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flowerandblood · 1 month
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ONE YEAR OF FLOWER&BLOOD
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Exactly one year ago I posted my first chapter of the My Best Friend series. Nowadays I think it's something awful and I don't even try to edit it because I'd have to write everything from scratch, but I've left it for people who feel attached to the story. I remember getting about six likes and one comment on the first day and that huuuuge interest made me eager to create chapter 2 and then all the others.
I remember the excitement with which I waited and then replied to comments, not believing that people were actually waiting for the next chapter. At the time I was literally not following anyone, which was good because I wasn't comparing myself to anyone.
Eventually I felt I was ready to try writing other series and a few were successful enough that I decided to stay here permanently and create because it made me happy. Up to that point, everyone had been very kind to me and I started following more and more blogs, wanting to feel part of the fandom, to make friends with everyone. Now I know that was the biggest mistake I made.
Seeing things that didn't interest me, fanfic's whose way of writing couldn't draw me in, I felt frustrated, while at the same time fearing that if I stopped following someone, that person would see it as an affront. At the same time, The Impossible Choice, my biggest project until The Fall from the Heavens (which I'm currently editing and re-editing, while inserting on AO3), began to be written.
Just when I thought I had reached the pinnacle of my abilities (which wasn't true), I also started to clash with anonymous hate messages, probably the worst of which were those vilifying me and my husband, and those regarding my one-shot with Micheal Gavey. I know now that taking it personally and getting involved was my big mistake, and the fandom was shaken by drama that got out of hand.
I was a few steps away from deleting my blog at the time, but my husband talked me out of the idea (thankfully, as my stories aren't saved anywhere else − I'm only now moving them to AO3).
That's when I first realised that some people here I don't even like, and they probably don't like me. I wondered, why are we following each other then? Why are we pretending to have any courtesy? It was only later that I realised that to be considered someone's friend, you have to reblog their work and preferably agree with them even when they write hurtful things.
Since I've depleted my circle of those I follow to about 20 people, since I've blocked dozens of people and tags, there's been blissful silence (with the exceptions of when I write about behaviour in the fandom that I find toxic and someone accuses me of causing drama, but I'm used to it now). I've also never written happier than I do now.
Ideas come to me on their own, I don't feel uptight about what other big people will think of me, whether they reblog it, approve of it or not. I don't give a shit and life is beautiful! Although I can be emotionally unstable, I'm only 70 people short of crossing the next milestone of 3,000 followers, and that's BIG for me. It amuses me that I keep getting messages that someone is going to block me or stop following me, and you guys keep coming. It's gratifying.
I'm going to keep writing for you guys, and I'm sure during season two you'll also see my posts describing my impressions after the episodes in which I hope to involve my husband. I'll also keep you updated here on how I'm doing with my book I'm creating in my private life.
Apreciation
@ewanmitchellcrumbs
Ange. I know that sometimes I'm fucked up, but I want you to know that you've made this place so much more bearable for me that I can't imagine it without you. What I appreciate most about you is that you can talk and discuss, that you always try to understand the other side, that you are empathetic, warm and kind. I feel that, like friends in everyday life, we can also tell each other about things we disagree about, and there are not many people like that here.
On top of that, you are very talented and your stories are always a pleasure to read, even when they are short, you are able to build the plot and atmosphere perfectly, something I have always admired. Thank you for every kind word and understanding.
I still remember your first message to me via ask, referring to the fact that I didn't want to write a pairing with a mermaid because someone else was writing about it at the same time. My heart melted then, it was so nice!
@targaryenrealnessdarling
Liz, Queen of Angst! Your calmness and composure puts me in awe. You're disgustingly talented when it comes to writing and you have a super-sweet personality. When you started following me I began to squirm with delight, and when you started reblogging my stuff? My goodness!!!
@persephonerinyes
You've been engaging and reblogging my stories for as long as I can remember. Always involved, your thoughts make me smile. Thank you for being with me for so long!
@zenka96
You've been here with me since the dawn of time. You know that I love you. Your support from the very beginning really makes me feel like I have a friend here.
@huramuna
I am so proud of you! I remember your asks when I wrote Glass Cuts Deepest, your illustrations for me and your uncertainty about whether you should start writing yourself. I'm so happy for you and that you are so successful! You deserved it.
@black-dread & @aegonx
You are my favourite gif makers. Your work always leaves me in awe, you are amazing! I know how much work you put into it and somehow you make even the worst lit scenes look wonderful!
@summerposie; @0eessirk8; @melsunshine; @immyowndefender; @bellaisasleep; @kckt88; @thedamewithabook; @happinessinthebeing; @queenofshinigamis; @travelingmypassion; @mefools; @fan-goddess; @toodlesxcuddles; @ammo23; @troublesomesnitch; @mariahossain; @out-of-life; @apothe-roses; @heavenhatesme; @whitearemydarkestnight; @liv-cole; @blackswxnn; @echos-muses; @watercolorskyy; @at-a-rax-ia; @tssf-imagines; @snh96; @hiatuswhore; @exitpursuedbyavulcan; @darylandbethfanforever9; @the-dendrophile-bookdragon; @opheliaas-stuff @zaldritzosrose
Your comments and reblogs make me want to keep writing. You make me laugh, you comfort me and you support me. I know I'm definitely forgetting someone, but I want you to know that I love everyone who comments on my stories and there is nothing better for me than responding to your reactions and questions! I have known some of you for so many months that I truly consider you my good friends!
lottie-blue-star; aveatquevale-; aemondtargaryenwifey marvelescvpe; alphard-hydraes-blog; herejusttostan; li0nn3stuff; alexandrawho; vilmakamunen; angelinap09; theloveablestargirl; rose-blue-19; xxxkat3xxx; flosaureum; mandiiblanche; librawh0re; jasminecosmic99; ivvypg; rojocarnation; killmanduh; tokkiiidoll; wolfdressedinlace; angelofvivianne; nina2697; starwarsgirlsimmer1; katsucker; ipostwhtifeel; aemondsdelight; ilswemoon; tigrigri; pasta-rask; roselibrary; lystargs; gemini-mama; nikstrange; tempo-rary-fix; coffeeobsessedtrencher; gwuinivyre; dreamerbythewayx; diiickbrainn; mothmankit
And everyone else I missed and whose icons I would recognize from afar. I know that you have been with me for many months, often in silence or communicating anonymously. Your silent support and presence is something wonderful for me, knowing that you have been with me for so long and read all my posts!
Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!
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bettsfic · 7 months
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hi betts!
i’ve been a fan of yours for years now (training wheels is one of my favorite stories— not just fics. stories— ever, and i really admire your style. as a writer myself, i want to ask how you’re able to keep your motivation up to complete your projects? i feel like i start out so motivated when i fall in love with an idea, but once that fevered haze fades, it’s almost impossible for me to get the motivation i need to write. i have a few wips that i feel so guilty about not finishing/not wanting to finish/wanting to finish but being unable to get the inspiration to. so, in short, how do you maintain the motivation to finish your wips?
thank you so much! i'm glad to hear it; training wheels is still very dear to me.
first, if you want a step by step guide to finishing your wips, i wrote a tutorial earlier this year in my newsletter.
also as i've said elsewhere, i believe it's more important to follow your inspiration and interest where it takes you even if it means not finishing things. one of the reasons i love fanfic is because it's the only genre i can think of where you get to read unfinished works and be present during the writing of them.
but you asked about *my* motivation to finish things, and i'll say it's taken me a long time to build the endurance necessary not only to complete big projects but also complete them to my satisfaction. in my experience, the better you are at finishing things, the worse you become at starting them, and so whereas i used to have a million wips and ideas happening at once, now i can see the ridiculous endeavor ahead of me and pick my battles more knowledgeably.
also, i don't finish everything, especially not right away. sometimes i sit years on a story before i eventually come back to it. but i've found that it's inevitable that when i put something down that i care about, i'll come back around to it when i'm ready. it's not something i have to force. my attention and interest bounces around all over the place but the things i love, i love forever. so i'll always come back around to them.
most importantly--and this is really very important--i lie to myself.
here are the two main lies i tell myself:
"this is the best thing i've ever written," and
"i'm almost done."
being a little delusional is a huge benefit as a writer. if you're too honest with yourself nothing can get done. but i've always had a natural talent for convincing myself of things that aren't true and although that's gotten me in a lot of trouble in all other aspects of my life, in writing it keeps me just far enough away from reality that i can finish things.
the process is something like this:
vague story idea!
will probably be very small, the shortest story i have ever written in fact
begin writing
feels good, feels organic
no no that's not right, bad vibes
start over
ohhh i see what i'm trying to do
outline the tiniest, easiest outline i have ever made. five bullet points. this happens, and then this and this, and the story ends. EASY
will finish by tomorrow, probably
write write write
will finish by tomorrow, probably
write write write
definitely tomorrow, almost done
check word count. 25k. uh oh
doesn't matter, almost done. have *checks* four out of five bullet points to go
write write write
five point bullet outline no longer effective
re-outline. five points turns into five pages. uh oh
check word count. 60k. big yikes
but! almost done! will finish tomorrow, probably
write write write
get stuck? how? but the outline...
the outline is ineffective. re-outline.
check word count. 100k. :(
almost done :)
a plot knot arises. spend six hours staring at a wall to undo the plot knot
plot knot is more insidious than expected. open new document. start over
*now* i'm almost done
rewrite, restructure, reorganize
check word count. 20k. :(
write write write
check word count. 200k. :((
weeks-long fugue state during which i am god
awaken to filthy apartment. i have not eaten a vegetable in many days. i have not seen the sun.
eat a broccoli
go outside
am i living? am i truly living? is this all life is? am i loved? am i worth loving?
return to safety of fictional world to avoid existential despair
write write write
will finish by tomorrow, probably
so it's really less about motivation to finish and more about motivation to chase down an increasingly elusive feeling of joy through immersion into worlds of my own making and control. it's way easier to run away from something than toward it.
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moregraceful · 9 months
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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖
this is such a nice exercise, thank you, i was just getting so ripped up over my wip while also trying to acknowledge that self-loathing wasn't going to make the editing process better in any meaningful way.
in no particular order:
5 Uses For A Parachute You Won’t Find In An Army Field Manual [band of brothers, gen, general]
(but which Major Dick Winters lets slide because it’s good for morale.)
this fic is one of my favorite fics i've ever written, it's so joyful!! but also such a big heart and so much love for the people in it. ah....friendship in a war zone...
And grace will lead us home [baseball rpf, bo bichette/vladimir guerrero jr, general]
Vlad knows only a couple things to be true. God is real, obviously. The sound of a ball hitting a wooden bat is the sound that the universe was made for. He’s in love with Bo.
i was down SO BAD for the bb jays in 2021. and so fascinated by vladdy and bo while knowing negative things about them...they were just always huggin on the bb jays instagram!! so i wrote a fic abt them that very gently plays with religious imagery and the concept of magic. it came together in a way i love so much.
Trust Me [jonas brothers/bandom, gen, teen]
Nick says, "I'm sorry. I was homeschooled."
"Then this will be a very interesting experience for you," says the tall blonde guy. "My name's Bob."
you know when you write something and you're like, this legitimately might be the greatest work i ever write? and you're literally 21? and it's not that it's the greatest thing you've ever written, but you're going through a really gross reality shock in your first two years away from home and so so many things are new and exciting and scary but you're starting to feel so interested in having a future, which you didn't really plan on during high school? the jonas brothers coming of age on warped tour 🤝 me at my shit ass small liberal arts school reading books by living non-white non-american authors
Don’t carry nothing but the righteous and the holy [hockey rpf, jasper weatherby/william eklund, teen]
Jasper Weatherby On William Eklund’s Return to San Jose April 8, 2022 | Sheng Peng, San Jose Hockey Now Jasper Weatherby was all smiles after today’s practice at the SAP Center. The reason? “I’m just excited to have Gecko back.” Jasper Weatherby and William Eklund were fast friends at the start of the 2021-2022 season. Weatherby and Eklund, who had been roommates throughout rookie camp and remained road roommates and hotelmates, had bonded over the unique experience of living in the Bay Area...
this fic literally exists outside the space-time continuum. like you have to read it as an artifact of its time (no cuda fandom, very small sharks fandom, william eklund a just-hatched baby bird with no feathers) for it to even be salvageable as a fanfic, but there like. WAS no time, there was only me, my growing jasper weatherby feelings, and an unexpected 10 day vacation at the end of the year. i love it so much and would write it completely differently if i wrote it now. so i'm very glad i wrote it when i did, because it just has so much love and is so hopeful and so chaotic.
Every year with you is better than the last [hockey rpf, devon toews/cale makar, explicit]
“Ah, it’s fine,” says Cale. “You don’t have to buy me anything.” “I want to,” says Devon, and once he says it, he realizes he really does. He doesn’t get a chance to give Cale presents often, because Cale makes more money than him and rarely asks for anything. Birthdays are hell with this guy. Something little goes a long way.
i actually don't even reread this regularly bc i get so mad about the process i went through while posting it, but it IS one of my favorite things that i've ever written. i really wanted to try to write a friends with benefits fic where they aren't In Love-in love and they stay friends only but are deeply committed to caring for each other. and i think i did that pretty well tbh. it came together how i wanted it to. though i sometimes think about the hypothetical future of cale and devon in the fic and get kind of sad. like, is there a future for them where they remain the same or does cale eventually fall for devon and the peace between them gets wrecked or does devon get traded and cale's little heart cracks without him, or. you know like what happens to cale, basically, i don't know. i'm not writing a sequel but i think about their future from cale's pov quite often
thank you for sending this, i really appreciate it!!!
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rayless-reblogs · 5 months
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How about 8. and/or 27. from the author ask game?
Got it!
8: How do you feel about epilogues?
It's not something I've given a lot of thought, but on reflection, I really like them. One of my chief hang-ups with media, especially books and video games, is when there's too long of a stretch between the climax and the end of the story. Sometimes there's this long dead zone, where all the energy evaporates because the author's telling us how things are being resolved, but the tension is gone and we're just getting too much information. Or, the author spins things out too long by throwing in some little last-minute conflicts that can feel distracting and irritating. In general, I want the climax-to-finale interval to be as short as possible -- but then you run the risk of leaving the story feeling unfinished.
So an epilogue can be a big help. You've had your final confrontation. The Dark Lord is dead (or maybe your spouse now, who knows?) With an epilogue, you can end the climax on an emotional high note, and then fast forward to some time in the future. There, you can show how the characters' and the world's circumstances have changed without explaining every step. You don't have to endure a period of explanation and minor problem-solving. It allows the payoff of the actual ending to arrive much quicker.
So I think they can be very useful, and, looking back, I've noticed I often use them myself, both in original and fanfic. But they aren't always called for. With both Papom and Eola, that fast-forward after the climax to see what everyone's up to felt right. The next book, on the other hand, didn't need one. It's definitely a case by case thing.
27: Do you try to do most of your research ahead of writing (when research is necessary) or do you do it as things come up?
Up until recently, I hadn't set time aside to specifically research ahead of a project. Either I was writing fic, and "research" involved happily absorbing things through the fandom. (Though in some cases, I should've researched more real-world stuff too.) Or I was writing fantasy, and I felt I had enough of a grasp on my world-building not to have to research things.
(This is not to say people shouldn't research their fantasy world-building -- being grounded in reality enriches a fantasy setting -- but Papom and Eola didn't feel like they called for it.)
Papom is based on a number of fairy tales, so I did read up on the variants before writing, but I chose not to delve too far into academic interpretations. Given Eider's double amputation, I also researched that, but that came after I'd written the first draft -- that was useful in refining her character and realizing she'd actually be more self-sufficient than I'd initially thought.
Research is good, but I think it can sometimes bog down an author's progress. Sometimes, it's good to just launch into things and get your ideas down, and then worry more about getting details right on the next draft. So in some cases, I'd recommending researching as you go, or even afterwards.
But with my third book, the Next Book, it's a fantasy, but it's not a fantasy set in a cute little universe of my own making: It's set during real-world history, involving real cultures, in a very real point in time. I don't want to get too specific yet, but this is why I've been dropping little mentions about neat things I've learned regarding Greek culture in the Roman Empire. Something I am not an expert on.
Fake fantasy setting? Yeah, I'm totally an expert on that, let's dive in and make stuff up as we go. Rome? Uh -- I've read some stuff, but not enough to world-build. I need to learn a lot before I have an idea what the setting for my characters even is.
The book's plot is also based somewhat on the writings of an ancient writer, so I had to read through all of their output. I think that started some time in 2021. Then it was time to research Rome itself. It's a huge subject, so I focused on a few areas that were most relevant to my story, and then I went after different books on those subjects. That was 2022 and into 2023. I took notes and outlined during that stage, but I didn't start properly writing until I was done with all of the reading.
But once I started writing, I kept running into little questions like -- "Did the Romans have any understanding of asthma?" "How did Romans store their books?" So in a smaller way, I kept researching all the way through.
That was maybe more answer than you bargained for, but thanks for the ask!
Meme here.
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regalbootie · 1 year
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Blood and Sweat
Thought id post other fanfics I've written, I'm not going to post all cos some just aren't great lol I wrote them in my teens.
But here is a Sarah Alder x Tally Craven
Chapter One
Summary: Tally has a plan she has her sight set on Gerit but something changes during the dance and well... plans change.
Rating: Mature for smut, lesbians be doing what lesbians do.
“Pleasure you will have, whatever that may mean to you,” the witch said with a knowing smile and arched brow as she looked at the grinning witches just itching for the music to begin. “When the music begins let go and let the reel guide you and know that you can trust it”
Tally was one of those witches, the whole time the older red-headed witch was talking she was stealing glances at Gerit. She had already set her sight on him and was making a million plans in her head on how she can get to him before the song ended. At the first beat of the drum Tally felt a spark and her eyes were captured by the sight of General Alder striding into the center of the dance floor with the Witch father in toe.
Abigale giggled as she was struggling to take her shoes off and nudged Tally breaking her stare at the tall brunette and bringing her back to the moment. Throwing her shoes to the side Tally sprinted onto the dance floor with a big grin on her face as the dance began. Having never danced like this back home Tally was unsure and she struggled to find her rhythm luckily Abigale would take pity and would help with this and guide her hips to the beat.
Sure as her rhythm was found she was swept off her feet and into the dance as the swirl of magic flowed through the dancers, lifted by a handsome man in a blue suit she was twirled around, she took this chance to see if she could spot Gerrit hoping to lock with sweet brown eyes belonging to the male witch but instead she was instantly met with icy blue ones, Tally’s breath caught in her throat.
She was passed on to the next dance partner breaking her eye contact and noticing Gerit only a few dancers away, Gerit was looking frantically at her and he looked to have had the same idea as her. Just as she hurried to him, she was quickly swept into the arms of another she couldn’t help but laugh and sway in the arms of another.
As the group of witches began to surround the General and Witch Father, Tally watched as Alder swayed her hips and gave a seductive smile to the male witch as she archer her back backwards and as she did this Tally couldn’t help but notice the slightest slip of the Generals corset giving her a beautiful view causing her to turn red in the cheeks but what made her whole face go red was the wink that the General gave her.
Tally could feel the music pushing her towards Alder, but the Witch Father started to guide the witch to the side of the dance floor with a proud smile that Tally just wanted to smack off his face but didn’t know why. Tally Reached out to grab Alder’s hand, Alder turns to see the outstretched hand, lifting her free hand slowly as she was tempted to take her hand. Their fingertips brushed but as soon as their hands touched, they were parted but Tally couldn’t get over that feeling of connection when their fingertips met it was like the dance was over and no more music that was it, she had found who she was going to be spending Beltane with.
But she was dragged away but not without seeing the grin on the General's face, The General followed the Witch father to the side and Tally could feel her eyes on her as the dance continued, She knew she didn’t have much time left she could feel the dance was coming to a close and all she wanted to do was close the distance between her and Alder who sent her a wink as Tally held the hair of the person below her and she watched as the older witch sent the witch father to grab her a drink.
Tally’s view was then disrupted by none other than Gerit who was on the other side of the dance floor, she knew it was not a wise move for a cadet to make a move on the General, so she tried her best to put her original plan back into action. She started to sprint towards the boy and as she was about to reach his arms, she felt a force trip her and in true clumsy Tally fashion, she went tumbling.
She flew past the male witch and slid right past him only to land at the feet of someone else on her knees, feeling defeated that her plans have failed she feels a hand under her chin pulling her to look up at who she had ended up with her eyes slowly rising as she took a quick breath in, Her partner bent forward and she was met with the lovely sight she had seen earlier whilst she was dancing. A corset that let breasts ever so slightly fall forward.
Quickly licking her lips her eyes looked up and met blue eyes and a lip-biting smile that made her heart leap, “looks like the reel chose something new for me this year” biting her lip the General helped Tally to her feet. “You’re not hurt, cadet?” Alder asked but seem to fall on deaf ears as Tally turned to look at her unit sisters that looked shocked.
Alder seemed to find this quite amusing and placed a kiss on the cadet’s cheek before wrapping her arm around the younger witch’s waist and leading her into the forest leaving a confused Witch father returning with drinks and a defeated and confused-looking Gerit.
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internerdionality · 7 months
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20 Questions for FanFic Authors
Tagged by @dragonmuse, thank you! 🥰
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
39. I've been publishing since 2020, so a relative newbie, and I apparently can't write actual short works to save my life. I'm looking forward to hitting 50 fics, maybe even before the end of the this year, although that might be overly optimistic.
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
817,200. Also looking forward to hitting a million! I started writing fanfic in part because of Diane Duane's post about the first million words being for practice, but I've realized as I've gone that fanfic is also just more fun in a lot of ways than original work, because it's lower stakes and more silliness and really all about the community.
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Mainly Our Flag Means Death and the DC universe. I have a long crossover plotted out in the Slayerverse but I haven't published any of it yet, and one fic (I think my shortest) that I wrote to expiate my feels for the fourth Matrix movie. Oh! And a few Good Omens, only one published so far.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor? , Our Flag Means Death, Izzy/Everyone + Canon Pairings. I started writing this one literally the night after I finished watching the show in late April 2022 and managed to hit the wave of gay pirate frenzy as the fandom was born. I swear I'll finish it. 😅
A Fucking Duel, Our Flag Means Death, endgame SteddyHands with some strong Sprizzy side-action. This started out as crack, again very early in the gay pirate brainrot, and then turned novella size on me when I wasn't looking.
To Err is Human, to Purr is Batman. DC. Shades of SuperBat but mostly Bat-Family focused. I turn Bruce Wayne into a cat. Pure fluff.
Mutually Beneficial. DC, SuperBat. Classic identity porn romcom with a sugar daddy twist. Nonbinary Clark Kent. My first fanfic on AO3!
Soaked to the Skin. Our Flag Means Death, Sprizzy with a side of BlackHands, my take on how things would go for the Revenge right after the first season ended, doesn't include any of the characters who weren't on the ship during SO1E10. Double the length of any other fic I've ever written!
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Always! I am a praise-gremlin and treasure every comment I receive. I also include answering comments in my total word count for the day (I made a resolution during the HHD 5781-82 to write more, and while it took me a little bit to get started, I have written at least 250 words a day since mid-December 2021). So answering comments often gets me pumped for writing more fic!
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Disregarding the prequels in the big dark vampire romp (which aren't really standalone) probably a tie between the surprise twists at the ends of Untethered and Gently in the Night? Both fics end happily but then have a little angsty setup for the sequel at the very end.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Definitely Mutually Beneficial. Most of my fics end happily but I usually try to leave them somewhat open without doing a lot of epilogueish kind of things. MB was an exception where I wrote two fluffy epilogues with lots of romance and sex because I didn't want to leave my boys! Although honestly now when I think back on it I think it would have been a stronger work if I'd ended it right after the climax and posted the fluffy epilogues as separate works.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
There was this one unregistered user who went through all my SuperBat fics and engaged in this long comment thread where he accused me of not liking Clark Kent? (Which, almost all my DC fics have Clark as the protagonist, I adore him, so). It was very surreal. I eventually just deleted it every time they'd write a new comment and they stopped after like two or three of those.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Lots of smut! It's actually just in the past year that I've stretched myself to write more Gen-ish fics with WDYDWADS and TEIH, and it somewhat surprised me that those became my two most popular fics in their respective fandoms.
As far as what kind, I really try to diversify but the strongest commonalities tend to be strong power dynamics, bondage, pain-play, and consent-play, with my darkest stuff going hard into noncon. I have fluid squicks so I tend to avoid anything in that area.
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
The only one I have published is the Our Flag Means Death/Pirates of the Caribbean (which seems pretty obvious, I'm honest surprised there isn't more). I have the whole arc plotted out where the vampire!DCU series is going to branch out into the Slayerverse. Hopefully I'll actually write it one of these days.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I'm aware of. I don't go looking, but my works aren't crazy popular, either.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
A couple! I'm always really honored. 🥰 Many thanks to people who labor for fandom.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
I did a long entirely cowritten canonized fiction for Steve Stirling's Emberverse—it's published on his site, not AO3, and under my real name, so don't go looking! (Nah, JK, I won't link it but I don't care if people figure it out).
And then I wrote this companion piece to Rimbaud's Give Pearls Away and Rubies. I had nothing to do with his piece, but he consulted heavily on mine. And Dragonmuse and I starting workshopping a Dragonriders of Pern pastiche that we might finish one of these days. 🤣
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
Can I say the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one? It's the platonic ideal of a ship, really... 😂
Otherwise I really don't have one, I'm too poly for that. Even the ships I'm most feral about, I'll ship any of them with other people.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I won't say the DCU/Slayerverse crossover because I refuse to doubt that I'll finish it one day. So let's go with the JLA bad orgy crack—I actually posted on that one that it should be considered abandoned. I still love the idea but I kinda just ran out of steam.
16. What are your writing strengths?
Exposition, worldbuilding, delving into character emotions. Metaphors and whimsy.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Having actual plots. Action scenes. Actually finishing/ending anything.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I speak enough French and Hebrew to do either of those (and have).
I've done a very little Spanish for Jim from OFMD, but I tend to just copy actual stuff that they've said in canon. I do have a Puerto Rican friend that I've leaned on occasionally, but she's busy and I don't want to make it her job to constantly write dialogue for me so I usually try to avoid it.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Define "wrote." 😂
When I was a teenager I plotted out long self-insert fixits for Star Trek, Harry Potter (look, even then the only thing I wanted to do in that verse was fix its many sins), X-Files, Stargate, and Buffy. I never wrote any of them down, though, just enjoyed the daydreaming.
Well, I lie, I did actually write about 60K eventually in an original novel that was based on some of the dynamics I'd created in the HP one, but that's the only one I ever got out on paper and it was altered enough that its origin was pretty unrecognizable.
If we're counting published anywhere, it's Stirling's Emberverse.
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
Soaked to the Skin. I'm honestly so proud of the actual! plot! in that one, the narrative flow, the emotional arcs, and like. the fact that I actually finished it. Even now a year later, every time I get a comment or kudo on that fic it sends this thrill of happiness up my spine.
Tagging (only if you want it), @thetardigrape, @sunless-garden, and @jupitermelichios.
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🏳️‍🌈 TS Fairy Godmother 🏳️‍🌈 here!
Before I answer your lovely questions, I wanted to say, my thoughts about the item I have in mind is to connect it with certain parts of TS songs you like best. In truth I'm hoping you like Cardigan, because being that this is made of yarn, it's almost as if it's unraveled from something already beloved and then reconstructed into a decorative piece, if that makes sense! But NP if that's not one you're fond of-- I can integrate your faves with some ingenuity (hopefully that doesn't seem too reverse-engineered!) Basically, what is some of your favorite imagery from her songs or something you've seen her do at events/concerts?
I have a couple of elementary school aged kids so I totally appreciate the awesome work you and other teachers do! I hope you've had a mostly lovely year, free from troublemakers like me strong-willed kiddos who make things difficult! What's your favorite thing that's not a conventional teaching thing? So like, if your school has a tradition of a certain creative way to reward good behavior, or a park nearby that you get to go to, etc.
Oooh, excellent re: Reputation, I gotta agree. It's tough because I play the living hell out of the songs and then they get kind of 'worn down' in my mind and my love for them aren't as evident? So that sharpness of 'yes! that's my FAVORITE' that springs up when I see the song titles is dulled. Adjusting for that, gosh, I pretty much adore every song on that album, especially King of My Heart and Dress. I rave about the moment in the stadium tour where she's dancing during KoMH and she and the super charismatic awesome dancer guy do the little shoulder jump when the drums go, after they pause and grin at each other?! PERFECTION. If you asked me to define 'joy' with a single clip, it's that one.
As for fanfic, I started a while back and so I have a bunch of HP stories, but have moved on to Marvel, particularly the OG Avengers. My speciality is to weave powerful character study stuff with a good plot arc, often turning a popular trope on its head, and sometimes with a twist before the end! I often describe my favorite stories I've written as 'love letters' to a particular character.
What's something that you look forward to getting to do someday? Is it something you've wanted a long time? As you get older, does it seem more or less attainable? If it shifted slightly to more realistic, what would that look like? If it shifted to less realistic, how would it change?
Have a lovely day!
I LOVE Cardigan. My favourite Swiftie songs are the most cowboy numbers (like Betty), the angry songs (like LWYMMD), as well as the sweetest songs (like Daylight). My overall favourite is obviously Blank Space haha. I love her nods to space and stars, anything to do with time, and the whole gold thread idea from folkmore. My name is Grace so I'm also obsessed with her songs with the word 'grace' in them. I've only seen her in concert once - at Wembley for the Rep tour - so I was able to see the whole of Rep live in one night! I adored the King of my Heart performance, and Don't Blame Me.
That's such a great question about school. I like our little weekly achievement assemblies, where the kids get to show their work. We do Just Dance in class when they're stressed or tired, which is always brilliant.
I can't wait to find out who you are so I can read some of your fics. Mine were very British-based - I think I did Doctor Who, Sherlock, Harry Potter, and also some X Files ones haha.
Is it basic if I say owning a house? When I was little, it was something I thought just happened but now seems so out of my reach. It's definitely my current life aim and all I seem to do is save money and it never gets anywhere. It doesn't have to be somewhere big - just a little house or flat that I can decorate. I've also always wanted to write a book. It does feel like something I will end up doing but I don't think it will be the instant bestseller I imagined as a kid; I imagine I'll self-publish when I'm 50 after I've been writing it for 30 years. I think if I was going to try and write a book properly, I'd have to take a sabbatical from work
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So, I won't lie. When I made my poll about which AU I should write next, I voted on it too. Partially because I'm impatient and wanted to see the results and didn't know if there was a way to do that, partially because I really wanted to write the Domestic AU, and partially because I really didn't think anyone would vote for the Sinbad/Pirate AU and I've been kind of looking for an excuse to abandon it.
Color me surprised when not only did more than one person vote for it, but the choices were pretty close during most of the poll!
tl;dr: in short thank you, it meant more than you probably could have known to vote on my stupid little poll no matter which choice you voted for, and thank you again. i'm publishing chapters for both today <3 <3 <3
I don't now why the Sinbad AU made me so disillusioned halfway through writing it. It's still one of my favorite movies and meshing it with one of my favorite fandoms was such a fun idea. It still is! However, for whatever reason I couldn't bring myself to finish it after writing chapter 4, and honestly, the not finishing of it has stayed with me for a long time. That may sound stupid, but I've always prided myself on finishing the majority of the fics I write. Even the ones I haven't written on in weeks or months, I always intend to come back to them. There's only a handful I've abandoned and I really try not to do that.
But for the Sinbad one, I tried multiple times to write for it, but nothing ever felt right. My inability to start chapter five was really disheartening. Even when I thought I'd given myself a big enough break and I was ready to start writing it again, I never could get anything out.
Maybe it's because the other fics I was writing at the time just held my interest better or maybe it was outside stuff like work and family drama that was going on or maybe it was for some other reason, but I just felt like no one really liked the Sinbad AU despite the kind comments and kudos I received on it. By that point, I felt like I was just writing it for myself. Which yes, fanfic should be for yourself and I definitely write weird niche things primarily just for myself, but if it was only just for myself, then I wouldn't have published it.
I want people to enjoy my writing. I want to give them a weird little niche that they've either been desperately looking for and hoping someone would write, or weird things they never would have thought of that they end up enjoying. When writing short things for myself, I don't focus on this aspect of writing as much, but for multi-chaptered things, I usually do because they take up a lot of my time. I enjoy that time I have writing, but there are plenty of days where I'd rather play games or read or do something else. At that point, yes, I'm still writing the fic for myself, but it's really more in the hopes that people are enjoying it and if people aren't enjoying it, then why write it? It's definitely the readers that help keep me motivated when it comes to later chapters in a long fic, and despite people being very kind and commenting on the Sinbad/Pirate one, my own anxiety just couldn't believe people were really enjoying it.
After all, I know how this story will end. I technically never needed to finish physically writing it for me to know. I would have been fine with that and abandoning this work after the poll finished because for whatever reason I was so disillusioned I really thought no one cared about this particular fic.
This isn't me arguing for or against this kind of thinking. It's just me trying to explain how I think, for better or worse, just so I get across how surprised I was and how much it meant to me that I was proved wrong. That people still liked the Sinbad/Pirate AU and that there are people still hoping for me to finish it, either because they read it day one or they've been hoping I finish it so they could read it all in one go.
So ultimately, I guess what this post is a) just my ramblings, but also b) me saying in a probably over-wordy way thank you and thank you to the people who voted on my stupid little poll. I did it with the goal of finding a reason to abandon that one fic and I came out of the poll with a renewed energy to finish it.
With that being said, while the poll has been going, I actually worked on all the remaining chapters for the Sinbad one! They still need to be edited, but they are officially done! I'll start posting the next chapter for it today with the rest possibly coming up between chapters for the Criminal/Cop AU to give a bit of brevity to the angst in that one. And for everyone who voted for the Domestic AU, trust me. I am even more excited to get to that one and have been wanting to write it for ages. I will be posting the first chapter of that today as well, though I won't update it as frequently until the Sinbad/Pirate AU is done. That one is long overdue and deservers the attention.
But seriously, thank you if you read that fic in the past, if you commented or kudoed on it or even if you just checked it out for a second (thank you for interacting with any of my fics), and thank you for voting on the recent poll. Thank you again <3 <3 <3 Apologies for the long ramble. I hope you enjoy what comes next <3 <3 <3
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Hey
Feel free to ignore this but like I saw a fanfic author respond to a most to least request about bts liking chubby/ thick s/o and the author was like no they aren't having one respectfully
and I get the authors pov they weren't trying to hurt anyone but I felt majorly upset because like fanfiction is a safe space for me and I'm not under any grand delusions except when I'm reading then for once I want to be loved for myself despite myself and sometimes in general not referring to this single incident I strongly dislike woke people on the Internet who feel its ok to be dismissive towards others
Like just today I read an account dismissing fandoms calling quote people like Namjoon and xxx(can't remember who) as written by women like honestly what's it to you
It kind of makes me sad and just frustrated but I also don't wanna be like this is right or wrong yknow
Idk I just wanted some insight and I really do love your take on members so 🤷
Anyway hope you have a nice day <3
hmmm this is what i think the way i see it is no one can say for surely who the tannies gonna end up with or what they will look like but to just straight up say they would never date someone who's thick/chubby/fat/plus sized whatever you want to call it i feel is kind of an ignorant statement and one that definitely lacks perspective
like if they gonna make that kind of conclusion especially if it's based on something they said like 8-9 years ago at a fansign or on some third party variety show i think they need to listen to indigo where joon said "things change people change everything change" 💔
me personally i feel that if anyone were to date outside of society's so called norms it would be the tannies like these are men that have travelled the world and interacted with, worked with, befriended, and most likely slept with a whole variety of people they're so humble and sweet and just love people and wouldn't rule out a person simply bc of their weight especially considering some of the most beautiful people i've ever seen have a good chunk of meat on they bones like big does NOT equal unattractive in fact we literally got jimin on the record saying that lizzo is attractive and imma hold that over everyone head until the day i die!!!!! AND during their ptd concerts during the boy with luv dynamite stretch they had beautiful BLACK women of varying shapes and sizes on stage with them like that was a deliberate choice that they made AND hobi licherally said that his best quality is how embracing he is
so idk idk can't say for surely but what i can say is that I DO live under a grand delusion at ALL times and i am not skinny but that's not gon stop me and jimin from getting married buying a house in the suburbs and raising a salamander together i got sidetracked sorry BUT FR i'm sooooo sorry you were made to feel that way and i 100% get what you mean about fanfic being a safe space and i hope that you feel safe with me 💞💓💜
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dusksmote · 3 years
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2020 in perspective...
i originally got into south park in 2010, left the fandom in 2011, then nearly a decade later in december, 2019 i came back again. 
January: butters sketch
i hadn’t been in a serious fandom for years, hadn’t drawn or written anything seriously in years. i went on a trip to denver, colorado, and came back ready to get fucking into it. i started writing the longest single work i’ve done to date, Ecstasy (130k, not yet posted). this piece was the first drawing i did this year, while riding the train home from my internship. a shitty little sketch of butters from the fanfic, with mohawk and glasses.
February: latex tweek
still traditional art only. started getting serious about shading, and drew LATEX TWEEK (also from Ecstasy). Finished the 1st draft of the fanfic this month and went into the editing phase.
March: juggalo stan and kyle
why? did i forget to mention everyone in Ecstasy is a juggalo? long story. finished the current (final?) draft of Ecstasy. 
April: stan and mpreg kyle
STILL doing traditional art. started working on my next fanfic project, a prequel to Ecstasy--BUT FIRST i read @blesspastacraig​‘s fanfic Best Laid Plans and it inspired me to write my oneshot Our Fish Alien (2k, complete). Got my Ao3 account this month and decided to post it with some art. hence, style mpreg art. started incorporating prop elements (hospital bed), but still too spooked to try backgrounds. 
my friend @cola-fiend​ convinced me to make a tumblr and post some sketches, ergo here we are. this eventually lead requesters to ask for more mpreg, which snowballed until i made a fucking discord server for it, but i’m getting ahead of myself.
May: fat kyle
the last time i did digital art was 2015 when my tablet broke, then in may i found out there’s free phone apps for drawing. so my first digital drawing in half a decade was fat kyle and his skinny boytoy 😂 by now i’d scrapped my plans for an Ecstasy prequel and had started writing Eat That Lunch (27k, complete), and wanted the art to look better. i started by drawing the lines traditionally then coloring the picture digitally 😬 yikes
June: crimson dawn
now we’re cooking with gas. i watched a few art tutorials and tried drawing something serious with digital line art. i was working on my tiny fucking iphone 5 screen and this piece took over 35 hours 🤘😔 no backgrounds yet
July: tweek and baby
my first commission! @blesspastacraig​ and i are now collaborators and friends and i got to illustrate some of her fanfictions. this one’s from Algorithm! (which i totally helped inspire >_>) blurry ‘baby’s first’ background in there too. i also started writing the sequel to ETL this month, What They Say About Us (50~k, incomplete), but didn’t publish it until september.
August: boxer tweek
first attempt at a lineless, painting style. did this one for tweek’s birthday. not a great first piece for a new art style, but a very important design shift that’s changed how i color completely. also switched to an ipad instead of my small-ass phone screen phew
September: boys eat at shakey’s
posted WTSAU! i wanted to make this fic look super fucking good and probably put more effort than i should have into all the art. BUT, forcing myself to illustrate it is what’s really helped me gain more artistic skills. this is my first scenic piece with full color background. i also started writing my next big fic, Wayward Son (50~k, not yet posted), based in the same universe as @blesspastacraig​‘s fanfic Hungry. it was supposed to be a oneshot and now it’s 95 pages long dammit!! 😭
October: broflovski passover
resumed online classes and creative progress suffered for it 😔 i still managed to put out a lot of work i’m proud of, like this seder scene from WTSAU chapter 3. full background and 8 characters? pssh, can’t scare me. i showed this drawing to my boss, who named it ‘the confused gentile’. oh stan.
November: gunslinger kyle and stan of many moons
honestly? not sure how i survived this month. but i knew the start of december was gonna be worse so i jumped on style week as soon as they put the prompts out (this was the second one i drew). at this point i enjoy painting backgrounds more than the figures in them.
December: style clubhouse
i drew so much stuff this month it’s hard to pick one thing to represent it all, but--the seventh day of style week has a bit of everything i’ve learned. background. colors. lighting. concept. crazy when you compare it to january.
now i’m back to work on putting out WTSAU chapter 5. after that’s done i’ll pick which fanfic to post next and get cracking on art for that. Wayward Son’s in it’s final pages, so i’ll be picking up a new fanfic project in the coming weeks too. 
overall? 2020, you were a wild south park year, just like 2010. i honestly can’t believe how far i’ve come as an artist considering i spent the first 1/3rd of this year sketching on napkins and shit, and here we are. looking forward to all the improvement in 2021 💚💙
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darling-dummy-blogs · 3 years
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Morning Bliss- Victor Li (Contest Submission)
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Summary: Morning cuddles are the best way to start your day~
Paring: Soft!Victor Li x Cassie
Genre: Super Fluffy
Warnings: None!
Fandom: Mr. Love Queen's Choice
Word Count: 1.3k
Notes: This is my submission for the #little-butterfly-writes contest! Hosted by my lovely darling @little-butterfly-writes <3 This isn't the first time I've written something that is self-insert (hence my OC, Cassie) But this is more so myself than my OC~ so enjoy this fluffy fanfic! <3
Based on the prompt(s) below:
Fluff// Person A and Person B pressing their faces together sleepily, not even kissing, just resting their foreheads together, noses brushing, breathing each other in.
Fluff// Person B won't let Person A get out of bed by cuddling them.
It has been a few days since Victor and Cassie got married. The newly wedded couple have been blissfully enjoying each other’s company in the time of their honeymoon in Hawaii.
Respectfully so, Not having to worry about any stresses and problems with work back in Loveland City was definitely something the two needed.
And so far, the vacation was luxuriously amazing and beautiful; the majority of their time was spent wonderfully. If they weren't out exploring and seeing new places, swimming and relaxing in the sun, they would spend all their time lazing around in bed during the early hours in the day. Just resting and cuddling.
Normally, there would be a certain agenda to follow when it came to Victor. He always planned things out accordingly for the two of them to be able to spend as much time together alone as possible and to make the most of their time together. As he often did as they were dating and even when they got engaged.
Making lovely memories to look back on in their new future as husband and wife.
But today... He wanted nothing more than to laze around in bed with his new beautiful wife, Cassie.
The bright light of the sun began to shine through the large windows of their hotel room. Which stirred Victor from his slumber almost immediately.
Opening his eyes, he let out a small yawn as he adjusted to his surroundings, rubbing the tiredness from his eyes. He got as much sleep as he could but due to the previous night's activities with his wife, it wasn't as much as he'd normally get.
He moved to sit up but realized there was a sudden weight against him that prevented him from moving any further, he froze.
Locking his gaze onto his sleeping wife who was still sleeping. Her warm body clung to his left side, her head resting against his chest. Arms draped over his abdomen. His lips perked up into a soft smile as he gently brought his hand up to move her bangs and stray hairs away from her face, leaning down to press a soft kiss to her forehead.
The sudden action had stirred her awake, tightening her hold on him as she yawned, blinking away the sleep in her eyes, she gazed up at him, instantly giving him a warm yet sleepy smile.
His smile widened as he softly spoke to her, "Good morning, Mrs. Li." His hand lightly moved to caress her cheek. "Did I wake you up?"
Oh how her heart fluttered whenever he called her that…
Her smile grew as she leaned up, pressing a soft kiss to his cheek, leaning into his gentle touch.
"Good morning, Mr. Li." Her voice came out just as soft. As she nuzzled into his side, her arms wrapped around his neck. "Not at all, my darling husband."
He gently pulled her into his lap, his arms wrapping around her waist as he nuzzled his face against the side of her neck, he let out a small pleased hum of contentment.
She let out a small purr of delight from the affection. She pressed a light kiss to his exposed collarbone as she clung to him.
"So what's on the agenda today, my love?" She spoke up after a blissful moment of silence between the two of them.
He didn't say anything for a little while, just held her close to him, tracing small shapes along her bare skin, the only sounds within the room that could be heard was the sound of their soft breaths mingling with one another.
Cassie looked up at him, as he finally spoke, gazing down at her with a loving smile. "There is no agenda today. I just want to stay in bed with you, my precious wife."
Her cheeks flushed bright red from his words. After everything they've done together and even after marrying him, she still could not get used to hearing such sweet words from him and couldn't help get flustered.
She buried her head against his bare chest, nuzzling him as she hid her face from his view. "I don't think I'll never get used to hearing you call me that…"
Above her, she heard a light chuckle. "Get used to hearing me call you what? My precious wife?"
"Yes! It gets me all flustered."
"I know it does. It's very adorable~" He grinned as he moved his hands from her waist to gently cup her face into his hands.
She gazed into his eyes, lightly puffing out her cheeks as she tried to look away but he wouldn't let her.
Cassie pouted.
"No fair… I can't escape this way."
He let out a soft laugh. "Dummy.. You aren't allowed to get away from me. I'm your husband after all."
"I knooooow...You big meanie." She leaned up, capturing his lips in a sweet kiss. One kiss he melted into as he held her closer.
A soft sigh escaped him once the two pulled away from their kiss. He leaned back against the bed, pulling her along to rest against him.
She hummed as she cuddled closely to him, melting against his warm touch. Her arms remained wrapped around his neck.
He gently held her by her waist once again, as he buried his face against her neck once again, nuzzling his face against her. Enticing yet another purr from her.
Cassie moved her hands up to softly play with his hair, humming a small sweet tune as she nuzzled him. She pressed a light kiss to his forehead.
Another peaceful moment of silence passed and the couple remained close like this for quite some time.
One could say that time slowly came to a stop. It was just the two of them alone in their own world together. By each other's sides. Basking in each other's warmth. While the sun shone brightly along their bodies, bathing them both in a warm golden glow.
Nothing could ruin such a beautiful moment. Victor would make sure of that.
Victor shifted slightly as he held her to his side, he looked down at her, his gaze softening as he couldn't hide the smile on his face. He leaned forward to rest his forehead against hers.
Cassie gazed at him, nearly getting lost in his eyes, she smiled sweetly. Leaning into him as she remained as close as possible. Enjoying the affection and warmth he always provided for her.
After a moment, he softly shut his eyes, nuzzling his nose against hers as she did the same in return.
Their breaths mingled with one another along with the faint sound of their hearts beating in time with one another.
Not a word was spoken. There didn't have to be words to be said. It was just the two of them, enjoying nothing more but their company together.
The silence was always comforting. Especially at this moment in time. Cassie didn't think she wanted to ever leave this moment. It was relaxing. So beautiful. So comforting to her.
Victor finally spoke up, opening his eyes to gaze at her, "Cass?"
"Yes, my love?" She responded, gazing at him with a warm smile.
"I love you. I love you so much." The soft tone of his voice made her heart flutter once again that morning.
She nuzzled closer as her response came naturally.
"I love you too, my darling Victor. I always will. No matter what."
Cassie clung to him once again, nuzzling her head against his neck as she pressed a light kiss to his skin. He hummed as he held her closely.
Another moment of peace passed before Victor spoke again, feeling a bit ready to start the day.
"We should probably have breakfast now."
Cassie stubbornly shook her head. "No."
"No? Why not?" He chuckled at her stubbornness.
"Because. I want to cuddle you. Breakfast can wait. Cuddles with my loving husband is more important." She pouted up at him.
Victor let out another laugh as he remained in her arms.
A little while longer doesn't hurt anyone.
"Silly little dummy… I'm all yours."
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