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azrielgreen · 3 months

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There's a reason I always moderate comments but i approved this one so people can see how truly vile it gets sometimes. I'm not arrogant. I don't think the way I write is better at all. Exploring them on an authentic level means exploring this, or any, version of them with wholehearted passion, not that this is the authentic interpretation of them. Writing intense stuff isn't a brag, it's a warning so people can be prepared for stuff like arguments and confrontations. I always over-warn for CW stuff so that, again, people are prepared. I never once have asked people to read it. It's just there and I've tried my best to a) write something i loved and b) thoroughly warn those who might read it. Any interpretation of the characters is valid and worth exploring. It's so sad to see a reeled off list of all the way Steve "should be" and the implication that nothing but strict canon adherence could ever be a passionate, worthy exploration. It's... only fanfic? It's not real. They're not real. Nothing is real and everything is possible and that's supposed to be what's fun about it.

I write the characters very intensely, so yes, they are often out of character, sorry for... warning about that? I write different backgrounds for them and play with the negative space of possibilities and potential and i do this with authentic curiosity and passion because I love doing it and i get very into it. Sorry for warning about that too, I guess? When I first started writing in this fandom, some people pointed out to me that I could CW warn for them being OOC and that was new to me, i didn't think I had to warn for that. I thought people would read the tags, like in other fandoms, and understand that the story would do different things with the characters but it became clear that this was actually solid advice as this was a fandom obsessed with "canon adherence" and policing. So I thought I would CW as thoroughly as I could so no one would be shocked or disappointed and then maybe they wouldn't leave an essay of hate in the comments.

But ultimately, people like this would only be satisfied if I deleted everything and stopped writing. I barely participate in this fandom as it is beyond answering asks and writing. I don't rec my own work. The thing i don't ever want, and this is why it was worrying seeing something like YD becoming "popular", is for people to feel like they *should* read my work without having gone and looked for it via the tags. Without having found it naturally, just by browsing and thinking "that's definitely for me". I've only ever posted for small rarepairs in the past so a couple of comments on a fic always made me so happy. I write for myself and the few others in the world who might like it. I have never written for an audience. If you don't like something I wrote, it's not for you. Genuinely. Move along to the next, no? That's what I would do.

This was so spiteful and targeted. YD is so old at this point, I just don't understand people who do shit like this. I don't bother anyone and I try to be here for anyone who needs me. I CW as thoroughly as I can. I don't think I'm better than anyone. I think every single iteration of these characters is worthy and valid and what matters is how fun they were to write, for the author. I had so much fucking fun with these stories that seeing this miserable little rant seems pointless to me. I don't care if you didn't like it. I don't care if it wasn't to your taste. Writing it was what I wanted. Sharing it is secondary, always. It's fanfiction, written for free in my spare time. I didn't take up space, I didn't trample anyone. There is no reason for this beyond spite.

I am sorry about the vest/jacket mixup, however. Truly, genuinely from the bottom of my heart devastatingly sorry about that. I know it'll take time for people to forgive me and maybe no one ever will, I have to make my peace with that.

Anyway, thanks for loudly projecting your feelings onto me and my work.

💜💜💜

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thorniest-rose · 3 months

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Hi everyone,

A lot’s happened over the last few days and I know that I’ve been under a lot of scrutiny and the subject of conversation, so I wanted to take a moment to talk about it with you. I didn't address it last week when I was told that people in the fandom were posting about me and sharing screenshots of my blog. This was to protect my mental health, but now I want to share my own thoughts.

It's really hard not to lash out in situations like this because of how much it hurts. To go through something like this is shocking and humiliating, it rips the ground up from under your feet. But I didn't want to go on the attack because I knew how much worse that would make things. No matter how opinionated I am, conflict makes me feel sick and makes me want to hide. So instead of lashing out, I've done a lot of thinking over the past few days, not just about what's happened to me, but about things I've done and what could have led to this.

Firstly, I want to apologise to everyone whose feelings I may have hurt when I posted certain things in the past. I want any space that I cultivate to be a happy, positive one for the people who spend time here and at times I think I’ve unintentionally created an atmosphere that has felt combative or alienating. I honestly never consider myself to be a well-known writer or someone whose voice has reach in the wider fandom. No matter how many followers I have or how many people read my fics, I always see myself as a girl just spending time on her tumblr, but that's naive and I should have recognised that in a shared space, all opinions are seen and have an impact.

Discourse is my least favourite thing about interacting in fandom and there have been times where I’ve let myself be drawn into it. That doesn’t mean it’s ever okay to look down on what other people enjoy and I really regret posting those things now because that’s not who I am as a person. Expressing displeasure and other negative feelings isn’t what I want to engage in and I should remember how easy it is for flippant, spur of the moment comments to be taken out of context. Saying things like “I don’t like this” even on my own blog is immature and beneath me and I’m genuinely sorry.

I am also in no way any sort of authority on how these characters are written, no one is. A fandom is for everyone. I’m passionate and vocal in my own space because I treat my tumblr as a slumber party with my friends, but in my enthusiasm, there have been times where it seems like I’m saying my characterisations are the only valid ones. I don’t think that’s the case at all, and I genuinely love and admire the creativity in this fandom. I’ve said this before, but just because I have preferences doesn’t mean I want every characterisation to be the same as mine because that would become extremely dull. I believe that any and all interpretations should have an audience.

However, while I take responsibility for the things I've said on my blog, the things that have been said about me in response have been extremely spiteful and damaging. I never wanted a war with anyone. I should know better than to court discourse in such a volatile fandom, even inadvertently. To take issue with me and what I said is fine, I accept the criticism and apologise; at times my comments have been juvenile and mean-spirited. But a group of people targeting me, screenshotting my posts, calling me names and attacking what I write isn’t proportionate at all and encourages a wider pack mentality. I think we should all remember that there is an actual person behind the screen reading the things that we post and that our words can cause real harm. It’s easy to dehumanise an avatar and a username. And I think it speaks to a rot at the heart of fandoms that so many people find pleasure in fighting and where feelings can fester into hatred and vitriol.

I am outspoken and passionate about what I love. I sometimes bristle at things I see that don’t gel with my ideas or at a misjudged tone, and I post about them instead of seeing the bigger picture and moving on. It’s a flaw and something I’m working on, to be more open and less reactive. I don’t want fighting or tension, and I don’t want rivalries. I also don’t ever want to make people feel like their characterisations are wrong/invalid/unworthy or that they themselves don’t belong and that I’m some kind of fandom queen bee trying to ice them out. While that’s genuinely never been my intention, I can see how things have been taken that way and I’m sorry for that too.

Again, I’m sorry to everyone I’ve hurt or alienated with comments that I’ve made. I always want to be kind and compassionate. And while I don’t think what’s happened over the past few days is OK, I can see the bigger picture and why things I’ve said, or the atmosphere I’ve cultivated, has planted seeds of resentment. I've also unblocked the person who's been posting about me, if they want to reach out to talk privately.

I know there are people reading this who have been following me for the past four years, and in that time have seen me struggle, and fall down, and make mistakes, but hopefully grow and learn from those mistakes too. I’m so grateful to you all.

I’m going to take a break from tumblr for a week or so, to spend time away from socials, to connect with friends and other passions and focus on self-care. And to write, of course, because I’ll always be writing, whether it’s here or elsewhere.

See you all soon,

Brooke 💕

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wannaeatramyeon · 9 months

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hihi!! i thought this was funny and wanted to tell you😭

i was telling my friend about Goo and how i would absolutely marry him and they said that he needs their blessing. i asked what he can do to get their blessing and they said he needed to write them an essay about how much he loves me so, to entertain them, i wrote them an essay from Goo's perspective about why he wants to marry me with a 20 minute timer. it was 584 words in the end and I worked a miracle.

Moral of the story: Goo got the blessing😭so uhhh you can always write your way into someones life??

This tickled me, just imagining the unhinged ramblings from Goo POV mixed with your own. Drop it please.

Inbox clearing time! Non fic requests answered: 6. (Check it - plus my fave Lookism arcs!)

To the non-anon anon that I have not included and I don't know what to do with your message - No, I won't hold your hand while you poop. Good luck with that.

Really?? I feel so... unhinged and nonsensical (even more so than usual) when I rant. Seriously thank you for reading!?!!?

PTJ did somewhat write women with more of a personality in his Life As A Loser Series so it seems more of a shame that he's lost his touch and catering much more towards teenage boys with his current series.

Which. Fine. Action manhwa - great. BUT if your target audience are teenage boys then yknow, wouldn't it be even BETTER to write some strong badass women so these impressionable youngsters realise that not all girls need saving, and oh look. Girls are human too. With their own ambitions and flaws and imperfections, just like everyone else.

If you must make them simp, form a harem. Also. FINE. At least give them something beyond that.

Hey Black Anon! Sorry again for how long it took me to respond to your ask before, and hope it's going much better for yourself since your last request.

I'm muuuuch more responsive with DMs so if you ever wanna come out of anon - come shout at me in my DMs!!

HTF s2 is really... something. Completely lost the meaning of HTF and Viral Hit. Don't blame you for dropping it. Alas, the Taehoon grip on me is still going STRONG.

LOL. Me in a similar position, wondering if I should get into JJK.

Can I... recommend some of my fave arcs if you ever do decide to read Lookism? The ones I like are generally more story driven.

Vasco's backstory (prepare the tissues) - 52 - 57

Johan + Zack + Mira backstory (cult warning, another sad arc) - 132 - 138

Goddog (another pretty sad arc with Johan) - 199 - 213

Jacedichi Files (silly crime solving with Burn Knuckles) - 215 - 218

One Night (Johan + Jace!! Fun action) - 258 - 262

Jake Kim (PLEASE READ THIS IF NOTHING ELSE) - 302 - 318

Workers (2A) (Rescuing Sinu. Honestly, I cry almost every time. Read Jake Kim's arc to appreciate this!) - 372 - 392

Let me know if you ever get into it!!!

Me??? Mine????? I cannot write that guy so thank you - that means A LOT to me! I will try harder to write a decent Eli (that doesn't devolve into ranting about his current direction).

Thank you for reading and being so friggin CUTE!! 💖

I feel a vaguely threatening tone from this.

Like something Goo would recite before walking into a darkened warehouse with a crowbar 🤔

Baby there's nothing noble about this, but it is actually more satisfying than my normal job lol (lolling through tears).

Thank you so much for reading!! My single braincell has been firing quite well with these ideas.

Anon. Honestly this is adorable, I've screenshat this for a pick me up ahhhhhhh 🥹

My dear 🕊️ anon, thank you for reading my DG fic! I also feel very little for DG but I will admit I am coming around to him.

YES!!! I LOVE the idea of someone getting close to James Lee in his younger years, and him being soft for the reader.

And then I also like angst so let's bring those 2 things together. Heh.

Eeeee I also added that Remember fic to my list of faves that I have written.

Please. I also have a list of fictional men I am unwell over. Let's start a support group! 🫠

#🕊️ anon #🖤 anon #ramen asks

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marypsue · 8 months

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authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤

💖💖💖

If I have to pick just five...

the road goes ever on (Stranger Things, post-s3/alternate-s4) tops this list, every time. I will never shut up about this fic. This is the biggest, most ambitious writing project I've ever undertaken and actually finished, and for the most part, the finished product is a pretty close match for the version that lives in my head. (Apart from the fact that the version that lives in my head is, yanno, a fully filmed and produced TV show season, and the version that lives on AO3 is entirely words + a series of playlists.) I'm so unbelievably proud of this fic.

they never really go away (Crimson Peak + Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, sort of Eleanor Vance/Lucille Sharpe, sort of Hill House/Allerdale Hall, sort of a horror story, sort of a love story). There are some absolutely fucking fascinating parallels to be drawn between Lucille and Eleanor, as well as between the stories that feature them both, and I feel like I managed to do something interesting and artistic with the concept. I appreciate that this fic has an extremely niche target audience, but also, please read it.

Hive (Gravity Falls, post-canon, casefic) fell out of my brain fully formed over the course of like a week and it was all I could do to write fast enough to keep up. This was my first real foray into horror writing, while also trying to capture the warmth and cozy mystery vibes of GF canon and the atmosphere of Ian Worrel's fantastic art direction, and I still think it's a screaming success on all fronts.

Games (Discworld + The Sandman [comics]) was written not long after the death of Terry Pratchett. I believe that's all the introduction (and all the warning) it needs.

and, of course, Reincarnation Blues (Gravity Falls, Transcendence AU, Mabel starts unwittingly dating a Bill Cipher reincarnation and gives Dipper a headache). This fic was so much fun, the response to it was so amazing, and I swear I am actually going to finish the sequel. One of these days. Eventually. Pinkie swear.

#chatter #this is mary's fic tag #i could do separate lists like this for 'multichapter works' and 'weirdly artsy crossover one-shots'#but I think this is a pretty good cross-section of my stuff

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vveissesfleisch · 9 months

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗

1. feed me just enough that i'll never need a cage (1917) - man oh man, my beloved Tom/Will historical horror au. I was truly on another level when I was writing for 1917, I genuinely adore every fic I wrote for this fandom but this is quite possibly my favorite fic ever (definitely top 3!).

2. Under Your Spell (Saw) - my delightfully putrid Amanda/John (OH TEE PEE!!!!) fic that I wrote for a unique sample population (myself and only myself) as a treat, and the target audience loves how monstrous, gross, and horny it is.

3. body and blood (John Wick) - oh Mr Wick/The Elder, my delicious rarepair, the second fic ever in this tag (what a distinguished honor). I had the best time writing this, I loved getting into my beloved assassin husband’s head in this slutty, angsty little vignette.

4. Very God-Like, Don't You Agree? (Venom) - whenever I ask myself how/why I managed to only write one (1) symbrock fic, I reread said fic and am reminded that I managed to fit pretty much all of my favorite parts of their dynamic into this one glorious, kinky fic. I just read this the other day in fact and was overjoyed to conclude that it still kicks ass.

5. i hide my tongue behind my teeth and buy myself a new belief (Peaky Blinders) - oh man I just adore Tommy/Alfie, so much insane chemistry, so much angst, so much absolutely buck wild loose cannon energy. I am so happy that I captured so many choice dynamics for these two in this fic, and I also love my writing style here - it’s very much in line with what I’m always aiming to accomplish in my moodier fics.

This was so much fun! And surprisingly difficult - there are several more that I could have easily included here instead. Thank you for the dearly needed bolster to my writing confidence, sweet anon!

#thanks for the love #🖤🖤🖤🖤#these are pretty bangin deep cuts #definitely going to pass this wonderful ask around #my fics #my writing #anon asks #ask lex

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scribefindegil · 1 year

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Do you have any fic recommendations? Absolutely adore your writing and I'm struggling to find any other fics beside them that I like quite as much

You'll have to be more specific! There are plenty of Mob fics (I assume you're talking about Mob fics) that I've enjoyed reading, but almost none that I would recommend to everyone without caveat.

I think it's a really hard fandom to write for because there's a lot of nuance to the story and characters which is agonizingly difficult to get right. The characters are all very multifaceted and contradictory in a way that makes them easy to mischaracterize. The story does a really good job balancing psychic battles with slice-of-life moments and humor with drama and character beats that make you cry your eyes out. It has a light touch to a lot a character moments which can conflict with the fanfic urge to really roll around and wallow in emotions, especially those connected to trauma. Its moral framework is very different from the dominant paradigm of American culture and media (in a way which I find extremely good and refreshing and cathartic! But which is often not reflected in fanworks.) And then on top of that I am extremely sensitive and cannot handle any content where the characters don't get to be happy, or AUs that feel like they don't give Mob a robust enough character arc, or anything that feels Thematically Inconsistent, or or or.

ALL THAT TO SAY i am very picky despite having read through nearly the entire dang ao3 tag (with the obvious filters).

So.

There are basically zero fics where I'm like "Yes, this is perfect, this feels exactly like the show and the characters and I will recommend it to everyone!" There are a lot of fics where like. They are well-written and I think accomplish what the author set out to do but they are not What I Want because they don't feel like Mob to me (on a spectrum from "What the author wants to accomplish is diametrically opposed to what I want and it makes me Mad" to "What the author wants to accomplish is like. Adjacent to what I want but we disagree on some finer points.") And there are a lot of fics where I very much enjoy some aspects of them but am unhappy with others.

So like. What do you want, specifically?

I could give you a reclist of "Fics that handle X character well." I could give you a reclist of "Fics that handle X relationship well" (within reason; I mostly care about gen so I've read a bunch of shipfic but I'm Not The Target Audience for anything except ekurei and maaaaybe terumob). I could probably give you a reclist based on a specific trope or mood. I could give you a reclist of "Fics that are objectively good in most regards but they don't include Dimple so I'm grumpy about it." I could give you a reclist of "Fics I read during my three-month curse-induced fic binge that made me stop and say 'oh' out loud because everything was starting to blur together and they managed to feel sharp and different." I wish I could give you a reclist of "Fics that handle The Themes well" but. I have not been satisfied on this account.

But I can't just give you a general reclist because depending on where I set my standards it's either "That one timeloop fic that's on every reclist ever and absolutely nothing else" or "200 things with various longwinded disclaimers".

#SORRY THIS WAS PROBABLY NOT HELPFUL #mob is hard to fandom for because i love canon SO much that anything else is like #okay you need to Convince me #conversations #mp100

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just-browsing1222 · 3 months

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Two(2!) of my favorite fics-that-haven't-updated-in-months updated today. I could not be more excited.

The first is a new installment in "The Howling" by @a-wolf-at-the-door, which I knew was coming sooner or later. I trust Lia to be forthcoming with the update rate. We're not in full weekly updates, yet, but that's fine. That's cool. That's cool, because Lia is working on an original project, and it's very awesome of her.

The second one, though. The SECOND ONE, THOUGH! It's called "The Lies You Tell Yourself" by @thehangedman317, and I thought they had left it forever. We are BACK. It's a MHA rewrite with TMA influences, which, written down, sounds wack. I cannot express how good it is. It's really not a crossover. They just took the Dread Powers from TMA, turned them into MHA-style superpowers, and shoved them all into Izuku. They also did a whole bunch of AU stuff, which I'm not going into. This was written for me. I am the target audience.

Two things to know about me:

1. MHA rewrites are my jam. I watched the show, it was fun, I don't care for it too much. Give me a decent rewrite, and I will dedicate my life to it. Please show me your version of the USJ fight. Tell me what you did with the first heroics lesson. How fucked up is Izuku in your version? I will read them and I will love them.

2. My favorite part about TMA is the Dread Powers. The characters are great, awesome plot, I WANT TO HAVE COFFEE WITH THE WEB AND THE SPIRAL. Go on a camping trip with the Flesh. Have a deep conversation with the Hunt about my life goals. Invite the Corruption over for dinner and watch the food grow mold in front of my eyes. Those motherfuckers are my favorite thing of world building across every piece of media that I have ever experienced. Please, take this emotion that is so natural and inherit to a species survival and explore the fuck out of it. Please, take our human need to classify and put them into a color blob of overlapping semi-arbitrary distinction. I love them. I love this. They're all I want to talk about.

So, when MX. Hangedman sat down and said I'm going to re-imagine the Dread Powers as MHA superpowers? (which are my favorite brand of powers. They make so much marginal sense, it's great) They were talking to me. They didn't know it yet, but they hit every last nail on the coffin of things that I will enjoy on the fricking head. And then they wrote it exceptionally well. So I could actually not be any happier about this fic updating. That is all. Peace out.

#long post #sorry gang I cannot be stopped #my blog I get to tell you in length things that I like #fanfiction

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bornforastorm · 4 months

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20 questions for fic writers

tagged by dear @boasamishipper. emily you're an enabler

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 45!

2. What's your total Ao3 word count? 347,538!

3. What fandoms do you write for? literally whatever gets in my craw at any given moment. I will publish one fic for a fandom and then disappear forever, just try me. but I think I will be writing for hbo Perry Mason and Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe forever.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? 1. When This is All Over - Stephen King's IT, Richie/Eddie 2. Light My Candle - Les Mis RENT au (written in 2013! Kill me!) 3. Too Easy - West Side Story 2021, Tony/Riff 4. And Back - The Mummy 2017, Nick/Vail (I am always thinking about The Mummy 2017 and you can't stop me) 5. such a little thing - The Goldfinch 2018, Theo/Boris

5. Do you respond to comments? I try to! I'm really trying to get better about responding to comments. Each one is a little gift, and I do want people to know how much I appreciate it.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I mean both guess how much and The're the Same Thing are fics where characters are go, 'should I kill myself?' and then at the end they land on a resounding 'yes! and I will! as soon as possible!' So those feel the angstiest to me

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I think it's A Long Retirement! Get happy, Philip Marlowe! Move in with a guy! 'I never saw him again' AS IF, babe, move to mexico instead.

8. Do you get hate on fics? nope 👍the joy of writing in tiny fandoms where no one cares

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I'm starting to! I'm working on it! smut is a means to an end to romance for me (except my The Bear syd/richie fic which is in fact smut as a means to an end of we-hate-each-other)

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? nah! except for my little same-world hints that I love to drop into things (perry mason-philip marlowe crossover my beloved) and then my one The Lost Boys-Stand By Me fic

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? not that i'm aware of 👍

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? yeah! and what an honor

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

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? I think it's gotta be philip marlowe/terry lennox. a life changing ship. guys I think about every single day of my dang life.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I have a thousand of them. most pressing that I most want to finish are probably my Andor skemik everybody lives au and my MASH crabapple crabs Trapper Goes to Maine prequel

16. What are your writing strengths? I think characterization! dialogue. I think if someone ever said to me, "he would not fucking say that" I would stop writing for months to reexamine my entire worth

17. What are your writing weaknesses? plots! titles! plots! literally plots that go somewhere and do something are my weakest suit l.o.l. 🙃🙃

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I don't do it (instead using the age old work arounds), and when I do, it's only in languages I speak. So while I have enough German to do a little German in fics, but I really don't do it because I have never been confident in my language skills ever in my whole life!

19. First fandom you wrote for? probably it was Stargate SG-1 :)

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? okay so keep in mind that I basically never want to look at a fic I wrote before 2015 ever in my whole life, AND the target audience for everything I've ever written is Me in the Future, so this is big grain of salt territory. The one that really jumps to mind, that I come back to and remain happy with the writing, pleased by the idea, etc etc is a fic that comes up a lot in ask games and so on: Route 117 (also March! which is for an audience of literally only me, I think, but I do like it) (and all my perry mason fics let's be real)

tagging @majorbaby if you want to do it

#my writing #2023 was a big year for me in both writing and in overcoming internal shame over writing fanfic #🙏🙏 so good for me

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relishredshoes · 2 years

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Here is the second part of our Behind the Quill - Spicy edition. Today at your request, we hear from our own The French Press .

I contacted our participating authors and asked if they would be willing to participate in a series of interviews or essays regarding writing scenes of intimacy, those who were willing were asked for any tips, thoughts on their process and why they chose it, and any other insight into writing sex scenes they cared to offer.

From The French Press:

Where do I even start on this topic? Smut writing is not something that comes naturally to me, though the number of fics I have written to date that include it might lead you to believe otherwise. I started off in fandom pretty young the first time around, and I think I was 16 when I wrote my first fic and posted it—I had no idea what I was doing back then. When I restarted I returned to writing wanting to try writing scenes of intimacy, and the early ones I would say were somewhat vaguely inspired from experience (write what you know, eh?). I think that’s probably a good foundation when you start out writing smut. Obviously now, a couple of years later, my writing has evolved and so has the smut with it.

For me, it very much depends on the tone of the story as to what level of detail and length I will give to writing a scene. I have definitely dabbled in both soft and tender lovemaking and more intense, hardcore with some dirty talk thrown in. The one thing I think I have pretty down pat is what I like to call “express smut” where it’s not quick, but it’s written like it is. Low detail, mostly focussing on the emotion that’s experienced during, and flows through the scene quickly so you aren’t having to linger for too long on any one detail. It’s my go-to when I’m not in the mood to write smut at all, but feel like the story needs it.

Unless I am writing a fic with a lot of dirty talk, I generally also won’t have my characters verbalising or doing more than moan/groan/pant and detail their emotions because for me, super chatty sex (unless you and your consenting partner are the chatty sort) isn’t something that happens a lot in real life (from my experience).

I’ve also found setting the scene a little is very important in helping readers visualise what’s happening. How is the room they are in lit? Are they in a room? What’s the temperature like? What season are we in and do they need some way to make the temperature bearable? It’s cold, okay let’s like a fire and set the mood. Is there a breeze fluttering the curtains? What does your character smell like? Sprinkle it throughout—not just in one huge exposition dump.

The one thing I will say that doesn’t really help me when writing smut, is porn. No matter how graphic a sex scene I am writing is, it’s not something I let inspire me because I feel like my writers voice would be lost. It’s kind of exaggerated and campy in a way I’m not overly fond of and obviously very targeted as a particular audience, but I suppose if you are writing crack fic it could be useful (?)

And lastly, just know every single author who has ever written smut in fic has written bad smut. We all start somewhere, and it’s through practice that you will improve and evolve your writing. <EDIT: I am SO sorry I misattributed this post initially. I have them all in the same file and I messed up. I heartily apologise. Look out for DeepShadows2 actual interview tomorrow)

#snamione #sevmione #sshg fanfiction #sshg

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mamawasatesttube · 9 months

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✏️🌙👨‍👧‍👧📚?

✏️ Do you write every day?

i certainly try to, but i'm not always consistent about it. i do attempt to at least add like, one sentence to a wip a day if i can, though! helps keep my brain in the habit.

🌙 What time of day do you prefer to write? Why?

evening to night! i don't know why, but i just tend to focus better then. alternatively, afternoon but only when no one is around. maybe it has to do with feeling like i won't be disturbed?

👨‍👧‍👧 Do you tell people in real life that you write fic?

god no sdjkdjk even at cons where i know people would generally be cool with it, absolutely not. i mentioned writing fic to someone i met at a con ONCE and that experience has 100% turned me off ever mentioning it again. no thanks bro!!!!!

📚 Do you read your own fic?

all the time!! i reread my own published fics, i reread my wips between actually working on them, i reread my discord rambles at my friends about wips that have yet to actually be written down... i am my own primary target audience babey!!

Fanfic Ask Game

#answers #crimzoncrow #that con experience was just unfortunate all around tbh but at least an urbosa cosplayer saved me

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nebulouscoffee · 1 year

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🛒✨💖❌🤗

All great questions, thank you!

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

I've noticed a lot of my fics play around with time/perception/reality, whether it's interconnecting flashbacks with the present or having nonlinear and/or unreal shenanigans going on. I think this is because I mostly write ds9 fic, and one of the main fascinations I have with that show is how almost every main character has a somewhat distorted or extraordinary perception of reality!

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

Aww thank you <3 uhhhh well more than one person has commented that I'm good at capturing character voices and sometimes I read my writing and think "hey they're right actually" :)

💖 What made you start writing?

The childhood urge to Make People Up and then Put Them In Situations! Fanfic specifically, it went like: pandemic -> ds9 rewatch -> unexpected obsession with the doctor lizard ship I somehow never cared about before -> getting into fanfic for the first time (I'd only occasionally read gen fics before, or b/7 lol) -> wanting to process complicated feelings I was sitting with & feeling inspired by some incredibly good fics I'd read -> voila we got 'Home'

❌ What's a trope you will never write?

Haha I've learnt to never say never, I mean if you'd asked my early 2021 self if I'd ever attempt writing romance or ship fic you'd've gotten a resounding "lmao no???" and we all know how that went

... I guess, demonising and/or killing off a character just to get OTP together? (Not a "trope" but definitely a trope y'know😂)

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

KILL 👏 THE 👏 CRINGE!! 👏 (or embrace it, whatever works :D)

Never forget you're doing this for fun! And for FREE! You don't owe anybody anything! Not so much writing advice as outlook-towards-your-writing advice, but (as long as your fics aren't like. racist or otherwise harmful lol) be proud of yourself and all your babies!

As time passes, you will inevitably come to look at your first works differently. This is where you must be vigilant against the cringe😂

Instead of "my older work is bad", think "I hadn't written much fanfic yet so I wasn't as good as I am now, and it's so cool that there's actually visible improvement"

Instead of "this fic is sooo out of character I hate it now", think "I wrote this back when I read the characters differently"

Instead of "I can't post this thing until it's perfect", think "I've gotten so used to improvement my standards are just unattainably high now, but the people reading liked what I wrote back then because something about it was good, and they'll probably like this too"

Instead of "I hate that my cringey old fics are still being read by people", think "This thing I created out of love and shared to connect with fellow fans brought them joy, and is still bringing people joy even after I've moved on, which is really cool of me actually"

Always remember your target audience is fellow obsessives with brainrot, NOT snarky people on the internet who don't care about the stories you're telling (esp if they don't even write fic! They'd never understand how hard it is to put your work out there.) Like 90% of the time when something's called "cringe", it's really just... sincere? Well, fanfic is literally a medium where people care about a show so much they voluntarily write tens of thousands of words for zero profit. It doesn't have to be good; there's published literature for that. People come to fanfic for the passion!

Don't write your blorbo with the main goal being distancing yourself from the basic girlies who like them wrong. Don't water down your favourite dynamics to cater to the people who "don't get" your ship. Fully unhinged fan content made out of love and Too Many Emotions will ALWAYS be better than painfully self-conscious works that are too afraid to be sincere imo (I don't read much smut but I'm sure this applies here too- just commit to it fully and people will find it hot! Nothing kills the vibe like being able to tell the fic writer was embarrassed they were writing this lol.)

Doesn't matter if you're writing for a rare pair that most people just go ??? at, or a popular character/pairing that's slowly starting to get hate because it's everywhere- don't be afraid to be sincere. Be fully and unapologetically insane about your obsessions and never ever get baited into being cynical about your work. Be true to yourself and have fun with your weirdo friends, and your fics will reflect that <3

#sorry I kind of went off on a ramble there and wrote a whole essay that no one asked for hahaha #but you know what!! I meant every word!! it was SINCERE #also thanks so much for the ask fancy! one of my fav things about your work is how unironically you lean into the feels :D #my fics

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captainseaweedbrains · 1 year

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🎉 📚 (and the head explodey one)

🎉 What leads you to consider a fic a success?

Reader response, honestly. I like knowing what people are thinking, especially if it's positive, and it's incredibly encouraging to want to keep writing more. If I've written it for someone specifically, if they have a positive reaction to it, then I also consider that a success because they were my targeted audience.

📚 Would you ever want to turn writing into a career?

I would love to turn writing into a career. I think about it often, which is why I get extremely frustrated with myself when I'm not writing because I know you need to depend more on habit than inspiration for being a full-time writer, and I am no where near that level. But one day, I would love to be able to have published works in stores, libraries, and online.

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

I would say action for a couple of reasons. The main one is that action-based stories tend to rely heavily on descriptions and I absolutely loathe writing descriptions. My style leans more toward Hemingway with the heavy dialogue and so while I feel I could do it, I would hate absolutely every minute of it and feel it wouldn't be my strongest writing. Another reason is I just don't enjoy a lot of action-y stories as a reader and I find if you read a lot of a certain genre, you're more likely going to feel more comfortable writing it. Write what you know kind of thing.

Another would be science fiction, especially space related stories, and ironically, historical fiction. Historical fiction INTIMIDATES me because I like accuracy and I would have a really hard time bending things to suit a story. I still write it, but more like one-shots.

Ask away while I'm bored at work

#Asks #Bless you dear for asking and giving my mind #something to do #You the best #dominoescascadedinaline #Asks game

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antimony-medusa · 2 years

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4 and 12

4. Are there any writers that inspire you?

Okay I've been asked this question before and I started vibrating rapidly and listed published authors for like two paragraphs of dense text.

So let's peruse my fic bookmarks!

Odaigahara— I want to eat droid's character voice and also her worldbuilding and her plot. Possibly her brain.

hoorayy— I so not want to feel emotions and dee makes me feel SO MANY emotions and I would hate this except that dee makes me not hate it? black magic? mind control? I don't know how.

Inallthingsgoodorbad— uh, like, the world is kind? I don't know. There is so much kindness amid all the grief and a core that says that it is worth going forward. I will willingly read their grief fics which is about as high of praise as I have.

copperbadge— copperbadge

chrysalizzm — HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS MUCH MORAL AMBIGUITY AND MESSINESS WITH YOUR WORLD AND HOW DO YOU NOT GET BOGGED DOWN YOU DO SO MUCH IN LIKE 10K WORDS PLEASE LET ME DOWNLOAD YOUR BRAIN

CorpseArt— i am 222k into Hush Now and I know so little and I am as invested as I was when I picked it up at like chapter 3. I am clawing at the walls. I am eating drywall. My cats are looking at me with concern. How do you keep this much reader attention. HOW.

Okay like I can't keep doing this, I'm just listing every author as I hit them. Everyone in my bookmarks, okay? Also other people I've forgotten to bookmark. I am inspired by everyone around me.

12. Tell us about a WIP you’re excited about.

I have uh two ongoing partially posted fics and three formal deadline fics that all require some amount of technical precision and consistent skill and I love them and the love is comingled with fear but today I will sweep them all to the side and mention the other thing I am writing. Currently named Time Travel Fic. It does not have any formal deadline and I'm 3k in and I'm still in like the opening, and it's the most self-indulgent thing I think I've ever written. It's just me noodling about magic systems and tormenting characters. I spent like 1k on canned soup. It is written for a target audience of ME and so far the audience loves it.

[Fic Questions for Writers]

#ask game #trulymightypotato

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fighterkimburgess · 2 years

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Hear me out love

Adam ruzek x Jay halsteads sister

Jays little sister coming back to Chicago few months after mouse helping them on a case that lead to her helping with other cases,an her and Adam becoming friends not knowing Adam started to fall in love with her seeing her being the only girl in the station to knock Jay on his ass ever and you and mouse seeming inseparable being at mollys after a case telling the reader how he feels about her and how he is in love with her seemingly always watching every little thing she does which he hasn’t felt with someone before in quite exactly that way an him ending up telling void because they have been working together and void tells him he can’t do anything about his feelings public wise

An there being a case void was saying only Jay and noise and the reader could go in on until they ask for back up because it was a case about ex military people who were acting out an leaving bombs places or was picking targets and killing at random and didn’t want a huge audience until they knew more and the 3 of them knew them more then anyone else sense they served with them

Hours going by am while everyone’s in the office void puts a call on speaker of a older guys voice telling Jay to talk who wasn’t listening at first before saying don’t listen to any of this guys bullshit lies then hearing that the guy punched Jay before the call ended and them getting pictures of mouse tired up and a picture of Jay tied up bleeding from his forehead and shoulder but being concerned there was nothing on the reader yet.

She left the rangers last which she knew what was running through their minds when they were thinking it so they were chasing her through the forrest shortly later Adam coming into the room seeing void playing a video of the reader aka jays little sister on the ground with her hands up panic fully set in on her face seeing who the people was trying to talk them out of it as they shoved her down taking her gun “you don’t have to do this alright your not there anymore,they can’t hurt you nobody wants to hurt you alright just tell me where mouse and Ricky are” seeming to confused everyone but picking up Ricky meant Jay being a nickname Jay had in the rangers as the person yelled at her to shut up calling her bullseye before the reader could turn all the way trying to take the gun from the person the video caught that they had shot her but not once but four times an before the video ended blood was looking over her shirt quickly.

Everyone seeming to be okay until Adam showed up at the hospital seeing mouse sleeping on the floor and Jay holding the readers hand not wanting to move a inch while their other brother Will was trying to tell him that he was gonna need to let go an he kept just saying no she’s been through worse we ain’t losing our baby sister to those guys who are poor excuses of rangers.

Adam being the last to hear she was even okay and out of the hospital an hun going by her house an she seemed okay walking around an smiled seeing him surpised “well ain’t I lucky getting to see ruzek,someone gets shot an you guys really act like it’s the end of the world” hugging him seeing the worry in his face “I’m fine Adam really don’t ever think a bullet is gonna kill me” while cupping his face so he would stay looking at her

And they end up together maybe

You’ve basically written the fic!! Write it out fully and share it, it’s such a good idea!

#cíara answers

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chainofclovers · 3 years

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Ted Lasso 2x8 thoughts

I am so lucky that the creators of Ted Lasso decided to make this entire show specifically for me. #blessed

If last week felt like a bit of breathing room (albeit tense, poignant, character-progressing breathing room) with distinct narrative lines, this week’s episode was a chaotic yet tightly-written swirl of pain and hope and sadness! No neat subject headers for this one, y’all. Just my brain and heart in the inadequate form of a bulleted list. It is the medium available to me at this time.

I am going to remember the moment when Ted calls Sharon and tells her his father killed himself for the rest of my life.

(I could say a bunch of stuff about his face and what he says and how he tries to hide his tears from Beard right after and how insanely much I adore this character and ahhhhhhhh but I’m just going to leave that scene there in our collective memories.)

Jamie. JAMIE. Higgins has given some great advice about love on this show, but his musings about his up-and-down relationship with his own father were not helpful in the context of Jamie’s dad, who is an abusive piece of shit. I really adore that all of the main AFC Richmond staff members are realistically a bit hit-or-miss with their advice and life philosophies (some are mostly miss this season, of course).

And I am completely in awe of the moment when Jamie punches his father. The way he just stands there after Beard kicks his dad out of the locker room. The way you can hear a pin drop. And Roy—Roy who is learning in so many areas of his life about his influence on people, learning that the things he needs aren’t necessarily the same as the things other people need—is the one to cross the room and hug him. Hold him, really, with the tenderness Ted used when he hugged Rebecca outside the gala in 1x4. God.

I’ve thought a lot about how s1 was about giving people a soft place to land. There’s always an angel there when you need one. There’s always an opportunity to be kind. If you look for someone, you find them. If you look for the good in someone, you find the good. And as everyone works through their individual journeys in s2, that can’t always be the case anymore. But there are still so many moments of angels on this show, and it’s not about chance and serendipity and fate [not that it was about that in s1] but about the effort it takes to become someone who can be there for someone else. Or who can be there for yourself. I’m so proud of Jamie for physically fighting back against his father. I’m so proud of Roy for being the one who recognized what Jamie needed.

I have every feeling in the world about how Ted is almost totally frozen both times (s1 and s2) he witnesses Jamie’s father abusing him. In s1, he was still there for Jamie after, and I have every reason to believe he’ll be there for Jamie after this incident as well, but that frozen stance HURTS. He’s in so deep with his pain about his own father that it’s like he physically cannot snap out of it to act in the moment. It seems entirely outside of his control, and it breaks my heart, because Ted wants so badly to be a good father, a good coach, a good friend, a good partner, a good patient. He’s there for people in all kinds of ways, even in his current less-than-capable state. He takes care of Sharon post-concussion and even gets her a new bike! During the disastrous match at Wembley his coaching is ineffectual and everything is chaos but he’s the last one standing on the pitch! But this really awful thing keeps happening to Jamie and Ted is just…frozen in the face of it. Like one of those nightmares where you’re running in place.

The frozen-in-place nightmare also kind of applies to the way the total separation between Ted and Rebecca feels, too. I have never for a moment doubted the writers’ intentions in setting these characters up as soulmates on parallel journeys, and I’m actually really digging (on a story level) how disconnected they are right now. It is IMPRESSIVE that their absence in each other’s lives feels like such a glaring loss, one we cannot forget even as there are so many other things happening onscreen. It is 100% not just shipper goggles making me process information about Ted while thinking about Rebecca and information about Rebecca while thinking about Ted. I know there are a lot of really angry and frustrated people in the fandom right now (both T/R shippers and T/R antis and non-shipping fans who don’t get why s2 is different from s1) and while I understand being frustrated by choices characters make, and frustrated by the feelings the show makes us feel that we just want to feel more of or less of, I continue to agree with pretty much every narrative choice happening right now.

Agreeing with the narrative like this?! This is such a unique experience for me as a viewer—to feel like I’m on a ride that is at once absolutely wild and incredibly sensible and well-crafted, and to feel simultaneously completely invested and anticipatory and speculative but also totally willing to trust where it goes. I long for Ted and Beard to really talk. I long for Ted and Rebecca to stop missing each other. I long for Roy to have a serious conversation with Ted about what’s happening with him. I long for Keeley to find a vocation, something that drives her beyond her projects. I long for so many things! But I wouldn’t long for them if this show was less good. If the show was less good, I wouldn’t have a wish list a mile long because I wouldn’t be so attuned to the details and potential lurking in every scene. THIS IS SUCH A GOOD SHOW, I CANNOT HANDLE IT, I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

(To that end, a great deal of the Ted Lasso tag and so many Twitter reactions reactions to the show feel super stressful right now and I am kind of just trying not to look?! I love this fandom so much because of the amazing conversations that happen and because of brilliant fic and because there are some awesome people I never would have encountered were it not for this show. That little bubble is wonderful and I’d stay in this fandom no matter what in order to keep experiencing those things. But fans’ catastrophic reactions to every little thing that happens, every little choice a character makes that isn’t the “perfect” choice? The takeaway that the writers—on this show of all shows—wake up in the morning ready for another day of torturing shippers rather than another day of writing a beautiful story they genuinely want to write? I do not enjoy those parts at all. I would like to opt out of those parts. I’m having such a magical experience watching this show and talking about this show and listening about this show and writing about this show with a variety of people who feel all kinds of ways. I truly wish I could somehow transfer the energy of this experience onto all the people who are hating it right now. I don’t mind at all that people are having vastly different reactions to this show and are sharing their honest feelings, including the really angry ones (I can appreciate something and disagree with it!), and I get that sometimes the language of fannish reactions is intentionally, ironically hyperbolic. But there feels like this very serious trend of people legitimately thinking writers on this show are targeting shippers and have lost respect for their characters, and I just feel like an alien from another planet when I see that stuff. I guess I just feel like people make art because they want their art to be visible to other people and to themselves, but that doesn’t typically involve specifically catering to or torturing a subset of that audience?)

I am more fascinated by Sharon Fieldstone than ever before. I have been running through every single action with her and Ted so many times. The confirmation that she’s living in club-provided housing (that could not look more different from Ted’s club-provided flat). Ted clearly noticing the many bottles. Sharon’s face while she tries to casually recycle them. (Sharon could legitimately have a more problematic relationship with alcohol than Ted does, and I find that extremely interesting and am very curious to find out what happens there.) Sharon leaving him voice notes while she’s concussed, probably because she’d been thinking about him shortly before the accident. The way Ted calls her and does all the funny voices and it’s not frustrating like all the times he uses his silliness and allusions to deflect during their prior conversations because this time, those behaviors are just a part of him showing care for another person. The way they stretch each other, and Ted is still wrong about the things he’s been wrong about, but they both grow all the same.

While it is pretty much impossible for me to imagine that this show would include an actual romantic relationship between Ted and Sharon (it would be beyond unethical even if they could write it well, and Sharon in particular is so professional and committed to her work, and it would erase so much of the powerful message about the importance of seeking therapy from a professional who is not your friend or partner, and I would totally hate it), watching this episode was the first moment I had this queasy little feeling that it’s possible that Ted could end up developing really complicated feelings about Sharon since, at this point, he’s been honest with her about things he’s hardly spoken about before and you can really form an attachment to people you feel safe with in a new way. (I mean, I’m sure Michelle knows what happened with Ted’s father, but I’m not even certain if Beard does.) He’s so broken right now, and Sharon is such a great person and so different from anyone else in his life (even though Rebecca is also different, and Beard is also different, and Roy is also different, and so on), that I could see things getting really fuzzy for him. I continue to have faith in the way the storylines on this show are handled. I’m just. Putting this here.

(In saying that, though, I also wanna make it really clear that I don’t just automatically assume anytime a new female character is introduced that they’re going to end up becoming a romantic complication. Like, Phoebe is allowed to have a teacher who is an attractive woman and AFC Richmond is allowed to have a sports psychologist who is an attractive woman and Keeley is allowed to talk to Jamie Tartt without it threatening what she has with Roy and all these people can exist as human beings without the introduction of romantic drama.)

Isaac gives every player one haircut per season, OH MY GOD. The JOY during the haircut scene. YES.

KEELEY AND REBECCA. Their text thread. The affirming video call right before Rebecca goes into the restaurant. The way Keeley sits all snuggled up against Rebecca in her office.

I was pretty thoroughly spoiled for the Sam and Rebecca plot through 2x8, and I was bracing for something far more problematic and tortured than what happens in this episode. The words I would use to describe their scenes: awkward, cute, cringy, and understandable. There are a million reasons why this relationship isn’t sustainable, but I felt completely understanding of both their choices here. This show has a lot of thesis statements, but I keep going back to the idea from 2x1 that there are people who enter your life to help you get to the next point, and I think it’s entirely possible that Sam and Rebecca will mutually be that for each other.

I find comparisons between Rupert and Rebecca super upsetting. There are absolutely meaningful things to say about the irony of ending up in a situation with an uncomfortable resemblance to certain taboo elements of an ex’s situation. But that ex is abusive and manipulative and cruel and Rebecca has exhibited NONE of those behaviors, and it makes me really sad to think that people feel that the writers on this show have betrayed Rebecca in giving her this storyline.

As always, I reserve the right to keep blathering about this show. I’ve had a headache for a couple of days, but my head is also so full of 2x8 thoughts that I couldn’t keep them in even if the circumstances for writing this were not ideal. I kind of hate that I’ve included frustrated fandom thoughts within the analysis of what I felt was an absolutely gorgeous, complicated, heartbreaking, near-perfect episode of television, but if ya can’t be a little dramatic on your own tumblr while you’re feeling raw and under the weather, where can ya?

#ted lasso #ted lasso s2 spoilers #meta by me #ted lasso 2x8 #a lesbian watches ted lasso #cw: suicide mention #cw: alcohol abuse mention

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