For the ask thing I’ll do N I A ;)

Hi Nina! *hugs*


N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you? 

If anyone would write a Gigolas opera AU, I would probably go INTERSTELLAR WITH HAPPINESS. 

(but i beg: please, please don’t make Legolas amazingly kickass and competent, and Gimli as mundane and boring as batshit, pleasepleaseplease i am TiredTM )

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

Nah, not really? I will read what I like, cheerfully and without guilt, heh. See you all in the Special Hell. 


A: How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?

For Sansukh, I thought of Gimli’s Dark-name first. I liked it so much, and thought it had a lot to say about the story as a whole, so I used it!

I had a HELL of a time finding the title for ‘Snowmelt’. Eventually I was re-reading my work in frustration, and one word stood out to me: “We are probably bathing in snowmelt.”

BAM, done, post, AUGH. 

Oddly enough, it ended up being a really good title!

‘Some Other Beginning’s End’ was a quote – I was looking for quotes about firsts, because of the prompt! but I liked that one the best.

‘So Cloaked and So Crowned’ is a title that came out of nowhere. I can’t remember if it is a half-remembered lyric, or from a play, or WHAT. I can’t find it anywhere else, and so I am forced to conclude that it came wholly from the murky recesses of my brain. 

‘From One Age to Another’ didn’t have a title until the very last sentence. Neither did ‘They Know.’

Irreconcilable Differences is one that had a title before I had a storyline! I wanted a divorce joke, heh. 

A large part of me wants to ask EVERY SINGLE ONE PLEASE but I’ll sticks with DETS. (Though if you wanna do them all, do it. Please)

ILU POP THANK YOU ❤

Um, I’ve answered D, T and S, so here’s E! (I CAN’T FACE ANSWERING THEM ALL IN ONE GO – snippets is good!)

E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?

If I wrote a sequel to Sansukh, it would be about the modern fanfiction Sisyphus, forever working upon a story that never seemed to end. 

lmao, joking aside tho, I will be pottering in the Sansukh Appendices for some time, I think, but it will not have a sequel. The story is nearly finished, and when it is done, it’s done. 

If I was to write a sequel to ‘Irreconcilable Differences’, though. Hmm. That has some appeal!

Possibly I’d write something about the Infinity Gauntlet stuff, when it comes out? I always enjoyed that TBP (it’s on my shelf right now, about three metres away). I liked the conversation between Hulk and Wolverine. ‘In our way, we’re both monsters, pal.’ Classic stuff.

I would also like to add more about Steve and the Buckster.

Possibly Stucky too.

My characterisation in IR of Steve is very influenced by the first Avengers film, and there’s been a whole crapton of meta and two more Cap films since then. I feel like I know him better these days!

I’d also add more friendship between Steve and Bruce, bc heck these boys have a lot in common. 

Still Science Boyfriends, absolutely – I liked Bru/tasha and read fics about them before AoU came out. Then it came out, and URGH no – I completely disliked the ship afterwards. Which I thinks says that fic writers are better at writing both characters than Joss Whedon, frankly. 

And developing the nascent relationship I left Natasha and Clint in at the end of IR could be fun. 

for the ask game- L O T R ;)

L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

Answered 🙂

O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?

Usually with a half-baked idea for a plot. Then it all gets a Lot Bigger. 

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

Turning a good character into a villain in order to give a ship an artificial antagonist, fridging the female characters and minimising their friendships and relationships, woobiefying the bad-but-pretty ACTUAL villain, trite oversimplification of characters, codependency, cramming one member of a m/m ship into a ‘feminine’ stereotype – ok, look, this list is long and I am stopping here 😀

I have AO3 Savior, and I recommend it wholeheartedly!

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

OH MY GOD TONS AND TONS. I am indebted to Terry Pratchett, Ursula Le Guin and Tolkien, of course. Douglas Adams, who basically sculpted my sense of humour. Also, Diana Wynne Jones, the queen of clean and conversational prose. There are a lot more, but my mind is coming up blank this evening!

There are honestly a zillion fanfic writers who have influenced my style over the years. I’ve been reading fanfic for 15 years, after all! I humbly salute each and every one of you. ❤

D, F, L!

D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?

ERRm – yeah, for Sansukh there is a whole TON of songs!

Check out the Sansukh Music collection – I DO mean ‘collection’, it has all gotten a bit… BIG. 

There’s also a few (AWESOME) playlists 🙂 It’s all on the document… there is a LOT of music, heh. 

Irreconcilable Differences (my great big Science Boyfriends fic) also has a fanmix here! It was made by the awesome @x-jean. Thank you!

I don’t tend to listen to music or associate an artist’s work with a fic – music is incredibly personal and subjective to me, and so what feels right to me might not feel right to someone else, and I know that. 

That being said, I am a sucker for any and all choral music. 😀

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it. 

oh gosh, this is hard to choose. 

Hmm. The opening scene of ‘Irreconcilable Differences’ is, I think, one of my better pieces of character writing (for Tony, that is). I’m also still quite bashfully proud of my Savage Hulk voice 🙂

There’s three dialogue pieces in ‘Sansukh’ that seemed to just… fall into place, though I know it’s because I laid MASSES of groundwork for them!

The first is the two juxtaposing Dis-and-Gimli scenes… the one from Chapter 3, and the one from Chapter 45. Ever wanted to give yourself a cookie? That was me, writing that scene 😀

The second is the hair-cutting scene in Chapter 15. I think that’s one of my best-paced scenes EVER. 

The last is the scene between Bilbo and Thorin in Chapter 39. I am still SO proud of the verbal rug-pull I gave Thorin, SERIOUSLY I am. 

L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting? 

THREE BILLIONTY AND ELEVEN TIMES. and I will STILL have left mistakes in it, I know I know I know AUGH. 

I am a tinkerer, I can’t NOT tinker!

inkskinned:

just because you meant it as a joke doesn’t mean you didn’t do something wrong. i teach preschool and i can’t believe six year olds understand this concept better than adults. if you say something hurtful, you’re the bully, not the person who gets upset. it might feel icky to realize that you do have bigoted beliefs; but when you blow off apologizing with “people who know me know i don’t mean it,” you’re not helping the people you hurt and you’re not changing the way it sounded. why in the heck is it so hard for grown people to just admit they were wrong and apologize for it.

freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequence and i’ll say it until my blood runs dry. hate speech is also not covered under the first amendment. and again, a concept preschoolers understand: your words are not more important than the safety or comfort of another person. 

yes. legally i can’t stop you from printing and screaming whatever you want. but legally you can’t stop me from being angry and responding to it. and if you expect others to just “not get offended” by what you say, you must also expect others not to take you seriously at all! listen. if you understand i can send a child into the hallway for calling another child names, you can wrap your head around the fact you don’t have the right to do and say whatever you want without somebody reacting. this isnt your world, it’s all of ours, and we’re allowed to ask you to leave the classroom. grow up, realize you actually might have done something bigoted – even by “accident” – and change yourself for the better.

and if you’re the type who just throws a hissy fit every time somebody points out you’re being a bully… congratulations. you’re acting like a four-year-old.

FanFic Ask Game

yoongis-sass:

A: How did you come up with the title to [insert
fic]?

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal
experience?

C: What member do you identify with most?

D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate
with [insert fic]?

E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what
would it be about?

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite
dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

G: Do you write your story from start to finish,
or do you write the scenes out of order?

H: How would you describe your style?

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading
or writing)?

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to
[insert fic].

K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up
with?

L: How many times do you usually revise your
fic/chapter before posting?

M: Got any premises on the back burner that
you’d care to share?

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would
write (or finish) for you?

O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or
the characters?

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call
an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in
advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

Q: How do you feel about collaborations?

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise)
you consider an influence?

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and
why you like them so much.

V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to
any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

W: Do you like more general prompts, or more
specific ones?

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

Y: A character you want to protect.

Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read
it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?

letaslestrnge:

this probably won’t get any notes since i’m such a tiny account but if you want to take this quiz you can find it here ! after pulling an all-nighter crying over tsoa, i created this because i don’t think i’ve seen this type of personality test floating around before! hopefully it’s not too inaccurate since i’m not an expert on the subject. this was inspired by the pottermore sorting quizzes here and the greek godly parent quiz here 

feel free to tag what you got if you finish it! mine is the realist

if you don’t want to take the quiz but you still want to know, the possible outcomes were:

the chosen one: authentic, brave, bold, intuitive, natural, passionate, stubborn

the realist: practical, understanding, honest, brutal, logical, creator, intelligent, sensible, down-to-earth, reasonable

the doppelgänger: manipulative, self deprecating, intelligent, knowledgable, ambiguous, caring

the master: determined, obsessive, powerful, charismatic, confident, rash, challenging

the defender: loyal, selfless, guardian, youthful, honest, unguarded, courageous, basically a gryffindor

the warrior: purposeful, adaptable, loyal, agressive, mindful, decisive, skillful, isolated, destroyer