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prettyiwa · 8 months

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every multiple of five for your current favorite WIP, or the one you're most excited to be working on!

Hello, hello!! I definitely plan on asking some questions about your BNHA rewrite (if they haven't all been answered?? lmaoo)!

For this, I'll go with BLL (I miss it so much)

5. Are there any OCs in this fic? Who's your favorite?

There are some, I guess, but they're mostly filler, with not a lot of focus on them. For instance, Omae is married, but she's in half a scene before leaving. I'm also fleshing out Mei's sisters more and there's potential for their role to grow in Act IV because I very much love them. I suppose the Reader character could be considered an OC, given that she doesn't have a flat personality and that I've given her an in universe nickname (or three) instead of using the forbidden "Y/N" or "(name)"

10. What is the last line of dialogue you've written?

. . . . . idk if it's the last I've written (I have my notes for this story scattered everywhere), but: "If you find me impossible, tell me you don't enjoy my words and I'll cease." "You'll cease? I'd like to see that." "So you don't enjoy them?" "I didn't say that."

15. In as vague of terms as possible, how do you anticipate this chapter to end?

This first chapter will hopefully end with the rehearsal dinner (to make things simple). It might end earlier depending on how much I manage to fit in between the start of the story and the rehearsal dinner.

20. Share 3 images that would fit into a mood board for this fic.

I actually really don't like mood boards so I'll provide three links to posts that have helped provide me with motivation to write. Female Knight art by Mona Finden Love as a Religion web weave by @/metamorphesque Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park by @/leahberman

#📨.incoming #💜.alisha #ask game #bll #Knight is probably my favorite reader character I've written/planned on writing #then again this is one of the largest writing projects I've undertaken and so this whole story is a favorite of mine #It's been a minute since I've done dialogue; I've been mostly focusing on the plot and how it ties together down the line

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wutheringmights · 1 year

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Bro Mask really woke up and suddenly his brothers were fighting

Anyway I am once again asking for the commentary on this update because you got me in SHAMBLES Frankie. SHAMBLES. HOW CAN I reCOVER-?!

I love this story to bits <33

You guys were very prompt with the commentary requests, which just amazes me. Like, you all actually like to hear what I have to say?? Wild.

Like always, this contains spoilers so proceed at your own risk.

This is probably one of my favorite past sections I have written in a while, mostly due to how it has that duel scene that I have been wanting to write since the start of this story

However, if this section had one major flaw, it's the pacing; there's three major arguments between the engineer and Link that could have been condensed down to two.

Low key, one of the saddest moments this chapter is when the child asks Link to promise to make sure he comes back, and Link does not. If there was ever any evidence needed to show that he's an asshole, it's that

The Fierce Deity mask attaching itself to the child's hands was not in my original plan, but I realized that there was no one the engineer wouldn't attempt to destroy the mask once he took it off of the child

Here's what happened off screen: the engineer pulled the mask off while thinking about tossing it away, which made the Fierce Deity say "fuck you I'm gonna body horror this child now"

The engineer asking what finger Link would want him to cut off is a reference to chapter 14 where Link tell the engineer that he would have to cut off his own finger if Link ordered him to-- Link forgot he said that because he didn't mean it exactly, but unfortunately, the engineer took him to his word

Originally, the engineer was going to have a monologue in the medical tent where he talks about how he's feeling and how little he trusts Link; I cut this since the engineer is more enthralling when the reader doesn't know exactly what he's thinking

There are some parts of that monologue I really like that I wish I could have kept; hopefully, what he has to say will appear elsewhere in the story

So that duel... that was so satisfying to write, and it's a bit of a relief to have it out of my system and into the world

Chapters 4 and 5 established the fact that Link and the engineer were technically Knights of Hyrule, which I don't think I reiterated elsewhere; so hopefully you guys remember plot details from over a year ago

Also, remember when Meemaw said that Link and the engineer had a very public argument in chapter 5? This is that argument.

If there is one thing I don't like about the duel, it's the implications that the civilians of Hyrule have a homogeneous opinion about the use of child heroes; I've been avoiding making groups have unanimous perspectives like that, but it felt a little unavoidable here. I still tried to say that not everyone agreed, but I don't know if I was successful or not

There is no more perfect demonstration of the engineer and Link's characters than how that duel ended: the engineer happy to stop when he did the minimum amount of damage needed to win, and Link responding with overblown violence

As far as I am aware, how Link and the engineer got their scars was the plot point that readers speculated on the most; I think a lot of people connected the two together, which I am very happy about

Okay, onto the present

Some of you may have guessed it, but the hand funeral was not in the original plan, but there were so many jokes about What Hyrule Did To Warriors's Arm that I ended up thinking about it too hard and fell in love with the idea of the boys having a small funeral for it

That being said, because it was not part of the original plan, I really screwed myself over and ended up having to restructure a lot of the scenes to make it work; I don't know yet if it was worth it, but I do like how the funeral signals an end to the Warriors's torture misery plotline

This part also suffered under my space restraints as I did not expect the duel to be as long as it was, so a lot of things got trimmed or cut

Here is a short list of things that were removed or changed: more importance on Lincoln and Four leaving for a few days, Lincoln gifting Warriors soap (and Warriors being mad that it was actually a good gift), Linkle arriving separate from Sky and Lana, Cia talking about Age of Calamity as one of the many paths Wild's life could have taken, the boys meeting some Skullkids in the Lost Woods, Hyrule joking about finding Lincoln hot, Four talking about the Four Sword with Warriors, Sky talking to Warriors about their shared trauma, Lincoln saying his goodbyes and leaving, more Lana and Link content, Linkle solving an important plotline, and more!

Writing Proxi this chapter has been interesting as I felt like I was speed-running trying to convey what her relationship with Warriors is like as it had never occurred to me that the reader wouldn't see how their relationship started in the past before we met up with her in the present

There was a point of time I considered having Proxi be a mirror to Warriors's emotions instead of an interpreter to them; so Warriors would be shouting in what appeared to be anger while Proxi would be sobbing in fright

I scraped this as it only worked if Proxi didn't have her own emotions, which while a fun idea, meant she had less agency

The way the fandom treats Cia is very interesting to me, as she is one of the only villains who is redeemed at the end of the story. Yet, because of her attraction to Warriors, she's often still treated as a villain. In fact, her villainy is always reduced down to her sexually assaulting Warriors. The fact that she is un-corrupted at the end of story is more fascinating to me, which meant that I had to decide what a not-evil version of Cia would be like

The answer I landed on was "Weird New York Art Girl"

Cia's main hobby is refurbishing the temple and abbey; there was originally going to be more gags of her doing a variety of projects to fix it up, including gardening, woodworking, and masonry

Hyrule's disdain for Cia is actually one of my favorite parts of the chapter; having arrived at the temple first, he had a lot of alone time with her where he got increasingly upset that she wouldn't give him a straight answer about who was okay or not

Cia's prophecy/warning to Time might seem on the nose, but this is actually vague version; my original idea gave away way too much of where the story is going

Wild's speech about remembering/knowing could have been cut for space, but I kept it exclusively so that I can finally give Wild a moment; I just do... so little with him....

So... let's talk Sky

In chapter 4, there is a moment when Warriors is giving everyone the contingency plan where Warriors asks Sky if he ever killed someone, to which made Sky uncomfortable; I wouldn't call that foreshadowing, but that moment happened exclusively because I knew he was going to kill one of the knights

Originally, I was going to have Sky kill Faiza; I changed that last minute because I was uncomfortable killing off the one not-white human in the Knights of Hyrule off screen and it seemed too cruel to kill off someone who is pregnant

So, yeah. Killing off Faiza was not a good idea

I killed off Clementine instead as I felt like I could make her death impactful while keeping it off screen

So, Sky lost his finger; any information about what exactly happened to him is going to stay vague and unmentioned on purpose

Why? Sky's pain is competing with Warriors's, who we spent many chapters deep in the thick of. Nothing I could say can compete. But whatever you guys come up with in your head is going to be whatever is necessary to feel like their pain is equal; it's like when horror directors don't show the monster since the viewer's imagination will always be scarier

I feel like I should have more to say about Time and Warriors's conversation, but it really speaks for itself

I will reassure you all that the reveal is near and I won't taunt you all with it for much longer

The chapter was originally going to end with Legend explaining his story and what is going on with Midna, Twilight, and Wind, but we ran out of space

So you will have to wait until next chapter to learn what happens next

#another thing i cut from the chapter was Wild implying that he slept with Cia in part because he was peeved that Warriors had once #slept with Sidon (who Wild has been trying to bed for so long)#lol that's your bonus fact #it's not canon but knowing you all it's about to become canon the way Hyrule's joke crush on Lincoln is #linked universe #lu call them brothers #ctb lore #ctb commentary #me rambling #lu ctb #ask #anonymous #savimatteo2810

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purble-gaymer · 8 months

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13 45 55 60 74 for ask game?

13- what's a common writing tip you always follow?

i don't have a beta reader, so i usually rely on my perfectionism to make sure my fics are edited as well as they can be. i like to follow my essay-writing plan of write as much as possible in the outline, chisel it down and work out the details in my draft, then let it sit for a few days between each editing session. sometimes i get impatient and only wait 2/3 days, sometimes i completely forget and i leave it for over a week, but regardless i wait until i can look at it with fresh eyes. it's not the greatest process but it works for writing as a hobby.

45- do you want to break your reader's heart or make them laugh?

is it a cop-out to say both? i haven't published too much in the way of emotional scenes, but if i do commit to my pre-dreamland knights series, there's plenty of gsa-related angst to look forward to. however i also love writing jokes. i know when to keep things serious but sometimes i'm working with characters like falspar, who still jokes about how great he is even when he's been poisoned. i consider myself a pretty witty person irl so i like to keep scenes moving with as many silly remarks as i can make.

55- of the characters you write for, which is your favorite?

meta knight is an obvious choice, i've put a lot of time into developing his character and how to work with his personality in RBAY (since it's inconsistent to say the least). sword and blade required a lot of extra work because they're basically the same character in the show--you could replace them with sailor waddle dee and absolutely nothing would change. creating their characters and background has also been very fun.

but actually i think my favorites are probably dragato and falspar. even if everything about them is just shit i completely made up, creating their dynamic and pushing their characters the way i have is a lot of fun. how do these contrasting characters get along? how do they support each other, why do they fight, how did they end up where they are? i've been doing a lot of backstory exploration for the gsa lately, someday i'll find a way to share it. these two are probably my favorite to work with, though. they bounce off each other really well and i like dealing with their difficult personalities.

60- have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic?

i'm not super involved in the community especially on ao3, so you and turtle are kinda the only writers i know of, so yes! your work has inspired me in different ways and it's always fun to see your reactions. maybe someday i'll write something with characters people actually care about haha

74- you've posted a fic anonymously. how would someone be able to guess that you'd written it?

"looks to" instead of "looks at." "jumps" for any kind of surprise/flinch. large chunks of dialogue without much narration. a 'queer-platonic relationships' tag is perhaps the easiest giveaway i could possibly have. i'm sure there's other weird writing things i do but haven't noticed. but if i were posting something anonymously for whatever reason i can pretty much guarantee it'd be qpr-related just look at me

#asks #camachine #most obvious giveaways 1. cares about s/b/mk 2. qpr tag i am the most predictable author alive

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