#i'm trying to get a lot of the ouat au written before i try to write any supergirl robin stuff but i do have a tiny bit written

[snowangeldotmp3]

Hey, Jacket Anon here again, back on my nonsense train!

Will Nancy have Cora and/or Zelena equivalents? I'm sorry, I'm sure you've laid out her tragic backstory but I can't find it >.<

Also, we've established the Black Widow Nancy truth, do you have a superhero Robin truth?

Also also, do you like Maya Hawke's music?

ah, this is actually where i split from any ouat canon! (and don't worry, i haven't really laid out a tragic backstory yet, so, i'll give some of that here!)

so nancy does not have cora/zelena equivalents (though karen in this is...not always the best lol, she tries.) nancy has magic, and her mother makes her marry an older king, but karen is nowhere near "queen of hearts" level. in this version also, her family is brought over with the curse, but the catch is that nobody in her family remembers who she is. (it's because she doesn't want them to remember all the awful stuff she'd done in the Enchanted Forest, and since nancy is the only one who actually remembers what happened in the Enchanted Forest, it would only cause her more pain for her to act like everything was fine when she remembers the last interaction she had with all of them...so...)

for superhero Robin, yes i do! i have a supergirl Robin au that i'm working on! it's nothing too big, and it's just a one-shot that i've been meaning to work on for awhile, but never had the energy too lol. But the basic premise is Robin is Supergirl and Nancy is Lois Lane (because ultimately Lois Lane fit Nancy better than Lena Luthor, so it'll be a mix of Supergirl and Superman lore oops...) but Robin really just strikes me as a Supergirl type! Plus writing Red Kryptonite Robin is very fun.

and yes i do!! my fave songs are probably Menace, Animal Enough, and Mermaid Bar!!

[snowbellewells]

Tag Game

Rules: Go to your published works on Ao3 and list the first fic you ever published there, the last fic you published, any fic that you wrote for a fandom/ship only once, your favorite fic you wrote in the fandom/ship that has the most works, the fic you wish more people read, the fic you agonized over the most, the fic that sprang fully formed from your mind without any effort, and a work you are proud of- for whatever reason.

@kmomof4 tagged me in this - Thanks Krystal! (Sorry it took me so long to answer! ;p

First fic: "Start of the Dance" is the first one I posted on A03. Before that I was happily posting away in the Criminal Minds and Castle fandom on ff.net for ages - back before I even discovered Tumblr! Krystal though, convinced me to go over to A03 and create an account, largely to join the first-ever @cssns event, so I did. This one was one of my earliest CS one shots, and it ended up getting posted even before I posted the event fic I created the account for. I wrote a LOT of fic at the end of season three/ahead of season four, and this was one of my favorites from that span of time.

Last fic: I can almost guarantee it won't be literally my "last" fic, but the current last fic on my A03 dashboard is "Carolina Moon" my Nora Roberts inspired AU from the 2023 @cssns. It's still ongoing, and I promise more is coming soon! I'm not purposefully leaving you waiting.

Only Once: So, I discovered when I went to answer this one that most of the ships or fandoms I only wrote for once stayed over on my ff.net profile. The best I can do with one that has transferred over to AO3 is my @cssns18 one shot "Tasting Forever". This fic is still one of my favorites and has gotten more reviews and comments than almost anything else I've ever posted. It leans very heavily on the plot and characters of another show called Moonlight, and I seriously put Killian, Emma, and the other OuaT characters into the roles from that show, then made my own spin on the idea. I do have one other Moonlight fic, but apparently, I have never migrated it over to A03. It's called "Forever Waiting" - and I would love to have you read it - but you'll have to read it on ff.net until I make that correction! I also have a little one shot from the LotR fandom. (Not that I would ever think to change or tinker with Tolkien, but it's a little moment he didn't write between Merry and Eomer, at Theoden's graveside.) You can find it here "Simbelmyne" - clearly I still need to move all the older stuff to A03.

Favorite fic for the fandom I've written in most: That is a REALLY hard question, Krystal!! What are you doing to me?!?Okay, for reals, I will try.... (Well, I've got a top three - for now - at least)

I've always been partial to this one shot written between 3a and 3b (I even managed to squeeze Graham into it: "Ghost of Christmases Past" I am really proud of this short MC that I set in the Victorian time period and tried to make darker and more mysterious than my usual story. It was originally for the @csrolereversal fic and art event, and I had so much fun working on it, and surprising my usual readers with its tone/vibe: "The Case of the Heart in Armor" And I still love my werewolf AU MC I wrote for the first @cssns Many people have done much better and more amazing werewolf fics since, but I had wanted to try it for ages, I had some much fun doing it, and it still is a favorite for me: "Run to Me (in the Dead of Night)"

The fic I wish more people read: I am so grateful for any kudos or comment I get, but I have always wanted these to one shots to get more views and comments: "Moonlit Ghosts" and "Got My Angel Now" And I was always particularly proud of my short MC "Villain's Happy Ending" and want to tell more people to check it out and let me know what they think of it. Lastly, though I know the main pairing is Liam x Belle and so it probably never will, I always want to have people read "Looking for a Heart (that's not Walking Away)" I loved letting characters like Belle and Henry really shine, and exploring more of what Liam would have been like if we saw more of him. I loved writing it and was really proud of how it turned out, but I don't know that many people have read it.

The fic I agonized over the most: Sheesh, that's a hard one. The sensible answer would probably be my last year's @cssns22 fic "Believing Impossible Things" (since it still isn't done - I really do apologize!) But probably any of the ones where I attempted real love scenes (smut) in them. That tends to make me more than a bit anxious and to worry over each little sentence and word.

I also agonized a lot over my Music Man AU "Foot Caught in the Door (This Time)" for @captainswanmoviemarathon (Probably why it still only has one chapter ;p ) People were so kind and generous in their feedback and excitement for it, but I psyched myself out, because I love the musical so much and worry about doing it justice!

The fic that sprang fully formed from my mind without any effort: I can't really say that this ever happens for me. Not the whole fic, completely formed. Usually a certain scene comes to me - and it might be very vivid and complete - but then I have to come up with the rest of the story where it belongs!

A fic that I'm proud of, for whatever reason: 😘 It was hard to think of something that I hadn't already mentioned above, but I am quite proud of my one shot collection "Of Swans and Swords and Hopeful Hearts" - now 50 some stories strong. It's a good compendium of the sort of stories I write, the show arcs I most love, and the characters I really like to give a little more missing moments. A lot of those stories did just what I set out for them to do, and they take me back to that particular phase of the show, watching for the first time, and what I was feeling and wondering.

[phiralovesloki]

Hi, this is your CS Secret Santa! I'm so excited to get to know you over the next few weeks :) Firstly, I hope you are coping with the craziness of this year, I know it has been difficult for many for several reasons but I hope my little gift will bring a little bit of happy escapism! I'll be writing a fic, so let me know what your favourite tropes are, your preferences, as well as anything that's a no-go and I can work on something you'll hopefully love. I'm looking forward to getting started!

Hi, Secret Santa! It’s nice to e-meet you!

This has indeed been a crazy year! I’ve been lucky that both my spouse and I have kept our jobs and can work from home, although doing that and handling kids at the same time has been ... ... ... ... challenging. Having a second kid during a pandemic is not advisable, no matter how damn cute they happen to be! Thank goodness for the upcoming break!

How about you? Will you have a break coming up, or just a handful of days off for any holidays? How have you been managing during this unprecedented historical fuckero? What do you miss the most about life in the Before Times? What’s been getting you through in the meantime?

I could definitely use some escapism, and I LOVE fic, so I’m thrilled! I will try to list some ideas here. I’ll put it under a cut!

- I love anything related to Hook and Emma from earlier seasons learning that they will fall in love. I’ll admit that I’ve written some of this kind of fic and had some of it written for me, so I’m already pretty spoiled! But I just really love the idea of two people resistant to the idea that they’re going to be together having to come to terms with it, or maybe even handling denial about it while they try to figure out what’s going on.

- I like tropes with a twist. For example, whenever I would get prompts that seemed like Hook or Emma should take up a particular role, I’d flip around the roles. Or I’d mash two weird tropes together and see what would shake out. Or take a trope that I felt like everyone else had done before and twist it a bit to see if it worked in a different context, or with a different ending.

- I don’t mind AUs of particular TV shows/books/movies/etc, although I do not love 1-for-1 AUs where it’s just the original piece of media, with all the same plot points and dialogue, etc., but with OUAT characters shoe-horned in. But I think that goes along with the previous point, because the piece of media itself is an expectation, and adding CS/OUAT to it can twist it up in a fun way.

- I love canon divergence a lot! My favorite is 3B divergence, although not the same as the (AMAZING) renaissance that’s been going on where Pan’s curse doesn’t happen. I like stuff where 3A ends the same way or similarly, but stuff goes sideways after that. I love it so much that my first two OUAT fics ever were both 3B divergence.

- I love the ball scene from the CS movie waaaaaay too much and cannot seem to articulate why!!

If I think of anything else, I’ll share it with you!