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purplerose244 · 5 years

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MY THOUGHTS ON EPISODE 97!!!

SPOILER ALERT!!!

... wow. Just wow, I'm processing everything that happened and I gotta say, this episode was incredible 🤩

Let's see if I can put everything

First of all, thankfully, the oni talked in a way I managed to understand 😅 Also somehow Garmy saying "It's complicate" makes me think of how much it really is... "You know, I was meant to be an evil lord, but I met this woman who is now weirdly into my brother, had a son that defeated me, saved me, banished me, kinda killed me and defeated me again..."

I remember when "Lloyd" Garmadon was just a pun of Lord, look at us now 😂 Sometimes I need a reminder of how unusual is the Garmadon family

OKAY BUT THE THROWBACKS?? AWESOME?

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ARMOR SINCE THE BEGINNING SEASON 4!!! And the Sword of Santuary, I love that thing, in my group of RP I have something similar, very useful 👌

Can I say that Lloyd being so clumsy kinda weirded me out? But I guess in complete darkness with beings made to kill and your evil dad as the only companion... yeah, now I kinda understand better 💚

... yeah, I'm getting there 😓

The NTV tower, does anyone remember it? Like, I rewatched "The Day Ninjago Stood Still" just the other day, so glad we see buildings that comes from other seasons!!

Gale is being a good journalist I guess 😅 Still can't see why Dareth is so into her...

... I really have to, huh

... THE FEELS

First of all, Ninjago crew, Jay and Michael, you are cruel. You can't use a tone so similar to the soundtrack Cole whistled before, it's like with Zane death's one... I still feel my heart aching every time I hear it and that moment broke me 😭😭

Jay's scream is 😢 The way he holds onto the ladder, that face, that is the expression of someone that just lost his best friend I have so many bruise vibes right now not sorry

To be honest it kinda pissed me off at first that Cole's fall happened because of a simple mistake, but then I got to think that Nya is "perfect". Or at least she tries to be. And it is well shown how much it hurt her, and how she blames herself. They didn't lose Cole because of an epic battle, they did because of something she could've avoided. That thought might torture forever

And finally... THIS

If you know me, you know I love Kai. In all of this flaws and qualities. And this scene, man, it's so amazing for him. Of course he immediately tries to go back, showing his temper and determination. Then comes the realization, hard and painful. And then he just let go, heartbroken, because we all know how much Kai suffers every time his family is hurt... or worse.

Also Zane being the one that console him makes me remember of Skybound, when Nya died and Frosty put a hand on Kai's back (THAT SCENE OMG)

I really, REALLY loved that moment. And choosing not to have voice gave it a nice vibe, like something extremely personal

Well, back in track 😅 It hit me here that we weren't even at half of the episode

I like the darkness thing, but it feels like the battle scenes are clearer in other situations. Also Garmy protecting his son, I'm not hoping, you're hoping 😟

MY QUEEN BEING STRONG NO MATTER WHAT 💙

WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE HER??? 💙

Okay the guys rushing to see if Lloyd and Pix were okay, MY HEART

Happy to see Kai helping Lloyd directly, they are still my BrOTP ❤💚❤💚 Also Pixane being the purest thing as always 😍😍😍

And wow. WOW. Besides Mark Oliver that is a blessing in every single line, Sam Vincent is KILLING his role!! The emotions are so well delivered, and he is able to show how much Lloyd cares, like he is actually the one that went through all those seasons with his friends

Bless our voice actors. Really 👏👏👏

THAT LINE

"There is more to life than survival!!"

During this season I often thought about what exactly prevent Lloyd to become evil, to be like his dad and follow his ways of letting go his emotions and affections. This is the reason.

Garmadon survives. Lloyd lives.

... I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH 😍😍😍

Also Garmy going for Zane as the rational one, I felt how heavy it was, especially after reading @thewingedguardianalanshee 's post it. Coming to realize how much the others suffered when he was gone, and also seeing the golden armor... MAN. Needed a reminder that Zane had a crazy ride as well back in the days. You go Mr. Roboto 👍

Okay, Garmy looking at the photos, trying to smile, hearing voices, I felt my heart aching for real 😭 I love that they actually use pieces from episodes of the old design, it gives so much more continuity

That moment with Vinnie though 😂 I'd say it felt a little clumsy, but at the same time they did good, choosing someone outside the situation to give Garmy a new point of view

Okay unless something incredible happens on episode 98, I stan that this is officially my favorite episode of the season 👊👊

Like, I'll be honest, I half expected a moment between Jay and Nya, him conforting her and getting her to know how much he loves her. Which I would've liked it, don't get me wrong, but it would've been predictable

What we got instead?

SMITH SIBLINGS MOMENT!!! MAN I MISSED THIS SO MUCH!!! ❤💙❤💙❤💙

I'm a huge fan of Nya's silver suits, I love the fact that she has her own color, so I was a little upset when it got back to blue and maroon (just a little, she looks gorgeaus no matter what). But seeing this I'm happy, it's similar to Kai's and for this scene it's a nice choice

So, Kai is a disaster 😂 Like we don't know that

But he always does his best, especially when it involves his lil sis. I loved how supportive he was, telling her how much she's important for this team (100% true) and how Cole would want them to go on

And just when I thought "They gave me so much of my two passions, references of past seasons and KAI. I'm satisfied." They said it. Finally they did.

... THE GOLDEN WEAPONS THE GOLDEN WEAPONS THE GOLDEN WEAPONS THE GOLDEN WEA-

Finally blacksmith Kai is back 😎 It's something I really wanted to see for a long time, always silently wondering "Did Kai make that? Does Kai know how to make that?". And now, NOW IT'S A REALITY!!!!!! 😍😍😍

YOU GO MY FLAME BABE, I BELIEVE IN YOU!!! JUST TRY NOT TO MAKE A SPRING OUT OF A SWORD LIKE IN THE PILOTS AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Me: "Wow, what a ride! I gotta say I'm really intrigued, I wonder how they're gonna end all of this and how the Golden Weapons will..."

The episode:

Me: "NOTHING MATTERS BUT BABY BOY ALONE IN THE COLD DARKNESS, HE'S FREAKING ALIVE!!! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"

So, I definitely saw this coming, no way they were gonna kill a main character like that 😆 But him being okay like that... Lloyd struggled to breath there, and survived because of his oni side. Well Pix did to but because she's a droid... I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK

What scares me the most is the fact that Cole does the intro this season, just like Wu, Lloyd and Garmy... all of them had such a hard time 😓

Phew, I made it! I did not expect to come out alive from this episode 😁 Really well done, I can see that they are still connected with the seasons before, which is great for me. Us fans recognize everything!!!

Can't wait to see mah flame being all blacksmithy! ❤ Is it too much to ask having Ray and Maya around, since they are professional blacksmiths? Let me dream Lego, sooner or later I'll need to know what happened to them 😚

Wow, feels like I wrote a lot! But I feel a lot better know! Thanks for reading me freaking out, and thanks a lot for all the notes in the previous one! 😁😁

I think this is it, my only question is: since Cole is still alive but far away, and the Golden weapons are coming back, who will yield the Scythe of Earthquake? Are there gonna be new Golden Weapons? Something for Nya and Lloyd too? Considering Kai's blacksmith skills, maybe they won't be that similar to the original ones 😅

Oh boy, I'm done for real!! Let's calm down until the new episode destroys us once and for all 😎

See ya!! Byee!! 😊

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existenceisalot · 6 years

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high school

Today in my English class, we were reading our novel Ordinary People by Judith Guest, when one of the characters said this quote:

“Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either. And the world is full of pain. Also joy. Evil. Goodness. Horror and love. You name it, it’s there. Sealing yourself off is just going through the motions, get it?”

This part has stuck with me all day, and I think it’s because it reminds me of myself.

I’ve always been fairly closed off with my emotions; I don’t like talking to people about what I feel, and I have difficulty a lot of the time with understanding other people’s feelings.

This quote also makes me think especially about 8th-10th grade. In the poem I posted earlier, I kind of mention some of this. Some of the lines are scattered through this post to kind of explain stuff.

At the beginning of 8th grade, I told myself that I could just avoid the people from 7th grade. Unfortunately, I go to a really small school (at the time I think there were 25-28 people in my grade), and all but (I think) 1 of my classes were with this group of 7 people who I used to consider my friends until I realized none of them cared about me at all (unless they needed something).

So I quickly realized I was going to be spending pretty much all of my (school) time with them. Now I would just be like “oh well, guess I’ll suffer, but who cares about them.” (which is me in my math class with them right now yay)

Eighth grade me, however, was recovering from two heartbreaks, realizing that I only had one real friend, and feeling trapped in this tiny little school in the tiny rural town. My logic was not the best, obviously. I also still cared so much about these people. (Honestly, I’m still working on not caring as much about them.) They’d been my friends since I started first grade not knowing a single person. One of them was my first friend in that class. She was the person that I looked up to all the way until that day. If you’d have asked me before that, I would have said that I would do almost anything for my classmates.

The first week or two, I managed to hold on to my pure rage against them and ignore them. But that’s not healthy and it was not having a good effect on me. Rather than talking to someone, I just got rid of (almost) all of the painful feelings. At the time, I didn’t even realize, let alone know how to describe it. Now, I think I’d describe it as pouring a layer of concrete over my heart - closing off the feelings that were causing my pain. Now, as I wrote in my poem, that doesn’t just get rid of negative feelings; it gets rid of all of them.

“So you shut it away with the rest of your pain,

And realize too late that in losing your pain

You’ve also lost you.”

The rest of that year, I spent convincing myself that I got along with them, and that they were my friends. And they were decent enough for this to work. They know how to put on a show at least (they’ve got all the teachers convinced.) I talked with people about books we liked, and chatted during Scholastic Bowl and Track. Every time I noticed they were ignoring me, or avoiding me, or excluding me, it was another “layer of concrete”.

“Do you know what it’s like to sit in class

Listening as everyone else makes plans

For lunch, for the weekend, for their lives?

And they don’t even consider asking you

Even though you’re right there - the one person they didn’t ask.”

By Freshman year, I was a mess. I’d convinced myself that we were a group of friends, and mostly blocked out the memory of 7th grade. So when the third best friend of two best friends in the group (the one I talked to about books and my former role model) moved to our school for freshman year and they all completely stopped talking to me, the wounds started to open up again.

Nope, don’t have time for pain, don’t have time for emotions, just another layer of concrete.

I don’t remember much of that year of school. I spent it in a daze, no friends at my school, just trying to make it through the day, going through the motions. Wake up, walk to school, stay awake in my classes, walk home, do homework, eat dinner, do homework, go to bed, repeat.

And that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy other things. My best friend and I would fangirl over books, music, anything honestly. Once, we named handwarmers after Gale and Peeta (Hunger Games). I think this is the year my sister and I started watching Doctor Who. My sister read Harry Potter, and we fangirled over everything about it. I read over a hundred books, one of which was Les Miserables. From the outside, I seemed pretty okay.

Sophomore year. I don’t even really remember anything from sophomore year. This is the year everything really went downhill.

I started out okay, a couple people in my grade who I’d always been somewhat friendly with invited me to sit with them at lunch. (I’d been sitting alone for the past year.) We became sort of friends. First semester seemed okay from the outside.

“Do you know what it’s like when someone finally notices you

Even just for a second?

And then you think maybe - just maybe

Things could be different someday.”

“Do you know what it’s like to have a friend one day,

And it’s wonderful and you finally feel like you belong,”

But it wasn’t. I was still in classes with the same people (we’re the so called advanced class.) I started to not care about school. My grades started dropping. I went from a straight A student to a B and C student. I stopped doing my chores. I stopped showering every day (gross, but true). I stopped brushing my hair (I have thicker, somewhat wavy/curly hair). I stopped wearing my retainers (I got my braces off the summer before 8th grade). I started going to bed at 3 in the morning, even though I had to be to school by 7:15.

Second semester started out about the same. But then, out of nowhere, a couple weeks into school my two new friends stopped sitting at our table. No explanation whatsoever. It was like I had ceased to exist.

“But the next day you don’t even exist in their world?

And it feels like your heart is breaking, ripping, dying.”

The only reason I didn’t spiral even farther down after that was because of my best friend. She was homeschooled, so we would hangouts message each other through the day. I know I keep mentioning her a lot, but she is just an amazing friend, and I don’t know who I would be without her.

“Do you know what it’s like when your phone buzzes at lunch

With that message from your best friend that makes you laugh out loud?

And you sit there, shoulders shaking

And for a moment, nothing is wrong in the world.”

Second semester came and went. I participated in stage crew for our school musical. I was on the Scholastic Bowl team. I went to state for math team. We read Night by Elie Wiesel. I started listening to BTS (again thanks to my best friend.) I passed my classes, with mostly B’s and C’s except for Band and Art.

Also in second semester is when this part happened.

“Do you know what it’s like when your friend asks you that question,

The question that is so simple - so ordinary?

And it’s the question you never knew you needed,

Never knew would work,

But it forces you to open your heart again,

To feel again.”

My best friend asked me who my BTS bias was. I had already watched a ton of their videos, but no one really stood out. I thought they were cool, and noticed they were attractive, but I didn’t really think about people like that.

This led me to realize what I’d done. I had prevented myself from getting attached to people in any way, because every time I had a crush, or even just friends at school, it broke my heart.

I realized what this had been doing to me. So I started working on being a bit more vulnerable. I started actually looking at people again. I started talking a bit more about school other than “wow I hate school.”

And I kept watching BTS videos so my best friend would stop spamming with pictures questioning if this one was my bias.

And it’s been painful, but I’ve been so much happier in the past 10 months than I was for the previous two years. That’s not to say that I like school now - I hate it. The closest college I’ve looked at is 4 hours away. I have an actual countdown until my graduation ceremony. My grades are nowhere near excellent, but I’ve been trying more. And every day I remind myself that Someday Things Will Be Different, and if I can make it through the next 564.5 days, I can leave this school behind me and be a new person. Not the quiet little kid who doesn’t talk to people, not the smart girl that skipped a grade, not the person that hides in the back of the room in their oversized clothing so people won’t notice them. I don’t know who I’ll be, but at least I’ll get a choice.

And because of that silly little question,

Because of your best friend,

You start to find yourself again.

Do you know what it’s like to be me?

originally written November 2, 2017

#high school #school #best friend #diary #journal #my poetry #bts #dont reblog

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pinksweatergettingbetter · 6 years

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alright mothers an fuckers lets get down to some PL vs AA

alright so the last person who owned this game has 2 save files, one in the first and one in the third slot, both named chucky. one’s just past the tutorial, the other’s hanging around at some place called ‘knights garrison”

unnerving

i feel like I'm running into a creepy pasta

a work of fiction eh

oh fuck

accent guy no

wee woo wee woo, here come the doll people of Layton Land

oh shit

it’s fully voice acted. i wasn’t expecting this...

aw. i guess i cant do my voices... that stinks.

“fuck you let me sleep forever”

i love him he's so grouchy

true wet blankie

voice wise i like Nick’s but I’m not as much a fan of Maya’s

oh its not fully voiced! great. this is actually kinda nice– i get to do voices, and the dramatic moments have their own dialogue track

ok now that I'm done laughing about the Puzzle memes being very accurate, it’s time to see if i can solve a fucking puzzle

ok. im. already totally mystified. welp.

I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN

once again my inability to parse things renders logic puzzles a bitch

it isn't helpful that they didnt detail the way the witches interact with the paths before submission but

(sigh) i knew the Layton sections would suck

not objectively, just for me because i’m ass at logic puzzles

my expertise lie in point and click adventures

his name is CAR ACCIDENT

carmine: I'm probably fucking dead pls help

layton: well i never!!

layton: it is my belief that you are in quite considerable danger :)

OH GENTLEMAN

WE GOT ONE FOLKS

do towns have districts? i thought that was more of a city thing

THE BOOK

YOU FOOLS

now, once again, i do know some details about how this game concludes, and i must say I'm really curious about how the fuck this all works if its not actually magic

EVIL BOOK ADDED TO INVENTORY

ok so this stained-glass window place is kind of like the logic interface? it stores all the things we’re wondering about at present..?

very howls moving castle-y

also i appreciate the fuck out of these cutscenes

Layton: ,,,yes, that was careless of us

boy this guy has cucumber coolness out the wazoo

the Trunk eh

hint coins are so satisfying to find

aww moving is so cute

holy fuck

that was one helluvan accident

...i really hope they dont count how many tries you do the puzzles

BUT I DID IT

EAT SHIT

OH OK

JUST SOME FUCKIN CTHULU SHIT

THATS FINE

boy people sure like hiding money in lamps

luke!! dont fall into diagon alley!

Luke: this is bad professor!! theyre getting closer and closer!!

Layton: ...hmm................

thats a magic cloak right there

“Isn't this us, Professor?”

“Surely not– my ass is not that flat!”

BADGERS

OMENS OF DEATH

oh here we go

prologue to the AA part

ooh haven't heard that theme in a while

camera: [pans up violently enough to physically ruffle espella’s very short skirt]

oh thems drugged eyes

its in all the animes

hmmm. so is this like a dual world thing where we exist both in our world and the world of Laborynthia at the same time or

ooh english court is pretty

dghfgsh i love nick’s voice so much

much better than Reigel

he’s just got the general feel of Phoenix down better, i think

a cargo of badgers huh

calling it now the badgers are full of jewels

this is straight up The Chipmunk Adventure territory

also i dont blame her for wanting something to cuddle after the shit she’s been through

eee he’s doing his pick-up-quirks-from-other-people thing

oh hey the save sound is the exact same sound as the original.

also thats interesting– there’s a hint system in place in the court sections as well

whoa i wasnt expecting that epic an objection for the first contradiction

also im not sure if i like this remix of nick’s theme. it’s orchestrated but its not quite as crisp as i’d like...

your chocolate bar sounds like a mouthful of chips mr smiley

johnny just has a pile of bars behind him with one bite taken out of them

i love this game but the decision to make the text roll off in this weird, halting way is making it really annoying to read out loud

MAYA WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FUCKING PIPE

“I kind of like living, thanks”

its ok baby nothing can kill you

“in my long, six month career

im crying so many good jokes in this game

whoa phoenix’s shock animation is a lot more violent this game XD

“This is my work outfit. It gets very hot in the kitchen, you know”

it’ll be hotter when you spill soup all over your exposed midriff and arms, babe.

...also is it really ok for you to be toting a meat cleaver around in court

“I may be short, but I’m well-proportioned! And that’s what matters!”

oh maya

“What does it matter which way she held it?” well for starters it would be impossible for her to hit you with it if she held it the way she did

“So the defendant attacked the witness holding the pipe backhanded...”

no, that just doesn’t work out, especially with her being so short. she’d have to be above Aldente to strike her that way, and even so it’s still an extremely cumbersome way to do that. You can only really hold a knife backhandedly

wait a minute

they’re

they’re pointing it out

they’re saying it IS bullshit, they’re-–

s-something that makes no fucking sense, ACTUALLY makes no fucking sense!

its not a plothole! they’re calling it out!

i... i think I'm in love

that poor eel

also phoenix is a sea urchin again teehee

fuckin’ knew it

chipmunk adventure.

ok so wow. this is really amazing. maybe im being extra-complementary cause i just finished SOJ but... wow. everything from the soft colours and gorgeous lighting to the excellent cinematography to the fluid, interesting character sprites, to the pretty orchestral remixes to the fun and engaging writing, to the spectacular cutscenes... its all just so excellent it feels like a friggin gale of fresh air compared to SOJ

and this game came out in 2012. thats four years before SOJ, and just one before DD, and yet the difference is staggering. i don’t know if its a budget thing, or if its the director’s fault, but theres just something about the animation and camera angles thats so much better. everything is so smooth– no character ever jumps from animation to animation– they slide into it naturally

and the slow pan-up on Aldente as she got cornered was pretty good at conveying a real sense of anxiety

plus, the fact that we don’t find out who tried to kill her is genuinely unsettling. PLvAA doesn’t need to be bloody or gorey to convey a sense of uneasiness or fear– just that lingering mystery of a fourth person– and where they disappeared to– is enough to give me the shivers. ...although it is 1 am and I'm prone to being nervey

i have only 2 tiny nitpicks, these being the sequencing of the music (cuts off very abruptly rather than fading away) and the odd way the dialogue halts all over the place for no reason

otherwise, sublime first case

ps- still love nick’s new voice. dreamy, if a little stiff

pps- espella you cant just leave evil books lying around.

#perusing PL vs AA #ooc

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javistg · 7 years

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ok, so the writer as memes. I want all the answers. ALL. OF. THEM.

Here you go, @everlarkingjoshifer! Thanks for the ask, I loved doing this!

I answered some of the questions in previous asks so, to simplify, I added the links here.

1. Favorite place to write.

 2. Favorite part of writing. Plotting and outlining. I just let my mind wander, coming up with scenarios and possibilities.

 3. Least favorite part of writing. Second guessing the choices I make, followed by all those pesky questions that sometimes creep into my mind.

4. Do you have writing habits or rituals?

 5. Books or authors that influenced your style the most. THG trilogy, obviously, that’s the universe that got me into fan fiction in the first place. But Graham Greene has also had a great impact on my writing.

 6. Favorite character you ever created.  I haven’t really created many original characters, but there’s this girl from D1 who will make an appearance in WIWTTW. I like her a lot. I might even write an outtake from her POV.

7. Favorite author.  

8. Favorite trope to write.  

9. Least favorite trope to write.

10. Pick a writer to co-write a book with and tell us what you’d write about. I’d love to write something with Mary Hoffman. I love her “Stravaganza” books. It would be awesome to work on something like that. In the fan fiction world, I’d love to do something with @notanislander. Yes, Carrie, you! I think we’d have a great time figuring out a story. Probably something about Everlark not getting together right away ;)

11. Describe your writing process from scratch to finish.

A. Have an idea (usually these come when I’m watching/reading something that inspires me, or while I’m in the shower.

B. Write down the basics.

C. Fill in the gaps in the plot (sometimes I even include bits of dialogue into this step)

D. Divide de plot into segments (chapters). E. Write, aka develop each one of the points in the outline.  

12. How do you deal with self-doubts? Depends on how much of the story I have. Sometimes I ask someone to read my stuff and comment. But mostly I just clench my jaw and hit the “post” button.  

13. How do you deal with writers block? Sometimes I go back to reread stuff I’ve written, or I go over the plots I have stored to see if something catches my eye. I also ask for prompts from other blogs or participate in writing challenges. @promptsinpanem, @everlarkficexchange, and @everlarkbirthdaydrabbles have all been great for me, having an idea and a due date pushes me to get my act together.  

14. What’s the most research you ever put into a book? I haven’t done a lot of research yet. But I always try to check small facts here and there.  

15. Where does your inspiration come from? Most of my inspiration comes from THG trilogy. Everything I’ve posted so far is fan fiction and most of it is either canon compliant or in Panem. So that entire universe has proven to be a great source of inspiration for me.  

16. Where do you take your motivation from? Have you ever reread something you wrote and wondered where those words or ideas came from? I’m constantly surprised by some of the passages I’ve written and I’m curious to see what else I can come up with. That curiosity is what drives me to keep on writing. And, on the days when that isn’t enough, the comments and reviews from my readers also stop me from giving up.

 17. On average, how much writing do you get done in a day?  

18. What’s your revision or rewriting process like? Slow. Basically I read and reread what I have. This is where most of my insecurities creep up on me. Sometimes I’ll change a single sentence many times, only to discover that the best version was the first one.  

19. First line of a WIP you’re working on.

Gale Hawthorne couldn’t take his eyes off of her. Her blond hair, loosely tied in a messy bun at her nape, shone like spun gold under the relentless summer sun.” (Strawberry Swing my submission to this year’s @mores2sl collection)

20. Post a snippet of a WIP you’re working on. 

21. Post the last sentence you wrote in one of your WIP’s. 

“It looks great. The ground floor looks like one of the houses from the old merchant quarter.” Looking out into the street, Haymitch added, “I hope you’re prepared for a big shock, a lot has changed since you left.” (Why I Went to the Woods)

22. How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied and a project is ultimately done for you?  Depends. Usually, my first draft is little more than a simple outline. Sometimes my second draft fells complete but, most times, it takes three drafts to add all the details and points that I want into a story.

23. Single or multi POV, and why? I like multi POVs because they give you allow a deeper understanding of what’s happening in the story. I like exploring the different sides of every story.

 24. Poetry or prose, and why? Prose. My brain simply doesn’t compute poetry.  

25. Linear or non-linear, and why?

26. Standalone or series, and why?

27. Do you share rough drafts or do you wait until it’s all polished? Sometimes I share rough drafts but I try to polish as much as possible before showing my drafts to anyone.

28. And who do you share them with? I have a handful of betas I rely on from time to time.  @burkygirl, @xerxia31, @thegirlfromoverthepond, @everlarkingjoshifer, @titaniasfics, @pinksnailsaver, and @randomnoteforfuturereference have all come to my aid at one point or another.

29. Who do you write for? Me!

 30. Favorite line you’ve ever written.  Wow, that’s a difficult question! This is the first one that came to mind:

Anyone watching would have noticed how they mirrored each other, flustered and humming with nervous energy. But no one was watching, and they were so consumed with each other’s presence they failed to notice the reciprocity in each other’s gaze. (One Victor CH9)

31. Hardest character to write. Gale Hawthorne.  Maybe it’s because I’m nothing like him, or because Gale’s Window was my very fist fic. But I’ve always had a hard time channeling him.

32. Easiest character to write.  It depends on the day and the story. For the most part, I enjoy writing Peeta. He’s usually easier than Katniss. And I absolutely loved writing Haymitch! Can’t wait to do it again.

33. Do you listen to music when you’re writing? Not if I’m alone. Sometimes I write during my commute, or while the hubs is watching TV, so I use music to block out the noise.

 34. Handwritten notes or typed notes? Typed. Always.  

35. Tell some backstory details about one of your characters in your story Capitol Life. Both Katniss and Peeta are recruited by Haymitch to become spies for the rebels.  Peeta has to fake his death in order to escape District 12.

36. A spoiler for story Why I Went Back to the Woods. Peeta and Katniss will run into each other in the woods. 

37. Most inspirational quote you’ve ever read or heard that’s still important to you. Here are two:

Procrastination is the thief of time. Charles Dickens. It’s simple, but it reminds me of what I’m losing when I just let time slip by.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde. A beautiful reminder that we have to look beyond what’s there and strive for something better.

 38. Have you shared your outline of your story One Victor with someone? If so, what did they think of it? Yes, I have. They thought it was good but suggested a few changes for the ending. I haven’t reached that part yet, but I’ll probably follow the advise they gave me.

 39. Do you base your characters of real people or not? If so, tell us about one.  I always try to keep my characters as close to canon as possible, but my version of Peeta in Weekend Getaway is heavily inspired by someone I met when I was a teenager.

40. Original Fiction or Fanfiction, and why? As a reader I love both. As a writer… Fanfiction, at least for now. Who knows what the future holds.  

41. How many stories do you work on at one time? Honestly, I can’t really focus on more than one story at a time. That’s why my WIPs progress so slowly. If I get distracted by a new project I put everything else on hold while I finish the new thing.  

42. How do you figure out your characters looks, personality, etc. The characters I’ve created so far exist within THG universe, so I’ve based my descriptions on information from the books.  

43. Are you an avid reader? YES! 

44. Best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten. “Describe what the character is feeling as if you want the reader to feel the same thing.“ 

45. Worst piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten. An anonymous comment from someone who clearly didn’t even finish reading the chapter and who had issues with the relationship portrayed in the fic in question. The truth is that I shared the reviewer’s POV. If they had finished reading, they would have seen that the characters were discussing those exact issues.  The way it was the review was angry and useless.

46. What would your story One Victor look like as a tv show or movie? Here and Here are two inspiration boards for it.

47. Do you start with characters or plot when working on a new story? Since I always use the same characters… plot.  

48. Favorite genre to write in. Romance, humor, suspense.

49. What do you find the hardest to write in a story, the beginning, the middle or the end? The middle. The beginning is always exciting and the end feels like you’ve accomplished something. But the middle is no man’s land.  

50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had. Honestly…. I’m drawing a blank…

 51. Describe the aesthetic of your story Capitol Life in 5 sentences or words.  Let’s see… cold, dreary, desolate, opulent, soft. I know it sounds a bit contradictory, but the story is divided into two sections. It’s probably easier to check out my inspiration board for it.

52. How did writing change you? It’s made me happier. It’s allowed me to get in touch with myself. I get to explore my thoughts and my imagination in a way I didn’t before. It’s liberating.

 53. What does writing mean to you? It’s a challenge. The challenge of finding the right words to tell a good story. I don’t always succeed, but I really enjoy trying.  

54. Any writing advice you want to share? Write to find peace, to find freedom, to fill your life with fantasy and adventure, with romance. Write to make yourself smile.

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