hold up his weight any longer. You pulled him into your chest, letting him nuzzle into your breasts as he caught his breath. His cock was still buried inside of you, slowly softening as he relaxed – you found that you liked the warm, full pressure.
“Ugh,” Hyunjin tore himself away from your chest with difficulty, rubbing his face as he sat up. “I made you so messy, angel – let me clean you up, it must be uncomfortable.”
You were going to disagree, telling him that you felt perfectly fine, but your words turned into a whine, both of you wincing in sensitivity as Hyunjin pulled out of you. Hyunjin’s eyes widened as his cum started dripping out of you as a result, running down all over your folds.
“Mine,” he muttered possessively. “All mine,” he looked up at you, the heat in his gaze almost tempting you to push him down all over again – almost. Instead, you let Hyunjin drag himself out of bed, getting a pleasant eyeful of his pert, shapely ass as he wet a washcloth to clean you up with.
“Like what you see?” Hyunjin grinned down at you, leaning over you to gently wipe you clean.
“Very, very much,” you smiled back, running your fingers through his hair as you watched him take care of you so lovingly.
Once he was done, you yanked him back down next to you, curling into him and his warmth like you’d never let go again.
“Was that good for you, love?” Hyunjin asked quietly, head buried in the crook of your neck. “I’m sorry if I was too rough or intense or –”
“Hyunjin.” You put a warning hand on his back, stopping him from going on. “It was perfect. You were perfect.”
You felt his lips curl into a smile against your skin, his arms pulling you in even tighter. The two of you lay there quietly for a moment, just enjoying each other’s warmth.
“In that case then…” Hyunjin lifted his head, gazing straight at you with a teasing glint in his eyes, running his fingers up and down the soft skin of your waist.
“Round 2?”
Your mouth dropped open, and Hyunjin immediately cracked up at the look on your face. As his face scrunched up in laughter, you smacked his shoulder, pushing him away in mock outrage.
“Not unless you want me to pass out on you, Hyunjin!”
“But what if I do?” You hated yourself for the shiver that passed through you, at the flicker of heat in your veins. You were going to hold him to that – one day. But for now, you were going to sleep. So, you rolled onto your other side, turning away from your tease of a husband with a dramatic huff.
But, of course, he wasn’t just going to leave you like that. You smiled to yourself as you felt toned arms wrap around you, pulling you back into Hyunjin’s warmth. “I’m sorry, love,” he giggled into your ear, pressing placating kisses to your neck and shoulder. “I’m just messing with you. I know you’re probably tired and sore…and anyways,” he ducked his head into your neck again, piping up with a small, shy voice.
“Right now, I think I’d rather learn what it feels like to have you fall asleep in my arms, if that’s okay.”
And that was perfectly, perfectly fine with you.
For a short while, at least.
In reality, Round 2 ended up being your fault. Hyunjin had wanted to stay cuddled as the two of you slept, you the little spoon to his big spoon. But, when you woke up in the middle of the night to the pleasurable feeling of his length half-hard against your ass, you couldn’t help but grind back on to him, waking him up with your moans as his cock brushed through your folds.
He ended up just taking you in that position, propping your leg up on his arm as he fucked you from behind, growling into your ear about how desperate and naughty you were for him. He filled you up, yet again, and this time, the two of you just fell asleep connected like that, too tired to clean up or do anything else.
The third “round” though – if you could even call it that – was all Hyunjin; you woke up in the dim light of early morning, already dripping, to find your husband laying between your legs and unwilling to move until you’d released onto his mouth – twice.
There probably could have been a fourth round too, in all honesty. But, when you both woke up for the final time, bright morning light streaming into your chambers, you found that you were content just holding each other, exchanging soft, heartfelt kisses and staring into each other’s eyes.
After all, this was your first morning together – just the first of many, many more to come.
You and Hyunjin both limped into breakfast the next morning with bloodshot eyes and matching scarves tied closely around your necks. You did your best to mask your wince as you sat down, sore and tender beyond belief from your husband’s incredibly thorough attentions, but you weren’t entirely sure if you succeeded.
Minho looked like he didn’t know whether he should throttle you or Hyunjin first.
Chan, despite all his snark and bluster beforehand, couldn’t look either of you in the face. Ironically, he somehow had been forced into taking guard himself outside your chambers last night – and he’d heard enough to keep his ears flaming bright red around the two of you – permanently.
And the rest of the boys just seemed fit to burst.
Jisung kicked it off, opening his round eyes wide in a display of fake innocence. “Oh no, did you not sleep well, Your Majesties? They do say parts of the castle are haunted you know…with all of this weird moaning and things going bump in the night.” Felix, leaning against the wall at your side, couldn’t hold back a snicker; a dark, ominous glare from Hyunjin, however, quickly shut him up.
“That’s ridiculous, Han – you know the castle isn’t haunted.” You gave Seungmin one of your most charming smiles, thinking that maybe he was on your side this time – but you should have known better.
“I’m just worried about your health, Your Highness. I mean – scarves? In this weather? The only way that makes sense is if you’re both getting sick – and in that case, you should probably be back in bed.”
This time, it was Jeongin who cracked up, trying to hide his smirk behind a serving tray. Hyunjin glared at him too, but it didn’t faze Jeongin at all. You were honestly impressed.
Either way, your husband had clearly had enough.
“Shut up, right now, or I’ll throw each and every one of you in the stocks for a week…yes, even you, Minho, I don’t care if it starts a war.” Hyunjin’s ever expressive face was positively seething with annoyance – if glares could kill, all of you would have been incinerated.
You, however, just found it all funny at this point. While you tried to be serious, maintaining an appropriately stern expression at Hyunjin’s side, you couldn’t help but let a small giggle escape. Hyunjin���s eyes snapped to you, face contorted into his best “you too?” expression; but, at the happiness on your face, he couldn’t hold back a grin either. Looking on, the boys decided to pipe down, secretly pleased to see the two of you so happy together.
As Seungmin roped Hyunjin into a discussion about new letters and updates, you turned to your brother, who was sitting on your other side, and softly slid your hand over his.
“Minho…do you have to go so soon?” You’d been startled when Hyunjin told you, on your way to breakfast, that Minho was planning to leave almost immediately afterwards.
“Yeah, I really should.” Minho looked at you, a wistful smile on his face. “As much as I want to stay with you and Hyunjin for a while, I know I shouldn’t antagonize them too much.” You knew he was right – still, it really, really hurt to think about him going.
The two of you sat quietly for a second, hands clasped together tightly.
“But honestly, I’m not worried.” Minho paused, a small, soft smile on his face as he looked between you and Hyunjin.
“I think you’re in good hands here.”
A matching smile crept onto your face as well as you turned to contemplate your husband. While Hyunjin was still engrossed in his conversation, he still somehow managed to pick up on your thoughtful glance. Covertly, under the table, he slid his hand into your lap, holding your free hand and rubbing his thumb over your palm: a quiet acknowledgement of you, and a small modicum of comfort before he could see to you fully.
Yes, you smiled to yourself, squeezing Hyunjin’s hand tightly in your own. You were in really good hands.
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Hi Siancore, how’s your day? I wanted to ask how you write Sambucky Fanfics. Because I want to write a Sambucky chapter book, and I don’t really know how to write their personalities. Can you please help if not it’s ok. Thanks have a good day/night☺️
Hey. I’m doing okay today. Thank you for asking. I hope you’re well!
I’m happy to help you by going through how I write:
1. Their personalities
2. Chaptered fics
Firstly, I have drawn a lot from their 616 personalities as well as the little we’ve seen on screen pre-FATWS.
Let’s start with Sam. Some personality traits, attributes, and skills:
- Care-giver
- Compassionate
- Empathetic
- Adrenaline junkie
- Risk-taker
- Smart
- Charming
- Funny
- Staunch
- Physical prowess
Next, Bucky:
- Protector
- Morbid/wry sense of humour
- Self-deprecating
- Intuitive
- Caring
- Funny
- Dangerously skillful
- Empathetic
- Flirty
- Driven
Now, some mannerism that you should include:
- Sam crosses his arms over his chest when he is making a point
- Bucky narrows his eyes when he is concentrating
- Sam’s smile is bright
- Bucky’s smile makes his eyes crinkle at the corners
- Sam isn’t a fast runner, and Bucky never runs fast when he is with Sam
- Sam can fly, but choses to run (slowly) with Bucky
- They have been protective of one another in the heat of battle using their own physicality
- Both are super precise with their attacking and parrying
- Both have looked at one another with heart-eyes (it’s canon!)
- Both love to bicker with the other
Let’s now look at story structure:
Your overall goal: What story do you want to tell? What happens? How does it end?
For story ideas, this is the structure I follow:
1. Orientation: Who? Where? When?
2. Complication: Situation that causes difficulty for one or more of the characters.
3. Resolution: How the characters navigate the difficulty; how it has changed them.
4. Ending (optional): How they have learned from the changes.
For chapter outlines, I make sure to cover the following:
1. Setting/Time
2. Characters - main and background
3. Problem/Difficulty
4. Solution
I then use plot points as a chapter outline. By elaborating on the plot points (a paragraph per point - 250 words, give or take), I flesh out my story. Points are what you want to explore in the chapter, the story is the details that stem from the points i.e. what characters are doing/feeling/saying.
For writing in general, set a schedule. Word count goals are useful, too e.g. setting a goal for yourself to write 2 paragraphs of your story per day. If you stick to a standard chapter (2,500-3,000 words), writing 2-3 paragraphs per day, and then editing and proofreading on the weekend, means you could have an update posted each week.
Please keep in mind the following:
- Motivation to write will fluctuate
- Finding inspiration can sometimes be difficult
Don’t force it! Your story will come to you. Take your time. Allow yourself to be happy with what you have come up with before you share it.
Here’s a little example for you, if you wanted to tell a short multi-chapter romcom fluff fic about SamBucky being shy about asking one another on a date, you might flesh your idea out like this using plot points:
Overall Goal: Sam wants to ask Bucky out on a date, but he’s not had much success in the dating game for a while. They like one another, but both are shy and out of practice. Fluff ensues.
Chapter 1:
- Meet cute through mutual friend
- Instant attraction
- Shyness
- Difficulty: Not being confident enough to make their move
Chapter 2:
- Mutual pining
- Running into one another again
- General awkwardness
- Talking about their crush to their mutual friend
- Being persuaded by friend to act on feelings
- Difficulty: Misunderstanding - thinking their feelings are not reciprocated
Chapter 3:
- Getting to spend some time together without help of mutual friend
- Flirting
- Playful banter
- Finding that they are a good match
- Crushing on one another even more
- Awkwardness about the previous misunderstanding
- Finally asking the other person out
- Date is confirmed! Yay!
Chapter 4:
- Excited about date
- Nervous about the date
- Worrying they will screw it up
- The obligatory scene where a good friend helps them get ready
- Actual date
- Climax, ending in a kiss, another date, time jump to their wedding etc.
With your plot points, you can elaborate on them, and have your story flowing sequentially. Each point can end up being at least two paragraphs (around 250 words each). Always have your ending worked out, and use your plot points to get there.
Remember to follow your narrative structure in each chapter by setting the scene and showing which characters are involved.
Good dialogue enables you to show what is happening in your scene through your characters.
Space your ideas out and decide on which scenes you want to detail in each chapter. Don’t try to do too much! You don’t want your chapter to be convoluted; you don’t want impactful scenes to be lost because too much is happening.
Your first sentence of each chapter should grab your reader, and your final sentence should leave them wanting more.
One strategy that works for me when I need to flesh out an idea is to write the scene (plot point) as if it’s a recount I am telling someone. I then go back through the recount, and change it so it fits the narrative structure. For example, if we used the above story idea, the outline for Chapter 1 could look like this:
- SamBucky met through mutual friend, Steve.
- They hadn’t been known to one another before, but found one another very attractive.
- Both were shy, and a little out of practice since they had not dated with much success after their long-term relationships had broken down.
- Bucky thought Sam was smart, pretty, funny, easy-going.
- Sam thought Bucky was charming, handsome, kind, easy to talk to.
- Sam thought about asking him out.
- He thought about asking Sam out.
- They both wanted to see one another again, but was it too soon? They had only just met.
- There was an opening for one to ask the other on a date, but lack of confidence got in the way
- They missed their opportunity
All of these can be expanded on and fleshed out with: - Details about setting - What characters are thinking - What characters are feelings - What they are saying - What complications arise - How, if at all, it is resolved
Basically, if you know where you want your characters to end up, and you know which part of your story you want to focus on in which chapter, all you have to do is provide the details.
Chapter titles help with this, as well:
Chapter 1: The Meet Cute
Chapter 2: He’s Just Not that into Me?
Chapter 3: A Good Match
Chapter 4: Oh My Gosh, I have Nothing to Wear!
Here are a few more tips I can think of:
- Try to have a writing/updating schedule.
- Set a daily goal to write at least one paragraph of your story, and at least one conversation.
- Watch fanvids for inspiration.
- Talk to other writers in forums.
- Read! Read! Read! See what other fic writers are doing well and learn from them.
I hope this helps. Happy writing!
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A Promise Under the Stars | Irene x F!Reader
Genre: fluff, idol au-ish but not really(?), romance is not extremely explicit
Summary: When you get to meet Joohyun again, you think back about a promise you two made long ago.
Word Count: 1.8k
A/N: Whew. First Irene writing that I’m posting as a stand-alone rather than a part of a series. Also can I say thank you for two of my posts reaching 100 notes within the same week? My very first fic, ‘Second Place’ and ‘Troublemaker’ seem to be very popular, thank you so much fhksadjhfk,
Date: 2/19/21
You collapse on the ground, all your energy expended during several hours of practice. Lying down you can feel the wooden floor under you, your heart pounding as loud as your breathing. As much as you physically feel pain, there was a greater pain building in your heart and mind. Will you ever make it? You've been waiting so long now, how much longer?
With nobody around tears threaten to emerge from your eyes, but the moment is lost when you hear a soft creak. Quickly, you compose yourself just enough to make sure no tears fall. You don't bother turning your head to look at who it was, instead staring at the ceiling as you hear footsteps growing nearer and nearer to your body. Finally, a familiar face emerges from the corner of your eyes. The girl leans over your face, smiling at the sight of you exhausted and sweaty.
"I figured you'd be here." She says teasingly.
"When am I not?" You say as your breathing starts to become steady again.
The girl offers you her small hands and you accept. She helps you on your feet, and when you're finally standing up on your own she doesn't let one of your hands go.
"Wanna cool down with a walk?" She asks you. You lazily nod your head, following behind as your friend, Joohyun.
She takes you outside the building, continuing to walk hand in hand on the sidewalk. You don't know where you're going, but frankly you don't care. Joohyun's mere presence is enough for you to calm down, to feel comfortable and safe. So you take the time to enjoy the feeling of her hand in yours, the night air passing by your skin, and the sound of your footsteps against the pavement. The silence between the two of you making you feel happy.
Eventually the two of you reach a swing set. She let's go of your hand and sits on one, tilting her head to tell you to sit on the one next to her. You go ahead and sit down, gently kicking the ground to create a soft sway. Joohyun does the same with her two hands holding onto the chains holding up the seat. You stare at your feet until Joohyun speaks up again.
"Look up at the sky. It's beautiful, isn't it?" You listen to her command and turn your head up.
You're quite literally star-struck for a moment, a smile appearing on your face as you admire the sky. You've seen the sky and the stars nearly every day of your life. It's the same sky as always, yet somehow on this night it stir something inside you.
"Sometimes I forget how good it is to be living, I let all the beautiful things pass me by." You admit to your friend. You stop looking at the sky, instead turning to face Joohyun. Your eyes follow the outline her side profile as you admire the amazement glazing over her eyes, the curve of her nose, the way her lips pursed together. The nighttime casts her in darkness but the moon gives her an ethereal glow. She stops looking at the stars to give you a smile similar to yours, a smile filled with endearment.
"It's nice isn't it? I come here a lot, just to recollect myself most of the time. It's my space. One where I can exist without worry, without trying to change myself." She says it as she recalls the many nights where she wanted to cry, the nights where she found herself walking here without thinking about it. "I wanted to share it with you though. You seem more stressed recently..." Her soft voice suddenly became laced with worry. You sigh before you start talking again.
"I guess I'm getting bad at hiding it." You try to joke. "I've been training for so long, you know? I've seen so many people leave. So many switch companies, so many debut. Sometimes I wonder if the last several years have been a waste. I don't wanna grow up with this kind of regret." Joohyun looks down dejectedly for a bit at your response.
"I know." She whispers. "I've been feeling the same thing. Sometimes I doubt I even belong. I don't know if this dream is achievable anymore."
You look down, not quite sure what you could possibly say to comfort the both of you. As another wave of silence envelopes the conversation, you kick a nearby pebble, watching it skid as you begin to launch yourself off the ground harder. You feel weightless as you get higher and higher, a little free even, from this restrictive life you live.
Joohyun sticks to the ground, not enjoying the idea of being at such a high height. Still, she begins to smile at the sight of you having at least some sort of fun. Things continue like this, the both of you contemplating different things in the silence under the same worries.
"Hey Y/N." Joohyun breaks the silence by calling for you. You're still staring at the stars as you swing in the air.
"What?"
"Slow down for a minute." You listen to your friend and start to slow down your momentum. When you're finally settled, Joohyun leans over from her swing with her hand out. She has her pinky finger raised while you look at her in confusion. "How about we do it?"
"Do what?"
"Let's complete our dreams. Together." You chuckle a bit at her sudden childish-ness that was different from her mature nature. Despite how out of character it was though, you couldn't help but feel appreciative for the act anyways. You stick out your hand and wrap your pinky around hers.
"Alright. Our little promise, between just the two of us."
"I know I can do it if I have you by my side." A pink hue paints itself on Joohyun's cheeks, complimenting the adorable smirk she gave you. Your heart pounds a little and you laugh at her.
"Since when were you so childish and greasy?"
"I don't know, since whenever it could make you smile like that?" You look away, feeling warmth flood your face.
"Whatever." You scoff light-heartedly.
For the past several weeks you felt like you were in a rut. Motivation draining away from you. Your promise with Joohyun though, her words, her loving voice, everything about her made you want to stay. Perhaps now you can complete your dream.
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You're waiting in line, a smile is plastered on your face that you can't seem to wipe off. Finally, you can see her again.
You can still remember the day she told you she would debut. There was a part of your heart that hurt, but otherwise you were ecstatic for her. Of course out of consideration she tried not to talk about it much, but you assured her it was something that was worth celebrating. That it was an event and feeling you wanted to share between the two of you.
Things didn't turn out as planned. You kept training, but seeing Joohyun debut with seemingly no results for another year was disheartening enough to make you quit. It also didn't help that as Joohyun got busier, the two of you got to talk and hang out less and less. Everyday you would compulsively check your phone, only to be gifted a response on a rare occasion.
After your trainee years you moved on in your life, getting a higher education and joining a career that you found pleasure in. As you focused on your career though, you also found yourself with less and less time. It seemed like at some point Joohyun changed her number and forgot to tell you. For some reason it left you feeling a bit heartbroken. Although she wasn't really a part of your life anymore your memories with her graced your thoughts often.
Now though, as time has passed, your work life has settled down more. You've earned some money and took some vacation time to attend a very, very important event.
The person in front of you finally moves and you're face to face with Yerim, a girl you spent a lot of time with under the same company. She looks up at you with a smile and a face filled with both surprise and recognition. She signs your album before gently nudging the member next to her.
You move on in the line to meet Seulgi. She's happy that Yerim caught her attention to tell her you were here. She gives you a familiar smile and thanks you for coming to see the group. You get your album signed by her and two other members who you didn't get acquainted with during training until you reach the end of the table.
There she was, Bae Joohyun, the person you were closest with during those grueling years training. As soon as you're standing in front of her your heart threatens to jump out of your throat. When your eyes meet you almost feel like crying.
"Hey." You barely get the word to leave your mouth. The sound could hardly escape the tightening of your throat. Judging by the look on her face, it seemed like Joohyun was overwhelmed with feelings too, nearly wanting to cry. Instead she gives a light laugh.
"I've missed you." She says. Maybe it's in your imagination, but she's staring at you so dreamily. You don't know what to say, so you decide to just be honest.
"I've missed you too. I've been waiting for this day." You pause for a second before continuing. "I'm sorry I didn't make it." Joohyun shakes her head at your apology.
"Don't be. As long as you're happy with where you are now then I'm happy too." She gives you her signature smile that had always managed to comfort you.
"Let's make a new promise." Once again she sticks out her pinky finger at you. You take it without hesitation. "Let's talk. Like old times." Even though you haven't talked to each other properly in years, the feeling of her pinky and yours made you feel just as close as you were back in those days.
The staff are ushering you to go, the moment the two of you were sharing was holding up the line for too long. Quickly, Joohyun signs your album and you notice that she opens it and scribbles something inside. Could she have possibly written a message for you?
When go arrive home you admire the album with signatures strewn across it. The question that you had for the entire day though was what Joohyun wrote inside of it. Within the privacy of your home you finally felt safe to open and check.
xxx-xxx-xxxx
let's stay together this time ♥
#bae joohyun#rv irene#irene x reader#red velvet imagines#red velvet x reader#gg imagines#gg scenarios#red velvet scenarios#kpop writing#kpop scenarios#bae juhyun#bae joohyun x reader#red velvet irene#red velvet kpop#red velvet
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AO3 Writers Tag Game
Tagged by: @whovianfloozy Thank you for thinking of me! :D
How many works do you have on AO3?
56
What is your total AO3 wordcount?
103,363
How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
Two on AO3- Doctor Who and Good Omens. But I've also written for Star Trek, Star Trek Voyager, The X-Files, and The Dresden Files (book series) in other places or never published them.
What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Soft to My Edges, Lockdown Voicemails, Mine, Rest Now, Collecting a Demon
Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
I do, though I confess sometimes it takes a little while! I want people to know I appreciate that extra effort they put in to let me know they enjoyed my stories. Honestly, seeing a comment makes my day.
What is the fic you’ve written with the Angstiest ending?
I don't do angsty endings. There might be tension in the middle of a story, but it is always resolved by the end. Joi is a certified fluff writer.
Do you ever write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve ever written?
I have never published a crossover, but one fateful NaNoWriMo I did take my original characters and plop them on board the Enterprise with Star Trek TNG characters because I was frustrated with my story. And it helped! Troi helped me learn things about my antagonist. Of course, once I got to better understand his motivations, I stalled again because I didn't want to kill him. Oops.
Have you ever received hate on a fic?
I have not, thankfully. And, as an ace writer, I know this can happen.
Do you write smut? If so what kind?
I do. I write fluffy smut. Occasionally it strays into very light kinky-fluffy smut.
Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of...
Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Not yet, but I've have had an offer and considered it. My problem is I barely have the confidence to publish a story let alone share the writing experience with someone else.
What’s your all-time favourite ship?
That's not really a fair question. It begs me to say whatever is my current fixation. But I have loved every one of my ships with my whole heart. Mulder/Scully brought me into fandom. Janeway/Chakotay made fandom into a home that I could decorate to suit my tastes. Dresden/Murphy taught me that I can write my own stories, even if the plot is wonky or non-existant. Kirk/Spock showed me how deeply I could burrow into a ship and how diverse/multi-generational fandom can be. Being a Doctor/Multi-shipper taught me things about myself and gained me friendships that I treasure. Aziraphale/Crowley is the queer gift that fuels me.
What was the first fandom you wrote for?
I'm not sure if I ever wrote down any of my X-Files fic or if I just daydreamed a lot. I know I wrote for Star Trek Voyager and published a couple things. Yes, I still have printed versions of them in my possession. No, I will not share them. lol
What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?
I'm going to cheat a little and instead of picking an individual story I'll say: Too Many Beds Series Not only is it the longest thing I've published (collectively, just over 32k), but I was delighted to find that my readers enjoyed my original characters as much as I did. I don't think the sequel would've come about without that encouragement.
tagging:
@onthedriftinthetardis
@skyler10fic
@wordsintimeandspace
@flyingjemsaucer
and anyone else that wants to play- tag me so I can see!
AO3 Writers Tag Game Outline for copy/paste ease of play:
Tagged by: Thank you!
How many works do you have on AO3?
What is your total AO3 wordcount?
How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
What is the fic you’ve written with the Angstiest ending?
Do you ever write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve ever written?
Have you ever received hate on a fic?
Do you write smut? If so what kind?
Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Have you ever co-written a fic before?
What’s your all-time favourite ship?
What was the first fandom you wrote for?
What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?
tagging:
#ao3 writers tag game#joi rambles#joi writes#although not usually over here#catch me over at sushiandstarlight for good omens fic writing
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Can you give any pointers for fanfiction writing? It's something I've considered trying, but I've never done creative writing and it's a bit intimidating. I'm mostly interested in writing Nightwing, and maybe having other characters (Batfam and Titans) but still always having Dick as the center.
Welcome to Fanfiction 101! I’m here to keep you from making the same mistakes I’ve made in the past.
Pre-Writing Process
There are some people who enjoy outlining the shit out of their story, and then there are people like me who just kinda make the story up as they go. Whatever you decide to do, try to at least have an ending planned out. That way while you’re writing, you can start to craft the pieces you need to get to the ending you have imagined. You can even work backward and plan your story out from end to beginning.
For example, let’s say I want my ending to be Dick and Damian hugging in a hospital. Okay, what pieces do I need to get to that point? Well, if they’re in a hospital then one of them needs to be hurt. Who do I want to hurt? Let’s go with Dick because I want this story to show how much Damian cares about Dick.
Great. Now how does Damian find out that Dick is hurt/how does he save Dick? Let’s say Damian is in the cave when the batcomputer gets an alert from Nightwing’s suit. The alert shows that Dick’s vitals have gone haywire. Damian panics, tracks down Dick’s location, and then both him and Alfie take the flying batmobile to save Dick. They find Dick and take him to the hospital.
Cool but how does Dick get hurt in the first place? Hmm, well, Dick usually always rides a motorcycle, right? So let’s say Dick gets into a motorcycle accident. How does he crash his bike? Maybe it’s because of the weather or because a baddie crashes into him. I don’t want to write a huge action scene so let’s say Dick accidentally drives over black ice, spins out, and crashes in a ditch.
And there you have it. A whole story right there from end to beginning. You can plan things out in a more detailed way before you jump in and write if you want. A basic outline like that ^ is usually enough for me to go off of. The details just come to me while I’m in the process of writing. Try and see what works best for you.
One-Shots vs. Multi-Chapter Stories
If you haven’t done a lot of creative writing, I would suggest you start off by practicing with one-shots. Now, one-shots can be shorter content, but on the flip side, there’s also one-shots that are like 50k words. Totally depends on what the author is willing to put into it in terms of plot, description, character development, etc.
I personally have a hard time finding the motivation to finish multi-chapter stories, which is why I usually stick to one-shots. Short one-shots can be easier because they don’t have to be super fleshed out. The action is quick, the dialogue is impactful, and the scene is memorable.
You can also just jump into the action when it comes to one-shots. You don’t have to do as much build-up. For example, I could jump right into a scene of Dick having trouble breathing like this:
Dick’s having a hard time making sense of things. Vaguely, he can hear Bruce shouting for Alfred. He can feel hands on him. His vision is going in and out. Then, suddenly, there’s silence. Dick wakes up, confused. Tim is sitting at his bedside, holding his hand. Bruce is close by, and when he realizes Dick is awake, he immediately goes over to him. Bruce explains that Dick had a bad reaction to a drug he was injected with. Bruce cards his hand through Dick’s hair to comfort him, and Dick reflects on when Bruce used to do the same thing when Dick was a kid.
End scene.
Okay, so, obviously a real story would have way more description than that, but you get what I’m saying, yeah? That whole scene could be the entire story and it would be enough. But if you have the motivation to do way more than that with a ton of character development and what not, you totally could prolong that one-shot into 50k words. Or just break everything up into a multi-chapter fic.
The problem with writing one chapter at a time for a multi-chapter fic is that it’s hard to keep the motivation to keep writing each chapter. You write one chapter and then put the story to the side for a few days, and suddenly, you keep making excuses about why you don’t want to write the next chapter. To be fair, this can also happen with a basic one-shot, but yeah, tis the life of a writer. Don’t be discouraged if it happens to you. Trust me, it will at some point.
Character POV
Listen, I love writing in first person. In other fandoms, I used to write a lot of my stories in first person POV. I’ve got some bad news for you, though. Generally, people don’t like to read fanfics that are in first person POV. They just don’t. Nowadays, even I tend to skip over stories that are written in first person POV.
Third person POV is going to be your best friend. Get comfortable writing it.
Admittedly, sometimes it’s easier for me to grasp a character’s voice if I first write the story in first person POV. I then go back and change all the “I’s” and “me’s” to he, his, her, hers, etc. That’s just a little trick I do sometimes if I’m having a hard time getting a story started.
Characterization
If you’re not 100% sure how to write a specific character, try and figure out a few facts about them. Like if you want to write Dick then think about some key qualities of his. Sprinkle those traits throughout the story to make the character sound more authentic.
For example, I know Dick doesn’t like cucumber sandwiches. Sometimes I’ll have him or other characters mention this in the story. I also know Dick can struggle with perfectionism. I can make that something he has to struggle with in the story. It doesn’t have to be what the whole story revolves around, but if I just throw in some things here and there about how Dick is mad at himself for failing about something then that makes him feel more in character.
Character Interactions
At first, writing multiple characters interacting at once can be really difficult. It can fuck up the pacing of your story, it can be hard to insert each character enough to make sure they aren’t ignored, and it can be hard to make sure each character is getting a chance to speak.
If you find yourself struggling with this, try and just stick to two characters at first. Once you’re comfortable writing a conversation between them, try adding in another character. And another. And another.
The more you practice, the more you’ll be able to write multiple characters interacting in a scene in a way that feels more natural and realistic.
Genres and Tropes
When it comes to figuring out what you want to write about, you need to know what kind of content your audience wants. For example, fantasy niches (fairies, vampires, etc.) can be harder to “sell” in this particular fandom. There are people like myself who enjoy those niches, but just know that they may not be the most popular niches within this specific fandom.
What are some niches that the majority of fandoms do like? Hurt/comfort, sick fics, whump, fluff. Those kinds of fics are always in demand. People love it when their favs get hurt. People love it when other characters worry about their favs. People love it when their favs get hurt while protecting others. People love it when their favs are getting along and being affectionate with one another.
Go on AO3 and sort the fics in this fandom by “most comments” or “most kudos.” Now look at the most popular fics that come up and look at the tags they use. See what kinds of things those authors are writing about. Read their summaries and try to get an idea of what the stories are about.
Once you get an idea of which kind of genres and tropes are most popular, try and write a story that includes those genres/tropes. People will be more likely to read stories that have tropes they usually like to read about.
Now, of course, you can also just write whatever the hell you want without trying to appeal to your audience. This is what I do a lot of the time. Turns out that the things I like to write about tend to fall more in line with the tropes that are already popular in this fandom.
Spelling and Grammar
People really hate to read stories that have tons and tons of spelling and grammar mistakes. Make sure before you post anything, you put your story in Word or Grammarly (I use the free version) to check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes. Trust me, your readers will thank you for it.
Practice, Practice, Practice
I’ve been writing creative stories since I was 11 years old. The stories I wrote back then are absolutely shit compared to the stories I write now. So please don’t get discouraged if you write a story and you don’t feel like it’s very good.
Keep trying! Just like with anything else, the more you do it, the better you’ll be at it. There are so many things you’ll learn as you continue to write. Seriously, just recently, I realized I wasn’t always putting a comma in my compound sentences to break up the independent clauses. But hey, hey, now I know.
Pacing, characterization, and plot are also things that will improve the more you write. Writing drabbles (stories with maybe just a few hundred words) will help with this. It will help you learn to choose the most important scene or dialogue and write it in an impactful, emotional, and compelling way.
Okay, class is dismissed! If you have any other questions then feel free to send me another ask!
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Writers Q&A
I was tagged by the ever fabulous @keeper0fthestars, thank you darling!
1) How many complete fics/one shots do you have that you have not published (yet)? None.
2) How many WIPS do you have right now? Five.
3) Do you take writing requests or write original ideas, or both? Both! Currently not taking requests, but I may open them later.
4) If you do take requests, how many do you currently have? I don’t have any
5) How many fandoms do you write for? Oof: Saint Seiya, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Pushing Daisies, Tolkien, Star Wars (including RO) Castlevania, ASoIaF, The Witcher (show), Marvel, Doctor Who & BBC Sherlock.
6) Are there any fandoms you wrote for in the past that you no longer write for? I am considering stopping writing anything Harry Potter.
7) Do you write for ships, reader inserts or other? All of the above! But when I write reader inserts I try to keep the ‘Y/n’ to a minimum.
8) Niche fandoms/characters you write for? Pushing Daisies, but that’s more of a dead than niche.
9) Do you read fics as well as write them? Yes!
10) What is your favorite genre to write for? Fluff. Romance. Domesticity
11) What is your favorite trope (to read/write)? Friends to lovers, getting to know each other, getting together, secret love, fake dating.
12) What do you do to get motivated to write? I listen to music or watch authortube videos.
13) Is there a trope/genre you like to read, but not write? Smut, enemies to lovers
14) Any characters/fandoms you want to write for that are never requested? Gil-Galad, I want to write him, but I’m blanking what I could do.
15) How long have you been writing fanfiction? since I was 13
16) Did you read fan fiction before you started writing? Yes, absolutely!
17) Do you only post on Tumblr, or any other sites as well? I also use AO3.
18) What do you personally consider the word counts of “Drabble”, “One shots” and “fics”? I tent to call drabbles anything short of 500 words. One shots over 500 words and fics are everything
19) Which do you prefer to write more? HC, drabbles, oneshots/fics, multi chapter stories, other? One shots.
20) Are there any stories you have discontinued? No, I’m just taking a hiatus on a few.
21) What is one of your main “pet-peeves” as a writer on Tumblr? Very little reblogs in contrast to likes.
22) Do you write at a particular time of day? I write whenever strikes my fancy
23) Do you listen to music, ambiance/noise, etc to write or do you need silence? Both music or ambiance, it just depends on what I’m trying to write
24) Do you outline your fics at all before writing? Nope
25) Do you post your writing as soon as you finish it, or do you schedule it to come out at a specific time/day? When it’s done, unless is after 9 PM, then I wait.
Tagging: @mousedetective, @littlefeatherr, @caroh99, @strangelock221b
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hi there ^^' i'm... kinda new to this whole tumblr thing and have been wanting to write on here for a while but this huge place is kinda scary sometimes haha ;; do you have any writing tips or tricks that would be good to know for newcomers? (also your music taste is immaculate, i love it)
hey love 💕 first of all, welcome to tumblr!! its a fun place,, youre gonna love it, and learn to hate it lol second of all, thank you for complimenting my music taste 😳
now im not quite sure if you want only writing tips or writing blog tips, so ive included tips and tricks for both!
WRITING BLOG TIPS :
have a masterlist. this might seem stupid and obvious, but ive seen people with no masterlist. people are lazy, so if they cant access your writing easily, they will just click away.
have a clean theme. aesthetics are important. they are. people love clean and easy to navigate themes. again, people are lazy, so if you make it easy to click through your blog and get to your writing, youll increase the chance of people reading your stuff!
how to get your work show up in general. putting links in your fanfic might lead to your story not showing up in the search. ive also heard that a banner thats too big can cause that. even using too many tags can lead to your work not showing up. its complicated.
the first five tags. im sure youve heard abt this already but the first five tags are the tags that will actually show up! so if someone follows #bts fluff and you tag your fic with that, your fic can show up on people's dashes as a recommended post!
tag accordingly. speaking of tags, please tag accordingly! theres nothing more annoying than finding a jimin fanfic in the taehyung fanfic tag. i really discourage you from mistagging your stories. if im scrolling through the taehyung fanfic tag and find a jimin fanfic, it makes me want to not read it. just tag your fics accordingly.
reblog your fics. i mean it. seriously, reblog them as much as you want! people live in different time zones or sometimes forget abt wanting to read your stuff, so reblogging it consistently for a week or so to get it on people's dashes helps!
teasers and taglists. i recommend doing both! teasers help to get people excited for your story and taglists ensure that people will read it, or at least remember to!
dont stress abt notes. now, this is less of a tip but rather something i just really really really want to tell you! i know youve heard this before, but please do not stress about notes. tumblr fame does not exists! it doesnt matter if your writing gets 2 notes or 300 or 5k notes! i do understand how getting a lot of notes can be motivating (every fics deserve all the love in the world by the way!!) but in the end, it should not be your motiviation to write. focusing on notes will ruin writing for you. it will. the amount of notes your fic will reach has nothing to do with how good your writing is. dont let something as superficial as notes ruin the fun of writing for you. its seriously not worth it! write for you and no one else!
WRITING TIPS :
write self indulgent fics. i seriously think all fics should be self indulgent. writing fics should be fun, so please write whatever you want! also, theres no such thing as an overdone trope. if you want to write a fake dating enemies to lovers fic, please write it! you might think there are already a bunch out there and its not worth writing another one, but youre wrong! there isnt one out there thats been written by you yet. go write it!
make playlists. now this is a bit specific to me because im absolutely obsessed with music, but making playlists that fit the mood of the fic has always helped me while writing and gotten me out of writers block before!
take your time. writing is freaking hard and when writers block hits, theres rarely ever something that you can do. try not to stress too much abt it! it happens to the best of us!
balance dialogue and detail. its important to find a middle. if im reading a fic and theres paragraph after paragraph after paragraph of detail, the chance of me just skipping that part is really high. because even though i love detail, it does get boring. so use dialogue to spice it up!
reading. okay, this sounds weird because youre asking for writing tips, but reading seriously help your writing so much! if you wanna improve your writing skills, reading a lot is going to be key. now, im not saying reading is necessary, but i do think that it can help you to better! whats even more important though is that you try to analyse people’s writing while reading. when i say you should analyse people’s writing, i do not mean you should write an entire analysis of a book, but to take a second and think to yourself how the authors just did that. how did they convey oc’s sadness? why did they just describe the weather? whats the purpose of this scene?
switch up sentence/paragraph length. shorter sentences/paragraphs = emphasise something and pick up the pace. longer sentences/paragraphs = slow down the story and allow for more detail. its important that you do a mix of both. utilise the length to your advantage. a well placed short sentence/paragraph can pack a lot of punch and turn your sad story in a heartbreaking one.
outline your fics. look this is very personal again because some people dont like to outline their fics, but i recommend outlining your fics. and when i say outline your fics, you can do it as little or as much as you want! it can be a few notes, or a long list of every detail you want to include. i just want you to know where this story is headed. its so easy to write yourself in a corner and trust me, you dont wanna end up there.
allow yourself to be free. this connects to the previous point i just made. even though i do recommend outlining your fics, i am also a firm believer of taking the story somewhere else if you feel like it. ive scrapped complete outlines before. half of the scenes i write also arent in my outline at all. you dont have to stick to the outline. if you think that a specific scene would add something to your story, then please go ahead and write that scene. just always remember where youre headed and dont loose focus.
have fun. i just really wanna reiterate this point again. its just so important to me that you have fun while writing! seriously. its just fanfiction. it should be fun. go crazy. i support you!
okay bub i hope this was helpful 💕 if you have any other questions/want more tips/want me to elaborate on something, please just hit me up! my ask box is always open!
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#7 and #27 for the writer asks~
Writer ask: 27 :)
5, 27?
20 and 30
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18!!!
12?
I’m sorry I’m answering these so late OTL I decided to just group them all together so I don’t have to spam everyone with my answers!! Thank you to everyone who sent in an ask, though <3
5. What’s your favorite genre to write?
All of the fic I write tends to be centered around romance!! Fluff and angst are my go to staples, and I think I made a post a while back about very specific troupes I like (reincarnation, sharing a bed, childhood friends to lovers).
In terms of my original stuff, I notice I have a lot of urban fantasy, but I’m also trying to dabble in historical fiction and horror rn!! I want to try writing a bunch of different genres to broaden my horizons!! Funnily enough, I rarely write romance, probably because I explore it so much in fic ^^
6. What’s your least favorite genre to write?
The easiest answer would be nonfiction, including academic papers, because they’re so dry and difficult to write. I do get a kick out of analyzing novels in essays, though. In terms of fiction, I’m not really a fan of high fantasy, but maybe I just haven’t really dabbled in that genre too much. This might be an odd one, but I don’t really like the body swap troupe, either, because the idea of losing my own body is horrifying.
7. Do you often read books/other fics as a reference?
I notice it’s harder for me to read fic when I actively write it (though I do like to read and reblog my friends’ stuff to support them), and I don’t want to inadvertently steal someone’s idea or something, you know?
I was a voracious reader when I was younger, not so much now that I’ve gotten a bit older, and I’m trying to pick up books again. I read books more often than I read fic, haha.
I do, however, love reading and I love to analyze things, so whether it’s fanfic or a published novel, I’ll try to understand why the characters act a certain way, how the author uses metaphors or motifs, how they build their plot, set up suspense, and so on!! I’ll also read books in genres I’m not familiar with (sci fi and horror for example) so I can try to deconstruct and understand the genre better!
12. Is it okay for people to ask you about your process?
This question is a little vague, but yeah! If anyone wants to ask me anything, I’d be happy to answer, haha, though I’m always improving and learning, too ^^
18. What are you currently trying to improve on?
In terms of fic, I often worry about dialogue. I can write prose, sure, but capturing the voice of a character can be a bit difficult for me, and I fear I often fall back on witty banter when I have nothing else. Action is hard for me to write, too, because I’ve never really done it.
In terms of my original stuff, I worry about plot. It’s actually really hard to plan when things are supposed to happen in longer stories, and I worry about suspense. Did the opening drag on too much? Am I building the central conflict properly? Also, is the character development too sudden or soon? Did I really explore what they’re like before moving on to how/why they change?
20. What is the easiest thing for you to write?
I think I love writing the climax of an emotional moment, or anything that involves a character’s inner monologue. The more intimate or soft pieces that allow me to flex my prose are always fun.
27. Do you make in-depth plans/outlines for fics, or do you jump right in?
I usually have a loose outline for what I want to happen, or a few snippets of lines that I want to add in a fic, but I don’t like to keep anything too detailed. With outlines I tend to deviate from them a lot! I always check to make sure I’m moving in the direction I need to be, though, so I’ll check my outline often. I don’t really have as much of an outline for fic, because they tend to be so much shorter that it’s not necessary. I also write a bunch of notes (lines to include, symbolism to add, reasoning behind someone’s motivations, etc) in the margins of my outlines, haha.
30. What inspires you not just to write, but to become a better writer?
I don’t think I have a more detailed answer other than that I just simply love writing, and, not to be melodramatic, but I think something in me would die if I never wrote again.
Sometimes I’ll read a good book and want to write something that captures how that book made me feel. I love sharing my work with my friends, whether that means we collaborate on a piece or we just read each other’s works and give feedback. I also like sharing my works with other people, to know that my works have the power to make them feel something, that they look at my stuff and think they want to see more.
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