#because yes its a prompt I recon lol

[i-am-beckyu]

OKAY! sizeshifter thoughts,, this isn't really specific to any character at all BUT the reason i asked about jornos!tommy is because my thoughts apply pretty much directly to a sizeshifter who's primarily been one size for their whole life. so new shifters (whether that be thru magic or just genes)

idk how to summarize any of this....but i am thinking So Hard just about how chaotic it would be for someone to be burdened with newly-found shifting abilities. especially if it's emotion based.

when you newly know about something, you're going to do it a lot, sometimes subconsciously. like, if you learn to spin a pencil between your fingers, you're gonna do it a lot and not even notice!

so, imagine, like for a human, them sitting in class or at work or something and they're fidgeting with something, and it suddenly shrinks in their hand. and like imagine that was important,,, like their phone!!! and then they try super hard to channel energy to grow it back to normal that it's overall useless and it ends up being tiny for the rest of the day because of how stressed the human is.

yeah, sorry mom, i shrunk my phone and couldn't answer your call!

like ???? JFJSVD

orr a borrower has just came back from a borrowing spree, their first in a while, and is munching on a cracker, just in pure bliss at food, and suddenly the thing just grows. infinite food glitch, and new superpowers acquired?!

ORRR OR OR imagine a giant is yelling at the t in their hands, and the energy from how overwhelmed and scared the t is kinda subconsciously makes it's way into g's brain and it makes the t shrink??? IMAGINE HOW SCARY THAT IS FOR THE TINY???? super scared of this giant being and suddenly the being gets even BIGGER. idek if that makes sense but UGHHH it's rotating in my mind !!!!!

just super uncontrolled sizeshifting but for objects. i love it. adore it. eating it. YUM.

and then there's also the part of uncontrolled sizeshifting for their own person,, which is a lot more talked about, but the scenarios in which uncontrolled sizeshifting can happen is SOO COOL!!! imagine it's emotion based, but it can be regulated, but the person isn't good at it yet, cause it's a new skill! you can't ride a bike immediately, so why could you become a sizeshifter immediately? hmm???

hugging someone, and their brain is reminded that they have powers and they suddenly shrink. cutting veggies and their hand slips and suddenly they're five feet taller because their body wanted any kind of cut to be less severe. carrying groceries and they shrink and shit goes everywhere. getting jumpscared and suddenly POOF they're falling twenty feet. signing off a letter and they accidentally shrink a little bit and the pen just loses control and messes the whole letter up!!!! chopping a branch off with an axe and accidentally growing and the pressure of the swing chops the whole ass tree down!! MSHDHVSDVJ good stuff.

OH OH OH and someone who's kinda been experimenting with size difference and has embraced it, and they want to put their shoes on or get into a piece of clothing they like but they can't remember what their original height was so they have to fiddle around with it and end up wasting five minutes getting it just right—cause we know it looks right but it could totally be better

sorry this is long as HELL but i really love sizeshifters now..... :')

— brick

Brick I've said it before but I'll say it again: I would like to take a bite out of your brain and absorb the knowledge and ideas in it please because YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH THESE ARE ALL SO GOOD AND I LOVE THEM!!! Def getting idea's for jornos right now!!! The thing on shoes is making my brain go brrr for a scene idea that I might execute :3

But but but but juts yesssssssss! I love the uncontrolled shifting too! I mean it's something I'm going to keep exploring with jornos so def gonna yoink some of these ideas for future writing (if that's okay of course)

And the shrunken phone thing is too good!!!!!! I love the idea of that and just how inconvenient it would be but also amazing to think that even that small it would still work! The shifter trying to unshrink it and being unsuccessful would have to shrink down to use it. But this also means the phone would be like the size of tictak!!! IT WOULD BE SO TINY!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

THANK YOU BRICK FOR YOUR RAMBLE!!! COME RAMBLE MORE AT ANY TIME!!!

[doitwritenow]

I'd ask all 35 of the ask game, but I feel that might be a little too much. Instead, I'll choose: 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 23, 29, 31, 33, and... oh that's way too many. Uhhh, feel free to not answer some if you feel overwhelmed. If not, go ham! I'd love to read more about your writing/writing process. :)

Oh WOW thank you! These are so fun. Hm...

2. Why do you write fanfiction?  Recently answered this one! Here’s what I said: I write fic because of the spaces between the lines of a story. The gaps and unanswered questions in canon encourage me to come up with deeper mechanics, more complicated lore, and complex character motivations in order to explain. Sometimes, one of those pieces will click into canon so well that it becomes inspiration. And then there’s nothing else to do but write! Lol. Stories are so wonderful because of what we can do with them, individually and all together, and I really like being a part of that. 

5. What’s the fic you’re most proud of? While EoI is kind of my magnum opus, I really really adore Sunrise Loves To Go Down. Something came together in that fic, some tone and some thread of style, and I am immensely proud of how it turned out. I started writing it when I had been evacuated from my house due to a wildfire, lying on a hotel bed and typing on my phone in the middle of the night, and so it felt different to write than my other works. Maybe that’s why it feels different to read, too.

6. What element of writing do you find comes easily? Easily? I have to say dialogue. It’s often my favorite part of any scene, and I love the way it determines tone and establishes character. Though it’s not my absolute favorite part of writing, I dance through dialogue scenes feeling like I’m on a caffeine high. Of course, lots of times getting dialogue right is a lot of work, but there’s an ease to it that some things don’t have. 

7. What element of writing do you struggle with most? Hnnnngk the answer is pacing. It’s pacing. I struggle to pace things. I do enjoy long projects and feel proud of my ability to commit to them, don’t get me wrong. But I’d love to get better at structuring a plot to allow for the same tone without needing an overly generous amount of words. My go-to answer with pacing is always ‘write more’, but I don’t think that’s always strictly necessary. I want to be able to use the other tools in my arsenal to tell a story that’s just as complete but even more gripping.  Me: *challenges pacing to a death battle* Me: *dies*

12. Tell us about a WIP you’re excited about. Okay so a friend and I were laughing about how funny it could be to write about what happens to Odin after Loki sticks him in a retirement home on Earth. The Mystic Artists would obviously know he was there, what with all that cosmic threat sensing bullshit, and things would devolve from there. Like, can you imagine? The Adventures of Odin Allfather and the Home for Elderly People. Series of one-shots. Each titled something like: Odin vs. Thursday Bingo. Odin vs. His Roomate. Odin vs. the Grumpy Wizard. Odin vs. the Craft Store. And slowly other characters start to show up. Ned’s grandma is in the same nursing home, and he and Odin hit it off, so obviously Ned introduces him to Peter. Stephen comes to check up on him occasionally and Odin stages the most dramatic escape attempts of all time with no real intention of going anywhere. Now I dislike Odin in canon but how comical could that be I’m serious--

23. Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas? I like prompts and challenges, but generally I work best with completely independent ideas. I can’t force my one-shot muse, so whenever it strikes I buckle down and write there and then. So yeah, prompts and challenges are really fun, but the inspiration has its own plans for my hapless self.

29. Have you ever gone outside of your comfort zone for a fic? How did it turn out? Comfort zone? What comfort zone? Lol. I suppose I do have bounds of what I’m willing to write and share, but they’re not particularly limiting. Each story I write extends the limits of what I’m used to; I try not to hesitate. And most of the time, I like where things end up! 

31. Do you have any OCs? Tell us about them! OCS YES I DO HAVE OCS THANKS FOR ASKING. Most of my Marvel OCs show up in EoI or were created specifically for it. But I have some other lovelies floating around, my three favorites being: - Silas Ewyn, a necromancer detective. He’s basically a vigilante archeologist, using his abilities to interact with bones to solve the mysteries of foul play victims. Silas doesn't care about politics or reasons; all he cares about is facts and bringing voices back to the dead. In the lawless Roughs (yeah, he’s a cowboy, fight me) he takes that justice back into his own hands. Though he doesn't kill, he'll go to great lengths to punish perpetrators, and he always takes a bone of the murder to bury with the bones of the victim to ensure the victim gets their justice in the afterlife, too. Which bone depends on the severity of the murder. During one of Silas’s investigations, however, he was murdered himself. Oops. But he woke up three days later with his soul rattling around in an entirely different body with no memory of the event. The only way for him to discover the truth is if he finds his old bones and solves a whole new murder... His own.  Anyway I love him and I could talk forever about the truth behind his murder and all the details of the Roughs and everything but we’ve got a limited amount of time and I still have to tell you about: - Sohcahtoa and Pemdas! If their names look like math acronyms, that’s because they are. Sohcahtoa and Pemdas are kind of children’s comic book characters in my mind? Sohcahtoa is a superhero; she travels through the Sciverse bringing people together and solving scientific and mathematical problems between others who are concepts come to life. With her meter-stick sword and her protractor throwing star, she’s a force to be reconed with!  Pemdas is her trusty sidekick. He’s a cuttlefish with immense knowledge of operations and formulas, and Sohcahtoa keeps him in a cube on her belt. Pemdas checks her math and gives her any theorems or formulas she might need.  Lol I’m a nerd next question.

33. Is there anything you wish your audience knew about your writing or writing process? Just want to say: I’m not some sort of warlock, I promise! The reason I can post so consistently for EoI is not always because I write consistently; it’s because I have a cushion of chapters between what I’m writing and what I’m posting. Sometimes I’m completely barren of words and I can’t write for days on end, and sometimes I just fly through things in hours. But all that inconsistency balances itself out in the end and keeps the chapter cushion intact, so my readers get to see only me looking like I have everything under control. I’m just as chaotic as you, I promise.  (Prophets is not like this with the chapter cushion. I am a bad girl when it comes to Prophets. XD instant gratification is my arch nemesis.) 

Anyway! This was super fun Ish. Thanks for the ask! 

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So I've been dying to give you prompts because I love your writing but I had zero ideas lol luckily the prompt thing you posted inspired me, so here it is: 10 "I might have had a few shots" where kala is drunk and cute and wolfie adores her? :) thanks!

Aww yes this idea is adorable.  Set after the cluster has rescued Wolfgangand right after they’ve left London for a new safe house.  This goes along with my headcanon that Litobrought both Hernando and Dani, and that Felix went looking for Wolfgang andthe cluster brought him into the fold.  Thereare mentions of Dani/Lito/Hernando because I apparently decided Kala andDaniela needed to have a conversation about their boys.  (There’s also some Daniela/Felix in here becauseI literally can’t help myself sometimes.)

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After a month or so in their new safe house, Daniela’sbirthday rolls around.  They can’t throwher a big party like she would normally have, but Hernando and Lito (and therest of the cluster) want to do something to thank her for everything she hasdone for them.  From being there for Litoto trusting him enough to fly across an ocean for people she’d never met, Danihad made an impression on them all.

Riley found one of her old contacts to get them aconsiderable amount of alcohol without drawing attention to them.  Nomi and Bug set up the computers so they’re readyfor Riley to mix some music.  After Will,Sun, and Wolfgang do some recon to double check that the area is clear,everyone lets loose.  Riley spins up thefirst track (not too loudly) and the fun begins.

Kala and Wolfgang are practically attached at the hip at thebeginning.  Kala walks from one group toanother, loving the rare chance to just relax and enjoy socializing.  Wolfgang follows, not saying much but glad tobe by her side.  At some point, they endup wandering over to Felix, who is currently going shot for shot with Daniela.

“Wolfie!” Felix shouts excitedly.  He pauses for a moment, already drunk, thenseems to realize that Wolfgang isn’t alone. “And Kala!  Beautiful Kala!”  Wolfgang grins and Kala smiles shyly.

“Hey, Felix,” Kala says, then turns to Daniela.  “Happy birthday, Dani!  I know it’s not what you’re used to, but Ihope this gives you a little bit of home.”

Daniela grins and pulls Kala into a hug.  “This is the best birthday I’ve ever had,”she says, kissing Kala on the cheek. (Kala’s not sure if this is because Daniela is drunk or if her affectiontoward Lito and Hernando was starting to spread.  Either way, Kala doesn’t really mind it.)  Dani lifts the bottle of tequila that sitsbetween her and Felix and adds, “I’ve got all the reminder of home I need here.”

“I’ll drink to that!” Felix says

Laughing, Daniela pours herself and him another shot.  They clink their shot glasses against eachother, then down the tequila quickly. Wincing, Felix grabs a lime wedge. Dani takes a moment to just enjoy the burn before reaching for her own.

“Ah, Dani.  Do youmind if I go for a smoke break before we do another?” Felix asks.

Daniela laughs again. “I understand if you need a breather.”

“What?  Hey.  Sometimes a guy just needs a smoke.”  Felix stands up and starts to walk toward thestairs to what had become the designated smoking area, then turns backaround.  “Wolfie, you coming?”

And as much as Wolfgang doesn’t want to leave Kala’s side,after the few beers he’s had a cigarette does sound nice.  Even though they’re on blockers, Kala can seehim hesitate.  She leans up on her toesand kisses him on the cheek.  “Go,” shesays with a smile.  “I’ll be right here.”  Wolfgang nods and then joins Felix to gosmoke.

When they leave, Kala realizes she’s never really talked toDaniela alone before.  (She’s been therewhen Lito has, of course, but that was different.)  For her part, Dani either doesn’t mind or istoo drunk to care.  Kala’s not surewhich.  Daniela easily smiles at Kala andmotions toward the seat Felix has just vacated.  Kala sits down and smiles back.

“So,” Daniela starts, eyeing Kala mischievously.

“So?”

“Wolfgang looks absolutely delicious.  You’ve done well, girl,” Dani says.  Kala laughs. “Strong and silent type, too.  Notnecessarily my thing, but I can respect it.”

Kala grins.  Talkingto Daniela doesn’t look like it’s going to be so hard after all.  “I didn’t think it was my thing, either.  But here we are.”

Daniela gives her a knowing nod.  “Mm, isn’t that always the way?”

“So what is your type?” Kala asks playfully.

“No, no, no,” Dani replies, shaking her head andlaughing.  “I am not drunk enough forthis.  Or at least, you’re not as drunkas me, and that’s just not fair.”  Kalaraises an eyebrow.  “We have to both bedrunk if we’re going to start asking questions. That way we’re both as likely to forget the answers in the morning.  What’s the point of drunk confessions if onlyone of you is drunk?”

Kala laughs again.  “Ihad a drink earlier.”

“One drink?  You’renowhere near my level,” Daniela says. She picks up the bottle of tequila, pours a shot, and passes the glassover.  Kala eyes it warily.  “Come on, it won’t bite.”

She’s done shots before, but usually she prefers a glass ofwine or a nice mixed drink to nurse over time. It’s Dani’s birthday, though, and Kala figures why not have some funwith the birthday girl.  “Oh, alright,” Kalasays, accepting the shot and throwing it back in one fluid motion.  The tequila burns her throat and brings tearsto her eyes, but she grabs one of the lime wedges sitting on the table and itssour juice makes it a bit easier to handle.

“Alright!  Like achamp, Kala!” Dani hoots.  “Okay.  So that earns you one question.  You wanna know my type?”  Kala nods. “I have terrible taste in men,” Daniela says with a laugh.  “Everyone I’ve ever dated was an asshole.”  She looks over to Lito and Hernando on theother side of the room.  “Or gay.  Although gay seems to be working for me rightnow.”

Kala looks over to Hernando and Lito as well, a fond look onher face.  “You could certainly do worse,”she says with a grin.  “But you reallydon’t mind just watching?”

“Ah, ah, ah,” Dani replies. “That’s a new question.  Are youwilling to take another shot for that?”

She thinks for a second, but then Kala says, “Sure, why not?  It’s a party, right?”

“That’s the spirit!” Daniela says as she pulls the shotglass back to her, pours more tequila, and passes it back over.

Kala takes a deep breath, then downs the next shot.  This one doesn’t hurt quite as much, but theflavor is still harsh and she goes for the lime wedge all the same.  “So you really don’t mind?” she asks as shelowers the wedge from her mouth.

“Honestly?  For now,it’s perfect.  After Joaquin….” Danielatrails off, not quite looking at Kala for a moment.  Then she shakes her head, as if to bringherself back to the present.  Danismiles.  “Lito and Hernando areamazing.  They took me in when I hadnowhere else to go, and they love me unconditionally.  They let me into their family, with all ofthe benefits that has,” she says, smile turning into more of smug grin.  “And they never ask anything of me that I’mnot willing to give.  It’s not like Ihaven’t thought of finding someone more, you know, for me.  But right now, I’m happy.”

Looking at Daniela’s bright face now (and comparing it toLito’s memories of her bruised face after her last stay with Joaquin), Kalathinks she understands.  “I’m glad.”

“Alright, now my turn,” Dani suddenly says.

Kala is caught off guard. “Don’t you need to take a shot first?”

Daniela laughs.  “Oh,sweetie.  I’m already five in.  Plus, I don’t want to give Felix an unfairadvantage.”

Nodding, Kala accepts this. She can already feel the alcohol affecting her, slowing her thoughts andeasing her tensions.  She can’t imaginedrinking as many as Daniela already has, let alone adding to that count, so whois she to argue.  “What do you want toknow?”

“Honestly, what’s Wolfgang like with you?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, he seems nice enough, for a big scary German guy,”Dani says.  Kala can’t helpgiggling.  “But I’ve only heard him saymaybe three sentences the entire time we’ve been here.  Do you just do all the talking, or is theremore to him than meets the eye?”

Still a bit giggly, Kala replies, “He doesn’t talk a lot,but there is definitely more to him.  Alot more.”  She knows she’s at least alittle drunk now, because she finds she wants to just keep gushing about Wolfgang.  “He says more when it’s just the two of us,but even then it’s not a lot.  Butbecause of that when he does talk, you know it is worth listening to.  Overall, though, he’s just a much morephysical person.”

Dani wiggles her eyebrows. “Oh, really?” she asks suggestively.

When she realizes what she’s said, Kala brings her hands tocover her face in embarrassment.  “Notlike that!”

Now Daniela just leaves one of her eyebrows raised.  “Some of the noises I’ve heard at night begto differ.”

Kala has not had nearly enough to drink for thisconversation.  “Okay, but that’s not whatI meant,” she concedes.  “I think I’m going to need another shot if youhave any more questions.”

Dani shakes her head, now giggling herself.  “No, no, you’re okay.  I’m more curious about what you did mean.”

Smiling softly, Kala explains.  “Because of the…the connection between us,”she starts, not sure how to explain the irresistible draw she feels toWolfgang, “Talking is not usually necessary for him to convey what he means.”

“I thought you were making those pills for all of you guys?”

“I am.  But even so,after a year in each other’s heads, it’s not hard for me to still understand.”

Daniela nods evenly for a minute, looking like she’sthinking it over.  “I guess that makessense.”  She gives Kala a smirk.  “But he isgood in bed, right?”

Kala buries her face in her hands and giggles again.  Possibly because she’s sitting like that, shedoesn’t notice that Wolfgang and Felix have come back downstairs.  Wolfgang walks up and puts his hand on hershoulder with gentle affection, startling her slightly and then bringing onfurther laughter as a result.  He raiseshis eyebrow at Daniela in confusion, who also starts to laugh.

“What did we miss?” Felix asks, wanting to know what’s sofunny.  He notices the shot glasses havemoved since he last left.  “Get startedwithout me, Dani?”

Daniela gives him a smirk. “You wish.”

Rather than letting Felix bring the conversation backaround, Kala stands up and lets him back his chair back.  When she gets up, the world spins a bit andshe leans hard onto Wolfgang.  “You okay?”he asks with a knowing grin.

“I might have had a few shots,” Kala answers, smiling backup at him.

Wolfgang chuckles and wraps his arms around her.  “Might have?”

“Okay,” Kala concedes. “Definitely had a couple of shots.”

He leans down and kisses her gently.  “I like you when you’ve had a couple ofshots,” he whispers in her ear.

Kala feels her heart flutter a bit, and she grins up athim.  “You like me all the time,” shesays cheekily.

He chuckles again.  “You’renot wrong about that.”  She beams up athim in response, and Wolfgang’s stomach flips. He’s not sure he’s ever going to get used to that smile of hers beingfor him, but he doesn’t know if he wants to get used to it either.  If he does, he might risk taking her forgranted, and Wolfgang never wants to do that.

They stand there for a bit while Felix and Daniela get backto their competition.  Kala sighscontentedly against Wolfgang.  She’s notsmashed, but drunk enough to be comfortable nuzzling into him right there in frontof the others.  After a moment, she leansup so she can kiss him again.  He holdsher to him still, wanting to just commit this to memory.  

When she pulls away, he’s smiling at her.  “Not that I mind, but what was that for?”  She wasn’t necessarily opposed to publicdisplays of affection, but they weren’t exactly Kala’s style either.

Kala smiles back.  “Talkingto Dani reminded me again just how lucky I am to have you.”

Wolfgang shakes his head, but the smile doesn’t leave hisface.  “I’m pretty sure I’m the one wholucked out here.”