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chaesonghwas · 12 days

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20 Questions for Fic Writers

HELLOOOO, i was tagged by the wonderful @wolfiemcwolferson @duquesademiel @golden-fairylights and @your-littlesecret, thank you my lovesssss <3333

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

i have 52 fics up on my normal account and i think 2? on anon

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

272868 (i thought it would be more lmaoooo)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

currently just f1, but i have fics up for a couple of kdramas and football rpf

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

a long time (maybe forever) - reddit fic my beloved

hey, brother (there's an endless road to rediscover) - my only non-piarles on this list!! written for hospital playlist, it's an outsider pov from the main character's little sister seeing how the main ship develops over time (as i'm writing this, i realize i wrote that same fic w arthur the other day oops)

we should just kiss (like real people do) - sol's bday fic from last year!!! i love this one a lot <3

i don't want you like a best friend - veeeery smutty soulmate au (this one was VERY hard for me to write so i'm super proud it's up hereee)

you and me would be (a big conversation) - SOCIAL MEDIA AU!!! this one was also a process but i loved every second

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

sometimes i try to but i never know what to say so i clamp up and don't end up answering 😭 so if you're reading this and you've ever commented on my fics just know that i see it and i love you

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

football au definitely has the most angsty/bittersweet planned ending, but i haven't actually written that lmaooo so i'll say and still, your heart beats. it's ultimately hopeful, but it's a tough situation

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

all of my fics have a some kind of happy ending, but i'll go with swear to be overdramatic and true bc i love that universe a lot <3

8. Do you get hate on fics?

i've never gotten explicit hate on a fic, thankfully

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

yesss, and.... whatever i'm vibing with i guess?

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

i've never done it lmao

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no, thankfullyyyy

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope, but it would be an honour!!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

YEAH BABYYYYYYY!!!! writing w friends is the most fun bc i love my friends a lot <3 currently i have monza proposal fic w @duquesademiel, the Justly Fic w @your-littlesecret and posting the alphabet dating fic w @duquesademiel and @wolfiemcwolferson <3 a couple of other things are also being planned so stay tuneddd

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

all-time is a very difficult question, but piarles is def up there

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

football au i love you and i swear i will come back

16. What are your writing strengths?

i feel like i'm pretty good at writing dialogue and i think i'm v good at humor!! making insane situations work lmao

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

definitely lack of planning/getting carried away by the vibes and losing sight of the plot. also i feel like i struggle w longer descriptions

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

i don't love it and i usually limit mine to only a couple of words (say, nicknames/terms of endearment in piarles' case), but i don't mind it in other people's fics tbh!!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

one direction LMAOOOOOO

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

any of my co-written fics or change my mind, my pwfe gift for sol that i love very very dearly <333

tagging @yukierres @pinkierre @boxboxbrioche @espithewarlock and anyone else that wants to do itttt <3333

#ask games #i love u all this was very fun #justi answers

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avalior · 1 year

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CHARACTER PLAYLIST : MARKUS ZIEGLER

I. MEET ME ON THE BATTLEFIELD. | We carry on through the storm / tired soldiers in this war / remember what we're fighting for. / Meet me on the battlefield / even on the darkest night / I will be your sword and shield [...] echoes and the shots ring out / We may be first to fall / Everything can stay the same or we can change it all.

II. HEROES. | I see the fear rising / Yeah, but my hope is burning / The shadows are calling us out / We are heroes, heroes in the darkest times / when there is no light! / We are heroes, heroes in the darkest times / who will rise above!

III. CHANGE THE WORLD. | I want to change the world / Piercing through the gales, unafraid of anything, / Now I hold my courage and pieces of my smile / Change my mind / If we reach out to the soaring future / without losing our passion, we'll be able to shine [...] / I want to change the world / I won't hesitate again. If I can shape a future with you, / then I can fly anywhere. / Change my mind / I can spread my wings and fly towards the unknown future / without losing my passion.

IV. HEY BROTHER. | Hey, brother! / There's an endless road to rediscover. / Hey, sister! / Know that water's sweet but blood runs thicker. / Oh, if the sky comes falling down / for you / there's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.

V. GILDED LILY. | Haven't I given enough, given enough? / Haven't I given enough, given enough? / Haven't I given enough, given enough? / Haven't I given enough, given enough?

VI. VOGEL IM KÄFIG. | Alles Lebendige stirbt eines Tages / Ob wir zum Sterben bereit sind oder nicht / Der Tag kommt sicher / Ist das der Engel, der vom dämmernden Himmel hinunter flog? / Ist das der Teufel, der aus der Felsenspalte heraus kroch? / Tränen, Ärger, Mitleid, Grausamkeit / Frieden, Chaos, Glaube, Verrat / Wir werden gegen unser Schicksal ankämpfen / Wir dürfen uns nicht in unser Schicksal ergeben. / Mit Trauer und Entscheidung im Herzen / Zeigen wir den Willen weiterzugehen / Niemand darf eigensinnig seines Lebens beraubt werden.

Every living being dies someday / Whether we are ready to die or not / That day will surely come. / Is that an angel, flying down from the twilight sky? / Is that the devil, crawling out of the crevice? / Tears, anger, pity, cruelty / Peace, chaos, faith, betrayal / We will fight against our fate / We must not give in to our fate. / With sorrow and confidence in our hearts / We show the will to move on / No one shall be willfully deprived of their life.

VII. SEND ME AN ANGEL. | Wise man said, 'Just find your place / In the eye of the storm / Seek the roses along the way / Just beware of the thorns.' / Here I am! (Here I am!) / Will you send me an angel? / Here I am! (Here I am!) / In the land of the morning star. / [...] Hear this voice from deep inside / It's the call of your heart / Close your eyes and you will find / The way out of the dark. / Here I am! (Here I am!) / Will you send me an angel?

VIII. ENDLESS WAR. | You feel broken up / And the weight that you feel pulls you down / You can't let go! / You keep crawling on / Don't wanna let it go / So you keep holding on / To feel whole / 'Cause you're fighting an endless war / Hunting a miracle / And when you reach out for the stars / They just cut you down.

#( h. ) markus.#long post /#[ lifted in concept and inspo from a few posts i've seen on the dash ]#[ my playlist for markus absolutely slaps and i will always be at least a little bit sad about the angel man ]#[ this starts out so full of hope and by the end it's just an existential crisis which honestly? on brand ]

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mcuntainbcrn · 2 years

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She appears impatient, arms folded over her chest, foot tapping on the floor as she draws in a deep breath,

“EXCUSE ME?! Where is my brother?!”

#ic #cynicalartisan #creation forged in flame: lio #Hey Brother; There’s An Endless Road To Rediscover: Lio #v: genshin impact

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notababy-blog1 · 5 years

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le tag drop

#*﹠. ━━ i. you look so pretty but you’re gone so soon . / visage.#*﹠. ━━ ii. the world is quiet here . / asks.#*﹠. ━━ iii. street smarts ! shut up you’re all gonna die . / ooc.#*﹠. ━━ iv. mount frought syndrome . / dyn —— fernald & sunny.#*﹠. ━━ v. this is real this is me . / musings.#*﹠. ━━ vi. we are family . / the baudelaires.#*﹠. ━━ vii. you taught me to be brave . / dyn —— violet & sunny.#*﹠. ━━ viii. hey brother there’s an endless road to rediscover . / dyn —— klaus & sunny .

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ittybittysister-blog · 5 years

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tag drop !

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endtiimesa · 2 years

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@warraigoe SAID: “ things must be catastrophic if you’re calling me at this hour. ” / bill to dipper (:

And in that moment, Dipper's decided he hates asking for help. Something about that tone is knowing and condescending all the same -- he despises it. But he doesn't have time for that right now. Not when his sister's brains were at risk!

❝ You can go into people's minds, right? I need to know about Mabel's new 'boyfriend'. He's seriously freaking me out, man, like in the ‘he’s probably a zombie’ kinda freaking out! ❞

#▷ lights; camera; action. ﹝ .ic ﹞#▷ there's an endless road to rediscover. ﹝ .dipper ﹞#▷ i messed with forces that our eyes can't see. ﹝ .dipper / grim v ﹞#▷ see you on the other side. ﹝ .ask ﹞#warraigoe #//hands u g rim a u

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nitenife · 2 years

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even more tags

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laplaces-angels · 4 years

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Tag Dump! (Dipper)

#🌲Secrets That Hide In Shadow {Dipper IC}🌲#🌲Pine Tree Falls Down {Dipper Crack}🌲#🌲You Sneeze Like a Kitten! {Dipper About/HC}🌲#🌲Out There In The Woods {Dipper Aes.}🌲#🌲Hey Brother; There's An Endless Road to Rediscover {Dipper Vis.}🌲#🌲Stay Curious & Stay Weird {Dipper Musings}🌲#🌲Summer Break; A Time For Leisure {Dipper v.01}🌲#🌲Who Knows What the Future Holds {Dipper v.02}🌲#🌲Oh Deer! {Dipper v.03}🌲#🌲You Should See Me In a Crown {Dipper v.04}🌲#🌲You Listen to Icelandic Girly Pop Sensation BABBA? {Dipper Audio/Playlist}🌲#🌲Dressed for the Summer Season {Dipper Wardrobe}🌲

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sunnydaleherald · 3 years

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, August 17

Giles: Buffy, this is not the first time something like this has happened. Buffy: It's not? Giles: The Slayer is on the front line of a nightly war. Now, it's, it's tragic, but accidents have happened. Buffy: W-what do you do? Giles: Well, the Council investigates, um, metes out punishment if punishment is due. But I... I have no plans to involve them. I mean, it's the last thing Faith needs at the moment. She's unstable, Buffy. I mean, she's utterly unable to accept responsibility. Buffy: She's freaking. So, so then we just have to help her deal, right? Giles: She's in denial. There *is* no help for her until she admits what happened.

~~Buffy Episode #49: "Consequences" ~~

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Napps and Conversations (Riley, Graham, T, SG1 xover) by indraleigh

Let Me Stay Dead (Faith, T, SG-1 xover) by hermione2be

an endless road to rediscover (Buffy, T, Fast and Furious xover) by jedibuttercup

A Symphony of Echoes: Strangers In A Small Town (Buffy, T, SG1 xover) by 3am_moonlight

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Immortal Bonds Ch. 1/? (Spike/Angel, E) by Bloody_Willamina

In a Corner of My Soul Ch. 239 (Ensemble, T) by DragonyPhoenix

Daughter of Aurelius, Chapter 34 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Loup Noir

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Meet Me at Midnight, Chapter 30 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Dusty

Near to the Wild Heart, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, M) by toooldforthis

He's a Friend from Work, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, E) by DeamonQueen

who could ever leave me, darling – but who could stay? (you could stay), Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by MillennialCryB

Happiness & Love, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, E) by honeygirl51885

Out of Time: 1942 Chapter 4 (Buffy, M, Harry Potter xover) by Jonayla

Just About Time Ch. 16 (Joyce, M, Doctor Who xover) by acs

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Marked Ch. 26 (Buffy, E, Supernatural xover) by Holly

One Foot In Front Of The Other Ch. 10 (Buffy, T, SGA xover) by MirroredIllusions

Echoes of Beljoxa 32: Porcelain Translations (Buffy/Spike, E) by myrabeth

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recommendedlisten · 6 years

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In certain parts of the country, it may be tough to think spring when you’re still shoveling your way out of a nor’easter on a weekly basis, but the season is officially here, which means it’s time to catch up with what Recommended Listen dug since our last quarterly list. Not every listen that has left an impression gets a formal review due to time constraints, or as in the case of 2018′s first few months, the fact that there seems to be way too much good music coming out these days. That’s not necessary a curse, but it can make for some bouts of content overload that make it impossible to keep up with. If you’re looking to meet your new favorite band, the last few months were a good time to find them as well. Here’s 10 excellent albums to rock while spring cleaning out your emotions in case you missed them the first time around.

American Nightmare - American Nightmare [Rise Records]

At the start of this decade, Wes Eisold had seemingly outgrown his hardcore roots and remade himself a dark pop fashionista with his synth-pop band Cold Cave. After all, putting his band American Nightmare to bed followed a tumultuous chapter in his life that involved renaming the band twice-over for legal matters atop of a wavering scene that sucked much of the the energy out of the project. 2012′s reunion of the band was a timely reaction to a deserved reappraisal from listeners and critics alike, however, with a rekindled interest in AN’s brutalist sound being long overdue. The band’s self-titled comeback and first new music in 15 years lives up to that legacy, while adding new chapters to it as well. Here, Eisold and company furnish their artillery with wiry post-punk and a metalcore exoskeleton that gives a glimpse into what once was while showing what American Nightmare, and hardcore as a whole, have become during these years of silence. If anything, they’re still deafening, screaming new anthems of survival into the void.

awakebutstillinbed - what people call low self-esteem is really just seeing yourself the way that other people see you [Tiny Engines]

It’s one thing to channel your emotions into your work, but Shannon Tyler lets hers entirely consume her every being throughout the public confessionals behind awakebutstillinbed’s blistering debut what people call low self-esteem is really just seeing yourself the way that other people see you. The breakout release from the San Jose basement punk project found a cult following early on in the year under its own self-released merits, but its spectacular energy has managed to get the band signed properly to Tiny Engines for an upcoming wider release, and it’s easy to hear why. These are songs that made their way straight from Tayor’s diary into the microphone as her signature sing-scream bravely bleeds out insecurities and earnest frustrations in the kind of way that makes for highly digestible lyrical fodder for anyone banging their brain against the headboard. Whether it;s an introverted meditation or cathartic outburst, awakebutstillinbed knows exactly how to find a safe space for them inside of capsules as faceted as twinkly indie rock and post-hardcore where they’re allowed to exist as they are.

Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends [Run for Cover Records]

As a dude, speaking to Camp Cope’s How to Socialise & Make Friends is a daunting task, because anyone of the XY chromosome probably isn’t the most qualified to do the kind of heavy lifting the Melbourne indie rockers’ do here on their sophomore effort. The listen protests and shouts just as much as it lets out heavy sighs as singer Georgia Maq airs her grievances, be it via acid tongue or a higher road empathy, on gendered double-standards and her exhaustion with cultured misogyny in every facet of her daily life, from being an all-women band in a male-dominated punk scene to dealing with guys behaving badly in and out of her circle. Camp Cope’s sound matches both an anti-authoritarian DIY spirit and emotive frustration equivocally, as Maq’s unspooling of guitars over Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich and Sarah Thompson’s steady rhythm clears a path for her to break the patriarchy, if even by throwing just one stone at it at a time.

Corey Flood - Wish You Hadn’t EP [Fire Talk Records]

Wintertime is known to deplete the body of mood-boosting vitamin D, and Wish You Hadn’t, the debut EP from Philadelphia anxiety punks Corey Flood, may as well be the sonic antidote to transition you from any lingering seasonal affective disorder you may be experiencing as you blinker your eyes back into the sunlight with caution. Their style of rock is rife with a dreamy malaise that sleeps well in bed with the ‘90s gloom pop soft siren sounds of Liz Phair and PJ Harvey, with frontwoman Ivy Gray Klein spinning in her own head where confusion is sex, the self, or some mixture of both. Unlike the other examples of darker dalliances of indie rock found on this list, Wish You Hadn’t moves with a slow current of thought where Klein’s words slink over Noah Jacobson-Carroll and Em Boltz’ guitars and keep in sync with the rhythm she and drummer Juliette Rando make. Her existentialist decrees stream in through tributaries rather than a flood rush, because after all, the dark thoughts that last are usually the ones you let fester over time.

Gulfer - Dog Bless [Topshelf Records]

“I’m not going out / I’m staying right here in my basement / I’m just gonna chill / And later write a song about it,” screeches Gulfer frontman Vincent Ford on the quartet’s Topshelf breakout Dog Bless. It’s a resounding statement, not just because his voice scrapes against the board like nails grating cement, but in the way it paints a pretty accurate portrait for the listen that never grows tired from start to end, in spite of Ford’s admissions of grown up exhaustion. Themes on adult malaise are evergreens in relatability in the emo scene no matter who you’re springing those choruses unto, yet Gulfer muster up more than enough energy up in those admissions without overthinking the medium through which they push it through that makes their unkempt take on math rock sound sincerely raw. There have been many, many bands before them who’ve shouted these daily anxieties out in small spaces just like theirs, but all that really matters is that it’s done in earnest. If better weather isn’t really your think, here’s a dozen tracks about preferring the basement to anywhere else.

Hurry - Every Little Thought [Lame-O Records]

Every Little Thought, the third studio effort from emotive guitar-pop rockers Hurry, was released in February but its arrival could be considered premature bloom, as the listen feels closer to singing the songs of springtime romance than winter’s chill. So much of the Philly trio’s sound is indebted to conjuring warm sunshine (if even faded...) and a fresh breeze, yet not so much in the same sense as the surf-sided indie rock out there. Rather, Hurry glistens closer to home in big hooks and an FM alternative sparkle as frontman Matt Scottoline’s choruses glide through the air with little resistance, as his riffs alongside the mid-tempo melancholia made by bassist Joe DeCarolis and drummer Rob DeCaroli carry the weight of that wistfulness in well-preserved memory held together by a bittersweet saccharine of fuzzy emo riffs and pristine power pop. Even if your spring fling goes by the wayside, hopefully Hurry will remind you of the parts of its passing worth keeping.

Russian Baths - Penance EP [Good Eye Records]

Russian Baths may be one of many new bands on the endless post-punk supply chain, yet the differentiating that sets them apart from the rest of that discordant abyss resides in how the quartet have recontextualized that spectrum beyond the surface level with their debut EP Penance. The four-track listen makes the most of an intriguing experiment in short order by exploring various faces of bleakness under the helm of shared vocal vessels Luke Koz and Jess Rees, with the former often anchoring aggression at a loss of control while the latter reigns in a dreamy stasis. When the two cross paths, it conjures a black matter made from angular riffs cutting through subcutaneous layers of shoegaze, hardcore and metal. Penance’s themes often highlight an evil unknowingly lurking in the everyman, and it’s only when Russian Baths tear into that skin where true darkness is revealed.

Shamir - Resolution [Self-released]

Ever since he ditched the savior of house pop label he never asked for last year, Shamir has been on a creative tear with his new found songwriting independence, which is to say the music we’re hearing is fully and wholly an outpouring of himself rediscovering who he always was behind the studio gloss. Going through some shit has added a healthy layer of dirt the process, with last year’s doubling of HOPE and Revelations being a lo-fi meditative catharsis, but with his latest surprise release Resolution, not only is the hiss amplified, but it shows us a side of the young genre non-conformist we’ve yet to meet where he’s brandishing how sharp his teeth (and songwriting) can be as well. Bookended by politics and filled with a breakup post-mortem in between, there’s enough for Shamir to seethe on through reverb-heavy post-punk slathered in goth eyeliner and the occasional country strummer to make these woes as sad and angry as he wants. They say to think things through before you react, but so far, going with instinct is serving Shamir v.2.0 well.

Sidney Gish - No Dogs Allowed [Self-released]

No Dogs Allowed, the debut album from Boston-by-way-of-Jersey songwriter Sidney Gish, arrived with a quiet bang that we don’t really get to experience too often these days with artists on the rise. She self-released the effort with hardly a publicity push behind it aside from word-of-mouth buzz, and it all happens to be well-warranted if your lane for melancholic indie pop is a timeless formula molded around a modernist perspective where clean guitar hooks and smart, hyper-specific storytelling run parallel through the satirical gaze of a 20something on a collision course with reality. That Gish initially dropped No Dogs Allowed at the very start of the new year seems like a little quip of irony in itself -- She delivers hers in song with a perked up posture that strolls into springtime better than it might in the wintry blast it initially arrived. Rethinking the conventional is kind of her thing, though...

Teenage Wrist - Chrome Neon Jesus [Epitaph Records]

Teenage Wrist sound quite literally like what their name suggests – A trio of rather young artists getting their grip around their musical identities while figuring out all of the other hard realities of life that follow one’s coming of age. For a debut album on one of the biggest punk labels out there, Chrome Neon Jesus makes more sense out of all of that than it deserves to this early on in their career, as bassist and frontman Kamtin Mohager, guitarist Marshall Gallagher and drummer Anthony Salazar meld together brooding influences of punk, shoegaze and arena-ambitious ‘90s alternative with such cohesion that it makes for one of the year’s best rock albums so far. That the effort was produced by studio pro Carlos De La Garza (Paramore, Jimmy Eat World) reinforces that their big sound covers the walls from end to end, and by filtering it through layers of beauty and existential terror, the Los Angeles trio have captured a moment that resonates perfectly with a new generation.

#lists #american nightmare #awakebutstillinbed #camp cope #corey flood #gulfer #hurry #russian baths #shamir #sidney gish #teenage wrist #features

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