#like this probably not the craziest thing i’ve said but it definitely is the most insane bc i genuinely believe this
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im about to rank bts members by how likely i would be able to successfully seduce them
i’m going from the bottom up
coming in at number 7 is jin like my beloved aged brethren my husband my love my sweetie honey bunny does not strike me as one that is particularly horny and even if he is i definitely don’t think i’d be able to shake him down on sight like we have the same personality type and i know that virtually nobody can seduce me and i mean i’ve seen his work on weverse like he’d shut that down so fast i’d have no choice but to die from embarrassment
at number 6 is jungkook idk about y’all but me personally i am NOT hot enough to seduce jungkook like if we knew each other and if we got drunk MAYBE but he very much gives “if he wanted to he would” so if he don’t i very much believe that i could show up in nothing but a trench coat and some red stilettos and the only thing i would get is a trip to the police station
5th on the list is hobi now hear me out i could DEFINITELY get hobi to go on a date with me like it’d probably be a pity date but we would for sure be having a candlelit dinner somewhere and then he’d realize he’s in love with me at some point okay we’re endgame but like if im talking tryna get him in bed off rip i just feel like physically im not his ideal type so if i just went and hit on him the punches would not land he’d do one of those judgmental stares and (gently) shrug me off unless we was in the club and no hands started playing bc my booty speaks for itself
smack dab in the middle at number 4 is mr min yoongi now he act like he ain’t but he done mentioned his tongue technology one too many times for me to not believe he’s subtly horny at the very least like if i caught him in a moment where he wanted to get his rocks off and i was putting the moves on him he’d for sure indulge me and even if he wasn’t necessarily in the mood i think if i tried hard enough i’d get him curious about it but there’s like a 55% chance that it ain’t happening which are odds im honestly willing to take
now my top 3 is interesting and very bold but considering the lineup is bangtan in general this is all bold anyway
at number 3 we have jimin bc like im thinking about how he saw megan and described her as innocent and pure im thinking about how he said lizzo was attractive im thinking about how he barked at the thought of usher im thinking about how when he sat in on yoongi’s concert (my show!!!!!!) he said that army was beautiful which leads me to believe that physically we have no problems a body is a body to that man pleasure is pleasure the only obstacle between me and jimin is the fact that he’s an awkward little guy so i would need to make him comfortable first and fortunately for me i act too comfortable with everyone!!!! like just give me an hour with bro and by the end of the conversation my lips would be on his
second place🥈 is namjoon now while i don’t believe im hot enough to bag jk on sight if i’m so sure i could get joon like if i’m dressed to the nines like hair done nails done everything did in my fancy bag i’d be unstoppable like i just know i’d have his attention even if he didn’t peep me from across the room or anything like that if i approached him he’d for sure be interested i know it and then the only thing id have to do is just let the tension build throughout the conversation like im not quite a genius but my iq is very high and i may not be as well read as he is but i’ve been through a lot i’ve heard a lot and i observe everything so i can definitely keep up and add to it and if i wanna talk i can go for hours and hours and by the end of the night we’d be in our jay park v era doing that body talk 🤪
and finally against all odds at number 1 the member i think i have the highest chance of seducing is kim taehyung like idk maybe it’s just me but he seems easy doesn’t he????? like i know this sounds so insane considering he’s got to be a contender for the top 5 most attractive people on this earth and really there’s no way that this should happen but you know what there’s no way that a bee should be able to fly either!! its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground but the bee of course flies anyway bc bees 🐝 don’t 🚫 care 👩🍼what 🤷♀️ humans 👯 think 💭 is 🫵 possible ✅ AND NEITHER DO I !!!!!!!! like give me a platform and not only will i have seduced kim taehyung but i will have him chasing after me we all know he’s a people person like loves making friends loves getting to know people and he a sucker for a compliment he said it himself on multiple occasions he’s a good boy i meet him we chit we chat i tell him i like his shirt then fiddle with the sleeve a bit maybe feel up his bicep and then walk away he’s HOOKED and maybe he gets distracted but then he sees me chopping it up with someone else and is like ❓then he’s finding me we talk a little again i compliment him again i part ways he’s following after me and engaging whatever group i join next i walk away again until he’s literally chasing after me and he corners me and that’s all she wrote like all i got to do is tell him he look good and we having a great night and an even better morning i’m soooo sure of it
anyway randomly had that thought while i was driving home from work feel free to share which member you think you could seduce so i don’t seem like the only mentally unstable person on this website 🎤
#like this probably not the craziest thing i’ve said but it definitely is the most insane bc i genuinely believe this#like my mind is this broken#i really choose to publicly humiliate myself on the internet on a biweekly basis#but it’s fine bc i’ve lost the ability to feel shame 🤪
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Ask the writer ask game! Tagged by @gremlin-bot
1.) how many works do you have on ao3?
8!
2.) what’s your total ao3 word count?
50k!
3.) what fandoms do you write for?
Primarily DPxDC but I enjoy writing DC and I greatly enjoy writing D&D campaigns!
4.) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Falling in Love (In the Most Literal Sense)
Short DPxDC Prompts
I've Grown a Mouth So Sharp and Cruel (It's All That I Can Give To You)
What the Hell?! (UP FOR ADOPTION)
Dream of a Peaceful Slumber
5.) Do you respond to comments? Why/why not?
I’m simply too busy with my tumblr to respond to people on ao3. If I try to focus on more than one website at a time I’ll lose my mind 😅. I promise I Look at each and every one!
6.) what’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending
There’s a sander sides fic i wrote like 8 years ago that had all of the sides get slowly and very brutally murdered one by one in hella graphic detail. I was trying to experiment with descriptors and visuals at that time. Definitely that one. I don’t think it’s on ao3 but it’s somewhere on my old Wattpad account
7.) what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Definitely Falling In Love (In The Most Literal Sense) or an unpublished eldritch smut horror DeadOnMain fic that’s forever staying in WIP hell. Falling In Love first and foremost has an ending, secondly they get along and it’s cute :)
8.) do you get hate on fics?
Not really. I occasionally get questions or criticism on my tumblr but that’s either advice or someone wanting answers and that isn’t hate.
9.) Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I have tried my hand at smut before. Mostly smutty scenes with kinda sorta fade to black, solely because I’m terrible at painting a mental picture for the reader so it always flows terribly. I’ve written that eldritch DeadOnMain thing as I said previously, and some of Jason’s matches Malone persona OF ideas.
10.) do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one?
Somewhere in my WIPs there is a homestuck AU DPxDC fic where DP kids are the humans and DC folks (primarily the teen titans) are the trolls. Definitely that one.
11.) have you ever had a fic stolen?
No fics but I’ve been sent asks that are word for word one of my prompts. I just delete those and go on with my day. Idk I don’t have a tiktok and someone’s probably imitating me on there with my prompts so possibly????
12.) have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope!
13.) have you ever co-written a fic?
Yes!! I’ve Grown A Mouth So Sharp And Cruel (It’s All That I Can Give To You My Dear) (eventually I’ll get around to working on it I have so much stuff going on like preparing to move and finals creeping up aUGH)
14.) what’s your all time fav ship?
Ooooo It’s a solid tie between Kon/Tim and Dave/Karkat. One is my current favorite and the other is one that’s been my favorite ship for the longest time.
15.) what’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?
I have a WIP in my files that’s a DPxDC Dash/Danny fic where Dash is a bomb disposal tech and Danny just moved into Gotham. I have the entire outline written and almost a solid chapter done but I heavily doubt I’ll have the motivation to touch it again.
16.) what are your writing strengths?
I don’t think I have any, (I haven’t written a full length fic in so long I can’t really tell 😅) but I’m very good at setting tone. Idk what do y’all think?
17.) writing weaknesses?
Dialogue. 100% dialogue. It always feels clunky and unconversational whenever I read it back. I swear the second I start writing talking I forget how conversations work.
18.) thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?
I’d probably throw a simple word here in there of the other language if I’m writing a bilingual speaker or ask a pal to help me with translations because I only know English and I know damn well that friends are better translators than google.
19.) first fandom you wrote for?
Sander Sides! I wrote a solid 500ish prompts for that fandom and like 70k worth of fics. It was what got me into writing and for that I’m so very glad.
20.) Fav fic you’ve ever written?
Definitely my Batman mermaid au. I love it to bits and I’m so proud of the designs and I’m always kinda sad that I’m the only one as enthused about this work as I am. None the less I reread it at least every 3 months and it always makes me smile doing so.
Ooo who to tag… @chromatographic @halfagone @susiron
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thank you for tagging me @sixofsol !! 🥰💖
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
144 on my public pseud, 85 in my lil anon collection, 3 floating around secretly in another anon collection, and about 10-15 super super old ones that i orphaned from various asunder fandoms over the years. so at least 232, probably closer to 250 (dear god)
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
1,688,252 words of non-orphaned works (dear GOD)
3. What fandoms do you write for?
primarily six of crows/SAB netflix, but recent fandoms that i might write more for soon include: red white and royal blue, percy jackson, winter’s orbit, bbc merlin, the last binding series, & the pulleyverse
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
hours (whumpy firstprince fic)
you owe me for blowing up my bed (sab verse missing scene)
like putting on a costume (wesper PWP)
gorgeous (wesper PWP)
a choice of two locked doors (wesper arranged marriage)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
i always try to!! but i’m not the best at it all the time 😅 i make more of an effort to reply to comments that are longer or that draw out particular parts of the fic that the reader liked!
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
i’m a big slut for a bittersweet but hopeful ending rather than angsty ones!! like possibly my ghost jesper fic because the final scene is Quite Literally wylan dying but like, that’s kinda happy given context???
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
i am still personally enamoured with the vibes in the final scene of ACOTLD 🥰 and it makes me very happy! so! that one!
8. Do you get hate on fics?
uhhh most regularly i just get snarky gobshites trying to be like, clever and smug about shit, which never really works because i generally don’t care? but then also i sometimes get transphobic hate speech so idk 😅
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
i can't answer this non-sarcastically but like YEAH I'm a VERY HORNY WRITER and I feel like it says more about you than me if you haven't been able to guage that 😅 idk I have gotten a lot tamer though by including porn in longer fics compared to the very explicit collection of PWPs I used to write??
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
the closest i’ve gotten to crossover is sneaking shadow and bone characters into SOC fics! or like, the most subtle of references and cameos when I need random OCs like Easter eggs
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
a few times but i’ve always been vindicated by the fact they’ve never been well done? like it's always been word for word plagiraism (and also the ao3 abuse team is very good at taking things down)
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
not that i’m actually aware of! just podfics sometimes which has been nice 😊
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
never finished one but i’ve got 2-3 wips being co-written with my girlfriend atm 😊
14. What’s your all time favourite ship?
i feel like it’s a cop out to say wesper but like,,,, 😅 idk! i like my lil stupid guys!! i like their vibe!
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I think my problem is that I'm delusional enough to think that I will finish literally all of the WIPs I have started and want to finish even though that's like, 100 fics or something idiotic 😅
16. What are your writing strengths?
Themes and foreshadowing I think!! Like running themes for sure but I've had definitive compliments on my plotting before! I also think I'm pretty good at dialogue, especially arguments, and narrative tension/feelings! 👀
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
i am not very good at cutting my darlings which means things get a bit meandering and diluted sometimes 😅
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
i can get behind it in certain circumstances! personal preference is to translate large chunks of text ie "'[English words],' he said in [language]" but I do write individual words like pet names in other languages
19. First fandom you wrote for?
fucking hetalia when i was like, 12 🫥 but i have also in past written for: homestuck, haikyuu, yuri on ice, the adventure zone (balance & graduation) and (CONSTANTLY forget this) miraculous ladybug! some of which are better than others ngl 😅
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
well this is like asking me to pick children & is also cruel when i have 230 of them klajdsfsadjfk UHHH? i mean this is wicked cheating but im really attached to the bridgerton au i haven’t actually finished yet! it’s fully written, but needs editing, and one that i really really like!! in terms of fics i’ve POSTED, i really like “not just girls” (trans egg wylan), “you yearn to feel no hunger” (SAB-verse coda/character study) and a real deep cut, “only imaginary people disappear to peru for ten years” (missing scene from the lost future of pepperharrow)! idk i like a lot of the fics i’ve posted which is a nice position to be in 😅
most folks i know have done this i think but tagging: @kelliealtogether @apricior @doorsclosingslowly & anyone else that sees this & fancies it 😇
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20 questions for fic writers:
thanks for the tag, @idoltina!!
how many works do you have on ao3?
127
what's your total ao3 word count?
2,230,172. that feels like a lot. i’m like 26 years into this gig.
what fandoms do you write for?
the closer/major crimes, stargate sg1, and star trek: voyager are kind of the big three, but i dabble around.
what are your top five fics by kudos?
all i know is we said hello and your eyes looked like coming home - 1523 kudos
where i’m going now, i don’t know - 1086 kudos
the rise, fall, and rebirth of hermione granger - 1048 kudos
the devil’s right there in the details - 1028 kudos
here comes the rush before we touch - 940 kudos
do you respond to comments? why or why not?
for a long time i wasn’t very good at it because the idea of that kind of interaction made me a little anxious, but once we made the leap to ao3, i feel like the mechanism for giving and receiving comments was overall better and now i at least try to respond to the majority. sometimes if someone is reading something and comments on every chapter, i’ll just respond to their final comment, but most likely if you leave me a comment i will (eventually) reply back.
what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I would say either Sometimes So Sweet, Sometimes So Lonely which is the last part of the Beauty and Nothing More series which was… controversial. Well. I think people didn’t like it, but respected it, if that makes sense. OR Eighteen Again which is old and I think if I rewrote, I could do it better but I never will. Oh actually I’m wrong, it’s Deep City Lights. For sure, for sure.
what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
MAYBE These Hearts Adore? PERHAPS something else but mostly all you get is happy endings, I think.
do you get hate on fics?
no. which is so nice. thanks guys.
do you write smut? if so, what kind?
the gay kind mostly! i didn’t always but i do now, so you’ll find it in my more recent stuff.
do you write crossovers? what's the craziest one you've written?
I wrote a Sanctuary story that takes place in the Buffy universe, kind of. An alternate universe. (Just a Whisper in the Dark.) I wrote a Voyager story that kind of waded into TNG a little. (And Beneath That, A Rebel Heart.) I think those are as close as I ever got.
have you ever had a fic stolen?
i don’t think so? i’ve had lines lifted. you know where i’ve been going along reading a fic of someone who maybe isn’t a mutual but is in the circle and it starts feeling real familiar, but not the whole thing, to my knowledge.
have you ever had a fic translated?
yes, definitely. some people ask, some don’t.
have you ever co-written a fic before?
yes, This Body’s Yours and This Body’s Mine was a co-write as was Hot as a Fever, Rattle of Bones.
what's your all-time favorite ship?
i mean, i’ve obvi kind of made brenda/sharon my life’s work or whatever, but for straight ships, gotta go janeway/paris.
what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
i have a sequel to Gone that i have 10k words written and i just got into a corner and never worked my way out, but sometimes perhaps. sure, it’s been sitting in my WIP folder since 2012 but YOU NEVER KNOW.
what are your writing strengths?
characterization, and uh… vibes? pacing?
what are your writing weaknesses?
i never plot ahead. what’s going to happen next? you know as much as i do.
first fandom you wrote for?
x-files, in a three ring binder, in my childhood bedroom
favourite fic you've ever written?
how dare you! probably giving up on greener grasses.
ok tagging @grissomesque, @nandamai, @ylizam, @kyrafic, and @thiswillonlyhurtalittle
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1.How many works do you have on AO3?
20 works
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
170,154
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Law and Order SVU and Organized Crime
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
A decade without
Geocache
Bankers box
This is her story
Boarding passes
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I try to, as much as I can now! I wasn’t too good at it when I first started writing fic about a year ago-ish, but I’ve come to like the interaction with people :)
6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
either uncharted (bc it basically was a prequel fic to SVU ROTPS (back door pilot to Organized Crime) OR Purgatory (which basically was EO stuck together in hiding but it’s just them *not talking* featuring an unused shotgun).
Idk I try to end my fics on a happy note bc that’s just the type of person I am.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
THIS IS HARD — like I said, I really try to end on a positive note because I love to wrap things up in a cutesy little bow but maybe geocache or bankers box since those are coming home stories.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
I did once, but I’ve since learned the art of comment moderation 🫡
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I’m inclined to say no, but that would be a lie. I did in like 1 AU pilots fic. People said they liked it (maybe?) but I also am super uncomfortable writing it. It was a nice challenge to write it and to get out of my comfort zone.
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
SVU/OC live in the same universe, so while technically a crossover, I’m not going to count it here.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of!
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Not that I know of! But I have used Google translate in fic to have dialogue in another language.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes!
14. What's your all-time favorite ship?
Right now, it’s EO bc they���re the ship that got me to dive head first into all things fandom.
15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
….. gonna have crickets here…..
it’s not that I don’t like my 2 WIPs, it’s just that I think I bite off more than I can chew with both of them and I have second hand embarrassment from them now.
I also prefer to live in oneshot heaven 😇
16. What are your writing strengths?
Not sure… I like to think I can write a loosely enough connected thread to make a storyline come out of the woodworks… but I also don’t know exactly.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Oh most definitely grammar.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
I’ve done it! It’s fun and at least for the EO ship, it’s a playground bc it’s a detail that we as fans know but the writers room seems to ignore/not sure how to incorporate it. Live laugh love continuity.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
SVU/OC
20. Favorite fic you've ever written?
oh gosh… this feels like a toss up because I have a few I always rec to people… this is her story holds a special place in my heart, but I also ADORE bankers box and geocache. Probably those 3 I feel like best represent my work, but I have little pieces of my heart deposited into all my writing 🫶
Thanks for the tag @somuchwhatever . If you come across this feel free to do it yourself!
#eo#svu#elliot stabler#law and order svu#olivia benson#a03#bensler#svufic#a03 writer#mariska hargitay
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Author Question Tag Game
Thanks for the tag @siancore & @six2vii ❤️
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
36
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
237,514 (gotdamn 😳)
3. What fandoms do you write for?
SamBucky SarahBucky SamSteve
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Don’t Look Any Further
Stolen Moments
You’re Blowin’ My Mind (With the Things You Say to Me)
We Need a Resolution
Since You Came In
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Ehh I used to regularly. I still try to respond to the comments on Stolen Moments, because it’s my Casablanca, my Godfather, my… Ferris Bueller’s Day Off lmaooo, though I’m kinda slow about it. Listen, in a perfect world, I’d respond to every comment, but at this point I’m just lucky if I get the fic posted. My readers know I love them (all five of them lol).
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Your Secrets Are Safe With Me
I mean, it definitely had the most ominous ending lol. SamBucky’s relationship had nowhere to go but down.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Almost all I do are happy endings. If I wanted to see my fave have a bad time, I’d just watch his show 😒😂 Anywho, I want to say Stolen Moments has the happiest ending, because they get to live happily (and safely) ever after, but… can that be the happiest if someone… Hmm never mind idk, I’m just gonna say Stolen Moments lol.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Yes lmaooo. Folks have lost their minds lol. Hell, sometimes it’s not even about the fic. Sometimes it’s just some idiotic college kid & their friends, pressed because I said it’s wild to ship the “he murdered her mom” fanon couple… in a post… on here… on my own blog, and so they try to come into my comment sections on ao3 being cunts unprovoked… Or it’ll be some unhinged Bucky stan, upset because I had the audacity to mention something that actually happened in canon, again, here on my own blog 😂😂 Anyway, that’s why my comment sections have restrictions on them now.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Umm no, not really lol. I think the closest I came was the restroom encounter in Wanted; does that count?
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
Nah. I have to stick to the rivers and the lakes that I’m used to.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Many many many moons ago
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yeah
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Nah… I don’t think I have the… qualities needed for that lol.
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
Sheesh I’m just gonna say SamBucky ‘cause they’re my OTP of the moment.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I still have hope that I’ll finish my WIP that’s posted: Weep Not for the Memories, and I don’t want to jinx myself 🤞🏾
16. What are your writing strengths?
Hmm. I think I’m realistic when writing stories, or at least as realistic as the plot allows. Like, for example, you ever read a fic with a kid, and you can tell that not only has the author never talked to a kid (or even met a kid) as an adult, but they’ve also somehow forgotten everything about being a kid? Well, yeah, that’s not me lol. If there’s a kid in my fic, they’re gonna be more Huxtable than Griffin — not to use the word normal, but they’re going to be normal.
I also think I write family interactions pretty well. Plus I’m good at adding drama that’s soapy, but that could also totally happen. This is just a long winded way of saying, I can write characters that seem like someone you could meet, and that’s harder than one might think.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Smut. Definitely smut. Enjoy reading it, feel super weird writing it. (It’s probably my inner cradle Catholic jumping out lol.)
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
Okay, I think I’ve done this like once maybe. Anywho, I think it’s cool; I just don’t really ever end up doing it.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Friends
20. Favourite fic you’ve written?
Shoot, I enjoy tf out of all of my fics. Sometimes, I’ll be rereading them on the edge of my seat, waiting with bated breath for what’s gonna happen next 😭 Welp, this wasn’t the question, but let me just name three of my faves for y’all:
Stolen Moments: My almost 100K word SamSteve/SamBucky love triangle soap opera epic. It’s fun, if I do say so myself.
Your Secrets are Safe With Me: Over 5K words of Bucky being problematic in the name of love. This was my foray into something “dark” lol.
Tell it to My Heart (Tell Me I’m the Only One): The first fic in my Inspired by Reddit Posts series. Sam and Bucky are in the same Waffle House; is it big enough for the both of them??? lmaooo
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Thanks for the tag @bg-sparrow this looks like fun! ☺️
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
260 (and rapidly going up, because there’s a bunch more one shots that are currently still in a multi-chapter and I’m working on posting them individually)
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
1,528,192 😵💫
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Mostly BBC Sherlock and Star Wars. But I’ve also written a fic for The Hunger Games, Loki show, Grantchester, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, and Wonder Woman.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
(I’m not gonna include the fic that technically comes in 4th place because that’s the multi-chapter of one shots which will eventually be deleted completely from AO3 once all the one shots have their own post)
I Told You So (sherlolly)
Alliance (reylo)
Half Agony, Half Hope (sherlolly)
Zephyr (sherlolly)
For Science (sherlolly)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Absolutely! There was only one time in my life that I said I couldn’t routinely do that, and that was at the height of popularity for I Told You So. I was posting it on AO3 and ffnet, and also posting the links on here, and I was getting feedback on all three platforms. Which was amazing! But it meant it was a bit much to keep up with. Other than that, I feel commenters deserve a response since they’re giving us writers the thing we want most. ❤️
6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
For reylo probably I’m Ready to be Heartbroken and for sherlolly I think it’s a tie between You’re Dying and Congratulations, By The Way.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
I truly couldn’t say because I’ve written sooo many with happy endings that Idk what would be happiest 😆
8. Do you get hate on fics?
I’ve gotten the very occasional slightly rude comment over the years, but not what I’d consider hate.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I never have and I don’t plan to. It’s just not something I want to do. And besides I think there’s always more than enough of that for those who want it. If anything, what tends to be lacking is a large selection of fics without that type of content.
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
Only think I’ve ever done is a Star Wars AU one shot for sherlolly called Balance.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of, and I don’t know if I’d even want to know because that would be such a huge amount of stress and I’d probably be very limited in what I could do about it.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
I’m honored to say that I have! There might be one for I Told You So on ffnet… I can’t remember. But definitely on AO3 there’s a Russian translation of Zephyr and a Chinese translation of For Science
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes, indeed! I’ve co-written two fics with @thisisartbylexie. Alliance for reylo, and Half Agony, Half Hope for sherlolly. Coincidence that those are also in my top 5 kudos? I think not.
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
That’s super hard but if for no other reason than the duration of my creating, I guess I’d have to say sherlolly.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
I don’t think I have an answer for this because the 2 WIP I have at the moment are ones I am definitely in the process of finishing.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I think dialogue and internal descriptions for the character. And I guess describing things in a way that help the reader easily hear/see the scene in their mind, since that’s a comment I’ve gotten many times over the years.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Action and mystery. Ironic, given my fandoms lol. I am always so uncomfortable describing action scenes or situations where there’s a lot going on and it’s fast paced. And I absolutely would struggle if I had to come up with a mystery plot line!
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
What an interesting question! I’m trying to think if I’ve ever even done this in a fic. 🤔 But I think it’s a great thing to include if the plot calls for it! If I did I’d ideally want to check with someone who is fluent in that language just to make sure I’m not being inaccurate.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
BBC Sherlock (for sherlolly) going on 10 years ago 🥹
20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?
I genuinely don’t think I can choose. Sometimes I try to when I get this question, but it really is a toss up between a few fics. There’s not one particular one that stands out from the others so much that I’d call it my favorite. But some of my faves are definitely in that list of my top kudos fics that I listed in question 4.
I’ll tag @musicprincess1990 @englandsgray @love-yellow-door @strawberrypatty and whoever else sees this post and feels like participating!
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Personal update regarding my fanfiction (opinionated, for sure. I’m not deleting anything <3.):
I wrote for the warcraft fandom every day from the end of 2018 to around six months ago. Over a million and a half words in that time. I wrote for WoW and, more specifically, Sylvaina, because I loved the characters and I believed I could write them a better story than they were getting.
The ‘finishing’ of Sylvanas’s story, along with the release of her novel, have resulted in things going incredibly south for me creatively. I wrote the stories because I loved the characters, as I’ve said. Especially Sylvanas.
I thought the issue was the high demand level of my job, but it wasn’t. It was just way easier to tell myself that than to admit what had actually happened.
This ship, especially, has been. Y’know. This isn’t the first time the character I identify most with has been turned into something she was never supposed to be. But that’s fine. When the ship trend became, not only noncon, but pushback against tagging it as such, I coped. (Y’know. As well as could be expected considering the reason Sylvanas is who I identify with is that she was the epitome of a survivor character and said trend turned her into the very thing I, personally, survived.)
I even coped when this ‘trend’ became the norm, somehow. When the character’s entire point was regaining her own agency and ensuring the agency of her fellow survivors. It’s fanfiction, right? What could it hurt, right?
I’m fully aware content policing is bad. But also, I have personal opinions and beliefs and it sure does suck that the ship I started writing for to cope with escaping a really bad situation became ‘the noncon ship’.
So, first, the ship’s fandom itself made her something she wasn’t intended to be. Easy enough to deal with. I simply won’t write her like that. I’ll write her the way I think she should be written, and the way that helps me process things. I’ll do everything in my power to always write healthy, consenting relationships. I’ll even withdraw socially from most aspects of fandom because I can’t fathom interacting with anyone who thinks this characterization is ‘hot’. Because in real life, it’s very much not.
And again, the pushback against requests that this particular trigger be tagged? Probably pretty telling regarding the direction things were heading. But I kept writing! I loved the characters. I loved the people who found my works as comforting to read as I found them to write. And because I still believed I could give these characters a better story than canon. Eventually, things evened out a bit on the content being produced for this ship and I felt a lot more comfortable being involved in it on a personal level.
Now we’ve arrived back at canon. The thing I felt so compelled to fix and do better when it just got harder and harder with each content patch. And the craziest thing happened. They stopped just short of canonically giving her the exact characterization I was just addressing. But they didn’t stop before she stopped being Sylvanas Windrunner, and they didn’t stop before the entire lore of the game was irreparably broken.
And I don’t know how to fix that. After so many words and stories and ‘it doesn’t matter, I can fix it.’, I can’t, anymore. And that’s super sad for me on a personal level. I’m not sorry for any opinions I’ve expressed regarding this ship now or in the past, but I’m sorry I can’t fix it. It just feels so much like there’s nothing left to fix. I’ve definitely tried. I’ve opened my docs so, so many times. I even wrote a whole one-shot in one sitting recently. And then I found out the writer currently responsible for Sylvanas’s direction is now writing for Overwatch, which has been one of my favorite things to do since I haven’t been able to write, and I was just like, okay. Writing for Blizzard franchises is becoming genuinely upsetting, and it’s really hurting my ability to write anything at all. I need to stop trying so hard to fit a square peg in a round hole before I ruin my ability to get this creative outlet back at some point.
Anyway, this isn’t some melodramatic ‘I’m leaving forever’ thing. I just wanted to express some things after so many years of so much involvement. There’ll be fics I discontinue, and fics I’ll update when I feel like I can enjoy updating them. Probably not many, though, and I wanted to be transparent about that because there are so many of you that I’ve come to care about and enjoy seeing in my comments and notes over the years.
Also, like what you like! Don’t let me stop you or make you angry about it. If I don’t even have the strength to keep trying so hard to write about these characters, I definitely don’t have it in me to argue about tag preferences, lol. I’m not some weird overarching characterization deity. I’m just a guy with ptsd and strong opinions.
But also, tag that shit if you want to write it. Don’t negotiate about it. It’s not a debate. If someone asks you to tag a theme, just believe them when they say it hurt them, or that it could hurt others. Behavior like that sets the mood and tempo for a lot of things, and you never know who has been through what in their real life.
Anyway, it’s really a perfect storm of things except the storm has been happening for years. I’ll still update some things. I still love the character Sylvanas was. And I’ll always appreciate the journies everyone took with me. They helped me more than you’ll ever know.
I’ll see you in the next silly or gratuitous elf one-shot. Sorry about the longfics. No promises on those, for sure. <3
-Poet
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Thanks @14carrotghoul for tagging me. Sorry I’m doing this days after everyone else. I’m a procrastinator.
1. How many works do you have on ao3? Only 12 so far.
2. What’s your total ao3 word count? 412,770
3. What fandoms do you write for? Mostly rwrb, but also the Raven Cycle, Heartstopper, and once 9-1-1 LS. I really write in any fandom I have an idea for.
4. Top five fics by kudos:
One Wild and Precious Life (I don’t know why people like this one, I honestly find it painful to reread and I’ve thought about going back to make major edits)
Things I Cannot Accept
Most People Exist
Scar Tissue
In Any Universe
5. Do you respond to comments? I swear I try to. But my inbox currently has 434 unread so I am obviously failing hard.
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? An unhappy ending? In this economy? Maybe Most People Exist. That whole fic was kind of about death and how the inevitability of death affects life and the ending was a little pretentiously open ended.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I try to make them all happy, but I think The Soul of David. It’s probably my angstiest fic and I definitely made some people sad in the comments but it all turned out okay.
8. Do you get hate on fics? Not really. My comments are pretty overwhelmingly positive, though there are some comments that bother me where I think people believe they’re being helpful, but I just find them annoying.
9. Do you write smut? No.
10. Craziest crossover. I only have one but it is a little weird, in the sense that I mashed together two universes that in no way belong together. Someone Worth Knowing. RWRB/Raven Cycle.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? No? Is that a thing people do? What is the payoff?
12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Someone commented on Scar Tissue asking if they could translate the fic into Korean. I said they could but I never actually checked to see if they did.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? No, and I’m not sure if I ever would. I had to do a creative writing assignment with my best friend in high school and it almost crumbled our 13 year friendship. I would love to beta for someone though, but I’m kind of a loner in all the fandoms I participate in (probably because I barely participate. Sorry.)
14. All time favorite ship? Listen, do not judge me. I’ve shipped a lot people and I have had many hyperfixations in my life, and I love all of them, but I was in the trenches shipping Destiel in 2014, and I still stand by it. Those bitches were in love.
15. What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Ugh. I only work on one story at a time and I don’t start posting until I’ve finished. And I have been working on a story for months and I only have five chapters left. But I’m going to finish it. I don’t care if I’m eighty, I’m fucking finishing it.
16. What are your writing strengths? Oof idk. I think my stories have pretty good pacing. Which I know sounds dumb but some of the best fics I’ve ever read I didn’t read to the end. It’s something I really pay attention to and I think I’m good at determining when a story should begin and end.
17. What are your writing weaknesses? I think my stories tend to lag in the middle and can sometimes be a little repetitive. I also feel like my dialogue can come off a little weird and stilted sometimes, though I try very hard to avoid that. I also suck at spotting typos.
18. Thoughts on dialogue in another language? I am stubbornly monolingual, so I do it sparingly, but I admire those who can do it well.
19. First fandom you wrote in? The Raven Cycle. Not very interesting, but I didn’t start writing until I was 21.
20. Favorite fic you've written? Not a surprising answer, but Things I Cannot Accept. As soon as I started reading rwrb fics I wanted to read an abdication fic and I read a lot of great ones but I just wasn’t satisfied I guess. They didn’t go exactly how I imagined, so I wrote one myself (and used it as an opportunity to address the political issues I have with the book, something I wish could have been improved and expanded upon in an on-screen adaptation, but I can never get what I want I guess).
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20 Questions for fic writers
Tagged by @thatbluelight cuz we be forcing each other to read each other’s fics even when we don’t know what’s going on…hate to say it but I lowkey miss reading ur peterick shenanigans…anyway
1. How many works do you have on ao3?
31…simultaneously feels like a lot and not enough
2. What’s your total ao3 word count?
333,525
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Written for a lot of different fandoms, most recently for the Thai gl Gap, but in the past I’ve written for the Wrestling fandom (specifically Baysha/Charlynch), Power Rangers (2017), 1 for American Horror Story, 1 for Batwoman, and a couple old fall out boy sprinkled in.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Behind Closed Doors, How Could You Possibly Know?, Look Me In The Eyes, Don’t Look Back In Anger, The Fear of Falling Apart
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
YES, I feel like there’s so much community in fic writing and I love being able to connect with otherwise strangers over media we both enjoy.
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I don’t purposely write angsty “endings” it’s more like I give up on an idea half way through before we can get to the happy ending, like “I Run Back Thoughts of You” is enemies to lovers but only has 1 chapter so we still in the enemies phase…
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Probably Can I Break Down Your Walls? There’s so many ups and downs in that fic but like the ending is so cute and cheesy
8. Do you get hate on any fics?
Not a lot but I’ve definitely got a weird comment or two, I can definitely write some darker themes and people have been weird about it once or twice but it’s praise and support 99% of the time
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Ya, def grew into that, wasn’t something I touched in the beginning of writing fic, but like the last few years she’s become more prominent
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
Nah, it’s def not my cup of tea in my own writing style, but I can appreciate when other writers do it. Putting different characters/people together like that is a lot for my brain sometimes 😂
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of…👀
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Someone contacted my a while ago asking if they could translate Behind Closed Doors into Spanish to like record audio of them reading for their YouTube channel…I said yeah but never really checked back 😂
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Ya, I co-wrote a like sequel one-shot of a Power Rangers fic years ago (I Hate To Say I Told You So)
14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?
…probably still Sasha Banks and Bayley even tho we getting crumbs these days…
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
Sasha Hates Christmas, I usually update it every year around Christmas time and it follows a close to real life story line but I haven’t updated it since 2021
16. What are your writing strengths?
I feel like there’s a good like general flow, like everything tends to move solidly if that makes sense. I feel like I’m also a poet at heart so I be killing it with the comparisons and like painting the scene with metaphors.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
I feel like I could work on like making things more realistic, I feel like I always make endings perfect and don’t allow for like human error/nuance all the time.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue language in fic?
I have before sparingly, it’s not really my fav, I took 5 years of Spanish in high school…but still can’t w correct grammar/phrasing so I don’t really attempt it
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Hate to admit it but the first fic I wrote was like 2013 about Demi/Selena on wattpad and I was down bad
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
This is hard, I love a lot of my one-shots but I feel like the longer chaptered fics were truly like a labor of love especially with how many times I wanted to quit them. Soooo probably Purple Hurts But Blue Stings Worse or Behind Closed Doors
This was fun and introspective…✌️
Tagging @ahunter8056
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20 Questions for fic writers
I've been tagged by @leollyen in this post.
Thanks for tagging me and giving me an excuse to ramble a bit!
And yeah, that's gonna be an interesting one because I wouldn't necessarily say I am a fic writer. But here we go:
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
2 (both complete, one is anonymous)
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
4'733 (like I said, not really a fic writer)
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Both published works are for Stranger Things but I do have a WIP for Sense8.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Uhm well, the anonymous one has less kudos than the other one...
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I think I would or at least try to because as a reader I like to get answers to my comments!
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Definitely [redacted], that one's anonymous for reasons
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
The other one obviously. And I think that it would also keep up if we considered my WIPs too - but then again, none of those really have an ending...
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Not so far.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I'm thinking about it. I've definitely written smut in original things but not yet in fanfic. But one WIPs chapter is literally titled 'horny' so far - so either I'll remove that idea/story line somehow or at least write fade to black... (Or the most likely scenario happens and I'm never finishing that fic...)
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
Nope.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
No. But I've thought about translating my own writing - the things I've written (over) ten years ago in my first language. I actually like the ideas behind them! But also none of them are finished and it's been a while.
I'm also not sure how well the language switching would work out. Rewriting in English would probably be easier.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
No.
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
In general or to write for?
In general it'd be zukki (Zuko, Sokka, Suki from Avatar: the last Airbender).
To write for is harder... I've written the most for steddie (Stranger Things) but my heart would probably go with Nomi and Amanita from Sense8.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
A longer steddie fic that's been a WIP since the beginning of the year. It's supposed to be kind of a slow burn and therefore needs to be longer and chaptered. But I've only got 1.5 short chapters so far from the 5 or 6 I think it should be at...
16. What are your writing strengths?
Funky little ideas, vibes and OCs.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Writing - as in it's so slow going that I don't really write at all.
Research - don't really have the spoons to do that which makes my writing really vage whenever I should have research something.
Names - I've got all these OCs but most of them stay nameless...
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I love to read it! Especially if it's one of the languages I understand or it's translated/made clear by the context.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
First published: Stranger Things
But I started writing the Sense8 one first and I may have written other stories as a kid/teen before I really understood the concept of fandom
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
It would probably be either the Stranger Things or the Sense8 WIP but since they are WIPs I'll go with the one that's published and not anonymous 🙃
I'd like to tag @lostghosts and @csinnamon-fox - only if you feel up to it and no pressure! But I'd be interested in your takes on those questions :)
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No words or things or thing or term can define really how I feel or whatever I am. It’s just weird, I want people to find peace so much I can’t find my own. An the saddest part about it, i don’t hate anybody I don’t. I just really don’t like the fact that I can’t feel like I can make everything peaceful if this is what life is about or I’m some magical person or just some special person. It stems from a lot and I can’t get mad at that. I can’t. I wanna say thank you to those who helped and thank you to the ones who gave. Even the ones on the opposite spectrum they probably brought me to the point I’m at today. I get why I can’t get mad about anything anymore, the craziest part is I’m not scared. Fear isn’t what causes me stress as much as I think. It’s the fact that I feel like there’s no sanity or perfect way to deem how I feel even if it’s predicted or thought to be that way. It’s weird, I want to make myself and the future great but what am I. Who am I. What is the term great referring to happiness and other things. Wanting peace for those is something we aim for but after a life full of chaos longer than most have even existed I feel it becomes almost weird to think. You gotta remember life is full of mistakes, nothings perfect, hell something’s that seem meaningless meant more to some than they’d ever realize. I say that while I still contemplate my own fate and contemplate reality. I can’t get mad at balance or what we deem it. I get why I want peace for all, even things unknown to us and even this reality. Race is a weird concept and time is something we’ve managed to put something on to make us feel more capable to deal with it. My backgrounds and things I’ve picked to make me happy or things that I’ve taken in to make me feel more at peace is my reality I’ve constructed to some extent. Is it false? That’s the question. With who I was or am or how I became a being shows or even let’s me know what I wanted to be or what I actually was. It’s not that I was a name or something that could be. I get I was never them and probably never even them. I was only the person I saw in the mirror an the wildest thing is what did I look like before that ever existed, before I had a face a thing that made me tick a color a laugh a voice a purpose but I guess that’s what makes me tick but that can be taken deeper than some may want to go or even want to think. My name is something that is a blessing yet a curse because as I said what was I before I had a name, before this reality, before time was time. Before anything had purpose or things were what they were. I’m not mad an it is what it is. I do look for that happiness an I do want peace, it’s just the fact that it’s almost impossible to obtain something that might have never been it. If they were that an even peace in a nutshell why do I feel like a squirrel that can’t even find sanity. Sounds stupid, but after all this. I get why I think of suicide more often now than I did then. Was it because I was unaware or was it because I felt like something was missing and I was okay with it. Or is it the fact that I’ve figured out so much and don’t know how to cope with it, this reality is different. I do miss how it was when I was younger and I can’t get mad. I appreciate the lives I got to be apart of an I get why I find life funny. If I was gonna say anything to really put a title on this, I never would deem it anything. This is what it is. An I’m older now an I get why I still want to fight. It’s just a matter of what I’m fighting for. Change is key an character is the lock. I get why I want to keep growing that’s honestly the truth. If I did go to the other side I get why I wasn’t mad to be alone an leave it in a way where reality found peace or where they found sanity. I was tired of mere games where I felt like I couldn’t find that. What’s the true definition of love or peace or sanity or even happiness. I guess that’s up to us. I only wanna find myself in the next life knowing I didn’t cause to much chaos in a way where it couldn’t be fixed. Or where it wasn’t that. Infinity.
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fic writer asks meme
Tagged by @nurselaney
Tagging anyone who wants to do
How many works do you have on AO3? 216 (there’s a few more that I deleted but that’s how many are there now)
What’s your total AO3 word count? 327,136
How many fandoms have you written for and what are they? 52 (ish) which I am not listing them all but the main ones have been West Wing, Band of Brothers, Criminal Minds and The Tudors.
What are your top 5 fics by kudos? (Going by non co-written works)
1. Five Times Out Of Many David Rossi Realised He Was Happily Doomed (Criminal Minds)
2. It’s Not Because Of You It’s Because Of Me (Ted Lasso)
3. To Dwell In Enchantment (Criminal Minds)
4. What About Now (Criminal Minds)
5. Four Times Penelope Hotchner Knew Her Fathers Loved Her (Criminal Minds)
What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending? I was going to say ‘the one in which I basically killed off all the main characters’ but in some ways that one is actually very much about love and memory and honouring that love and that family so I’m going to say Hope Deferred Maketh Something which is definitely that for the two main characters.
What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending? Probably The OT3 Verse.
Do you write crossovers? If so, what is the craziest one you’ve written? I write so many crossovers. I think the most out there might be my Tudors/Pundits/Law and Order UK/Criminal Minds Cinematic Universe. Or the Criminal Minds/Doctor Who.
Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I used to and then I discovered that writing sex scenes is triggering to all hell. And now I still do write sometimes but I have to sort of build in recovery from being triggered by it. As ever, negotiating my brain is A Delight.
Do you respond to comments, why or why not? I do my best as my brain allows :(. So I can’t always but I absolutely appreciate and adore every single one.
Have you ever received hate on a fic? Yes and I’ll be honest here, it made me want to stop writing. I’m still struggling with posting things on AO3 due to it. I’m building up to it and I think I’m doing better but yeah, it hurts.
Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not to my knowledge
Have you ever had a fic translated? I have and it’s delightful.
Have you ever co-written a fic before? Yes! I have co-written with wonderful close friends and had a lovely time. I’m working on the next part of a co-written thing right now and I have shares in an original world that I’m partly helping my best friend with.
What’s your all-time favorite ship? Actually a lot of the OTPs I love with all my heart/that are deeply meaningful to me I don’t read fic for (Faramir/Eowyn, Beren/Luthien) or I read a few very select fics (Jedistormpilot). I do have ships I love very much (I will own to being very attached to my OT3 verse triad) but I wouldn’t say I have a favourite.
What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will? I will never say never but I do not think I will finish Let Us Dream. I wish I could say I could, because there’s a lot I like about it but…no not so much. I still have hopes of finishing Into The Fire even if it’s a rewrite version.
What are your writing strengths? I think I’m good at coming up with AUs, coming up with different worlds - I do love doing that.
What are your writing weaknesses? Dialogue. I am not good with the dialogue. I think that’s the big one - I’ve also had a ‘no I can’t make this long I’m BORING’ brain weasels that I’m slowly slowly working on (a lot of my writing process is wrangling my brain)
What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? It’s not something I’ve done - I’ll do a [said something in language] thing but for me personally I think I’d want to know I knew the language before I wrote it (I’d double check with friends who are native speakers of [language] if I did.
What was the first fandom you wrote for? I believe the first fic I ever published (which doesn’t exist online anymore because I went through a fic deleting spree on my ff.net account at some point) was for The Bill, a British Police Procedural. It was Very Angsty.
What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?
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Hey could I please request a LokixReader story set on Sakaar where they have an enemies to friends to lovers relationship? Lots of fluff and smut if that’s okay. Thank you xxxx
Lord have mercy is this long. I love the request (probably a little too much). I have to warn you before reading, it's 6.6K words, the longest fic I've written yet. BUT I love it. I'm really proud of it!
Pairing: female reader x Loki
Requested: Yes
Warnings: smut, 18+, praise, unprotected sex, fingering, enemies to friends to lovers, fluff, fighting (Hulk and Thor), spoilers for Thor Ragnarok, takes place during Ragnarok
A/N: And with this finished I'm going to take a day to myself tomorrow! I'm not feeling very well and I want to catch up on my series because I've been neglecting it. Requests open, taglist open, inbox open! Please like, comment, and reblog!
You could ask anyone on Sakaar who the Grandmaster’s favorite person was and they would say it was you. You grew up on the trash planet with your father, who was a reject from his home planet. But on Sakaar you were basically royalty. Your father befriended the million year old Grandmaster when you were just two and from then on you were living in the lap of luxury.
You weren’t sure how long you’d been on Sakaar, but it had been a few hundred years. You didn’t look that old, more like twenty to thirty. But there was no way to be certain with the way that time worked on Sakaar.
Your life was perfect in your opinion. You and your father were happy and healthy on the trash planet. Every day you would dress in your finest silk robes, adorn your flashy face paint, and go to the arena to watch fights. When you weren’t doing that you were in your home or with the Grandmaster, who was basically a second father to you.
It was the end of the day and you were eating dinner with the Grandmaster, your father, and some other ‘royalty.’ As typical with all meals held by the Grandmaster it was full of excited and animated talking and extravagant food. You were too busy drinking your wine to engage in conversation, unlike your father who hadn’t touched his plate in favor of speaking to the man next to him.
Your father was a very social man, probably why the Grandmaster took such a liking to him. They were equally as flamboyant and outgoing. the Grandmaster often remarked how much you looked like your father. You had the same hair color, eye color and shape, and skin tone. Though you couldn’t tell your father’s true hair color anymore because it had started greying, contrary to the rest of his body that wasn’t aging as quickly.
There was a knock at the dining room door and the Grandmaster called for whoever it was to come in. The noise had drawn everyones’ attention, and all eyes were on the man that was being escorted in. He was tall, with fair skin and raven black hair. He was the most attractive man you had seen in a while. He didn’t look like a lot of the men you saw, but he still looked elegant.
“Who is this?” the Grandmaster asked.
Instead of waiting for the guards to speak, the detainee spoke, “I am Loki, God of Mischief and Prince of Asgard. I would like to say right now that it is a mistake imprisoning me and I will forget all about it if you let me go right now.” Loki spoke swiftly and with an accent foreign to many you heard normally. He had a very charming speech but you were in utter shock at the way he had spoken to the Grandmaster.
You expected the Grandmaster to order the guards to throw him in with the other gladiators and make him go against the champion, but he actually laughed, followed by everyone else in the room other than you.
“Well, Loki, I suppose I don’t need to make you fight. You can keep me company instead. How does that sound?”
It must not have been what Loki was expecting because he raised his eyebrows and said nothing for several seconds. “I think that would be fine,” he finally responded.
“Good, good. Why don’t you take that off him so he can pull up a chair?” the Grandmaster said to the guards. They did as he ordered and unshackled the dark haired man. As soon as he was free he grabbed a chair and planted right in between the Grandmaster and you. Loki sat down and gazed at you, offering a dazzling smile.
You squinted at him for a moment, sizing him up. You knew he was going to be trouble, to you at least.
“Ah Loki, please meet Y/N. She’s like a daughter to me,” the Grandmaster said to him.
“Hello Y/N. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” His words were so obviously a lie that it made you scowl. You could hear the sarcasm seeping from his words. You could tell that he was already trying to butter up the Grandmaster. But in actuality he was trying not to get himself killed. Thor was nowhere to be found and he was on this planet by himself.
“Likewise,” you said back. You turned away from the men and started eating your meal, pointedly ignoring Loki as you did so. You could hear their conversation and it was almost impossible not to eavesdrop. The Grandmaster was mostly talking about himself, all things that you’d already heard before. Loki, when given the chance to talk, was just complimenting him in return.
When the meal was over and the dishes were collected the Grandmaster addressed your father. “My dear Holden, would you house my company for the time being?”
You whipped your head over to the Grandmaster. You couldn’t believe the words that had just come from his mouth. You couldn’t believe he was asking you and your father to let Loki stay with you. But your father being your father would have no problem with it. You just knew he was going to accept.
As you expected he said, “Why of course, the more the merrier.”
Your house was incredibly close to the palace. There really was no need for guards to escort you and your father home but the Grandmaster thought it was necessary. So after dinner you, your father, and Loki made your way to your home. It was very beautiful, and almost as grand as the palace itself, but much smaller.
Your father was in high spirits as usual. Once you were inside your father turned to Loki with a brilliant smile adorning his face. "We are delighted to have you. Please follow me, you can sleep here in the guest bedroom. Y/N is right next door so you can go to her if you need anything."
You looked at your father with a deadpan expression, which he didn't seem to notice. Loki on the other hand was positively beaming back at your father.
"Thank you so much for the hospitality. I really cannot thank you enough."
Your father chuckled, "It's no trouble at all. Any guest of the Grandmaster's is a guest of mine. So please, make yourself at home."
"Thank you again. I am quite tired so I think I'll be heading to bed. Goodnight Holden, goodnight Y/N." He bowed and went to his chambers without another word.
You looked incredulously at your father but he seemed to not have a care in the world. He was awfully aloof when it came to matters dealing with the Grandmaster. Your father and the Grandmaster had a complicated relationship. You really had no clue what was going on with them. They called each other dear and said they loved each other, but you had seen the Grandmaster and your father doing a fair share of flirting with many men and women.
You walked to your own room with a heavy sigh. You stayed up for a few hours that night wondering about the man next door.
You quickly realized that the Grandmaster had taken a liking to Loki. The next morning you, your father, and Loki were having breakfast with the Grandmaster and Loki was hanging onto every word that came out of the man's mouth. You just knew that Loki didn't care. But what you want to know are his intentions. He randomly shows up on your planet and instantly catches the Grandmaster's attention.
You spend most of the morning with your father, preferring his company to the Grandmaster and his new pet. The next time you saw him was at lunch. And just like at dinner the previous night Loki was sitting right next to the Grandmaster. Instead of enduring the empty compliments that were coming from Loki you decided to sit farther down the table next to another one of your father's friends.
"Hello Marridija," you said as you sat down. Marridija was a very kind woman. Kind and very up to date on all the goings on at the palace. It was no surprise that she was close to the Grandmaster.
"Why hello Y/N. You aren't sitting at the front of the table today?" Her drawn-on eyebrows drew in and she tilted her head to the side slightly, making you worry that her hair, which was styled heavily with spray to keep it straight up, would tip over and ruin. Over the many years on Sakaar you had grown accustomed to the wild fashion in the palace. Everyone in the Grandmaster's group wore metallic face paint and did their hair as tall and elaborate as possible.
Out of everyone at the table Marridija had the craziest hair and brightest makeup. She always made sure she was seen in a crowd. Her hair was bubble gum pink and looked like cotton candy on top of her head. Her makeup was many bright streaks of pink, blue, and gold.
"No, not today. I thought I might try something new."
"Oh. Well I'm delighted that you decided to sit by me. I've been meaning to ask-" her eyes cut from you to something over your shoulder before returning to talking, "about your company last night."
You clenched your jaw for a second before you answered her. "What would you like to know?"
"Well… the whole palace wants to know about this mysterious man. Loki, he said." She was speaking in a hushed voice so no one other than you could hear her. If anyone heard her they would most definitely be listening in. But Marridija was good at being quiet when she needed to be. She wanted to be the first with fresh gossip, and for that she would have to hear it before anyone else.
“There isn’t much to tell really. As soon as we got home he went off to his bedroom.”
The woman narrowed her eyes for a second before giving a huff. “Oh Y/N, you won’t give an old lady a bit of juice now will you?” Her face changed from a pout to a sly smile a few seconds after she said that. “Or is there something you don’t want to share with me? A secret of your own perhaps?”
“Absolutely not Marridija. What I’ve told you is the truth. I’m sorry I have nothing juicy enough for your ears.”
You turned away from the woman and forward towards the table and the meal being set in front of you. Through the whole of breakfast you remained silent, listening to the chatter around you. There always seemed to be something to talk about on Sakaar, but with Loki’s arrival and the Grandmaster’s liking towards him has made Loki the center of attention.
After breakfast the guests were clearing out of the dining hall. The Grandmaster had dismissed everyone and he and Loki were the last to leave. You stuck around and when the Grandmaster went to use the restroom and left Loki unoccupied you walked up to him. A smile appeared on his face as he saw your smaller frame scowling at him as you neared. For whatever reason he was quite enjoying how frustrated he was making you, though he didn’t know what exactly was making you mad.
“Hello Y/N,” he greeted.
“Don’t act all innocent. You’re up to something.”
Loki’s eyebrows shot up but his smile remained. “And what would that be?”
“Well I’ve come to find that out.” You crossed your arms and planted your feet in front of Loki. It wasn’t your best look but you wanted to intimidate him. You knew it wasn’t going to be easy. He was taller than you and obviously confident enough to tell the Grandmaster it was a mistake to imprison him.
“I’m sorry to burst your bubble, as they say, but I don’t have anything planned. I landed here by mistake.” Loki said the words so simply you just couldn’t believe it. If he was telling the truth then it would take more than that to convince you.
“And why should I believe you?”
“Well I suppose you shouldn’t. You don’t know me, you don’t know my past or all the things I’ve done. Maybe we could spend some time together and you’ll realize I’m being honest.”
Loki wasn’t entirely sure why he said that last part. He had never offered to let someone get to know him. But a part of him also wanted someone to be able to talk to since he was all alone on a planet he was an outsider on. And it helped that he thought you were incredibly attractive.
You on the other hand didn’t know what to make of his words. If you accepted you might be falling right into his trap, into his plan. But on the other hand maybe he was being genuine. It surely wouldn’t hurt to find out more about him. If he was lying then you could possibly find out his intentions. So you thought the only logical decision would be to accept.
“Fine. After dinner we’ll go to my home and we can… get to know each other. But only because I want to know if you’re telling the truth.”
He laughed, “Of course, of course. See you then.”
The door you were standing next to opened and the Grandmaster himself walked out. He clasped his hands together and a smile appeared on his face. “Y/N! Thank you for keeping Loki company. Are you two getting along?”
You and Loki glanced at each other. There was no way you were going to say no, both of you had common sense. So you both put on a smile and looked as comfortable as possible.
“We are!” Loki said first. He put a huge grin on his face and leaned towards you, draping an arm around your shoulder. The sudden touch almost made you recoil, but if you did that it would look strange to the man that had just questioned your relationship.
“Well Loki and I should be going. I’ll see you at supper gorgeous.” The Grandmaster wiggled his fingers at you with an award winning smile. Loki took his arm off you and started following after him when the Grandmaster began to walk away. A hole might have been burnt into the back of Loki’s head from your staring. He was so puzzling. Irksome even.
The footsteps eventually faded as they walked further and further away from you and closer to wherever it was they were going. Your own slippered feet padded against the floor of the palace as you made your way down to the bottom level, outside, and safely in your home. It was a shame that most of the people your age were bounty hunters. You were all in all lonely. Maybe that’s what led you to agree to getting to know Loki.
You assumed he was around your age. He claimed to be a god after all, so he must be more than the average person.
Dinner rolled around and you went to the palace to eat as you did everyday. Loki was there. Though you knew he would be. You weren’t used to his presence just yet, so every time you saw him you were still slightly surprised. You were used to being around the ‘royalty’ of Sakaar for years and attending the same mundane events all the time. Loki was something new, something fresh. That’s why he was such a buzz on Sakaar. Especially when he made such an impression on the Grandmaster.
After the meal you went home and waited for Loki. You knew he would have to tell the Grandmaster some excuse for him to leave, so he was going to be a few minutes behind you.
Ten minutes after you had arrived home the door opened and Loki walked in. You couldn't help but laugh when you saw the exasperated expression on his face. You knew just how tiring the Grandmaster could be. Upon hearing the ring of your laughter Loki smiled. It was the first time he heard you make that sound and thought it was beautiful.
He slung his hair out of his face and slid into the white bar stool next to you at the kitchen island. You already had two glasses of champagne ready for the two of you. Assuming you would need it.
"What did you have to tell him to let you leave?" you asked, raising the glass to your lips.
"Well I told him I was tired and he just laughed it off then I said I was having an upset stomach and wasn't doing so well down there and he let me go."
Neither of you could hold back laughter. You were the first to start cracking up and seeing your reaction influenced Loki's joyous noise. The atmosphere was smooth and laid back. In preparation you had a drink beforehand, hence why you were so calm. Loki's smile and infectious attitude were also to blame.
In the time span of lunch and coming home you realized how ridiculous you were being. You had only just met Loki yesterday and you were already trying to accuse him of trying to harm the creator of your planet.
Once the laughter had died down you set your glass on the countertop and turned to Loki. "I'm sorry for how I've acted towards you. I haven't treated you fairly or given you a chance at all. I started jumping to conclusions and that was wrong of me. So I'm sorry, I hope you can forgive me."
“Wow- I- Yes I can forgive you. I understand where you were coming from. You care about the Grandmaster and don't want him to be in danger. I think that’s very noble of you.” The corners of Loki’s eyes crinkled up as he looked at you with a soft smile.
“Well… thank you. I’m glad we’re on good terms.” You gave him an awkward smile and took another sip of your drink. Loki picked up his own and took a sip of it.
"So your father and the Grandmaster… are they together?" he asked once his glass was empty.
“I’m not entirely sure. They’re relationship is complicated. I know they call each other love and darling but they also flirt and do things with other people too.” You cringed at the memory of coming home and hearing your father with one of his friends. But beside you Loki let out a chuckle. He was really enjoying getting to see this new side of you.
With a final tip of your flute you had finished your drink. Looking over you realized that Loki had too, so you stood and refilled it.
“I just realized I didn’t ask you if you wanted another glass,” you said when you had finished pouring.
He waved you off. “Don’t worry, I do.”
You slid his flute across the counter and leaned on it, not bothering to go back around to sit on the stool again. “So, you said that you ended up here by accident… what did you mean by that?”
“Ah, trying to find out if I’m lying again? I thought this was behind us,” he said.
“I’m not asking because of that. It is behind us. I want to know more about you and what you were doing before you got to Sakaar.”
He nodded. “Well I was with my brother. Though I don’t know why he hasn’t gotten here yet.”
“Time works differently here,” you interjected. “So if you both came through at the same time he might get here later than you did.”
“Ah okay, well that explains it then. Anyways, I was with my brother, Thor. My sister, Hela, has cast us out of Asgard and we need to get back there and defeat her. We don’t stand a chance though,” he explained.
“If you need help getting there then I’m sure my father and I can be of assistance.”
“I think I should wait for Thor to arrive, whenever that is…” he trailed off.
“He could show up any day. But while you’re here you can hang out with me.” “When you’re not with the Grandmaster that is,” you added.
“I don’t know how often I’ll be able to get away from him but I’ll definitely try.”
The last drops of your champagne slid down your throat as you smiled against your glass. You were really looking forward to getting to spend time with Loki.
For the next few days after that you guys were together any chance you got. The Grandmaster was keeping Loki close, but he was able to make up excuses to come see you when he could. Loki was like a breath of fresh air in your life. His life was a lot different than yours, but you found yourselves relating in multiple ways.
Every time you two were together all you could do was smile. It was like you had found your first true friend. But you knew that when Thor came that Loki would be leaving. Even though it was wrong you hoped that Thor wouldn’t arrive for a while just so you could have more time together.
It was a little over a week since Loki had arrived and you were laying next to each other on your leisure ship, staring up at the stars.
“It’s beautiful, everything here is,” Loki whispered. You were looking straight above you but when Loki was speaking he had turned his head towards you.
“It’s strange isn’t it? It’s called the trash or garbage planet but it’s dazzling if you take the time to look around.” When you finished speaking you rolled your head to the side to look at Loki. The whole time you were speaking he was memorizing every part of your face with a smile on his own. When you saw him smiling you shyly smiled too.
Without you realizing Loki reached his hand over and found yours. When he did he took it and interlocked your fingers. You looked down at your entwined hands. Your heart was racing and butterflies were filling your stomach.
No words were spoken, it was just the two of you underneath a blanket of twinkling stars wishing for something more. Loki’s hand was warm in yours, and you wished that same warmth would envelop your whole body. You scooted over closer and closer to the man until he wrapped his arm around you.
“This is nice,” you mumbled against his chest.
“It is. I like having you in my arms,” Loki whispered back.
You let your eyes close and the warmth and blissful feeling take over you. You woke up in bed, wrapped up in your covers. The sun was shining and filtering through your windows and splaying out on your floor. You thought back to last night and remembered you must have fallen asleep, which meant Loki must have taken you home and carried you to bed.
You walked out of your bedroom and stood right outside your door. You weren’t sure what time it was. It was morning that was obvious. Maybe it was early enough that Loki hadn’t been summoned by the Grandmaster yet. You walked over to the bedroom next to your own and knocked on the door.
“Come in,” Loki called out.
You opened the door and gently shut it back when you entered. Loki was still in bed but he was awake.
“Good morning beautiful,” he greeted you.
A tired smile went across your face as you sat down on Loki’s bed. He reached out to you and pulled you into him, setting you flush against his frame and placing a kiss on top of your head.
“How did you sleep?” he asked.
“I slept well. Thank you for bringing me back home.”
“It was my pleasure.” Loki tilted his head down and kissed the top of your head once more. His actions were so sweet you were feeling things you had never felt before. It was wild to you how quickly you had fallen for the God of Mischief.
After laying together for a few minutes there was a knock at the front door. You sighed and got out of Loki’s bed. The guards had arrived to escort Loki and you to breakfast with the Grandmaster. You both hurriedly got dressed and left to start your day.
For another two weeks things ran smoothly. You were happy. Loki was making you happy. But you knew that the day that Thor would arrive was approaching. It had been three weeks since Loki himself had fallen onto the planet, meaning his brother was not far behind.
You were sitting with Loki and mingling with other people in one of the palace rooms when Scrapper 142 announced she found someone. 142 was Grandmaster’s favorite scrapper. She brought him his champion after all. The person she had brought came into the room in the usual reinforced chair that all contenders usually did.
Loki was sitting next to you not paying any attention and neither were you until the man started yelling Loki’s name. You looked at him with confusion before you realized, it must be Thor.
When Thor finally got Loki’s attention he immediately stopped talking and got up. They were whispering back and forth fervently until the Grandmaster came up to them and interjected. They talked for a minute before Thor was thrown into the holding area for gladiators.
“That was your brother wasn’t it? Thor?” you asked when Loki came back over to you.
“Yes, yes it was.” He lowered himself back onto the couch and stayed quiet.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. I just… wasn’t expecting him.”
“Oh, okay.” You nodded. Not only did you understand but you felt the same way. You hoped maybe Thor would show up later, and give you more time. But no. He was there and when given the chance he was definitely going to leave. But that wouldn’t be too soon. If he was fighting the Grandmaster’s champion he may never leave. You had seen the green monster in action and he was brutal.
Later that day you and Loki were sitting in the upper class stands at the Grand Arena watching the fights. Loki was constantly wiping his palms on his pants and his leg was bouncing up and down. He had never seen the champion fight but you had told him how ferocious he was and that made Loki nervous.
The Grandmaster announced Thor and when he came out onto the dirt the crowd was filled with ‘boos’ and other jeers. The ring around the bottom of the stadium begins to rise to accommodate the height of Thor's opponent and the Grandmaster started to announce him.
“Ladies and gentlemen I give you… your Incredible…” he trailed off, or at least you thought he did because before he could say the actual name the fighter burst through the doors and yelled, “HULK!”
The blood drained from Loki’s face next to you. “I’ve got to get off this planet,” he mumbled.
“Why what’s wrong?” you asked, worried.
“The Grandmaster’s champion is an Avenger, just like Thor. And he’s defeated me.”
Down on the dirt Thor had looked up into your box and was yelling, “We know each other! He’s a friend from work.”
The Grandmaster’s mouth dropped open and he looked over at Loki, who was staring straight forward and clearing his throat.
Thor was making small talk with Hulk before you heard him look over and shout again, “Loki! Look who it is!”
You’d never seen Loki so nervous and afraid. You reached over and placed a hand on his arm. “It’ll be okay.”
Down below Hulk was tired of hearing Thor talk and started running towards him. The fight was in full force and Loki was getting more nervous by the second. Hulk was in it to win it, and he wasn’t sure if his brother would be able to make it out. Surprisingly Thor was able to hit Hulk, sending him all across the barrier on the arena. The crowd was silent as Thor neared Hulk. He placed his hand in Hulk’s massive one and started speaking, but you couldn’t tell what he was saying.
They weren’t fighting and everyone was still and watching. Then Hulk grabbed Thor and swung him back and forth, hitting him against the ground countless times. Loki jumped up, startling you, and shouted, “Yes that’s how it feels!”
The Grandmaster looked over at him questionably and Loki responded with, “I’m just a huge fan of the sport.” The Grandmaster didn’t say anything, just turned back toward the arena and laughed.
Loki sat back down and you looked at him with your eyebrows raised, “What was that about?”
“Well… Hulk did that to me a few years ago.”
“Really?” you laughed.
“Yes. It wasn’t one of my finest moments,” he chuckled. You both settled back down on the couch and focused on the match again. The fight progressed and favor switched between Hulk and Thor for a minute or two. The Grandmaster and Loki were leaning in and cringing depending on the blow and who it had landed on. But things weren’t looking good for Thor. Hulk had him pinned down and was beating him to death.
Blow after blow was pounding down right on Thor’s face. Then something happened. You strained your eyes to see that Thor’s eyes began to glow and lighting began to glow and crackle all around his body. He seemed to gather his strength for a second, wind back his hand and land a punch right to Hulk, sending him flying with an arch of lightning, resulting in a collective gasp from the stands.
Hulk collapsed yards away from Thor. The Grandmaster raised out of his seat, stepped forward and stared at the scene below you. The crowd was murmuring and whispering all kinds of things. You looked over at Loki, who had his elbows propped up on his knees with his mouth wide open.
Thor and Hulk both stood up and ran towards each other, jumping and then hitting one another. It was like a mini-explosion where Thor’s fist collided with Hulk. You were on the edge of your seat. It seemed like Thor could win. The crowd sure seemed to think so because they were chanting, “Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!”
Your full attention was drawn on the arena and a perplexed expression crossed your face when Thor violently shook and then fell to the ground. You looked around and saw the Grandmaster pointing his activator down at Thor, activating his Obedience Disk. You couldn’t believe it. If the Grandmaster wouldn’t have interfered then Thor could have won. He could be freed.
The Grandmaster stood up with a smile and started his projection onto the center of the arena, “Well done! Well done! Two very good fighters, but it looks like my champion has defended his title once again. Thank you everyone for attending today, I hope to see you at the next battle!”
His projection disappeared and people started to file out of the stands. You could tell by the silence that followed that the Grandmaster wasn’t too happy. He walked out of the room followed by guards, leaving everyone else alone. Loki was leaning back on the couch next to you slack-jawed.
“That wasn’t fair,” you breathed out.
He shook his head, “No, no it wasn’t.”
“At least he didn’t die. He should be okay for now,” you said, talking about Thor.
“Thank god.”
You and Loki returned home and sat down on the living room couch. You never got the chance to talk about Thor’s arrival but now no one else was around.
“You might be leaving soon,” you said.
“I may.” Loki reached his hand over and took one of yours in his. You couldn’t mistake the sadness in his voice.
“I won’t make you stay. If you need to go then you should.” You looked at Loki with pure earnestness in your eyes. It hurt to say it, but if Loki and his brother needed to leave then you didn’t want to be the reason they didn’t.
“Y/N I don’t want to go. I want to stay here… with you.”
“What about your sister? Didn’t you say she was trying to take over Asgard, your home?” you questioned with a soft voice.
“Yes but- we don’t stand a chance. If we go we’ll only die. There’s no hope for us.”
You faced your whole body towards him and dipped your head down so Loki could see your face. “You don’t know that. You’re strong and I know you aren’t a coward.”
He stayed quiet but squeezed your hand and met your eyes.
“If you need to go, don’t let me hold you back,” you repeated.
Loki strained up and gave a stern look forward as he nodded his head. “You’re right. I do need to go. Asgard is my home.” He bent his head towards you and spoke, “But I want to make my time with you count.” He leaned in and tilted his head, eyes trained on your lips. You also leaned in and closed your eyes, letting yourself dissolve into the tender kiss.
It heated up quickly, pants filling the air between you every time you parted. You crawled on top of him, straddling his lap. His hands glided from your shoulder blades to your butt, caressing you.
You pulled away and opened your eyes for a second, your face only inches from his. “Should we take this to my room?”
“Yes, we should.” Loki raised up, holding you in his arms and carrying you to your room. You slid out of his arms right in front of the foot of your bed. He started undressing, pulling off his cape, boots, and other components of his complicated outfit. Yours was much easier to get off. All you did was kick off your slippers and undo your dress in the back and let it pool at your feet.
The whole process took a few minutes and you giggled when you had to help Loki undress.
“This is a mood killer,” Loki sighed.
“It’s okay,” you giggled. You pulled off the last garment including Loki’s underwear and he turned around to let you see him. He was so beautiful, every single thing about him. You could definitely believe he was a god, because he sure looked like one. Your wandering eyes made him chuckle, but he couldn’t say anything because he was doing the same.
His hands hovered over your hips, almost like he was afraid to touch you or else you would crumble in front of him. You smiled up Loki and put your hands over his, guiding them to your bare skin. He sharply inhaled as he felt how smooth and warm your skin was. He let out a small laugh in disbelief. He couldn’t imagine himself ever being so lucky as to have you.
You wrapped your arms around his neck and pulled him down to kiss you. He lifted you up again and walked over to your bed until his knees hit the edge. He crawled on and lowered you down onto the fluffy pillows. Your body was on display for him and he was completely swooning over you.
“You’re so beautiful,” he whispered in awe.
“And you,” you reached up and pulled him closer to you by his shoulders, “are very handsome.”
He smiled and pressed a kiss to your cheek. Since he was already down there he crept lower and lower, placing gentle kisses from your cheek all the way down to your lower stomach. Your breath hitched as his breath fanned over your vagina. He gave it a small kiss before he leaned back. He replaced his mouth with his fingers, sliding them up and down your folds before inserting one.
He surveyed your face as he began to curl his finger making you start moaning quietly.
“Does it feel good?” he asked tentatively.
“Yes,” you moaned out.
He smiled and continued to work you up, building the pressure inside your lower stomach. You couldn’t keep your eyes open. You tried to, but with all the new feelings going on you were squeezing them shut. Loki frowned and cupped your cheek with his hand, rubbing it with his thumb.
“Princess, will you look at me?” he asked. You opened your eyes and did as he asked. You kept your eyes open but your lids were only half open.
You loved the way his fingers felt but you wanted more- you wanted him. “Loki- Loki I want you inside me.”
“Are you sure?”
“I’m positive.”
He pulled his fingers out and wrapped that hand around his cock, pumping it and getting it ready to be inside you. He spread your legs further than they already were and walked forward on his knees until his tip was right against your entrance. You put his hand around it and guided it in slowly, letting you adjust to the length.
Your hands were on either side of your pillow and you were squeezing it. It wasn’t very painful, but it didn’t feel right to just have your hands open, so you clenched them around your silk pillowcase. Loki saw them and put his own hands on top of yours. As he rolled his hips into you that’s what kept him stable.
“Darling, you make me feel-” he moaned, “so good.”
The inside of you was warm and velvety, encasing his dick in a personal heaven. In just a few minutes he knew what was going to come. Him.
Loki was making you feel just as good as you were making him, if not better. You weren’t a virgin. You had lived long enough to want men and take them back home with you. But none of them were making you feel the way Loki was. He knew exactly what to do, what pace to go at, and all the right words to say. The gentle moans and vulnerable face were so beautiful above you that tears were staining your cheeks.
Worry crossed Loki’s face, he thought you were hurting. “Are you okay?” he asked quickly.
“I’m fine, you’re just- you’re so beautiful.”
He choked out a laugh and regained his original pace. The compliment had warmed his entire body. He was on cloud nine. There was a growing sensation in his lower region and he could feel his orgasm coming.
“I’m about to cum,” he panted.
“Go ahead darling, cum for me,” you returned. His eyes widened but he went ahead, cock stiffening before releasing his cum.
You moaned, head falling to the side from the buzz traveling through your body. You arched your back in an attempt to hurry your own orgasm along. You could feel it approaching but it couldn’t get there soon enough for you. Loki thrusted faster and tried to hit that spot that he knew you had. He succeeded, and an overwhelming pleasure drifted through you.
Your walls clenched around his dick and your own juices squirted out. You sniffed and wiped your tears, opening your eyes to see Loki’s face in complete and utter amazement. You laughed a little as he pulled out of you and rolled over to be by your side.
“What was that face for?” you asked.
“That was the best I’ve ever felt. You are… perfect in every way.”
“I feel the same about you.” You turned on your side and placed a hand on his cheek, just like he had done to you a few minutes prior.
He nuzzled closer to you, putting his face in the crook of your neck. “I’ll come back for you. I promise,” he whispered.
“I’ll be waiting,” you responded while stroking his hair.
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fic writer meme
Tagged by @swtorpadawan -- thanks for the tag!
Tagging: Open tag! Tag yourself in if you want! ♥︎
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
93 (it would probably be closer to 200 if I didn’t insist on combining my prompt responses into anthologies, but that requires like, coming up with titles and descriptions for each. And I got no time for that)
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
691,415
Oh, my. For some reason I thought it’d be lower.
3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Across the Stars (SWTOR), Wit's End (SGA), By Guidance of the Stars (SWTOR), See No Evil (SGA), Unsent Correspondence (SWTOR)
4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I try to! AO3 makes it easy, so I try to answer there as much as I can, although sometimes it takes me a few days to form proper words because for some reason I can’t brain when it comes to comments.
FFnet became a flaming garbage fire that was actively hostile to authors, and made it really hard to respond or reply so I kind of gave up over there (and the I’m not even sure if I’m getting notifications anymore if people are even leaving reviews? Is the site still up? I don’t know, I haven’t checked in forever.)
I’m really bad at doing it here on Tumblr, because like? I’m not really sure what the proper etiquette is? Do people feel weird if you @ them and respond to their tags? Is that the done thing? Or is it like “thank you for your kind words internet stranger I hold them close to my busom and cherish them always but never speak those words aloud”? Having a bit of social anxiety I kind of defaulted to the latter, because I didn’t want to be weird if replying wasn’t the done thing here. (But yes I do see and love all of your tags!)
5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?
Oh goodness... I’m not going to count my earliest works, because you know, teenage angst and all. Of what has been actively written (and not just in my head waiting to be written), I would say Thicker than Water (SGA), because while in my head the downer ending was eventually resolved -- I never actually resolved it because writer brain didn’t cooperate in writing the follow-up.
There’s a few SWTOR fics I’ve written where the ending is a bit more tragic or angsty, but in my head those aren’t as angsty because there’s other stories around different points in the timeline that show that what’s an angsty ending in a one-shot is eventually resolved later into a happier resolution.
6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?
I would guess maybe Caught (SWTOR)? I generally try to end most stories on an upbeat ending, unless I’m just going for an emotional one-two punch (sorrynotsorry ♥︎). However I think maybe that was one of the ones that seemed to generate the most squee from readers.
7. Do you write crossovers? If so, what’s the craziest one you’ve written?
In generally no. I’m trying to think if I’ve got any, and nothing is coming to mind.
8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?
This is... a complicated question. And I’m now going to put this under a cut so as to allow people to scroll on by if they so wish.
I wish I could just easily answer no, because no one really wants that, right? And I considered remaining silent and just answering briefly, but fuck it.
The short answer is: Maybe?
The longer answer: Due to a little trail of clues that I can’t tell if were intentional or not, unfortunately last year I stumbled across a series of vague posts complaining about very specific story elements in a fic I wrote, including a photoshopped meme as a “joke” that basically said people who write those elements shouldn’t be allowed to write SWTOR Blorbo because they don’t deserve him in their fics. Classy.
Because of the way the posts were written, there’s no way to know definitively that the poster was talking about me -- except that shortly before those posts were written, the poster left kudos on that fic and another that seemed to suspiciously line up with another post of them complimenting-complaining about. And then, for some bizarre reason, they went rifling through my blog, dug up a week old post to reply to it and then try and tell me that I was wrong about something I was idly musing on in the tags.
As you can imagine, I was extremely baffled by this WTFery, went to their blog, and got a face full of what appeared to be vague blogging about how I didn’t understand the character of the fic they left kudos on and shouldn’t be allowed to write him? Which made me second guess if it was about me. But also, the specific element that generated the shitty photoshop meme? WAS IN THE FIC THEY LEFT KUDOS ON. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MY CONFUSION. And also the feeling like I just got punched in the face.
(Also I should mention this is not the first time this person has made rants about specific fic elements that felt like they were specifically targeting one fic that hit a little too close to home)
But honestly, even if that wasn’t about me (as you can see above on why I’m unsure) -- fuck that person. They were clearly being an asshole and badmouthing someone in fandom. I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this, but maybe you shouldn’t photoshop memes mocking other people. And if you want to complain about a fic, have the guts to leave a bad review. I have plenty of fics I’ve read that I didn’t care for, for one reason or another. And you know what I’ve done?
Nothing. Because at the end of the day, I didn’t want to be an asshole just because I personally disagreed with an element of someone’s writing. An act that, unless you’re kind of a weirdo who wants to chase fandom clout (why tho????), is almost exclusively an act made out of love for the source material, or for the love of writing/creativity/what-have-you.
Do not worry, that person is blocked on their five million accounts they keep rotating through, and will continue to have them blocked until they grow up and learn how to behave in a community.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Um... what kind is there? Other than the smutty kind? But yes, I do occasionally have the nsfw entry now and then.
10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
For some bizarre reason, the one Four Brothers fic I wrote years upon years ago is a popular one for teenagers to steal and swap the characters out. Off the top of my head, it was turned into a Supernatural fic once, and for some reason One Direction another time??? It’s possible there was more but those two are the ones that stick out in my head. And the funny thing is, that particular fic is super tropey, so they probably would have gotten away with it if they’d just filed off the really unique framing device used to open each of the first few chapters.
And unfortunately it seemed like almost the entirety of my SWTOR fic collection was thrown into a blender and then various sentences and paragraphs were fed through Google Translate and then back again(?), then piecemealed into various fics by an offender who apparently wanted to replace my Knight with theirs. (They even stole poor Grey’s coffee order.) This went on for about six months by the time I discovered it, mostly because the plagiarist for some reason started @’ing me in WIP memes, with my actual sentences staring back at me.
11. Have you ever had a fic translated?
I have! Several of my SGA fics were translated into French, and I think Russian over the years. Someone requested to translate one of my SWTOR fics a while back, but I’m not sure if anything ever came of that one.
12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
I have! ♥︎ The only one up on AO3 is a collaboration between me and the always lovely @jadesfire about the SGA team playing a bunch of board games. It was a blast to work on, and I may have gotten a little carried away with the visuals. 😅
13. What’s your all time favourite ship?
I don’t think anyone will be surprised if I say it’s Theron Shan x Jedi Knight, based on the pure volume that I’ve written. They live rent free in my head still, so I guess that says something.
14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish, but don’t think you ever will?
Oh goodness, I think the only one that has active words on I’ve already shared, which is this piece that got completely Joss’d by Fractured Alliances. There are few stories rattling around in my head that I still hope to write, so I haven’t given up on them yet (like the Theron Childhood AUs that maybe will get more pointed Photoshopped memes).
15. What are your writing strengths?
I feel like this is difficult to answer objectively -- but maybe dialogue? I have a lot of fun writing it, and routinely have to reign myself back in, and my “cut bits” documents are sometimes half witty dialogue exchanges that I cut because they were rapidly derailing a scene.
16. What are your writing weaknesses?
Description. Hands down. It’s the absolute biggest struggle for me, to remember to include it to begin with, and then to make it flow and feel like it’s not something that I just inserted after the fact (spoiler: it usually is.)
17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
I usually try to avoid it as much as possible, because I am fluent in exactly one language, English, and some days I question even that. I usually try and write around or allude to whatever is being spoken, and indicate that it’s written in another language. Things like fictional languages I might pepper in some words or phrases here or there, but then usually also put the translation in too.
Real world languages I am more often than not likely to get it wrong, and would rather not make an ass of myself so avoid it. If I had to include a snatch here or there? I’d probably enlist a native speaker to help correct it after the fact.
18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?
The first fandom I’ll admit to writing and publishing for is Rawhide. Although I think there’s a lost ficlet somewhere that I wrote for the Jedi Apprentice series that bit it when Yahoo Groups shut down. (Don’t worry, it’s no big loss. It really wasn’t that good, long, nor did it make a lot of sense.)
19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet, but want to?
I don’t really have any that come to mind. Generally when I want to write something, I write it 😅
20. What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?
Oh goodness, this changes by the day/hour. I think my consistent answer has more or less been “Unsent Correspondence”, because I angsted over that one, and turned what would have originally been like, this massive 200-300k fic idea into a neat 10,000 word epistolary character exploration. I think at least half of my affection for that fic is the fact that I saved myself a ton of work and didn’t generate an unfinished massive WIP.
#thank you for the tag!#fic writer meme#open tag#yes swtor blorbo is who you think it is#who ELSE do i write about that much?#and is everyone's blorbo
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What I Thought About Encanto
Salutations, random people of the internet who won’t read this! I am an Ordinary Schmuck. I write stories and reviews and draw comics and cartoons.
And it's been a hot minute since I've written a full-length review, huh? Yeah, you can probably blame school for that one. BUT now that I'm on winter break until the eighteenth, I'm finally going to talk about the s**t that I love. Spending most of that time talking about the latest hit from the company that ruined its best-animated series by a long shot.
That's right! Today, I'm talking about Disney's Encanto, a movie that skyrocketed into my list of favorite Disney movies! And the craziest thing is, I didn't think it would. It looked cute from the trailers, but I didn't believe there would be anything that would make it stand out from Disney's other greatest hits. I didn't even go watch it until I looked at my workload for finals month and decided, "F**k it. I need something cute and fun out of sanity's sake."
And so I saw the movie...and fell in love with it.
It was fun, beautiful, highly emotional, and made me cry in a way no movie in memory has accomplished. What do I mean by that? Well, to explain how would require going into spoilers, and trust me when I say that this is your last chance to see the movie before reading more of this review. It's on Disney+ right now, and, believe me, it's worth the price.
With that said, let's get into why Encanto might be my favorite Disney movie...or at least in the top three.
WHAT I LIKED
The Animation/Designs: Let's get it out of the way and state that this movie is gorgeous. I wouldn't really say the animation is a game-changer in any way as there's nothing really new being done. It just looks like Disney has once again naturally progressed its 3D animation since its first attempt with Dinosaur, and I'd say they definitely got the hang of it this time. The movements are fluid, the characters are mildly expressive, and there are moments--but not many--where it feels like a 2D film with a coat of CGI paint. It's all really well put together. And to discredit Encanto because its animation isn't a game-changer like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse is doing the movie a huge disservice. There was clearly a ton of effort into making Encanto look astounding, and it shows with every scene.
The effort also shines in the character designs. For one, everybody looks so incredibly detailed, showing almost every hair and even a few pores to their skin. It's stuff they didn't need to do, but you appreciate and respect that they did. But what I personally adore is the designs of the Madrigals. Every Madrigal looks related to one another, having features that resemble their parents and even their abuela. Like how Julieta and Pepa inherited her sharp chin, and that trait went into...basically all of their children. And even then, there is a mix of features that the children share with their parents, like skin color, nose size, and even ears. Despite there being similarities between them all, though, each Madrigal still has a unique design that fits well into their character. Dolores has emphasis drawn to her ears, Isabela looks like the most generically beautiful Disney princess you can get, and Alma has sharp features and dark colors. That last one is a fact that I appreciate for two reasons, which I'll get into later. For now, I'll just say that there's no half-assing when it comes to this movie's animation. People behind the scenes cared about how great it looked, and, by golly, it paid off.
“The Family Madrigal”: Let's take a moment to appreciate that there are two Lin-Manuel Miranda musicals now under Disney's roster...Three if you want to count their taping of Hamilton...which I do not.
Now, some people are saying that Encanto isn't Lin's best work. To me, that's the equivalent of saying the sun doesn't shine bright enough because even though Encanto's soundtrack doesn't live up to things like Hamilton, In the Heights, and even Moana, the songs are still incredible. They're catchy, written well, orchestrated phenomenally, and will likely be played on repeat while I'm doing work. We're going to go over each of them, and there's no better place to start than the first musical number in the movie.
"The Family Madrigal" is a pretty good opener. It's a quick and entertaining way to introduce us to the main characters and even offer some motivations. Alma's portion of the song actually shows a lot about her character and why she does the things she does in the film. You see it in lines like, "earn the miracle/That somehow found us" and "But work and dedication will keep the miracle burning." It's a solid introduction to her point of view that future scenes expand on top of introducing the audience to these characters (Also, I’m going to return to Alma’s lyrics later, so, remember that). And the visuals are also pretty nice. Everyone and everything moves and dances with the beat, alongside a neat little detail that I don't think anyone's mentioned. When Mirabel talks about a family member, the mural behind her brightens up the colors of the Madrigal in question. Here it is when she talks about Pepa:
Bruno:
And Julieta:
It's another detail they didn't have to do, but the fact that they did makes you respect this movie even more. Overall, "The Family Madrigal" is still a great song that lets us know enough about the characters while leaving some details out so we can have the rest of the movie to get to know them.
Tha Casita: Two awesome things come with the Casita.
One, it is its own character. Which is crazy because, well, it's a house. And despite that, the Casita has so much personality within it, given how it moves around. It can be playful, cautious, and, most of all, protective of the family within it. The animators manage to express emotions and personality through subtle ways in figuring out what part of the Casita can move. Like how it used some furniture to show that it shrugged. It's superb visual storytelling that allows the audience to figure things out for themselves, making it a ton of fun to watch this house be a character on top of a setting.
This brings me to the second thing that makes the Casita awesome: It functions perfectly as the movie's setting. In fact, the Casita might just be the perfect way for Encanto to have this personal story that manages to be a grand-scale adventure. Everything within the film basically happens in the house, which makes sense. This is a story about a family, and you can't really tell that type of tale if the main character goes off on this globe-trotting adventure like other Disney protagonists. However, because the Casita has, what might as well be, these pocket dimensions within each family member's room, it gives Mirabel that grand adventure without leaving her front door. It's a sort of "have your cake and eat it too" type of decision that works well in making this movie look epic while, at its core, it is still a personal family story. And it's all done through the Casita.
The writers could have made it a character. They could have also made it the setting. But because it's both, it makes the Casita much more special than one might think.
Mirabel: And now we're onto the best character of the movie. You'll see people give that honor to Dolores, Bruno, and even Camilo, all for good reasons... except for maybe Camilo. I honestly don't understand the appeal with him. BUT more power to you if he's your favorite character. No judgment here.
To me, though, there's nothing really beating Mirabel. She's an incredible protagonist, and the main reason is that she's the glue that keeps this family together. A good percent of this movie shows Mirabel helping each family member through their turmoils and anxieties. The scene that sold me on her character was when she helped Antonio with his nerves for the gift ceremony. When he's worried about what he believes to be the worst-case scenario about not getting a gift, Mirabel is there to reassure him, saying that he'll be fine no matter what happens. And, when Antonio needed her the most, Mirabel was there to hold his hand and walk him to his door. It broke tradition and brought a few unhappy memories, but she did it anyway. Why? Because Mirabel cares about her family. Hell, her main goal in the movie is to fix the miracle for her family. Sure, there's the tiniest part of her that's doing it for herself, but only because she holds the rest of the family in such high regard. Mirabel feels that she has to earn the Madrigal name, doing all she can to prove she can be useful despite not having a gift. A fact that is perfectly seen in the song--
“Waiting on a Miracle”: Or as I like to call it: The best “I want” song in ANY Disney movie.
We all know the "I want" songs from Disney. They're musical numbers that have our protagonists sing about how they want more from their dull lives, whether it'd be an adventure in the great white somewhere, to be a part of our world, or to see how far they'll go beyond a reef. For me, "Waiting on a Miracle" earns brownie points because of how easily sympathetic it is. What Mirabel wants more of is respect from her family. She doesn't just want to be called a Madrigal but seen as one. And the girl's pretty explicit about it, too, given how Mirabel screams "Open your eyes" three times, downright begging and pleading that her family sees her. Plus, by visually showing the audience how it's Mirabel's family's approval she's after, it takes away any thoughts that she is fueled by a need for attention. If the animators favored showing the villagers admire her, then the purpose would have been lost, and I'm glad they kept all focus on the family rather than anyone else, primarily in that last bit. By the way, now that we're talking about visuals, can we appreciate how gorgeous this number looked? Not only is Mirabel walking past the party members stuck in slow motion a neat trick, but that moment of her singing her heart out amongst the fireworks still gives me goosebumps for how beautiful it was. The best word to describe this scene is magical, and I adore it...even though this is probably the weakest song in the soundtrack.
I know it's weird to bash it after singing its praises (ha), but to be fair, this is more personal reasons, if anything else. It's still good, really, REALLY good...the thing is it doesn't have that replayability as the other songs do. I can listen to the other ones, jam out to them, and get emotionally invested. Just not with this song. It may be one of the best "I want" songs Disney made, but to me, it's not the best one in Encanto.
“Surface Pressure”: This song, however, might just be my favorite in the film!
Whereas "Waiting on a Miracle" is best described as magical, there is no better word for "Surface Pressure" other than EPIC! The reasoning behind such a claim goes to the visuals alone. Shots like Luisa running through the geysers, standing up to Cerberus, and holding up the rubble falling onto her is pretty awesome to see, I won't lie. But what sells it all are the transitions from scene to scene, with it all being seamless and often making me wonder, "How did they manage that?" The collaborative effort between the animators, set designers, modelers, and especially the editors shows, resulting in a musical number that's a treat to the eyeballs. As for the song itself, it's pretty good. The lyrics nail the feeling of, well, pressure, how one's responsibilities often leave them in a position where they can crack at any moment. Lines like, "I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service," "If I could shake the crushing weight of expectations," and "Give it to your sister, it doesn't hurt/And see if she can handle every family burden" all feed into that idea. And huge credit to Jessica Darrow for doing a phenomenal job at portraying the right amount of emotion each lyric deserves, whether that be intensity, anxiety, peace, or, of course, dread. Even the instrumentals do great at portraying the right emotions that the moment requires, coming together for a song that is something I'd replay over and over again...too bad it's also the most pointless song in the movie.
Yeah, as much as I love "Surface Pressure," narratively, you can cut it, and little would change. I mean, yes, it shows us how much Luisa is struggling under her responsibilities, which is nice...if Luisa had more presence in the movie. After this scene, her powers start fading away, and she gets basically left out for the rest of the time, being nothing more than a showcase of the consequences that come if Mirabel doesn't save the miracle. That's a great idea but is a character with a minimum presence in the story really the best choice to give this grandiose musical number? I don't think so, at least. Characters like Mirabel and even Isabela deserve their solo numbers for having more essential stakes in the plot alongside some actual relevance. I still love this song with all my heart, but if you had to ask me what needed to be cut, then there's nothing that "Surface Pressure" has that a single conversation couldn't handle instead.
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno”: "ThEn WhY dId ThEy SiNg AbOuT hIm?" There, I made the obvious joke everyone else has made. Let's talk about the actual best song in the movie now.
While "Surface Pressure" may win as my favorite on the soundtrack, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is still easily Encanto's best musical number. The imagery and instrumentals give it this eerie feel, added by lyrics that paint Bruno as this person who brings forth prophecies that causes distress to the people around him. In a way, with how this song is presented, it's the movie's villain song. There are just a few problems with such a claim. For one, Bruno's not the story's villain...that's clearly Alma (I swear, I'll get to that). The other problem is that Bruno doesn't do anything wrong. When you look closely at the lyrics, people describe Bruno predicting how these bad things will happen to them, reacting as if he's the cause of it. The thing is, he isn't. Bruno just tells them this stuff will happen. How they react going forward isn't his fault. It's like getting angry at a doctor delivering bad news about your grandmother's health. Yeah, it's not a great situation, but it's not your doctor's fault, is it?
This isn't exactly hidden. The fact that Bruno is not the bad guy is right there in the lyrics. You just got to read them carefully. Especially during Delores' verse when she sings, "It's a heavy lift with a gift so humbling/Always left Abuela and the family fumbling/Grappling with prophecies they couldn't understand." (Miranda). The thing is, even though it's blatant, it's still cleverly hidden behind the presentation, as I've already mentioned and praised the song for.
But the blatant message and fantastic presentation aren't what make this song the best. That goes to the choreography. This is the first Disney song that I could wholeheartedly see being on a stage show...Ok, maybe not Camilo's bit. But the rest? Definitely. It probably helps that they actually had a whole dance number as a reference for this song, which is cool as it shows how much the people behind this movie wanted to get things right. And boy, does it pay off, resulting in a song that looks and sounds as perfectly as it’s presented. We might not talk about Bruno, but we’ll definitely be talking about this song for a while.
The Dinner Scene: This scene is just funny. It's a perfect comedy of errors, aided by everyone's facial expressions and attempts to fix certain disasters. It's just great.
Bruno: Let's talk about Bruno!
"We don't talk about Bruno!"
TOO BAD! WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRUNO! Because I'm not kidding when I say that he's both the funniest and saddest character in the entire movie. At first, you're laughing at his whole crazy-man routine, with him pretending to be Jorge and Hernando and having rats reenact TV shows. It's a little sad that he ended up this way, I'll admit that. But with how well John Leguizamo delivers his lines, I find myself laughing at Bruno's insanity instead of tearing up from it. That is, until the revelation of where Bruno is exactly holed up. Yeah, if the reveal of him living right by the family dinner table isn't enough to clench your heart in a steel grip, then showing how he has painted a plate with his name on it for his own table is more than enough to destroy you. As he said, Bruno loves his family and couldn't force himself to leave even if he wanted to. So, the movie showing that Bruno's so close to his family, but feeling as though he's worlds apart, is disheartening in the very least. And the hits keep on coming when Bruno talks about his situation, revealing his anxieties stemming from the village getting mad at his visions. Remember how I said that the lyrics in "We Don't Talk About Bruno" don't really say how Bruno does anything bad? Well, when you hear Bruno explain how he left the family because he was sure people would expect the worst for the latest bad news he'll offer, it’ll show a sense of tragedy to a character that, let's be honest, we should have seen coming. After all, how else would you expect a man to go crazy if not for the dozens of people saying how awful he is. Those harsh words really got to him, and I wouldn't blame the man for cracking because of it. But, despite being the most tragic, Bruno's still the most hilarious character in the movie. His reaction to Mirabel's anger, him head butting his way out of the Casita, AND him failing to get off the horse are all moments that succeed in getting a chuckle out of me. I laugh at his antics, but I always manage to remember the sadness lying underneath them. It's an incredible balancing act of drama and comedy that would be hard to pull off, and kudos to John Leguizamo for voicing a character who has actual emotional depth instead of voicing Sid the Sloth again...Yeah, it's the same person who voices Sid the Sloth. And once you hear it, you can't un-hear it...You're welcome.
“What Else Can I Do?”: To me, "What Else Can I Do" is a better "Let it Go" than, well, "Let it Go." Think about it: What reason does Elsa have when it comes to singing a song about letting loose one's inner ambitions? Sure, she feels as though there's no point about hiding what she can do now that everyone saw that she has ice powers, but, literally, the worst-case scenario that her parents warned her about just happened. People saw Elsa's powers and were afraid of her because of it. At that point, the song shouldn't be "Let it Go," but rather "Keep it In," as Elsa should struggle with the fear and anxieties of her worst nightmare coming true.
Here, with "What Else Can I Do," it's the same idea but executed perfectly. Isabela has made something unique and imperfect, and she is riding that creativity high for all it's worth. By reflecting on all the perfect flowers she perfectly grew for a perfect purpose, she sings about how she's straight-up sick of perfection. For once, she wants to make something new, experimenting with her powers rather than do what she's used to. And the joy that comes with it is infectious, as I find myself smiling along with Isabela as she lets it grow.
As for the song and musical number itself...it's pretty good. The instrumentals really express that pure happiness that Isabela's feeling at the moment, Diane Guerrero really nails the right emotions each lyric requires, and it all does a fantastic job at showing more to this character we thought was nothing more than a mean girl stereotype. There's nothing to really hate about it. It's just a really great song.
Abuela Alma: Yup. Let's get into it.
Alma, in many ways, is the movie's antagonist. A fact that when I finally realized it, I went, "Oh, s**t. She looks like a Disney villain!" And can you really blame me for such a thought? Her design is sharp, stature strict, and colors dark and grim. So, yeah, she looks like a Disney villain...but I wouldn't really call her that, as antagonist really is the better word. Don't get me wrong, her actions could be better. A lot better. She forces this idea of perfection onto her family, making them think they have to do all they can to help the town. It's only in doing so that Alma inadvertently causes conflict amongst the family as they all gain anxieties about being as perfect as she hopes they can be. But there's a keyword in that sentence, and it's "inadvertently." Alma doesn't intend to cause such pressure on her family. Hell, I doubt she's even aware of what she's doing. Look at Alma's reaction when Mirabel confronts her. Or when the Casita has broken apart. It looks as though she finally realizes that her actions are problematic, which makes Alma somewhat redeemable to me. She sees the consequences of her actions, and instead of doubling down on her believes, she apologizes for it. Better yet, she apologizes to Mirabel.
Out of all the family members that found Mirabel after the Casita was destroyed, I'm really glad it was Alma all for the heart to heart she and Mirabel shared. It's their relationship that's easily the rockiest, with Mirabel not getting her gift ruining how Alma sees her. So, to have Alma be the one to find Mirabel and to apologize, it shows how much she's willing to improve and do better. It was Mirabel that Alma arguably hurt the most, and it makes great leaps and bounds in showing how she’ll do better. Especially when she explains herself.
“Dos Oruguitas”: I'm mostly talking about the scene and not the song. Because while the "Dos Oruguitas" is nice as its lyrics perfectly portray the life of Alma and Piedro in the first half and Alma and Mirabel in the second, it's not the essential part of the scene. As great as it is, any song could play over the scene that follows just as long as it conveys the right emotions. It's good, but it's also replaceable.
As for the scene itself, it is astounding. It visually tells the story of Alma and Piedro, revealing so much of why Alma acts the way that she does. Her actions are hard to forgive, but you at least understand why she did them. The love of Alma's life died right in front of her eyes, and because of that, she remained emotionally broken. Look at this face:
This is the face of pure, unadulterated pain. Pain that does not go away without some long-form treatment. And on a second rewatch, when I saw Alma drape her black shawl over her, another realization came to me. Her dark colors don't represent a classic Disney villain. They represent a woman in mourning. As such, it affects how Alma should treat the miracle. She felt as though life gave her a second chance, and in no way was she going to waste it. To go back to her verse in "The Family Madrigal" (told you that I'd return to those lyrics), Alma sings how they must "earn the miracle/That somehow found us." The issue is that she focuses on the wrong way to earn the miracle, thinking that "work and dedication will keep the miracle burning." Even Alma admits that she now realizes that it was meant to keep her family happy, not strictly to benefit the town. Her goals are admirable, but Alma's execution falters in how her heartbreak made her stop thinking emotionally, focusing more on the miracle instead of the family. Even though it's her family that's the true miracle. Something that Alma understands when she says Piedro sent her Mirabel when asking for help. It's a very heartwarming confession that, while it doesn't fix everything, certainly puts Alma on the right track. As nice as "Dos Oruguitas" is as a song, the scene that comes with it is much better with how much it reveals and wraps up.
Alma Hugging Bruno: ...I mean...that's just instant. Bruno comes in swinging, expecting an argument, only for Alma, so happy to see her son after he disappeared for years, to run up and hug him. No yelling, no anger. Just pure gratitude to see her son, disproving how Bruno thought everyone saw him in the process. And that...Dang it. It tears me up inside!
“All of You”: I'm going to level with all of you (ha): I'm a sucker for finale songs that try to blend motifs and reworks lyrics of other musical numbers. So, as you can tell, I really dig this one. "All of You" nicely slides in similarities to previous songs while still standing out on its own. But it's not just the song that I'm in love with. It's also the emotional moments that came with it. "All of You" is perfect for the times when it had my heart feel full. Like Julieta and Pepa hugging Bruno the second they see him, the townspeople coming to help the Madrigals as they helped them, and...that moment...in the end.
The family's all lined up like it's a gift ceremony, Antonio walks Mirabel to the door to pay her back for doing the same thing for him, and--Oh, man. And everyone...everyone sings...about how...how important she is to all of them, thus...disproving everything she thought was true. It all comes to a head when Mirabel looks at the knob and says, "I see me/All of me.” And THAT is where I lose it. Every time.
Remember how I said this movie made me cry? Well, it's not because it made me sad. Far from it, in fact. In actuality, the reason why I cried to Encanto...was because it made me happy. Seeing Mirabel get something she's been wanting, dreaming for, as exemplified by "Waiting for a Miracle," to then be told that not only does she have it but always had it, is something that makes my heart feel whole. So much so that I cry, feeling so happy for her. As far as I can remember, that never happens. I've teared up from bittersweet moments and especially tragic ones. But for a movie to make me feel so happy that I have no choice but to cry? That is something special. And that's what makes "All of You" and, to a greater extent, Encanto so amazing. It did something impossible, downright paradoxical, in how it made me so happy that I cried. And I can't complain about a movie that does that.
WHAT I DISLIKED
But f**k you, I'm doing it anyway!
Here are, like, two complaints that I have about the movie. Yeah, two. Compared to everything else I've praised; I doubt I'm going to lose sleep over it. But they're still worth mentioning.
Mirabel Seeing the Casita Cracking Apart: I...I still don't know what happened here. I've seen this movie three times, and I still have no clue what happened. Was this a vision? Did the house magically heal itself? Is Bruno--sorry--Hernando better at fixing the cracks than we thought? How did the Casita look cracked up one second, but when Mirabel went to show everyone, it was fixed?
And before you said "it was magic, obviously," it's implied that the only thing that fixes the cracks is family unity. Not much of that going on when Mirabel remains isolated amongst the others. So, again, I'll ask: How does it happen? Because the lack of an answer makes me think we have a problem here.
Not Enough Time for the Rest of the Family: Don't get me wrong, I love every character in this film. Each Madrigal's personality is clear as day, and almost everyone gets at least one scene where they shine. The problem is, narratively, there's not enough room for everybody. Alma and Mirabel have definite arcs, Bruno, Luisa, and Isabela have some major narrative functions, and Julieta, Agustín, and Antonio work well as supporting characters. The rest of the family, though, feel like there's not enough time for them to do much. They sing, have some funny moments, and...yeah, that's about it.
Oh, wait, my apologies. Apparently, Dolores has romantic feelings for Mariano...I forgot about this until the last second because the movie does too. It's addressed halfway through the story, dropped, and then comes back up again for a rushed and confusing pairing. Like...why do these two love each other? I can sort of see why Dolores would love him. She literally spits out a list of reasons. But what about Mariano? What's his reason for loving her? All we can figure is that it happened as she talks about how great he is, and if that's the reason...then it's pretty shallow, my friends.
Moments like that make me believe that the movie needs... let's say, twenty more minutes. It wouldn't give much, but it would offer more than they already have. Especially for Camilo’s sake because out of everyone, he's probably the one character the film could cut. Yeah, I know he's everyone's favorite, but he doesn't really do anything. Dolores at least gets Mirabel on track. And Pepa and Felix bring the precious baby boy that is Antonio into this world. What does Camilo do? Nothing. He's a pointless character, and a few more minutes could at least absolve some of that.
(People are going to think I hate Camilo, when the truth is I actually think his character’s fun. I just don’t understand the hype behind him 😂)
But if the biggest complaint to a movie is that I wish there were more time to spend with each character...is that really a criticism?
IN CONCLUSION
Encanto is an easy A to me. It has its nitpicks, but there is still so much more to appreciate. The characters are well-defined, the songs are incredible, the visuals and animation are some of Disney's best, and I really adore how it's a perfect movie for both kids and their parents. Kids can love how nice everything looks and learn that there's nothing wrong with who they are. And the parents can, hopefully, realize that they don't have to pressure their kids to be great and already appreciate how wonderful they already are. Add that as one of the movies that will make you cry tears of joy, then you've got something that earns its spot as one of the best Disney movies ever made. Given the company's roster, that achievement in itself is one hell of a miracle.
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