#nocompromise-noregrets

[thatonetimetraveller]

hiii! ✏️ 🏅 👖 📊 🌝 for the fic asks please! :D

Thank you for the ask 💜

✏️ Do you write every day?

Most of the time i try to, if there's a deadline for an event i'll definetly do that cuz deadlines have that kind of effect on me

🏅 What is something you recently felt proud of in regard to your writing (finished a fic, actually planned for once, etc).

i finished a couple of mid length fics for Barduil month

👖 Are you a planner, plantser, or pantser? Is it consistent?

plantser it took me like 5 years of pantsing and failing to finish anything to realise that hey maybe having a rough idea where you're going is actually good lol

📊 Current number of WIPs

2 for TRSB, a barduil month prompt which i never bothered to type up its written im just lazy, a Faramir/Pippin fic which i may or may not finish and of course sol which is on hiatus

so in total 5

wow less than i thought

😐 What embarrasses you most about your own writing?

smut scenes

fanfic ask game

[herawell]

❤️ a favorite ship

🧡 a favorite friendship

💛 a favorite familial relationship

please! :D

❤️ a favorite ship

Barduil, obviously!

🧡 a favorite friendship

Maedhros & Fingon. As much as I ship them, their deep, abiding friendship always warms my heart.

💛 a favorite familial relationship

Bard and his children! Especially how much trust there is between Bard and Bain in the arrow shooting scene, and how they throw themselves into his arms when they're reunited.

[cassowariess]

oooh! 23, 38 and 73 for the spotify wrapped thing please! :D

23:

38:

73:

[bae-owyn]

oooh, 7, 8 and 14 from the bored-and-anxious fic asks please!

ee thank you!! 7. How many ideas for fics do you have right now? I have two 'main' ideas (as in, one fic I am currently writing and one I could conceivably start writing because everything I need for it is in my brain), and then I also have a handful of half-baked ideas floating around that may become something over time! I am very much the kind of writer who uses my own life and experiences as inspiration, so I tend to collect nuggets of ideas and concepts quite quickly and then settle down to actually do them once they've marinated a bit (and I've worked out if they actually are worthy of being a fully fledged fic, or if it's just... a one sentence wonder haha) 8. What project(s) are you currently working on?

I'm currently writing a Geraskier climbing au! Like all my stuff, this is set in modern times and Geralt (along with Eskel and Lambert) co-owns a climbing gym. This dude called Jaskier rocks up out of the blue for an induction one day, and despite being a complete fish out of water, he keeps on coming back (to Geralt's immense surprise and confusion). What Geralt can't see (and his brothers very much can) is that Jaskier isn't exactly there for the exercise... I'm really enjoying writing this as climbing is my favourite hobby, and it's so fun to imagine these guys in such a situation!

14. If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?

ooh this would have to be my A Place For Crows verse! I would *love* to see it turned into the ridiculous cheesy Christmas rom-com film that it is!

thank you so much for the questions - if anybody has any follow ups, feel free to shoot me a message! :)

[nocompromise-noregrets]

I Will Be With You Always

@tolkienrsb 2023 entry

Artist: @seagull-energy / Im_not_creative_with_names

Author: @nocompromise-noregrets / likethenight

Characters/relationships: Arwen, Aragorn/Arwen

Rating: G

Tags: Introspection, Character Study, Character Death, Reminiscing, Memories, Bittersweet Ending, Angst and Feels, Reunions, Peace, Post-Canon

Warning: Major Character Death

Word Count: 5,345

Summary: As she waits to reunite with her love, Arwen muses on the life she has lived.

[lordoftherazzles]

hey-hey! for the tell-you-something-I-love-about-your-writing thing, I bloody love your enthusiasm and imagination and I am in awe of how many projects (and how many different AUs) you have going :D

😭😭😭

Thank you so much!! I can also say I am amazed at how many projects I have on the go (but to me, it's terrifying LOL)

If I can't be excited about 494059354 stories, then how can other people be excited???

But for real, thank you so much for the kind words!!!

[arofili]

hiii, and happy new year! for the AO3 wrapped, how about 1, 5 and 18 please? :D thank you (and for all you do for the fandom, too)! <33333

(oh god it has been SO long since you sent this,,, but ty for doing so!!)

How many words have you written this year?

I posted 535,696 words to AO3 in 2022! :0

5. What work of yours got more feedback than expected?

Probably Wolfsbane! I really didn't expect many people to be interested in that one, but it got a good response :)

18. The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

Oh geez...Elenwe? Between my Helcaraxe AU and Laurefindilemma, she's been tough to nail down a consistent characterization!

[chicotfp]

Watching stars.

Made for amazing @nocompromise-noregrets as a tiny thank you gift. Thank you so much for your Buymeacoffee donation and your kind message of support and encouragement, I highly appreciate it and means a lot to me. Thank you for staying with me, thank you for your big heart, thank you for caring🥰🫂💙💛

[mihrsuri]

I really want to do my end of year sappiness post right now so I am going to do it. This year. This year, this year was the year that the fact that I made it is something I have to talk about it, because honestly I wasn’t sure between everything. And in the trauma (the activated Jewish Trauma Genre), in the hate I have also found love. Am Yisrael Chai. We live. I live.

Which is why I have to first send my love to my Jewish Mutuals/Friends and to Jumblr - @cephalopodvictorious @captainlordauditor and just, every one of my Jewish Mutuals and people who have sent kind words. Who have made me, a patrilineal mizrahi jewish woman reconnecting with her heritage and faith because of abuse feel Jewish enough to go to Synagogue.

This year was, despite everything the year I reconnected with old friends (shout to my friends in physical space - E, R, C and C), I took an art class, I swam more, I wrote a bunch of words, I found my love of art again and discovered that I might, might be good at it, I even asked for things like gifts even though it’s Terrifying.

To my saatis. My sisters. My chosen family. Thank you for everything - the phone calls you let me schedule, the chats and the wise words and the blorbos and from some of you the in person hugs (there will be more I will offer hugs to and I will also hug again). @shes-a-voodoo-child @bibliothekara @wheresonichedgehogwnt @pearlsthatwereeyes @star-anise @notabuddhist @kawuli lemonsharks @maevedarlings @ruffboijuliaburnsides @taibhsearachd @blackeyedgirl-writes @armyofthedaegiloth @strangeetudes @findingfeather

@bessemerprocess @sarking @jesidres @kshandra @amadistuff FRIENDS. FRIENDS. Love you to the moon and back - and we are here. We are here.

And @geeoharee - The Sherlock Content <3.

To the Pocket Friends Who Have/Are Becoming(If It’s okay obviously!) Become Friends: @rahabs whose kindness I will never ever forget. To @theladyelizabeth who patiently answers my questions about all kinds of Tudors Things and who is like, The Best. To @nocompromise-noregrets for Ellie, for answering archives questions and just in general. To @gen-is-gone - a saati in the making, holder of correct Doctor Who Opinions forever. To @herawell - the bravest when scared, indulges my OT3 verse. To @miabicicletta - one of the best fic writers, so generous and kind and whose comments make my entire day. @eidetictelekinetic - my favourite Tudors Fic Writer is my Friend Now and is awesome.

@jkthinkythoughts <333333.

@lorata - whose worldbuilding leaves me in awe and who is just, frankly absolutely great.

@isagrimorie because CORRECT DOCTOR WHO AND BEST META

@feuillesmortes for never failing to make me think, to post beautiful poetry and for the best H7/EOY sources and for always, above all being kind.

@hoursofreading @becauseforoncethisisme (special shout out to you <3) @disredspectful (oh my gosh your words)

@anhaga @goshawke @beatrice-otter @alexseanchai <333333

Also @nurselaney for indulging my Thomas/Mihrimah Content and also the women of the SOE.

@sherwoodknights for Scarlet Pimpernel and also Patrick Gibson feels.

@quillington - for correct Anne Boleyn and Scarlet Pimpernel thoughts and also being The Sweetest.

@lordlykisses - kindness and Taylor Swift. And @cleoselene for Taylor Swift and kind words I will also never forget.

To The Cromwell/James Frain Appreciation Brigade - @uncheckedaggression @reallyginnyf (also a fellow hurt/comfort enjoyer) @cinemaocd - thank you <3.

To all the West Wing Discord People - I adore you. Thank you for being so kind and welcoming and wonderful.

And to all my mutuals. Thank you for bearing with me this year, with so much kindness. I know it’s been A Lot but I have, despite everything felt so so loved.

[spiced-wine-fic]

Five Drinks to get to Know Me

Tagged by the lovely @nocompromise-noregrets

Twinings Strong English Breakfast Tea with honey and milk.

Filter coffee with one demerara sugar and a splash of milk

Sparkling water

Champers

Camomile tea with Manuka honey Tagging @cuarthol @mad-hermit @minquelie @maellor @lucifers-cuvette @jane-ways @independence1776 @elfscribe @antares0606 @herinke9 @thegentlestmaenad (No obligation)

[bi-widower-dads]

Submissions Open for Fic Rec February!

This February, we're going to celebrate by sharing the love for all the wonderful fics in the Barduil community! Use the Google form below to recommend as many of your favorite fics as you'd like, and we'll share them throughout the month of February -- and generate masterlists of recommended fics to share throughout the year!

If you have any questions, please send us an ask or message one of the mods - me (@scary-grace), @nocompromise-noregrets, or @piyo-13! We look forward to seeing your recommendations.

[herawell]

ooooh, for the three sentence ficathon: Thranduil and autumn please! :D

Autumn hearkens a chill setting into the Greenwood, and an identical chill might settle itself in its Elvenking’s bones. After all, he has crafted himself his seasonal crown of poisonous berries, red as blood, and of decaying leaves, red as his wine. But what many forget is that red is also the color of sunrises and crackling embers and his adopted daughter’s flaming tresses.

[seagull-energy]

My second art for @tolkienrsb !

As she waits to reunite with her love, Arwen muses on the life she has lived.

Accompanying fic by @nocompromise-noregrets coming soon!! Y'all better bring tissues for this one because it's absolutely beautiful.

And as a special treat, here are a couple bonus doodles based on moments in the fic! I meant to do a couple more, but alas, was foiled by time constraints. Maybe there'll be a part 2 to this post ;)

[sallysavestheday]

20 questions for fic writers

Thanks very much to @nocompromise-noregrets for the tag! This is always an interesting exercise and I haven't done it in a while.

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 182, but a goodly subset of those are collections of very short works (drabbles, my beloveds!).

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 137,372. I average around 700 words per ficlet (counting those that are collections of drabbles). I have only two works over 2,000 words -- one at barely 2,100 and one at 5,600 by dint of TRSB last summer.

3. What fandoms do you write for? Tolkien only. Mostly Silmarillion but occasionally Lord of the Rings, as well.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? I'm splitting this by fandom because the older LoTR stuff has more kudos simply as a function of time.

For LoTR: Deep in the Ancient Forests of the World; Light a Little Fire in Me; I Do Not Grudge You the Game; Rash Words and Bitter Hopes; Sing, O Stone and Air. These are all Legolas/Gimli ficlets.

For Silm: When All Other Lights Go Out (the aforementioned TRSB Feanorian family drama); What We Make, Makes Us (Caranthir and Feanor); What Keeps Us Here (Celeborn and Thranduil); Still Plenty of Good in the World (Sam Gamgee fixes Feanor and Nerdanel); and It Is the Opinion of this Reviewer (Finrod critiques the research of his peers).

No method to the madness here, it seems. Some shippy, most not. Some angsty, some humorous, mostly canon compliant. Range of Silm characters. Interesting to see the variety, actually.

5. Do you respond to comments? Always. Usually within a few days. Comments are a great way to get to know other people in the fandom, and it's always a pleasure to see familiar names pop up. It's nice to know I have a bit of a following. But I also love seeing new people appear, and I welcome everything from a single emoji to a full blown rant. I reply to them all.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Only one? Impossible to choose. I love an angsty ending. Killing Fingon off is always a delight (like this, or this). Sending people off to their dooms (like this, or this) is another. Making them consider might-have-beens, too (like this, or this, or this).

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I do also like happy endings! I write many happy post-canon returns, to tie up all the loose ends. Also happy moments within canon, but you usually have to pretend you don't know what comes next (blame the Professor, not me). For LoTR, These Our Braided Lives has a very happy Gimleaf ending. For Silm, try In These Altered States, Rejoice.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Spitting over my shoulder on this one, but no. Even the people who don't agree with my takes on particular characters have always been polite. Thank you, kind readers!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I don't write anything explicit. I'll read a wide variety but am more restrained in my writing. I've snuck a little bit into the mature range for a few things recently, but I prefer allusion and metaphor, really. It's the spirit of the intimacy that interests me, not so much the mechanics.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? Nope. Canon compliant or canon adjacent always.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Yes, I've had a few requests. My Thranduil seems to be quite popular in other languages.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? I haven't but would be happy to explore the possibility.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? Can't pick just one. Legolas/Gimli, Glorfindel/Ecthelion, Maedhros/Fingon, Finrod/Edrahil. The much rarer Egalmoth/Rog. And I'm pleased to have originated the tag for Amrod/Aredhel. Spitfire fans, get on that! (thanks to chestnut_pod for the horrible, wonderful ship name)

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Not a WIP, even, just an idea that I've mentioned before: an AU in which Fingon, returning from Thangorodrim with Maedhros, can't hold onto him, and he falls from the eagle's back into Lake Mithrim. I won't write it, but I sure hope someone else will.

16. What are your writing strengths? Brevity, ha! Condensing a great deal of emotional development into very few words. Figurative language. Ripping your heart out and stomping on it, tidily.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Dialogue. I don't write much of it, and it takes a long time to get it right.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I'm not likely to do so. I don't like the way it interrupts the flow. I'd rather indicate the language that is being spoken than try to craft compelling dialogue in it. This is especially fraught in the Tolkien fandoms, where the linguists WILL come for you if you get it wrong, lol!

19. First fandom you wrote for? LoTR. I've only been doing this for a couple of years.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written? Impossible to choose! But my comfort series is The Flower and the Fountain: 16,000 words of Glorfindel and Ecthelion in 32 vignettes. I love those guys.

Thank you so much for the tag! @polutrope @eilinelsghost @melestasflight @tathrin @thelordofgifs @zealouswerewolfcollector, what about you? And anyone else who'd like to share, hop in!

[thyndolhen]

I found this beautiful art sign it by Lorik of little Thranduil and little Legolas... They look very alike

Thank you to @nocompromise-noregrets that give me the tumblr name of the awesome artist

Little Thranduil

Little Legolas

[lordoftherazzles]

🐰!

Swooping in to answer this late but!!

barely intimidating

I’ll take it 😂