#id never delete a work from ao3 tho! everything i wrote is still up there

[hermits-that-craft]

hey I know you've retired now (yay!) from here but on the off-chance you see this: I just had the mother of all double-take moments after earlier this month re-discovering a fic from the early, early days of my dsmp fandomhood that I had been searching for for years. I saved it in my browser to read when I needed a moment of comfort, anyway today was the day I finally cracked out staying with the traitor again and the absolute FACE I pulled when I got to the end and it said "follow me on tumblr (hermits-that-craft)" like WAIT HOLD ON this entire time it was you!! anyway I know it was like 3 chapters long but that fic is legendary to me. thank you for writing it all that time ago and thank you for leaving it on ao3 even after you left our sphere behind :)

jkbhjd im so glad you refound it! there is actually a fourth chapter, and there was plans for a longer fic, but i was writing this during some of my final exams for that year, so i never ended up finishing it!

honestly its very heartwarming that you still enjoy it! im glad you found that fic, i hope it continues to bring comfort for as long as you need it!

[ashren]

Interview with a Fic Writer

Thanks for tagging me @socially-awkward-skeleton :3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

10 right now! I did have some fics on an old side blog that i forgot to move to Ao3 before deleting rip to those :,) but even then it would only be like ~14

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

33,229

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Most of my top 5 are from Check, Please because I wrote for that fandom a while ago so they've also been up for ages now! from

5-Duck and Cover (TOW- Felix's POV)

4-Waiting for the Opportune Moment (Check please! nurseydex)

3-Vacationland! (check please! nurseydex and also my first fic on Ao3 lol)

2- Bitty's Favorite Peach (check please! zimbits)

1- Bitty's Beer League (check please! zimbits au)

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I generally try to! But I also forget to a lot bc I forget to respond to literally everything 😭

I super appreciate every comment i get tho, truly 🥺💕

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

TBH i'm a sucker for happy endings bc idk the world sucks enough already (that's not to say i won't consume angsty media, i'm just not here to write it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

so p much all my fics have a happy ending lol. however, i do have some of Ren's pre Hope life written out and if i ever posted that as a fic it would 100% be the angstiest fic

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

haha yeah so they're all happy :,) but the "happiest" would probably Bitty's Beer League bc it's my longest fic and they're idiots who like each other but don't realize it

OR u could say the happiest ending is in Max Capacity bc that's the only smut i have up heheh 😏

7. Do you write crossovers?

Not that I've posted. They usually super self indulgent so I never bother polishing them up or anything

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Lol nope!

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

:^) I have One up and i have many half finished pieces scattered in my docs 😅

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not beyond just brainstorming before hand

13. What’s your all time favourite ship?

HARD ONE

Spideypool i think

I always go back to those two

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish, but don’t think you ever will?

Parvati's POV story 😭 i just lost steam on it immediately bc i hadn't figured out a lot of Ren's character yet, and now it's just sitting there while i obsess over pirates

15. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm pretty good at writing fluffy pieces! Like i said, i write a lot of happy stories so i've gotten a bit better at writing those cute fluffy moments

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

stealing from skelly, general descriptions 🙃

i tend to get so wrapped up in moving the story along that i forget to orient the reader in the space a lot of times

which is why editing for me is VERY important bc usually that means for me "adding in very important details ur reader needs to understand the story" lol

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

i don't do it bc i only know one language but i love it when authors do it in general!

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

........i was a kid, keep that in mind 😅

twas blink 182 rpf 😭 i grew out of that p quick and then i wrote for some small fandoms occasionally but Check Please was the first thing i posted to Ao3!

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet, but want to?

Many ships, probs too many to count, but for fandoms, probably the FAHC (fake AH crew/ Achievement Hunter GTA personas) or honestly spideypool! id love to write more marvel comics fanfic in general but i'm not as comfortable with their voices (yet)

20. What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

That I've published? Bitty's Beer League! It's the longest fic i have and i spent a lot of time on it when i wrote it, and even though it's not the polished piece ever, it's still a fun reread for me :)

That I haven't published yet? This Pirate Au, i'm going in hard on it and might be able to post some chapters soon!

i waited so long to do this i think everyone i know has been tagged, but if u wanna do it consider this me tagging you ! :3