#and now I'm in my hinny playlist

[nuatthebeach]

2022 Wrapped

Tagged by @corneliaavenue! You're a lovely thing <3

Oof, it's already 2023, isn't it? Oh, well.

Post the top 5 works you're most proud of that you released in 2022 (not necessarily your most popular)

it's gonna be 4 now lol.

persist and resist the temptation to ask you - this one is perhaps the most authentic, soul-pouring fic i've ever written. and the one i'm most proud of because of my growth in writing prose and pacing overall. there were many times i would huddle with a blanket in a dark room (💀) simply because of how much i was feeling in the moment. it was the most visceral experience i've had writing so far.

like passing notes in secrecy - i would say that when i finished persist, i was in this writing craze/high in that i simply wanted to write anything since i finally felt like i was on a roll, but that wouldn't do this fic - and my work - justice. because persist was so angsty, i desperately needed to write something that was light and fluffy in consequence for my own sake. i'm very happy about the banter and humor i was able to apply to this OTP; it was pure serotonin, and i hope it was the same for others.

Midnight - my first hinny smut!! aka i took my headcanon of switch!hinny and really ran with it. though i no longer have the same exact headcanon about the two of them, i'm still really proud of how steamy this turned out. and i have a feeling all the private bookmarkers do too 👀

you knew that i'm a mastermind, and now you're mine - man, the sheer power tswift holds on all fic writers everywhere. the aim was to use this song ("mastermind") in irony to show how the wizarding world perceives ginny relative to her relationship with harry. and because ginny is such a force of nature, she and the press manage to come to a certain albeit amusing level of agreement (a true mastermind har dee har). it's a bamf character moment for her, and she owned every second of it.

your top 4 current WIPs that you're excited to release in the new year

you reminded me to open up my google docs for the first time in a month! phewww.

premed hinny!rivals to lovers fic - snippet here. my final fuck you (and extremely reluctant thank you) to undergrad in the form of my OTP. fic is fully outlined and ready to be written if only i could give it the time of day 😭. but now that i have a lot of time opened up for me in the next several months, i'll finally get to it! fingers crossed

anniversary hinny smut - hinny roleplays as strangers in a bar, and let's just say we'll stick the art of acting to the shitty movies. a whole ass page written so far, so i take that as a win!

a somewhat angst, somewhat crack fic... i uh... have the most written for this wip so far of all my wips and im both proud and mortified by that. let's just say it's a story of how hinny finds themselves back to each other postwar... and the path is not exactly a straight route. playlist is a wip as well.

another crack fic because apparently that's all @takearisk-ao3 and me are on... though it's more accurate to say i helped to brainstorm and Hannah, the brilliant Executioner. to quote Hannah's post... "no comment."

im adding a fifth one because why not. hinny!vampire au. though there's only been half a page written for it so far, and hence a lot of white space, im so, so ready for the tools of creativity to lead me to more crackheadery that ive yet to discover. (like i needed more to start with.)

your top 3 biggest improvements in your writing over the past year

i think my writing comes off a bit "cleaner" now? there's more of a coherent plot, resolution to my fics than most of the simple "slices of life" that i wrote more of last year.

i'd like to think the dialogue comes off more natural now too. im finally getting the hang of doing more "showing" than telling and implementing symbolism and metaphors when trying to display a broader theme/concept.

im able to sit with fics and be at ease with the fact that im not going to have the right answer immediately. that i have to wait before i can post to make it better. i started prioritizing quality over mass production - and while this is still something i struggle with a lot of the times - i feel like this is a bit of a step up from last year. and most importantly, i learned that rewrites - not just editing - may be necessary too, and that is okay. that does not make me a bad writer but (hopefully) a thoughtful one.

your top 2 resolutions (ways you wish to improve your writing/blog) for the new year

to not constantly compare myself to other people's writing. focus on how i can improve myself without being intimidated by all the works of the many amazing writers in the fandom. to finally put words on the page fearlessly and authentically, like i felt i did with persist.

to take more risks. keep putting my characters in uncomfortable situations and testing out how they can grow from them. to not feel limited in my writing just because in my young age i havent experienced them. to push my boundaries more. (i thank @fairsquare16 @takearisk-ao3 and @narukoibito for encouraging this and the first goal every single time i feel even the slightest bit down about it; they're also the reason im still entertaining all these crackfics so put the blame on them when they eventually come out)

and your number 1 favorite line you've written this year

my fucking answer to this changes every two seconds...not for any other reason except that it's my biggest conspiracy theory that i have early, early onset dementia and can't for the life of me remember. here's one for now:

Like the story, the moral is just as simple: love unconditionally, act irrevocably. One shouldn't fear wearing their heart on their sleeve if the alternative is to never plant, water, and bathe it with the light of day.

After all, what are mistakes if not signs to grow?

Tagging

@narukoibito @heartstopping-waves @ashotofogdensoldfirewhiskey and whoever else would like to do it (i truly mean that)!

[theresthesnitch]

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

Thank YOU for the full questions! The pictures are cute, but there's also soooo many of them.

Send me a Truth & Dare ask!

How did you get into writing fanfiction!

Pandemic, baby! In Fall 2020, I reread the HP books. I'd never really been into fanfiction as a kid [cue side story about my repressed childhood and ultra religious conservative parents that I do not have the spoons to get into at this time of the night] and so I didn't really get that fandom was a thing the way I know it is now. But I finished the books and was so unsatisfied with the end of the story being there. So I started reading post-canon HP stories (mostly Hinny) and then branched out into the marauders. I found fandom like October 2020, and my first FIRST thing I wrote was early January 2021. Had AO3 by April or so (omg, am I at my anniversary yet? going to check after this) and then the rest was history. my AO3 History, specifically. 😉

2. Share a link to a playlist you love

This is my... well, Songs I love 💞playlist, lol. It's a wild mix of things. every time I come across a song that I like the feel of, it gets added here. On shuffle, always, because I have the worst habit of finding an artist and adding every song by them in a row.

3. Scale of 1-10 on how much I enjoy editing, and why.

UGH. 2, most of the time. Usually, by the time I get dwn to editing, I've been in the fic so much that I'm just done with it. I hate editing so much right when I finish writing, but I'm also usually impatient to post. However, I've found that if I let things sit for a bit, going back to reread it is very refreshing, and editing is much more like a....6. I mean, it's still not the best thing ever.

[starlvghtmoon]

Intro post!

Hey there! I’m Gale, nice to meet you :)

here’s some random things that you didn’t need to know about me ✨✋

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓱𝓸𝓫𝓫𝓲𝓮𝓼? - I'm on a crew team and I enjoy sculling in my free time - I play an instrument in my orchestra 🎻 - Pinterest. What else can I say - music. Is. Life. (I'm also addicted to YouTube classical music w/rain playlists now??)

𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓶𝓮

I have a younger brother

I live in the United States (unfortunately)

im in high school

I am obsessed with vintage sports brands now

I often get stressed out bc of school and sports and grades and *everything*

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮?

Hmm let's see.

People who respect everyone regardless of race, gender, religion, sexuality, or anything else :)

listening to music with rain in the bg >>

thunder storms (need i elaborate?)

stuffed animals (emotional support when you have no one to talk to)

teachers who are actually funny and respect mental health of their students

reading (helps me escape reality ✨✋ )

writing novels I know I will never finish

creating characters (the process is a yes, writing them… different story)

sleeping (just yes)

daydreaming about my love life ✋💀

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮? - any person who disrespects people based on their race, gender, sexuality, religion, etc

hot. sunny. days. (Please give me rain I’m begging you)

spiders or flies or mosquitos or moths or any type of insect that roams my house rent free

people (mostly my mom cough) who judge my music taste, sense of style, etc

pimples (and then I get recommended these videos of people with glass skin like)

not being able to steal my friends cat (you know who you are)

people who are better then you at something you love (yes I’m being selfish but also honest so hear me out)

people who don’t try in school because they don’t care (not bc of mental health or family or whatever)

my period (…)

arrogant people especially in school it’s so annoying

𝓕𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 - books/movies

Harry Potter

Characters: Ginny, book Hermione, Fred, George, Oliver (loml), lupin, molly, Draco

book: the deathly hallows or the prisoner of Azkaban

movie: deathly hallows part 1+2

ships: drarry, drapple, maybe dramione, wolf star, not a fan of hinny I must say or ronmione, Luna x nelville, Harry x a peaceful life for once and therapy

The Maze runner

Characters: Newt, MINHO ✋✋

Book: either the first one or the death cure (😭)

movie: def death cure it was so amazing

ships: newtmas (I mean what else is there?)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Characters: Annabeth, Percy’s mom is underrated, Reyna girlboss, Percy, Jason ): and of course will and hazel, but Ethan and Luke are also underrated

book: last Olympian and the mark of Athena

movie: tbd please don’t let it be cringe

ships: percabeth, solangelo, frazel, I’m trying to think of others but I’m blanking

𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓯𝓯 Bc I didn’t say enough above

Godly parent: Athena

hogwarts house: ravenclaw

divergent thing: erudite or dauntless ngl

the maze runner job: medjack or runner 🏃‍♀️

𝓔𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓮 so you’ve finally reached the end! I hope you liked learning random things about me :) feel free to dm me any time :3

[lunapwrites]

Masterlist of Fics

If you want to see the stuff that I'm even remotely proud of, you can find it here:

Louder Than Love - (Rated E, 105,975 words - WIP.)

Poly!Wolfstar+Tonks, OotP fix-it. If you like music references, nuanced family relationships, and banter (omg so much banter) then you may like this one. I'm honestly pretty proud of how this one is coming out overall, now that I'm getting into a groove. Contains fluff, humor, and angst. (18+, mind the tags.)

Satellites series - (Varying lengths and ratings.)

All the fun little one-shots and drabbles I've posted on here end up under this heading, with some cool moon references added for extra tone. You'll find the Beater!Remus drabble in here, as well as the Peter fics. Fluff and angst mostly (some humor here and there.) The majority is Wolfstar; there is one in there that is Poly!Wolfstar+Tonks. Also some art!

Ouroboros - (Rated T, 12,393 words.)

Remus taking care of his estranged father at the end of Lyall's life, and having to come to terms with his own feelings. Extremely angsty, extremely unreliably narrated. Technically part of the Satellites series; this is a divergence from the LTL plotline (so same background for Remus) and directly references it in parts. Can be read on its own just fine.

A Matter of Interpretation - (Rated M, 2,183 words.)

My interpretation of what actually happened with "the prank." Attempts to address the reality of hot-headed teenagers and their behavior. Literally no one comes out of this clean. It's angsty, but in a matter-of-fact kind of way.

for him. - (Rated T, 6.090 words.)

Remus & Harry bonding time. Realistic "pranks" that have nothing to do with magic and everything to do with Teenagers Doing Dumb Teenager Shit. Simple but candid discussions of sexuality. Also one of my favorite Remus vs Snape scenes I've ever written. Wolfstar, but no prior relationship. Mostly humor with a bit of reasonable angst.

The Great Biscuit Calamity of 1978, and Other Such Disasters - (Rated T, 8,093 words.)

Remus and Sirius making gingerbread men, but also a little bit Remus having no patience for the gender binary. Wolfstar with background Hinny. Humor and fluff with an undercurrent of angst.

three knocks upon the door - (Rated E, 6,998 words.)

A dark casefic that goes wildly off the rails, and my first foray into femslash. A rare Lily/Tonks with low key background Wolfstar! (And another rarepair, if you squint!) Possibly one of my favorite fics I've ever written. 18+, please mind the tags!!

Where the Wild Thyme Grows - (Rated M, 7,000 words.)

My first ever high fantasy fic! Featuring Dad!Sirius and a slightly unhinged Remus (and we love him for it.) Also Arthur and Molly being adorable together. It is a horror fic, though, so be warned! Dark themes and graphic depictions of injuries within.

Applied Theory - (Rated M, 5,428 words - WIP)

My Wolfstar Enemies-to-Lovers Academia AU! Raw posted here and ported straight to AO3. French!Sirius and Welsh!Remus. Includes technical discussions of magical theory (occasionally AP formatted), Shenanigans, and more French dialogue than I had any right using. Great fun though. :)

I've also made a masterlist of all my fic playlists here, if you're interested!

[breaniebree]

Can you show us some of your planning process? How do you organize your notes/timelines/spreadsheets? ASC is such a complex and intricate story I'm curious to see how such an enormous project is organized

I am not as organized as one would think.  I do not plan ahead very well, but I’m very good at organizing what I do have.  I’ve said it before but I don’t write chronologically, I usually am writing 2-6 chapters at the same time because I am constantly jumping around.  I wrote chapter 218-219 almost two full years before I got to the part in the story to use them.  I write what I want and what I feel like writing at that moment.  I don’t really have a chapter guideline, I have no idea how long this story will go, and my WIP notes are very limited.

But once I am into the story, my notes are EXTREMELY detailed.  I do have a time line and separate documents for the following:

Character lists and family trees

General notes on: Political stuff, bills I’ve written, the sacred 28 document I wrote, tattoos mentioned, important dates, moon cycle dates of Remus’ life, classes I’ve invented (what they are about, who teaches them etc), textbook list per school year, notes on each Animagus form and information about their animals, actual time tables I wrote up Monday to Friday for Harry’s third/fourth, and fifth year, details of Zee and Tonks’ engagement rings, history and outline of Dante’s circles of hell with notes on how to incorporate into story, notes on pregnancy, character’s wands, geographic locations of characters, and any other little notes I think are important but don’t belong in the bullet points at the end of my current WIP chapter

History and ancestry of each family (from Harry Potter Lexicon, Pottermore, Harry Potter wiki, and my own personal creations).  This also includes manor information for Potter, Black, Longbottom, Nott, and Malfoy.

Hogwarts lay-out including stuff I’ve added or made up

Ministry of Magic departments and people (known and created)

List of spells (including ones I’ve made up and which chapter and which character introduced it to who)

List and pictures of Sirius’ motorbikes with information on each one

List of Pensieve memories and marauder moments (crossed out which ones I’ve shared already, some are written and waiting to be used and others just a general idea)

Terms and phrases from different languages I’ve used in the past

My playlist of songs I have mentioned in the story

An entire document dedicated to Operation FUVP including a Voldemort timeline which I have now shared in the story itself (also includes when and where each character found the Horcruxes)

A list of some of the recipes I mentioned, and

I have a 72 page document that is literally just detailed chapter summaries to help me remember what the hell I’ve written LOL (also highlights introductions to new characters in a different font colour to help me find out when people were introduced).

Here is my organized documents if that helps -- the Chapter Summaries is most important lol.  And this is my current storyboard:

Hinny rain

wolves?

Wandless Magic — class in 6th year

twins

Misha/Sorcha

OP KSB

RS scene

Blaise/Draco

Patronus? Good vs. dark?

Hope that answers your questions!  As I said, my current writing is really not that well organized.  

[penelope-garcia]

hey courtney can i get a playlist? i'm 99% sure you know my name by now ;)

:)))))

N: Never Ending Circles- CHVRCHES

O: One Dance- Drake

S: Should I Stay Or Should I Go- The Clash

H: Hurricane- Bridgit Mendler (i’ve had this song stuck in my head all day haha)

I: In My Place- Coldplay (also extra song: listen to green eyes by coldplay off the same album and tell me its not the most hinny song of all time asdsdfdhgjgkhj)

N: Nightingale- Demi Lovato

send me your name and i will make a playlist out of the letters!

[sizeisnoguarantee-archive-blog]

Once upon a time there was a meeting of minds The sun and the moon made a deal with the sky One would take the morning and the other the night Together they would blanket the world with light But the moon had a shadow, he felt like a liar The sun was the only one who carried the fire The sun saw this, she kept on glowing Bound to the moon, never saying, "you owe me"

She said I'll shine on you (shine on you) I will shine on you (shine on you) I will shine on you (shine on you) I will shine on you