I am intrigued by your liking Casey more. So character break down for her to, if you want.
Okay, but like... I did SAY I understood it was unpopular opinion. I know everyone loves Alex. And I like her too.
I can't explain why, I just... I really liked Casey. More so than Alex.
Why do I like salty chips more than sweet chocolate?
I'm just made that way, I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
CASEY NOVAK:
--> How I feel about this character:
Casey was just fun. Like, c'mon, she was balls to the wall insane. From the get go. She had life, she had fire, she didn't give a shit, she played baseball with Elliot and joked with them all, she wanted to get a judge disbarred/arrested, she went to a judge's private home during his poker game and threatened to stay there all night untess he signed her warrant, she took on the entire US army, she got violently assaulted and came back to work the next day expecting to remain on the case and was OFFENDED when they took her off.
Think about all the shit Olivia saw/did/put up with when it came to Elliot, and then look up at that gif, THAT is where Olivia is all "Girl, you're pushing it". When OLIVIA BENSON is holding you back from getting justice, you know you've obliterated a line or two.
But she was also vulnerable and emotional. She cried over little girls in coolers and questioned whether she could remain in SVU, she mourned the boy who committed suicide, she pled out the daughter of the drunken mother because it made Olivia sad. She was scared when she woke up in the hospital. She felt regret over her ex-boyfriend with a mental illness because she had to prioritise herself and he lost control.
She was human.
In a way that, unfortunately, Alex was not able to be, because Alex was created in the year 2000 when police procedural women had to be "professional" and less "emotional". Alex had a very strong hold on her emotions (though they came out on occasion).
Casey? Casey had a hold on ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And I enjoyed it.
--> All the people I ship romantically with this character:
I don't really ship Casey with anyone. She's a friend. I'd go out drinking with her. But I'm not gonna think about her sex life that much.
--> My non-romantic OTP for this character:
I'm really sitting on the fence here with this ask. I don't know? Like, she got on really well with Olivia and Elliot...
--> My unpopular opinion about this character:
Apart from the one already mentioned?
Is there really that much to opine about Casey? She did her job well (a litte/lot crazy, but she did it). She got results. She had really good chemistry with the entire team.
Perhaps my unpopular opinion is that I would have liked her to either stay or return. Which is a difficult ask, because I also loved Barba.
--> One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character:
I would love to see Casey return.
If they could ever make up their minds if she was disbarred or not. One episode she is, then she returns to say she was only censured, and then the next time she's referred to, she's been disbarred again.
I mean, knowing Casey, it's also possible she was disbarred for a completely different reason that happened later.
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10 Questions for Fic Writers
Thanks for the tag, @ilaytrapsfortroubadours ! Now I get to indict myself as Officially Older Than The Internet.
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
Looks like 154, though a few of those are collections of oneshots that I posted not realizing they'd be better as a series.
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
1,783,015. And I think my ff.net word count was 3M+ when I deleted everything, so. Yikes.
Rest under the cut for length.
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Loki, Star Trek TOS, and Star Trek AOS, at the moment. I've dabbled in a few others (see my pinned post), but have no active plans to return to any except the ACD Sherlock Holmes fandom in the near future.
4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I do my best, though I don't always have the spoons to do so right away. It's become a rare privilege these days, receiving comments, and I'm particularly grateful for every one that I get.
5. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of, and I'd like to remain in ignorance if I have.
6. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
I have! Collabs were critical to my development as a baby fic writer. I haven't done one in...15 years, at least? But they were wonderful experiences with far better writers than I, at the time, and were very important to developing my writing skills.
7. What's your all-time favourite ship?
Ah, I'm a semi-agnostic shipper at best, but I think I have to go with the OGs and say Spirk.
8. What are your writing strengths?
Canon-accurate dialogue, non-sexual intimacy, and humor, I like to think. I have also gotten worlds better in recent years at ruthlessly editing myself. (Yes, I know it probably doesn't show in my epic-length stories, but I do in fact kill many, many darlings.)
9. What are your writing weaknesses?
Plotting has always been my biggest weakness, but also emotional introspection. And sensory description. Sensory description is to writing what small talk is to dating, for me. I want to just skip to what I consider meaningful stuff.
10. First fandom you wrote for?
ACD Sherlock Holmes, back in I think 2006, thereabouts?
No pressure tagging a couple people, sorry if you're double-tagged - @elodiah, @lokimobius, @andthekitchensinkao3, @loki-is-my-kink-awakening, @justabigoldnerd and anyone else who sees this!
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this isn’t an ask i just needed to get this off my chest
i’m just discovering that you have a tumblr and i’m trying really hard to be really cool about it and i hope this isn’t overbearing but i can’t explain to you what your kfp fics mean to me and how long and how many times i’ve read and reread them over the span of like 10+ years and to now know that you make little doodles of my (literally) favorite kfp oc ever……………………………. but im cool i’m good just want to say hi and thank you and i’m obsessed with lin 🫶 ty sorry bye
hi hello it's me the person who forgets i have an asks inbox at all ever! but i found it and i found your message 4 months later and i want you to know it made me very happy and i'm still working on the fic to try to get to a satisfying conclusion. thank you so much for reading my work and liking my beloved imaginary friend :')
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The easy one to ask for me is Olivia Benson. But in case someone already has or you want a different choice: Amanda Rollins or Alex Cabot.
Time to buy a lotto ticket, because Imma do all three (!!! in my dreams, right?)
OLIVIA BENSON
--> How I feel about this character:
I mean, it's no secret that I love Olivia Benson.
I was speaking to a friend the other day about SVU and how it's lasted a long time. It's not just because the stories are interesting (they are) or even titilating (sexual assault, molestation, murder, they all have the possibility of titilation, but I don't think SVU goes there... not often at any rate... they do a pretty good job of not glorifying the abuse and horror).
A large part is, of course, Olivia Benson. She is the beating heart of SVU.
Olivia is strong, empathetic, fierce, she takes no prisoners, her morals are strong, she is caring and protective, and she will fight like hell for justice, sometimes at great personal cost.
Olivia is the person each of us has needed at one or more points in our lives. Also the person that the majority of us did not get.
Mariska talks about fans sending her letters to tell her how much Olivia has helped them. And it's true.
We have all wanted and needed an Olivia in our lives. And we have all, to some degree, wanted to be Olivia.
She is not perfect, she has her flaws, but they are easily overlooked for all the benefits she brings.
And we have watched her from baby Benson to seasoned Captain. We have grown with her.
She gives us hope.
And that is why we have 25 seasons of SVU.
--> All the people I ship romantically with this character:
Well, Elliot obviously. It's very strange, I don't even really like Elliot that much and during my rewatches by the end of S12 I am just counting down the episodes until he leaves. BUT, he is Olivia's main choice and he makes her happy. So, because I love Olivia, I want her to have what she wants.
Alex. Amanda. Barba. Langan (thought I get why they never went there). Rita a little.
I don't really read much of anything besides EO, but in my little dreams, I think the others would make excellent partners, or at least bedmates.
--> My non romantic OTP for this character:
Just to completely step on my own toes from the previous answer, but...
Barba. I adored their canon relationship, the besties that they were. They adored each other and were there when each needed the other. She needed a strong friendship like that, that wasn't tied to being their boss.
Obviously Noah. She waited so long for that boy. She loves him dearly and he loves her and they deserve all the happiness in the world together.
--> My unpopular opinion about this caracter:
I don't know if I really have one. She's a little too quick to anger and she's always a little too ready to break the law to suit her needs. But these are not opinions.
Perhaps, despite her later claims that she never wanted to be part of the "good ol' boys club" and how she acts distraught at the possibility one of her old interrogations may have been a forced confession... in the early years Olivia is all too ready to look the other way and, in fact, join in when Elliot and even Fin are being overly rough and forceful and breaking about ten different codes of police conduct.
There was one episode I saw recently where Elliot got all up in a step father's face, yelling, red faced, almost spitting out his hatred as he spoke of this man's lust for his daughter that they assumed he'd raped... it was quite heavy handed. And the guy eventually reacts and goes at Elliot. Olivia is instantly cuffing this guy and gleefully arresting him for assaulting a police officer. And like... Olivia Margaret Benson, you litereally just WATCHED Elliot provoke him.
Elliot's violence got results and she was all too ready to excuse him for it.
She never would have grown into the amazing police woman she is had Elliot stayed around. She gave him way too much power in that partnership.
--> One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character:
I want somebody to choose her.
So many of the people she has loved have ended up leaving, because they stayed too long, because they sacrificed their own morals for her, because they broke the law for her, because... because... because... and she even says "I didn't ASK you to" and it makes no difference.
I'm not saying they didn't have good reason to leave. They're adults they can choose.
One thing I have consistently said, is that the show repeats "the average stint in SVU is two years" several times. That is, of course, unless you meet Olivia Benson. Then it becomes your life's purpose. She doesn't see that these people have stayed for her, stayed longer than is healthy, longer than they meant to.... and all because of her. She doesn't see that, she sees them leave.
But just once I wish someone would choose to leave the job and stay with her.
Girl deserves a bit of happiness and stability.
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9 people to get to know better (tag game)
Thanks for the tag @appleofmyonlyeye!
3 ships you like: I'm pretty ship-agnostic, or lean more toward QPR territory, but: TOS Kirk/Spock, TOS Spock/McCoy, and right now Loki/Mobius
Honorable mention: AOS Jim Kirk and Nyota Uhura are BFFs, fight me
First ship ever: (ACD) Sherlock Holmes/Watson
Last song you heard: According to Amazon, it was Monster, from the Broadway musical
Favourite childhood book: Treasure Island, maybe, or Around the World in 80 Days. I read literally everything I could get my hands on, and particularly loved the old sci-fi classics.
Currently reading: Fanfiction. My own, right now. Because I'm editing and I love to overuse semicolons
Currently watching: Next Level Chef and Ancient Aliens
Currently consuming: Dr. Pepper and salmon with broccoli
Currently craving: Sleeeeeeeeep
Tagging (no pressure, and I have no real idea of anyone's already done this): @nalascat @nickelanddamned @jeherion @ncc1701ohno @catsndstartrek @angstmongertina @justabigoldnerd
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