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officialthiamlibrary · 6 years

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Welcome to another profile on Behind the Screens, giving you personal insight on who your favorite creators are and what they do when they aren’t wowing you with their creative ability.

On this profile, we’ll learn more about Tagan, also known in our pack as ThiamFresh or CaptainMintyFresh. The author of Airplanes, Sweet Talking, and a plethora of other Thiam prompts and stories, Tagan shares bits about her life, her writing process, her ideal road trip buddy, and her tips for creating tension-filled relationships.

Hi, Tagan! Let’s start off simple. Using a sentence, where the word count is either equal to or less than the number of letters in your two favorite Teen Wolf characters’ name, tell us about yourself.

Theo Raeken + Derek Hale = 19: I’m Tagan. Love to write and act. I have a terrible sense of humour. Generally an accident prone mess.

Talking about Teen Wolf characters, which five characters would be on your Ultimate Paintball/Laser Tag team and why?

Theo, Malia, Allison, Liam, Stiles. Right, so I want Theo because like boy’s a master tactician/manipulator and he’s ruthless. Boy would 100% shoot 10 year olds to win and that’s the kind of person I want on my paintball team. Malia, again, she would have no qualms about just decimating the other team. Allison because she is an amazing shot; her role would be stealthing her way through the field to take people out/sniping everyone else while the ‘ground team’ does the closer stuff. Liam because he’s athletic and competitive. Stiles because he’s good at coming up with plans, plus...you know..he’d be really good bait for the other team.

Omg he would be! Now, before those characters blessed us with their existence, we found love and OTPs in other ones. What would you say were your first ships, way back in the day?

I’m not sure if this counts but Ant and Dec? I thought they were married but if not, then Monica and Chandler or Spike and Buffy. The first fanfiction I read was for Dramione.

And, how did you land in the Thiam Family? What about Theo x Liam drew you in?

I really liked their scenes in 6A (And some of the scenes in 5 but honestly, I hated five as a whole and watched it out of duty more than anything so I just didn’t have the enthusiasm to get into a ship.) Theo was the first bit of 6A that i actually really liked and a lot of that was just down to his sass and a lot of it was directed at Liam. And then the car key scene had me cackling with laughter. There scenes were just..fun in a way the rest of the season lacked, at least to me. So I was pretty invested in their whole dynamic and then there was ‘Being the bait’ and ‘do you know how to ride a horse’ and I was pretty sold. I went to search for Thiam content then but didn’t find any so just went back to writing the fics for other fandoms I was doing then and didn’t really mind.

But then 6B came out and the second I saw Theo on screen I was thinking “wow i can’t wait for him to see Liam and realised I was a bit more sold on them than I had planned to be and so I searched the tag again and went onto AO3 and read the few fics there but there really weren’t many.

I’d gotten stuck on all the fics I was doing for other fandoms and so put up a request for prompts and Thiamkey gave me a bunch of headcanons and prompts and then people seemed to like them and started sending them in and then I just...talked to people and they were all lovely and we had all this amazing content coming out every week from the show and more people climbed aboard the ship. More fics being written, more prompts being sent.

Honestly, i just wanted to dip my toe in the water, write a fic or two while I waited for other people to write their own but then i suddenly found myself up to my neck in Thiam and not regretting a second of it.

Let’s jump into writing. Before we dive into the Thiam pool, if your writing process was a person, describe him or her. What does he or she do? Wear? Listen to?

My writing process as a person would probably be a toddler in a room full of toys but instead of playing with them, she just hiding under furniture and has five different conversations with five different imaginary friends at one time. She’s messy, with chocolate ice cream smeared over her face and her hair tangled into nots. She has no real idea about what’s happening but is excited none-the-less. Will have constant tantrums and cry then be excitedly squealing in the next second. ACDC would be playing in the background.

And your writing Kryptonite? How do you fight it?

Procrastination. I’m really bad at focusing on any one thing. Like, if i’m watching a new episode of a show, I’ll play solitaire in the corner of the screen because otherwise, I’m too unfocused to be focused. If that makes any sense. So when I’m writing I have to have a conversation open with someone or have just done a puzzle or something that’s fried my brain a bit so I can focus on writing, but I often end up getting too focused on the other thing and not getting any writing done.

As for how to fight it, I honestly have no idea? I just kinda flit around and hope for the best.

Well, clearly it works for you, so cheers! Do you write novels or short stories about original characters, as well? If so, can you share one you’re particularly passionate about?

Yes i dooo :) I write books. So I’ve written three so far and have like 12 in the works. (There’s a YA series in there which is why there’s so many) um..I’m not sure what i’m particularly proud of so i’m just pasting the first scene I found in my emails which is a scene from a zombie book I wrote called Autumn

Autumn Excerpt:

Sometimes I could forget, for a moment. When the sun was high in the sky and we were strolling through an open field. Weapons held loose in hand, rucksacks tossed over single shoulders. When we were throwing a bottle of water between us, talking about now pointless things, sharing stories and silly jokes. Laughs etched onto our faces as we'd forget all about it. About the past months and the horror we've seen, the people we've lost.

But then a stray would stumble into the field or we’d hear a distant scream and it would come rushing back. Hands quickly going back to locked tightly arrowed our weapons, smiles slipping from our faces.There were also times I couldn't forget, not even for a second. When we lay on rough roof tops, looking up at the dark sky willing to sleep, to get lost in a dream but I could hear it, the scratching of nails against brick, the snap of teeth hitting together and the low, guttural moans. At these times I’d think, this will be the last sound I ever hear. The huffing of the dead, the wet slapping and slurping as they tore and chewed on flesh.

On these nights I’d try to comfort myself, Say that that nightmare sound wouldn't be what I heard, I prayed for a gunshot, dreamed of that rather than the sounds bellow me. Because, these days, you go out one of two ways and a gunshot was everyone's silver lining.

When you mentioned YA series, my back straightened haha. What’s the title of your series? A synopsis for what it’d be about?

Oh god, so the longest one I have to find a new title to because it’s called Gifted and is about people with superpowers and now there’s that The Gifted show out about people with powers so that’s a bit awkward.

Me and my friend wrote a webseries when we were like 14/15 and although we only filmed a tiny bit of it, we actually had the whole thing planned out. Three seasons, 40 episodes and when we stopped working on it I was like “dude can i turn this into a book series?” and he was like “Yeah go ahead.” So I started writing a bit of it.

Gifted follows the story of three childhood friends as they get powers and deal with all the usual coming of age stuff while getting caught up with other people with powers. The first book will be done in alternating POV between the three friends, but that will slowly expand to incorporate the more important characters met along the way.

There’s lots of whump, teenagers dealing with depression and PTSD. Basically i tried to write a new fairly light hearted story about kids coming of age and dealing with typical super power problems, but then accidentally put them through the ringer and turned it into a mass of character study and angst.

Final question before the barrage of Thiam questions lol. Characters often find themselves in situations they aren’t sure they can get themselves out of. When was the last time you were in a place like that and what did you do?

The last time I found myself in a situation I couldn’t get out of was this summer and I cried a lot and then made scathing jokes to the reasons I couldn’t get out of the situation with a sunny smile that left the situations unaware that I was trying to figure out how to word a letter that told the situations they need never situate themselves anywhere near me ever again. (I have yet to send those letters.)

Wow, yeah, I’ve been there before. I hope you find the strength/courage to send those letters one day. Since we’re talking about personal experiences, would you say that any of your life has poured over into your Thiam writing?

The only one I can currently think of is the scene in Sweet Talking where Theo’s tired and listening to Liam, Mason and Corey hang out and thinking about how he’ll never really fit in.

My brother had a bunch of friends round before I wrote that chapter, or at least that part of that chapter. I moved away from my home town/all my friends (there’s literally 1 friend but whatever) 3 years ago and haven’t made any friends since. My brother keeps telling me his friends can be my friends but I‘m always the odd man out and it’s just really lonely so I was definitely channeling some inner loneliness into that.

Let’s say you could escape it all and venture on a major Airplanes-esque road trip. Who would you take (real or fictional)? Where would you go? And what is one shenanigan the two of you would run into?

The Queen. I just think it’d be really funny, not to mention you could get in like everywhere for free.

Honestly I think if the queen wasn’t available, I’d want to go with @thiamfanartlove. We’ve only been talking a little while, but we get on really well and I feel like we’d be equally ready to do a bunch of dumb stuff on our journey. I’d want to go around Europe. Hit up @thiamkey on the way and a few other people.

We would 100% get into a fight at some point because neither of us have any chill. Like, someone would insult one of us and the other would just be down to fight and then it would turn into an all out brawl with us against the world. (We would lose, but it’d be a good story, at least.)

Truth. And one story we’d demand all the details on. You’ve talked a lot about some trivia, inspirations and spoilers for Airplanes in your livestream, which are linked here. So, my questions to you are more about the technique side of your writing, since it’s always amazing to learn from you all.

You incorporate great character studies into your stories. What would you say are some tricks you use to portray what your characters are thinking?

I think, just finding a way to resonate with the character you’re writing. Even if it’s a character you think you have nothing in common with, I promise you somewhere there’s a memory you have that fits something they’ve felt.

Liam’s POV was really weird to me at the start of airplanes so I chose to focus on something I could personally understand. Which was the need for freedom but anxiety at what it might cost the other people if you take it and that..kind of self hatred for the anger issues and wishing everything could change. You find a common thread and write that and soon enough you find yourself understanding the character, even in situations or with feelings you’ve never personally been affected by.

I don’t know if that makes any sense? But basically yeah, find common ground and that one scene you can write and then work from there.

And, the tension between your characters. How do you build that tension when it comes to relationships to avoid the instalove phenomenon?

ANGST! I dunno, the easiest way for me to slow down the instalove is the characters being more preoccupied with other stuff than their love lives. I think just..keeping it as real as possible. In my personal experience, love at first sight is rare. You can’t fall in love with someone until you know them so a lot of it is just..giving the characters these little moments that bring them closer together, making them have those conversations that you’d have with your best friend and just slowly drawing closer and closer together as you get more comfortable. Especially in Airplanes when it first starts Liam’s in a pretty bad place mentally. He’s really drained and feeling the weight of everything he’s been through so his mind was just so far away from romance that it seemed wrong to have him noticing any feelings for Theo until he was a bit happier and had healed a bit. Not to mention all the baggage the two have.

Having a character go through that process of questioning their sexuality is fun as well. I mean, Liam so far in canon has been written as straight and that’s a lot of fun to play with because you have that whole realisation process where he has to figure out that what he feels for Theo isn’t entirely platonic and that it’s different from how he feels about Mason or any of the other guys in the show and that can be a really challenging thing to do. Not even in the ‘Oh coming out is scary’ way just in the heteronormative straight until proven otherwise sort of way.

I mean i’m Bi and that took me like...21 years to realise? And it wasn’t that I didn’t have little crushes on girls before it was just I’d never noticed them for what they were. For me the only reason it clicked was because I realised I was Asexual and that my ‘well I don’t want to bone a girl so I’m not gay’ was kinda pointless thing when I realised that I didn’t even want to bone guys. It was just what was expected. Once I took that away and sat down and thought about it, it was suddenly very clear to me. But most characters won’t have that specific nudge so it can be a fairly long road.

Just, to stop instalove think about what they’re going through, think about how you fall in love because the realisation may be instant but the build up is usually gradual. You notice it in one dumb moment but to actually get there, you have a long list of bits where you get to know the other person and you deal with your own personal issues and stuff.

For building tension, it’s again just building up that relationship. You start off small with touches that make the heart speed up before they’re more comfortable and grow closer. Honestly, the best way is just to focus on the friendship first and the romantic relationship second because then you get the familiarity and that’s when you can start having your characters realise there’s something else there and that suddenly makes all these little touches a lot more terrifying and confusing as they try to figure out what it means.

That’s perfect though. And the gritty realization that most people have about those they’ve fallen in love with since they’ve usually gotten close to that person by that point is terrifying and emotional, so I can now see where that tension comes from! Anything else you’d like to say, in general. The floor is all yours.

Umm okay. I am always accepting prompts but it willlllll take me a while to get to them because i have quite a few and don’t really go chronologically but more where the inspiration hits and sometimes, like with airplanes, that’s my own story rather than a prompt but my ask box is always always open for more prompts.

Upcoming works, I have no idea. Right now, I just want to finish airplanes and then see where I go after that. I do want to play around in the airplanes universe a little bit more after the fic is done with, delving into Theo’s POV for some of the missing scenes and I also might do a short pack scene where you have everyone realise Theo and Liam are gone in the morning in Idaho.

The reason I like sharing my work is because I like the idea that maybe I can help someone and maybe that sounds dumb--but to me--reading is a major escapism technique. I used it a lot when I was younger and this fic and the comments I’ve gotten have just made me so insanely happy because it seems like, maybe for a few people, I’ve reached my goal in helping someone through a bad day or to relax and just forget their worries for a while. And that’s the whole reason I like writing and that’s the first time I’ve ever really felt that and I literally cried when someone told me my updates helped their shitty week before because...that’s the whole reason I want to get into writing or acting as a career and to see I’d achieved that goal was just awesome.

If you’ve sent me a nice message on tumblr and I haven’t replied, it’s not because I didn’t read it or I don’t like it or whatever you might think. It’s because i’m a hoarder and now have a folder wth screen shots of all the nice messages in it, so that I can look at them when I’m having a nice day.

Really, I just want to say that I see everything you guys send or make or comment and I appreciate every single one and just thank you. Life’s been tough for me lately but getting to write for a fandom as accepting and kind as this one is really really amazing and your messages have picked me up when I’ve felt worthless so many times. Just keep being awesome Thiam fandom! And thank you for being so welcoming and supportive of everyone that joins.

Aww thank you! We’re so happy to have you in our fandom and to have Airplanes, your prompts, and other stories. I, and others have shared the same sentiment, agree with you that this fandom is amazing and so supportive of one another that it almost seems surreal! So, go us, lovely pack!

To finish us off, what’s next for you? Both in life and in the writing world?

For life, I’m hoping to get some acting roles for student films and stuff. Get myself a laptop so I can write more and a camera (eventually) so I can film the scripts I’ve wrote. I also want to send some of my books to publishers and generally try to make a life for myself out of the two things I love doing.

I have a bunch of books I’m working on and I really want to finish writing my YA series because it seems like it could be quite fun once I get a bit more into it.

With that, BTS presents ThiamFresh to you! As always, you can keep the conversation going; respond to any of her thoughts, ask more questions, send a prompt, or simply swing by for a chat with Tagan anytime. To dive into her works, check out both her AO3 and Tumblr.

Tumblr: thiamfresh

AO3: captainmintyfresh

Ask Box: thiamfresh ask

A huge thank you to Tagan for being so open to answering our questions and sharing her tips on character stories and building tension.

Some great news, for everyone who enjoys this series, we’ve decided to run Behind the Screens every Thursday. And, we’d love your help in doing it!

Have a Thiam Creator you fan over, from any platform (AO3, Tumblr, Wattpad, Instagram, FFN, etc). Please send us their names. Bonus points if you include any questions you’re dying to ask them. Likewise, if you as the creator, would like to be a part of the Behind the Screens series, give us a shout too! We’d love to get to know you, as well.

Hasta Luego!

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lostmystyx · 7 years

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All the numbers

someone else sent me 18 but like im answering them all here (fifty years later) so

1. Do you have a chum handle? What does it mean?

i came up w geneticArticulate a while ago?? bc i thought i needed it to have The Letters yknow and i was pretentious but now if i had one itd be satansTherapist tbh

2. Is your username homestuck related/have you had one hs related?

this one isnt buuuut all my others are lmao

3. Do you call your s/o a matesprit?

nah ive picked up the word datemate from homestuck tho and thats pretty terrible but like its a good gender neutral word

4. Do you call your best friend your moirail?

what best friend tbh

5. Are you “kin” with any characters or commonly called a character?

i only have the slightest understanding of what kin even is

6. God Tier?

he ck i dont know man i bounce a lot but currently im thinking mb seer of heart?? not sure tho dont hold me to that

7. Do you make HS fanart?

SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION TIME @askthedirectoroftime @askmerdavesprite @askyourmergodhussie FOLLOW ME BITCHES

8. Do you make hs fanfiction?

yeahhhh but i dont post it v often if at all

9. Do you roleplay homestuck? where and how often?

all the time. constantly. its how i met u and its how i met dave n how i met cal and i love it a lot?? but parps kinda gone to shit lately and its getting harder and harder to score an rp, and i hate trying to rp on tumblr (not gonna promo my rp blogs bc theyre awful) bc of how much effort it takes to send a new reply, and on cherubplay everyone ditches your rp within a week. ive had discord recommended to me but i dunno how to get started on that thing.

10. Do you cosplay homestuck characters? Who and where?

heck yeAH i do!! ive been trying to go to more and more cons this year, and im excited to do even more next year!! hopefully some meet ups too lmao. ive made so many super rad friends through cosplay and its been a really great experience so far. so far ive cosplayed… (gonna censor the names so it doesnt end up in the tags) s*llux, arad*a, vr*ska, god tier m*tuna, kurl*z, cr*nus, arad*asprite, d*vepetasprite, dave, god tier j*hn, rose, dirk, hal, bro, abro, dad, sp*des sl*ck (with the most lovely ms pa*nt), and i JUST finished my jude! im almost done w my tr*llcop s*llux and d*amonds dr*og, and im working on a*mless renegade! suuper excited to cosplay him tbhh. ive done a lot of group cosplays this year, like i did a beta/alpha kids group, sc*urge sisters, pa*ntslick, and a h*veswap group! i post my pictures on instagram, but i dont hand out my instagram to ppl i dont know personally and well.

11. Are you apart of ask blogs?

@askthedirectoroftime @askmerdavesprite @askyourmergodhussie fOLLOW ME I NEED ATTENTION

12. Are you in any homestuck groups?

what does this mean

i have,, groups of friends ive met through homestuck??

i have some cosplay groups??

i was once part of a two separate askblog groups and ditched them both bc i wasnt a fan??

ive never been a part of a hs discord server??

13. Favorite character?

fuCK idK i relate a lot to john and dave is my baby and i lOVE messing w abros character and d*vesprite is wonderful and dirks a loser and kark*ts a sweetheart but i dk man idk probably john or dave

14. Least favorite character?

f*feri. i think her character was brilliantly done but this fucking fandom doesnt know shit about her and i despise it. or, g*mzee, for the same general reason. mb kankr*, for the same general reason. i love all of the characters in homestuck, but some the fans have really made me hate seeing.

15. OTP?

d*vekat tbhhh but listen okay d*rkjohn, lately, has been my fucking everything give me the depressed assholes im here for it

16. NOTP?

any kinda pedophillia incestual bullshit pls get that out of my house i dont want it i dont like it go fuck urself but other than that catch me leaping away from that d*vejade i dont even have a good reason for why i dont like it i just?? dont for some reason

17. BROTP?

hAL N D*VESPRITE PLS N THANKS

but i also lOVE psii and bro??? so much??? why isnt there more content tbh

and he ckin abro and (fanon) bro ofc is a wonderful thing that gives me life

18. Do you want homestuck to just die already?

nah

19. Are you following up with hiveswap? Do you play? Watch YT videos?

i bought it the day it came out and played it all and finished my jude cosplay the day after and me n two buddies did tr*zza xefr*s and jude on halloween and one of my pals is working on finishing her joey rn n were gonna do the thing joey is my sweet precious bby and jude is a Good Boy who deserves the best n u will pry this game from my cold dead hands

20. Tell us how homestuck has effected you in real life?

ohmygod ive met so many amazing friends through homestuck?? and i think ive found a really amazing community in the cosplay community, and cosplay has helped me a lot with making new friends and starting conversations with strangers and getting the courage to go to new things where i dont know anyone and navigating stuff on my own- and OFC, bc of my askblogs my art has improved so fucking much??? its actually insane?? and ive seen so many huge inspirations in this community that make me want to create more beautiful things every day

21. Have you met anyone through homestuck?

uh yEAH ive met t o n s of wonderful amazing ppl through homestuck and im not gonna list them all bc ive been here all day but i love them all and theyre amazing wonderful ppl whether i met them through roleplay or askblogs or cosplay or whatever u guys r wonderful

22. Have you left the fandom before?

nope im here forever

23. How many times have you read through it?

only the once tbh but ive been meaning to go back and read through it again and like,,, rlly study the characters u kno?? bc the fanon rlly makes u forget so much about what happened and also knowing how things end up rlly puts things in perspective when you go back

24. Did you ever skip intermissions/dialog/animations?

never and ppl who do need to get off my blog dont talk to me or my thousand green frog sons ever again

25. Opinions on the fandom?

there are so many amazing artists in this community that are rlly just amazing and inspiring and i love being here because of it, and ive met so many AWESOME fucking people through it, and i love going to cons as a homestuck just because of the instant community you find i think its beautiful. but, at the same time, there are a lot of awful nasty toxic fuckheads in this community who can frankly burn.

26. Opinions on the comic?

amazing?? glorious?? beautiful?? gay vampire n goth girl wedding?? canon nb chara?? aracial charas?? total freedom of hcs?? g ay?? approaching serious issues like child abuse and depression in a serious and healthy yet lighthearted way?? egg?? dealing with embarrassment related to past choices?? gay?? incredible music?? amazing art?? awesome animation?? stupid as hell?? amazingly flushed out and dynamic characters and relationships?? wonderful?? my everything??

27. Do you favor the trolls, humans, or carapaces?

i definitely have a serious leaning towards the humans im gonna be completely honest here what can i say im a sucker for them str*londes and my boy john

28. Favorite moment of all of homestuck?

just. the whole d*vekat arc. their relationship is so good n healthy n just?? aaaa?? oR. johns slow descent into depression. i cried. im a mess. but honestly also i love a lot of just the ridiculous bullshit at the beginning with john fucking around and how upset he gets over dumb things i love john

29. Least favorite moment of all of homestuck?

the whole mess with aran*a and jake and jane it was well done and i admire hussie so much but it was so well done that it made me uncomfortable reading it

30. Tell us a homestuck based story.

there was a tournament arena thing at a con i went to and i was playing sharks and minnows with a whole bunch of cosplayers but it had a twist and that twist was you tagged people with swords

imagine a whole bunch of nerds running back and forth in a fenced in rectangle with a line of nerds in the middle trying to smack them with swords

got that image in your head? good

so i was dressed as hal that day and me and a dirk were the only homestucks playing and we were totally into it and our characters and generally goofing off and going back and forth teasing each other yknow

and i was a shark and he went running by and i fucking nailed him right in the crotch (on accident) and he went fucking down (he was okay tho the sword was basically a pool noodle) and thats the time i hit a dirk in the dick with a sword as hal

31. How homestuck related is your blog?

sweats

#woo #i have more weird cosplay stories #a lot more #most of my weird homestuck stories r either cosplay or rp related #that was a time tho

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legendofgrump · 7 years

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awkwardarin replied to your post “awkwardarin replied to your post “4, 7, 10 you bet your ass I’m...”

*chanting* DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT

You ask, I deliver. Here we gooooo~ (Also I’m going to shame you all I want SO)

As per request, I’ll answer all the asks (that I haven’t already) from the fanfic questions post, but it’s under a read more so I don’t literally kill everyone’s dashes. I’m so sorry in advance

1. What was the first fandom you got involved in? I mean, before I even knew what “fandom” meant, I was writing Twilight fanfiction, so I guess that counts. The first one I actively participated in was the Grump one haha

2. What is your latest fandom? Ouran High School Host Club, but again, if you want active participation, then I guess uhhh Night in the Woods?

3. What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in? Definitely the Grump fandom!! I’ve met all the best people and 99% of my friends through this blog right here!

4. Answered

5. Which fandoms have your written fanfiction for? Uhh Twilight, Big Time Rush, Total Drama, Game Grumps, technically AntiPoppy but it’s not even close to done and not published

6. Answered

7. Answered

8. Answered

9. What are the best things about your current fandom? I mean, for this fandom, like I said, it’s got all my friends in it. Everyone’s super supportive and there’s tons of opportunities to get involved and create stuff and support other creators! It’s probably one of the nicest communities I’ve been a part of.

10. Answered

11. Who is your current OTP? Currently I’m still heavily thinking about Hikaru and Haruhi from Ouran Host Club so that I guess haha

12. Who is your current OT3? The all time babes are Rubbercommanderbang. Also Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy is a ship that @cantolopejeevas made me think about and I love

13. Any NoTPs? Refer to this massive post

14. Go on, who are your BroTPs? Hikaru and Kaoru from Ouran, The entirety of the Teen Titans, the monks in Xiaolin Showdown, etc

15. Is there an obscure ship which you love? A n t i P o p p y

16. Are their any popular ships in your fandom which you dislike? I’m more or less indifferent toward Egobang if we’re gonna be real here. I just don’t feel like there’s anything I can add to it at this point.

17. Who was your first OTP and are they still your favourite? I mean, before I knew what that meant, probably RaiKim from Xiaolin Showdown. And they’re still great, but now I’m a little gayer.

18. What ship have you written the most about? Ironically? Probably Egobang. I wasn’t so cynical about it when I first started haha

19. Is there a ship which you wished you could get behind, but you just don’t feel them? Refer to number 16

20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking? Hmm probably like Septibang? Or CommanderSeptiBang?? Those were two ships I just kinda stumbled upon and was like? Okay I guess we’re doing this now??

Also Mae and Selmers from Night in the Woods. Surprisingly wholesome.

21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote? I think I mentioned this before, but it was self-insert Twilight fanfic. Honestly I wish I was just as shameless as I was in middle school. Writing Mary Sue self-insert fic where you ship yourself with a main character is fun and satisfying as hell.

22. Is there anything you regret writing? Aforementioned Twilight fanfiction. Though part of me doesn’t because it was my origin story and also, like I said, shameless and for fun.

23. Name a fic you’ve written that you’re especially fond of & explain why you like it. Ahh probably either “You Monster,” which is like my best stuff that I’ve put up so far??? or the massive Big Time Rush fanfic I talk so much about just for the sheer size of it :P

24. What fic do you desperately need to rewrite or edit? You Monster!!!! I’m gonna write a redux soon I promise.

25. What’s your most popular fanfic? ???? According to Archive, it’s You Monster! How nice~

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28. If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of? Literally anything??? I love all fanart of anything I make??? But I guess You Monster haha

29. Do you have a beta reader? Why/Why not? Hahaha no I don’t write enough to warrant having one. And also I literally almost never edit anything I write rip

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32. Do you listen to music when you write or does music inspire you? If so, which band or genre of music does it for you? Depends!! Sometimes music really confuses my brain and makes me unable to think of words, especially if it’s really word-heavy music (which is most of what I listen to). If I’m really struggling, it usually helps to do it in silence so I can focus. But otherwise, I used to make little playlists of instrumental music to listen to, or play premade playlists of like study music or something.

33. Do you write oneshots, multi-chapter fics or huuuuuge epics? I really like writing huuuuge epics/multi-chapters but I’m really bad at finishing things ;--; so most of what gets published are requested one-shots/ficlets (one of which was requested the other day and I’M STILL T R Y I N G I SWEAR)

34. What’s the word count on your longest fic? Oh buddy. It’s over 100K.

35. Do you write drabbles? If so, what do you normally write them about? Uh I guess? But I’m not particularly stuck to the “required word count” for the different vocab. I usually only write really short things when people request stuff haha. But it’s kinda fun~

36. What’s your favourite genre to write? Probably just straight angst. Angst that develops character, specifically, but angst nonetheless.

37. First person or third person - what do you write in and why? Third person. I used to write in first person and for some reason it always seems less?? effective/neat to me? Plus I write very colloquially and I find it easier to do when I can write in third person.

38. Do you use established canon characters or do you create OCs? Usually canon characters, but if it’s something like Total Drama that depends on constantly changing casts of characters, I’ve definitely made some of my own characters.

39. What is you greatest strength as a writer? Uhhh???? Uhhhh????? Does not compute????

40. What do you struggle the most with in your writing? Effectively capturing characters, at least that fit my own standards. And then also the anxiety that comes along with thinking its good enough to waste people’s time with. :’)

41. List and link to 5 fanfics you are currently reading: I’m not...currently reading any...but I will link to five of my favs.

1. Before and After (Shaddic) --Total Drama (also tw for a lot of HEAVY mental illness/abuse/violence) 2. Wu Xing Shield (DragonNutt) -- Xiaolin Showdown (tw: death) 3. If Lost, Return to Phil (thatsmistertoyou) - Dan and Phil (I don’t remember, I just remember it being really fucking sad) 4. Two Roads Meet (pianodan) - Dan and Phil (tw: suicide) 5. The Vibe and The Vibe 2: 2Fuck2Vibrator (by our very own @cantolopejeevas) (tw: gratuitous smut ;) )

42. List and link to 5 fanfiction authors who are amazing: 1. @cantolopejeevas / @grumpygamersandvibrantcolors for obvious reasons. they’re just!!! so good!!! at all the types of writing. (hey go commission them) The Ultimate Senpai 2. @i-am-avacado oh boy they angst well! current holder of the angst crown (for nooooow~) honestly writing senpai 3. @devilgate-drive provides the Good Quality Rubbercommanderbang Content and also just generally talented 4. @sweetiefiend writes the cute shit!!! like damn!!!! 5. @autumn-feels so??? talented for her age??? and so deep wtf

43. Is there anyone in your fandom who really inspires you? I mean, all of my friends for one. And my lovely darling @cantolopejeevas who continues to push me forward and compliments my work all the time. But yeah, all my friends make me wanna get better because they’re all so good and I wanna do that tooooo!!

44. What ship do you feel needs more attention? AntiPoppy. Please.

45. What is your all time favourite fanfic? Fuckin’!!!! Wu Xing Shield, listed above!!! It’s the first fanfic I cried reading!!! And it’s so beautifully written!!! If you like Xiaolin Showdown, I recommend it. Plus, it also took stuff from Xiaolin Chronicles and made it bearable. Bless.

46. If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why? Ahhh You Monster. It’s probably my best one. Even though it needs heavy editing haha.

47. Archive Of Our Own, Fanfiction.net or Tumblr - where do you prefer to post and why? I mean....Fanfiction.net is where it all began, but I never posted anything on it. I think AO3 is the best for posting fics and keeping track of them. But more people usually see it if I post it on my tumblr. So a mixture of those two?

48. Do you leave reviews when you read fanfiction? Why/Why not? For the longest time I didn’t because I had major anxiety!!! I was too nervous to leave a comment, no matter what. Plus, I didn’t really make accounts on either ffn or ao3 so I couldn’t have if I wanted to. But now I like leaving tags and stuff on people’s works on tumblr and (if I read more fic) I would leave comments, just because I want people to know they’re doing good work!!

49. Do you care if people comment/reblog your writing? Why/why not? Yeah, I mean, of course! I love seeing comments on all my work, art, writing, or otherwise! It’s just nice to know that someone liked something I made, especially if it’s something I’m self-conscious about like I am with writing. And reblogs help spread it around so it can get more attention, so that’s always helpful!

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I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAPPY ESPECIALLY YOU @awkwardarin

#awkwardarin #ask meme

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arsonist14 · 7 years

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Get to know me tag

Tagged by @princess-kidatheart17

Rules: Answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people

//yeah right like I’m gonna make ppl go through this xD//

Okay so I think the numbers are jumbled up even though I copy/pasted this but pfft I’m not gonna go through this whole thing and fix it lol

1. Drink: Dr Pepper 2. Phone call: …what? (Hehe I like my ringtone ^^ It’s The SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song) 3. Text message: I don’t understand this question…… 4. Song you listen to: ahhh my favorite song is Fall Out Boy: ‘Immortals’ I listen to it a lot!! 5. Time you cried: I cried when my dad called me a baby for liking cartoons and animated *kid’s* shows at age 14…so I decided to work at Disney Animation Studios when I grow up! *sticks tongue out at dad*

HAVE YOU: 6. Dated someone twice: Yes but I wasn’t into him. The poor guy (I only went bc we’re both photographers and he wanted to go out and take pictures so I went too 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: Yeah but I was just a dumb child then 8. Been cheated on: Nope 9. Lost someone special: my first art teacher 10. Been depressed: Never for too long. I wouldn’t even call it depression I was just sad for a short period of time bc of something bad that happened or whatever 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: yeah hi question 11 NEED I REMIND YOU IM ONLY 16 SO OF COURSE NOT

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: 12-14: Sapphire blue, purple, and that minty looking green :) IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: Soooo Many!!! 16. Fallen out of love: *with an animated character and not real people, yes* 17. Laughed until you cried: I do that a lot xD I am easy to get laughing 18. Found out someone was talking about you: Not in a bad way 19. Met someone who changed you: Maybe but I’d really have to think about it 20. Found out who your friends are: Yep 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: I have no Facebook

GENERAL: 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: I HAVE NO FACEBOOK 23. Do you have any pets: Two cats 24. Do you want to change your name: Only my last name (I’d change it to Hamada) 25. What did you do for your last Birthday: Just..ate food at a restaurant. This September I have a football game to go to on my birthday -_- (bc I’m in band/percussion) 26. What time do you wake up: Like 1:00pm on my own but my mom wakes me up at 11 something am xD 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: Drawing Zootopia fanart 28. Name something you can’t wait for: BIG HERO 6 THE SERIES AND MAYBE SOME WORD ON ZOOTOPIA 2 PLEASE DISNEY??!! 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: Well she’s in front of me rn 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I wish I had unlimited data 31. What are you listening to right now: My mom’s watching The Wheel of Fortune so yeah 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: My friend’s mom is named Thomasa //does that count// 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: THERE JUST ARENT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY YKNOW 34. Most visited website: TUMBLR and AO3 !! 35. Mole/s: yeah I have a lot ad I like them :) 36. Mark/s: A birthmark on my left hip 37. Childhood dream: In pre-k I wanted to be an illustrator bc the only things I knew back then were art and books x3 38. Hair color: Dark brown 39. Long or short hair: Long! Ends right above my butt 40. Do you have a crush on someone: Ehh he’s cute and all but I don’t think our paths will cross *in that way* when we grow up 41. What do you like about yourself: My artistic talent :D 42. Piercings: I can wear two earrings on each ear ;) 43. Blood type: A+ 44. Nickname: Emmy is my favorite but…nobody calls me that but me :/ 45. Relationship status: Single 46. Zodiac: Virgo 47. Pronouns: She/Her 48. Favorite TV Show: Cartoon: SpongeBooooob Squarepaaaaants!! Live Action/Sitcom: iCarly ^^ Anime: Danganronpa 49. Tattoos: Not yet! :D 50. Right or left hand: Righty 51. Surgery: Never had any 52. Hair dyed in different color: I’m gonna dye it with a bunch of blues and purple ✨ 53. Sport: Pfft. Like, Band and Skateboarding 55. Vacation: I’d go to Japan and my tumblr bro is in Paris, France so ya 56. Pair of trainers: what does this even mean

MORE GENERAL: 57. Eating: HAHAHA I barely eat but I just had a chocolate chip cookie 58. Drinking: I drank milk with that cookie 59. I’m about to: Listen to Hamilton musical or Fall Out Boy and draw 61. Waiting for: The end of this post bc I wanna go draw lol 62. Want: To meet @trashasaurusrex !!! AND FOR MY OTP TO BE CANON!!! 63. Get married: Hmm… Love is going to have to find me bc I’m more focused on drawing and getting to Disney and stuff ^^’ and after than eh maybe I’ll be open to dating but all in all I’m indifferent to getting married BUT LOVE DOES SOUND REALLY GREAT hehe 64. Career: Character Designer, Voice Actress, Animated Feature/Series Director/Creator

WHICH IS BETTER 65. Hugs or kisses: I don’t have a lot of kiss experience (if any at all) but I think hugs and cuddling are the best 66. Lips or eyes: Eyes are the windows to the soul!! So eyes 67. Shorter or taller: a little taller would be nice 68. Older or younger: I miss being 14 bc it’s like in between being a kid and a teen (but not a fresh teen y'know) but 17 sounds like it’s gonna be in between teen and adult and that sounds cool too ;) but still younger 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: Nice stomach 71. Sensitive or loud: LOUD! 72. Hook up or relationship: Relationship bc everything is more or less figured out 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Troublemaker 😈

HAVE YOU EVER: 74. Kissed a Stranger: Nah 75. Drank hard liquor: AGAIN IM 16 76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: Lost my glasses for a bit once 77. Turned someone down: LOTS 78. Sex on the first date: I’m ace/demi so that’s a no for me 79. Broken someone’s heart: again, LOTS 80. Had your heart broken: Yeah but it had nothing to do with crushes and stuff but rather sad experiences like death and when something just didn't go my way...... 81. Been arrested: Maybe almost xD 82. Cried when someone died: Fictional and real yeah 83. Fallen for a friend: Not for long bc I know my priorities :/

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 84. Yourself: Pfft, Always 😎 85. Miracles: Well YOU try explaining them ;) 86. Love at first sight: How the heck do you think I fell for Hiro Hamada?! xD 87. Santa Claus: I BELIEVE SANTA CLAUS IS WHAT EVERYONE SAYS HE IS: the SPIRIT of Christmas!! Like as in Santa Claus is the Christmas Spirit everyone feels on that Christmas Day when we wake up and feel instantly happy :D (hence the phrase 'Santa Came!!’) He’s here with us all season as long as we have the spirit in us :) 88. Kiss on the first date: I think instant matches like that it can truly happen

OTHER: 90. Current best friend name: All my best friends have moved away from me one after the other but eh I’ll go with Erica. At least she’s still around ;) //though Emily and I have more in common…also Erica’s leaving the school band and Emily is staying// 91. Eye color: Brown but in the light the look not red or orangey 92. Favorite movie: BIG HERO 6 AND ZOOTOPIA As for live action: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Horrible Bosses 2 😄

TAGS: Anyone who wants to kill time, talk about themselves, and bored enough to do this ahaha xD

#tag #I was tagged #thanks btw ^^

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mynewfangledlife · 5 years

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We're all just a little bit broken, and a little more lost than found.

1.) what’s a song you depict with your childhood?

- Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light.

2.) did you have a memorable childhood pet?

- I had a corgi mix girl named sandy.. my best bud.

3.) have you ever been drunk?

- a few times, yep.

4.) have you ever tried drugs?

- just weed.

5.) have you ever completely regretted what you’ve said?

- every damn day of my life.

6.) have you ever made someone cry?

- yes.

7.) has someone ever made you cry?

- yes.

8.) have you ever been in love? if so, describe the moment you knew it.

- when I looked at her and knew I could never begrudge her, that I would love her no matter what came of us. She taught me love, and for that I will always be grateful.

9.) which came first the chicken or the egg?

- does anyone actually care?

10.) are you part of the lgbtq+ community? do you support them?

- Transmasc Bisexual, so yeah.

11.) how many siblings do you have?

- Two, little buggers, loves em.

12.) have you ever been in love with someone you couldn’t love?

- ha.. yeah.

13.) are you a good cook?

- I can hold my own in the kitchen yeah.

14.) what is your favorite tv show?

- currently? I'm really enjoying Lucifer.

15.) what is the last movie you cried during?

- probably the notebook. I can't remember.

16.) what are songs you’ve cried to when you first heard them? (if any)

- oh Jesus, a few. Most recently, you say by Lauren Daigle.

17.) do you have a middle name?

- I do.

18.) have you been out of your country?

- A few times, yes.

19.) are you a chocolate fan or not?

- Depends on the chocolate, lately I've been obsessed with crunchie bars.

20.) how many people have you kissed?

- idk, like 10?

21.) what is your favorite album?

- I don't have one. Not off hand anyways.

22.) what is your dream car?

- 1965 Ford F250 with full bench and a lift kit.

23.) what is your lucky/favorite number?

- 27.

24.) what is your favorite flower?

- The Primrose.

25.) books or movies, why?

- I love a good book, but I can follow a movie better.

26.) have you ever been on a blind date?

- Yes, twice. Never again.

27.) has one of your friends ever backstabbed you?

- Lol.. it's a fact of life. Shit happens.

28.) have you ever backstabbed one of your friends?

- Not that I'm aware of.

29.) what thing do you symbolize love with?

- Thing? I don't really think I can stick it to one thing more than another.

30.) do you have neat handwriting?

- It's legible.

31.) do you have a friend with benefits?

- I guess you could say that. Yeah.

32.) do you want a friend with benefits?

- Not necessarily the one I have.

33.) if you could be anything in the world, what would you be?

- A bird.

34.) have you ever been blackout drunk?

- Once in my life, yes.

35.) have you ever met someone famous?

- I have, a few actually.

36.) how many concerts have you been to?

- I dunno, half a dozen maybe?

37.) which concerts have you been to?

- Heldey, Rex Goudie, Sean Kingston, Karl Wolfe, And two summer fests with like 6 bands each.

38.) do you have a hidden talent?

- Define talent.. lol

39.) what do you do when you’re stressed?

- Smoke.

40.) do you think money can buy love?

- I think it can buy you the illusion of love, but no, not the real deal.

41.) how old would you date?

- 5 above, 3 below.

42.) have you ever done something illegal?

- Yep. A few things.

43.) what is your biggest fear?

- Living a long life.

44.) what is an unusual fear you have?

- Not a fan of snakes, also not a fan of living.

45.) can you drive?

- Yes.

46.) do you believe in supernatural creatures?

- Spirits? Yes.. Bigfoot? No.

47.) do you believe in karma?

- The ten fold rule.

48.) what is one quality you need in your partner?

- Loyalty.

49.) do looks matter?

- Yes.

50.) does size matter?

- Eh, preferences, but no, not requirement.

51.) who is the last person you forgave?

- Myself.

52.) what is your favorite ice cream flavor?

- Hoofprints.

53.) what languages can you speak besides english?

- French, some German, and very little Gaelic.

54.) ever been on a plane?

- Yep.

55.) ever been on a boat?

- Yep.

56.) is there anyone you’ve lost touch with that you wish you hadn’t?

- Yep.

57.) are there any friendships you regret?

- Fuck yes.

58.) are there any friendships you wish you could make?

- Not that I haven't already made.

59.) have you ever stayed awake for 24 (+) hours?

- All the time.

60.) have you ever walked outside after 12 am?

- Yes.

61.) have you ever seen a sunrise completely through?

- Yes.

62.) are you scared of rollercoasters?

- Nope, love em.

63.) on a scale of 1-10 how stressed are you usually?

- 11.

64.) do you have any plans this weekend?

- Working.

65.) do you miss anyone right now?

- Meh, I miss who I thought they were.

66.) who do you wish you were talking to right now?

- My best friend.

67.) if you could have any superpower, what would it be?

- The power to erase people's memories.

68.) who is your favorite superhero?

- Does deadpool count?

69.) are you dirty minded?

- Well isn't this coincidental... Not. Lol.

70.) what is your favorite song from every decade starting at that 80’s?

-80s It's a toss up, the safety dance, or under pressure.

- 90s baby got back

- 2000s Like a bird

-2010 somebody that I used to know

71.) how many kids, if any, do you want?

- 3.. or maybe 5.. I want a few.

72.) who is your biggest OTP?

- Wade and Vanessa.... Fuck them for killing her off.

73.) what is your favorite food?

- Idk.. pasta maybe?

74.) do you want to be married one day?

- Yeah, I mean, I'd like to. But that requires someone willingly wanting to spend the rest of their lives with me.. so like.. probably not.

75.) dogs or cats?

- Both, but I'm allergic to cats.

76.) do you drink enough water daily?

- Not even close.

77.) have you ever seen a shooting star?

- Few times yes.

78.) if you had the opportunity to go to the moon, would you?

- Do I get to stay there?

79.) how many best friends do you have?

- Just one, but I have a few solid friends.

80.) when was the last time you cried?

- Today.

81.) have you ever laughed so hard you peed yourself?

- All the time.

82.) have you ever made anyone laugh so hard they peed?

- A few times that I'm aware of.

83.) if you could travel any where in the world, where would you go?

- Machu Picchu.

84.) what are 3 words you would use to describe yourself?

- Compassionate, Loving, Forgiving.

85.) do you consider yourself a loyal person?

- To a fault.

86.) what is your favorite season and why?

- Fall, not too warm, not too cold, pretty colors.

87.) have you ever told anyone you loved them, and didn’t mean it?

- Yes.

88.) do you know how to play any instruments?

- Not really, no.

89.) do like like falling asleep to music or not?

- Yes.

90.) what are you allergic to?

- Cats and Penicillin.

91.) have you ever wanted to be someone else for a day just so you could see what there life is like?

- Yes. Every damn day of my life.

92.) if you could be any character from your favorite tv show would you, and if so, who would you be?

- I'd like to be Jason Momoa.. can someone make that happen please?

93.) if you could be best friends with any celebrity who would it be and why?

- Fucking Ellen, she's a queen. Or maybe John Mulaney? He seems cool.

94.) are you outgoing?

- Ish.

95.) have you ever wanted to kiss someone, but weren’t brave enough to?

- I will regret it for a very long time, but yes.

96.) are you a good flirt?

- Ahahahah.. no.

97.) have you ever been turned down, or have you ever turned anyone down?

- Both, yes.

98.) which planet is your favorite?

- Mars.

99.) are you superstitious?

- To an extent.

100.) are you a good listener?

- I try to be.

101.) are you a good kisser

- I haven't had any complaints?

102.) would you kiss any of your friends?

- Mhmm.. one in particular, but yes.

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4. What’s your current NOTP?D*lena and C.lace.

9. Do you have many ships that never got together at all?I already answered this, so I’m just gonna copy and paste, cos obviously it’s the same answer. I have a fair few. Off the top of my head, Eleven/Amy, Daryl/Beth, Dexter/Debra, Harry/Hermione, Bella/Jacob. Then there’s Emma/Regina and Bonnie/Damon, but there’s still a chance they may get together (we can hope!).

17. Talk about a pairing you’ve stopped shipping romantically.I already talked about Emma and H00k, so this time I’ll talk about Sherlock and John. I’d always been unsure about whether I shipped them romantically tbh, but it was one of those situations whereby cos the Sherlock fandom is so dominated by Johnlock fans, I kinda got sucked into it too and started shipping them. But I just realised that I don’t ship them romantically at all. Don’t get me wrong, I can see the chemistry is there, but I just see Sherlock as being so bad for John. There’s a very unhealthy dynamic to their relationship and ultimately Sherlock is always the one pulling the strings and John is forced to follow. But honestly, it’s mostly because I just see them as being friends more so than anything else.

18. Talk about a moment which made you question an entire ship.I’d definitely have to say the TVD season 4 finale where Elena chose D*mon. Like I had complete faith all the way through season 4 that by the end of the season Elena would find her way back to Stefan because he was the love of her life, so I was actually so shocked when that happened and it made me doubt everything. Because like, her choosing to be with D*mon and loving him more than Stefan is something she said would never ever happen, so the fact that it had definitely made me question everything. There were a lot of moments are that that made me question everything too, but that’s another story haha.

20. Talk about a ship you feel alone in shipping.Dexter and Debra. I’m pretty sure when the show as still airing and the fandom was bigger and more active, there were probably some Debster shippers, but most of them are long gone. And I remember in season 6 when Deb finally admitted she was in love with Dexter so many people were disgusted at the writers for going down that path and complaining how it was wrong for them to be together because they’re brother and sister and blah blah blah. But they’re probably one of my OTP’s and at the darker end of the spectrum on my shipping scale. I loved them for - in Deb’s words - being so fucked up. I loved that they were complicated, messy and dangerous. It was such an intriguing dynamic to me and it sucked me in.

24. Do you mostly ship canon pairings?Definitely. There was a time when I pretty much only shipped canon pairings, because I didn’t understand the concept of non-canon ships. Like a lot of the time non-canon ships are two characters that are portrayed as being solely friends or they barely interact and I’d be thinking, “So why/how do people ship them?”. But over the last year or so I’ve opened myself up more to non-canon pairings and they can actually be so much more fun than canon pairings. The reason for that is that there’s more creativity involved. The shippers can create endless headcanons and write stories of what could/should happen in the future with the ships or create endless AUs, they can make manips, write theories on how they think the ship could be canon or why they should be canon. With non-canon ships it’s an entirely different world that is completely open and free for the shippers to do what they want and I think sometimes canon ships don’t have that, because there is a limit on the creativity and freedom because the focus is the material/scenes they’re given by the show/movie, rather than creating their own, if that makes sense.

26. Have you noticed a pattern in your shipping? Is there a romantic dynamic you’re more drawn to?I already answered this one, too, so here’s my answer from before: I don’t think I have a pattern to my shipping. In fact, I think if you look at a list of my ships it’s very random. I’m really the kind of person where if it’s there for me it’s there. Like, your ships just choose you and it’s a hard thing to explain why or how it happens. I think that the only thing that all of my ships have in common is that they changed each other’s life in some drastic way. I think I’m generally drawn to those domesticated, loving, supportive, soul mate, vanilla type relationships where the two people are good for each other. So I’m talking about ships such as Monica/Chandler, Snow/Charming, Jane/Michael, Glenn/Maggie, Michael/Sara. But at the same time, I have a fascination with ships that are the complete opposite, ships that have an interesting, messy, complicated and sometimes even a dangerous dynamic, such as, Regina/Emma, Dexter/Debra, Chuch/Blair, Cook/Effy, Henry VIII/Anne Boleyn, Phoebe/Cole and Jax/Tara. So yeah, for me it’s all about chemistry and whether the story of the couple intrigues me or not. Whether or not I like the characters involved as individuals also has a pretty big influence. Generally, most of my ships involve two of my favourite characters.

31. Talk about one of your favorite headcanons for a ship you love.The one that really sticks out in my mind, is one I have for Eleven and Amy. When the Doctor was gone for long periods of time, Amy missed him so much that there were nights where she’d lie awake at night. She just couldn’t sleep, because every time she closed her eyes she saw his face and she was constantly straining her ears to listen out for that familiar sound of the TARDIS. So, she’d wait until Rory fell asleep, then she’d sneak downstairs, go in the freezer, grab a box of fish fingers and then go to the cupboard and reach for a can of custard. Once they were done she’d take her bowl of fish fingers and custard outside into the the back garden and perch herself on the bench. It would be bitterly cold, so she’d have a woolly blanket wrapped about her shoulders, the bowl cupped in her hands and steam rising from it. She didn’t even notice the tears streaming down her face until she lifted the bowl up to her face, inhaled the smell and noticed them dropping one by one into the bowl. Once she saw them it made her cry harder until she was sobbing. She stayed out there in the cold for a long time simply bawling, until the fish fingers and custard were cold and then she looked up at the stars and prayed for her raggedy Doctor to appear from the dark night sky. She thought back to the night she spent lying back in the grass, hand in hand with the greatest painter that ever lived and her Doctor, she wished for more nights like those. She knew she should be moving forward, living her life with Rory, but she couldn’t let go of the Doctor or the life she had with him. Even after all those years, she was still the girl who was waiting and she’d realise in those moments that she didn’t know how to stop waiting. Eventually when the tears ran dry, she’d get up, take one last look up at the stars and whisper, “Goodnight, raggedy man” and then turn to head inside the house. She’d climb into bed next to Rory and feel so guilty that she still longed for the Doctor, that she still dreamed of running away with him all over again. Eventually she’d drift off to sleep, memories of the Doctor at the forefront of her mind. In the meantime, the Doctor would just be returning to the TARDIS after yet another adventure, he’d step in, a spring in his step and a jolly grin on his face, but once the door was firmly closed behind him, the mask would slip and the sadness would return. He’d lived for nearly a thousand years, spent a majority of his life without Amy, yet the TARDIS didn’t quite feel the same without her presence. It didn’t feel like a home to him anymore. There was a deep sadness in his eyes, that no matter how hard he tried he could never hide, yet none of the people or creatures he met seemed to notice. He’d get ready for bed, change into some hideous grandad pajamas and he’d warm up a bowl of fish fingers and custard - just like he did every night - then he’d sit on his bed, eat it and finally feel like he was closer to home. Unlike Amy, he wouldn’t cry, because he knew he’d see her again soon. Instead he’d place the empty bowl at the side of his bed, turn the lights off, lie back and whisper, “See you soon, Pond”, before falling to sleep with a smile on his face and Amy in his heart

32. Share five must-read fics.I have to admit, I haven’t read many fics, so I don’t know if I can share five, but here are the ones I recommend:1. Break Me Everytime (Dexter) - honestly, no fanfiction story could ever beat this in my eyes. @six-impossible-things is such a talented writer, I could read her stuff forever.2. In the Aftermath (Dexter) - this is an addition to Break Me Everytime (above)3. There Are Rules (Dexter) - a sequel to Break Me Everytime (basically, if you like Dexter, read all of the fics Solia has dedicated to Break Me Everytime, because they’re amazing). 4. Black and Blue (Once Upon a Time) - the first (and only) Swan Queen fic that’s managed to keep my attention so far. But there are so many Swan Queen fics out there and this is only the beginning, hopefully soon I will be able to recommend a lot more. I don’t have a fifth to share. Sorry, I suck.

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