#like I'd like to continue NITW

[stars-self-ships]

All of my life it's been heartbreak weather

Thinking to myself it won't get better

It can be so lonely in this city

But it feels different when you're with me.

🖤💚🖤💚🖤

[snarky-wallflower]

for the fic writers ask: 2, 14, 33, and 37! or any combination of those if you dont wanna do em all lol.

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2. Go to your AO3 “Works” page, to the sidebar with all the filters, and click the drop-down arrow for “Additional Tags.” What are your top 3-5 most used tags? Do you think they accurately represent your writing habits?

okay, so my top-used five tags are POV Third Person, Angst, One-Shot, Not Beta Read, and Canon Compliant. I think they do explain my writing habits, because I really love getting into the implications of a story, and I am. bad. at waiting for betas sometimes, and not great at continuing a story for longer than a couple of thousand words.

14. Are there any tropes you would only read if written by a trusted friend or writer?

honestly, i'll read a lot, so nothing immediately comes to mind?

33. If you write chaptered fics, what’s your ideal chapter length to write? Is it different from your ideal chapter length to read?

stares at the WIPs I have not updated for nearly SIX MONTHS pas de masque, The Show Must Go On, I am so sorry. honestly, I really never plan out my chaptered fics, as the evidence shows - but a chaptered fic I'm recently proud of and that I actually finished was about three chapters, and 24k, so I'd say THAT was my ideal chapter length to write. so much fun. at some point, i need to reread my own fic. And I can and will devour 100k-300k worth of epics, even if I haven't been as good as doing that recently as when I was younger. shoutout to you, @acaciapines, whose TOH daemonverse fics are something i am SO excited for. you're gonna kill it.

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?

ohhhh okay, one of my favourite fics I ever wrote would be always be my favourite ghost, from Night in the Woods. It explored grieving Casey Hartley, and how at the end of it all, so much of his life was left unresolved. how he never even got a funeral. it tugged at my heartstrings, that part killed me. so i decided to write people holding one for him. i really loved getting to explore his relationships with those around him, even if he wasn't there. from bea barely knowing him but still being pissed that he'd been taken, from angus knowing that he deserved better, gregg losing his closest friend, and to mae knowing that she'd missed out on so much of his final years, and still missing him anyways. and to maybe, knowing that if she'd stayed, she could have fallen for him. (shoutout to @doyouhearthunder for inspiring that part, as I read all of his NITW fics and that definitely played a role there.) i think i explored grief well there - in a game that has such a bittersweet ending, there aren't many threads to resolve. but this was one i could resolve, and i don't have any regrets about how i handled it. in the end, casey hartley mattered to people, no matter what that cult thought. that wasn't something that could ever be taken away. and it never got much traction because i posted it in 2023, and the game came out in 2017. but i'm still glad i did. it turned out really well for a fic i wrote mostly on a red-eye flight at 1 am.

thanks so much for the ask!

[ikeameatballspoisonedme]

Most coal video game topster updated

I don't need to elaborate about Disco Elysium and P3P

Sims 2 GOATed everytime I play that game I laugh. Endless entertainment

My fav Silent Hill game... that I never play because sorry I'm too spoopsy poopsy about horror game u_u idk I love the female perspective on SH3, the main plot is about abortion after all

Deltarune isn't finished but sorry it seems GOAT to me

Silent Hill 2 Good

Sims 3 would've been my fav Sims game if it wasn't for the fact that the clothes and hair are SO BAD

Cute kitty game :)

Yeah P2EP is my 2nd fav Persona game despite the janky gameplay. Such an emotional continuation

The classic game.......

I also loved P2IS but P2EP just hits harder imho! I think I prefer EP casts too, although the IS gang are still great :)

Funney lawyer game

Omori would've been near the top if it wasn't for the fact that the gameplay is so janky AND I do not care at all for like, a good chunk of Headspace. I do not care about the whale world, do not care about underwater world, should've ended at the princess castle or at least the underwater world but with different plot. But goddamn I fucking LOVED Black Space, the entire horror part of the game, and the irl part. Man I wish I could replay it all over again but hmmmm.... dunno about Headspace...

I played Little Nightmares on my friend's computer and idk it's a neat puzzle game! I don't play much games so lol fuck it I'm including it here

I remember playing NitW in 8th grade and actually HATING IT lol but I was a dumb child. I'd probably hated Disco Elysium at that time too. I'm sure if I played it again I would've fucking loved it

Fuck you PvZ goated game

Potential games filling the empty spaces:

Fallout New Vegas (my brother has a copy of it AND he's a big fan I gotta ask him for it)

Any Yakuza games

Hades

Fear and Hunger

SMTVV

Metaphor ReFantazio

Metal Gear Solid

Death Stranding 2 (hello Lea Seydoux with magic gloves...)

Actually SMT IV if it's ported to Steam lol

Mother 3

[enigma-absolute]

13 and 3 for the ask game, perhaps??

3. What tropes do you like writing about the most? (´▽`ʃƪ)

That's honestly a good question, now that I look over my works, both original and fic. I think the thing that crops up the most in both sections is legacy - legacy characters, roles and how we all deal with it and inherit it. I think it really comes from my own experience of being the first freeborn daughter of two different families who escaped Communist Romania prior to the revolution, and the struggles they had to get their freedom. It gives me a lot to think on family legacy in my case, both ancestral and more personal, as I have found myself associating with my mom's inheritance more than I could my dad's.

In the Eagle's Cross Eddsworld universe, Cora and her siblings in the titular series have different ways of reacting to and embracing their ancestors' adventurous, if admittedly outlandish, histories and personalities. In 'The Christmas Calamity,' Jaxx (one of the main characters) is first trying to outright refuse it, but eventually comes to fall in love with it on his own terms and terms he has to redefine. Cora herself in 'The Eagle's Cross' has still to unravel some (honestly very opaque) mysterious past with her ancestors and dragging in her little sister and her own best friend into it.

In my own original detective show, the main detective and her 'Watson' partner are chasing after her hero's own mysteries to solve and eventually have to come up and fight against his enemies; leading the way to find out that her hero's adventures, mysteries and stories entwine closely to her own history and potentially taking up the mantle he sacrificed to save her life.

With Maddox Darling and his adventures in the Galaxy Far Far Away, it's more subtle. The Peter Pan references and links are on purpose, but they're not direct or in-your-face (his surname, the pin he constantly wears from his sister, etc). That being said, while he does have Peter Pan tendencies, his role is more of a Wendy Darling situation, honestly. He'll grow up eventually, but it doesn't mean he'll forget his loves nor stop adventuring. His legacy is more about what he leaves behind on the galaxy's inhabitants circa the Imperial and Rebellion era, but also the kind of legacy they leave on him and how he'll eventually take it home. That's why I love doing RP with him, because he's literally quite a character to Throw Into Situations and I'm figuring out his canon as I go along.

13. Drop a playlist for a story! ♪♡♪

Speaking of Maddox, here's his (slightly old) origin story playlist! I'd crafted it when I was very early on in writing him and did it as part of a character challenge to develop him a little more, so I'll be explaining songs in chapters under the cut.

Life in Aus before the GFFA: Down Under by Men at Work and Slice of Heaven by Dave Dobbins

Going to the GFFA: Starlight Brigade by TWRP feat. Dan Avidan

Settling into the Rebellion and Rebel Life: Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede

Infiltrating the Ship and Imperial Capture: Last Surprise (Cover by Arc Tournament, feat Casey Lee Williams), Eide+Eide Fight (NITW OST)

The Amnesia Process: The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical, Unknowable (NITW OST)

Waking up, Wrecking up and Escaping the Empire's ship, Roaming After the Escape Pod Crash: Black (Homestuck cover by RichaadB), Run! (NITW OST), Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

Reaching through the Force and Recovering Memories: Thirteen (Doctor Who OST, Series 11)

Back to the Rebel Base and Into Regret (I Should Never Have Left Home): Shut Eye by Stealing Sheep, Timshel by Mumford and Sons, I Was Wrong by The Oh Hellos

Amnesia Aches, Grief with Benny and Learning to Grow: Ghost by Ellie Drennan, The Doctor’s Theme (Doctor Who OST, Series 1-2), I Have Made Mistakes by The Oh Hellos

Call to Hope and Adventure Once Again, To Be Continued (I Will Remember and Grow as I Go): And Straight On Till Morning by Marianas Trench, Binary Sunset (A New Hope OST, particularly the horns at the dual suns), Call Me (Cover by Sebastian Böhm)

[solitarywalkerreveries]

How do I stop projecting myself in a character so much that I see them as an incarnation of what I could have been?

[chthonic-admirer]

I'll just post it and slowly edit it bc god knows I won't work on something that sits out of everyone's sight.

But here is an "about me" post - mostly to teach me share info about oneself. So a bit of a TMI warning.

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"C" is my favourite sound from my given name. It's also well-suited for "C stands for [a word starting with c]" lines.

I use It/its or she/her pronouns - use whichever's more comfortable to you.

(They/them is okay if you don't know me/forgot what to use, obvs.)

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I talk weird - please ask me to clarify things if you're confused.

I'm bad at catching cues - please tell me outright if I'm bothering you.

I use (parentheses) a lot. To show that something I'm saying is additional and is allowed to be dismissed. Just means I'm feeling insecure most times.

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I value: Optimism, Patience, keeping an Open Mind and Open Heart, being Gentle and Polite.

(I'd be most grateful if you brought my attention back to this list if you caught me not abiding by it)

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I like: solitude, chill gatherings, inclusivity, physical affection, colours, art, dry warmth, earphones, non-competitive games, kids media, greeting cards, window shopping

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Upsets me: graphic depictions and descriptions of s/h, "intoxication=fun" mindset, giving in to black and white worldview, expectations, bigotry, gatekeeping, sound of most speakers, smelly smells on people (strong perfume, tobacco), cold

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I love: Wander Over Yonder, Danger & Eggs, Teacher's Pet, OFF, Bugsnax, Sonic the Hedgehog, PHtR6G

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Things I like but it's more symbolic than anything now: Portal, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, MLP, OK KO!, Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Balan Wonderworld, NiGHTS, Rayman, Lisa RPG, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, FNaF, NitW, Smile For Me, Walten Files

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Goals: write/speak back more, learn to play jianzi, journal, allow self to enjoy things, cook more new recipes, get back to jamming, work towards not taking AD's, get more comfortable with audio chats and video calls, learn to interact with children, continue getting comfortable dressing up, get in touch with local LGBTQ community, ask to collaborate with volunteers, start learning a language

[diabeticgirl4]

I want to continue playing nitw but I also think I need a better mic/headset, and also to figure out potential connection issues bc apparently my last stream was terrible and I'd like to fix it before I try again :/