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Leonid Pasternak  (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work

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This I must know.. would you ever consider continuing the Wanderers story with Dream, following the show as it progresses? Or has the Wanderers story come to an exact end after Beyond was posted

I’m gonna be so real with you all.

I’m mad. Because I really was anticipating s2 so damn much and DID have plans to write more for them. Maybe nothing as expansive as tibyim but certain splashes of scenes inspired by whatever we got in the show. Def more Wanderer/Cori, too. Already had some ideas for fun jealousy subplots I could have teased with the new characters that show up too.

That being said, the whole Gaiman thing soured everything for me so bad. I adore what the story is and the community it built but it’s impossible to separate the art from the artist in this case. I’m a woman first, a fan second. Though it would be a lie to say that it doesn’t make me sad. It does. Because I adored writing this start to finish and it’s nice to see a new trickle of people discovering tibyim now that s2 has come out.

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hey babes! Just came it to ask how you feel about the next season of sandman that’s coming soon. I’m ngl I lowk thought they dropped it since there hadn’t been any updates and well……. It’s been 3 years 😭😭😭.

ANYWAYS IM SO EXCITED FOR IT (DADDYS HOMEE 😫😝). I highkey feel like this season would be bittersweet coz tell me why im seeing comments saying that it’ll be the last season 🤨 like Netflix stop dropping ur good shows. Anyways I hope your doing okay and byeee for now :))

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James Baldwin

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7 (i’m curious. if it’s coffee how do you take it) and 10 for the ask game, maybe in coa because i imagine all the character dynamics are a ton more fleshed out in npfh but just. talk about them? if you want ? 🤲🏻🤲🏻 share?

Coffee or tea while you write?

I actually drink both. Tea excessively (prefer fruit tea tho). Coffee usually two cups a day. One first thing in the morning, and one in the afternoon (around 1-2) because I try to micro dose it to not lose the kick. Sometimes, if I'm really busy, I have 3 but that's very rare nowadays.

Is there a character or ship you'd love to write for, but haven't yet?

(technically have written these but in sense of more)

HECTOR/V 🗣📣There's such a profound arc I had planned for them that ends in such a satisfying way I still think about it all the time. Lucien/V is another one. Because they're foils in coa, and no one can understand the effect Elder can have, the way he changes you, except Lucien. It's such a unique bond they share,,, like Lucien was onto something when he said that if they met sooner they would have been friends. They're bound by a very unique experience that changed them forever.

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Fanfic/Author Ask Game

Write a scene from [insert fic] in another character’s POV

Which of your fics is your pride and joy?

What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?

What are some words or phrases you feel like you overuse?

What’s something you learned while researching a fic?

Would you ever accept requests or commissions?

Coffee or tea while you write?

What is your favorite line/section from [insert fic]?

How did you get into writing fanfiction?

Is there a character or ship you'd love to write for, but haven't yet?

What makes a fic 'successful' in your opinion?

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Do you have an 'official' creative writing background such as a degree or previous experience publishing?

What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?

Does anyone you know in real life know you write fanfiction?

What do you struggle with most when writing?

What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing?

How many WIPs do you have and how many do you expect to finish?

How do you get over writer's block?

Share your favorite kiss scene from [insert fic]. If there's no kiss scene, share your favorite moment of intimacy (romantic or platonic)

What stops you from writing more in your free time?

Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?

Which scene/theme was the inspiration for [insert fic]?

Are there any moments in [insert fic] that feel "blurry" to you? Is this a stylistic choice, or would you go back and clarify the descriptions if you were given the chance?

Do you ever "prep" your fics with outlines or warmups before you start writing, or do you just dive right in?

Are any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

Have you noticed your style change over time?

What fic meant the most to you to write?

A character you enjoy making suffer.

A character you want to protect.

What is your favorite fic to get comments/messages on?

Wild Card: Ask me something else!

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honestly a big reason COA was so huge for me was santino’s practically original characterization but also. your original characters 😭😭 hector and steph especially and when you started writing things for v?? it was over for me

PLEASE. Hahaha. I'm so glad you love them! Honestly the warm reception to my OCs is what encouraged me to write my own novel, so I'll always be grateful to you guys and coa for giving me that courage to take a leap.

Hector I know was suuuper popular at the time. I was once again surprised by how many people liked him AND shipped him with V, especially in last few chapters where you see them actually progressing in their bond and her relying on him. Don't get me wrong, I get the appeal 😂 and I'm actually not sure if I ever mentioned this before but back when I first created Hector, he was meant to be V's secondary love interest. That's why I created him initially. I later changed this because I wasn't sure what the reaction would be to an OC, and figured that Santino, as a canon character, would be a more compelling competition for John.

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how it feels to see a post containing a vaguely factually inaccurate sentiment about a subject on which you are disgustingly overinformed

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i remember discovering coa and being pleasantly surprised by the substance you'd given to santino. hellooo? the personality, the sheer depth?? i started to prefer him over john, and tbh always hoped v and santi would be the endgame. call me foolish idcccc

and, then, tiby??? i was rather sceptical bc morpheus is such a colossal aggravation of a character and a general pain in the arse, that he must be a challenge to most writers. and, yet, the way you wrote him was beautiful. their relationship spanning across space and time??? uh huh, that's the good stuff. did you have any issues with his characterisation?

finally, when you, once more, opt to put pen to paper, we'll be here to welcome you back!

I think the shift from John to Santino was pretty wide spread, actually. Which is honestly not something I expected given John's the lead character AND so deeply beloved (by myself included) the thing is: I love a good love triangle. Yet always despised when writers make the triangle uneven and second love interest serves more as a drama source and you just know he/she stands no chance. I wanted to give Santino more character and build up on what little we got in canon.

As for Morpheus, I actually never had trouble with him as weird as it sounds lmao. Yes, some aspects took time to ponder, and I wanted to make his journey as true to his character as possible, but I personally found John wayyyy harder to write. Morpheus I think I captured very early on and he was just rock solid in my head throughout. I knew what he would say and how he would say it at all times. In comparison to someone like John, who actually gave me multiple headaches throughout the story.

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I heard coa and ran immediately (I miss the diva) i have a question if you want to answer it! Which part was your favourite to write? Like the one that had your fingers flying over the keyboard!

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I miss the diva too - no one is like her, truly!

Also thank you for your question. As for the answer... honestly a few scenes come to mind, even years later:

John leaving in Chapter 3: God that shit made even me misty eyed. I was going through every emotion V was going through, truly trying to put myself in her shoes to capture that raw heartbreak and yeah.... it was something.

Chicago: There was sooo much build up to this damn event, I genuinely feared it would not live up to expectation, but thankfully I was woman possessed and genuinely think Chicago onwards is where the story truly peaked, which brings me to...

The Desert/Elder/Parabellum: To this day I don't know what sauce I was on at the time, but it was something else. It took me a relatively long time to actually write chapters 17/18 (I mean, chapter 17 alone was 39k and chapter 18 36k, so that had something to do with it lmao) but I enjoyed it so much, the vibes were so potent, and the whole build up of Elder/V and the eventual twist about V's arc was genuinely so enjoyable to write, which brings me to the last one...

Lucien vs V fight/Elder reveal: You have no damn idea how LONG I was waiting to pay this all off, how painstaking the build up was to lay down all the clues and tie everything together, make sure timelines work and everything was believable and in character. Also I have such a soft spot for Lucien/V, looking back on that scene, compared to what I know they are like in NPFH, was a trip and a half.

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reread latter part of coa after years and like…. who was this diva?

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You’re in your 20s saying seggs and unalive… Maybe worry about that

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