#also i originally wrote this chapter with matty and george

[allylikethecat]

Chapters: 11/? Fandom: The 1975 (Band) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: George Daniel/Matthew Healy Characters: Matthew Healy, George Daniel, Ross Macdonald, Adam Hann, Jamie Oborne Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Past Drug Addiction, Mpreg Summary:

Matty lied, which was probably a mistake since he was a shit liar on a good day, and today wasn’t a good day. He was much better at just, not saying anything, even though his therapist had told him that was really just lying by omission. He couldn’t meet Jamie’s eyes, and knew he was sweating nervously. He was hyper aware that he could feel the wand in his back pocket.

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Just like in the bathroom after the show, two parallel lines stared back at him, confirming deep down what he already knew. The test was positive.

[theyellowgrassgrows]

2020 in review (fanfic version)

Thanks @sugarhillpark for the tag!

Fics (finished and WIP!) written this year:

This has been a slow year for my fanfic wise. I’ve been focusing on my original fiction more but that doesn’t mean I didn’t work on any fics this year - just not as much as I wanted to.

Here’s to the Heartache which is my take on a Frerard teacher/student fic is still in progress. One of my goals for 2021 is to finish that story because I’ve been dragging it on for far too long.

Long Live the Car Crash Hearts is a prequel to my Frerard fic When Both Our Cars Collide but it’s actually a Peterick/Ryden. It’s only posted on Wattpad so far but once it’s closer to being finished I’m going to put it on AO3 as well. It shows how Pete and Patrick met in high school and how they ended up the men they become in WBOCC.

I finally finished Only You this year. This was my first attempt at a full length Matty/George fic and although I did rush the ending and a part of me wishes I did more with it, I’m pretty proud of how it turned out overall.

What am I now? was my Falling inspired oneshot which is basically just my angst at the lack of Gryles this year.

Comic-Con Collateral was a short sequel to one of my very early Frerard oneshots that a reader requested and I had a lot of fun writing. Basically Frank and Gerard like to bet on anything and everything and it usually ends in sex - that’s the plot.

I don’t need the snow to fall was my last bit of writing for this year. It’s a fluffy Christmas Gryles oneshot that basically rotted my teeth with how sweet it is.

Takeaways from reflecting on your kick-ass writing, or kick-ass lack of writing, during a year more focused on survival than perhaps any other:

I think for me - I will always write. Whether it’s fanfic or not it’s become intergral to my being at this point. This was definitely a very tough year and that in part is probably why I haven’t written as much as I wanted to but I still did a lot and I’m proud of what I have accomplished this year. Here’s to 2021 being a much better year!

Most surprising fic you wrote this year:

Probably “I don’t need the snow to fall” because I wasn’t planning on writing it at all and I’m not usually one to write fluff without a side of angst but it’s probably one of the sweetest things I’ve ever written.

Best thing that happened this year because you write fic:

That’s a tough one. Writing fic in general is so rewarding in my opinion. I love getting feedback from my readers and just being able to spew my emotions onto a character and have people like them is so gratifying. I do think I have to say meeting @sugarhillpark though. She is so inspiring and actually chatting with her and getting to know her better has been such a bright point in my day.

How you grew as a writer this year:

I feel like I’m constantly growing and changing as a writer but I think this year my grammar got a lot better. I’m also finding my style and starting to get more comfortable with how I write which is a really nice feeling.

If someone’s going to read just one of your 2020 fics, which one should they read?

That’s tough...it probably depends on what ships you enjoy since I’ve been writing such a variety of them. I think my favorite overall is probably Only You (even if the last few chapters aren’t the best) but I put a lot of work into that story and I feel like it’s one of my best smuttier fics.

What’s coming in 2021:

I would love to start on my tentative Gryles fic that I’ve been wanting to write for ages featuring a coke addicted Harry who runs into Nick at a club and Nick knows he’s not good for him but they keep meeting and they fall and love and it ends a bit tragically. Besides that I will probably pump out some more oneshots when I get inspired and a part of me really wants to write a Larry at some point but I have no definitive plans there.

I tag: @obviouslyryanross and anyone who wants to fill it out, especially if any of my followers are fanfic writers and I don’t know you write!

[allylikethecat]

1, 3, 75 (Rid Me Of The Blues) for the writer asks!!

Thank you SO MUCH for sending this ask! I love answering question asks and I also LOVE chatting about my fics so this is like best case scenario for me! Thank you so very much!! 🥰 If anyone else wants to send in some Get to Know Your Fic Writer Asks the list can be found HERE.

Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi-chaptered fics?

I don't really have a preference! For me a one-shot vs a multi chapter fic depends on the story I'm trying to tell. Some of my oneshots, for example (Sometimes) my beta at the time had urged me to post as two or three chapters, but I decided I liked the way it flowed better as a oneshot. Meanwhile, It's Christmas (So This is Gonna Be a Nightmare) was originally supposed to be a oneshot that then evolved into a chaptered fic.

3. Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fic

Usually, I start with a detailed summary of everything that I want to happen in the fic (kind of like a written down version of what I would verbally ramble to my friend) Once I have that little summery, I then start working on my outline and highlight the key things that I want to happen / specific scenes I want to include. From there I divide that into rough chapters and get to work writing! Some of my outlines are more detailed than others and that fully helps writing go faster, other times my outlines are more vague / have evolved so much that chapters take longer because I have to come up with more plot points / connect more things on the fly. Once I have usually the first two chapters finished, I start posting on AO3! For example On a Friday and All The King's Horses have very detailed outlines that I have stuck to, therefore writing those chapters is really easy and quick, since I know exactly what's going to happen. Make Way for Ducklings takes a little longer because that outline has been revised so many times I'm basically winging it at this point!

75. What scene in [Rid Me of the Blues] took the longest to write? What was difficult about it?  There were two scenes that took me a long time to write. The first was the breakup scene in Chapter 6. I made myself really sad working on it, and it went through many rewrites, because obviously we know that Fictional!Matty and Fictional!George were going to get back together eventually, so I didn't want to absolutely destroy the character of Fictional!George and I wanted to make it clear that he felt like he was out of options, his love for Fictional!Matty was killing them both and breaking up was the only option. With that scene also primarily being from unreliable narrator Fictional!Matty's point of view, I felt like I was toeing a very thin line. It was the big turning point in the fic and I wanted to make sure I did it justice, and was able to portray it the way I saw in my head. I am very pleased with how it turned out though! The other scene that took a long time to write as the scene in Chapter 7 when Fictional!Matty goes back to his childhood home to reconcile with Fictional!Denise. The bit where he was on the train was one of the very first scenes I wrote for the entire fic, and connecting it back to him actually going home and seeing Fictional!Denise was a challenge for me, because it felt very delicate and emotionally charged. Again, that's another one that I ended up really happy with, and even though I probably rewrote the entire later three fourths of the chapter six or seven times, I'm very pleased with the final outcome. Man I just love this fic in general and could talk about it for hours. Thank you so much for still caring about her! 🩵

Thank you so much for indulging me and sending in this ask! I love ask game situations and am so grateful any time anyone sends me one! If anyone else wants to send me some Get to Know Your Fic Writer questions the list can be found HERE! I hope you have a lovely evening and a great rest of your week!

❤️ Ally

[allylikethecat]

I just read (Sometimes) for the first time. I don’t know how it took me so long, I’ve been keeping up with make way for ducklings since the first chapter. But wow, (Sometimes) made me feel things. The way you were able to write that and literally break me to pieces— gosh that’s talent. You’re truly so talented.

No pressure here from me for a sequel, but have you ever considered what ends happening to matty? If he’s able to heal and be okay with George and the boys? I would love to hear your thoughts

!!!!!

First off, thank you so much for reading Make Way for Ducklings! That fic is one of my precious babies and I was so nervous about posting it since I hadn't seen any other mpreg in the fandom and I was worried people were going to hate it, or me or worse totally ignore it. Instead, it seems to have found an audience and I could not be happier about it! What started out as a very self indulgent project turned into something that other people enjoy! Which is so absolutely amazing and makes me so thankful to all the nice people on the internet 🥰

(Sometimes) is probably one of my favorite fic that I've ever written, like top 3 for sure, and was another one I was nervous about posting (is this a trend? Me being nervous? it might be a trend) because of the delicate subject matter. I'm so immensely proud of it and am so happy that other people have enjoyed it and that it has made them ~feel things~ I feel bad about it, but making Fictional!Matty suffer brings me a lot of joy and I love that other people enjoy his fictional hardship as well.

Thank you so, so, so much for your kind words about my writing! I honestly teared up reading this ask, I love writing SO MUCH, both fanfiction and original fiction and to get positive feedback from people? (Or honestly any kind of feedback) is just so incredible and I am so incredibly thankful. I had an English Teacher in 9th grade that told me I was an awful writer, and that I had no talent for it and had no business pursuing it, so I should just stop trying to force it (The best is that I still have it ALL in the email she wrote it in printed out as motivation) and so every comment, every hit, every kudos is an extremely validating F You to her.

In terms of a sequel/companion to (Sometimes) it is something that I have considered and have played around with. I'm not sure if it's something that will ever get fully fleshed out or posted, it currently lives in the very rough bullet point stage of outlining in the Notes app on my phone, but from what I do have, Fictional!Matty is very much (obviously and rightfully) not okay, and it takes a lot and a long time for him to feel okay or like things might be okay again. One of the big notes I have is him navigating how physical and affectionate the guys all are with each other, and also the blatant size difference between the rest of the guys and Matty and how he feels about that after being physically violated and overpowered. Maybe if I ever finish one of my twenty thousand others WIPs I'll flesh it out and post it! Either in completed form or my bullets on Tumblr.

Sorry for the worlds longest response to your ask! I got a little over excited and had to geek out over my own fic. If you made it this far, thank you so much again for your kind words and for reading! They really mean so much to me!

❤️Ally