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llesbianwrites · 5 years

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11/11/11 tag!

tagged by @azucarosito! thank you so much :’)

1. what’s the hardest character to write? easiest?: oof. i haven’t done a ton of writing with any of the characters from trseya, but (so far) georgia is the hardest and katherine is the easiest!

2. do you listen to music when writing? if so, what kind of music & playlist? if not, do you have playlists for your ocs/wips?: sometimes i might put on instrumental music but there’s nothing specific i look for there. BUT i do have playlists for all my characters!

3. do you work on multiple wips at once? why or why not?: i like to be able to focus on one thing at a time, so i’ve never tried multiple wips before

4. is there a scene that’s difficult to work with?: hm. i always struggle with action scenes. i never know what’s too much or too little wrt like. pacing and stuff

5. is there a character that is making a scene difficult?: not necessarily a scene, but for some reason working nina into the plot is proving difficult! which suuucks because she’s a really big part of it mbkgfjbfkg

6. what are your characters’ flaws? are they’re aware of them?: i have like... vague ideas? but i’m honestly planning on developing my characters while i’m writing

7. do you have any snacks for when your writing?: i really can’t eat when i write just bc i have crumbs getting on my fingers and then onto my keyboard jkvndf

8. what is your character’s kryptonite?: i know for SURE it’s family for katherine and the runners for nina! not quite sure for the others tbh

9. do you have other hobbies?: yes! i love to run and swim and paint

10. favorite pretty word you learned this year?: lucent! it means to glow softly :’)

11. would you be doing NaNo this year? if so, any wip for it? if not (and if yes), is there any other monthly event you planned to be involved in?: i am! i’ve been (very loosely) plotting it out this month!

aaand here are my questions!

1. do any of your characters collect things? if so, what? is there any significance?

2. what’s the easiest part of writing for you?

3. what part of writing do you enjoy the most?

4. do you like making moodboards and playlists for your characters?

5. which character of yours do you think you’d get along with best?

6. if you could pick one book that had the biggest impact on your writing, which would it be?

7. first or third person perspective?

8. what are your character’s favorite colors?

9. their favorite tea?

10. do you work in bursts of creativity or steady, consistent progress?

11. talk about your most recent wip! what’s the synopsis?

tagging (feel free to say i tagged you!): @writinginslowmotion || @yeraswifey || @quilloftheclouds || @angelolytle || @touchingmadness || @reeseweston || @roselinproductions || @wlwstoriestm || @nattletak || @heyabella || @elliewritesfantasy

#THANK YOU SM!!!.#also sorry this is so late ive been super busy with school :/#type: mine #type: text

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beforethebraces · 6 years

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Sixth Times the Charm; (2)

(credit to the original creator who gif'ed this! if this is you, please come forward so I can credit you properly! :)

tw: swearing, carnival booths, stuffed animals, etc.

Summary: Moment 1 created 5 other opportunities for them to meet again which means there’s six different viewpoints for each chance that happened between them. What exactly happened? Is the universe rooting for them to be together? Is it really just a coincidence if it happened more than once? You decide.

Pairing: Calum + Y/N

A/N: thank you so much for reading part 1 and for waiting patiently as I typed and posted this part down! I also didn’t really know if you guys would like it but with the amount of love and support for this mini-series, it makes me feel really happy and I appreciate all of you for giving this a chance! :’) the next 4 moments before the 6th one will suuuck, depending on how you decide to see it so I hope you’ll guys still read this until then, lol. but without further adieu, here’s part 2! :D

also, thank you to @awkwarddezzy for editing this slightly! we all tried our best here lmao.

Key: Y/d/n = your dad’s name

Other parts: part 1

*** carnival worker

Damn it, I should’ve said no. If I said no, I wouldn’t be working here right now. If I said no, I’d be enjoying my day off, watching movies with my girlfriend or visiting my family doing god knows what. But I had to say yes. My boss wasn't taking no for an answer. I should’ve reported him, but that’s a lot of extra work than I really needed at the moment. Besides, he doesn't have enough workers to fire if he wanted to; he’s understaffed as it is. There’s a part of me that felt bad for being a dick to him, though that sympathy in me vanished the minute he was being an asshole. Whatever, right? I need the money.

"You really need to smile more, Nio. Are you trying to scare away the customers?” someone mocked. As I glanced towards my right, I saw Leina; my coworker, leaning against the wooden pole as her arms were crossed in front of her, staring at me with an amused grin. “I mean, I think you scared away a little girl with your grouchiness and all she could’ve wanted was a unicorn.”

“If she wanted to have a unicorn, she’d have to have a really good aim to knock over 3 bottles to win. Besides, Charlie has this." I retorted. Charlie was, in fact, dealing with a young boy and his sister. “Still... be a little more excited. It doesn’t hurt to actually fake a smile.”

“Alright, fine sunshine. I’ll give you a smile.” Showing her my million dollar grin, she paused and shook her head.

“It looks like you're constipated.”

Frowning at her choice of words, she then tells me about the families and people she encountered over the evening while we were both working. She kept squealing over the fact that some of the kids were cute and how the couples were cuter. She’s such a girl. “Hey, Antonio-”

“Jesus Charlie, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Nio? Antonio is weird.” I groaned and rolled my eyes, making Leina giggle as I slyly gave her my middle finger. “Not enough, you nerd. Can you deal with this young boy and his sister? I have to go on a potty break.”

“Ooh, Stuart won’t like that,” I teased as he too rolled his eyes at me. “Stuart can either let me use the restroom or I’ll piss my pants in front of the customers and make it a low turn-out rate.”

“Fine, go before I change my mind and send the people my way.” As he rushed towards the two customers to explain the situation, Leina reminded me to be nice. As if I needed that reminder. “Thanks, but I think I can behave myself. Trust me.” Noticing the older girl and her brother come my way, I put on my best smile as the girl returned the gesture.

“Do I have to pay again since the other guy left?”

“Not if you haven’t thrown the ball yet.”

“I didn’t.”

“Then go right ahead!” I responded as I gave her the ball. Watching her grab it and preparing herself for the throw, she swung her arm back as I watch the ball knock over the bottles. Holy shit.

“So what prize-”

“I want the blue bear!” Handing her the small blue bear she won, her brother (who was holding the other bears she accumulated), looked at her in boredom. “Come on Mali, you trying to win the bigger bear is going to take awhile. Can I please put these down and do my own thing?” Watching him complain about their situation made me chuckle as this Mali girl blushed. Noticing the glare she gave her brother, Leina tapped my shoulder. She mouthed the words, ‘innocent schoolgirl crush’, making me shake my head in disapproval. She looked 14: way too young for me. I'm 21. Besides, I have a girlfriend.

‘Calum, shut up! You’re only 9 but fine! If mom or dad blames me for you getting lost, I will not talk to you for the rest of the month!’ Seeing Calum grin widely as he handed her back her stuffed animals, I made sure he ran off to somewhere safe, laughing at the fact he bumped into a girl who gave him the stink eye at the back of his head. Kids these days. It must feel nice to be young and away from all these responsibilities.

“Can I switch these 9 bears for the medium sized one?”

***

It has been a total of 34 minutes and Mali was still here, almost winning the grand prize. Charlie came back from the restroom a while ago and decided to let me handle her as he dealt with another family. Mali’s mom had also found her ten minutes after Calum left and to say this girl had a fan is an understatement.

‘Dad! Look at how many bears she has! Do you think I can be like her?’ I heard a girl ask her father, glancing towards Charlie’s direction. It was the family he was dealing with and it was the same girl Calum bumped into earlier when he left. ‘Of course Y/n! You got this!’

Snapping out of my daze, Leina looked at me with concern as I mouthed to her that I was fine. She nodded warily as Mali’s mom shouted in joy! (a/n: no pun intended lmao) “Just 3 more bears darling and you can get the big one!” Spotting Calum a foot away from them with what I assume is his dad, he was glancing at this Y/n girl with curiosity and wonder in his eyes. Shivers go down my spine as if I was supposed to witness this interaction. This should’ve been Leina’s forte; this was her thing anyway. Noting that Y/n threw the ball and only got the top bottle down, Charlie cheered for her in encouragement.

“Why don’t you help her out, Mali? She looks like she really wants that unicorn!” As Mali walked towards the girl and her dad with a shy smile on her face, Calum and his dad marched their way over to his mom as she filled the boys in. “Don’t worry David, Mali just needs about 3 more bears to switch for the medium one and then switch out her other 4 medium bears for the large one. She’s helping the other girl out because she wanted to be nice.”

Feeling a tap on my shoulder, I see Leina with her heart eyes on.

Oh no.

“Nio, this is too cute! The boy keeps looking at her!” She whispered quietly, gazing at Calum and Y/n with adoration in her eyes. I had to push her out of her trance before anyone could see her being creepy about it. She didn’t need this right now. “If he could just approach her instead of staring at her, we can actually a witness a cute love story between-”

“Two kids. I know what you’re going to say, so can you stop creeping on them? This will look weird to other people who are staring at you!” I retaliated as she stuck her tongue at me. Why is she so weird?

‘Mom, I thought you told us not to talk to strangers!’

“Cal, don’t worry. They seem like good people. Your dad and I are right here making sure nothing happens to her which I doubt.” With everyone watching the exchange between Mali and Y/n, Y/n throws the ball once again. This time, she knocks off 2 out of 3 bottles.

‘See? You’re getting better! Keep doing that and you’ll eventually knock all of them down!’ Mali encouraged before making her way back in front of me. Handed another quarter in payment, I gave her the ball as Calum and Mali engage in a short conversation. Spotting Y/n glance in our direction out of the corner of my eyes, I also heard Leina squeal, whispering to me about how Y/n was staring at Calum this time and how it was a missed connection.

“Yes! Two more bears!”

***

Five more minutes have passed and Mali FINALLY won the giant bear she was working hard to get. Thank god. As happy as I am about how her hard work paid off, I was also happy I’d be dealing with someone else once she and her family had left. I asked Charlie to give them the bear and as he did that, I walked over to Y/n and her dad, almost being hit by the ball she flung. “Oh no! I’m sorry!” Y/n yelped, her dad laughing at my expense. How nice of him to do so. Hearing the bottles getting knocked down, I heard her dad yell in excitement.

“Woo! You did it, baby!” He exclaimed as she looked at me in surprise. Offering her a grin, she told me she wanted the purple unicorn, saying something about how it’s a magic horse with a pointy horn. Not that it surprised me of course. After I handed her prize, I see Mali smiling at her as a sort of congratulations for winning too. Y/n grabbed her dad’s arm and what shocked me was that Calum gave her a thumbs up with a sort of twinkle in his eyes, which made her blush shyly and gaze up her at dad as if she was trying to distract herself from what had happened. With Calum and his family walking away, Y/n stared at the back of his head, smiling before walking away with her dad as well.

“Adorable kids aren’t they? This is why I love working here sometimes. Seeing the smiles and hope on their face when they win makes my shift worthwhile!” Charlie announced as I groaned and rubbed my head. He's like another Leina, speaking of which- “Do you think they’ll see each other again and say hi to each other and have a cute childhood romance? She looked about his age, maybe a year or two younger. I don’t know about you, but I got goosebumps!” She blurted out as Charlie snorted in agreement.

“Hate to be the bearer of bad news but even if the carnival is big enough and they’re bound to cross paths again, this is not like the romance novels you read on your spare time! This is real life-”

“Oh, you’re such a negative Nancy, Nio. Just let me ship people freely without you judging me!” She giggled as Charlie patted my shoulder, alerting me that someone else wants to play. ‘A few more hours until your shift is over Antonio; then you can get away from all this crazy and be with your girlfriend.’ I repeated to myself, wanting nothing more but to be anywhere but here knowing Leina and Charlie are going to be talking about this. I really should’ve said no to Stuart. Fuck him for making me come to work on this weird day.

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A/N: so you’ve reached the end of part 2! that was a bit of a doozy right? Calum and Y/n didn’t have much interaction (they didn’t even talk!) but it serves a purpose for this one and the next moments so get ready for the subtleties and missed opportunities (stated as such in the summary) lolol. pls leave a review and let me know what you thought or liked so far (ignoring any errors or mistakes you’ve seen)! sCREAM at me if needed to, I don’t mind! xD I just :’) let’s all be a Leina and fangirl together xD

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zephfair · 2 years

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Writing is hard; lying on the floor crying is so much easier

Not sure if I’m looking for accountability or encouragement, but here is the list of WIPs I’m currently messing around with.

The Raven Cycle

1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith AU only it’s Mr. Lynch and Mr. Parrish, and omg it has so much potential that I can’t get it to live up to because I’m not a good enough writer. 😥

2. Allegedly funny little in-canon-timeline Adam meets Ronan story I scribbled most of while waiting in a doctor’s office but I’m too ashamed to finish and post. 😊

3. The very first Ronan/Adam fic I ever started right after I read the books but I feel like it’s totally ooc. 😣

4. The sugar daddy Adam and Ronan AU that I poke at every time I want to try my hand at drama. 😖

5. The TRC summer PWP trilogy but I haven’t written good smut in a long time so it’s really hard snerk that’s what he said 😏

6. I have three Halloween fics in three different fandoms (TRC, Bleach and Da Vinci’s Demons) but if I get one finished at any point I’m posting, I don’t even care if it’s Easter. 😂

7. I have a very long, very self-indulgent Christmas fic that I didn’t finish because of reasons and I tried on purpose to fill it with every Hallmark movie trope I could remember, but then it kept wanting to turn into a threesome and honestly, I just want to let it but someone is going to be massively ooc. Oh, it’s Gansey, Ronan and Adam. 🤗

8-9. Shower fics aka ideas that seem brilliant when I’m in the shower but which I haven’t been able to flesh out when I actually sit down to write. One’s a fairy tale and one’s based on a myth. 😅

For Bleach

1. The Grimmjow and Ichigo Halloween story, humor and smut 🙄

2. The Isshin and Grimmjow story that haunts me to this day but I love it so much 😅😋

*I had several more outlined or partially finished but since my Bleach fic suuucks even more than my TRC stuff, I’ve been stealing my own ideas and reworking them into TRC fics.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

For Teen Wolf (Teen Wolf in my 2022??! 😨)

So when I was clearing off an old hard drive, I found the Teen Wolf stories I’d outlined and started. Some of it wasn’t bad, so I was tempted to finish the one smutty comedy Sterek AU fic...but now that I’m considering it, I bet I could rework it into a TRC fic without too much trouble and hmm, I wonder which fandom I should foist it upon would read it?

And I found all that remains from a corrupted hard drive of my very first TW fic that is my only unfinished work on AO3 and it haunts me still. Either I finish it from what I remember OR I post what I found and let it gooo.

For Da Vinci’s Demons

Or, the world’s tiniest fandom that somehow inspired my actual best writing and I wish I could recapture that.

On the hard drive, I found bits and pieces of several Leo/Riario works I’d started and outlined. If I work on them again, I know no one would read them, but omg I love those guys so much and miss them desperately. 😭

OK, I think that’s about it. I’ve been so ill and so stressed about finishing everything from Mom’s passing that I haven’t been writing. Now that I’ve got an attorney who seems to know her stuff, I’m a little hopeful that will be taken care of soonish. And I’m undergoing more tests so maybe they’ll be able to figure me out and help. 🤞

#personal #my fic

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queerloquial · 6 years

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tagged by @nonbeanary-squid

1. Nicknames: magpie (with or without ‘the’ in front), birdie, nerdlord

2. Gender: gendervague, so, agender variant “my brain doesnt work right so what the actual fuck even is a gender”

3. Star sign: aquarius

4. Height: 5′5.5

5. Time: 9:25 am as of typing this

6. Birthday: february 10

7. Favorite bands: fall out boy, radical face, panic! at the disco, linkin park, yes im still a goddamn emo leave me alone

8. Favorite solo artists: uhhhh shit idk hozier?

9. Song stuck in my head: mr mistoffelees from the cats musical

10. Last movie I watched: the iron giant

11. Last show I watched: leverage, and i am Very sad bc netflix is taking it off their list tomorrow

12. When did I create my blog: i was lurking on blogs in high school but i dont think i created my own until late 2012/early 2013. this specific blog has been around since december 2016, i moved bc i got discourse’d at for saying gay aces exist

13. What do I post/reblog: mostly funny/sappy posts, some fandom shit, occasionally feel-good posts when i remember to reblog them. and every once in a while a vaguely discourse-y post, but i try to keep those to a minimum bc im here to have fun, not to get some kid yelling in my inbox abt how ive got bad opinions and should die

14. Last thing I googled: uh. shit idk [...] it was ‘current temperature -hometown- va’. bc why walk all the way to the other side of the house to check the thermostat

15. Do I have any other blogs: @sharedheadspace is the system blog, and ive got 2 nsfw blogs of varying purpose, only one of which i will ever give out to anyone but a select handful of people

16. Do I get asks: only if i reblog an ask meme and my partner has the spoons to send one

17. Why I chose my url: im autistic. my name is magpie

18. Halloween costume: to be quite fuckin honest i forgot it even was halloween until my mom asked if it was late enough we could turn our porch light on again

19. Fave vine: gO suck a dICK suck a dICK suck a mOTHErfucKING diiiick (suck a diiick) sUUUCK a hUUUGE or smAALLL dIIICK

20. Average hours of sleep: vaguely 7?

21. Lucky number: 13

22. Instruments: i played the keyboard in middle school but ever since we turned my piano into a desk i havent touched an instrument

23. What am I wearing: a college tshirt i wore yesterday + a pair of athletic shorts i kept from high school

24. Dream job: baker

25. Dream trip: visiting my partner and just never leaving

26. Favorite food: pizza tbh

27. Nationality: american

28. Favorite song right now: i dont think i currently have One Song i like more than the others tbh

29. Last book read: i got another couple chapters into the elder scrolls novel ‘the infernal city’ at the laundromat yesterday. i dont really read much these days, it takes a form of concentration i just dont feel up to exerting for anything but my special interests

30. Fictional Universe You’d want to join (top three): being a very out of shape neurodivergent with strong sensory issues, i would survive in notably few fictional universes. stardew valley doesnt seem too bad tho, and its possible i could do ok in the ~other side of reality~ from my partners game. third choice is the mass effect universe altho only when theres no major crises going on bc chances are id have a shit time :P

tagging time @loghainmactir @mageheart @gunplayreyes uhhh tbh i think thats all the mutuals i have who havent already been tagged + who have any likelihood of answering

#misc tag #endlessly screaming into the void #food mention --

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