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MHA Chapter 370 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

1 死ねバケモノ‼︎ しねバケモノ‼︎ shine BAKEMONO!! "Die, monster!!"

tagline 1 降りかかる心ない言葉… ふりかかるこころないことば… furi kakaru kokoro nai kotoba... Heartless words falling down [upon him]...

tagline 2 No.370 HIStory　　堀越耕平ナンバー370 ヒストリー　　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 370 HISUTORII Horikoshi Kouhei No. 370 HIStory Kouhei Horikoshi

2 イギョーは家から出てくるな！イギョーはいえからでてくるな！ IGYOU wa ie kara dete kuruna! "As for the grotesque, don't come out of your houses!"

3 まさか忌み血だったとは… まさかいみちだったとは… masaka imi chi datta to wa... "Unthinkable that you have abominable blood..."

4 おまえ達には騙されたおまえたちにはだまされた omae-tachi ni wa damasareta "You all deceived us."

5 土地が穢れるとちがけがれる tochi ga kegareru "The land is being defiled."

6 出ていけでていけ dete ike "Get out of here."

7 時代がどう進もうとじだいがどうすすもうと jidai ga dou susumou to "No matter how much time progresses,"

8 我々はその血を受け入れることはないわれわれはそのちをうけいれることはない wareware wa sono chi wo uke ireru koto wa nai "we will never accept that blood [of yours]."

1 少し遡るすこしさかのぼる sukoshi sakanoboru Going back a little,

2 荼毘確保の報が戦場を駆け巡った後だびかくほのしらせがせんじょうをかけめぐったあと Dabi kakuho no shirase ga senjou wo kake megutta ato after the news that Dabi had been secured had circulated the battlefield,

3 セントラル病院前セントラルびょういんまえ SENTORARU byouin mae in front of Central Hospital

4 鹵獲された黒義を奪還シロ‼︎ ろかくされたくろぎりをだっかんシロ‼︎ rokaku sareta Kurogiri wo dakkan SHIRO!! Rescue the captured Kurogiri!!

5 "改人脳無シリーズ"マスターピースに最も近づいたハイエンド黒義 "かいじんのうむシリーズ"マスターピースにもっともちかづいたハイエンドくろぎり “kaijin noumu SHIRIIZU” MASTAAPIISU ni motto mo chikadzuita HAIENDO Kurogiri Kurogiri, the High-End closest to a masterpiece of the "Bioengineered Noumu Series"

6 ソレが病院にある事をつき止めたAFOはソレがここにあることをつきとめたオール・フォー・ワンは SORE ga koko (kanji: byouin) ni aru koto wo tsuki tometa OORU FOO WAN wa AFO found out that is here (read as: hospital)

7 超常解放戦線幹部スピナー率いるちょうじょうかいほうせんせんかんぶスピナーひきいる choujou kaihou sensen kanbu SUPINAA hikiiru Officer Spinner is leading the Paranormal Liberation Front

8 残党レムナンツ REMUNANTSU (kanji: zantou) The remnants

9 及びおよび oyobi as well as

1-2 残党に「賛同」する"一般市民" かれらに「さんどう」する"いっぱんしみん" karera (kanji: zantou) ni 「sandou」 suru “ippan shimin” the "ordinary citizens" who 'agree' with them (read as: the remnants)

3 計けい kei In total

4 およそ一万五千の勢力を向かわせていたおよそいちまんごせんのせいりょくをむかわせていた oyoso ichi man go sen no seiryoku wo mukawasete ita a force of approximately 15,000 were sent in.

5 どけぇ‼︎ dokee!! "Move!!"

6 行けいけ ike "Go"

7 通せとおせ taose "Let us through

8 囲め囲めかこめかこめ kakome kakome "Surround them, surround them"

9 ラインを下げるな！ラインをさげるな！ RAIN wo sageruna! "Don't break the line!"

10 道開けろみちあけろ michi akero "Open a path"

11 迎え撃つは残存ヒーロー・残存警官隊むかえうつはざんぞんヒーロー・ざんぞんけいかんたい mukae utsu wa zanzon HIIROO・zanzon keikantai The counterattacking force of remaining heroes and remaining police

12 およそ二百…！およそにひゃく…！ oyoso ni hyaku...! were about 200...!

13 人気になったもんだな"白雲"…‼︎ にんきになったもんだな"しらくも"…‼︎ ninki ni natta mon da na “Shirakumo”...!! "You've become popular, Shirakumo...!"

1-2 ラウドアウトシャウト‼︎ RAUDO AUTO SHAUTO!! Loud Out Shout!!

3 肉壁だとぉ!!? にくかべだとぉ!!? niku kabe da too!!? A wall of flesh!!? (Note: Basically a meat shield.)

1 先生　大丈夫⁉︎ せんせい　だいじょうぶ⁉︎ sensei daijoubu!? "Teacher, you all right!?"

2 サンキュアニマ SANKYUU ANIMA "Thank you, Anima"

3 テンタコルは⁉︎ TENTAKORU wa!? "Where's Tentacole!?"

4 戦ってる内にはぐれちゃった…！たたかってるうちにはぐれちゃった…！ tatakatteru uchi ni hagure chatta...! "I lost him while we were fighting...!"

5 課長！数が多すぎます増援をーー！かちょう！かずがおおすぎますぞうえんをーー！ kachou! kazu ga oo sugimasu zouen wo--! "Boss! Their numbers are too many, we need reinforcements--!"

6 いねンだよンなもん！ ineNda yoNna mon! "We don't have any!"

7 テイザーシールドで押し返せテイザーシールドでおしかえせ！ TEIZAA SHIIRUDO de oshi kaese! "Push them back with your taser shields!"

8 くそっ！ただでさえ足りねェ人員を分断・孤立させるよう動いてやがる！くそっ！ただでさえたりねェじんいんをぶんだん・こりつさせるよううごいてやがる！ kuso! tada de sae tarineE jin’in wo bundan・koritsu saseru you ugoite yagaru! "Damn it! They're moving to divide and isolate our already-insufficient personnel!"

9 寄せ集めの暴徒だろよせあつめのぼうとだろ yose atsume no houto daro "Isn't this a ragtag mob?"

10 何でこんな統率力が…！なんでこんなとうそつりょくが…！ nande konna tousotsuryoku ga...! "What's with this leadership...!"

1 黙れうるさい‼︎ だまれうるさい‼︎ damare urusai!! "Shut up, you're noisy!!"

2 縛れしばれ shibare "Tie them up"

3 もういい！ mou ii! "Enough already!"

4 暴徒じゃねぇぼうとじゃねぇ bouto ja nee "We're not a mob"

5 手だ手てだて te da te "The hands, the hands!"

6 おまえらいつもそれだ omaera itsumo sore da "You people are always like that."

7 人間の顔した奴にはにんげんのかおしたやつには ningen no kao shita yatsu ni wa "Those who have human faces"

8 わかんねぇべ‼︎ wakannee be!! "don't understand!!"

9 ぶっ倒せぶったおせ buttaose "Crush them"

10 どけぇ dokee "Move"

11 道を開けみちをあけ michi wo ake "Open a path"

12 通せ‼︎ とおせ‼︎ toose!! "Let us through!!"

13 どけ！ doke! "Move!"

14 邪魔すンな！じゃますンな！ jama suNna! "Don't get in the way!"

15 どいてな！ doite na! "Get out of the way!"

1 やめっ… yame... "Sto...."

2 なんっ…！何でこんな事っやめましょう⁉︎ なんっ…！なんでこんなことっやめましょう⁉︎ nan...! nande konna koto yamemashou!? "Why...! Why would you do something like this, can't we stop!?"

3 都会育ちか？とかいそだちか？ tokai sodachi ka? "Did you grow up in the city?"

4 こんっ… kon... "You..."

5 裏切り者が！うらぎりもんが！ uragiri mon ga! "you damn traitor!

6 いけ！ ike! "Go!"

7 道つくれみちつくれ michi tsukure "Make a path"

8 開けろォあけろォ akeroO "Open [the way]"

9 通すんだとおすんだ toosunda "Let us through"

10 代弁者をだいべんしゃを daibensha wo "Our representative"

11 通せとおせ toose "Get through"

12 俺たちの方が強いおれたちのほうがつよい ore-tachi no hou ga tsuyoi "We are stronger"

13 解放だべ！かいほうだべ！ kaihou da be! "Free him!"

1 怒れ人民‼︎ おこれじんみん‼︎ okore jinmen!! "Get angry, people!!"

2 今日が解放日だ！きょうがかいほうびだ！ kyou ga kaihou bi da! "Today is Liberation Day!"

3 "個性"カウンセリング！"個性"教育！ "こせい"カウンセリング！"こせい"きょういく！ “kosei” KAUNSERINGU! “kosei” kyoiku! "Quirk counseling! Quirk education!"

4 これが贋である事を！これがまやかしであることを！ kore ga mayakashi (kanji: nise) de aru koto wo! "These things are deceptions!"

5 我々は"形"を持って知っている！われわれは"かたち"をもってしっている！ wareware wa “katachi” wo motte shitte iru! "We're well aware we have these 'forms'!"

6 どいてろ doitero "Out of the way"

7 道つくれみちつくれ michi tsukure "Make a path"

8 通せ！とおせ！ toose! "Let us through!"

9 どけぇ dokee "Move"

10 代弁者が通るぞだいべんしゃがとおるぞ daibensha ga tooru zo "Our representative is coming through"

11 倒せたおせ taose "Defeat them"

12 「六・六事件」「ろく・ろくじけん」「roku・roku jiken」 "Incident 66"

13 「ジェダの大粛清」「ジェダのだいじゅくせい」「JEDA no daijukusei」 "The Great Purge of Jeda"

1 「超常」とは「ちょうじょう」とは「choujou」 to wa "'Paranormal' refers to"

2 "異なる形"迫害の歴史だ！ "ことなるかたち"はくがいのれきしだ！ “kotonaru katachi” hakugai no rekishi da! "the history of persecution of those with 'different forms'!"

3 虐殺に加担した男はその理由を「気味が悪かった」の一言で片付けた！ぎゃくさつにかたんしたおとこはそのワケを「きみがわるかった」のひとことでかたづけた！ gyakusatsu ni katan shita otoko wa sono WAKE (kanji: riyuu) wo 「kimi ga warukatta」 no hitokoto de katadzuketa! "The men who took part in that massacre gave their reasoning in a nutshell as 'Because they creep us out.'"

4 そして現在世界は反省したーーそしていませかいははんせいしたーー soshite ima sekai wa hansei shita--- "And then the current word reflected [on that]---"

5 ーーフリをしている‼︎ ---FURI wo shite iru!! "--[or rather] it's just pretending to!!"

6 人口蜜集！多様の坩堝に育った者はじんこうみつしゅう！たようのるつぼにそだったものは jinkou mitsushuu! tayou no rutsubo ni sodatta mono wa "Gather a large crowd! Those who grew up in the crucible of diversity"

7 ああ！教育の賜物！分け隔てる事などないのだろう！ああ！きょういくのたまもの！わけへだてることなどないのだろう！ aa! kyouiku no tamamono! wake hedateru koto nado nai no darou! "Yes! The gift of education! There shall be nothing like discrimination, right?!"

8 だが街を出てみろ！そこにあるのはーーーだがまちをでてみろ！そこにあるのはーーー daga machi wo dete miro! soko ni aru no wa--- "But try leaving the cities! What [you'll find] there is---"

1-2 「気味が悪かった」だ「きみがわるかった」だ「kimi ga warukatta」 da "'You creep us out.'"

3 どれ程強い光もそれ一つで全ては照らせない‼︎ どれほどつよいひかりもそれひとつですべてはてらせない‼︎ dore hodo tsuyoi hikari mo sore hitotsu de subete wa terasenai!! "No matter how strong a light is, it can't illuminate everything by itself!"

4 ここに集ったのは照らされなかった者たちだ‼︎ ここにとどったのはてらされなかったものたちだ‼︎ koko ni todotta no wa terasarenakatta mono-tachi da!! "Gathered here are those people who were not illuminated!!"

5 我々は自分自身で己を照らす！われわれはじぶんじしんでおのれをてらす！ wareware wa jibun jishin de onore wo terasu! "We will use ourselves to illuminate you!"

6 通せえとおせえ toosee "Let us through"

7 俺たちには必要ないおれたちにはひつようない ore-tachi ni wa hitsuyou nai "We don't need you"

8 おまえらじゃない omaera ja nai "It's not [about] you"

9 どけぇ‼︎ dokee!! "Move!!"

1 「この"個性"じゃなければ」‼︎一度でも思った事はあるか⁉︎ 「この"こせい"じゃなければ」‼︎いちどでもおもったことはあるか⁉︎ 「kono "kosei" ja nakereba」!! ichido demo omotta koto wa aru ka!? "'If not for this quirk!!' Have you thought that even once!?"

2 道を開けろみちをあけろ michi wo akero "Open a path"

3 通せとおせ toose "Let us through"

4 彼をかれを kare wo "Him"

5 彼を通すんだ‼︎ かれをとおすんだ‼︎ kare wo toosunda!! "Let him through!!"

flag スピナーは代弁者であるスピナーはだいべんしゃである SUPINAA wa daibensha de aru Spinner is [our] representative

6 我々のヒーローはおまえ達じゃない！われわれのヒーローはおまえたちじゃない！ warewareno HIIROO wa omae-tachi ja nai! "You people aren't our heroes!"

7 彼こそがかれこそが kare koso ga "Only he can..."

8 勝つぞかつぞ katsu zo "We'll win"

9 勝てばいいんだ‼︎ かてばいいんだ‼︎ kateba iinda!! "If we win, that'll be enough!!"

10 代弁者の道を開けろ！だいべんしゃのみちをあけろ！ daibensha no michi wo akero! "Make a path for [our] representative!"

11 我々を社会の中心に導く!!! われわれをしゃかいのちゅうしんにみちびく!!! wareware wo shakai no chuushin ni michibiku!!! "...lead us to the center of society!!!"

1 何　言ッテル　ノか　ワカン　ネ　ええなに　いッテル　ノか　ワカン　ネ　ええ nani iTTERU NO ka WAKAN NE ee What ARE you saYING, I dON'T UNDERSTAaand

2 AFO! 　力　貰っテカラ　頭ガ　ドンドン　白クーーー… オール・フォー・ワン! 　ちから　もらっ��カラ　あたまガ　ドンドン　しろクーーー… OORU FOO WAN! chikara moratTE KARA atama GA DONDON shiroKU---... All For One! BECAUSE HE GAve me power, my head IS GOING blANK---... (Note: Literally he's saying his head is gettinng "whiter.")

3 おい代弁者おいだいべんしゃ oi daibensha "Hey, Representative!"

4 マあ MAa WEll

5 イや Iya WAIt no

6 俺はおれは ore wa I'm

7 黒義ヲくろぎりヲ Kurogiri WO "GeT Kurogiri"

8 言われた　通りニいわれた　とおりニ iwareta toori NI [doing] just aS hE said

9 奪還シロぉ!!! だっかんシロぉ!!! dakkan SHIROo!!! "Rescue HImm!!"

1 オクト OKUTO OCTO

2 ブロー‼︎ BUROO!! BLOW!!

3 代弁者‼︎ スピナー‼︎ SUPINAA (kanji: daibensha)!! "Spinner (read as: Representative)!!"

4 こぉの野郎がてめっ‼︎ こぉのやろうがてめっ‼︎ koono yarou ga teme!! "This damn bastard!!"

5 裏切者だ殺せっ‼︎ うらぎりものだころせっ‼︎ uragirimono da korose!! "He's a traitor, kill him!!"

1 死ねバケモノ！しねバケモノ！ shine BAKEMONO! Die, monster!

2 それが sore ga "[What does] that"

3 今　病院を襲う事とどう関係ある…？いま　びょういんをおそうこととどうかんけいある…？ ima byouin wo osou koto to dou kankei aru...!? "have to do with attacking a hospital right now...!?"

4 蛇腔でヒーローはまずっじゃくうでヒーローはまずっ Jakuu de HIIROO wa mazu "At Jakuu, [it seems] the heroes first"

5 入院患者や関係者の……安全確保に動いたそうだがっにゅういんかんじゃやかんけいしゃの……あんぜんかくほにうごいたそうだがっ nyuuinkanja ya kankeisha no......anzen kakuho ni ugoita sou da ga "moved to ensure the safety of...those like the inpatients and others involved."

6 どうなんだ…⁉︎おまえたちは…っ dou nanda...!? omae-tachi wa... "So what about you...!? You people..."

7 考えはあるのか⁉︎ かんがえはあるのか⁉︎ kangae wa aru no ka!? "did [that] thought occur to you!?"

8 時代がどう進もうとじだいがどう��すもうと jidai ga dou susumou to "No matter how much time progresses,"

9 我々はその血を受け入れることはないわれわれはそのちをうけいれることはない wareware wa sono chi wo uke ireru koto wa nai "we will never accept that blood [of yours]."

1 あると言え…‼︎ あるといえ…‼︎ aru to ie...! “If it did, then speak...!”

2 じゃなきゃ ja nakya “If not,”

3 俺はおまえたちを許さない！おれはおまえたちをゆるさない！ ore wa omae-tachi wo yurusanai! “I won’t forgive you all!”

tagline 闇　吹き荒び、少年は叫ぶ。やみ　ふきすさび、しょうねんはさけぶ。 yami fukisusabi, shounen wa sakebu. The darkness blows in, the young man shouts.

#my hero academia leak translations #mha 370 #bnha 370 #my hero academia manga spoilers #final showdown spoilers #the wordiest of chapters #@_@#let's go shoji you precious bean

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thisapplepielife · 18 days

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Monthly Word Count Wrap-Up

March 2024

March has been my wordiest month so far this year, and here's the breakdown of where I spent my time writing during March:

I worked on 9 different projects this month, for a total of 36,668 words. My word goal is still 500 words per day, and I've continued to hit that mark. The other night I was pretty sure it wasn't gonna happen, I hadn't written a word by, like, 10pm. 🥴 But I got it done.

All Across the Universe still took up the biggest chunk for the month, by a long shot. My so-called "finished fic" had 17,061 additional words of tweaks this months, haha. I'm not surprised. Finished to me just means it could be posted, not that I won't still make adjustments up until the second I hit post.

This month I also announced the upcoming event Corroded Coffin Fest (check it out, if you haven't!) so I've been doing some writing on that to get ahead. (I'm just counting that as one project for my fic stats, even if it's lots of separate drabbles.)

Anyway, I averaged 1,182.84 words a day this month.

And for the yearly average, I'm now at 1026.98 words per day, so back up to over double my daily target.

What I Posted This Month:

Five, Nine, Nine, Two (For Steddie Micro, G, 388 Words)

Sprung (For Steddie Holiday Drabbles Spring Pop-Up, T, 1000 Words)

Holding Out For Spring (For Steddie Holiday Drabbles Spring Pop-Up, M, 1000 Words)

Your Love Is Better Than Ice Cream (For Steddie Micro, M, 290 Words)

All Across the Universe (Chapters 3-6, E, 39,292 Words)

#monthly wrap up #monthly word count #fic writing #I love data #march 2024 #spreadsheets #data #my writing #writer stuff #thisapplepielife: monthly word count wrap-up

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magicandarchery · 2 months

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7, 21, 33 xoxo MJ/kiwiana-writes

HI MJ!!!

7. Your favourite ao3 tag.

Oh god, I'm so that person that will just read a fic without looking at the tags if it comes recommended. With that said, just looking at my bookmarks I'd have to say 'Idiots in love'

21. Can you accurately predict how long your fics are going to be? If you can, what's your secret?

In chapter count, I'm getting better. I started using Plottr after seeing an ad on Pinterest for it (yes, I can be heavily influenced). In terms of word count absolutely not. That is a sorcery that continues to elude me. Mostly because I am either the wordiest bitch in the universe, or the 'why use 10 words when 5 will do' bitch.

33. Give your writing a compliment

I answered this for Grace, but this is one that can have multiple answers to it. I put a lot of feeling and emotion into it, and sometimes I think it takes me so long to write because I care so much that I don't want to get those feelings and emotions wrong.

Thanks for asking!

Fic Writer Asks

#fic writer asks #asked and answered #ask game #kiwiana-writes

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pochapal · 2 years

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Proud to announce my current wip has finally surpassed your shortest umineko analysis in word count. Okay but for real now your posts are an absolute gem I love how in depth you're going about aspects of the game most people just skim over on the way to the first twilight, it's fascinating stuff to read

proud of you anon. my longest umineko analysis is still shorter than the shortest part of my current wip. can't help being the wordiest person alive <3

also thanks! i remember seeing people every now and then umineko suffers from Homestuck Syndrome (the opening part of the story is boring and it's advisable to rush through it) but in both cases the people are wrong. early umineko episode 1 has been a blast chapter after chapter.

#anonymous #like. the early chapters of umineko were written for a reason. the author consciously chose not to open the story with people dying #i can't even imagine getting to the first death(s) without this level of buildup. like my investment is at an all time high #then again i guess it's kind of like danganronpa fans back in the day #who skipped whole chapters just to get to body discoveries then skimmed the trials just to get to the executions #it's like. come on sincerely engage with the media you are chosing to consume! i promise it's always worth it!

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mrsmaybank · 3 years

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Crushing - Spencer Reid x Fem!Reader

“Reid, stop giving JJ’s intern bedroom eyes. It fuckin’ weirds me out.”

A/N: I love baby genius, season one Reid so much. I wanted to give him a soulmate. Soulmate is you: shy and also a baby genius. Okay, thanks for reading. This was honestly just for me.

CW: Implied Smut, Mild Cursing, shitty writing

“Who...Who is that?” Dr. Spencer Reid, debatably the wordiest boy Derek Morgan had ever met, was suddenly at a loss for words. Maybe it was your perfectly sculpted face, your shoes, the copy of The Kreutzer Sonata held to your chest, your chest, or maybe a mix of it all. Whatever it was, at sight of you walking through the office doors, he was stripped of his ability to speak.

“That’s JJ’s new intern.” Morgan said plainly, before noticing the completely enamored look on his friend’s face. “What, pretty boy?” Reid couldn’t even be bothered to reply. He was too busy studying every detail of your frame.

“You think she’s cute or something kid?” Morgan playfully jabbed his shoulder, Spencer’s face instantly flushing an embarrassing shade of red.

“What?!” He shrieked, “I-no! That’s not..No!” That’s a lie.

“I just..I didn’t know JJ was getting an intern.” That though, was true.

“She’s supposed to be pretty impressive. Let’s go meet her.” he started in the direction of the coffee stand, where you and JJ had begun chatting. Before Spencer could protest out of his shyness, he was being dragged along.

“Morgan,” JJ smiled, “Spence,” she nodded in his direction, “This is Y/N Y/L/N. My godsent savior.” JJ beamed in your direction.

You smiled more sheepishly then you would’ve liked, muttering a “Hopefully.” that got a laugh from Morgan and a “Oh, please.” from JJ, but nothing from the man in the glasses. You did your best not to read into it.

“Derek Morgan.” the muscular agent extended his hand to shake yours, an offer you timidly but happily accepted.

The taller, lankier, younger, incredibly cute man next to him stuffed one of his hands in his pocket and shifted uncomfortably with a small wave, “I’m uh, Doctor Spencer Reid, oh! Uh, you don’t have to, uh call me Doctor. No..” He shook his head, “Just Spencer is fine.” He looked at you with wide eyes that sent butterflies berserk in your stomach and swiped his tongue in between his lips that only made them go crazier. JJ had told you all about the team. About the magnificently brilliant Dr. Spencer Reid, his 3 PhDs and eidetic memory, and all the other quirks you’d have to know in order to work with him, but had failed to mention how utterly hot he was. You felt a crush hijacking your system already. Dear god.

“It’s nice to meet you both.” Your hands gripped your book tighter as you shifted onto your tiptoes, “I’ve heard really exceptional things.”

The conversation was set to continue, but Morgan and JJ were summoned by Hotch to the closed doors of his office. Leaving the resident genius and you starting at each other with tight lip smiles.

Spencer started first, “The Kreutzer Sonata is great.” He excitedly continued, “It uh, it actually used to be a pretty bold book to carry around. After the work had been forbidden in Russia by censors, there was actually a mimeographed version that was widely circulated. Then in 1890, the United States Post Office Department prohibited the mailing of newspapers containing serialized installments of it too. Theodore Roosevelt even called Tolstoy a-”

His enthusiasm was beyond endearing. You finished for him with a soft smile, "Sexual moral pervert.”

Spencer’s lips upturned in a smile. It was rare somebody in the office could finish his sentences. And he couldn’t help but replay the crass words being said in your soft voice. He felt a crush hijacking his system already. Dear god.

“Most people don’t recognize it in the original Russian.” Spencer heard you say.

“Most people probably wouldn’t recognize it in English.” he retorted.

You laughed, “Yeah, you’re right.”

Spencer wasn’t even kidding. “I’m not joking.” He shook his head. “It’s unfortunate how many people aren’t even vaguely familiar with Tolstoy.”

“It is.” you agreed. “You went to Caltech, correct?”

He smiled, “Yes.”

“I almost did too. Decided last minute on Columbia.”

“You went to Columbia?” he asked.

“I just graduated.”

“How old are you?” he asked before quickly correcting himself, “I’m sorry! That was forward! I am not...I’m not trying to undermine your studies with your age, I promise. I’m just curious.”

“No! It’s okay!” You got out fast. “I’m 19. I graduated high school a little bit early.”

“Me too.” He smiled. “12, actually.”

Your eyes went wide, “12?”

“Yes, um, in a Las Vegas public high school.” He winced, but the self-deprecation somehow came out charming, “I uh,” His eyes narrowed, “didn’t go to a lot of parties.”

That made you wholeheartedly laugh. “Me neither! I graduated at 15, which you know is the age everybody else starts. It created a really weird dynamic because the older kids in my grade didn’t like me, but the underclassmen my age really didn’t like me.”

Instead of the laugh you were expecting, Spencer just gave you a pensive stare.

“Um..I can’t see why. I think you’re very likeable.” The compliment would’ve been strange exchanged by anybody other than Spencer to you.

“Wait till you get to know me.” You said it through a smile but so softly you were afraid he might not be able to hear it, but he did.

And that was confirmed when he flashed you the most incredible, toothy grin you’d ever seen. “I uh, I doubt there will be any change in opinion.”

“Well, um, I’m sure- I think! You’re very likeable as well Dr. Reid.” you said.

“That’s what you say now.” He retorted in the same coy tone you had earlier.

You shook your head, “You’ll find I can be insufferably stubborn.”

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After two weeks, there was little Spencer could do to hide his massive crush affinity for you from the team.

In the bullpen:

You guys had locked eyes and were mouthing out exchanged of No’s and Yes’s from across the room. There was an ongoing half-serious dispute about whether or not Xanthippe slept with Plato.

Morgan glided in his wheeled chair to whisper into Spencer’s ear.

“Reid, stop giving JJ’s intern bedroom eyes. It fuckin’ weirds me out.” He said, shoving files into the cabinet below Reid’s desk.

“I’m..I’m not.. I--what? Bedr--No!” Reid whisper-shouted back.

On the jet:

“Reid?” Gideon called Spencer, “Chess?” He motioned towards the board.

“Yes, sure. Just give me a second. I’m almost done. I’m reading Infinite Jest. I don’t usually enjoy literature if it isn’t classic, even less so if it’s American. But..” Spencer smiled, “Y/N likes the author.” He continued his fast-paced reading of the third-to-last chapter of the book.

Morgan and Gideon exchanged glances.

Even in front of you:

You opened a sugar packet and began stirring.

“De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium is still some of the best work on heliocentric theory out there, I think. Copernicus knew what he was talking about!” You spun on your heels to see Reid’s face contorted in disagreement. You giggled, “Don’t give me that face! I’m right!”

He took a sip of his coffee as to keep himself quiet. “Listen, cosmological theory is for…”

But the pair of you were interrupted, it was Elle, standing behind you and in front of Spencer.

“New skirt?” Elle asked as you turned, back now facing Reid. She was pouring herself a cup of coffee too.

“Yes!” You excitedly nodded. “You like it?”

Elle looked up and down, but not at you. The judgmental eyes were for the man behind you. She pursed her lips, “Not just me.”

The only face redder than yours was Reid’s.

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Nights spent in a bar after a case that had dragged on far too long was nothing new, but the energy tonight was especially light. Gideon had refused, but everybody else was just relaxed, even Hotch, and the team just got happier at each other's happiness. It was great, really. As Hotch and Morgan sipped on whiskey, JJ and Penelope had already downed four sugary, colorful cocktails and were in a whispered fit of giggles. Elle and Spencer settled on a tamer option of an IPA Spencer couldn’t name.

“SPENCER!” Penelope excitedly shouted, “Y/N is literally you! You’re both adorable! You’re both geniuses! You’re both young!” She drew on her rant, “And if you have a crush on her you should just tell her!” JJ’s eyes widened in embarrassment as she tried to cover Penelope’s mouth.

Morgan and Elle erupted in soft laughter while Hotch cracked an uncharacteristically amused smile.

“Spence, I swear, I didn’t say that! I just...I may have mentioned how happy you get every time she’s around! And how you guys can talk for literally hours!” JJ defended, her words slurring in silly drunkenness.

Spencer rolled his eyes. This wasn’t the first time they teased him about you, and it probably wouldn’t be the last time either.

“I don’t have a crush on her! We just….we like the same things! It gives us a lot to talk about.”

“Yeah?” Morgan said through a laugh, “And what is it that boy and girl wonder talk about so much?”

“Well, uh.. a lot of things. But I find she gets the most excited when we are discussing the theories of postmodernism, in that apparent realities are actually just social constructs and veritable realities are subject to change, and uh... we like to talk about linguistics….political philosophy….history... mathematic theory...and uh, oh! Doctor Who.”

Spencer was blushing and spoke about you like a teenage girl did their boyband crush, and the team noticed. They didn’t even need to say it out loud. Spencer gathered from the way they looked back at him.

“I heard she lent you a book too, Reid.” Hotch said before taking a sip from his glass.

“Yes! She did!” He smiled, “It was her copy of Pale Fire. She has an impressive collection of 19th century Russian literature. All in its original dialect! Some of it’s even annotated, which usually would annoy me but since it’s her thoughts and notes I sort of find it endearing.”

“Dr. Reid is endeared!” Greenaway shrieked.

“Yeah,” he nodded, pushing his glasses up a little higher on his nose, “I find her incredibly endearing.”

“Y’all that sounded like a dorky love confession.” Morgan said as the team erupted in laughter and Reid’s head fell in a smile. There was no point in denying it anymore: He really, really liked you.

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Within two months, you and Spencer had finally put your shyness aside, and spent a very lovely evening at watching an orchestra at the Smithsonian Music, and sharing noodles at your favorite Thai restaurant. And then you guys spent some time on your couch. And then in your bed. And then in the shower. And then in the kitchen. You were both very sexually frustrated.

For the following two months, as soon as you both stepped out of the office, it was very, very hard to keep your hands off each other. Could either of you help it though? Teenage geniuses don’t experience parties, or football games, or clumsy sex. The time was perfect to make up for it.

And you guys did. The sex part at least. “Football involves a lot of dirt. And germs. And sweat.”

“Oh my god!” you shrieked. His hands were in a place they found themselves more and more often: Your pants.

“Does it feel good?” he asked, continuing his pattern of small circles on that particular bundle of nerves.

“It feels great.” You nodded.

“I uh, I’ve been researching the female anatomy.”

You closed your eyes and nodded your head, but trying to focus on your boyfriends newfound intellect. “It’s fascinating, isn’t it?”

He watched your undoing with boyish adoration and curiosity before swallowing, “Very.”

“Oh fuck!” Your legs began to shake, “Spencee...I’m gonn--”

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You and Spencer just understood each other.

#drspencerreid #dr spencer reid #dr reid #criminalminds #reid criminal minds #spencer reid x you #spencer reid x reader #Spencerreid #spencer reid reader insert #spencer x y/n #reid x reader #spencer reid #professor reid x reader #professor reid #season1 reid

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dcbbw · 3 years

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12 for Commoner and 13! xoxoxo

EEEKKK! #MyKarev!

Going to answer out of order here @burnsoslow…

13. I have some pretty astute readers/followers/mutuals, so any details I insert are picked up on immediately. Hell, you guys find things I wasn’t even aware I was doing. Hahahhahahahahahahah

BUT, in Lap Dance I have included one teeny detail that makes me wonder if anyone will pick up on its significance … we’ll see.

12. COMMONER!!! COMMONER!! COMMONER!!! My one shot born of a switcheroo idea and a title (seriously, I had the title before anything else), which is now a series EVERYONE wants the next chapter of. I’m going to give it to you, I promise!

This may be one of my densest, wordiest series ever, so I have more than one line of fave dialogue:

Riley & Drake:

When they cut off the lights to go to sleep, their eyes met. Drake spoke. ��I just wish you would look at me the way you look at Liam.”

“I am unsure of what look you’re referring to since I haven’t laid eyes on Liam in two weeks. But I can arrange to not see you as well. And since you seem to still be in competition with him, you want to try for three weeks?”

“Just tell me, Brooks. Is our marriage a thank you to me or a fuck you to Liam?”

A deep sigh. A shaky voice. “Both.”

Princess Marguerite:

“Do you have any medical or sensory issues?”

“Father, we’ll be done in a moment. I’ll explain then.”

Riley & Liam:

“My husband is home after a 2-day trip. This is my time with him. You’re cockblocking!”

“He invited me to share your time with him.”

Riley shook her head. “No. He invited you to breakfast. What else was he going to do? You are King and his best friend. You should have refused!”

Liam looked down at the floor. “I don’t know why I’m here. I….I just had to see you again. I have great need of you, love.” The back of his hand grazed her cheek. “I know what I should be doing…..leaving you alone, giving you and Drake a fair chance at your marriage. Finding someone to rule by my side. But I am happiest by your side.”

He took a deep breath, his voice breaking slightly. “You’ll have to be the one to end this, Riley. I can’t do it. I’m not strong enough to walk away.”

“Let me be happy, Liam! With Drake and his love. A love I never had to doubt. Walk away because you want my happiness!” Riley was inside the cupboard again, pulling out glassware to set on the dining table. I can’t do it, Liam. Don’t ask me to.

“Obviously, you aren’t happy with him. If you were, this conversation would not be taking place. And just so you know, you claim to be unable to trust my love, yet your husband can’t trust yours. The difference between us is I am trying to earn back your trust.”

“Get out!” Riley angrily whispered as she pushed hard on Liam’s chest.

Liam grabbed her by her arms and pulled her close. His lips crashed onto hers, his tongue claiming her mouth. Riley let out a small moan as her tongue curled against his; abruptly he pushed her away, his breathing heavy.

“Tell me … tell me right now you give one fuck about Drake catching us, and I won’t touch you again.”

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Dark Cybertron Chapter 1: Welcome to Comic Event Hell

You know what readers love? When the stories they’ve gotten invested in over the course of a couple years get interrupted for some pseudo-crossover bullshit.

And you know what writers love? When the story they’ve been crafting over the course of a couple years get interrupted for some pseudo-crossover bullshit.

Did I say love?

Because I didn’t mean it.

“Dark Cybertron” was penned by John Barber and James Roberts, with collaboration with comic writer and artist Phil Jimenez, and was published from early November, 2013 to late March, 2014. Atilio Rojo, James Raiz, and Livio Ramondelli did the art, each responsible for scenes in specific locations, with Robert Gill filling in as needed. Alex Milne, Andrew Griffith, and Brendan Cahill would also contribute pencils to the first issue and the back half of the series. It was a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the franchise, and the second birthday of Phase Two... which went on for over four months, but never mind that!

Both "Dark Cybertron” and its preliminary materials were made to go alongside the Transformers: Generations toy-line, each issue being included as a toy pack-in with whatever character was being featured… or, at least, that was the plan. Sometimes it didn’t work out. Regardless, this storyline was created to sell toys directly, as opposed to the MTMTE/RID series being made to sell toys more through the power of suggestion. It’s a small distinction, but important, because it will help explain any lack of soul one may perceive while they read “Dark Cybertron”.

“But Hannz!” you cry out, reaching to grab me by the throat and shake me like a rag doll, because to you I’m merely a faceless voice on the internet. “Surely by calling this specific storyline soulless, you’re completely ignoring the very nature of this franchise that you’re almost uncomfortably invested in!”

To which I’ll say this: look, I’m pretty realistic about where my giant space robots came from; Transformers as a franchise would not exist the way it does without Ronald Reagan introducing the Free Market to literal children and fucking up how we interact with media for the rest of time. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, and that rings especially true when I’ve got a Spinister on my bookshelf staring me down as I write this, that was likely made out of plastics which either involved blood oil or unethical labor practices, if not both.

However!

The choices of a company to have their comic license holders to cook up an entire plot that derails what they’ve already got planned out for toy tie-in comics is a completely different animal than what IDW had had going on up to this point. Phase Two had been about exploring different ideas that hadn’t been able to be explored during the war, and seeing what happens when you take away a third of the logline for Transformers G1 as a whole. Being a part of a brand of toys was almost inconsequential to how the stories were being told; even the Spotlights, which were also toy tie-in comics, had plenty of charm to them, if only because there weren’t quite as many constraints placed on the writers, and they were stand-alone issues.

Of course, being tie-in comics isn’t the only reason that “Dark Cybertron” is a bit of a slog, considering everything IDW itself was trying to get done within this storyline, but we’ll cover the publishing company’s/Simon Furman’s/Transformers’ tumultuous relationship with the concept of gender identity and expression later on, when it becomes relevant to the story proper. This point also ties into the interesting origin of Windblade, who we’ll meet in a few issues, and what happens when you let your fanbase have a taste of power and forget that people might like to see themselves represented in the media they consume.

“Dark Cybertron” is what ended up making me stop reading MTMTE the first time I tried it in 2015. A big part of it was because it forced the reader to need so much information from RID and even events prior to Phase Two, it wasn’t very fun to try to parse what was going on, on top of the writing beginning to flag because of obvious constraints to what Barber and Roberts could actually do, both within their deadlines and the rules put in place by their higher ups for the event.

“Dark Cybertron” is the result of the sort of executive meddling that kills reader enjoyment by requiring writers to cram their two worlds together as quickly as possible, without the option to go for nuance because there simply isn’t time. The reason we have four separate artists for the front half of this story is because Milne and Griffith didn’t have time to draw both their current workload and “Dark Cybertron” at the same time... but sales probably went up due to the nature of how the story was published, so I’m sure they didn’t really see a problem with it.

That’s a general “they”, not a Milne and Griffith “they”.

In short, we’ve got license contract obligations, fan-poll obligations, and gender stuff fighting for space within the next 12 issues, which will be published in the span of roughly four months. Things are probably going to be a little bloated and sloppy.

Regardless of any of these points, this is what we’ve got. It’s not like it’s all bad- “Dark Cybertron” has the benefit of being written by two people who had been working closely before it had even been conceptualized. Barber was the senior editor for MTMTE, and IDW as a whole until he left in 2016. It also isn’t a proper crossover- y’know, where two completely separate titles get mashed together for a bit. MTMTE and RID exist in the same universe, just have their own things going on, so a decent amount of things still carry over without you needing to have read every single thing in both. The writing, while not quite up to par with pieces that had more creative freedom and breathing room between scenes, is still recognizable as being Barber and Roberts’. Their voices are still here, they’re just strained under the weight of everything that has to be said inside of 12 issues.

With all THAT out of the way, let’s dive in to Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1.

We get a quick rundown of the most basic information you’ll need for this entire story to make sense, as we reintroduce the fact that Shockwave is an ecoterrorist with more agendas than a daily planner factory on meth, and also that he grows magic crystals. I don’t care what he says, the Ores are fucking space-magic. If you don’t want to read through all of RID for everything else, please see Robots in Disguise (2012), #1-22- A Recap, For Reference Purposes. We also get a quick rundown of the Lost Lighters’ deal, as Swerve potentially has a meta-episode.

Be careful what you fucking wish for, bucko.

Our story proper starts with a flashback to the shittiest road trip Cyclonus ever went on, as the Ark 1 finds itself at the edge of a mysterious portal. This is likely why he wasn’t super thrilled when the portal to Luna 1 showed up- portals are probably a touchy subject for him.

Jhiaxus doesn’t know what this portal is- surely this means that science has failed us, and it’s time to call in the religious crowd to try and suss out what’s going on here.

It’s moments like this that make me wonder what exactly happened in the Dead Universe that made Cyclonus’ cheek meat just pack up and leave.

Now, we know that Cyclonus is correct here, because we as readers have more knowledge than the characters at this point, but Jhiaxus tries to write off this theory as hogwash, because he is a man of rationality and science. This is a slight removal from his character in the present, whose most notable traits seem to be a lack of ethics and screaming.

Everyone here seems to be slightly different from their current iterations, actually; Galvatron doesn’t say a word as he steps between Jhiaxus and Cyclonus, only using his body to communicate that the scientist might want to back off. Cyclonus himself is certainly the wordiest we’ve ever seen him to be, droning on through his actual thought process before he comes to a conclusion on what exactly they’ve found. Compare this to the Cyclonus of today, who only deigns to grace everyone with his voice if they outright threaten him, have something he wants, or are Tailgate. If he were to ever pull this verbal meandering on board the Lost Light, people would probably assume he’s having a stroke.

Nova Prime- you remember him, don’t you?- gives not a fuck about the Dead Universe, only what it means for him personally. And what it means for him is more locations to subjugate, because he is cartoonishly evil. His character is the least removed from his present-day iteration out of everyone. He tells the crew they’ll be getting a little closer, only for the portal to do the work for them, by way of dark energy tentacles.

Wow, the pilot for the Ark 1 really is just straight-up named Butt, isn’t he? And what the fuck is that face you’re making, Cyclonus? Are you- oh my god, are you emoting? Oh my god, he’s emoting.

As the Ark 1 is pulled to its doom, Jhiaxus makes a quick phone call to Shockwave to tell him he’s his favorite, and to keep up the good work.

In the present, Shockwave reflects on just how friggin’ long this whole ordeal has taken. Fortunately, Waspinator and the Titan are almost here, and he can hardly wait.

Not, uh, that he’s got emotions or anything. It’s been established that he doesn’t have those anymore. Is impatience an emotion? Does that count?

Shockwave seems like he’d be really frustrating to write for.

Anyway, the Titan shows up, the Ore inside him and the Ore in the underground Crystal City combine, and the Titan starts screaming because everything hurts. Shockwave’s about as thrilled as he can be about the situation, given his lack of emotions.

Above Crystal City, we finally get back to that nonsense about the early sunrise, as someone- maybe Starscream, given the color of the narration box- waxes poetic on the planet of Cybertron, wartorn and wild in its rebirth, ruled by paranoia that has nothing to bounce off of, and so creates its own walls.

Then we get a detailed shot of Rattrap’s mug, and the moment is broken.

Rattrap’s character is a lot of fun in everything he gets tossed into, but you’re a goddamn liar if you think he’s pretty to look at. You are lying to yourself, and I won’t apologize for saying it.

Starscream walks out of his room in his hot new body, feeling fine and ready to take on the world. We’ll check in on him later in the day to see how that positive mentality is working out for him.

So, the sun hasn’t moved, and it’s way too early for the sun to even be up right now. That’s weird. Because I guess he didn’t know how the sun works, Starscream’s only just realized that this is perhaps a problem. He does some computer work and realizes that this is indeed a very bad thing, and asks that Rattrap call the Autobots. Not the ones who fucked off into the wilderness, the other ones. The gay, space ones.

Up in space, Orion Pax and his pals have found themselves in dire straits, the collapsing Gorlam Prime sucking their ship back down as the Death Ore consumes everything.

That’s not how engines work! And I think it really says something about the “Prelude” issues that I completely forgot why Wheelie was down an arm for a solid five seconds.

It turns out that Orion was the narrator the entire time, which I should have known- since when is the once and future Optimus Prime not the primary voice in any media he appears in?

It’s looking rough for the fellas, but luckily we’ve got to get the plot rolling, so the Lost Light VZZZZTs into existence and picks up the Skyroller to place it gently into its belly.

Orion isn’t exactly jazzed about the fact that Rodimus didn’t listen to what he told him, not even bothering to thank the guy for saving his life. I say y’all keep going on your Thunderclash Quest and leave this ungrateful loser behind. No space yachting for you, Orion.

The rest of the Pax Posse enter the Lost Light proper, and Hardhead reveals that he nearly joined the Quest, before he saw who all would be coming with, while Garnak has a tearful reunion with Rodimus. The fact that he’s calling him Sir- which I don’t recall him doing in Transformers (2009), at least not in a way that seems reminiscent of an unfortunate Antebellum Period Romance- feels rather weird, but I’m glad someone’s fucking happy to see Rodimus at least. Ultra Magnus asks Orion if he’ll be assuming command of the vessel, as Rodimus tries not to look horrified by the thought alone, but fortunately Orion’s not going to pull his “I’m Optimus Prime and I Can Do What I Want” Card just yet.

Smash cut to the bridge, as Rodimus tries to make himself sound competent, when Starscream calls. Orion doesn’t like that Starscream has their number, Perceptor almost reveals the fact that this ship technically doesn’t belong to a faction, likely due to being purchased after the war, and Cyclonus gets brought in for his professional opinion.

As it turns out, that early sunrise isn’t a sunrise at all, but a portal to the Dead Universe. This is a problem, because the Dead Universe really sucks, and you don’t want to go there, especially if you enjoy being alive. Orion seems more concerned about the fact that Starscream is ruling the planet, and Bumblebee is nowhere to be found.

Speaking of Bumblebee, he and all his camp buddies are psyching themselves up for a confrontation.

Swoop, please, this is hardly the time for crudeness.

The Dinobots, sick of Bumblebee’s dithering about, decide they’re going to fight the fucking sun and gear up. Prowl, though generally disliking their brand of problem-solving, does share his begrudging respect of their can-do attitude.

Their can-do attitude over fighting the fucking sun.

Then an earthquake happens and the ground rips open to reveal that Titan that Waspinator showed up with.

Shockwave takes over the narration at this point, and we get artsy, as we see events that haven’t transpired yet over musings on the nature of... time? Maybe? It would be in line with Roberts’ go-to topics, but honestly the whole thing’s kind of vague so I couldn’t give you a solid answer. Shockwave gets awfully introspective for a guy who shouldn’t care, I know that much. The point is, he is inevitable and is super good at logic and science.

Also, Nova Prime and Galvatron are back, which is cool, I guess. Not sure where Galvatron had gotten to exactly after the events of “Chaos”, but he’s back now, so it doesn’t matter too terribly much. Shockwave serves them, which we’ll probably get an explanation for at some point.

God, you can practically taste the desperation to pin all these plot points together before the entire thing implodes on itself.

#transformers #jro #dark cybertron #issue 1 #maccadam #Hannzreads #overthinking about robots #incoming analysis #text post #long post #comic script writing

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dxmichelle · 3 years

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Fic Writer Interview

(Thanks @kaibacorpintern for the tag!)

Name: Michelle/dxmichelle

Fandoms (that I write for): YuGiOh and Harry Potter

Two-shot: I have written exactly one of these: Maiden with Eyes of Blue, which is one of my favorite bits of character writing that I've done in a long time. :D

Most popular multi-chapter: Of Lost Swords and Shadow Magic by a longshot. It's also the wordiest. And the slowest, pacing-wise. 50 chapters in and the ship hasn't even kissed yet.

Actual worst part of writing: Having to actually sit down and do it. Words and plot devices can take up headspace rent free but the moment you try and get them either on paper or in a doc, poof! Gone.

How you choose your titles: I am garbage at coming up with titles, so it's usually me staring blankly at whatever draft or outline I've got going on until something cute and witty pops into my head.

Unfortunately I am not nearly as clever as I sometimes think I am, so most of the time they end up just as words or things that have meaning to whatever I'm writing. Ex-Guilt, Sapphire Road, etc.

And sometimes...I have amazing writing friends who, unlike me, actually are cute and witty and clever and give me snazzy titles. And sometimes summaries. I can tell you that I didn't come up with Murder Most Foul's funky fresh blurb on my own.

Do you outline: Yes and no. Depends on the fic. OLSSM has a vague plot progression outline. I know where the story has to end and vaguely how to get there. Each small micro-step of the journey, however, is not fully outlined because I tend to ignore my bullet points halfway through. [The exception to this was the Ch33-50 arc which was heavily outlined].

Murder Most Foul doesn't have an outline, but a list of funnies that have to find a home in the text somewhere. That's as close as its going to get.

Ideas I probably won’t get around to but wouldn’t it be nice: a companion piece to Maiden where Yugi's summoning of Dark Magician doesn't load the mage in purple armor like on his card, but a likeness of Mahad instead.

Callouts @ me: It's 1:00am, the laptop has decided once again to eat my Word doc in retaliation for not downloading that Windows Update, so do I switch from Word to Google Docs so this doesn't happen again, saving my save files from destruction? Nope! Do I decide enough is enough for the day and go to sleep? Nope! It's "stupid o' clock" in the morning, let's keep going!

Also stop abusing the keyboard so much, the finish on the keys is already wearing off on half the letters.

Best writing traits: finding that mojo and being able to just go crazy. Being able to write little bits everyday (ex-daily 500 word challenge).

Spicy tangential opinion: In a fandom where there's a ship combination for literally everyone, gen!fic is underappreciated.

Also Word is preferable to Google Docs. *is stoned to death by my writing friends*

No pressure tagging: @darksidechick823 and anyone else seeing who wants to play!

#michelle replies #michelle writes fic

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tomatograter · 4 years

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IM SORRY HWHAT? The art made me read the fic and im only on chap 3 but like this is so fun and funky fresh!!! I am impressed how you get the images in the fic, and like that sunset transition ZOO WEE MAMA i had to get over here and applaud you.

i’m holding my impulse to say ‘ok, jake’ halfway through this message but i’m glad you enjoyed it!! i always think of getting up to chapter 4 is the main taste test course to see if you’ll like what the fics about, since the 3rd is the wordiest by far LMAO

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merlucito-booksandstories · 4 years

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22/11/19 - Nano day 22

Total word count: 41,831

Words writen today: 2,163

I think I might win Nano in just a few days? Who knows!

My novel is far from complete, so aparently this will be my wordiest novel so far. Also, I’m struging with chapters because I have one of less than 1,5k words and other of almost 5k and the rest is between 2,5k and 3k and... I don’t know, is probably something to think in the editing process but still.

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synonemous · 4 years

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NaNoWirMo Journal

Day 25

Progress: 42 888 / 50 000

Thoughts: So today didn’t start off great. I had yet another terrible night’s sleep so I was fully prepared to say goodbye to my 2k-a-day resolution. You can therefore imagine my surprise at the word-count up there. Also can I get a whaoo for the new wordiest day of the month?

I probably wouldn’t have been able to get this far today - or anywhere at all - if I hadn’t said “fuck it” to writing chronologically. I mean, i did that pretty much in week 1, but I meant it today more so than ever. And somehow that resulted in chapter eleven complete. I’m shocked, but pleasantly so.

I’m hoping I can wrap up two chapters tomorrow, to stay on track, but we’ll see. I have social commitments tomorrow as well as Saturday - which is gonna bode so well for wrapping up the last day of nanowirmo. Sigh.

#SK does NaNoWirMo #SK on NaNoWirMo 2019

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sennalily · 5 years

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Reflections from a NaNoWriMo veteran

So I’ve done NaNoWriMo since 2008, and I've won every year. Hilariously, my cumulative word-count from 10 years is 503,605, meaning I've won by an average of 360 words each year - if that isn't precision, I don't know what is.

I thought newer NaNoers might find it interesting to hear my reflections on how to get to 50,000 year after year. It is up to you to decide whether or not 50,000 is your goal, whether it's a sensible goal, and whether it's how you want to write. Ultimately, a NaNo where there are more words on the page at the end of the month than the beginning is a successful NaNo.

Be determined

NaNoWriMo is a huge thing to undertake, and there are times when it just isn't going to feel worth it (somewhere around Day 25). At those times, you just need to feel, through gritted teeth, that you want to see that 'Winner' page and get that purple badge on your profile more than you want...

... sleep.

...to be an interesting conversationalist. (Your brain will be so fried you won't be.)

... to be a good friend. (You will have to decline social events to drag yourself home and write. You will become extremely self-absorbed.)

... to write something good, or even usable. (Seriously, the first year I did NaNo I realised 30,000 words in that my story wasn't really viable, so most of the rest of what I wrote was the MC learning how to do random crap like play the harp, do square dancing, and run a farm. It wasn't good, it wasn't useful, but dangit it got me to 50,360 words.)

Seriously, getting to 50,000 words is an exercise in sheer bloody-mindedness for most of us. Embrace it! Mind over matter/common sense/sleep!

Life will happen

Ultimately, there are some things that trump getting your novel written. One year, my grandfather went into hospital on the 25th of November; the only reason I hit 50,000 that year was because I'd been writing 2,000 words a day so I was already basically there. I certainly wasn't sneaking off from his bedside to get my words done.

There are other things that will make it more difficult, and that you will just have to choose what you want more (see above about determination): 50,000 words or sleep/friends/a life/overtime at work. I've done NaNo when I was unemployed and bored and had nothing else to do. I've done NaNo around university study. I've done NaNo around three different jobs that were different levels of demanding and took up different amounts of my time. Interestingly, the easiest years for NaNo were the ones when I was early in my career, working an office job that wasn't too mentally challenging. NaNo while studying was a bugger, and NaNo while unemployed and broke was surprisingly tough - a certain amount of time constraint forces you to prioritise.

Understand your rhythm

Depending on what's going on in your life, and the kind of writer you are, different things will work for you.

Most years, I've gone with the approach of sitting down every day and writing 1,667 words and not getting up until they're done. One thing I've noticed is that 1,667 is actually a bit of an awkward number of words to write; the first 1,000 words each day are the hardest, while you get back into the mindset. Then you have 700ish fairly fluid words, and then it's done.

Actually, writing on to 2,000 words is often not that much more difficult, and will give you a nice buffer for dramas later in the month. When I was early in my career, I used to write 2,000 words a day, with the goal of getting to 60k over the month (as my lifetime total demonstrates, actually what happened was I hit 50k on the 25th and then clocked off...!) As I've needed more of my mental bandwidth at work, I've moved to an approach of writing 1,000 words a day during the week and catching up on weekends. One year I got two days behind early on and that year was such a grind that I literally had to make that up 100 words at a time over the whole rest of the month. Not a good year.

Speaking of catching up, know how much you can realistically catch up. My wordiest day ever was 6,200 words so I'm not the kind of person who could sprint out 10,000 words in a day to catch up if I got a long way behind. In fact, in general 5,000 is pretty much my max in a day. So if you're like me, you need to be disciplined and not get too far behind; whereas if you can bang out 10,000 words in a day then you can be a bit more relaxed about that.

Planning out your story does make life easier and results in more usable stuff.

Planning during NaNo is hard because you're tired and you always feel like you should be writing. If you can force yourself to, plan out (or at least have a sketch in your head) the plot you need for all 50,000 words before you go in.

... That said, I usually don't do that. Because I am not a planner.

Don't expect to (always) write something good

Look, at some point you're going to get home late from work, bang out 1666 words that are crap and you know they are. It's going to happen. Make peace with it. (I've often gone back much later and found passages I wrote in the depths of NaNo that were surprisingly non-terrible - so maybe it's more accurate to say you should suspend judgement about whether it's good.)

If you do Word Sprints, then you're going to find yourself writing 600 word blocks that are detailed descriptions of buildings, or long musings from your character, that stop the action completely and will bore readers.

Sometimes you're going to write off the end of your plot and not have enough energy to figure out exactly what should happen next, but it's 10pm and you've only written 500 words and you need to go to bed, so just make some crap up and accept that it might get deleted in the next edit.

If you decide to write historical fiction or something else that requires a lot of research... come to terms with the fact that things are going to be wrong. That is what editing is for. If you're the kind of person who needs to get things right, let yourself research (it'll just drive you crazy if you don't), but know when to call time, leave yourself a **CHECK** flag, and move on.

Edit if you must... but don't delete ANYTHING

It's good advice to 'fire your inner editor' for NaNo, but if your inner editor is like mine, that little bugger has tenure, and she's not going to be quiet. So if you have to edit, let yourself edit! I hate the feeling of leaving bits behind me I know are wrong because the direction of the plot has changed, or I need to introduce something sooner, etc. So I let myself edit.

BUT. First, accept that time spent editing is time you're not churning out words. Everything has a price! So edit enough to scratch that itch, then get back to writing.

AND. Create a separate folder in your project, or word doc, or chapter at the end, and copy/paste everything you delete into there. Those are still words that you wrote in November - you earned those words! Sometimes I've got to the point around the 28th of November where I am literally copy/pasting single words I've deleted from the main text into my 'deleted stuff' document.

Be a rebel

The traditional NaNoWriMo is to attempt to write a fresh, 50,000 original novel from beginning to end in a month. I've literally never done that. I've done a few years where I wrote the first 50,000 words of a longer novel, one year where I wrote the second 50,000 words of a novel, one year where I wrote a 30,000 word novella and then 20,000 words on a different project, one year when I took a second run at a NaNovel from a previous year (this is not as easy as it sounds), several years where I interleaved working on existing projects with writing my main NaNo story, etc.

If the traditional approach works for you, great! But if you're 25,000 words in and your story is just sort of over, wrap it up and start something new. Or if you're getting sick of the thought of your MCs, take a few days on something else.

Be social

The years when I've had the most fun doing NaNo (and the writing has felt easiest) have been the years when I've got into the community, going to Write-Ins, socials, etc. You can get a surprising amount of writing done sitting in a cafe, and wanting to be able to tell people at the TGIO that you got your 50k is a powerful motivator to keep going. The years where I haven't got so into the social aspect because I've been busy or just haven't clicked with the crowd, have been less enjoyable on many levels.

Have fun

Seriously. Write something you'd enjoy reading. Don't go in thinking you're going to write the Great [Nationality] Novel. You might end up doing that! But what's going to get you through the month is writing something you enjoy because it's silly, funny, dramatic, dark, romantic, etc, or write the thing you've been wanting to write for years. My two best NaNos were the year I wrote the story that had been in my head since I was ten years old... and the year I wrote a silly romance novel structured around my favourite Gilbert and Sullivan songs.

For me, doing NaNo has given my 50365 words I wouldn’t have had otherwise, wonderful friendships, a sense of myself as a writer, and stories I’ve been able to share and that have found an audience: Philomena, The Crown’s Price, The Forest’s Heart, The Time-Traveller’s Choice and In spite of all temptation were all at least part-written during NaNoWriMo, along with many other stories that have yet to (and may never) see the light of day.

Ultimately, the 50,000 is a target. If you get there, great! If you don't, oh well, at least you have more words! If getting that purple badge is your goal, I hope the above is helpful. Other veteran NaNoers, what are your tips for getting onto the Winner's page by 30 November?

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