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thursdayinspace · 1 year ago

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20 questions for 20 writers

tagged by @thatfragilecapricorn30 @randomfoggytiger and @baronessblixen thank you!! <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 21

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 70.063 -- this is my new AO3, so that's why it's still so low, haha.

3. What fandoms do you write for? Only X-Files now.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? spectacular (glasses sex!), it's the day the world didn't end, from this morning forward (that makes me so happy), got you covered, wild side

5. Do you respond to comments? yes. if I ever don't, I'm sorry, it's not because i didn't love your comment, but i just don't get around to it right away sometimes. but i try to reply to every single one because i love them all.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? ohhh. i don't write super angsty endings . . . I guess mend into pieces bc it's season 2 and they know they're making a mistake, but we all know they'll figure it out eventually, so.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? they pretty much all end happily. i'm going to more or less randomly pick five ways to say i love you. because i loved writing that ending.

8. Do you get hate on fics? so, okay. there are two stories here i want to tell from an old fandom. one is funny. one is kind of great, really?

the funny one: i got a looooong comment on a fic, like several paragraphs long, going into great detail about why the fic sucked and why i sucked and why i had personally offended them by writing fic at all. they obvs meant to comment anonymously but forgot to log out. by the time i got to my computer, they had deleted their entire account. of course i had their name in the ao3 email. i laughed so hard at that.

the kind of amazing one: i got a very rude anon on tumblr, and i responded by saying i'd be happy to discuss their criticism, but i wasn't going to have a conversation with a hockey puck with sunglasses, and asked them to come off anon so we could talk. and they did! they showed up in my dms a short while later. we solved nothing and did not part as friends, but i actually have mad respect for that. wherever they are today, i hope they have taken some anger management classes and are doing well!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? yeah, i certainly do. idk what kind? the porny kind? lol no i mean it's kind of lame but fun.

10. Do you write crossovers? i wrote a stargate atlantis/firefly crossover centuries ago but that was it. or maybe start trek with sth else, i don't remember.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? not to my knowledge.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? i don't think so, no.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? yes! it's so much fun and i would do it again.

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship? mulder and scully!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? i plan to finish all of them.

16. What are your writing strengths? it used to be dialogue but i don't think it is anymore. idk? i think i can create an atmosphere?

17. What are your writing weaknesses? i tend to repeat myself a lot and then skip over other things completely. i'm not good with transitions between scenes.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? i haven't done it, but if it would make sense for a fic, i might do it.

19. First fandom you wrote for? stargate atlantis. i was very late to the fanfic party.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? it's called 'ellipsis' and is still with the beta. but of the ones i've already posted, either from this morning forward or yesterday's future.

Randomfoggytiger added additional questions:

1. Is writing a hobby or way of life? i mean it's a hobby but it's definitely also a way of life. there isn't ever a time when i don't think about writing and everything all the time connects in some way to a thing i'm writing and i can't imagine what i'd do without writing.

2. A journal full of writing notes or a clean, completed manuscript? completed manuscript! or notes? uhh . . . both?

3. Who (or what) is your writing inspiration? everything. random things. i can't think of one specific thing, it can be literally anything.

4.Which is worse: someone you "idolize" reading your first draft or listening to you sing? both thoughts are equally awful lol

5. Has writing from someone else's POV ever changed your own perspective? yeah, i think so. not in any big way, but about smaller stuff, just the way i look at certain things? yes.

6. Tumblr, AO3, LiveJournal, or FFN? ao3!!! my tinkerbell brain loves the comment section, haha. also it's just so much nicer to read on ao3 and there's the download option, so also as a reader, def ao3.

7. AO3 wordcount, and are you satisfied with it? 70.063 - no, i'm not satisfied with it. i used to write multi-chapters with more words. but it's a new account so yeah starting small again.

8. What movie/book/fic gripped you irrevocably? jasper fforde's 'thursday next' series. it's where i stole my name from. literary detectives? oh man. it's the kind of story where you wish you'd had the idea first. go read it!!!!!

9. What's the highest compliment you could ever be given, and have you been given it? i am really really lucky to have been given so many amazing compliments and i appreciate every single one. i couldn't say what means the most to me . . . probably when it's personal to the commenter? when someone tells me sth i've written touched them in some way. bc that's what i want to achieve.

10. What defines your writing style? lol idek man pretentious purple prose? i think i live somewhere between overuse of metaphors and focus on the rhythm of a text. i love writing in english bc it flows so nicely. idk is trying to make it sound nice a style bc then that's at least what i'm going for.

who hasn't been tagged? no pressure tags for @backintimeforstuff @nachosncheezies @actual-changeling and everybody else who wants to!

#this was fun thanks for tagging me!#i get so excited every time i get tagged in sth it makes me feel so cool lol #and these are always so much fun

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soranker · 11 months ago

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98 lovemail doodles >_<

#trigun #meryl stryfe #milly thompson #nicholas d wolfwood #i was able to convince my friend to start 98 after we got back from AX HAHA and so i wanted to doodle the gang again ^_^#it's so funny how i always draw trimax ww super grumpy but then my 98ww is always such a goofy goober BAHAHA #trimax ww is still pookie to me tho dont get it twisted!!! ^_^#but yeah it's fun to decide how i want to differentiate between the different versions of ww #also i love 98 meryl so much she is so let me speak to the manager core (heart eyes)#and the color palette for vash i referenced from the lost july episode bc I LOVE IT SOOOO MUCH THE COLORS IN THE PLANT STATION SCENES #idk what it is abt it but it tickles my brain. so pretty T__T #man im fr that type of artist who is posting different versions of the same drawings on different platforms LOL #but yall on tumblr and ig get it better imo hehe. when i post on twitter im like fucket whatever #i usually dont post on tumblr/ig until a day or two later so by then i make a couple of changes/finish stuff/color stuff #so here u go enjoy the colored versions of these doodles HAHA

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lemongogo · 9 months ago

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life of regret

#fiddleford mcgucket #fiddleford #gravity falls #my art #no way . i had all of these tags written out on mobile ab stanford and fiddleford post fallout and it CRASHEDDDD #THEYRE GONEEEWW (slipping thru my fingers like sand)#whag freaking ever . i was just talking about how i always forget theres a pocket of time between their split and fords disappearance #and how crazy it is that i had no idea fidds used the gun on ford until last month #it just unlocked smt in my brain thats all.👐 and then i said i was smashing my head w a rock. maybe even 20❤️#tbh i was neutral on fidds back then but i rly rly like him now T_T .. power of other fidd enjoyers lifting me up #i had a lot of fun coloring this one but i didnt know what exactly i wanted to do w it . i had fidds and the gun all finished #but i was like uhhh.. >added the wrapped light #and then i added a whole bunch of scribbled soc of the blind eye symbols but it was waay too crowded/busy #i wish i couldve found a way to keep them😧 u know when HAHAHAHAH u know those ugly like #math prints of just random equations . thats what it started looking like n i had 2 tap out #editing 2 say i posted this and i had that panic NOOO WAIT ITS JOT FINISHED but I Will be Okay.<say it w me #if i spend too much time on it ill just overwork it and then never share so -__-

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doctormori · 8 months ago

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I love this book to death, so here's some things I noticed <3

#hyde being short is quite possibly my favourite thing ever #this isnt me jabbing at the takes that stray from the book #just btw XD #i think thats a big reason why i love it so much is that theres a WEALTH of inspiration that can be taken from the jekyll and hyde trope #theres so much out there i love #that being said #ive been buzzing about jekyll n Hyde recently because of this game that blindsided me with a jekyll n hyde trope #its always fun seeing it out in the wild #as seldom as that is LMAO #if anyones curious though its called vampire therapist and its a character named dr drayne #very cute and very fun game 💕💕#jekyll and hyde #the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde #dr jekyll #mr Hyde #also talking about blindsided by gothic lit blorbos #saw an animated Jekyll and hyde movie at the DOLLARSTORE for 5 smackaroos #easiest 5bucks i ever spent #literally the funniest shiy ive ever seen highly recommend watching it pals #its also on youtube for free and its in that so bad its good category for me

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turtleblogatlast · 1 year ago

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Leo learns something about himself 🏳️‍⚧️

Based roughly on this old post.

Bonus:

[Leo is taking the fact that he was born biologically female simultaneously very well and also not so well but overall he’s mostly coping with the fact that it was Draxum that just essentially gave him the turtle equivalent of ‘The Talk’.]

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #trans leonardo #trans leo #rottmnt headcanons #turtle art tag #rise draxum #happy pride everyone~#if you’re wondering why there’s no backgrounds that’s because my files got messed up so just blankness in the bg sorry #but yeah!#this is forever and always my fav headcanon for Leo it makes too much sense to me #I wanted to make sure I got it done in time for pride haha #I don’t know if it’s obvious by the end but Draxum ran off because he was for once doing something nice for Leo #that being leading him somewhere else not in front of everyone so Leo can process the fact that he was born female in peace haha #(but he also just - wanted to avoid the ensuing awkward Talk as long as he could lol)#“how would Leo NOT know’’ he had an inkling but never thought much of it because he’s a teenage turtle mutant with no access to healthcare #also yeah that’s splinter’s hand at the end there I just KNOW he’d want those pics #also also - Leo here can technically be trans or even intersex in some way too #both is good #making this made me remember why I never do color #at least for comics #it just takes sooo long #but it was fun and worth it for my fave hc #this is like the first time I’ve drawn Draxum and man he’s kinda hard to draw #also their sizes are just 1 2 and 3 because Draxum had a simple system in place for sizing his subjects #(aka I was too lazy to think of anything else to put there)#also dunno if anyone noticed but look at Raph’s paper and look at his baby’s self’s photo

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caguaydreams · 1 year ago

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a quick UPA inspired Starscream

#Starscream #Transformers #This approach is so much fun #Rooty Toot Toot is peak #and her character always kinda reminds me of Star so welp 🌟✨💥#caguaydraws

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retquits · 11 days ago

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designed monroe's (late) parents 💙

#my art #it was really fun counter-engineering his genetics LOL #i love these two and their story so so so much it's a shame they were always turbo doomed #fields of mistria #farmer monroe #<- tangentially #ocs #art #artists on tumblr #reference sheet #MK/RET #character design

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tillydouspart · 20 days ago

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mannerisms

#no dialogue. you guys can imagine it <3 #these are the kind of little things that i adore about secret identities well done #gtws #goodtimeswithscar #grian #desert duo #hermitcraft #life series #hotguy #cuteguy #aaahhh i have too many thoughts about them that i still need to sort out but i love spinning them in my head #i think making secret identities work is tricky...#the two-sided interactions are always so fun but it's easier for them to make sense if they don't know each other much as civilians #i tend to think way too much about the practicality of these things #art tag #comic #but barely #anyway yeah. i care them.#also i was going for promare vibes on the colors for this one hope it kinda shows hsldkjflskdfs i love u promare my comfort movie #the coloring is a bit all over the place i shouldve stuck to my usual but well #i do like it #comics

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appystruda · 3 months ago

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spinning the idea of drawing famous artworks as mcyts again like i did with alphonse mucha's four seasons

#shep's design challenge you will always be famous #its so much fun to sort of try out different artistic styles and such #bapple rambles

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delicourse · 1 month ago

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Falin🌷

#falin touden #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #deliart #hii its been a while lol #this is one of those artworks that normally would never see the light of day bc i wanna redo it from scratch. but i wont this time!#working on letting go more bc always redoing entire pieces takes up so much energy #and guess who just found out they got anemia!! and other fun deficiencies. so that explains the perma exhaustion for years #either way i really hope there are still tulips out there... i feel like tulip season is over.. didnt wanna be late seasonally againnn #also the rodents are supposed to be harvest mice! but i think they ended up looking a bit hamster like...probs bc i look at one every day #btw i got a hamster also. she is a beautiful silver mink girl! 4 months old now!! i love her she is fixing me<3 #anyway look at this extremely detailed and time consuming tulip field. also falin. and mice. :)

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skialdi · 3 months ago

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👊🏻💥Choose your fighter

I’ve been wanting to draw something for @where-does-the-heart-lie Doki Doki Battle Academy Au. I absolutely love the designs and the concept for this fighting au. When I stumbled upon the laundromat photo, I just knew I had to draw them in it. Plus a laundromat seems like a legit place for a fight in a fighting game, especially if it’s old school street fighter style with the pedestrians in the background cheering them on.

#one piece #asl brothers #asl brothers + Uta #portgas d ace #monkey d luffy #Sabo #Uta #skialdi art #;; my art #digital art #anime art #fanart #one piece fanart #whery’s aus and design #peak as always #I had so much fun with this and I’m super pleased with the colors #I just should have made the image larger so it wouldn’t be quite so blurry oohp

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zorangezest · 4 months ago

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(switcherooau) your new everything :)

im retreating into my cave to work on some big ol oc projects now—have this while I’m gonee

#switcherooau #so in hindsight maybe it wasn’t a good idea to have the guy with omnipresent access to everything be in charge of the Internet #you have to subscribe or you get your internet revoked #or worse #radio host soundwave has always been a delight to think about #that like two minute clip in cyber verse where he’s a news anchor lives in my head rent free #I think I’ll be posting a lot more original stuff and oc stuff from now on—thank you everyone for liking my stupid tf art!!#this fandom has been so much fun and I’ve met some awesome people :))#I do have more tf content planned but I’m not sure when I’ll have the motivation to finish them because they are LONG comics #for now I will be in my cave…working on my kids…#transformers #soundwave #maccadam #starscream #tf art #comic #zorangetf

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thebrainrotsreal · 4 months ago

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Eve, Kate, Mark and Rex! Nailing some ideas down on how I wanna draw them in the future, and enjoying messing with their designs like usual! Not a fix-it whatsoever just fun + ref for the future! I cannot do realistic styles so translating them into something I can do while still being recognizable is peak. I will mess with Rex's suit more. Trust. I Kate so much now. Look at her <333333