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Any number you haven't yet answered but want to for the writer ask meme!

Heh-heh! Great ask ❤️

26. Would you rather write a fic that had no dialogue or one that was only dialogue? One with no dialogue, because I can always throw in reported speech and thought processes. Takes a particular skill to make a fic that is all dialogue authentic and interesting.

28. Does anyone read your fics before you post them? If so, who? Sometimes. I won't name 'em cos' I don't want to clutter up their notifications, but especially for exchanges, or if I've used someone's art (with permission) as inspiration, or for zines, etc.

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it? Okay, I guess the most recent is valuta from the Corazine (aftersales almost finished, but that's just an aside). I thought I did a pretty good job on portraying what the Donquixote brothers went through, also Cora's relationship with Sengoku and Law, and then Law with Sengoku, but maybe it was too much for the word count. It got very little interaction in the way of comments, at least. I like the KidLaw fics I did for the 2022 exchange and for the OP secret santa that year, but they remain two of my least popular fics (in terms of hits).

I like valuta for story parallels (Cora and Doffy, Law and Lami, etc.). I like the KidLaw fics because they make me laugh.

38. Did any of your fics get surprisingly popular (whatever that means to you)? Which ones? Why do you think they were so successful? Yeah. I think I've answered this before, and it's not massively popular compared to some fandom behemoths, but the Usopp vs the Heart Pirates fic: Dark like the North Blue Sea (aka The Sea-Hill you Die On) . I think it grew in popularity because it's canon compliant (also, maybe funny). Once a fic gets a certain number of kudos or hits too, it feeds its popularity growth, because people sort by kudos and hits, so all those hidden gems remain hidden! I'm happy that people enjoy it though!

43. If you take/write prompts: what’s your favorite prompt fic that you’ve written? Probably the one that @afterdeck-ace gave me of: Chopper and Law talking about courage or Jolly Rogers. They're talking about both in softening the fall of snow. That's followed or on par with screen / shiki-e, which was inspired by a tsute doodle. You can see the doodle and links to tsute's art on the AO3 page.

47. If [taxi] was a pair of shoes, what kind would it be? Describe the shoes.

Her jeans cost more than his weekly pay, hell — monthly— and her sneakers were scuffed and used in a way that hid or emphasised their one-of-a-kind design. Pretty cool. A red tonbo — dragonfly — from what he could see, stretched from the toe, its thorax and segmented body running along one side of the shoe, a blue chrysanthemum and pond reeds rising from the heel and undulating in the air below the insect.

I used a ref for that, but can't remember where I sourced it from.

I changed a few things, and the maker's name is on the jpg, fortunately!

48. What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?

Yes! I recommend it: Ours lives like sand in the gears of the world by @afterdeck-ace (Lily_Amazon). A platonic Law & Robin ficlet that explores the parallels and differences between them so well.

Also, a quick but satisfying read (sounds like Borsalino's possible reflection on Akainu) with this fic, In The Dappled Sun. Lemon mentioned (tumblr's being silly with throwing out community settings left, right and centre, so sorry for the return to FFN vocab). Fic author @kookoofufu

Am continuing to read saltyrock's It Takes a Lot to Know a Man but haven't read the latest chapter yet. LawBin and CrocoBin. Endgame LawBin.

There's a lot of good stuff out there, and so little time!

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came up with a bunch of fakemon while waiting today, check under the br8k!

"space themed dark type" - Stardigrade, ursa major nebula body with a space suit bubble helmet, pure dark, ability is Accretion Disk: Special Atk moves heal it (High DEF and SpDEF)

"swarm themed flying type" - Swarmbler, a bird shaped cloud, rather than acting like Schooling they're immune to contact moves but 2x hurt by "area" effects "psychic bug type" - Beauble (bauble/beetle), high spDef and spAtk, its ability is Occultist: Its psychic-type moves also count as ghost-type "mercury themed pokemon" - Slicksilver (Poison/steel) like a little silverfish that runs around on a bubble of mercury; its steel moves also count as water type, can counter ground types "pokemon that revive themselves/others" - Parasnyde (bug/dark), when parasnyde faints an enemy pokemon, it gains the benefits of Imposter "paint themed pokemon" - Chromask (Normal/???) an attacker with Revelation Dance like moves that change with its secondary typing, it also has the abilities Color Change or Protean "anthill themed" - Hymanyop (Bug) swarm of ants holding up their Fat Queen Momma, get access to moves like Vespiquen do "rock/ghost type" - Cryskull, a skeleton with rocks in it, has access to Skill Link and sprays a bunch of rocks, "fairy/ice" - Unsealie, heavy physical attacker themed after a Selkie, has Fur Coat, Overcoat, or Thick Fat and does a lot of claws "fire/ice" - Arctemper, a narwhal dude with Adaptability or a hidden ability Piercing Horn: Contact moves ignore resistance and defense increase "glass themed" - Prismixi (fairy/fire) little pixie dude carting around a magnifying glass and burning things with it "reincarnation themed" - Hanumachine (steel/fighting) fast physical attacker with a signature move like Healing Wish, but it brings back a fainted pokemon = to Hanumachine's remaining HP "ghost/fighting, high spDef" - Shadempsy, special ability Shadow Field: when it's sent out, mimics all entry hazards on your side of the field "duck" - Billowly (water/dark) a bully duck "duck2" - Crusaduck (water/fighting) a protector duck "the tarrasque" - Bladread (Steel), super high HP, DEF, ATK, special abilities Regenerator or Mirror Armor: like iron barbs for spAtk "REANIMATE" - Flylactery (Bug/ghost), special ability Reanimate: if this pokemon is already fainted, and your last remaining pokemon faints, Flylactery is sent in and reanimates at 1/2 HP

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for the "end of the year content meme" !

📝 a line or paragraph i’m really happy with 😡 a paragraph/section that gave me a lot of trouble

thought i'd give you both ends of the spectrum there XD ♥

I just answered the first one for @bnessz <3. But it's okay. I've got more than one story! Hope you're having a good holiday season, Gen!

📝 a line or paragraph i’m really happy with:

From the same fic, valuta:

Law's mother folded his fingers around the coin—a piece of copper, not worth much, except for the fortuitous square hole in the middle. "Keep hold of that," she said. He'd unfurled his fingers and she turned the coin in his palm. Streaks like whitebait flitting upstream hadn't marred his skin yet. "It'll help you focus." Lifting the coin and peering through the square, she blinked against the room's light.

I like the whitebait line. I debated including or cutting it so many times. I'm glad I kept it. That whole Law section isn't in the zine, btw, and maybe for the better. I dunno, story might be a bit busy with his scenes, but I like it.

😡 a paragraph/section that gave me a lot of trouble Also from the same fic (to tell the truth, I don't think I wrote so much last year! [that I can remember]):

Maybe all of this, but especially entering the hovel (although the image of extract the pouch with the coin in it from a splintered, rotted door frame was strong in my mind):

A beetle scuttled across the greenery away from the shadow of the small body falling to the lawn. Granules of dirt and blades of grass pushed into Rosinante's mouth as a human smashed a staff across his back. He needed one of those bubble helmets to help with breathing more than anything, but they'd left them all at home. They'd never used them anyway. But maybe if they had, his throat wouldn't be a mess of snot and bile and salt. A bone cracked, arm or skull, not his own. Doflamingo's howls and curses punctuated the dull lift and fall of a body kicked for sport. After they'd paid the price for stealing bread, the brothers limped home, Doflamingo's good arm slung around Rosinante's shoulder. Rosinante's hand slipped on the doorknob. Rancid air rushed to meet Doflamingo's angry breath, wet against his brother's neck, as they stepped inside their hovel. Shaking, Rosinante paused by the entrance to pull a moth-eaten pouch from a splintered recess. Sleep would ease his brother's bruises and tremors; turning the coin, would ease his own.

It still needs some work. Ahahahaha.

After sales for the zine still open, for anyone interested!

And anyone interested in the meme, here's the link!

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📝

Hullo bnessz!

I hope you're having a good holiday season!

a line or paragraph i’m really happy with

Nice choice! Maybe this one from valuta (my piece for the Corazine: aftersales now on!)

Law sought out the irregular and misaligned the world over. Sought clumsy misshapen bits of brass, silver, copper and gold, destined for one path but warped and buckled into another. Travel with Cora would've been a drudge of extinguishing one feathered scrub fire after another, but Law would've taken it in a shot. Even to the next island. Would have worked side by side with his mother and father. Rejoiced as they found a cure for Lami and himself. Whether by luck or design, the crooked coins in his collection had escaped nations and expectations, sidestepped insularities of the heart. To be as free was enticing, terrifying.

Meme link can be found here.

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in a vergo mood, i see 👀

Haha! I land on an artist’s page and reblog what I see / like. Vergo is a fascinating character!

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🎈💥🎀

They're so bright and pretty! Hello, lovely giraffe 🦒

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

Okay, I'll double-barrel here: I think that if you ever came across anything anon that I might have written, you'd pretty quickly know it was me, or have an inkling, because I don't do much to hide my style. Most I write past tense, but there are a few present tense stories among those I've uploaded, and that's always a different way of reading and writing. Gotta stay on your toes, and really keep your tenses all lined up with present tense. Bepo's got his own particular voice (he writes fanfiction), and I've written drabbles in first person before (can't remember whose 1st person though!). Writing Doffy is always a ball of fun, and very different from writing Law, etc. I like the News Coo reports in Overlooked and Underpaid (Chopper and Bepo strike for higher bounties), and I also used both a news report chapter, and an autopsy report in A few drops of holy cuckold (very dark fic, so no link), so it was fun to get the right tone. I've got a few outsider perspectives too, and the outsider is say a marine in G5, in Punk Hazrd, or the reporter in Cuckold, and I think I write them well enough to keep the attention on the canon characters without them seeming to be random narrative devices. I think I can be brutal, sweet, funny, etc. but I don't know that that involves a change in writing style. I hope that it changes to match the premise and people, and that I occasionally shake myself up (had a poem that somehow did okay in terms of interaction! That one was a total surprise).

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

Aw, this is kinda unfair, cos I just uploaded the other day. However, it is an excerpt from a longer piece, and has Law, Aokiji, and Bleat the goat (Sengoku's goat) all going for a bicycle ride along an Aokiji-frozen river, so I don't think it's gonna have the readers charging in with their kudos and hits! So, here it is: Riding Along on my Pushbike, Honey (You Look so Pretty) 79 hits, 5 kudos, 1 bookmark 🐐 🚲 🐯

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing

I get the job done.

I like reading what I've written when I have the final, final, final (to infinity) draft.

Thank you for the ask!

I've answered ✨ 💫 📡 , 🤲 , 🌈 , ☯️ , 🎈💥 🎀 The ask is here if anyone else wants to ask!

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🤡🍆

Hoho! I'm getting there with the ppt, btw. Had to pop out for dinner. Those icons look positively buggytastic in big size!

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

Oh, man. I've got quite a few.

1. I don't want to give away the punchline, but Chopper and Bepo are striking for higher bounties, and the recurring raccoon joke comes in to play in Overlooked and Underpaid (with a twist!). I forgot I wrote that joke, and when I reread it, it made me laugh, so I think it's okay! 2. I have a long fic. MarLaw is the main couple, but Frobin are a side pairing. Law and Robin are also besties. There's a recurring joke in that fic where folks think Robin and Law are getting too close, and someone (EG: Shachi) asks, "What would Franky say?" and Law, or Franky, (or eventually an outsider) answers: "It's okay, Franky and I are in an open relationship." It's a dark fic, so it lightens it up a bit. 3. Aokiji, Law and Bleat the goat cycling along on Aokiji's bicycle (Bleat in the basket), along a river the ex-admiral freezes, Law pleading for him to do loop-de-loops! 4. Kid and Law hooking up while Law is simultaneously attending an online conference, and guess whose ass unmutes the audio and camera? 5. Bepo's Beptober. 6. That one time that Marco turned into a blue flying elephant.

There's more, but I don't want to bore you 😊

🍆 Do you write the spicy stuffs? If so, what's your most popular nsfw fic?

Yeah, but it's usually pretty dark. However, in the non-dark stuff, and fairly tame smut, probably ZoLaw, The tibia, the fibula, the regions in between is the most popular by hits.

In dark fic, and it's extremely dark, Interdisciplinary. It's my most popular fic off-anon (by hits) [heed the tags if you seek that one out. Strictly 18+].

I don't write smut so much any more, but sometimes the lizard brain takes over. I can write sweet and funny smut too, but seem to have been cruising along in a mostly G-T zone lately.

Thank you so much for the ask! ! ✅ 🍦😈🤭 🎉 🤡🍆 answered. And 🧐❌🥰 about to be answered.

I better leave it there. The night is drawing to a close and tomorrow is...very soon.

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fic writer asks!! i’m really curious about these three:

🤲 what do YOU get out of writing?

🌈 is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

☯️ how do you think engaging with each other through tumblr, twitter, comments, kudos, creates healthy fandom experiences? How do you deal with that if you're not a social person/experience social anxiety?

thank you!! ♥️

Hello there!

🤲 what do YOU get out of writing?

Keeps me sane. I think it's something I'm good at and something I enjoy doing, so I think I should do it if I feel driven to do it. Balance is important of course. Also, I can write, with some stuff, scenarios or character studies and relationships that I'd like to see.

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with? Let me have a look. Not really, no. For me, anyway, fanfiction is easier than original fiction. I try to write well, but I'm more likely to possibly be happy with a scene with fewer drafts than I might in original fic. I want it to be, basically, not stressful, even when I'm writing dark stuff. As a matter of fact, fanfic can be an avoidance strategy for me, so I'm more likely to write it when I'm a little stressed, than it actually stressing me. I have deleted and re-uploaded some of my dark fics (and even non-dark), a few times because I felt I didn't have enough confidence to deal with any potential backlash, and I get insecure sometimes (that was probably in response to crickets. Haha).

There are probably a number of scenes in my fics that I worked hard

at and it's good if the seams aren't showing. I don't know that anything was a struggle. I find if you're really struggling with something it's good to go on to a later scene and come back to the scene giving you trouble later (if it's a multi-chap), or write an 'and-then' draft, where you just get a big pile of prosaic sketching, really, on your page. And that's hard, cos' it can be kinda tedious, but once you've got that, you can really dive in and have fun with character, scene, dialogue, etc. I'm not discounting anyone's writing struggles. I've been there. But probably fanfiction has struck me this way.

Like, there is no such thing as a filler chapter, dudes. If you're bored with the final result, probably your readers will be too, so sometimes you've got to knuckle down, isolate, pick apart, put back together, and proceed. And nine times out of ten, I end up loving those paragraphs/ sentences / chapters. I don't think I answered the question, but there you go!

☯️ how do you think engaging with each other through tumblr, twitter, comments, kudos, creates healthy fandom experiences? How do you deal with that if you're not a social person/experience social anxiety?

Interesting question. I can only speak for myself. I joined tumblr after maybe 3 years of writing fanfic, and I wasn't on twitter or discord. I belonged to a fanfiction subreddit, but I think the sub-reddit served to make writers more nervous of social media than not.

I was pleasantly surprised. tumblr and twitter helped me to see how much of fandom occurs away from AO3 or FFN, for one (most of it). And some story links I've posted haven't done badly in notes (which, let's face it, for fanfiction is when it goes into the teens), but people have also left comments on my work saying they saw my post on twt or tumblr, and even it my post didn't get me any notes, etc., it did get me some readers who left really nice comments, which was excellent, so it served its purpose.

People must curate their own experiences. I've banked a lot of self-worth on whether I get kudos or comments, and I'll still have dips, but the thing is, that for most people (not all), getting some traction is a bit of a long slog. Like, it was probably 6 months to a year before I really connected with anyone over my fics, and lots of good stuff came well after that.

But, although I do think it's important that community members support one another if the community is to be sustainable, individuals in that community need to know what they can or can't do. And there are different personalities, so different horses for different courses. Even stuff like these ask games can sometimes do a lot. Plus, I think lots of folks in fandom have a very intense attention span of a fly. So I'd also advise not to get too attached. People come and go.

Also, I don't think it hurts to research (like, I didn't!) on the fan fiction platform before uploading. If a writer's fic is OCxOC take a look and see how the OC fics go in the fandom, and tether expectations to that. Even if someone as a reader reads outside of the box, once they become a writer, they might want to realise that if they're writing what they like to read, it's no less valuable, but it might not be as popular as the more common tropes etc.

And really, if , say, you're flooded with antis or negativity, etc., on tumblr, twitter, etc., use the block/mute button. Delete where you can, and interact with folks that you vibe with and cruise along. If the social anxiety is too high, just stick to posting fic and disengage.

Thanks for the ask!

I've answered ✨ 💫 📡 , 🤲 , 🌈 , ☯️ and I'm about to answer: 🎈💥🎀 (way-hey! They look so bright in my inbox!!). The ask is here if anyone else wants to ask!

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For the fic writer meme: ✨ 💫 and 📡

✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

Probably Doctor Death Doula. For what it is, an AU (but set in Water 7 with Water 7 influences), and with main characters being Law and Water 7 Kokoro (as doctor and patient), and gorgeous art by @alegnace I think it's a story that touches most readers. I'm very content with the attention it has actually got, and wonderful comments, but it'd be nice if a few more folks might dip in and give the story a go. Also, I've reread both of the KidLaw fics I wrote for the 2022 KidLaw Exchange and 2022 OP Secret Santa, and I think they're funny😁. And a few other people do too, and I love them for it! But I don't think the stories do much for KidLaw nation in general judging from hits and kudos. I wouldn't mind my 4 younger Hearts on Swallow Island done for the Growing Pains zine getting a bit more credit, but I adore and am grateful for the feedback I have received.

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

All of them!!!! Naturally, every writer loves an in depth response, but I'm aware how much time and effort they can take, and I'm very fortunate to get a fair few of those kind! But just knowing that someone like dwhat you wrote is so validating, no matter the package the comment comes in.

📡why is writing and sharing your writing important for fandom?

I don't know that it is. Haha. I just enjoy writing. Also, maybe I have a slightly different view of Law from some parts of fandom, and maybe those who read my work like that? And although I don't seem to write them any more, I did fill the Marco/ Law vacuum a tiny bit. Those who enjoy Heart Pirates might find something in my works, and there are a number of different Law ships in there too!

Thank you for the ask! I've answered ✨ 💫 and 📡 , and I'm about to answer: 🤲 , 🌈 , ☯️

The ask is here if anyone else wants to ask.

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for when you have time 💜

✅ What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

Hello!

I have to make my slides, so, y'know, let's answer some asks instead 😁 I hope you're having a fab day.

✅ What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?

The word 'just' 🤪. I'm actually much better at it now, but I do a CTRL+F on the whole long document to (just) find out how many times I've used it. I've got better. BUT, if I'm a bit more serious, how about Law? I've got a few fics that don't feature him, but not many. Otherwise, I don't really know. I am a bit of a one trick pony in some themes, and I do reuse ideas at times, so I'm sure folks who read a lot of my work see them.

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

Oh, that's a nice ask. Maybe Softening the Fall of Snow, where Chopper and Law talk about Jolly Rogers, courage and cherry blossoms. It's a bit of a gut-punch too though. Or maybe "screen / shiki-e" where Law makes cherry blossom viewing happen for Chopper, or maybe even the latest excerpt, Riding along on my pushbike, Honey, where Law takes care of himself, and Sengoku's goat, Bleat, and requests (with Ninja starry eyes) that Aokiji do aerial loop-de-loops, or the 2017 fic that that excerpt comes from, with another excerpt, Musicians of Bremen, which discusses Rosi and Bleat. I've got a Zoro and Chopper fic too!

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

Noo! Not that I recall. But I did traumatise them with a cliffhanger on a dark fic once. It was just as covid hit, so I was debating whether to post the resolution in the same chapter or not. I didn't. If I were braver, I would've left that chapter sit for a week, but, ahhh. It wasn't my intention to traumatise anyone, but I knew that the scene would pack a punch.

Thank you for the ask! ✅ 🍦😈 answered. And 🤭 🎉 to be answered.

If you want to ask, the list is here, and I might even let Bepo do a bit of fic ask answers moonlighting!

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤

OKAY! This was the 3rd one I got, and I thought of making it non-anon when I sent this out to other writers so that it didn't kinda circulate amongst the same circles continuously, but eh!

I'm a lot less tired than I was when I answered number 2, and here's a link to number 1, so

I've got a lot of fics, and I'm gonna do my next fave 5, because it's very hard to decide on faves. And @flyiing-giraffe left a fantastic review on

Taxi, which is very dear to my heart. It's meant to be AceLaw, but it's missing a chapter, and that was the most AceLaw part, but it's still there (the ship). The main idea is that Law drives a taxi and he meets people, and those people are your One Piece faves. Modern AU: summary:

Doflamingo's dementia, Ace's narcolepsy, Cora's death. Law collects vinyl with warps and scratches, and drives a taxi.

Chapters can mostly be read stand alone, and I wouldn't call it a ship fic.

Rated T, 14,392 words.

2. the tibia, the fibula, the regions in between

ZoLaw on the submarine, on the way to Wano. Rated a very soft M, I think, originally T.

Zoro and Law explore the unconformities of personal geography. Practice, distraction, quiet and unquiet minds.

This one is a ship fic on a ship.

3. softening the fall of snow

Law and Chopper in Wano talking about Jolly Rogers and Courage (prompt from @afterdeck-ace)

4. Father Figure

Smoker and Law having that conversation in Punk Hazard! Platonic. The father figure ain't Smoker. (G5 regarded Vergo as a father figure. Law did not).

5. Macrobiotics and Marathons

"Do you always cook like that? Flying scalpels, stabbing daggers, projectiles of fire...?" "Disrespected cabbages," the teacher yelled out, trying to get her body parts together, reordered. "We don't always disrespect the cabbage," Marco said.

Only for the summary. The first story still makes me laugh. The second story is just a bit throwaway!

Law and Marco try out a macrobiotics cooking class. Modern AU-ish

MarLaw

Special shoutout to a ton of others. It's really hard to choose. If anyone has a particular theme, or type of writing of mine they'd like me to pinpoint some stories for, drop me an ask! My works.

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AO3 wrapped!: 9, 19, 29, please!

Thank you!

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? I'd love to say it's my initial favourite of Marco/Law and I have been reading a great fanfic about them, but my writing for them was also drabbles/ficlets, and not so well developed, so I'll say LawZo, although that's a WIP and will be in the LawZo zine out next year. I had fun writing the (very) irregular limerick for LawBin for the polls this year, AND there is KidLaw in the works, AND, I tightened it this year, but didn't write it this year, but reuploaded a chapter to an AceLaw fic

Guess my answer is all of them. Also, plenty of platonic Trafalgar Law & the Heart Pirates. One Cora & Law fic for the Corazine too.

19. What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Maybe get some LawBin on paper. I've written it romantically a few times, but more often platonically, but usually in longfic. Wouldn't mind getting a one shot or two out.

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year? My current fave is in a WIP for the LawZo zine, so I can't share it for a while, so take the following from Bioluminescent Hearts. Not amazing, but I quite like the imagery. Spoilers for chapter 1081 (manga spoilers)

Orange and white striped tentacles rippled past Hakugan—the head of a sea anemone flexing its bright body backwards and forwards through the water. There was so much water, and the pressure. He couldn’t tell if he was cold, if he was uncomfortable. He tried to shake the vegetation from his hands, but to even budge a finger took effort.

Thank you for the ask!

Questions 9, 19, 29 (I like the symmetry) answered! Also 6, 16 and 22. 1, 10 & 27 about to be answered. You can find the asks here!

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I see a lot of people saying that doflamingo would eventually get out of jail for the final war or join the cross guild or just cuz crocodile did 

But it would really make me mad if he did ? Oda made a whole drama about law having to wait 13 years and to end what cora couldn’t  and he almost died doing it 

i see no point of him coming back but im sure if oda wanted him he will make up a point

But What do you think?

Ah, I'm in two minds about this. If I dive deeply into the angst and what Law is worth, then yes, Doflamingo should stay behind bars. I thought the other day that a final reflection of how Law is not the same as Doflamingo is that he didn't kill him (although he tried, dammit! Haha). Part of growth in One Piece is being strong enough to face your (potential) adversaries too though, maybe?

Shanks vs Kaidou, Garp vs Roger (or Rocks?), Big Mom vs Kaidou, Whitebeard vs Oden, etc. Law and Kid just took down Big Mom, and Law fortunately escaped Blackbeard. Maybe he's strong enough to face Doflamingo now, but also maybe he doesn't want to (and maybe he's not).

Doflamingo still has a role to play, given his prison cameos, his pithy quotes, and the seraphim! He's often acted as the One Piece chorus in a Greek drama sense. I also like batshit crazy Doflamingo from a humorous perspective (like, following that other thread looping through One Piece), so part of me would like to see the chaos that he & the Cross Guild could try an make, especially given Doflamingo's words with Croc at Marineford, and the way the shichibukai were far from sane.

For him to get a government release would be some seriously evil shit. But for him to somehow escape would make things interesting. Oda redeemed Buggy, and Croc to a degree. So I don't see him beyond having a role for Doflamingo to play in the future. Sorry, nonny, I'd love to see him come back into the fray, but also definitely do not want a replay of Dressrosa or the events (Including 13 years before) leading up to it. If he's totally redeemed though, I'd be disappointed, but Oda can usually pull off semi-redemptions.

I haven't thought it through 100%, so my thoughts aren't set in stone!

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I loved the kidlaw zine, bought it plus the addon and thank you so much, you and all the other artists for gifting us with it ❤️🧡💛

Thank you so much! I’m so happy to hear that. I’ll pass the info on 🌹🐯

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7, 19, 52 for the fic writing ask thing 😊

Hi Nonnie, Let me track down that link again, heh-heh!

7. Post a snippet from a wip.

Nearly everything's under zine "NDAs"! 😁 But here's something that probably won't make it into an upcoming story: (This is an idea of Law and Kid having a detective agency, for some reason, and Kid needing to rid around on an old clunker of a bicycle, replete with a front and back basket).

Kid pedalled along the road, the gears of this thing sure needed some grease, but he had to give it to Bepo—it sure was sturdy. Kid had lost his licence, of course he had  and Law was out meeting a client, and Kid had needed eggs for the cake he was baking // had to deliver a document, Killers 10 speed was on the road with Killer, so the Mama chari it was.

19. Do you enjoy creating OCs or do you prefer to stick solely to canon characters? I've created a few for the purposes of the story. Before I deeply knew canon, I've got 3 side characters who would be determined as OC in Repossession, and a psychologist who would be considered OC in Teaspoons. I just thought they were needed to make the story work. Nowadays, i tend to throw those characteristics on a pre-existing character, because I know canon better, and readers mostly seem to prefer it. I have an outsider's pov (marine and reporter) in a few stories, so I'm guessing they could be determined as OC too. 52. What’s the average word count of your fics?

I write long, medium, short and very short. Longest fic is 150,792 and shortest fic is 349 words (and I have a series of strict drabbles, too, so really 100 words). Total word count is 711,595 with 78 fics (that is not counting the one shots in a collection). Average is 9.123 words, but cos' I've been writing a lot of zine pieces lately, the one shots are probably about 1.5-6K words, depending on the word count and story. I don't have many fics that are actually 9K long. Heh-heh!

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4 and 23 for the fic writing asks.

Thank you! Now I have to find the ask post. Haha. Kinda very haphazard at these things. Okay! Thank god I remembered I had an archive function!

How do you choose which fics to write? If I'm writing for myself, whatever tickles my fancy. It it's for a zine, event, or something similar, whatever the theme or prompt is.

Is writing the beginning, middle, or end of the story easiest? Hardest? All pretty much of a muchness. Sometimes the middle presents, sometimes the beginning, sometimes the end. Whichever gets the pen moving. Thing is, it might be the middle, but I might not know that until the story's got a bit more shape. Or I might know, and might not know why that scene is important, but it eventually shows where it slots in. Sometimes those early drafts are not the finished product at all! Thank you for the ask! I have a link in this post now, so easier for me to find. If anyone else wants to drop an ask or two, go for it! Am a bit busy, though, so might take a bit of time to answer.