Tag: sansukh

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!

Fic ask: 6, 33, 35.

poplitealqueen:

6. Favorite fic (or one of them)?

Sansûkh by determamfidd (I’d link but ehhh mobile). It’s one of those fics that just sticks with you, and inspires you to be awesome with its own awesome.

Plus, lady dwarves. Lots and lots of badass lady dwarves.

And SONGS. This is the only fic I’ve ever seen where the writer writes songs along with the fic (and my does she write good songs. I swear I’ll get a tattoo of The Iron Hills For Me one day.)

33. Least favorite AU tropes?

‘This one character is the villain out of convenience for the OTP even though they aren’t the villain in canon’.

35. Do you like high school and college AUs?

I’ve never liked high school aus, but since entering college I’ve really garnered a love for college aus.

I’d write one, but it’d probably just be the characters napping 24/7. Realest college au.

i love you, pop – thank you, beautifullest one. You are a gem, I stg, I am so lucky.

(*eyes that Q33 answer* OMG SAAAAAAAAME. *insert-dain-related-angst*)

sparklingjewelbad4u:

My interpretation on dwarvish axe dancing outfit.
This is my first fanart. I doodled now and than for my own entertainment but Sansûkh is the first to push me to do something.
When I first read of all the great and varied dwarrowdams and especially the axe dancing, the splendid jewel and vibrant colour of Mughal culture bumped into my mind. The great writings of determamfidd makes me wanna do something for this great writer that first made me fell in love with dwarrows.
I confess that before The Hobbit movie and reading Sansûkh I never did put too much thinking on dwarrows but Sansûkh shed new lights to my narrow mind.
I have great fun in drawing it and i like to think that I hear how the jewel cling when the dancer dances.
Sorry to determamfidd that I cannot draw better.
(Greatly referencing from Mughal badass dancer from deviant art Apsara-stock and the great and rich and marvellous jewels)

oh sweet MERCY 

that is AMAZING – oh my god, you are truly awesome and skilled, WOW I am just so lost in this drawing and the scene you evoke in your description! THE DETAIL. ON HER OUTFIT. IS STAGGERING. I am gasping in awe here, this is so so beautiful

Do you know if the Sansûkh Podfic is going to use your songs (like you singing) for the parts where that shows up, or are they going to re-record them with the voice actors? (if this isn’t the right place to ask, I’m really sorry, and you don’t need to publish this – I’ll ask the actual tumblr, sorry to bother you)

I am 90% certain that they are going to be re-recorded, actually! Our musical director is the SUPERB @notanightlight, and she is the person to ask about the Sansukh Choir. 

(but in a pinch, my recordings are there to use as a backing track/basis/rehearsal track, so there we go 🙂

I love how individualized your characters are in Sansukh!! Especially the OCs and characters with minimal canon development. They’re all different, with different personalities, abilities, and methods. We can see how characters affect each other (within family groups, mentors, etc) and how different events are dealt with by different characters. Go A+++ characterization by Dets!

*blushie blushie* THANK YOU NONNIE, THANK YOU SO SO MUCH

(aasdlhfgaljdhf you mentioned how the character’s different personalities affect and modify the behaviour of the others I worked so harrrrd on that and I am gonna squeak yup ok squeaking now…!)

Hey dets! 🙋 I was just wondering what you thought about dwarfs finding love/their ones in the halls of mahal? Like they would probably meet at some point in their lives but might not have followed through with romance, but the halls of Mahal are like eternal so? Also what about love with Dwarfs from other clans? Do the clans mix much in the halls? Sorry for all the questions 😂 thanks 😊

Hey Nonnie!

No worries! Love a question, me 🙂 they make me think!

I’ve answered your first one, some time back! Here is my answer. 

Summarised: yes, Dwarves can TOTALLY find romance in the Halls, but it takes a while because of the huge stagnancy/inertia of the Halls. They are a place of waiting, and of peace, basically. So things happen slowly, if at all. 

(still, Bifur and Ori managed to discover love for each other after death, so heyyy it happens!)

Oh yeah, other clans could totally happen! ABSOLUTELY happen. I mean, I have a few inter-clan relationships going on already… Bomfris is a Broadbeam, Orla is a Blacklock, Bifur, Bombur AND Bofur are Broadbeams… Gloin is ½ Firebeard… etc!

I think mingling would depend on the Dwarves as individuals rather than as a unit. Some would like to keep only to those folks they know – or knew, rather. Some are gregarious and curious and interested in meeting new people and learning about them!

(Bombur would absolutely be one of these… he’s a rather reticent fellow by nature, but he must-must-must know about their food, what are their cuisines like? Can he try it? What ingredient is this? May he PLEASE watch you as you make it???)