#i'd go on but the puns are likely to get pretty repulsive

[singingkestrel]

Malice.

I mean, if there's anyone in HFW that screams malice, it's Erik Visser.

Though there might be some people out there who consider him more of a polarising figure?

...

He was outstanding in his chosen field, after all.

[everybodyknows-everybodydies]

20 questions for writers

tagged by @pia-writes-things - thank you! :D

(under the cut to save your dash)

How many works do you have on AO3?

64 at the moment!

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

145,151 in eleven years... same as with drawing I don't post 90% of what I do lol whoops

3. What fandoms do you write for?

currently TES has been getting the gears going the most, but ER is my perennial love - and once in a blue moon I am compelled to do something TLU! SM is still very dear to my heart but I've been pretty dry on fic inspiration/drive for it for a while now :(

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

these are ALL OLDER PIECES haha so don't look too closely: it still burns - fluffy OPM piece for Knight c: what else can I say! too cold for you here and now - fluffy little Makoami piece (are you sensing a pattern already...) featuring terrible puns, because I have always loved characters trying to make each other laugh you do it for her (that is to say you do it for him) - another one written for Knight; OPM/SM crossover. with TWO chapters! left, left, left right left - introspective Romano piece re: arm. I actually now disagree with some character choices I made in this one so seeing it still getting attention has me like no... this doesn't represent me... Across the Western Ocean I Must Wander - Makoami pirate AU. also not a oneshot! (shock!) I don't think it holds up as well as I'd like, but the premise still compels me and there's some cute moments :'D still VIVIDLY remember being up late on a class night listening to one song on repeat while working on The Kissing Scene™

5. Do you respond to comments?

almost always! it may take me a bit sometimes, but I do try to make sure I do

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

frankly idek - being completely honest, "angst" just as a word at this point turns me off so immediately and so hard that I can't engage with the concept that way. I prefer endings with some hope, but I like some emotional complexity too! all my baggage about fandom and "angst" is for. ANOTHER TIME

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

again I'm not totally sure how to answer this one! I guess Ocean? doesn't get much more stereotypically happily-ever-after than "and then they ran away together the end"

8. Do you get hate on fics?

no, thankfully! I've gotten the occasional comment here and there that make me go "??" but more just sort of confusing, not malicious as far as I can tell lol

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

sdlkghlsj sex-repulsed asexual here and not for the first time I say: I am reasonably confident nobody wants me doing that. it can happen but offscreen to spare me the inevitable mortification... fade-to-black is about as far as we go in the House Of Mouse sorry!!

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I have before! it's not my preferred stomping grounds but I like a good one. I don't know about "craziest" but wouldn't do us any harm I think is probably the funniest of the handful I've shared (again: written primarily for Knight! warning that it is from 2016 LOL)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not to my knowledge!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

also not to my knowledge!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

yes! baby Mouse ran a fic awards "show" (in the written medium obviously) with a friend back in like 2010 or 2011 on FFN... it was loads of fun!

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

just one?? if I have to choose then: Lizzie & the Bald Boys... my little driftwood raft that I've finally convinced a handful of other people aboard c':

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Makoami Princess and the Goblin AU :( still means a lot to me but SM just hasn't been where I've been drawn to write for a while!

16. What are your writing strengths?

dialogue + characterization is most often what I get compliments on (<3) - I'd like to think I have a fairly decent hand for little meaningful details too, but I think these more often than not end up just being for my own benefit because I like my symbolism subtle aha

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

LONGFORM... plugging together things into ordered chapters and maintaining momentum over longer spaces is my greatest struggle. I've had to come to terms with the fact that I'm much more a sprinter than a marathon runner, and it's been very freeing letting myself step outside of needing all the surrounding context to just do things as I come to them and then getting to string it all into chronology via series ordering

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

done well I find it really impressive! it's very hard to do well though ahaha.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

without the context of "fandom", the first story I ever wrote was about the Boxcar Children hanging out with me at age 6 (the entirety of chapter three was all of us singing the alphabet together and it was narratively crucial that this happen. for some reason.). with the context of knowing about fandom though, Scooby Doo at 11-12!

20. Favorite fic you've written?

of what's posted: Ocean has a lot of personal meaning because it was the first multichapter piece I was able to finish in several years, but on a technical level I've been really proud of some of the more layered pieces I've been practicing in the last year or so: Thermal Equilibrium and skipping stones I think are good examples of that :')

tagging: @knightnightwrite (I AM GOING TO GET YOU TO DO ONE OF THESE SOMEDAY <3 <3 <3), @wispstalk, @ehlnofay, @wonderofasunrise, and anyone else who wants to do it!! as always no obligation if you've been tagged and don't want to! except for Knight. beloved I am knocking on your door come PLAY WITH ME

[emptyspaaace]

If you're still doing the oc ask meme I'd love the professor with multiples of 5

I just realised I never did this whoops ok that’s a lot of questions Rae but ok

5. On an average day, what can be found in your characters pockets?

Anything and everything. No really, the Professor is that unfortunate person who can put something down without even realizing it, and often does. These things typically end up in lab coat pockets so on any given day the Professors pockets contain whatever was in hand fifteen seconds ago that can no longer be found... for example notes about patients, medical tools, pens, his reading glasses, stuff that Annie brought into the lab and forgot to take out with her and The Professor thought, huh, I should bring that back upstairs to her but somehow they just never make it into her hands... 

10. Does your character feel more comfortable with more clothing, or with less clothing?

More. The Professor is very reserved and... and you know very old fashioned, so always feels its appropriate to be wearing more clothing and that includes shirt, bowtie, waistcoat or sweater vest, all those ridiculous layers no one should ever really need.

15. Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not?

... yes, kind of. I think... the Professor isn’t so much materialistic so much as knows the value of stuff. The Prof didn’t have much growing up so appreciates being able to like... have things. Taking advantage of the ability to get things. so yeah they've got some nice china and some pretty throw pillows and waay too many fuckin bowties but I wouldn’t consider the professor spoiled.

20. In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism?

... when the professor was a lot, a lot younger, he felt pretty socially awkward compared to others. and then when he was a little older than that, he stopped caring about that and just thought of himself as smarter than everyone else. And then when he was a little older than that he probably noticed that he was fairly handsome compared to other people... and then a little while after that I think those feelings of otherness started to crop back up. Now he just feels older than everybody else and he hates it.

25. How quick is your character to suspect someone else? Does this change if they are close with that person?

The Professor is hugely paranoid. He’s one of those people who looks out the blinds to see if the neighbors are up to anything. He constantly thinks people are talking about him behind his back, finds insults in the tiniest little comments and frequently believes Annie is conspiring against him. I mean he’s fairly justified on that one but that isn’t the point. I think the only person he’s never suspicious about is Lore because Lore is a sweet angel who could never do anything wrong. In the Professors eyes at least.

30. What does your character find repulsive or disgusting?

Victor Not much actually I mean... hes a scientist/doctor, he’s pretty accustomed to blood and other gross things. Oh! Animals. Animal hair. Animal drool. The Professor likes to maintain this all-loving persona but this really only applies to human children or android children I guess he hates pretty much all animals, dogs, cats, anything that sheds or smells or drools, and honestly while we’re at it he doesn’t get on that well with most human adults either.

35. How does your character behave around people they like?

The Professor is one of the most warmhearted people on the planet. He will open his heart and his home to you, he will do the best he can to meet all your needs, and all he wants is for you to be happy. I mean just in general he’s a fairly talkative person, he likes interacting. He also makes horrible puns all the time. He likes terms of endearment too like darling, my dear, etc

40. How does your character treat people in service jobs?

Oh, very nice! until you fuck up. Honestly the key thing to remember about the professor is that he is so full of love and compassion but he’s also a salty old man who’s done with everyones shit. But I don’t think he’d ever really yell at a service worker, just get really salty and passive aggressive. Also to be fair he barely even leaves the house these days so this would rarely happen, if ever.

45. What does your character believe will happen to them after they die? Does this belief scare them?

The Professor has very conflicting feelings on death firstly because he’s a man of science and is one of those people who’s really obnoxious about not believing in god. well not really obnoxious but he’ll silently roll his eyes and maybe scoff a little whenever someone talks about religion. But he’s also a very firm believer in something. He does not think nothing happens after you die, that once you pass on that’s it, the entirety of you is over. And he thinks by rights, if he thinks there’s no god, but something else must happen, that he should be afraid of whatever that something is, but he kind of just isn’t because... well he’s already had his fair share of horribleness, what else could possibly go wrong. The biggest fear the Professor has about death is that there really is a god, and that when he gets there said god is just going to laugh at him for about a thousand years before flicking his ass into hell.