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[rubiesintherough]

BLOG WIDE MEME CALL??   just   REPLY TO THIS POST  and let me know which of my muses you want things from, i’ll send them your way.  as many as you want.  or you can just   LIKE THIS POST  for a random assortment of them sent your way.  

if also a multimuse, you can lemme know which muse(s) of yours you want things for, otherwise they’ll be left open for you to pick! open to any and all mutuals, whether we’ve interacted before or not.

[icedthoma]

Hello 🥺I’m going around asking people that I follow if they can give any tips about “how to start a blog” such as yours, also what is your process for making headcanons/full length fanfics? Thank you if you answer this :D

Hi!! Here are some things I’ve picked up throughout my whole year of being here (I apologize if what I say has already been said habsjsns)

I’d reccomend establishing a rules page early on if you decide to take requests so people know a general idea of what they’ll find on your blog + what is okay for them to request, like if your blog is sfw or not 👍 

Organization! A navigation post, masterlist, etc., all those things will definitely help a lot!

When starting out, just. Write. Write what you love for who you love, write whatever self indulgent stuff you can think of, all that matters is you’re enjoying what you’re doing! Notes or followers Will come with time, so you just gotta keep putting yourself out there! It may seem daunting at first, but if you genuinely like what you’re writing, others will definitely be drawn to it!

Making friends with other writers. That’s something I’m still trying to work more on bc I suck at socializing but I love having people I can chat with about writing and learn from. You don’t have to do this alone!

Read a lot! Good writing comes from reading good writing, and there’s a difference between learning from someone’s writing style and straight up copying. Please don’t plagiarize. 

Sometimes I’ll come across a line that just hit hard, and I’m like well why did it resonate with me so much? I go back and look at the types of imagery used, sentence structure, etc.

Or sometimes I’ll reread a fic series, but this time taking note of how the author laid out each series of events during this painstakingly awesome slowburn so I can learn how to plan longer fics better. 

Anyway, learning from other writers is totally okay! 

That’s kind of all I got for blog tips? The last four are straight up diving into writing territory rather than blog tips smH 

I’m a mess when it comes to these kinds of things 

My writing process is under the cut bc i got excited

Well when it comes to writing requests I literally just scroll through my inbox until I pass a request that sends a light bulb through my head, usually it being a certain scene or a concept, or maybe a way I want that request to end. 

Then I pull out ye olde laptop and build around that, sometimes working backwards from the scene or ending, or, usually for fics, write a small summary of what I want to happen that I can refer to later

When I’m writing headcanons I’m a lot less stiff if that makes any sense, like I enjoy the freedom the bullet points give me, and how it’s okay to have like one line that’s just “todoroki.exe has stopped working” or move to another topic or scene more often unlike when I’m writing fics, idk skhdskjs

Essentially it’s like a fic in bullet point format, but the paragraphs are a lot smaller and it moves quicker than fics bc all you’re really doing is spilling your thoughts in a less strung together way.

For hcs its mainly the struggle of getting those first few lines down, the rest comes easily once I get into the flow of it and begin to have a clearer idea of where I want to take it.

When I have an idea for a fic I want to write, request or not, I always try my best to think about the ending first.This is something I learned that truly helps a lot. 

So many times I would give up on fics because I would hit a wall I couldn’t get over no matter how many times I tried. 

But ever since I started writing with an end in mind, things got easier bc I had a point to work the plot towards. And it’s okay if the ending changes along the way!

I don’t really know how to explain my process when I’m actually writing tho. I watch it play out in my head like a movie and I just write it! The whole time I’m always thinking, how will this lead towards the conclusion? 

I take a lot of inspiration from songs, too, whether it’s the kind of vibes I want for that piece or the story being told in the song itself. 

I really hope this could be useful to you, I haven’t really ever gotten asked for advice with this kind of stuff before asjhdskdks

I wish the best of luck to you in your writing endeavors, and hmu when u start posting omg i’d love to read your writing

[armourheld]

SHIPPING INFO.                              Answer the following for your muse(s) so people                              know how shipping works on your blog.

REPOST.                 Don’t reblog.

WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE?:   I like to imagine that’s a pretty obvious answer but I’ll just state it here. Reibert is ultimately my OTP for Reiner; quite possibly followed be Reiner/Marcel.  However, I’m open to most ships on the SNK fandom; even though I find it’s much better / easier to ship with males due to the fact that Reiner is canonly gay - which they continue to hint in shows like a Spoof On Titan. 

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RP WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?:   WOAHHH OKAY HERE’S A LIST. So I’m really... REALLY down for platonic relationships; like I’d sell my soul for some sort of bond between Reiner & Annie due to the time they spent together; even though I believe it’s probably an unusual bond due to the way Reiner dissociates && lots of other factors to be fair. I am also a big fan of Hateshipping ! As Reiner is the main villain in the whole of this; there’s obviously people who will hate him but love him at the same time. I do like just normal rels though, they’re the sweetest. But I need CHEMISTRY or OOC discussion or nothing. :’ )

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?: 10+ ?? idk it really intimidates me to ship with an adult when someone is a teenager / young. I just am not comfortable with it && I hope people can understand that ?? Sure some ships may seem cool to some people, but not for me. It’s borderline gross. Any age thing with someone underage is also not cool, man. I’m not into that LMAO.

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?:   Yes && No? Reiner I think is really hard to fall in love with; because you’ll only be falling in love with one side of him most likely if you’re a member of the 104th. I think with ships I support I’m more comfortable, but ships that aren’t really on my radar it takes me time to get into. As long as Reiner and your muse have that... romantic bond that y’all want, I’m so down for it. Otherwise we may have to take our time, unfortunately :’)

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NS/FW?: Good Question! I think that is when you go out through the border of intense make out to lips and / or hands going down below. I personally am not ready to go that far with anyone yet, so please forgive me. Nudity && all of that I consider to be nsfw, but normally it’s just anything that seems to be something I’d rather not be seeing kids progressing into. 

WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH?: OHOH I LIKE THIS. Bertolt. I haven’t explored it with a partner in general I will post Reibert like no tomorrow if I could... I’m just trying to keep people from being bored of my blog or thinking I’m too bias / one sided. MARCEL is also my favourite because i think they could have gotten somewhere if he had survived ?? i wish there was more art to it :(  Part of me also wants to explore things with muses such as Christa/Historia. But that probably wouldn’t go too far as it’s more a soldier/warrior thing. Personally ? There are a few more secret things I ship, but those three are possibly the main I haven’t explored too much & want to do more. 

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?:   PLEASE DO. I don’t like having ships sprung upon me it’s just kind of... awkward ? Some muses naturally go hand & hand walking down the sunset but some others can really struggle to do the same. I’ve had bad experiences in the shipping department with certain types of characters / muns & I don’t want to get into that issue once more. 

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP?:   ??? ehhh depends on the mood ! rn im in a really shippy mood ??? so yE HMU WITH THAT GOOD SHIPPING !!!!!! Otherwise it can be really weird, like some things im in the mood for ? but i can go months without showing interest when DUDE I AM INTERESTED. 

ARE YOU MULTISHIP?: Definitely. I don’t think I could do anything else ngl. There’s just too many countless possibilities to explore & I want to make sure i do as much as possible. However, if you are more comfortable with single ship, just let me know ! Together we can make a formal decision, whatever the costs. Ship exclusivity is an option as well !!

ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?:

??? tbh not really ? Like i know I post shit of my otp a lot, but i really value threads wherein characters explore any type of relationships. I want more threads with Reiner where someone calls him out on his bullshit / threads where we fight etc. But then I also want some good lowkey romance stuff... so U KNOW. It’s the same with Jean, I want fights, I wANNA PUNCH EREN AND THEN MAYB SMOOCH HIM IF I FEEL LIKE IT.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?:   Jeanmarco sorry not sorry.

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?: You get in my inbox, slam dunk messages & proceed to tell me ur interested in shipping & can we please. Then tbh 9/10 times I’m going to say yes so ?????? love me bc i want to ship with most of u guys k & thank u !