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mouse-fantoms · 6 months

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Questions for fic writers!

I saw @gay-flyboys do this and I wanted to join so- here I am

1. How many works do you have on Ao3?

19! I just have ✨ideas✨

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count?

Apparently just over 69, 800 words.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

So on my Ao3 is Jatp and then I have a Wattpad (my user on there is Mouse0415) (I’ve had it since I was 13 it’s just grown up with me as I write) where I write for Miraculous Ladybug

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

(These are linked in my master list that’s pinned on my blog)

1. Easier Than Speaking (What if Flynn didn’t find out about Nick asking out Julie until after school? What if she came into Julie’s room just started going on and on about it? Julie is just trying to get her to be quiet because there happens to be a certain ghost present in the room. Luke also finds out about Perfect Harmony?)

2. Improvise (Essentially Luke asks Reggie for help to learn piano bc he hears Julie humming Perfect Harmony)

3. Right Where I Need To Be (Jatp Camp Rock AU)

4. Reggie’s Magic (Julie has a crisis bc Reggie styles Luke hair and it just so happens to look like his perfect harmony hair)

5. The Discovery (A way Ray finds out about the boys)

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

I try to! I’m normally active right away when I first publish a fic bc I wanna see reactions to it 👀 I just imagine the person who writes the comment is like “I bet they’ll never see this” but responding to them I’m saying “yes! I see and appreciate your comment that you left 🥺”

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

I don’t write a lot of angst endings but I guess the one that comes closest is “An Opening Scene” (which is my version of how an opening scene to a new Jatp season would be)

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

Basically like all the fics I’ve wrote 😂

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Luckily no one has! People have just always been genuinely kind and positive with their comments and kudos/votes with what I write 🥺

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

Personally I don’t, I may imply things but I only ever leave it at I just leave those to your imagination if you will 💀

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

I’ve done a few fics that have songs incorporated in them that’s the most like “crossovers” I’ve done

11. Have you had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Once again not to my knowledge

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

I have not but the idea is exciting to think about!

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Out of the ones I write for 👀 (if this was an overall list of my ships we’d be here forever)

Juke & Ladynoir they’re just so 😭🤌 you can do so much with them it’s just beautiful

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

The WIP I’ve had for the LONGEST TIME is one where I had this idea for like a Willex date but it turns into like Juke date too so it’s double date kind of thing, this is the lil note I have in the document for it that’s to myself so I don’t forget what it’s about,

It’s just been a WIP for so long at this point 😭

16. What are your writing strengths?

I like to say that “I think in dialogue” when it comes to writing bc whenever I’m writing anything in my head, the dialogue is more prominent than the imagery in my brain. To me, it’s easier to hear how characters interact with one another in my head compared to what’s happening visually.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

To me, it’s hard to do description and not just make it a giant wall of text bc in books when I see that I find it distracting at times if it’s just like description over and over again, it does depend on the wording and if it’s “boring” or not. I just don’t want to make scenes that feel boring, I want to keep the reader invested.

It’s hard for me to fully translate what’s in my head into visual words

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

I’m not against it I just haven’t done it all too often

19. First fandom you wrote for?

I was in 7th grade, became obsessed with Miraculous Ladybug, had already written like 3 fics on paper (most during class) but I decided that wasn’t enough and sought out like fics online and discovered wattpad which is when I had the thought “I wonder if someone has already written this thing that I want to read?” And no one had in the specific way I wanted to read about so I wrote it myself… …when I was like 13… …so it’s not great and I cringe a lot when I look back at it but I still maintain that book to this day :) it’s a nice lil time capsule of like how my writing has involved and I continue to have ideas for it

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

“Right Where I Need To Be” (my Jatp Camp Rock AU) has a special place in my heart bc it basically was the first multi-chapter fic I’ve ever done especially for Jatp. I just had such a fun time with the AU and all the dynamics there were to be made. The comment reactions were so fun to get and I looked forward to reading them whenever I published a new part! (it do still be on hiatus 💀 I haven’t forgotten about it! It’s just life gets in the way but I have some parts written for the like “part 2” of it I just want them to be more put together before I release them)

I do also have a couple one shots I made for Miraculous that I look back on and I’m like “oh that’s a good one 🥰”

#tag game that I didn’t get tagged in but wanted to do bc it sounded fun #jatp #miraculous ladybug #fanfic writers #writing #fanfic writing #julie and the phantoms

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eloise175 · 2 years

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{Mild rant moment}

I need to get this out of my system, after a talk I had with some mutuals of mine (happy to say we all agree on this), and it contains novel spoilers, I warned you. No this post does not contain humor or jokes like my usual posts, it is just me giving a take on what exactly is going on in the Vadd fandom because some people seem to be reading a completely different novel/manhwa than most, like @seirclys mentioned, and I couldn’t agree more.

I often see people defending Ecklies, (or whatever the hell you wanna call him), saying ‘but he’s innocent/ poor baby🥺👉🏻👈🏻’ sis- this man is anything but innocent/innocuous/oblivious , this man is SMART.

I’m not saying this as a compliment, he is smart because you see how well he hides his real intentions and twisted nature, from when he literally betrayed his fellow people; brought Yvonne (aka Leila) back to the duchy after everything Penelope did for him, effectively backstabbing her, because he wanted to make her solely depend on him, (obsessive nature).

He tried to kidnap Penelope when she turned down his offer to ‘run away together’ and decided to ‘follow Leila’ (kinda?) so he could have Penelope by his side

Still like @seirclys mentioned in a similar post to this, do you really think that Leila would’ve let Penelope live when she is the only one that can actively stop her schemes and defeat her? Not a chance, keep dreaming.

Also- another thing I see, that makes me want to violently bang my head against the nearest solid surface for the sheer stupidity of it, is ‘he has wasted potential/the author did him dirty/ the author made a mistake-bad choice when they made Callisto the male lead’

1. What wasted potential are we exactly talking about?? Where? Please enlighten me.

•Every story plot is thought through before being published or written. Every character has their role, and in his case, Ecklies was designed to be the ‘twisted/ dark/ obsessive character’ (kinda like an antagonist) from the very start. Otherwise we would’ve seen a very different outcome, don’t you think?

2. Stop saying that the author did a mistake or a bad choice! That’s disrespectful.

•The author has put in much work in the novel, and then someone random comes and takes a shit on that. Literally one of the most disrespectful things I’ve seen people comment. The author made that choice, respect it. You don’t like it? Don’t comment and move on, or write your own original story- Wattpad and Ao3 are free, who knows maybe a lot of people will like your story.

3. Callisto was created to be the male lead. Every character fills their purpose and role.

•I know I jest around a lot when it comes to Callisto, but jokes aside, he really did do some fucked-up shit and his ways weren’t really ‘it’ the first time he interacted with Penelope, but we see him have a growth (humanly speaking), and we learn why he did what he did, can’t say that I approve of some of his ways, but he actually had a motive. He also has something called character development, what some like to ignore completely.

Another good example of character development we see in the story is Reynold, who might not be the best, but he has a nice redemption and growth throughout the arc of the story. That is how you make a character redeemable. (Can’t say I forgive his actions, but at least he tried to make amends for the shit he has done).

What makes me really laugh is seeing ‘Ecklies is innocuous baby and Callisto is the bad guy’. Again- are we even reading the same story anymore?? Ma’am- Ecklies makes Callisto’s crazy moment look innocent. What are you talking about?? At least Callisto didn’t try to kidnap Penelope, nor did he backstab her. Need I remind you that Callisto was literally on the verge of death but he still put Penelope first and was willing to let her go because that’s what she wanted?? Now THIS is real love.

-And reminder that Ecklies followed/stalked Penelope around for three years (in the side stories) because he wanted to kill her:

How can you really say that he’s the good guy after this??

And for the ones who keep on insisting that it was Penelope’s/ Syieon’s fault because ‘she used him’ you selectively decide to remember that. Ecklies also used and tried to manipulate her.

They used each other. With Syieon choosing to raise his favorability because he was the apparently ‘easiest target’ out of the five morons that are the male leads, to Ecklies that hated everything that Penelope/Siyeon was and wanted to make her rely on him only so his twisted tendencies could thrive. You see how toxic all this trash-fire is? Would you honestly like that?

I say that Penelope did a good choice when she rejected him, I would too. Ecklies scares me shitless and in her place, I would be terrified of him. He literally can kill her at anytime even without meaning to. He just needs to lash out ONCE, even unintentionally, and it’s game over for Penelope.

I know that people like it because it’s fiction, but there is something that attracts/appeals you for you to like it, and this brings me to the question- would you really like to have a relationship like that? Please stop romanticizing toxic/abusive relationships, be it fiction or not.

I also noticed that there are a ton of other different manhwas that have the male lead do similar things to Callisto, however people seem to fly over that completely. Why is that you may ask? I’ll tell you- it’s because Ecklies is good looking, and appeals aesthetically to the reader. His good looks can’t compensate for what he did.

DISCLAIMER: I don’t care what you ship, just stay out of my little bubble and keep your hate and spite to yourself. The real problem manifests when:

-people romanticize toxic/abusive/obsessive relationships and push it onto others, sometimes actively being rude to other people for the ships they like.

-go out of your way to make a good character look bad only to make your favorite pass as ‘baby/cute/innocent’ (who is considerably worse). And politely, stop looking for excuses to make a character look terrible just because you dislike them.

-take a shit on the author’s hard work; again, go write your own story if you don’t like it.

-spread misinformation and false spoilers that mislead others.

Yes, this is absolutely a *side-eye* to someone. Idc.

With this I conclude my rant for the moment- might update later.

#El’s rants #no you cannot change my mind #iklies khan delman #reynold eckart #callisto regulus #penelope eckart #villains are destined to die #vadd #death is the only ending for a villainess #death is the only ending for the villainess #ditoeftv #dioefv

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chipsncookies · 1 year

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It looks like you've already entered the new year. I'm currently making my rounds to thank lovely creators such as you for their content giving me comfort and strength throughout this year.

The majority of this year has been difficult. But I could always count on your tumblr and twitter to get a small dose of comfort to feel better again and to try once more tackle things with your art and the big reblogs and retweets. But especially your art and artstyle and attention to detail has a small space in my heart. Years ago I've tried to become an artist myself and I've always remained traditional in this times. I was forced and pressured out of drawing and just picking up a pencil now fills me with frustration... but your art especially all your traditional stuff helps me finally making peace with my past. I might have never become the artist I wanted to be but I've tried, and seeing someone still tackling art traditionally is very comforting in this age were everyone went digital...

I started following you thanks to Submas but all your other content is lovely as well. I got reminded how much I love AA and grew to appreciate Archie even more.

I'm looking forward to your content in 2023 and I know it keeps giving me comfort and strength whenever I need it.

Keep up the good work and take care! May 2023 bring you lots of creativity and energy to tackle all the things you wanna do!

Take care!

Awww anon this ask warms my heart 🥺💖 I'm so happy i was able to give you some comfort through my art. Truthfully i was also struggling irl last year but drawing and immersing myself with fandom activities cheered me up and gave me strength to move on, so we're in similar condition!

I'm also happy that my traditional art helps you feel better because actually for the longest time i also felt insecure about my traditional art, i thought my art would be way better if i could make more digital drawings. i posted about it here before and the responses quickly changed my mind (if you followed me you might have seen it, but i just want to point out that many people are supportive of traditional art! Sharing here for other people too in case they also feel discouraged im not tooting my own horn i swear)

Thank you for the very nice message, I've went through a lot this year and i think I've grown both as an artist and as a person. I'm still scared of what the future holds but im hopeful that good things will come in 2023. I hope you'll also have a good year, and have the strength and tenacity to face whatever may come.

Thank you again for your support!! 💖💖💖🥹🥹

#asks #nice things

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destinscelle · 2 years

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-cracks knuckles- let’s try this again.

I never in a million years would have thought someone could add depth to a character with such a quick arc but holy shit. Raphael is a national treasure. There are just some people who can make a character flourish in a way no one else can and that is you and Raph. He is so well thought out. So developed. I was so glad to see you and him were still here. You took one of my favorite characters that didn’t get enough screen time and made him one of the best muses in this fandom. Even when we’re not rping I’m reading everything you write because it’s so good. Please just know anytime you think you’re not amazing or your writing isn’t amazing you’re wrong. You and Raphael are one of the things I look forward to the most when I get on this hell site.

Listen not me over here crying in the club 😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺 this was so sweet to read. Boy did I need this more than anything tonight. Sometimes I feel like I am not good enough at writing but the fact people even wanna interact with me and my rafael makes me so happy.

I really hope I can be more active here so that I can get more threads going and then we can finally do more stuff together. ❤️✨

Just thank you for this, I’m glad that you’re around again too. It’s nice seeing people I know around again.

@duelingdestiny

#duelingdestiny #ooc;;

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pupuseriazag · 2 years

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holaaa :D yesterday i saw you reblogged a post about self insert ocs and i was curious about yours! if you wanna talk a little about them of course, sin compromiso 😆

Holisss Pa mi sera un placer hablar de mis bbs y me alegra mucho que te diera curiosidad 🥺🥺💜 So I'll tell you a little about them UwU:

My main self inserts in my OCs are two, my Naruto OC Haruka and my The Arcana MC Luna (Long post ahead)

🌸 Haruka 🌸

I created her around 2008 when I first watched naruto, I was soo into Sasuke I would daydream about ""me"" in the story and how I would also fangirl for Sasuke just like Sakura 😂 Actually, she even started as Sakura's sister/twin (And one of my cousins lended me his naruto clash of ninja game fo the gamecube and I would use a recolor of Sakura to signify "hey thats her :D") Also the name yeah, being similar to Sakura's 😅

Then I kinda drifted away from the idea of her being Sakura's twin and just went with what I wanted to be percieved back there (I wanted to dye my hair red and my fav color was blue so...

....Yeah 💀

That's the only drawing I ever did of Haruka before "realizing" it was a cringy thing to make self inserts and completely discarded her and stopped watching Naruto for a long time 😔

Fast forward 2021, shit happened to me, went to therapy, you know the gig and said "You know what?! FUCK IT. I want to be happy like that again. I'll remake her"

And so I retook the ideas of her and and managed to make a new version of her, one I felt prouder but tryin to keep the same general idea about her, (and some minor hc's I would daydream about once I would remember about sasuke or the series)

I discussed it with a dear friend who is still very involved in naruto and this is her now!

Also I've been actively writing her story as I rewatch naruto and think what she would've done in the series (which... yeah is mostly a passion project and something I'm doing mostly for me and my friends to read about my girl :'3 Its LOOONG and I havent even reached the final fight with Zabusa 💀✋🏻)

Her story at the moment is that both Sasuke and Itachi found her unconscious as a little child in a river nearby the village, and the Uchihas deciding to take her of her instead of leaving her in the care of the higher ups (specially after seeing naruto's situation 😬). And she grows really close to Sasuke, even escaping with him, basically being his right hand.

I'll think about releasing her story if anybody is interested in my bs 😅

🌙 Luna 🌙

Luna is my The Arcana MC and the other self insert I have given much love. When I joined the arcana fandom I was coming out a dark point in my life, and saw how diverse and open the game was to every kind of MC to exist so I said "fuck it" and went full self insert with Luna, even more than Haruka 😂

This is my baby, a chubby, short haired, small and non binary songstress 💜 I was so inspired by other latine artists in the fandom and decided to show a little bit of el salvador with Luna as well 😂 specially in their clothing and making them come from a fictional city-state called Kuatlán. Luna is basically the most close to what I look like irl down, to even the small necklace they wear. I always tried to make them be a representation of both myself and salvadorean culture because damn, there's really not that guanaco representation 😅.

Even in their story I tried to incoporate certain aspects of things that have happened to me (but the majority is fiction in the arcana universe) I have their backstory in my AO3 if you are interested! Its liked in my pinned post uwu. Although I still need to write their childhood and how they escaped Kuatlán to live in Vesuvia... and also this other story I planned about them and Muriel visiting Kuatlán that I never wrote... yeah...

Although I have left the arcana fandom for personal reasons I may do more things about them if I see people interested lol but Luna still holds a space in my heart in how I managed to lend them my appearence and culture to represent 💜💜 (but they will definetly not be the last OC I'll salvadorize 😈😈😈)

That will be all the self ins-

...nevermind theres another one, but we don't talk about Iris

That will be all! Gracias por tu curiosidad en elles :'3

#asks #Thank you for asking!!! UwU #and really sorry for the long long post xD #Luna the apprentice #Haruka Kaiyo #ZagreusOCs #I'll think about releasing some parts of what I've written about Haruka #Its just that its in spanish xD I'll have to translate it in english if english speaking folks are interested

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early20sfailingplenty · 2 years

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Hi Erika!!!

I just wanted to say a few things. first of all:

thank you. thank you for being a writer that I look forward to seeing content from, thank you for being so genuine with the audience you've created, thank you for sharing as many thoughts as you may have on your account, thank you for forming a writer safe space for writers of every background and orientation, and thank you for even making this account in the first place. Im not sure if I can fully say you made me start writing again, but I want to. I want to say that because your work is so inspiring and you're such a sweet person who's been willing to learn and adapt to everyone you talk to and meet and you're so incredibly selfless and sweet for that.

Thank you for being a genuine person.

I want you to know I'm forever and always here for you no matter what it is. Even if I'm not online or awake at the time, I'll be there for you when I can and I don't want you to hesitate messaging me at a moments notice.

We love you, Erika. Me and the fellow Erika stans all do!

Hi, Tuna!!!!

Goodness, you sent this in in NOVEMBER😨 I've read this over and over and OVER and I can't thank you enough for such beautiful words omlllll ~

I'm honoured that you enjoy my content; I know I've slipped in not making as much as I used to and I absolutely HATE that I barely have the time to write anymore but I promise I'm still v much present and active in the fandom and I'm gonna set timers and such - anxiety induced productivity is basically the only way I function anyway, with how much I have to do each day.🤣😩

Thank YOU for offering me and others a safe space to go to for content, for kind words, for advice, and for being such a welcoming and sweet person. Your writing is amongst my favourites and I always get excited when I see you've posted something or when I go back and reread your other stuff! I'm glad that I can provide a safe space for anyone on my blog; that's very important to me. I could definitely make more effort in providing for specific genders and backgrounds so if anyone ever wants a fic which isn't gender neutral etc., please please don't be shy in asking!!! I want everyone to be able to find something on my masterlists which they can relate to and find what they're looking for in!🥺💖

Thank you for being so open and honest, Tuna! I appreciate this ask and YOU so much! I just have a whole lot of love for writing and for the Sinclairs (like anyone could ever doubt that bc I say it waaaay too often🤣) and I love chatting to people and learning about them and I'm so happy that it comes through on this blog! Thank YOU for being so genuine and for taking the time to send this to me, I've read it so many times🥺

Thank youuuuu ~ and please know it's the same for you! If you ever wanna vent or ask for a comfort blurb or something like that then please feel free and I'll respond when I'm able to! (Hint: if you say "emergency comfort" in the ask, I'll do it as close to that night as I can!!!!)

Sending much love your way!

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kittyspotatoes · 4 years

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BIGGEST THANK YOU FOR SPARK!!

From the potatoest potatoes to the most absolute chads who kept hitting up my fanfic, leaving kudos and mind blowing comments; YOU’RE A GOD, AND YOU AS WELL, EVERYONE IS A GOD!! ☜(˚▽˚)☞

(I am really happy despite losing my job, HONEST!)

I don’t usually finish art projects but when I do, I commit! So I made Spark’s Core Five Icons (or an attempt of some sort) and it’s something I’ve worked on for a while now XD I wanted to give back to the Mod Follower fandom and I hope this passes the mark (^∇^) Also this is a mix of art sharing, personal insight, and an atrociously long thank you post.

First off, I never expected my horrifyingly long ass fanfic to invite so many readers. Q.Q I have really bad confidence level in my content so i just half-ass things most of the times.

Then I kind of just really wanted every mod follower to be aware of each other and that’s how I vomited Spark. Then it started expanding and expanding that most times, I don’t feel in control of the plot except that of the LDB’s. I open a doc, I wait for the spirit of RP to possess me and then a chapter gets done ta-da~ I am having so much fun working on Spark as much as some of its plot points scare the living shit out of me ໒( ͡ᵔ ▾ ͡ᵔ )७

You helped me get this far. Honestly, I am so overwhelmed with how supportive the fandom is. (especially those who always comments, ramble, and sometimes do fanart of my OC fhdfhafh) Everyone is just so passionate and inspiring and creative and I’ve never felt so productive in a long time. All thanks to you cuties 🥺🥺🥺

And if there’s one thing I learned from you people, it’s how to be satisfied with your work. Keep doing what makes you happy and that joy shall spread to everyone who sees your work. That when you do something, you have to be the first one to enjoy it. At least then, nobody can say your content isn’t appreciated. YOU appreciated it. YOU liked it. YOU laughed your ass out working on it (I sure do when I’m writing Spark lmfao). And that’s always more than enough 🤣

And last…. To all the friends I’ve made, all….. eight (?) (wat is math) of you that I’ve actually talked to, ilysm and to the ones I’m gonna make in the future as well (if… if I’m able to .u.)

INIGO THE BRAVE (Kicking it off first with the bestest best friend and the biggest chad in Skyrim’s mod followers.)

AURI, SONG OF THE GREEN (Fighting dragons with her bare fists bc u probably didnt refill her arrows. Also I had so much fun going thru hell to do her hair.)

LUCIEN FLAVIUS (To compensate for the lack of broodiness, Lucien shall commit arson in the future and there will be no discord server to stop the “God of Fire”)

KAIDAN (Has anyone found out yet who hurt this man and why he’s always angy? Is it because of Lucien committing arson?)

RUMARIN, 3DNPC (For all eternity, we swear to thee, we will always be in lesbians with you mr. Ru)

BONUSES I did to treat my sanity

KISA (haha my oc looks like a pokemon with that hair holy shit but i’m keeping bc it’s cute and funny as hell XD)

HOODED KISA (Candle ON / [OFF] haha Shadowcloak goes brr)

TASHOK, @deenomilk‘s Lo-Fi Orc and I really just wanna do one for her for the longest of time. She was the one who actually got me into being active like this, be confident enough to be vocally appreciative, and so if I ever interacted with you, I want everyone to know I BLAME DEE FOR BEING SUCH A GOOD INFLUENCE (ᅌᴗᅌ* ) Dee, ilysm and your bs, and your bigtiddyMalacath

(ALSO if you guys wanna add your own BG, you can hmu bc I have PNGs of the mod follower icons :D THANK YOU AGAIN SO SO SO MUCH!)

#LONGEST OF LONGASS POSTS #Thank you so much i deserve nothing of this but thank you #My eyes burned doing all this stuff bc the screen is so bright and its 4am wow xux #team dragonborn #oc: kisa #tashok #inigo the brave #auri song of the green #lucien flavius #kaidan skyrim #ALSO CHAPTER 055 IS OUT THANK U :((((#skyrim custom followers #rumarin 3dnpc #skyrim

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