#this was inspired by me reading tags on a rwby fic i wrote in 2018

[arielmagicesi]

been looking through old posts and I just want everyone to know, if you see an old post of mine where I have a bunch of caveats being like “but I’m not a gross cringe freak about this obviously, I’m the smart cool version of this, I’m doing this thing with full knowledge of all the serious problems that come with being gross and cringe” I just want everyone to know I was lying. I am a gross cringe freak. and don’t think for a second I’m not <3

#me in 2017 frantically explaining that i write shippy fanfic IRONICALLY and WINKING at it and SELF FLAGELLATING the whole time #me being like no no but i'm a proper good gold star feminist sexy non-cringe lesbian i promise!!! #bullies will you like me if i hurt myself enough and apologize for existing... oh my gosh... #spoiler alert dipshit they will never like you. they don't like anybody! especially not freaks! and you are a freak! own it! #me in 2018 trying to work out if i was a 'gold star lesbian' and being twisted into a knot trying to figure it out #because gender and genitals and love and sexuality are actually more complicated than people on the internet said #'people on the internet' being terfs with a fondness for being bullies who appointed themselves judge jury and executioner of lesbianism #i fully do mean terfs like trans exclusionary radical feminists. they swarm around deeply insecure baby dykes so hard it's terrible #ANYWAY this wasn't even inspired by any of that shit #this was inspired by me reading tags on a rwby fic i wrote in 2018 #where i tagged it 'hurt/comfort. but NOT the gross version of the genre' #??? i was so desperate to prove i wasn't 'gross' that i don't even know what i meant #what is the 'gross version' of hurt/comfort ??? #what did i mean? i don't know #if you were a fat hairy dyke all through middle and high school... #and then you find a lesbian community and they're immediately concerned with making sure no one is ever 'gross' #you immediately retreat to your favorite old fallback habits of apologizing for existing nonstop to the point of saying nonsense #anyway. in case anyone wants to wildly misinterpret this. i'm not talking about being racist or transphobic or ableist or anything else #those things are not 'gross' 'cringe' or 'freak' behaviors. they are not 'ugly' or 'stinky' #they are cruel and they hurt others #please stop using silly words to undermine harmful behaviors #and then get mad at anyone who owns those silly words when talking about non-harmful behaviors like 'existing while fat' #ok i'm done monologuing for now #written by me

[definitelyyessnakedemons]

probably no one is going to send in any numbers, so i’m just gonna answer this whole thing right now

((most of my followers follow me for memes and shitposts, not my writing, lmao... anyway....))

Fanfic asks for the new year

I’ve seen a lot of ask memes focused on the past year, but none for what people are planning or hoping for in their writing in the new year. So here are a few questions that I thought of… feel free to add more!

1. Do you have a word-count goal for 2018? Nope

2. Will you participate in any fandom exchanges or fic challenges, etc? Depends on what’s being hosted, but probably at least 1, yeah. (oh hell, I just realized this was also about challenges, not just exchanges. Yes, I will be doing challenges... or signing up for them and failing to write things for 50-80% of them, as usual.)

3. Do you anticipate writing for a new fandom in 2018? Which one? Maybe, I don’t really know. I might pick up a new fandom or write for one I’ve liked for a long time but never written anything for. It’s hard to tell where my inspiration will take me.

4. Do you think you’ll stop writing for a fandom in 2018? Which one? As much as I would love to walk away from the Harry Potter fandom entirely... no, probably not.

5. Which WIP is first on your list to complete this year? Will you post a snippet? tbh, I have no PLANS to actually finish anything, but it would be nice to actually get any of my multichaps (besides drabble collections) updated again.

6. Which yet-to-be-started fic is first on your list? “In the Wings” a RWBY fake-dating AU with two fake couples trying to play wingman for each other.

7. Will you change anything about the way you interact with other writers? I am trying to leave more comments since I usually read without reviewing unless it’s for a review tag.

8. Is there a story idea in your mental vault that you’ve never been brave enough to try writing? Is 2018 the year? There are a ton of them, and no probably not.

9. Short term goals… what do you hope to complete this week or in January? I would really love to get the second chapter of “Mother of Little Bears” written but I’ve hit a mental block regarding that fic, so honestly just getting SOMETHING posted is my only goal at the moment. (My writing process is as much of a mess as everything else in my life....)

10. Will you keep a record of all the fics you write and/or post this year? Well.... the date they’re posted will be visible on FFN and AO3, but other than that... no. I don’t keep track.

I’m quickly realizing why most ask memes have 50 or 100 questions. Ten questions don’t go too far once multiple people start sending asks. I can’t think of 90 more questions, but here’s a few more:

11. Would you like to try any new fanfic genres or tropes in 2018? I’ve decided to branch out into fake-dating AU territory. XD

12. Will you change anything about the way you edit or rewrite in 2018? Nope

13. Aside from fanfic, are there any other fan works you’d like to try creating? Fanart, or fanvids, gifsets, or podfic? I customize dolls as fandom characters. My current project is Boa Hancock from One Piece. (I still haven’t found the right wig for her yet. *sigh*)

14. Have you ever lost large chunks of your work in the past, due to not backing up your work? Will you change your methods in 2018? I have. T_T Sadly, no, I am gremlin that types directly into the on-site editor instead of using a word-processing program then copypasting or uploading it, and at this point nothing will change my terrible ways.

15. Do you foresee any personal or professional obstacles in 2018, that would keep you from creating fanworks? ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN!! WHO KNOWS, MAN, WHO KNOWS

16. Do you have that one fanfic that you wrote a ton for, ages ago, but never posted? Will this be the year, come hell or high water, that it WILL get finished and posted? Nope. Anything I’ve actually written has been posted. I don’t write an entire multichapter before posting any of it, if I have 1 chapter finished, it goes up. 

17. Do you typically answer all comments/reviews individually? Do you plan to change the way you interact with your readers this year? Not always, especially not on FFN where review replies go straight to PM and there is no way to answer unsigned reviews. I don’t plan to change anything.

18. Do you typically post multi-chapters as you write, or finish it all and then start posting? Would you like to change your posting method? I answered this as part of a previous question. I post each chapter as it’s written. (Except if I’m re-posting my old works from FFN to AO3... I have a few years worth of stuff I didn’t crosspost yet.) No, I don’t want to change.

19. Would you consider non-fandom writing events, like NaNoWriMo or writing contests? Consider, yes. Actually participate in, probably not.

20. Any plans to work on original fiction this year? Nope. (Doesn’t mean I won’t, just that I have no plans to.)