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G,I,M,R,S,T!

[fanfic ask game]

hellluuuu :)

G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

start to finish the whole way! i go back and edit, such as putting some hints into previous chapters, but overall i stick to the plot points i summarised. there's chapters that i am planning to write and heavily thinking about--including specific wording--but it seems almost odd to jump ahead. for the story now with V, she obviously develops throughout, and it would make it much harder if i were to jump about and would have to remind myself at what kind of point in her development she is.

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

angst, though a good ending is usually preferred.

found families.

character A (friend, love interest, doesn't matter) appears in character Bs life and refuses to leave. character B slowly realises that they are actually really glad about A being there.

unplanned pregnancies because i don't know what family planning is (yes, there's also an au for my girl Virgilia)

forbidden love stories. also, being oblivious to the other's feelings. not brid ,;gerton level. that drives me nuts, sorry to any fans out there.

i'm a sucker for high school aus. characters are naive and idiotic sometimes, but mostly because it forces conflict due to not being able to just walk away from those that produce conflict (bullies, odd love relationships). it's like being stuck-into-a-cabin-due-to-snow, but with people that actively want to ruin other character's time. and it's still low stakes; high school sucks, but the social ladder in school is a visible obstacle that can be overcome individually or on a system-based level (dating the cheerleader as a nerd stereotypes). but your character isn't going to overthrow the social class fabric of the adult world.

somehow i like to see one part of the ship die and think about how the other copes with that. yes, yes, i am a horrible person, i know.

i really like to give my characters a daemon (from his dark materials). thinking about what kind of animal they represent is pretty cool.

zombie aus; more specifically, tlou aus.

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

once i finish p&v, i want to go back to caesar and try again at his broader life story + rebellion story (with plutarch as a side kick). then i have this dual POV idea of the dark days that i've always said would have made for a great prequel. but miss collins decided against that so i will do it: one kid from the district rebellion opposed to one kid from the capitol. ideally it is gay, ideally they kiss and run away together or die tragic deaths.

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

[see here]

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

not that well versed in thg tropes tbh, but i really quite like the horror and bleakness that this fandom naturally has. it's fictional but it's also close to real life and despite the series being ya, i think it leaves a lot of room to discuss and reflect upon more mature themes.

also lol i know i am writing romance right now, but i really like gen stuff, too. there's just something so nice about those; whether expanding upon a character or following the live events of a new one.

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

i kinda… don't care about the arena and tributes, sorry! i'm sure there's good ones out there, but i also don't really care about the pubg fighting elements and the tendency of inexperienced writers to not properly portray them as brutal oppression.

most... ships, actually? i like everla - rk on a meta level because they make sense, but i wouldn't actively go seek out content. i used to ship haymitch and effie, but the colonial undertones are never addressed in their on-screen romance. i dunno how the fan writers work with this most of the time because i tend to just not engage with the content a lot anymore, though, so it might be better.

#inbox #districtunrest #thank youuu ! :)

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