#this fic is unlike anything i've ever written and i'm loving it for that exact reason

[1mnobodywhoareyou]

20 questions for writers

EEK! thank you @floating-in-the-blue - I'm always, always, always honoured to be considered for a tag!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

57

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

224,067

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Julie and the Phantoms. Though some ideas are brewing for others... We'll see.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The Phantoms watch Julie and the Phantoms (166)

I'm Underneath the Undertow (79)

ya couldn't find a kinder devil (58)

Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! (54) ((huh. colour me surprised))

emotional damage (44)

5. Do you respond to comments?

yes! (though i've been ignoring my inbox for the last bit. they will be responded to soon!)

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

uhhhh... ending? honestly i don't know. UtU is definitely the "angtiest" fic I've done though but i tried to leave the ending hopeful-ish

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

uhhhhh all of them? depends on what you consider happy too... cuz. i'm inclined to say that everyone's pretty happy at the end of pretty pretty princess (rated E, proceed with caution)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

negatory

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

apparently. yes. uh. so far we have M/M/M/M/M and M/M/M and F/F (jokes have been made that the next one will be a singleton. we'll see)

10. Do you write crossovers?

not as of present. but i have one cursed idea thanks to @bethaven in my brain that @narcissusbrokenmirror shamelessly encourages. we'll see if anything ever comes of it.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not to my knowledge

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no

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

not technically. i think i'd be open to it

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

i can't answer this as "all-time" but in this exact moment? Ginny/Marcus (Ginny and Georgia) wins out every time. I just love so many things about them.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

i don't think i've had any of them long enough to determine this. but i guess the least likely of the things I have going on that are actively WIPs? Probably SC and clothes.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I have been directly complimented on my dialogue and characterization. So I'm gonna own that.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

conflict 😩

but i think i'm getting better!

and editing. if i could never ever ever edit anything I'd be so happy.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

not likely to attempt anything beyond short phrases that are internet verifiable. *if* i were to do anything that's actually a dialogue between multiple characters it would probably be (canadian) french but even still. highly unlikely.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Julie and the Phantoms

20. Favorite fic you've written?

I'm interpreting this as favourite AU i've created and going with Bex. Cuz I love that family.

No pressure tagging: @60sec400 @mac-lilly @lou-writes-things @legolasghosty @invisibleraven and anyone else who feels so inclined <3

[danpuff-ao3]

Oh, Danni, I'm so sorry about the mental health overload. I've been ducking in and out (too much shit to take care of at this time of year because I run a retail business), but I remember a post in which you totaled up all your fannish commitments, and it sounded extremely stressful. And that's not counting anything that might be happening outside fandom. Be kind to yourself, my dear. I hope the cloud passes soon. 🌈 💜

In the meanwhile, I'd love to hear about - well, any number of WIPs from your list, but let's start with:

Drarry to Snarry (I'm awful, I know it, so apologies to Drarry fans, but I get tremendous pleasure out of fics where Harry chooses Snape over Draco - unless it's a fic in which Draco dies, forcing Harry to move on, because that's a different ball game altogether)

and

Bookshop AU (near and dear to my heart)

PI!! I can imagine this time of year is nightmarish for you. My partner works for the post office, so it's always chaos for him, as well. Best of luck with the holiday season!!

As for me, I've had enough friends and my therapist clobber me over the head enough to drop a few commitments. 😅 Which lessened my load a bit, but increased the guilt so...unsure how much of a trade off that was! But I am at least making solid attempts at this whole balance and self-care thing! 💖

And now....some fanfic blabbering!

Drarry to Snarry

You know, I'm super glad you asked about this one because I'm the exact same!! Hence...you know. This fic needing to exist. 🤣 It feels so very particular, and I feel so few people will appreciate with me.

The first fic I ever read ever was a Drarry fic, you know! But even though that's where I began, and even with the mass popularity of Drarry, and the sheer number of creations out there...I've just never been on board with it. And let me tell you, I wish I could be. Drarry folks out there are really doing the dang thing! But while I enjoy a good Harry-Draco friendship, I just can't quite see romance.

So writing this is, in part, the petty joy of Severus being the one Harry chooses. Draco, the very handsome and very wealthy boyfriend, abandoned in favor of a man twice his age and chock-full of bitterness and not to mention that nose. Gosh, don't even get me started, really. (This game was a great idea, I'm already feeling stirred up to go show all my feelings via fanfiction.)

Part of it is also, I think, wanting to explore writing Drarry, at least a little bit. I've managed hints of Drarry in a few pieces, but never a proper love story. I can't help but wonder if writing it will help clear my eyes a bit in regards to that ship. To sort of explore what might bring them together and hold them together, if only for a while. And seeing how the most unlikely of people will be the one to break them apart.

And now, I'll give you a snippet, in the form of the opening I currently have. (Obligatory "this is unedited and how it fell out of my brain, please do not judge" 🙈)

Draco loves Harry, but he doesn’t say so until Harry says it first.

It’s a perfect, storybook moment. Laying out on the Quidditch pitch, brooms tossed haphazardly to either side of them, the stars glittering overhead. Harry props up on one elbow and he looks at Draco’s nose rather than his eyes. It’s dark, but Draco swears he sees the tinge of pink in his cheeks. When the words come, they come quietly and quickly, “Iloveyou.” 

Draco’s heart gives a gleeful kick, though his tone is smug when he says, “Of course you do.”

Bookshop AU

This was originally going to be for a fest. Which fest, though...I've forgotten. 🤔 What I have written was too fun and I love what I have! Life just got in the way of me finishing it. Sigh. (It's a conspiracy from the Universe, I swear. I'd be too powerful if it wasn't constantly throwing curveballs at me.)

Funnily enough, when it comes to AUs I'd generally prefer to read Muggle AUs over magical AUs, but "magical bookshop" was too perfect for me to resist! Our beloved, grumpy Severus runs a bookshop (of course) and he meets Harry for the first time as an annoying customer, rather than an annoying student. What fun!

And for this, I shall gift you with flirtation:

Heat rises to Severus’ cheeks. His words are much less casual repeated back to him, alone in his store. Still, he lifts his chin and stares haughtily down at Harry. “You might thank me for sparing you the attentions of older, predatory men.” 

Harry’s eyes glitter. “I don’t mind older men.” This bold statement takes Severus by surprise, and he nearly chokes on his own spit when Harry continues, “Or predatory ones.”

It's meant to be a rather lighthearted, fun fic. But we'll not know for sure until it's finished. 😄

WIP Tag Game

[maybankiara]

this jiara one-shot is looking like a solid 20k-er rn and is absolutely doing my head in. on the other hand i missed writing these two dumbasses so much

[musette22]

Hi! I hope you're having a good day! I'm here bothering you because after seeing you (and now that nonnie) gush about NEC many times I really need to know something. I know how much you love the story so I don't want this to come off as sth negative about the story (? sorry, I don't know how to explain myself well). Anyway, I was wondering if you could spoil the story for me...I've been tempting to read it for so long now but the steggy really really worries me. I can't read stories with steggy, in the few ones that I've read in the past, that relationship only lasted two chapters or something like that lol More than that, I just can't. So, I was wondering if you could tell me...do you think I would be able to handle reading NEC?

Hi my love! I'm having a good day, thank you! I hope you are too <3 Let me put my reply under the cut just to make sure I don't accidentally spoil anyone.

So I feel the exact same way you do about Steggy. Like, exactly. And I also was super hesitant to read NEC because of that. I'd never read any fics in which Steggy played a prominent part, even if Stucky was endgame, and I never have again since reading NEC. But this fic is in a league of its own, for me. It came highly recommended by people who I knew felt the same way I did about Steggy, so eventually I caved and decided to give it a shot. And I'm not gonna lie, it was hard to read at times, but in the end, the incredible prose and depiction of Steve and Bucky's love for each other made it 1000% worth it. I don't really know how to properly explain it, but NEC is just unlike anything I've read before or since, and I've read a lot of amazing fics. For what it's worth, Stucky is endgame, they get their happy ending, plus there is an incredible coda written by someone else (with permission of the authors), if you're craving a bit more Stucky by the end of the third part: Bone Of My Bones by thegeminisage

So anyway, I can't tell you for sure if you'll be able to handle reading NEC, particularly the first part which is heavy on the Steggy. But I can tell you that I myself was able to handle it somehow, despite feeling the same way you do about Steggy, and I came out of it thinking it was easily the most beautiful Stucky fic I'd ever read, even if it's nothing like other fics that I like. I don't know if that helps at all, but I hope it does a little! 💗