#blondiepoll

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okay. another curiosity.

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i'm curious! assuming the work is complete, and all other factors are equal (writing style, characterization, genre, etc)...

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going based on title ONLY, which oneshot WIP should i work on tonight [after i have gotten my little errands done?]

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question time.........

because of who i am as a person one of my favorite things to write is Weird Sexual Roleplay For Emotional Purposes [see: i want to hold you (hostage) chapter 4]. today i come to you seeking opinions for an upcoming WIP. i do not promise to abide by the results of this poll because i always do as i please. however, i am curious. [the work in question is femslash if that matters]

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i'm leaving to do my job and want to give the caveat that this will probably have zero impact on what i do because my brain doesn't obey me BUT since i'm struggling to decide which WIP to work on next. poll time.

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based on what you know about me as an author & on the summary below, how do you predict bury us both will end?

Mello is demonstrably capable of killing, and has perhaps more reason to want Near dead than anyone else on the face of the earth. They were once rivals, and Near knows a fragment of that resentment lingers even now. She is also likely the only person who could successfully bring Mello to justice, so her very existence is a threat to Mello’s, in a sense. If that weren’t enough, there is the fact that Mello could make a fortune, too, were she to kill Near. There are no shortage of people who would pay a handsome sum to see L’s head on a platter.

And it would be so simple for her to do it, so easy. She’s had countless opportunities— the two of them alone, Near in all kinds of vulnerable positions, any number of potentially deadly weapons within reach— but she’s never taken one. Despite having every possible motive and every possible chance, Mello has not killed her. On more than one occasion, she’s even protected Near.

This is how she knows Mello loves her in her way, even if she has not said it aloud. Even if it isn’t enough to make her stay.

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Mello and Near through the years, in love and in agony.

no results button bc i want to force you to decide. sorry!

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I'M CURIOUS... fic writers who have both smut and non-smut stories posted:

NOTE: if it's complicated [like you get more engagement for smut fics on one ship but more engagement for non-smut on another fic] either answer what you think is more common as a trend or just say "i'm not sure" :-)

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out of curiosity.

apply this question to whichever sort of schooling you've been in most recently [whether that's high school, undergrad, graduate school, whatever].