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polizwrites · 1 year

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WIP Update - 4 Jan 2023

Had an incredibly productive writing week - trying to get those last few squares done on my MWAP and SBB bingos and doing some other events, too! I touched 7 fics (2 WIPs & 5 new works) for a total of 3564 words!

On Ao3, I posted several more fics: -- Marked Up Soulmarks (Steve & Tony Soulmates AU with hinted-at WinterIron, Teen) -- Moving Forward (Using All My Breath) (WinterIron PWP, Explicit) -- No Ordinary Boy is Gonna Do (WinterIron High School AU, Teen) -- Make My Heart Come All Undone (WinterIron No Powers AU, General, WIP) I also contributed to The Knack to Flying with Flair: Or, in Other Words, Hold My Hand - A WinterIron Round Robin (WinterIron identity porn, kinda, General)

On Tumblr I posted Not Too Far Down the Tracks, a Stony College AU for last week’s Flash Fiction Friday.

I carried over 10 WIPs from 2022 with my current deadline being the Bucky Barnes Bingo (ends 7 Jan) and Steve Rogers Bingo (ends 31 Jan).

See below cut for the WIPs (arranged more or less by bingos/challenges/etc) I am working on - feel free to send me prompts or plot bunnies as well as asks regarding any of these projects (or any other WIPs I’ve got out there) – they really help feed the Muse and keep me motivated!

Man With a Plan (Steve Rogers) Bingo [MWAPB] Ended 31 Dec

Ended up with nineteen fills, and four bingos (Rows 2 & 5 and Cols I & O) with three leftover WIPs.

Man with a Plan Bingo Masterpost

StarkBucks Bingo - Round 3 (SBB_R3) - Ended 31 Dec

Ended up with nineteen fills and five bingos (Rows 3, 4 & 5 and Cols N and G) with every fic helping to contribute to a bingo! 😁 Carrying two WIPs forward from this bingo.

StarkBucks Bingo Masterpost

Bucky Barnes Bingo - Round 4 [BBB_R4] (Runs thru 7 Jan 2023)

Nineteen fills, two bingos so far (Row 1 & Col K) and four WIPs. Shooting to get Col B/Row 3 and Col C bingos as well. Since I have ideas for pretty much every square, I’m hoping we can carry squares over into the next round.

* B3 - Sam Wilson|Falcon - Posted Chapter 2 of After One Or Two False Starts yesterday. This chapter is Bucky POV and came in at 315 words. I may add more to this story if there is interest/inspiration

* U2 - AU: Roommate - First draft of Adverse Possession is done; Clint POV post CA:WS incorporating the following Meet Ugly prompt: "I bought a house three months ago but I’m finally moving in and discover you’ve been squatting because you’re homeless.” It’s coming in at 906 words and will get posted on Friday.

* U4 - AU: Arranged Marriage - Picking Lady Natasha’s Consort and Lord Steve’s Companion back up for this one as a crossover with my TSB IronWidow square. Chapter Three is coming in at 948 words and will get posted Friday or Saturday.

*C5 - “This might as well happen” - Used this toward a second WinterIron All that Glitters event Round Robin that will hopefully post before Saturday. Will need to make sure to submit a square fill form.

* K3 - KINK: Edging - Posted Moving Forward (Using All My Breath) on Friday. It’s Bucky POV with toy play and Tony as a power bottom and crossed over with TSB K3 - KINK: Orgasm Denial/Edging - it came in at 904 words.

Sam Wilson Bingo - Mini Holiday Round (SWB_MH) - Ends 20 Jan

Two fills posted for this 3x3 holiday event card - Shooting for a bingo/crossover with BBB squares.

* A1 - Secret Santa Sam’s bound and determined to figure out who keeps leaving little bird-themed gifts for him around the Compound. Need to start getting words on paper for this.,

Steve Rogers Bingo - Round 2 (SRB_R2) - Ends 31 Jan

Seventeen fills posted with 2 bingos (Row 3 & Row 1) & zero WIPs at the moment – aiming for 2 or 3 more bingos before the event wraps.

* A4 - Touch Attention/Denial - I have an idea for this that will also fill (heh) my Stucky Bingo KINK - Double Penetration square.

* B2 - Mile High Club - This will be the second chapter of Never Have I Ever (But I Want To With You), picking up with Tony’s POV after the events of Chapter One. This is probably the next fic I’ll pick up. Possibly combine with TSB Tony’s Poor Life Choices?

* E2 - Comics Nomad Steve - SWC sketch of Nomad!Steve

* E4 - Mental Bondage - crossover with TSB KINK: Concubine - Potential Title My Voice The Chain that Binds You

* D5 - Long Distance Relationship - Not Too Far Down the Tracks was a surprise fill, since it fit so well with last week’s Flash Fiction Friday Prompt Late Night Train. It’s a Stony College AU ficlet that came in at 320 words & will post to Ao3 sometime next week, I think.

Tony Stark Bingo - Round 6 (TSB_R6) [Ends 28 Feb]

Seventeen fills and two WIPs at the moment - with Vague Ideas for almost every other square.

* T2 - Doing Groceries - if I expand a bit on Not Too Far Down the Tracks, (see SRB Long Distance Relationship above) I might be able to squish this square into that fic!

* T3 - Pepper Potts/Rescue - some sort of remix of/inspired by sabrecmc’s Indecent Proposal from Pepper’s POV. At this point, I think I need to re-read the fic & take notes …

* T4 - KINK: Concubine - see SRB E4 - Mental Bondage?

*A5 - Scott Lang - 27dragons shared an interesting plot bunny during the Sept TSB Discord party that I may end up using; that or a follow up to A Piece of the Action

* R1 - Tony’s Poor Life Choices - see SRB Mile High Club above.

* R2 - IronWidow - next chapter of Lady Natasha’s Consort and Lord Steve’s Companion ? see BBB Arranged Marriage above

* K2 - Secret Admirer - carried this over from last round so I could try my hand a remix of Seeds of Love (WinterIron hanahaki fic by the super-talented @hddnone). Potential title: Wraps Around My Heart, Refusing to Unwind

* K3 - KINK: Orgasm Denial/Edging - see BBB KINK: Edging

Stucky Bingo Round Four [SB_R4] (Ends 31 May 2023

Eight fills and one WIPs with a couple of other vague ideas.

* B1 - Mutual Pining - no specific idea, but it’s so On Brand for me I’m sure I’ll come up with something! (maybe a SWB crossover for a triad?)

* B5 - KINK: Double Penetration - see SRB Touch Attention/Denial above.

* O4 - AU: Supernatural - got inspired by a dream to start a Stucky fantasy AU (magician!Steve/ensorcelled!Bucky) that @bill-longbow is collaborating on with me. This was supposed to fill my Man with a Plan Bingo Soulmates square, but I ran out of time on that bingo. We’re currently sitting at 1640 words (984-ish of which are mine). Will probably continue on this sometime in January. Current Last Line: "My men will accompany you back to Brookline in the morning.”

I also adopted the Writing Format: Remix one of your fics square – am thinking of taking one of my Stony or WinterIron No Powers fics and adapting it to a Stucky pairing – if you have any requests - hit me up!

WinterIron - No Powers AU – Stony No Powers AU

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On other creative fronts: I have Baby Shakespeare Lizard and Buc-ee Stuffed With Character figures in progress - still working on the figures/props for my three Marvel Trumps Hate auction winners as well (6 of87 done so far) – thanks so much for your generous support!! Finally, I am prepping for a superhero con in March and another con in June so am pretty well booked up through spring/early summer.

That said, if you’re looking for one of a kind gifts for birthdays or other celebrations in 2023, check out Stuffed With Character over on Facebook for a full list of my designs (now over 80!). They’re mostly Marvel and monsters, but I have some Star Wars, Star Trek, DC and Disney figures as well. Plus I love to take custom design requests for any fandom!

#writing stuff #WIP Wednesday #WIP Update #shameless self promo

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prophecydungeon · 1 year

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year in fic: 2022

cross-post from dreamwidth.

word count for posted works: 19,092 words word count for unposted works (incl. wip): 21,457 words total word count: 40,549 words

pretty writing-light year for me, not entirely sure why; so it goes, though, i guess. i wrote a lot in both 2020 and 2021 so i suppose it's natural to have a bit of a fallow year. and what a way to end the year too — S11 au sequel cooking in the oven. i may never actually be free of that goddamn show.

works posted to AO3 in 2022:

steam, fill shape, share haikyuu!!, 1,806 words, rated G — posted 2/27/22

this was a castoff from plate tectonics that had enough chutzpah to stand on its own. this (and plate tectonics, too) was really kind of a meditation on loneliness.

plate tectonics haikyuu!!, 14,631 words, rated T — posted 4/30/22

this fic fought me every god damn inch of the way. when i was tallying up my unposted word count, i found 3,121 words in my deleted fragments doc from this fic. i'm happy with how it turned out!

ontologies bleach, grimmjow/ichigo, ichigo & kon, rated G — posted 11/5/22

TYBW's release pulled this one out of me. the TYBW anime has been absolutely incredible so far and i can't wait to lose my whole ass when our beloved Catte makes his dramatic re-entrance.

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i realized as i was writing out the list of published works that i published two G-rated fics this year (one of which was genfic), which feels so unusual. my stuff generally hovers around teen. oh well! i also didn't write any destiny fic this year for the first time since 2018, i think. that feels strange. but this year has been tumultuous, i haven't spent a lot of time playing the game, and there's been some lore i feel :| about too. so it goes.

in any case, the usual meme!

1) What’s your personal favourite thing you wrote this year?

ooh, this is a difficult one. i feel like i generally tend to be most excited about the newest thing i've worked on, and right now that's what i'm feeling — writing in the S11 AU version of chorus just feels like coming home at this point.

wait, no, i have a better answer: this one goes to a fic that i wrote with the intention of not posting it. it's unfinished and will remain unfinished. it veers wildly around everywhere. it was very, very fun and satisfying to write.

2) What’s your least favourite thing you wrote this year?

hmm. i don't know. i started and stopped a few things around summertime when i felt the "oh god i should be writing" feeling and they all felt... not good. so i guess that, as a category, is my least favorite thing.

3) Which of your fics was most different from what you usually write?

aforementioned "i plan on not posting this" fic was pretty different, both in the plan to not post it and the contents of it. it's a pretty silly and superficial fic; i'm not really Saying Anything with it. that's fine. that's why i liked it a lot.

4) Which of your fics this year was most successful?

i think this has to go to the Not Posted fic again. it got me writing when i'd been in a long drought for a few months.

5) Which of your fics do you wish was more successful?

this is sidestepping the question slightly, but i wish that plate tectonics hadn't fought me so hard. when i was tallying up my word count, i scrolled through the doc where i'd shoved all my cut fragments and there was some really good stuff in there. i wish i'd been able to incorporate that all successfully.

6) What’s your favourite piece of dialogue you wrote this year? 7) What’s your favourite piece of description or narration?

combining these two answers because it's the same snippet for both this year:

“You’re not him,” Grimmjow repeats, his voice pitched lower as he crowds close. Kon knew, in some part of his mind, that this might happen somehow; he’s seen Grimmjow and Nel at the Kurosakis’ front door, unmasked and boxed in by their fake bodies, but the possibility stumbling into one of them on the street like one of Ichigo’s old high school classmates had only ever existed as something distant and vague. Kon inhales a pinched breath and feels his vision waver as he stares up. Ichigo isn’t short; maybe Kon is just too used to viewing the world from a height of about six inches, maybe he’s just shrinking back into the hedge like a bird before a fox, maybe Grimmjow is just too tall and too strong and— “You’re not alive.”

Fury erupts in Kon’s borrowed chest. He’s alive. He’s alive. He’s alive because of Ichigo. And he knows for a fact that the same is true for the being that stands before him.

“I’m more alive than you,” Kon spits back, and shoves uselessly at the fist holding him in place. Grimmjow’s arm is like iron.

8) Which fic this year was most fun to write?

i am having a BLAST working on this sequel to S11 AU (or maybe this is finally the year that i start calling the fic by its title). it feels like coming home in so many ways: not just because this fandom has been part of me for so long and refuses to let me let go, but also because i get to sink back into halo at the same time. hey, maybe this'll get me to finally play infinite.

9) If you could go back and change something about one of the fics you wrote this year, what would it be?

this is much more vague and much less actionable than the way i've answered this in the past, but i wish that plate tectonics hadn't been so difficult for me to write. i wish i could snap my fingers and change the amount of energy it sucked out of me.

10) What, if anything, are you going to try to do differently in your writing in the new year?

this question is getting harder to answer. there's a particular structure i want to try for S11 AU sequel and wrangling that has made for an interesting week of planning, so maybe once i finish this project i'll try being more intentional with structure for the next one, too.

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as i was getting this crosspost into shape for tungle, it occurred to me that i do, actually, want to document just how it is that i got myself into this S11 AU (i need to stop doing this) P vs NP hole again in the first place because it's both kinda funny and also a pretty interesting reflection of where S1- P VERSUS NP has been over the years.

on christmas eve i watched glass onion. loved it! super fun movie. this immediately made me want to watch knives out again, but it's not on netflix and i don't subscribe to anything else. in lieu of this, i decided to watch casino royale on christmas day because the only bond i'd ever watched up till that point was, well, skyfall. at this moment, several things happened all at once: i got the urge to draw some wash/maine art to cap off the year, i was looking up which of the other daniel craig bondses came in which order, and i was thinking, of course, about skyfall and how much i liked it. powder keg meets spark.

the funny part is that i got hit with the urge to write more S11 auFUCKING P VS NP like i'd been brained by a 2x4, but it wasn't till i was an hour into half-watching casino royale that i realized this whole urge (and the whole crux of the plo, too) was specifically because skyfall was a massive source of drive and inspiration for S11 oh my fucking god. P vs NP. i am not doing this on purpose. and i mean, obviously, right? P vs NP's epigraph is specifically from skyfall. it's there because of skyfall.

skyfall and P vs NP are not, actually, very similar. there are a handful of threads that are sort of similar, but they're really not one-to-one reflective of each other. i guess that's what makes a good source of inspiration? i went back through some old stuff to see if i ever Poasted about why and how skyfall inspired me so deeply and there wasn't really... anything specific. it was just a movie that i saw at the right time to amplify my urge to write this fic.

that being said, i did watch skyfall in my little danny boy marathon, this time while trying to figure out what it was that hit me so hard, and there were some fun similarities:

moneypenny "kills" bond; bond comes back; moneypenny helps bond

bond's re-entry into service; wash in season 8

bond: everybody needs a hobby. silva: so what's yours? bond: resurrection.

"look upon your work, mother"; silva and bond as same-but-opposite, not quite reflecting wash and maine (in P vs NP or in canon) but there are some threads there

...huh, okay, maybe there was a bit more there than i thought. anyways, now i'm here. again. i am hoping this sequel contains itself to like, 20k words. i am not optimistic about this. we will see.

here's to 2023!

#fic talk #ficposting #year in review 2022

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hilarychuff · 2 years

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🛒 💖 🤡? :)

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

YEARNING. there's so much yearning. and also lots of self-sacrifice and possibly self-loathing. even lighthearted aus often become SAD and DRAMATIC. i am drawn to slightly pathetic blorbos, i find. especially when those pathetic blorbos have extremely internal experiences. lots of overthinking!!!!!

💖 What made you start writing?

lmao in the fourth grade a fortune teller of some sort (tarot reader??? don't recall) told me i was a writer and i was like "lol ya right i am just a reader" but then in fifth grade one of my besties introduced me to the neopets roleplay boards and that was that!!! i think i fell into the hp fandom fairly quickly but i did also at one point join a wolf rp guild for her. but when i started branching off neopets it was all hp. this was actually what i wrote my college application personal essay about lmfao.

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

hmmm ok something that made me laugh. let me think. i feel like while i am a very funny person i am rarely writing funny things. `

lots of details about my jonsa princess diaries au make me laugh. the concept of joffrey getting coned. arya having a tv show called "shut up and listen." also the lies i came up with for theon to tell about jon in the press.

Each time Theon convinces a journalist or reporter that Jon won the seventh grade spelling bee contest with the word brassiere or that Jon volunteers at a soup kitchen each weekend to serve exclusively shrimp cocktail, he comes up with an even more far-fetched lie to try on the next one.

i gave myself some giggles in my jonsa scream au with the easter eggs. named myranda and mya's sorority gamma omega mu like gates of the moon. named harry's fraternity kappa omicron lambda (lambda looks like an upside down v) like knights of the vale. i always have fun coming up with the fraternity/sorority names for stuff.

did the same thing with my hp mediator series au back in the day. omega rho. rho looks like a p. sort of order of the phoenix-y. actually there might be some excerpts in here i think are funny. like i'm very much planning to rewrite this before i ever continue it so all of these excerpts at this point are old but

“Aw, come on, Red, you know all about my high school graduation speech–” (and how does he know she knows that, by the way, if she’s the one that’s the “stalker”? He better not be in her room on her computer when she’s in Sculpture I or eating breakfast in the dining hall or something) “–and my freshman year student government campaign promises. I can’t even know what you’re up to?”

“My name’s not Red,” she barks out before she can bite her tongue, looking up to glare at him.

“Yeah, I know. Lily, right? I heard Remus say it. Anyway, I think Red suits you better,” he continues, shrugging, seemingly unaffected by what she has heard described as her withering stare.

“Yeah, super observant, red hair and all that–” she starts, meaning to call him out on his complete lack of originality, but he stops her in his track with, “Actually, it’s more for the color your face gets when you’re annoyed.”

And that has her face darkening as hot as ever, traitorously proving his point. He grins, looking over to catch her flush in the act, and winks. If he weren’t already dead, she’d be tempted to murder him herself.

also lily agreeing to go to a geek chic party and then discovering she’s actually at an office hoes and ceos party?????

If Lily weren’t so affronted, she’d burst out laughing. “Wait, that’s the theme? You’re telling me I’m an office hoe right now?”

He glances over, takes in her outfit again, and then shakes his head, grinning. “Your skirt’s practically to your knees; you’re definitely the CEO.”

also i mentioned a previous literary-themed drinking party and i had a lot of fun coming up with everyone’s costumes

She doesn’t remember seeing James there, only Sirius (dressed, of course, as Dorian Grey-Goose), but he must’ve been considering it was his party.

“Oh, I went all out,” she teases.

“Oh yeah? And what were you?”

“Sophie, naturally, and I brought my BFG.”

“Big friendly giant?”

“Big flask of gin.”

That gets a laugh out of him, and she beams at the sound of it.

“And what were you, Catcher in the Rye Whiskey or something?”

“Please, my costume was way better than that,” he brags. “We did Goodnight Moonshine.”

“You were the moon?”

“Remus was the moon,” he corrects, smirking. “We doused him in body glitter and everything. I was the little bunny in PJs.”

“Oh, of course,” she laughs. “I don’t know how I didn’t guess that. And Peter?”

“Hops on Pop,” he explains, then grimaces. “He kept mixing beer with mountain dew all night.” He takes another long drink, then looks down at his empty cup and holds it out to her. “Speaking of—want one?”

“A beer and mountain dew?”

“Why, you like the sound of that?” he asks, one eyebrow up, then disappears.

anyway!!!!! maybe one day i will be funny and write funny things again. can’t wait!!!!

#my writing #ask games #long post

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bagopucks · 1 year

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I have a few questions about your high school au if you don't mind. You don't have to answer them if you don't want to.

1. What grade would the reader be in?

2. Who does the reader end up being with?/Does she end up maybe dating more than one? (Hoe life or no life tbh)

3. Are any of the seniors the "creepy senior" who dates freshman? And if so, who is it?

Thank you, I love your writings! 🫶🫶

So at the moment, my high school AU is limited to what will hopefully be a medium length series with Mitch Marner and a female reader, specifically Gretzky’s daughter. You can find a Masterlist with another link to the summary and cast here. In this, the reader would be a Junior.

For future high school AU writings, I’ll probably keep the reader as a Junior. It’s a pretty balanced grade and age, but if the reader were to be with a younger guy, the grade is liable to change.

To be honest, my main issue with the HS AU was finding a way to incorporate so many of my own stories and such into this universe without giving the reader to one guy. Stories that include the reader growing up with some, feuding with others, hating so and so, and having embarrassing moments with so and so. If I did it this way, it would be like jumping through hoops to create chemistry between somebody the reader hates for a request. I wanted it to be a full universe, which generally in my mind, made more sense to put the reader with one guy, maybe a few past exes. Things like that.

If I can find a way to work past that, I’d love to have a HS AU where the reader can be with a new guy in every fic without it feeling like said reader is bouncing from guy to guy. Cuz I know some people don’t have an issue writing that, but for me I’m not a big fan of it. If the medium length series gets a good reaction -which I’m not setting high hopes for simply bc I know my audience. Mitchy is not high on my list of what people want, but I’m being a bit self indulgent with this one-, then I’d love to do mini series in the HS AU with other guys as well.

THAT SAID

✨creepy seniors✨ I had no plans for this yet. Didn’t even think of it, but looking back at my cast list for Out Of Place, it may end up being Trouba. If I decide to go that route. Some of our younger sophomores might pull some senior ladies too. That’s always an option.

I hope I answered your questions well enough! <333

#ella’s thoughts #ella’s asks

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mariosferraro · 2 years

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fic asks: 🏅🧠

🏅 What is something you recently felt proud of in regard to your writing (finished a fic, actually planned for once, etc).

I honestly am really pleased with my ability to structure/build narratives, especially w/ the incorporation of subplots/things that aren't solely going on with the main characters? Really fleshing shit out, if you will.

🧠 What’s an idea you have that you can’t quite call a WIP yet?

i mean. ok how are we operationalizing idea vs wip. i think i'm gonna operationalize idea as like something where i don't at least have a clear idea of character/plot arcs & the ending vs a wip where i, if not an outline, have at least a clear idea of what it's supposed to be & mean & how it's supposed to go, if not every plot point/subplot/etc or is something that i doubt is going to get off the ground besides being a fun little thing i toy with in dms.

anyway a lot of these r heavier bc of who i am (someone who enjoys pain) but i actually would simply like to toss out my pens/flyers slow burn claude/sid rival marching band verse, loosely and affectionately titled after mt. joy's bigfoot's opening lyrics, "white kids don't dance (they just follow commands)". it might never get off the ground because i don't really write hs aus and i was not in marching band so much as tenuously allowed to play the triangle while hanging out w/ the marching band at games. i did do too much work in the verse so like, it might show up in dumb snippets across my tumblr some time. anyway senior year of hs rival marching bands rival drum majors sid / claude. sid is morally conflicted over his crush on his rival (no one cares about the rivalry anymore except geno and tanger and flower, who only care because it's funny to work sid up about the time he furiously & drunkenly made out with his Storied Rival at a band party last year as a betrayal to their school, not because they care or know about rivalries) and incredibly dramatic about it. truly romeo and juliet but no one dies or really cares. beezer inherits the drum major title after giroux is traded goes to college and he and frosty get so so stressed about it before band camp that summer they get super stoned and show up an hour late to cam york having a conniption. the caps are theater kids. nicke/ovi are truly the spielberg/capshaw of kinda shitty high school theater. the burton/boham carter. the apatow/mann. this all sounds like bullshit but ok. i don't like how much i've thought about this.

#selkiefinalist #ask game #ask tag

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crispy-chan · 3 years

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carriwitchet ch.1

>> masterlist

pairing: Han Jisung x reader, 3RACHA x reader

genre/warnings: fluff, high school au, slow burn, friends to lovers, love square, cursing, intimidation+being pressed against a wall (but nothing happens), everyday shenanigans

summary: Being a teen is hard enough. Your friend Chan just transfered to your school, a weirdo in his class takes interest in you, and on top of that, two of your friends, Jisung and Changbin are starting to act strange around you. Trying to navigate through that might be hard, but with your friends by your side you should be able to make it.

word count: 2.5k

a/n: hi, this is my first fic and I'm very excited :) It will be a long (slow burn) series which will in later chapters also incorporate some mental health issues, questioning life and in general angsty issues. But primarily, it's supposed to be feel good fluff. Constructive criticism is highly appreciated as I'd love to hear from you guys what I can improve/change. Thx and hope you enjoy <3

- pic not mine

carriwitchet

(n.) a pun or a paradox; a riddling question

CHAPTER 1

You groaned as the last bell of the day rang. Your math teacher was still talking about your homework but nobody was listening to her.

Everybody was focused on getting out the door to get to the school cafeteria before the general mass as you were situated on the very last floor of the building. A liability you were able to look past since you also had the luxury of owning an air-conditioner which was a fourth-floor-only privilege.

While most people ran down the stairs, the usual squad stayed behind, not planning to go to the cafeteria but heading to the sandwich place near your school.

“(Y/n) you coming?” Changbin hollered from the door of your classroom.

“Yeah, just give me a sec, I have to put my books away,” you replied while shoving your workbook hastily into the book locker.

You ran out as quickly as possible to the hallway to see all your friends waiting for your with impatient smiles.

“Come on (Y/n), we don't want the place to be packed,” called Iris while walking down the stairs with Felix and Mei.

“Well, thanks for waiting,” you mumbled quietly, thoughts about your dear friends abandoning you already creeping in your mind.

Luckily, some of your friends didn't forget you as you were reminded by an arm thrown around your shoulder.

“Let’s go (n/n), wouldn't want them to leave us behind,” Changbin stated as he pulled you to the staircase, the use of the nickname not going unnoticed.

“Come on Sung, what are you waiting for,” you turned around facing the other boy and motioning for him to come along. He quickly pulled himself together and followed you with a slightly forced smile.

On your rather long way down the stairs, you and Changbin engaged in a conversation about the previous lesson.

“But seriously, while Ms. Kang was explaining the importance of fraction reduction, I almost died when Jisung suggested that we reduce this lesson,” your laughter sounded through the now empty stairway.

“Y-Yeah, I heard you snort the moment he said it,” Changbin stammered, annoyed at the mention of Jisung.

“Well it was worth the try,” Jisung laughed, finally involving himself in the convo.

The unspoken rivalry between Jisung and Changbin was something you never understood. You found both of them to be good friends to you but you couldn't ignore that there was always some weird tension in the air when they were around.

Your muse was cut short as you guys arrived at the lockers mere seconds after the first trio.

“Are those new shoes?” your thought process was cut off yet again when Changbin inquired about your choice of footwear.

“Yeah, it's the first time I'm wearing them to school, mr. fashion police” you replied while tying your shoelaces.

As you were bending down, Changbin staring at your ass going completely unnoticed by you, you remembered, how he for some unknown reason exposed your fading crush on Hyunjin a while back.

--------- six months earlier ---------

You excitedly skipped to your classroom, a light bounce to your step. Tomorrow was your birthday and you were beyond excited, hoping to go to a cafe or to the park after school with your friends.

As you entered the classroom you noticed that everybody was staring at you. You rounded the corner to yours and Mei’s desk but even she was looking at you with a weird, almost guilty look.

“Wassup Mei, everything ok?” you asked, concern lacing your tone. You couldn't help but feel that something was not right.

“Yeah, w-why do you ask?” she replied with a strained and obviously fake cheerful voice. She pulled you down to your seat and only when you were sitting, mumbled.

“I'll tell you after class.”

The lesson dragged on, every minute feeling like a solid hour, as you nervously bit your lip. From her demeanor, it was obvious something was wrong.

Just when you thought the lesson would never end, the bell finally rang.

“Come on, quick,” she panted, pulling you out of the classroom in a hurry.

She let out a breath she was visibly holding only after you guys were enveloped by the calmness of the empty hallway.

“So look, you need to promise you won't get angry, I-I swear it was an accident…”

She looked so frightened and guilty at the same time you felt pretty bad.

“Look, it's ok, just calm down. I'm sure whatever it is we can fix it, alright?”

“Y-yeah, so it's a bit of a rollercoaster,” she muttered under her breath.

You found yourself worrying for the first time, not exactly sure if you still agree with your previous statement. What the fuck actually happened? (no pun intended)

“Well, you see, me and Changbin were talking a while before you came, and all of a sudden he asked me who do you like.” Mei started nervously explaining and in the corner of your eye, you could see her fisting the hem of her sweater nervously.

You nodded, hinting her to go on.

“And of course I told him I can't tell!” assurance, that it indeed wasn't her who betrayed you, spilling out of her mouth before she could finish.

You already could tell you didn't like where this was going.

“And then he asked if it was Hyunjin and I didn't say anything but he must have known from the look on my face.”

“Erm, any reason everybody was looking at me like I was a fresh piece of meat about to be roasted?” you inquired, shuddering at the thought of how everybody was looking at you mere moments ago.

“Um, so - you won't believe this! He just whipped out his phone and texted Hyunjin you liked him.”

You felt your blood run cold. No, this wasn't possible! No way.

In no way, shape or form were you madly in love with Hyunjin but you had a crush on him since first year. At first, you were quite infatuated by him and his charisma but lately, you found your 'love' for him to be slowly fading.

Nevertheless, you were convinced this was a total low-blow even for somebody like Changbin.

How were you now supposed to face Hyunjin after an embarrassing thing like that.

“Umm, and also, yeah…” no! This could not get any worse.

“Minho and the whole crew were next to him when he received the text…”

You'll be damned, that fucker was gonna get his dick sawed off.

“Uhhh, well thanks for sharing. Now let me go kill some hoe.” You tried to joke but the look on Mei's face clearly showed she felt guilty for this whole escapade.

You crouched down and told her: “Look Mei, I swear I don't think it's your fault. I'll deal with it. I just hope things don't stay awkward for too long with me and Hyunjin. He was a good friend…”

“Y-yeah, c'mon, let's go.” She said with her last bit of conviction.

Upon entering the classroom, you could feel all the gazes piercing through you as you tried your best to ignore them.

The rest of the day went rather smoothly if you don't count practically avoiding everybody except for your closest circle of friends.

And Changbin of course.

Yet you somehow forgave him.

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The next day was your birthday and you weren't going to let such crap ruin your favorite day of the year.

Changbin came running to you first thing in the morning, a big box of your favorite cereal in his hand.

It was the same gift he gave you every year but you weren't sure if this year it was going to be enough.

Not that you wanted a fancy gift or anything like that, but pretending that nothing happened wasn't going to cut it.

“Yeah so, sorry about what happened yesterday… it was kind of a dick move - not exactly sure why I did it…” he lead on.

“Um yeah, ok sure…” not knowing what to say in this kind of situation you messily fumbled around with your reply.

“Oh, and btw, happy birthday, maybe I could take you to the cinema or something later on if you wanted…”

You couldn't help but notice he sounded kinda hopeful.

-------- present --------

“Yo (y/n) you good?”

You almost fell off your cushion as you were reminded that you are very much not alone while Jisung cackled in front of you: “Careful now, wouldn't wanna fall now would you” he snorted.

“Yeah, it's just this sandwich has too much pepper” you opened up your baguette trying to show them that there was indeed way too much pepper.

Except you managed to make a piece of chicken fall on your now dirty pants.

“Goddamn (y/n), you sure you ok, want to get some fresh air or something”

It was Changbin putting his arm around you for the second time today.

In front of you, Jisung let out a not-so-quiet snort.

“No, if fine. Just a bit tired, thanks Bin.”

Changbin's heart started hammering in his chest when you called him that. Of course, he was aware you were calling him that only as payback for him insisting on calling you (n/n) but it didn't stop the butterflies in his stomach every time that word left your lips.

It was something he only allowed you to call him.

This had the gears in Jisung's head spinning. Even though you had a nickname for him too, you liked to call him Sung, he couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy.

“Well welcome to the clumsy-ass club,” he snorted. “Only ultra-clumsy people like you, me, and Iris are welcome.”

“Hey, Jisung! I heard that you son of a biscuit.” Iris chortled. “My point, sugar.”

You couldn't hold in your laughter at that remark.

“Sugar?! You really outdid yourself, Sung.”

Jisung beamed at the sound of your laughter. His ears perked when you called him that but the cherry on top was to hear you laugh. And to know he was the cause of it made him feel even better.

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You hummed as you walked up the stairs to reach your floor. You passed the neighboring class and saw Chan inside. You stuck your head in the doorframe and waved.

“Hi Channie.”

“Oh hi (y/n).” He waved back and whispered in a much lower voice: “And please don't call me Channie in public, it makes me sound weak.” he laughed lightly.

“Right, sorry. Forgot you are now big scary Chris. I'll remember it.” You replied in a half-serious tone.

“Stop it, you know I didn't mean it like that. Chan is fine,” he whined.

“Sure thing, Chris.” you winked. “Gotta go, toodles.” You left without looking back once.

“Holy shit hyung, who was this goddess?” Jeongin joked.

“She's an old friend.” Came his curt reply.

“Sure looked like you'd want more.” Seungmin’s savage remark cut through the air.

“Well hyung, she's way out of your league, remember.” Jeongin cackled before exiting the classroom.

“Hey, show some respect you little rascal.” was all Chan managed to retort before running after him leaving Seungmin to chuckle to himself.

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You entered the almost empty classroom and sat down in your seat. Deciding you wanted to listen to some music, you put on headphones.

Looking through your playlist you settled on Broken Compass. A song made by the mysterious SoundCloud trio of your school who also broadcasted on the school radio every Wednesday.

Nobody knew who they were but ultimately all could agree that they were talented as fuck.

They put out great songs almost every week making most think they were some secret music machine.

“Whatcha listening to?”

You recognized that voice immediately. “Good morning to you too Bin.”

“Hello princess. So tell me - what are you listening to?”

“Princess? Seriously? I'm listening to Broken Compass.” “Ohh, is that a song by 3racha?” He inquired. “Yeah, it's one of my favorites actually.” you smiled.

“So - who's your fav-” he was cut mid-sentence as your friends appeared in the doorframe.

“Good morning lovebirds. Changbin, get out of my seat!” Mei hollered from the door, smacking him on the head.

Changbin groaned, visibly annoyed. He was ecstatic to find out you listened to 3racha. He was this close to find out, which one of them was your favourite.

“Shut your trap Mei, what is your problem?”

Mei has yet to forgive Changbin for the Hyunjin incident. You understood why she was pissed but didn't have it in you to remain angry at the boy however shitty his apology was.

You just didn't want to watch another fight unfold early in the morning so you went ahead and played peacemaker again.

“Guys, no need to argue early in the morning. We still have Mrs. Choi's chem class so please calm down before I hyperventilate or something.” you muttered.

“Yeah, sorry (n/n).” he gave you a soft smile and went to his seat.

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The next day when you were entering your classroom with Changbin and Felix, you couldn't help but notice a half a dozen or so chairs were gone and the box usually containing chalk only held dust.

“What the hell? Where the fuck did all our chairs go?!” Changbin cursed.

“How much are we missing? Five, six?” Felix counted.

“I'll go ask class one, you can go down the hallway and see if any other people have the same problem,” you said determined.

“Ok princess.”

You didn't stay long enough to see the questioning look Felix gave the other boy at the nickname he used.

“Hey Chan, do you perhaps have any spare chairs, it looks like ours are mis-” you didn't get to finish your question as you entered the neighboring class, noticing that Chan and his two friends weren't there.

“Oh hello there babydoll, looking for someone?” a tall guy with broad shoulders inquired.

You shivered at the name he used and averted your eyes. “Um, y-yeah, some chairs are missing from our classroom and I wanted to ask a friend if you have any spare ones since ours are gone…” you whimpered, mentally slapping yourself for sounding so weak.

He slowly walked to you making you go back as well until you felt the cold wall make contact with your skin.

“Oh, I see,” he leaned closer, almost pressing you against the wall, “well you see doll, Chan isn't here right now but how about you stay for a while. We can chat a bit. Does that sound good?” he rasped next to your ear.

“Yeah NO. I will get going, thank you very much.” you replied hoping your voice sounded steady enough.

You put your hands against his toned chest and pushed with all your might.

Except he didn't budge a single fucking inch.

He smirked looking down on you as you visibly gulped, looking around if anyone would help you. To your dismay, everyone looked too scared to say anything, most giving you looks of pity.

You subconsciously shut your eyes letting out a quiet whimper that didn't go unnoticed by the boy above you. Suddenly you heard some noise from the hallway, hoping someone would help you with your predicament ...

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thought trade (i) // jjk

summary - In a world where soulmate systems exist, you get one of the strangest ones you can think of. You speak your soulmates thoughts without any regard for context and that’s your only hint. At first it’s a bit strange, as you start blurting out random Korean phrases and stuff but one day you get so fed up that you start cursing at the world for giving you the most useless systems there is. It isn’t until you check twitter and see that a certain K-Pop Idol is trending for a random outburst in English that’s your words. . .

pairing - idol!jungkook x gender neutral!reader

genre - fluff; soulmate au

word count - 4.2k

warnings - none

author’s note - the reader in this fic in gender neutral and when there’s italics it means they’re talking in korean. also this is the first story i’ve published publicly in 6 years, if you’ve noticed anything about this fic grammarwise, please tell me and i’ll correct it.

part ii

You honestly don’t know what you expected when you turned 20 as you awaited for your soulmate system to show. Most common it was tattoos that showed up, your soulmates first words or birthdays. The lucky ones got to share thoughts or perhaps even see each other in dreams but none of that happened to you. No, soon as you turned 20 nothing really changed. It wasn’t until 2 weeks later when you were out having dinner with some friends and you just blurted out a random full sentence in full Korean.

You were confused. You didn’t speak Korean at all, you could barely speak Spanish from the 4 years you took it in high school. So how in the world did you say. . .whatever you said without any prior knowledge. The friend you were having dinner with suggested it was your soulmate system. But you’ve never heard of a system that would have you blurt out Korean. Keeping the soulmate system in mind though, you decided to seek out a sort of soulmate doctor.

With soulmate systems becoming more and more common, they were confusing to the people that had the system as well as the people around them, so some people have taken it upon themselves to study and record different types of soulmate systems to help understand. Very next day after your Korean dinner burst, you google the nearest one and book an appointment for the following week.

You still had no idea what you’re saying so you’ve started a habit of keeping a voice memo recorder on you at all times recording every single thing you say or hear throughout the day. You’ve gone through three so far and only caught one outburst. You managed to roughly translate a few words: Army, dance, and concert. You have no idea about any of the context behind those words but you’d have to wait before you’d get any answers.

Finally your appointment with the soulmate doctor rolls around and you explained your situation, how you randomly burst out in Korean and how you have no idea what to do with what’s going on or how to communicate with your soulmate. The doctor frowned upon hearing your description. Turning to her computer, she began to type in your system attributes.

“Well, your system is fairly unique, I’ll say that for sure.” She responded, as she turned back to face you. “What I mean is, there have only been about 3 or 4 other cases with systems similar to yours. It’s called thought trade. You’re speaking your soulmates thoughts or words. As for the Korean bit, your soulmate is Korean and that’s as much as I can tell.”

“Is there any way I can control it? To a point where I don’t randomly blurt out stuff in another language?” You asked, desperate for any sort of solution. The three times you burst out were very embarrassing and the looks you got made you feel weird and shameful.

“Hmm, soulmate systems have only been known to let up until after the fact you’ve met. As for controlling? The only record we have of that is pressing enough thought to a point where you can force them to say it. Other than that, no, I’m sorry.”

You left the soulmate doctor feeling a bit dejected. You honestly didn’t know what to do about this; soulmate systems were supposed to make finding your soulmate easier and this didn’t seem to help you get anywhere. The only logical thing you could think of was to start taking a Korean language class at your college. Before the first class had started, you were sure to explain to your professor your reasoning behind taking the course. Thankfully, he was very understanding and promised he’d help you personally with any translations if needed.

After a few classes you finally had an outburst in class. Everyone in your class turned to stare at you in confusion, clearly whatever you said wasn’t a part of class and you felt your face grow red. The looks of their faces made you want to curl up under your desk and hide until the end of class. Your professor took liberty to explain to the class that it was your soulmate system upon seeing your embarrassment; to which your fellow classmates were understanding.

“Y/N, if it’s alright with you, may I incorporate your outburst into the lesson.” You gave a small nod as he clasped his hands together. “Alright, can anyone guess or translate what Y/N, or moreso, what their soulmate said?” He asked the lecture class, a few people raised their hands. He pointed to one of the guys in the front row. “Yes, Jay?”

“They said ‘I don’t know why I’m speaking like I don’t know my own language, hyung!’” Jay responded, before turning to look at you at your desk. “Perhaps he caught on to you learning the language and you’re mispronouncing some things?”

“He?” You question, you’ve never known the gender of your soulmate, so with Jay using the male pronouns you were rightfully taken back.

“Yeah, he said hyung. That’s the honorific he used.” He responded. Once the professor confirmed that is in fact what your soulmate said, he resumed the class yet you barely paid attention. For as little as it was, you had something. A clue.

As the months passed, the outbursts became more and more common happening at least twice every other week. Fortunately, your Korean had improved enough for you to start translating your bursts on your own. Some of it was a bit difficult to understand as to what he was talking about as it varied from a bunch of things like fire being too hot, and leaves falling down. Other times it was stuff about body aches.

Your classmate Jay had slowly become a blessing in your life when it came to further trying to understand your outbursts and your soulmate system in general. After your first outburst in class, he approached you and asked you a couple more questions about your system. He admittedly was interested in the many vast different types that existed and had never heard of yours before. He had offered his help on translating and thus your friendship began.

The semester was finally drawing to a close and you had Jay over to help study for the Korean final when you had another burst about the army, something about purple, and food. If you were completely honest, you were getting fed up with it. “I’m honestly tired of it! Why the fuck does nothing he say make sense! I’m already learning another fucking language to understand whatever the fuck he’s talking about but what he says doesn’t make sense!” You shouted, completely frustrated with the entire situation. “I’m still completely clueless as to who my soulmate is! And he’s not giving me any hints!”

Jay merely sat in silence as you sat back down, cooling down after your little meltdown. “Feel better after that?”

“Yes, a little bit.” You sighed, “Sorry you had to . . . witness that though.”

“No problem, honestly, I think you are being given hints they’re just too. . .vague to connect them.” He said in an attempt to reassure you.

“You on his side or mine here?” You retorted, eliciting a chuckle from your friend. “I just. . .want to strangle him sometimes.”

“I would too, if I had your system. I got lucky though, I just doodle on my arm and it shows up on her arm.” He smiled proudly as he looked at his forearm. He really was lucky when it came to having a soulmate system. Jay had been able to quickly locate his soulmate within a matter of hours after his system made itself apparent. His soulmate, Jenna, lived in Canada and he had plans on flying over to meet her for Hanukkah.

“Can we put a pin in this study session until tomorrow? After that, I’m exhausted and don’t think I can look at another sentence without getting angry at him.” You huffed as you leaned back on your couch.

“Yeah, final ain’t till next week. Call me if anything happens.” He assured you as he started collecting his things.

Once he was gone, you pulled out your phone and opened twitter. You barely use it unless to check up on some random celebrities tweets or check random news stuff. Upon opening the trending page, the top trend catches your eye:

JUNGKOOK SOULMATE

As someone with a weird soulmate system, you’re intrigued with what’s going on with this ‘Jungkook’. Upon opening the hashtag, you learned he is a sort of K-Pop idol, now you don’t know a lot about the music industry of the language of your soulmate so you decided to leave it, but before you close it you come across a video of said Jungkook from a livestream. He’s this cute guy that can’t be any older than you with brown hair that’s swept over his eyes and staring into the camera lovingly. He’s sitting in a hotel room and he’s just talking in Korean, and you vaguely understand what he’s talking about. He’s talking about his day, the food he’s tried lately, and addresses the viewers as ARMY. Then in the middle of a sentence about an interview he bursts out in full English “I’m still completely clueless as to who my soulmate is! And he’s not giving me any hints!” before he slapped his hands over his mouth and scrambled to the camera to end the livestream.

Those were your words. He said your words.

He’s your soulmate?

You swipe more down the tag and you see a bunch of stuff about theories about what his system might be. You come across a thread of several times his voice was bleeped out in a bunch of videos, while fans assumed it was swearing they began theorizing it was his soulmate system and he didn’t want them to hear him talk about things that probably didn’t make any sense.

That didn’t help you on your part. Now you only have one piece of evidence that proves he’s your soulmate. Exiting the app, you moved to google and see if you could find anything else about this Jungkook and low and behold, more photos of the cute guy from the video clip was there and you frantically called Jay.

“I just left what’s up-”

“I found him.”

“You what? You found him?” Jay was astonished to say the least, especially since less than 10 minutes ago you were cursing him out over not knowing who he was.

“Either I found him or I’m having a nervous breakdown.” You chuckled nervously as you began pacing back and forth in your living room.

“Okay, I’m coming back over.” You heard him turn and make his way back over to your apartment. “Who is he?”

“This sounds. . . completely insane but like. . he’s a K-Pop Idol named Jungkook, whoever the fuck he is, he’s my soulmate and I have no fucking idea how to get to him now.”

“Wait wait wait, slow down. Jeon Jungkook, of BTS, is your soulmate?” Jay inquired, “How did you find that out?”

“Well apparently the universe heard me complaining about not having a clue and went BAM ‘Here’s your clue’.” You still couldn’t believe this was real. Of all people that had to be your soulmate, he was it. You opened your mouth to speak again but instead of English, Korean toppled over your lips. One word that mainly stuck out was ‘I’m sorry’. “I think he’s in trouble. Fuck, I got him in trouble.” You hadn’t even met the guy and you were already causing problems for him. Or maybe this wasn’t new at all, maybe you’d gotten him in trouble before?

“Open the door, I’m outside.” You ran to the door and wrapped your arms around your friend. To say you were overwhelmed and scared, didn’t cover half of it. You knew who he was now, but now had no idea who you were and now you were clueless as to how you can even get to see him!

The next day and a half, instead of studying for your Korean final, you made it your business to find out anytime you could on Jungkook. As you watched some of the music videos, slowly more and more of what you’ve said in the past made sense. The weird sayings that you thought were completely random were song lyrics, the complaints about muscle pains made more sense when you saw how intense and hard they all danced. The “army” you constantly burst about was the fanbase they had, ARMY. You were given clues, you were just too stupid to use google once in a while.

Meanwhile, your outbursts have gotten more and more frequent. Happening almost twice a day. You could almost feel Jungkook’s concern and fear behind his thoughts because apparently BigHit was really good at hiding their idols’ soulmate systems and with your one outburst you ruined it for him.

ARMY slowly became a concern for you on your side because apparently a site of soulmate systems crashed because so many people were frantically searching for what his system might be. Once people found out about the rare thought trade system, almost daily you saw on Twitter of people claiming to be his soulmate. Those were easily debunked as the impostors were either too young to even get their soulmate system or the phrases they said in Korean were badly pronounced. Usually one of those two or they didn’t speak English fluently. That was the only clue ARMY had about their Golden Maknae’s soulmate, you spoke English.

You thought quietly to yourself, trying to push a thought to Jungkook about being sorry about this happening and that you weren’t posting any videos on Twitter, because either way you wanted him to know you were you and not give him the wrong idea. You don’t know if he got the message until several hours later when you were getting out of the shower and in perfect English said, “I understand.” You smiled, happy he got the message and you were able to connect to him at least in some way.

A full month after the “live burst” as ARMY dubbed it, you (and Jungkook) were able to decipher with the fact that you could only get each other's thoughts when you were extremely emotional, which explained the live situation. Sometimes if you thought really long and hard you could push the message across but that was usually hit or miss. It was currently winter break and Jay was currently on his way back from Canada when he called you.

“Pack your bags.”

“Uh, nice to hear from you too, Jay. I’m doing great. Why should I pack my bags?” You rolled your eyes as his demand.

“Because my dear YN, for Christmas I got you tickets to go see BTS on Jimmy Fallon-”

“You fucking what!? First of all that’s all the way in fucking New York City! Second of all, fucking wHAT?!” You screamed into the phone, a bit flinching seeing how you probably just got Jungkook to yell at the top of his lungs.

“Listen to me, YN. This is crazy yeah, but it’s like, the only chance we can get for you two to meet. Hence why I got you a round trip ticket to New York. You’re welcome,” the smugness evident in his voice.

“Jay. . .I can’t believe you’d do this for me? All I got you was socks, you can’t just buy me a plane ticket!”

“Jenna helped pay for it if it makes you feel better, we both want you to get your man. It’s our gift to you. Now go pack, the show is in two days and you leave tomorrow morning. We also got you a hotel ticket. You’re going to be there at least 5 days at least. Have fun!”

Soon as the call ended, you felt like you were going to cry. Was this going to work? You had no idea. “New York City? You go?” You heard your voice speak.You quickly thought back a yes for him and scrambled to your room to pack. You threw together your best and nice clothes to wear at the show and as you were getting ready for bed you heard yourself say “See you maybe.” You smiled as you tucked yourself in, wanting to be asleep as soon as possible in order to leave.

You barely slept that night, to a degree was somewhat okay because you could always sleep on the plane. You left two hours before your flight with the information that Jay had forwarded to you, and soon enough you were seated outside your gate waiting for your flight to be called. Seconds seemed like hours as you waited, you just wanted to get to New York as soon as possible and see Jungkook. Live and in person, right in front of you. But then it came to you, Jungkook had no idea what you looked like. So you came up with a little plan for the opportunity to arise.

After you came up with a plan, you saw on your VLIVE app, after the live burst last time you decided to download the app to be sure you didn’t have another repeat, you would simply sit in silence as you watched your soulmate talk but after the outburst, it seems he was limited from going live. But he was allowed to go live with other members because there he was with Jimin, sitting and talking to ARMY. After a sudden lack of Jungkook, the chat was spammed with questions about his soulmate and his system but he avoided that entirely. You watched them as you waited for your flight to be called, they playfully bickered about some dumb little game they were playing.

After nearly an hour, your flight was called and you decided to leave one message in the chat. ‘See you maybe.’ You watched for a few seconds as Jungkook scanned the chat. He saw his eyes light up a bit and open his mouth but before he said anything you had already closed the app. You couldn’t reopen it now as you were steps away from boarding your plane. You made your way to your seat and put your phone on airplane mode. The flight attendants went over the safety precautions but you didn’t hear a word they said for you were so close to Jungkook now.

Soon enough the plane took off and you put in your earbuds and played some of your already downloaded music, including some of BTS and more specifically Jungkook’s solo songs and covers. While you did love and appreciate the other members and their talent, you obviously had to be biased to your literal soulmate. His soothing voice lulled you to sleep and sure enough you slept the entire flight to New York City.

Soon as you landed you made your way over to baggage claim and called an uber to your hotel. You were getting more and more antsy to the point you were giggling like a maniac. “You okay?” Your voice spoke up. Okay, maybe you were getting too excited by this. You laughed a bit and thought back that you were just excited. You unpacked your things and then decided to check through twitter, and of course, Jungkook was trending again. Clicking on it you see a clip of the live stream after you commented and left. Jungkook’s eyes lit up and he said “You too”, you chuckled and scrolled through and saw a bunch of people’s theories as to who his soulmate is and as his response to your comment was vague, no one pointed to you.

After a few hours of mindlessly scrolling and watching videos, getting to know what these people thought of Jungkook. He was very important to these people and you couldn’t help but be a little scared because they automatically assumed a lot about idols’ personal lives and you were possibly going to be added to that equation. You felt your stomach grumble and you decided to make a quick stop at a McDonald’s as it was cheap and easy food. Belly full, you fell asleep and happy to possibly see your soulmate within 24 hours.

You woke up a bit early to get ready, the dress code was smart casual so you dressed as such, only messing with your physical appearance very little as you didn’t bring much with you in your rush to pack. Once you noticed the time, you were on your way to the studio and you felt like your heart was going to beat out of your chest. After waiting for a few hours, you all filed into the audience and watched as the crew set up for filming. You couldn’t breathe as Jimmy stood in front and announced that BTS was here and you felt your heart stop when they came out.

They all came out looking very cute in their current concepts style, and they all look ethereal. Then your eyes landed on Jungkook and all of time seemed to stop. He looked so cute and you couldn’t believe it. There he was. So close yet so far. Every fiber of your being, every atom yelled at you to get up from your seat and run to him but you couldn’t, that was the stupidest thing you could ever do. No, you had to stick to your plan. Hopefully it will work. They danced their way to their seats as the band played, then they all sat down around and on the couch. You couldn’t register anything that was going on, all you could hear was your heartbeat in your ears. You watched them introduce themselves and you had to bite your tongue, because all you wanted to do was scream out to Jungkook that you were here. Just wait, you reminded yourself. Wait.

As they talked about their new music, you heard Jimmy ask about soulmates, more specifically Jungkook, with his system being exposed recently and if he found them.

He shook his head no. “Still looking.” he shyly admitted as the nearest member, Jimin, patted his thigh.

This was it. You shut your eyes and thought hard as possible trying to get him to hear you. Please please please.

“It’s been difficult to find them as-” Namjoon started to explain when suddenly

“I’M HERE!” Jungkook blurted out, cutting him off. It worked! His eyes frantically searched the audience and suddenly a bunch of screaming people were claiming it was them, even people with the most obvious soulmate marks exposed on their bodies, desperate for the love of their bias.

“Wait, they’re here?!” Jimmy shouted over the growing screams of the crowd, Jungkook stood up and watched the crowd intently, unable to pin point you.

Namjoon said something in Korean to Jungkook, encouraging the younger member to do something. Listening to him, Jungkook closed his eyes and the entire audience went quiet. Waiting for his soulmate to show themselves.

You felt the similar pull, the need to speak. Opening your mouth and standing as you let the words tumble out of your mouth in a shout, shrieking something about raw eggs and Jimin. As random as the saying was, Jungkook’s eyes locked with you and suddenly you felt your legs move without your permission. You frantically pushed past all the people sitting around you and you ran down the stairs to your soulmate. Your Jungkook. As he saw you run down the stairs, he ran to meet you halfway across the stage. You leapt into his open arms and you felt him spin you around as you held on for dear life.

Soon as everything stopped spinning you could feel him cry into your shoulder. You pulled away to see his eyes starting to grow red from the amount of tears he let go. From that sight alone, you as well burst into tears. He pulled you back into the hug by your neck and you both openly wept into each other's arms. You felt the other members (and you think Jimmy as well), join in the hug as you all stood there. You heard Jimmy say they’re gonna have a quick break and you all were gestured to go backstage. You almost didn’t follow but Jungkook pulled you along, not letting go of you.

Once in a back room, you were surrounded by the 7 members of the biggest boyband in the world, one of which was your soulmate and you honestly? You were a bit starstruck because while you had hoped that the plan would work, you didn’t think this far ahead.

“So, uh, what’s your name?” Namjoon broke you out of your trance and you felt your face flush, looking to the ground a bit.

“Uh, YN LN.” You said, continuing to stare at your toes.

“It’s perfect.” You heard Jungkook mutter as he pulled you into another hug from behind, burying his face in the crook of your neck.

Jimin lightly scolded the maknae in Korean, saying something along the lines of something about the conversation, the interrupted interview, and 'schedule mess up'.

“Sorry about that, didn't really. . .think of that. . .” You lightly chuckled as you dragged your fingertips up and down Jungkook’s arms that were still wrapped around you.

“Don’t apologize. I don’t care. I have my soulmate now. I have you.” Jungkook whispered into your ear.

“We have to go back to the interview. JK, they’ll be here when you get back, right?” Namjoon’s turned to you, putting you on the spot.

“Y-yes, of course.” You sputtered out, nodding your head.

You could feel Jungkook pouting as he looked up to face his members. Talking really fast, you managed to understand a bit of what he was saying to them. Asking them about missing the rest of the interview and something about Jin and his soulmate. A few of them went back and forth about whether or not it would be good with Jimmy or the staff. But it was when Hoseok spoke out that the other members agreed, Namjoon only sighed in response. Telling Jungkook he’d be excused from the rest of the schedule today. He then told him to get out of the outfit and get back into his normal clothes and take one of the cars back to their hotel. Jungkook agreed almost immediately as the rest of the members filled out of the room, leaving you and your soulmate alone for the first time.

“This why you excited for New York City? You seeing me?” Jungkook asked as he turned you to face him, you nodded. He laughed lightly. “You really surprised me, and you kept me on my toes the past two years.” Oh shit, he’s been voicing your thoughts way before you even started it because he’s two years older than you.

“Oh shit- I’m, I’m so sorry!” You laughed, you can’t imagine all the weird thoughts he got and not to mention in English so he was probably just as confused as you were.

“It made concerts difficult, but motivated me to learn English better.” He teased. He placed his hand on your face and you closed your eyes, leaning into his touch. He whispered a small plea. “Please don't let this be a dream.”

“It’s not. This is real.” You whispered back, opening your eyes and looking into his.

“Good, because then I can do this.” He gently pulled your face closer to his and met you halfway with a kiss. You’ll admit, you’ve never kissed anyone before but with Jungkook it all felt right. Granted it was a short and brief kiss, but you felt the emotion behind it all. He pulled away first and just looked at you. You could definitely see what all those comments were talking about with them saying Jungkook has the entire galaxy in his eyes. “I need to change now. Be right back?”

“I’ll be here.”

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ravenbell-exchange · 4 years

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Here come the prompts!

These are for all of us to use, so please feel free to peruse, reblog, explore, comment, and be generally delightful. Everyone will be receiving their assigned prompts later today, but remember that we are writing two stories each: one from the assigned prompts, and one from this list. You are free to pick anything apart from stuff you yourself prompted. There haven’t been any Dear Author letters I’ve spotted so far, so I’ve included some additional crossover prompts from people here, just for ease of reference. You absolutely don’t have to pick them - there’s just there in case you want them!

If you didn’t sign up for this challenge, but want to use any of the prompts below to write a fic – go for it! As long as you make sure to credit where you got the prompt from, you are very welcome to play with us.

Now, without further ado:

Url: @autobot

Prompt 1: Sports AU: Bellamy and Raven flirt while their respective teams yell at them to get their head in the game.

Prompt 2: Delinquent Winter: It's snowing, so the delinquents decide to start a snowball fight. Raven and Bellamy really go at each other. Bellamy ends up getting a cut on his lip from an icy snowball, and Raven decides to remedy that with a kiss.

Prompt 3: Season 7: This is pretty vague but just anything with the relationship Bellamy/Raven/Doucette, with Bellamy having had separate relationships with the other two in the past.

Prompt 4 (optional variation on 1): HP AU: Bellamy and Raven flirt while their respective Gryffindor and Ravenclaw Quidditch teams yell at them to get their head in the game.

Things they don’t want to find in the fic you write for them: Momma didn't raise no wussy "N/A"

Also: Have seen all 7 seasons.

Url: @growlereish

Prompt 1: post mount weather road trip. monty, miller, lincoln, gina, octavia, harper welcome to come too. maybe they find a bunch of cars and the delinquents take off into the sunset together. maybe it's just bellamy and raven exploring the world together.

Prompt 2: au where they're on a sports team together. any sport, the sport is not important, it's about the Team As Family and the Narratives

Prompt 3: fantasy au or canon + fantasy elements

Prompt 4: relationship negotiation / exploration

Prompt 5: anything from the expansive list of likes on my dear creator letter: https://growlery.dreamwidth.org/11097.html

Things they don’t want to find in the fic you write for them: somnophilia; humiliation, especially as a kink; d/s that's about punishment; discussion of diets/nutrition plans/exercise regimens/body maintenance/weight management/etc

Also: Have seen up to + including 3x08

Url: @kinetic-elaboration

Prompt 1: High school AU: Bellamy and Raven are exes, but Raven is still good friends with Octavia, so they still see each other all the time

Prompt 2: Bellamy/Raven/Gina negotiating/figuring out a poly relationship in Arkadia pre-S3

Prompt 3: Braven + First real, heavy snow on the ground (canon or canon-divergent AU)

Prompt 4: Librarian!Bellamy and Mechanic!Raven

Prompt 5: Modern AU: Bellamy, Raven, and author's choice other delinquents living in a cramped apartment together; Raven and Bellamy are either struggling with UST or in a secret relationship or FWB arrangement

Things they don’t want to find in the fic you write for them: pregnancy/kid fic of any sort; side/background Minty, Marper, or Clexa; explicit sex (implied/fade to black/generically described is ok); character bashing of any kind

Also: Have seen season 1-4 (really do not want to write/read anything related to the timeskip on, please!). I'm not really into the Grounders generally; I love the delinquents; I headcanon Raven as bisexual but Bellamy as straight.

Url: @justbecauseyoubelievesomething

Prompt 1: Sci-fi/Space AU where Bellamy and Raven serve on the same ship; (fr)enemies to lovers with lots of angst along the way! Time loop/travel or interdimensional travel shenanigans would be appreciated as well!

Prompt 2: Dark Fairytale/Fantasy AU; very dark, stormy, foresty vibes; one of them is some sort of mythical creature, maybe even ruler of other mythical creatures; dark forbidden romance; for lots of bonus angst, one of them can be a magical creature hunter and reveal themselves at the end!

Prompt 3: Canonverse Ark AU; Bellamy and Raven meet as adults on the Ark because they both join the same secret revolutionary group planning to overthrow Alpha Station; other Delinquents can definitely make appearances!

Prompt 4: Modern AU; one of the two is driving through a small town trying to get home for Christmas when their car breaks down and they are forced to take it to the town's only mechanic; they snark at each other before the mechanic invites the stranded party to Christmas dinner; found family; fluff; basically you're typical Hallmark-esque set-up.

Prompt 5: Any setting! Bellamy and Raven are rivals in some sort of extreme sport (or if set in canonverse can be something like spacewalking). They're constantly pushing each other to their limits trying to beat each other, until Raven permanently injures her leg. She becomes very bitter during her recovery until she realizes that Bellamy isn't competing anymore and confronts him. Maybe feelings come out right away or maybe it takes them a while to get around to realizing it, but lots of angst and hurt/comfort during the build-up!

Things they don’t want to find in the fic you write for them: Explicit smut; pregnancy/kid fic; incest; student/teacher; character bashing of any other characters

Also: Have seen seasons 1-6 and the first half of season 7.

Url: @ravenbells

Prompt 1: Raven discovering and enjoying the fact that Bellamy is a huge history nerd (can be canon, modern or some kind of fantasy/sci-fi setting).

Prompt 2: Modern AU. Raven is sharing a flat with friends, but one of them has to move out because of Reasons, and Bellamy rents the freed up room. Doesn’t have to be set in the US if you don’t want to, I don’t care that it’s an American show.

Prompt 3: Grounder AU, but set in the past. Bellamy and Raven were children when the nukes that caused the Ark to stay in space for generations went off. Now they are they first generation of survivors who have to build a life in a world without technology.

Prompt 4: Steampunk AU. Can be traditional Victorian-aesthetic steampunk, but if you want to lift your visuals from any other time period, be my guest. I’m going to love anything you do.

Prompt 5: Bellamy and Raven are exes who get back together (can be canon or any AU setting you can imagine).

Things they don’t want to find in the fic you write for them: Graphic violence

Also: Have only seen the first 2 seasons, please have mercy. If you want to incorporate the characters playing DnD into any of the stories, be my guest - just putting this in here because I know some people in the group love it (Bellamy would play a paladin, fight me), but if you’re not into this stuff, absolutely don’t feel obliged.

Url: shortitude @ AO3

Prompt 1: Modern coffee-shop AU where they meet because both of them has a Specific Table they like to sit at and usually their schedules do not coincide, but then because of fate (someone's wi-fi broke, there's plumbing work happening at home, etc) they have to go to the coffee shop and their table is taken, as are all the others. Luckily, the traitor who took their Specific Table is willing to share it, just for today. (And then every day after.) Friends to Lovers is preferred over Instant Attraction in this one. Even open-ended works. (Please, no pandemic.)

Prompt 2: Canon-based AU: Give me cottagecore survival to replace the weird plots that happened to this show after s2. The idea of the Delinquents settling in a village, life moving on, peace being brokered, etc etc. In the middle of it all, Bellamy and Raven rely on each other to rebuild, and fall in love. A lot.

Prompt 3: Five times Bellamy tried to show his love for Raven and failed, and one time she finally got the point. Oblivious That People Might Love Her!Raven is my tragic and problematic fave. A bonus: competence kink. Acceptable: any form of AU; I am not a stickler for canon.

Prompt 4 (optional): Pacific Rim AU; veteran Jaeger pilot gets pulled back into action because of a need to pull off a last fight against the apocalypse/alien invasion, drifts unexpectedly with the supermouthy, supersmart, very capable engineer/mechanic. Add as many characters from The 100 as you'd like into this, but I am very much more into the wholesome survival of all of them than I am about everyone except Braven dying.

Things they don’t want to find in the fic you write for them: Bellarke content if the Braven content is just a way for Bellamy to "get over" Clarke, be it failed relationship or unrequited one.

Also: Have seen season 1 and Season 2 in full; vaguely familiar with STUFF about how they ended up in space, and nothing beyond that because I literally don't care.

#blayesnetwork #ravenbell #braven #bellamy x raven #bellamy blake #raven reyes

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greycappedjester · 4 years

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hello! i just read your scooby doo au and i say i love it so much aaaaa =(( more content with this circle of friends makes life worth living :(( i hope you dont mind if i ask though, would daichi appear here mayhaps? if not that no problem of course as i am wholeheartedly in love with the whole thing! my daisuga heart is just too curious qwq -slams the subscribe button on ao3-

Thank you!!!!! I’ve definitely been dorking out about that AU all month so I’m so glad other people are liking it :)

As for if Daichi will one day appear. Short answer: yeah, that’s the plan. Longer answer: he’ll appear but eventually as I’m trying to incorporate different Hq characters in each. This fic really is more gen than anything and the only ones that will appear in all of the series are Oikawa, Bokuto, Suga, Iwaizumi, and Kuroo; but, I definitely have plans for a few characters to be reoccurring (like Kenma, Akaashi, and Daichi).

Because, I’m very, very bad about NOT making things series, I might already have a vague plan for the next few. Please note: this is definitely my “when I have time” series so no commitment on when these would be posted; but....these stories are also generally only two chapters so comparatively short and low-maintenance for me to write so good hope for a sequel sometime soon.

Until then, here’s the very, very vague plan (putting under a “Read More” in case people want to be surprised)

TBD Title [Other Hq Characters] (When it’s happening)

First three have pretty solid plans, others just have a vague idea for now

1.) Menace at the Old Manor [Kenma, Hinata, and Kageyama] (Summer Between High School and College)

2.) The Weirdness with Witches [Kunimi and Kindaichi] (Summer Between High School and College)--hey, there’s actually camping in this one. Featuring Kunimi and Kindaichi as long suffering camp counselors.

3.) TBD Title [Yachi and Kiyoko] (First Semester of College)--a college campus mystery involving cursed gem

Daichi would appear somewhere in my rough plan for a fifth story. Btw, the Miya Twins (plus Inarizaki) are 1,000% this AU’s version of the Hex Girls from the actual Scooby Doo series.

#scooby doo au #investigations inc #hq #asks #my writing

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thesunnyshow · 4 years

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Name: Kris

Writing Blog URL(s): @peachy-jjh

Age: 19

Nationality: Mexican American

Languages: English and Spanish

Star Sign: Sagittarius

MBTI: INFP-T

Favorite color: Black or Red

Favorite food: Probably buffalo wings

Favorite movie: My go-to’s are always Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings/Hobbit

Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate Chip or Fudge Brownie

Favorite animal: Hmm I don’t think I have one

Go-to karaoke song: Adore You or Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles

Dream job (whether you have a job or not): I want to be a teacher, preferably an English one

Coffee or tea? What are you ordering? Thai Milk Tea with Boba If you could have one superpower, what would you choose? Teleportation

If you could visit a historical era, which would you choose? The Roaring Twenties (minus the Great Depression) or the 1930s-40s when the Pachuco/a style was big

If you could restart your life, knowing what you do now, would you? Probably not

Would you rather fight 100 chicken-sized horses or one horse-sized chicken? One horse-sized chicken

If you were a trope in a teen high school movie, what would you have been? Probably the school nerd that everyone goes to for answers

Do you believe in aliens/supernatural creatures? Yes!

What are some small things that make your day better? When I get called ma’am or miss during the drive through at work, I think it’s sweet because the people that call me that are older than me

Fun fact about yourself that not everyone would know? I graduated top of my class senior year, but I wasn’t named valedictorian which confused a lot of people

What fandom(s) do you write for? K-pop boy groups

When did you post your first piece? It was on Wattpad in 2015

Do you write fluff/angst/crack/general/smut, combo, etc? Why? I write anything, but I find myself mostly writing fluff or angst. I guess it’s the genres I find easiest to write

Do you write OCs, X Readers, Ships...etc? I write X Readers for Tumblr, but my own personal writing is always OC

Why did you decide to write for Tumblr? There’s a writer who does social media aus and I really admire her so I wanted to try writing a social media au of my own and I decided to make a writing account on tumblr

What inspires you to write? Other writers, the people that read my works, and my own desire to write out that specific scene that’s in my head.

What genres/AUs do you enjoy writing the most? As mentioned before, I prefer writing fluff or angst. As for aus, I love social media aus and mafia aus!

What do you hope your readers take away from your work? I just want them to find something they enjoy and that makes them happy, even if it’s only the tiniest bit.

What do you do when you hit a rough spot creatively? I listen to music and shift my focus to other pieces I do feel motivated to write, even if it’s just a scene that fits nowhere into a story.

What is your favorite work and why? Your most successful? My favorite work is probably my Lucas drabble where the reader helps dye his hair. My most successful work is my Jaehyun drabble.

Who is your favorite person to write about? My favorite person to write about is Jaehyun from NCT! Whenever I get ideas for new pieces, I always picture him first before I begin to consider anyone else.

Do you think there’s a difference between writing fanfiction vs. completely original prose? I think there is, but it can depend on the writer. Personally, when I write fanfiction, I incorporate ideas that I see around me or that I like. If it’s original prose, I base it off personal experiences I’ve actually had.

What do you think makes a good story? I think a story that reads well and is fluid is a good one. Good stories, especially longer ones are the ones that keep the reader interested and engaged.

What is your writing process like? Most of the time, I get ideas for small scenes that I plan to eventually incorporate into a longer story. When this happens, I write that scene out and it just kinda sits there until I get more ideas or the motivation to continue that particular story. When it comes to a full story that I have planned out entirely, I try to make a basic outline before even beginning to write. Most of the time, my writing process consists of me writing the story in my head and loving how it turns out, but never actually putting it down on paper.

Would you ever repurpose a fic into a completely original story? I would, if the chance arose!

How much would you say audience feedback/engagement means to you? It means a lot! It definitely helps a lot with motivation because you know what the people reading your writing enjoy.

What has been one of the biggest factors of your success (of any size)? I think joining networks has definitely helped! It’s a great way to engage with other writers as well as allow for a bigger audience.

Do you think fanfic writers get unfairly judged? I do. Many people believe one shouldn’t write fiction about real people, but as I’ve seen many other writers on Tumblr explain, it’s not a piece of fiction written about the real person, it’s more of a character based off that person. Many writers have disclaimers before their writing stating that the writing does not portray the way that writer sees the person.

Do you think art can be a medium for change? Definitely! I think it’s different for everyone, but I believe that art can be appreciated by many and cause change.

Do you ever feel there are times when you’re writing for others, rather than yourself? I have yet to feel that, but I’m sure I’ll eventually feel it.

Do you ever feel like people have misunderstood you or your writing at times? I don’t think so, and I think it’s partly because I simply don’t have that much writing put out yet.

Do your offline friends/loved ones know you write for Tumblr? Only my sister and my cousin know, beyond that, I try to keep it low key.

What is one thing you wish you could tell your followers? Please interact! I love interacting with you all and getting feedback! It’s really helpful as a writer and interacting in general makes me really happy as well.

Do you have any advice for aspiring writers who might be too scared to put themselves out there? Go for it! If there’s a story you want to read but can’t find, then write it yourself! But always make sure you’re working on something you enjoy, don’t let writing become a chore you do for others.

Are there any times when you regret joining Tumblr? I don’t think so, I’ve enjoyed my time so far!

Pick a quote to end your interview with:

De músico, poeta, y loco, todos tenemos un poco. (Of musician, poet, and madman, we all have our measure)

BONUS ROUND: K-POP CONFIDENTIAL

#@peachy-jjh #thesunnyshow #featured author #episode 41 #ateez #bts #day6 #exo #got7 #kard #monsta x #n. flying #nct #the rose #seventeen #shinee #stray kids #txt

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coppercrane2 · 4 years

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Hiya! Curious about 12, 13 and 17 of the Behind the scenes fic ask :)

You sent a message with a few others (thank you so much!!) so I’ll do those here, too!

5. What is the perfect environment for you to write in?

Quiet and alone, with no work stress. And access to wifi. Also, there needs to be tea somewhere. XD

12. Is there a trope you haven’t written yet but really want to?

There are so many, but ‘there was only one bed’ is probably the one I’m most keen on at the moment. I am also the biggest fan of enemies to lovers, and one of the couple being a super-intense badass and the other one being a ray of sunshine... which might explain a few things, really...

13. Is there a trope you wouldn’t write if it was the last trope on earth?

Incest. Because... why???

15. A Hollywood producer tells you that they want to film just one of your fics. Which fic would you want it to be?

That’s a toss up between the Shakespeare fic I’m working on (purely because I would die fo the costume porn, especially the ones drawn by elianthos) and either the R/J SilMil fic I’m working on or the Viking AU I mentioned (the former because I would love to see R/J slumming it in a Jovian jungle temple, and the latter because there would be *vikings*).

17. What fic are you most proud of?

I would say ‘The Other Princess Bride’. Because it’s actually complete.

Having said that, the one I’m most proud of currently is my Viking AU - although I am still working on that...

22. Have you cried while writing a fic?

From despair because I’d written myself into a corner? Because I didn’t know where I was going with it? Because even after all this time, it’s still not finished? Uh... no... definitely not.

30. Tell us an idea for a longfic you want to write in the future.

Oh no... why would you ask that???? Now you’ll have to wallow through all my nonsense!

1. A Shakespeare fic which started out as a crack ficlet where I was supposed to use Italian fashion houses for actual houses, has turned into a massive fic incorporating as many Shakespearean plots as I can shove in there.

2. Cursed - where the inner senshi and shitennou are cursed beings who keep avoiding the lifting the curse of the sleeping kingdom because they’re just not ready.

3. Nainowale Ne - SilMil, Rei’s on a temple retreat on a Jovian moon, Jadeite is accidentally portaled there. They’re both stuck on this isolated, romantic location - and they fall in love. There’s also a sequel to this, which is plotted out, too.

4. Ottoman Fic - Ottoman AU where Jadeite is a Janissary. Endy is the Sultan, Rei is the sultan’s sister and Kunzite is the sultan’s vizier. Jadeite probably won’t survive this one but at least he’ll die heroically. This idea is all @apsaraqueen’s fault. I think she should write it instead.

5. A Vampire Apology - A comedy M/K vampire fic I wrote waaaay back for the shitennou ficathon, it’s much longer now, but I’m still trying to get over some seriously pesky issues, but it’s getting there!

6. Basilisk - Basically SM characters in the Iga/Kouga, Romeo/Juliet, war of ninja tribes tragedy thing. I’ve had this baby plotted out for years, but I’m still not 100% happy. Everyone will die in this one. I mean, of course they will, it’s a Basilisk AU...

7. The Crys-T Series - A continuation of ‘An Evening’, ‘Trauma’ and ‘American Honey’ I have another 5 or 6 one shots planned, including explaining the affair Ami and Jadeite had, as well as the group gradually healing over time.

8. The Cold Path - written for a ficathon, but it never saw the light of day, it’s a canon-divergent fic where a teen Endymion is caught about to abandon earth for his moon lover and Kunzite kills him in an attempt to stop him. It’s supposed to end with Kunzite becoming king in order to prevent Elysium from devolving into all out war. It’s nowhere near complete.

9. Hooligans.

10. A sister fic to the Viking AU, focussing on Ami and how she got from Japan to Denmark. It would involve her being sold as a slave and kind of making her way into freedom while on the way learning about the ancient world she’s travelling across.

11. Serenity - A Firefly AU (which I started and plotted but never got past the first chapter). It’s basically the Out of Gas episode but with Serenity being Endymion’s permanently comatosed wife on board the ship, and the found-family members of the ship talking to her about their problems and how they ended up on the ship named Serenity.

12. Hush - A 1950s noir detective story where Rei’s sister, Beryl, is murdered and Jadeite & Nephrite hunt for the murderer. Makoto’s a madame, Kunzite’s a slightly unstable enforcer, Mina’s an aspiring actress and Zoisite’s a detective in Vice.

13. Wrestler - having recently discovered that women’s pro-wrestling is a thing in Japan, I would love to write a fic of a slightly canon-divergent Makoto. While looking for a job after high school, she watches a wrestling show with Usagi and decides to try out for it, getting the job. The fic would not focus a huge amount on the wrestling itself, but would look at how she grows from a teen to a young adult to middle age, how she copes with her life as well as being a Senshi, how she meets Nephrite and finally opens that flower tea shop she’s always wanted.

14. LAST ONE I PROMISE I AM SO SORRY I’M SPAMMING YOU WITH ALL MY TERRIBLE FIC IDEAS, BUT YOU DID ASK, SO... REALLY, THIS IS YOUR FAULT, LYRHIA. - basically a fav headcanon of mine is that after the Serenity/Endymion suicide in the SilMil, the war between the SM and the Youma continued for another two decades (until Selene releases the crystal’s power). The fic would be about that part of the war and how it eventually comes to an end, focussing on the Senshi and Shitennou sort of ruling and trying to save those left behind in their crumbling civilisations, while also still kind of fighting each other, and trying to deal with the fact that they’ve failed in their divine purpose (protecting S&E).

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falneou17 · 4 years

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May 2015 - May 2020

No, this is not announcing my retirement or whatever. It’s just that after doing anything for a couple years, there will come a time when you start to look back and see how far you have come in those years. All the highs and lows, all the milestones and all the achievements.

And I kind of wanted to do something like this for a while; this is not the first time that I looked back at the time I have been writing fanfiction (and I am sure it won’t be the last), but I still want to, you know... document this. Share it in case there are people out there who are interested to see my perspective on this.

I am actually going to start to the time before I was writing fanfiction, because fanfiction was actually not my first experience with writing fiction; I actually wrote a collab original story with my good childhood friend Blue-san back in late-2012/early-2013. I can’t quite remember the date and Blue-san has since closed down her website she hosted it on, but it was in that era.

Shortly after that, in early-mid 2013 I wrote my own original story. I think I might still have it saved somewhere. As a matter of fact, actually, Falneou17′s name comes from that story. Well, the Falneou part anyway; seventeen’s just one of my fave numbers, both back then and right now.

Late-2013 and the year 2014 were both really busy and really weird for me, so I kind of pulled away from writing. That was until early 2015 (around February if I remember correctly) when I was feeling nostalgic and I looked up Pokemon fanfiction. Okay, to be fair, at the time I was looking for Pokemon fanworks in general, but it quickly gravitated towards fanfiction in particular. More specifically, Pokemon Special fanfiction, which was also the time when I read the stories of the six fanfiction writers who inspired me to write fanfiction. Of these six, only 1358456 is still writing, and while I will freely admit that I haven’t been reading her fics since I left the Pokemon Special fandom, I can wholeheartedly recommend her fics!

And that was pretty much how it began, I opened a fanfiction.net account in May 2015 and published my very first fanfiction (for Pokemon Special), Specialventure Academy which was my attempt at a high school AU for this franchise in the early days of the following month. Did it age well? No way XD but it did give me a lot of experience that helped me not only grow but also start out as a writer.

Like, most notably I think, it showed me the error in trying to incorporate everybody at the time (as BW2 wasn’t finished when I wrote that fanfiction and wouldn’t be for years to come, it would “only” have up to BW cast... which, as it included Lyra, Wally, Cherren, and Bianca, got the total to nineteen... yeah...). I think I realized this and tried to rectify my mistake in the second third of the story? Speaking of mistakes, another mistake I made with this story that really helped me grow was learning that my readers’ wishes and hopes did not mean I had to change my writing. Writing to make them happy was one thing, but I remember actively changing parts of my stories at the time to try and please everybody. Which, of course, is impossible (if you have readers who love Yellow and those who hate Yellow, for instance, how can you compromise to please everybody?).

This so far has only been about Specialventure, I haven’t even talked about the other fics in this era. For me, the three biggest fics in the 2015-2016 Pokemon Special era were, aside from Specialventure, Night of the Black Sun and Crimson Sunlight.

Black Sun was a really ambitious attempt for me at the time, not only because of what the story was trying to do but also because it would be my third multi-chapter fic I would be writing at the same time (alongside the other two fics I just mentioned). ‘Controversial’ is probably the wrong word, but Black Sun was definitely... polarizing. It’s also the only fanfiction of mine at the time (and only one of two to this day as of writing this) that received rude negative reviews. And because it was the first fic that received this... distinction... it hit quite hard, but I also feel like that made me realize not only the things that I did wrong but also that what I did had a big enough impact that it could affect other people that much. I think it is fair for me to say that the mistakes I made with Black Sun would not reappear in any of my other fanfictions after that... at least not to the same extent.

The third and final most memorable Pokemon Special fanfiction in this era, for me, was Crimson Sunlight. For the BanG Dream readers: no, this has nothing to do with either Scarlet Sunlight or Shining Sunlight, we’ll get to those soon enough. Looking back, from a writer’s perspective, Crimson definitely felt like it had a drop in quality, but at the same time it also felt the most... accomplished... of the three fanfiction. And Crimson basically taught me two things, I feel... it emphasized the importance of having a story’s plot planned out and it showcased how fluid the story could be if I were to focus on as few characters as possible (Crimson, being based on and inspired by konbu’s doujinshi titled How Far Are You?, focused on Red and Yellow and only Red and Yellow). And, out of the Pokemon fics in this first year era, Crimson is definitely the story I feel didn’t necessarily age the best but it is definitely the one I look back at the fondest.

The time around the end of 2015 and the start of 2016 I remember there were a few big things happening to me. Let’s talk chronologically: the first big thing that happened (that has no direct effect on my fanfiction, but I never said this post was to only look back on the fanfiction-specific times in the last half decade) was that I got promoted to moderator on the forums of JB2448′s site (the forums has since been taken down in... mid-2017? Mid-2017 sounds about right...), but the actual site is still live for those who want to use it to read Pokemon manga. I think this is worth noting because it would really hammer the point that what I did and said had an impact and that I had to be mindful of what I said online as a result...

The other notable thing that happened was that I got introduced to RWBY by DaPokemonMadster. There may have been more people involved, but Mads was definitely the one whose efforts to drag me into RWBY is the vividest... most vivid? It’s the one I remember the most, let’s keep it at that. This moment was significant for multiple reasons, I feel; not only did it open the doors to a new fandom, but it also sparked the birth of not only my longest oneshot at the time, White Rose Valentine, but also the fanfiction that would turn writing fanfiction for me upside-down: Field of Tomorrow. More than any other multi-chapter fanfiction I have ever published, even more so than Black Sun and Specialventure, Field of Tomorrow has been the biggest turning point for me in terms of writing and in terms of where I can say my writing got a big jump in quality (as arrogant as it is to say that). Despite the fact that, you know... FoT got officially discontinued earlier this year...

The writing, the story, the characterization... FoT introduced me to the ease of writing of both Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna (who would later become the base for another very notable character for me) as well as Neo (who would later become the base for yet another very notable character for me), but FoT did something else as well: beta readers. Before this point in time I would either publish the chapter right away (which, if you are a new/aspiring writer: don’t do that) or try to edit it myself. But, as I am sure every single writer can attest to: there is only so much editing that a writer can do on their own. And FoT really showed the difference between a chapter that I would edit by myself and a chapter that had a beta reader look at. It was phenomenal and a really big eye opener and I cannot thank Namitaa776 and LightZephyr enough.

The final fanfic that I can remember really fondly in this first year (I can’t believe I have written this much down already and we haven’t passed the first year yet) would be my one-year anniversary oneshot A Silver Lining. The Pokemon fanfiction that I think aged the best and would be partly the base for a fanfiction I am well known for in the BanG Dream! fandom. Before this point, I did not have any fanfiction deal directly with death before. I had danced around it a couple of times, but this oneshot was the first one to actively explore the possibilities... and to truly open the door to the “Angst” genre of the site... as a matter of fact, if it wasn’t for A Silver Lining, I might never have delved as much in the Angst genre as I have. So... thank you, A Silver Lining, for that opportunity. Even if I really hate the ending, but oh well... I think I was afraid that people would hate it if I were to go all in with it which is why I ended the oneshot like I did. I learned my lesson as the BanG Dream! fandom can attest to...

The rest of 2016 (the calendar year anyway) proceeded relatively uneventfully fanfiction-wise. I continued my multi-chapter fanfics that were ongoing, wrapped up Specialventure in August of 2016 and decided to stay mainly in the RWBY fandom because I felt the RWBY fandom gave me better reader interactions and reviews and such than Pokemon did. Specialventure definitely got the advantage in terms of view count, but the number of views a RWBY chapter would get on the day it got uploaded always baffled me. Then and now... especially since I was never a really big RWBY writer to begin with...

The good reader interaction in RWBY was, of course, until I published the fanfiction that I so very often call the fanfiction that did the worst. My fourth-most favorited (41), my third-most followed (35), my fourth-most viewed fanfiction on the site at the time of writing... Frozen Tears got one review. That was really demoralizing--okay, no, let me rephrase that. It was nice to see the counters of viewership and faves and follows rise up, but FT was definitely the fanfiction that made me realize that an effectively high review counter is what I wanted and that I had to find a new fandom to write for. I am sure a lot of writers can agree with me here: we like it when our fanfics get views, we love it when people fave them, but we absolutely adore it when people leave reviews.

As it so happened, the summer of 2016 was huge for me in terms of finding new franchises to like and watch. Most notably out of these, I got into Railgun, Index, Accel World, and my first of a handful of idol franchises: Love Live. Accel World is the only franchise I just mentioned that I have not written anything for, but fans of the franchise should be able to find plenty of references I made to that show. With both Pokemon and RWBY effectively behind me, I now had options for my third fandom...

Then we arrive in the year 2017, which I think... yeah, in terms of calendar year it was definitely my most memorable year. Let’s start with the fanfiction, because 2017 had a bunch of really notable fics for me.

The first thing of 2017 I want to mention is the Saten Ruiko Day Countdown that I did in 2017: a series of oneshots that would lead up to Saten Ruiko Day (10 March). They weren’t just any oneshots; no, they were all oneshots for a different franchise dedicated to LightZephyr and beta read by Namitaa776 (for those wondering why I didn’t do anything like it for Nami: I did something else for her that I didn’t publish for the whole world to see). Looking back, the oneshots themselves would be... they would be okay... decent... ‘good’ at best, probably. But on top of everything, they would be like a trial run of sorts to test out the different fandoms. Giving me a chance to see how writing for each would go and how the fandoms would react to my writing. The one that did the “best”, so to say, is by far the one for Love Live, but (and this is what is interesting to me) the ones for RWBY and Pokemon were actually the ones I think did the worst (both only receiving a single review). You know... the two fandoms I had already written for... low blow, Pokemon and RWBY, low blow...

But the oneshot I wrote for Love Live isn’t the one that’s most memorable for me. This is because I would receive a certain PM a few months later from BigTAnderson. He wanted to do a fanfiction reading of one my fanfiction for this countdown (A Step Back In The Shadows). And I was really happy with this; not only did somebody else wanted to do something with/for something that I did, but this felt more memorable than an average review of “I LOVE IT!” to me. It was confirmation that I was doing something right. And, unless I am badly mistaken, I think this is the first time somebody would do something with one of my fanfics. I know Reiriniverse would go on to regularly make the cover art for my fanfictions, but I am pretty sure that this fanfiction reading would be the first work based on one of my fanfics that anyone has ever done for me. And that is something one won’t easily forget, so if you miraculously are reading this BigTAnderson: thank you :)

The next notable thing of 2017 is probably my most polarizing act since publishing Night of the Black Sun in 2015: officially moving away from Pokemon and officially joining BanG Dream (not in that order, admittedly). The BanG Dream fandom at the time was only a couple weeks old, but it really was a big contrast to my time in Pokemon Special. In Pokemon Special, as you would already know if you’ve read this far, I had role models. I had people I could follow and learn characterization and figure out story ideas and such by reading their stories. BanG Dream had nothing of the sort. As a matter of fact, I ended up becoming the writer of both the first English published BanG Dream fanfiction on the site (A Step Back, 2 April 2017) and the first published English multi-chapter BanG Dream fanfiction on the site (The Times We Lost, 10 April 2017) during a time period when we still didn’t know much about... I want to say at least a third of the characters at the time? Maybe even half now that I think about it... As a matter of fact, to put it into perspective: the first chapter of TTWL was published (not written, published) before the end of the second in-game event story on the Japanese server (because... we only had the Japanese server back then).

I am not going to be arrogant and say that I hope I can inspire an aspiring BanG Dream fanfiction writer as much as someone like 1358456 has inspired me, but... the realization that I would have to pave my own way in this fandom without having landmarks to aim for was a big deal at the time. Even today, this realization catches me off-guard every once in a while knowing that I am the only BanG Dream writer who published something in 2017 who still publishes on the site for this fandom to this day.

Another big thing that happened in 2017 was that I got admitted to the hospital and would have to spend half a year to recover from it, effectively making me miss out on an entire semester. ...oh yeah, I probably did not mention this before, but the entire period of writing fanfiction for me up to this point was done while I was a full-time university student. This semester off was honestly a blessing in disguise for me as it forced me into a position where I couldn’t do much... so to eat away at the time I needed to rest I would end up writing fanfiction. Which is part of the reason why The Times We Lost and The Times We Lost Collection could be updated and uploaded as fast as they did. And I definitely remember both very fondly, especially since I had to extrapolate a lot of the characters’ characterization as we did not have much to go on. Remember how I mentioned two very notable characters earlier back in FoT? Yeah... my experience with Weiss, Blake, and Neo in my FoT days definitely helped a lot with getting a base going for both Mitake Ran and Aoba Moca in the days before we had their first event story.

As I mentioned earlier, TTWL and, by extension, TTWLC, will always have a big place in my heart. They’re technically an AU where I had to be very careful with how I wrote the characters... at the same time having a ton of freedom to do so as not a lot was confirmed/denied about them. A cute example would be the different hairstyle I had for one of the characters... which ended up becoming confirmed in canon (in a flashback, admittedly) a few months after she appeared with that hairstyle in my fanfiction. TTWL also set the stage, so to say, for my time here in the BanG Dream fandom and it carved my niche as an Afterglow-centric writer who is able to write both fluff and angst for the girls. Not to mention that TTWL was literally the first multi-chapter BanG Dream fanfiction we have on the site.

Collection ended up being written because TTWL had to extrapolate a lot. It had to make this new realm of reality with headcanons and theories and such that went into writing TTWL to try and make the characters feel alive. Some ended up becoming confirmed, some were debunked, but to allow future readers of TTWL to truly understand where I was going and why I wrote the characters the way I did, I knew I had to make a sort-of prequel to TTWL. Which is pretty much what Collection was: a collection of oneshots that were mainly set prior to the events of TTWL to try and explain all the headcanons and theories I ended up using in the TTWL. Most of these, by the way, still live on in other fanfictions of mine to this day.

Next up: 2017 was my first successful attempt at the NaNoWriMo. For people who don’t know, NaNoWriMo involves writing fifty-thousand words in thirty days (equating to an average of 1667 words each day). I wanted to do it for BanG Dream, I really did, but I wasn’t confident I knew enough about the BanG Dream characters at the time to succeed in NaNoWriMo. Instead, I decided to go with something Railgun-based and The Nighttime Terror of Academy City was born. It honestly was so much fun writing that I ended up writing well above the targeted average each day (although I probably will never be able to replicate that effort); writing seventeen hundred, eighteen hundred, at some point even surpassing the twenty-two hundred word count quite regularly, actually. And, while definitely not as bad as Black Sun received a year or two prior, Nighttime Terror also received a bunch of rude reviews. So much, even, that it prompted me to make every guest review have to be moderated first before they get published.

As if all of that wasn’t enough to make 2017 probably the most memorable year for me, the final notable fanfiction for me that got published in 2017... you know it, you were waiting for it to be said... every writer has that one fanfiction that they are more known for than any other fanfiction they have published, and for me... BanG Dream fandom definitely know me as the writer of The Final Glow of Afterglow. A oneshot that aimed to surpass A Silver Lining I published a year and a half ago... and, as the writer of both oneshots, I think it is fair for me to say that it definitely did that. The plot of the two stories are different (they do overlap noticeably), I feel like TFGOA not only left a bigger impact but also has better stats (most notably more reviews) despite being much newer and in a much smaller fandom. I am sure people will associate me most with TFGOA for a long time to come and, honestly... if there is only one of my fanfiction that can survive the tests of time, I sure hope it is TFGOA. TFGOA also stole the title of longest chapter that I published, previously held by RWBY’s White Rose Valentine (jumping from ~7k to ~11k words).

2018 was a lot slower for me mainly because it was my last year in university. I think this was best showcased in the quiet era in the end of 2018 and the fact I had to slow down my third BanG Dream multi-chapter story Scarlet Sunlight. Scarlet, by the way, has a lot of fond memories as well. It was the first time I could really let loose with BanG Dream (aside from TFGOA, of course), while also more or less acting as a FoT 2.0 in a way. It’s also the first multi-chapter fanfiction, since FoT I think, where I had a constant beta reader throughout the entire process. And I feel like that really helped Scarlet shape up into what it is. Am I claiming it is the best BanG Dream fanfiction out there? No, of course not, even Scarlet has its faults. But I think it definitely did well for itself, even compared to my other notable fanfiction I have mentioned already despite being so new. Scarlet managed to break past the coveted 100k word mark (being one of two BanG Dream fanfiction at the time of writing this to achieve this, the other being teawithmugi’s Reign of Silence). It is also my longest fanfiction at the time of writing this, in terms of number of chapters, in terms of word count, and in terms of how long I wrote the story from start to finish. Yeah, Scarlet will always be fondly remembered...

2018 was also the second year in which I did something for Saten Ruiko Day (and so far last year as I missed both 2019 and 2020). Same concept as 2017, effectively, but instead of switching the franchises I tried to do something... interesting (or what I thought was interesting anyway). I knew BanG Dream wasn’t very popular nor had it a lot of fanfiction, and there isn’t much worse than searching for fanworks of your favorite and not running into any. So what I would do was write a oneshot that had two randomly chosen BanG Dream girls, and I would fill up the countdown that way. I literally gave every girl a number and pulled a random number generator to assign each girl with in pairs for the sake of the oneshots. Sure it would still leave out a handful of girls of the franchise but it was the best I could do at the time. It also was a really good experience for me as a writer to try and write so many different characters (especially when, again, we didn’t know too much about them as of yet).

The other notable thing that happened in 2018, I feel, was that it was when I began writing more Shirokane Rinko. I think this is notable for several reasons... first of all, up to that point, I always struggled to write characters who were shy. I always excelled at loner-type characters (Silver of PokeSpe and Blake from RWBY were by far the easiest characters of their respective franchises whom I could write; and before RWBY fans come after me, this is the time before Blake really opened up to the rest of her team. We’re talking V2!Blake here). What I am trying to say is that Rinko was a challenge in and of itself to write, but she’s amongst the characters I am most comfortable writing today.

Secondly, and this is just stroking my own ego to be fair, is that Rinko’s introduction to my fanfics (or, better phrased, the fact that I wrote her more regularly now) came with a very amusing perk. What started as a playful and fun headcanon at the time quickly evolved into a ship that I managed to drag most if not all my regular reviewers into myself. It’s actually kind of amusing looking back on that.

The next year I would describe as “the year I return to the past”... in the sense that I would do things related to things I did in the past, in a way. I published a Pokemon Special oneshot in 2019, something I think a lot of people would have missed as it didn’t do nowhere near as well as l would have expected. I wrote two oneshots specifically to surpass TFGOA (Flying Through The Skies Above and Their First Date in two different “categories”), but neither made as big of an impact as TFGOA did.

Late-ish into 2019, at the end of August, I received a welcome surprise: a five-part ask that basically came down to someone telling me that I did the one thing I always wanted to do: inspire aspiring writers. This was a big moment for me, maybe even bigger than being asked if someone can do a reading of one of my fanfiction, because... it was concrete proof, actual evidence that what I did, that what I produced... it made a positive impact on other people’s lives, it helped make someone’s day brighter just by doing what I do on a daily basis. Flower anon, I have no other way to refer to you or even ask you how you are doing, but if you are reading this: I am honored to be able to inspire you.

The only other thing of note that happened in 2019 was the increase of anon hate I got and that I entered the Akuma no Riddle fandom for a few weeks. A few weeks because my experience with that part of that fandom was... let’s just say it was less than ideal and leave it at that, shall we?

And then, here we are, in 2020. I honestly don’t see myself publishing too many unique stories, but I will try to keep the train going with Shining Sunlight. I am taking a big risk with Shining as it is the first fanfiction since Black Sun where I am writing a multi-chapter story without having a very defined plot... and we all know how Black Sun went, right~? That being said, it’s half a decade later, I have learned so much in these last few years and I am feeling confident in Shining and what it can become.

I know I have focused more on the multi-chapter stories in this post than I have on the oneshots (with some notable exceptions), but the truth is... for me as the writer, there’s just so much that is being put in the multi-chapter stories that the oneshots are simply lacking. Which should speak volumes to oneshots like The Final Glow of Afterglow and A Step Back In The Shadows to remain so memorable and notable for me despite being “only” oneshots.

These last five years have been... amazing, really. The highs and lows, the ability and access to a platform to continue doing this. It’s been a lot of fun, it has really been life changing, and while I know I won’t be doing this forever... I sure as hell will make sure I will enjoy every second of time I am doing this!

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