#like i don't think it's a reflection of story progression (bc it wouldn't be progression. it'd be regression. batgirl was forward for steph) | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

kae-karo · 1 year

Note

for the ask game: 27 for kaeya and the huge bread, and then 37, 41, 42 and 49 if you'd like :D

AWE hi hello tyty so much anon !!!! for context (x)

27. How long did it take to write Kaeya and the Huge Bread? Describe the process.

hooooooooooo boy okay so according to gdocs, i started writing it in mid february lmao. and i'm not entirely sure what day exactly i finished, but i did start posting it on childe's bday (july 20), and my usual process is to take a week or two prior to posting a chaptered fic to edit it, so...give or take 4.5-5mo or so to write?

tbh when i run headfirst into longfics like that, i rarely have much of a process lmao. i really don't outline anything, but i'll have usually a few key points i want to hit on throughout the story, or a few scenes/dialogue bits that i'm particularly excited to write, and then i really just work my way from one bit to the next lmao. i really have to write linearly, which sort of helps me make progress cause if i only wrote the stuff i was super excited for, i wouldn't bother to fill in the blanks or figure out any of the other cool stuff that i usually discover along the way

for example, the fact that the irodori festival was going to be a big part of the story/a big part of kaeya's reveal wasn't something i even really uncovered til halfway through writing the story lmao AND actually it didn't even occur to me til long after i conceived the idea for certain plot points that the reason kaeya struggled with not wanting childe to hold him to too-high romantic standards was not only bc he didn't feel like his writing reflected himself as a romantic partner but also cause he's aromantic!

this one was also fun cause i have all these commercial breaks, which started as an excuse to write zhongluc but quickly evolved into an excuse to write some other ships that i otherwise would have no reason or groundwork to write outside the context of this au, but those often got written actually After i worked on most of the main fic (my brain didn't demand linear writing since each one was sort of a Separate story) and also cause the main fic didn't get divided properly into chapters til basically i was done lmao

i also had a snag at one point during that writing period where i deadass wrote a whole scene, then immediately realized i was cramming too much into one single situation, and i actually ended up having to go back and rewrite the whole thing as two distinct scenes lmaoooo

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?

i adore this question and i have to limit the number of times i plug my first chaeya fic lmao so instead i will mention a kaeluc fic that got a surprisingly small amount of traction for the fact that it's klk?

our names were meant to have arrows drawn through (x) is a fun lil spring break fic where klk meet as strangers and - in a wildly impulsive move on diluc's part - spend the night together

41. Link a fic that made you think, “Wow, I want to write like that.”

am i a simp for my wife? yes. but she's basically nonexistent on tumblr now so i can do that >:} seriously tho, there's just something poetic about the way she writes, and the first time i read smth of hers i was just. enamored with her writing style? i'm not entirely sure i had a 'this is what i want my writing to look like' vibe exactly (and i'm not sure i've had that really with any fic, per se - i like the way i write! and i know it's influenced by what i read as well, but it's rarely a conscious decision to point my writing in a particular direction)

anyway, that said, sometimes i feel inspired to write a little more poetically and i think it has to do with how lovely her writing sounds to me. she doesn't write for genshin, but if any of u bktdbks follow me, be sure to check out her fics - analog love (x) is a sweet one abt oranges

42. Have you ever received a comment that particularly stood out to you for whatever reason?

ohhhh this is both simultaneously a hard question to answer and a very easy one. the hard answer is: i have the memory of goldfish with amnesia and even the comments i've received that i know have been particularly meaningful to me or particularly poignant have slipped my mind

the easy answer is that, although i can't recall specific examples of exact comments, i do know the things in comments that i've received that genuinely mean the world to me. comments about my stories being immersive or that the reader couldn't put it down, comments about rereading, comments that pick out tropes or ideas or specific things that transcend some of my stories that the reader appreciates, comments that quote favorite lines (especially if, by coincidence, they quote some of my favorite lines from a story). comments that say i got someone into a ship !!!! comments that mention that my story got them through a rough time. comments from serial commenters whose names i recognize from my other fics

idk if this is conceited or smth but some day i would really just love to go print out like. all the comments i've gotten and paste them on big posterboards or smth to hang on my walls. i do not have the wall space for that but perhaps some day i will lmao cause like. idk sometimes my brain just forgets that like. this is from a whole entire real person !!!! who read my words !!! and LIKED THEM and wanted to let me know !!!!! like !!!! holy shit bro !!!!!

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!

LMAO what am i currently not working on? i keep saying i'll get back to my prince kaeya x many fic some day soon, but ideas keep cropping up and bopping me in the head lmao. perhaps once things slow down a bit for me, i'll have time and energy to swing back to it

currently i'm working on something as a request which i'm not quite ready to share bits of yet (still early stages atm as i am irritatingly busy rn and haven't been able to really get a flow going just yet)

i am also probably going to try to bash out another lil fic of the chiluc variety cause i got a bit of brainrot lmao assuming i have any time!!

so, alas, nothing really to share from a wip perspective atm, but i do still have quite the backlog of completed oneshots (i believe we still have some zhongchi, klk, chaeya, chennett, xiaoven, a surprise that i can't talk about for Reasons, plus some bktdbk and shinbaku on the bnha side)

[send me writing asks from this list!]

#ask #ask game #anon

4 notes · View notes

incoherentbabblings · 2 years

Note

Is it just me or does Cass seem to be...a bit OP in every way. I get it she's ONE of the best fighters in DC, I wouldn't outright she is THE best because that way she gets no character progression in that sense where she can be officially the best fighter. But also she just seems to annoy me a little when people always say she is the best Batfam member as a whole, I love her, but I feel like bc she is such a good fighter I like that she has drawbacks with her speaking and reading.

Hi anon! Thank you for the ask, I think it's interesting what you mention, but I disagree in places I think! I think how she is portrayed in canon is not the issue, rather its fandoms habit to narrow down traits and plot progression for the sake of ease of consumption which can lead to sweeping generalisations, and how frustrating these can be to those who prefer the complexity.

Cass isn't the best fighter in the DCU, I don't think. But I'll concede for the batfam, yes she does trump Bruce for plain old hand to hand combat (note: I side with Tom King in this debate [gasp] and also put Dick above Bruce but that's a convo for another day). I do think there are smaller characters that 'rank' higher than her, I think her mother still 'officially' is placed higher than her. I don't mind so much that Cass has nowhere to go so to speak in terms of fighting skills, because I think that's kind of the point. It's her biggest attribute as a vigilante but the way she got there was so crippling that it's also her biggest hinderance as a person. Her most interesting character moments I think are the 'here's what was forcibily taken from you on the road to that top spot - is 1st place really worth that?'

I think in canon she is a very flawed individual; her social and emotional intelligence doesn't much stack up against other more balanced batfam members. Jack of all trades is master of none perhaps, but punching good isn't - snort - good enough in Gotham. The city has systemic problems that require more.

I think the fact that her very first arc kind of proves your point maybe? The fact that with the gaining of the ability to speak, zoop went her flawless fighting, and how much her entire conception of self is built around that fighting style, and why she was so frantic to get it back. She was not interested in learning who she is without the fighting, because at that point the fighting is all she was. I like that her development is learning who she is outside of that. And who she is can be... difficult.

She creeps Tim out, Steph finds her very frustrating to start with, Dick is pretty wary too. But she's just a bit of a tough nut to crack, we know she's very... nougaty under that exterior. Her stories in her solo very much reflect this I think, and her best stories were her seeing what there was outside of that violence, e.g. her experimenting and having fun with Conner (the fact it was kind of doomed to go nowhere isn't really a problem to me, it could have been anyone Cass flirted with, the point was she was trying and having fun. Relationships are supposed to be fun). Idk, the times I find Cass the most interesting is when her fighting skills have little to no part in the story. Or rather, the fighting skills are actively hindering her role in the story.

Her relationships with Babs, Tim and Steph ultimately are not really about her ability to punch really good, though it definitely plays a part at the beginning. The scene were Babs snaps at her for not being able to read in a high pressure scenario is really good because I think it shows off what kind of person Babs is under pressure versus when she's had a moment to think; how insecure Cass is in looking for approval; and also on a more meta scale how ableism isn't restricted to abled bodied persons. Babs is in a wheelchair, she aggressively and harshly puts down Cass, someone who is neurodivergent and cannot read, and she is not excused for being ableist. It was wrong, no matter how high pressure the scenario was. I dunno, that scene is really good, if only for the fact it's one of the few times where Babs is portrayed as being in the wrong, and is actually treated as such in text.

Sorry, I've gone on a tangent here. I guess when it comes to fanon interpretations - is Cass the best because she can punch good? Is that what qualifies her to be the best Bat successor? I'd say not. Is it because she's the only one who actively wants it? Again, I'd say not. Wanting something doesn't mean you should get it, but I know I am in the minority here for that.

Thoughts thoughts... Thank you for sharing anon!

#dc #cassandra cain #batfam meta #ask and i'll babble

86 notes · View notes