#these were some fun questions!

[go-go-devil]

16, 25 and 26 for dark souls :)

16: A funny story from your first playthrough?

My 1st playthrough was such a comedy lmao. Mainly when it came to the many ways I died. Perhaps the funniest one off the top of my head is when I was first trying to get through Sen's Funhouse Fortress. I had FINALLY beat that man serpent on the narrow bridge and nearly made it to the other side, only for that mage serpent above to hit me with a blast of lightning and knocking me off...

To which I then landed on a large platform below that I didn't know was there, which was crowded with mage serpents all hissing at me and ready to blast me! So to avoid them in my weakened state I rolled off the ledge and into the tar pit below...

To which I THEN realized I there was a titanite demon directly in front of me! So I kept rolling like a mad lad to get away from it and turned the corner, only to roll straight into TWO MORE TITANITE DEMONS!!

Then I finally died XD

At that point I wasn't even mad due to the sheer slapstick shenanigans that lead me there. You bet you're ass this death is gonna be adapted into To The Accursed

25: Something that made you really proud?

Honestly, beating every boss in that game and finding my way to the next bonfire made me feel proud of myself. Dark Souls 1 is really good at making every little action you make feel important. The best of those moments though had to be when I beat Ornstein and Smough for the very first time by myself, after over a decade of knowing these two were some of the hardest bosses put into a video game. Once I beat them I felt like a goddamn CHAMPION ✨

26: Do you summon or prefer to play solo?

Now that I finally can use online features in Remastered, I'll admit that I haven't tried summoning others for help yet. The only summon I did was when I summoned a guy who laid down a dragon eye, to which I beat him in a duel and earned myself a dragon scale <3

However, I myself have been summoned numerous times by other players. Since I already beat the game I figured I can be helpful to anyone struggling on a boss I don't have trouble with anymore, and I just generally enjoy helping people :-)

[primewritessmut]

D, J, K?

D: What’s the most personal fanfic you’ve written?

I'm a sweet little angel child that has never been traumatized or saddened in my life. It's all fiction, baby!

HAHAHAAHhhahaahahahaHaHAHAhaaha. Jk, jk.

I don't know that there's any specific fic that's super personal, however, there are very personal bits sprinkled throughout a lot of my fics. The next Midori Sour chapter is definitely one that I mined from personal soil and a lot of those food service worker asides in there are definitely from real life. I'm not about sharing my whole personal life on here so there won't be a list of "this specific moment from this specific fic where is my soul flayed open" so suffice it to say that I've bled at least a drop into every fic I've ever written and it's sitting there on the page for all to see.

J:  What’s your favorite fanfic trope?  Have you written it?

I have two!

(1) Long-term friends-to-lovers. Gawd, I'm such a disgusting sucker for people that have been friends for years looking at each other one day and being like "shit, I'm supposed to spend my life with you, aren't I?" I'm a horrible romantic at heart. It's truly a curse.

(2) Online relationship. Specifically, in the "we like each other online, and hate each other offline" variety. Very You've Got Mail, which I know I've mentioned before. So, I guess I also like enemies-to-lovers? Listen. I'm a quilt sewn of many different colors, okay?

I have not really written either of them. At least not in fanfic. But believe me when I say there are several started original works that utilize both of those tropes.

K:  Do you have a guilty pleasures in fic (reading or writing)?

The way I hate the phrase "guilty pleasure" (I say as I feel intense shame about a number of very normal things). That being said, something in reading (and writing, too) that I enjoy A LOT that others may not is blood and gore. Which, by the way, is soooooo funny when the majority of what I read is romance.

I love horror. Particularly graphically violent horror. I like slasher stories (and movies). I'm always chasing the high of Maeve Fly now because DAMN did that book hit a lot of my "guiltier" blood-based pleasures.

And with all that being said, I read a lot of stuff that is very weird. Like the kind of romances you find in those "can you believe someone wrote a romance about this?" videos. I just like weird stuff. I like to see where writers can take things. And, as my username probably implies, I fucking LOVE smut.

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[domesticated-feral]

6 and 11 for the AO3 wrapped!

6. Favourite title you used?

I love all the titles the works I've uploaded in 2023 have but, A Werewolf and A Human. OR IS IT??!?!?!?? takes the cake.

It's just so fun and silly and I just went for it after staring at the title box for 15 minutes or so.

11. What work took you the longest to write?

Other than A Love That Will Never Grow Old which is still an ongoing fic, probably First Times or Recollection even though the latter is under 1k, I spent a lot of time doing little practice scenes and reading through an early script pdf and movie transcript cause it was my first time writing a fic for Stay (2005).

[angelofdumpsterfires]

how i feel about all the changes in s3

[merverelli]

"you just feel yourself let go."

still thinking about this episode. man. 💪💥

[miinaide]

Love is like a poison (2024) 毒恋～毒もすぎれば恋となる～

Episode One.

[crittertalez]

its so interesting to me how everyone is like man kris must HATE tenna in like the same exact way people were saying kris must hate ralsei like idk . i think kris is going through a lot and they just feel awkward. they dont even seem to hate asgore despite the way hes just so. um. asgore. idk if they necessarily LIKE tenna in chapter 3 but i sure doubt they fr hate him

[asvidema]

partner asked to see adder in my style, and how could i not add janosh as well

[ria-starstruck]

the backgrounds i went crazy hard on in my nine sols animation only for them to show up for a fraction of a second at most each

[the---hermit]

Was no one going to tell me that the wikipedia app now has daily historical games????

[wackywatchdotcom]

on the subject of pomni and zooble im deeply invested in seeing how their dynamic plays out. theyve had like.... two proper interactions. one of which is barely even both people like zooble delivers Bad News to pomni and pomni doesnt really seem like shes noting whos saying it so much as the fact that shes being told things by a bunch of strangers and is panicking about it and then zooble scowls in the bg for the next five minutes before jax drags ragatha and pomni off. the most theyve actually interacted is in ep 4 when zooble asks pomni abt ep 3, pomni tells them and then they get deeply upset for a reason that revolves around 'why did caine think i would enjoy possession'

we generally dont really know what their dynamic even is they just kinda exist around each other. that said zooble tends to sound harsh like half the time but like... theyre not mean theyrw just blunt. i think above all else zooble is actually more concerned w the safety of the other cast members than one would assume. we see it best in eps 2 and 4 i think. in ep 2 theyre patient w ragatha, smth theyre not in the pilot. but the circumstances are different. in the pilot this is just another shitty day, that keeps getting worse. they dont even get to sit out the adventure despite being told they can. but ep 2 they get time to themself, and know ragathas probably not really handling things well

and i think abt it a lot but them being ragathas designated driver is like. really notable imo actually. because ragatha isnt in danger. its unclear where theyre driving or if theyre driving, but zooble goes oh, ragatha cant be trusted to drive. even though ragathas been pissing them off all day. even though if ragatha actually got herself injured it would be fixable and its unclear if ragatha would even notice. if zooble didnt care they couldve just left. if zooble was worried abt gangle theyd have stayed (theyre clearly concerned for her, but i dont think they read it as danger- so making sure ragatha stays physically safe becomes a higher priority. it also says smth abt the amnt of faith they have in gangle, even if it was technically misplaced here. i think they get worried about gangle but to them the highest risk member is kinger, not gangle. on some level i dont know if theyve been in the circus long enough to see any patterns in when people abstract). but they make sure ragatha gets back safe. because she pissed them off that day but could tell something was up, and that even if shed be okay in the end, they wanted to be sure that ragatha wasnt hurt

i think it speaks to the actual level of concern they exhibit for the others. theyre cautious. them and pomni ar ethe most visibly distrusting of caine. and i think it relates to zooble not having been here long. jax and ragatha in particular may ebe able to ignore the slapstick bullshit of the circus, may be able to walk off an injury just fine because its just part of life, but as far as zoobles concerned they want to avoid it if possible. i think they know its not normal for things to be this way and they cant change it but they can stop pointlessly harmful things from happening

i think their spiel abt the others in ep 3 is also very telling in that they actually have a really flattering description for ragatha and gangle. ragathas too nice, and i dont think thats obliviousness. i think zooble is one of the more emotionally intelligent characters, they just have little patience and arent 'sweet' about it. theyre extremely aware of the other characters imo. they just... genuinely think ragathas nice. i dont think ep 4 even changed that. and gangles too ahy to speak up. they say this not in a way thats critical. in fact its one of the calmest things theyve said in the whole show im pretty sure. they care abt her and know how she feels even if shes not confident enough to say it to caine

and getting back to pomni is that their assessment of pomni is that 'she looks traumatized everytime she comes back for one' (iirc some other translations are even more explicit in this description of pomni as being impacted by the adventures). implying theyve not only been very much paying attention, but q the way they say it they seem Genuinely Concerned. i think on some level theyre irritated by pomni, not on a personal level but bc pomni is The New One. she hasnt settled in, and i think zooble gets irritated by the song and dance of a person finding out that what they already have to cope with as being Their Life Forever, Now is also theirs. but its not personal, and i dont think its smth zooble holds against her. but i think zooble has definitely picked up on the fact that pomni is having a very rough go at it for her first days- esp since the harshest they get is before caine gives his spiel abt the fake exit door or before its clear that pomni saw kaufmo, too. and from the start of ep 4 its clear that they heavily dislike the measures caine is taking to appeal to them (and id argue that part of their response to caine is in part frustration at him putting the others at risk, but thats getting more into my personal speculation without a huge basis)

i think zooble is a person who largely expresses care for others through concern and, honestly to some degree, helping people. which now that i say it is fascinating considering ragathas whole deal. and the trajectory pomnis going in. or the fact that im not sure they know kinger all that well yet (they know a bit abt him but i think without talking to him in the dark a person would miss a large amount of context). or their deeply interesting dynamic with caine, a person who prides himself on his role as an entertainer for others and has no other goals at all. it creates an interesting contrast when i think theyre one of the few characters who even helps others successfully at all

anyway, this all got off track and wasnt what i actually even made this post to talk about. my intent was to mention that i dont think zooble has actually seen pomni when shes more stressed. i mean theyve seen her post ep 2, which is notable, and theyve seen her get panicked in the pilot and probably saw her Not Looking Well at the feast. but ehile the audience has seen pomni Freak Out and be jumpscared or launch herself at a gate (plus select members of the cast), zooble has certainly not. we also have that advert where ahe attacks jax that is noncanon but depicts a aide of pomni not seen super clearly in the eps yet, that of which being violence. all of this is to say im not sure zooble actually knows about pomnis capacity to attack things and i find it funny to imagine zooble finding out and getting startled because they knew pomni was nervous but they havent seen that side of it yet

(and to a lesser extent, i think gangle- and ragatha sort of- are the only characters whove actually seen pomnis capacity to be patient with people. gummigoo doesnt remember. its implied kinger forgot- even if its vague how much he forgot pomni was scared thru most of that and the brief moment of patience she had was VERY short-lived. ragatha got pomnis little apology type thing in ep 3 but thats it. i think gangle is the one whos actually seen the most of this from pomni. so i imagine gangle probably has one of if not the most flattering image of her of the entire main cast, despite the fact that pomni does actually say smth that upsets gangle too earlier- which ive been meaning to make a post abt how each of the cast members upset gangle in a way unique to that persons own issues but thats smth ill talk abt later- and i think gangle wouldnt blatantly state this in detail to zooble, maybe say that pomni helped her out, but i think if gangle told zooble abt this at all itd make zoobles image of pomni even more skewed. and way more likely that seeing pomni attack someone would startle them)

[askwonderlandsprotector]

Hello, everyone.

It certainly has been a very long time, and I have missed all of you greatly!

Today is going to be a fresh start, clearing out old questions, and coming back to the things I’ve missed.

So please, ask what you will, interact how you would like, but above all, please be kind. Times have not been, but recovery is important.

It’s good to be back.

[flowerflamestars]

Effloresce snippet

Trails radiated outward, tidal waves of long-ago receding water streaking pale across the forest floor until they bled together. One perfect ring outside another, eight trees caught in continual pink bloom, sheltering a salt-encrusted clearing. As though a whole sea had died, dried to nothing but salt and shore, here in a circle on the edge of ancient woodland. Here, over the grave. Nesta paced around where stone had been placed in the ground once, twice, desired speed visibly stymied by both her own wounded leg and Lucien, taking what were, for him, minuscule steps as he helped her remain upright. His gaze was a weight on Elain’s face, warm, but she found it hard to tear her eyes away. Set in salt, ringed round in cedar, eight points of silver-mottled alabaster stone made a star. At its center, laid clear, a single chiseled word: ARCHERON. Elain sank down to touch it, stone unnaturally smooth. Cold, as the misty night they’d passed in panic, waiting for more survivors, watching as the bodies were brought. How perfect, Elain thought, a compass for a grave. An Archeron knew always, where they were in the world, if only they could find the stars. “Something fae died here,” Lucien had been quiet since they’d left Velaris. Exhausted. “Something old.” Nesta sucked in a scathing breath. “Grandmother was human. So far as anyone believed.” A look up, in time to catch Lucien try to carefully pivot, to see Nesta shove him, to stand for a second alone, white-faced. Lucien sank down on his haunches, across from Elain. Dragged one long-fingered hand, surreally alive, through clumping sea salt, before pressing hard, palm down. Whatever the tree-roots told puckered his brow, gold eyes glinting bonfire bright in the dawn. “Two bodies.” Nesta looked at Elain. Elain wanted to stand, to go to her. To rise and run and- to stay right here on the ground until her weight sank into salt, until she was one with the soil, deep enough to demand answers from her ancestors bones. “She didn’t die at home.” Shore cedar, salt cedar, tamarisk- eight mortal trees blooming eternal in faerie to mark a human merchant. A human, and someone else. “She made another home,” Elain told her sister, brushing salt from her dress as she moved, stepping over the grave.

“She got out,” Nesta echoed, half hollow. She wasn’t shy about leaning on Elain, a fact that filled her with eye-stinging gratefulness. Nesta, her sharp familiar shoulder digging in, curious expression not enough to lighten the tense, tight lines around her bloodshot eyes, her worry-bitten mouth. Nesta, dehydrated and poisoned and perfectly herself, alive. “She wasn’t alone.”

[vigilskeep]

me and the 4 other da2 fans have been in a drought when will keir return from ostagar

every week i play ostagar again with a new warden and he has to go through that again because he’s also there. sort of a time loop situation . sad really

[calamitoustide]

fic writers ask game

if you had to pick one album to encapsulate each of your fics which would you pick?

if you had to rename [fic name] what would you name it?

what trope have you always wanted to write but haven't had the chance to?

if you could only write for one trope/tag forever which would you pick?

if you could only ever write fics for one rarepair which ship would it be?

if you had to write a sequel for one of your fics which would it be and what would it involve?

if you had to write a prequel for one of your fics which would it be and what would it involve?

if all of your fics were thrown into the hunger games which one would be the victor? (whether it be the main ship or the fic itself)

which fic is closest to your heart? (not necessarily your favorite)

if you had to write an alternate ending to [fic name] what would it be?

is there any little detail you wanted people to find in one of your fics/one you really love when it's pointed out?

if you had to assign all your fics a month of the year what would they be?

how many words do you currently have sitting in your drafts/unposted?

if you could turn one of your fics into a different kind of media (tv show, movie, video game) which would you pick?

do you have any references in a fic of your other fics that people never pick up on?

is there a trope/situation you've written before that you'd never write again?

do you have any ships you used to think you'd never write but ended up writing?

which fic are you most excited by comments with?

if [fic name] was an inanimate object which would it be?

rank your fics from youngest to oldest as if the were your children

if [fic name] were to dress up for halloween what would be it's costume

assign a kind of weather to each of your fics

do you have a fic even you were surprised by the ending of?

what is your current word count on ao3?

what was the most WIPS you were actively writing at one time?

FMK [fic name] [fic name] [fic name] (either the ships/characters or the actual fics themselves)

if you could teleport into one of your fics which one would you want to go into the most? which one would you want to go into the least?

are there any references in your fics that you've made to other people's fics you've read/are any of your fics inspired by other fics you've read

a train is rushing towards [fic name] and [fic name] you can flip the lever and save it but you'd kill [fic name] would you do it?

if all your fics were in a horror movie which would be the first one to get killed off?

is there a ship you love to read but you'd never write?

if you could do a crossover with two versions of the same ship from two of your fics which ones would you pick?

give a no context spoiler for one of your WIPS

what's your favorite fic for each year you've been writing? (ie if you've been writing since 2022 what is your favorite fic from 2022, 2023, and 2024)

which fic went the most off the rails while writing? the one you had to add the most chapters to after having a definite count/the fic that's plot went in a complete 180 than you planned?

[beatriceportinari]

Another year, another outfit to die in! Happy birthday again Izuna!!!!!!

Like last year, I played with someone else's lines for these charming patterns, thank you so much Lena @elhnrt ! I had a ton of fun :D

Check the readmore for pattern references and explanations, there are some easter eggs in there :)

(x,x,x,x)

My goal for this piece, in addition to playing with patterns and textures and adding some Naruto references, was to add as many death flags as possible.

The idea of having Izuna in a fireman's coat is obviously not from me. I've always like the idea of Uchihas in fire resistant clothes, and the opportunity for a thick texture alongside a reversible double pattern is very appealing. I used the image of the second reference as a base, with skulls on one side and stylized lightning patterns on the other (visible inside the sleeves and collar). Both were common immagery of firemen coats.

The actual skull pattern is taken from the third reference. I'd seen this one before and before even learning anything abt it it was too beautiful to pass up. Those white and navy gradients are absolutely delightful and I enjoyed using my gel pens for them very much.... This particular type of imagery with skulls and bones in a field is called Nozarashi, inspired by Buddhist representation of death and transience.

The lightning pattern itself is a reference to water and lightning dragons :) Like Tobirama's iconic jutsu, it's one of the hints of what's abt to happen to our little guy. The scabbard is also decorated with dragon motifs for the same reason.

The background pattern is taken from the first reference, another fireman's coat with an illustration of Raijin, the thunder god. He is often representated with drums decorated with tomoes. It works nicely as a standard looking sharingan illustration, with a reference to Tobirama's hiraishingiris with the thunder imagery, like the thunder patterns inside the coat.

If you're interested in this I recommend the book linked in the second reference! It is entirely about skeleton motifs in japanese clothing of the early 20th century.