2, 19, 20 from the fic ask!
Thank you for these, Kat!
2. What is your favorite paragraph from (insert story title you want to know about here, or leave it blank for writer's choice)? Is there a reason it's your favorite?
I don't know that I could pick an absolute favorite because I'm terrible at choosing things and my opinions on my own writing change day by day. But here are a couple bits (two, for the aforementioned terrible at choosing things reasons) that I so far remain pretty fond of, both from didn't see it coming, now it's everywhere i go:
And still, somehow it’s the most logical thing in the world, Buck’s abundance of love spilling out of the lines, painting his own chaotic, vibrant picture. Buck works in watercolors while everyone else sticks to pencils, every feeling spreading and shifting until even the paper has metamorphosed, rippling and rising where once it was only flat.
This line just felt so visual to me from the moment I came up with it. It sounds weird, but I see this line when I read it. Maybe I did too many watercolors as a child. But it feels true to Buck for me.
And Eddie, on being in love with Buck:
It’s been there, Eddie realizes, for so long he never thought to look for it, the way he never stops to check if he still has ten fingernails, his left elbow, both kneecaps. It’s part of him, stitched around his ribs, lacing through his veins, indistinguishable from his beating heart. Eddie loves Buck every day, like the sunrise, dawning each morning like clockwork and leaving him breathless nonetheless.
The funny thing is, I actually have never been fully satisfied with the last line of this excerpt, but the rest of it I rather like, and alas, it all goes together. After 20k of Eddie being really obtuse about his feelings, I like this part for how it shows how he could have been so clueless for so long — how something can be so intrinsic to you that you don't even realize there's anything to realize. And idk, just. Vibes.
19. What was the very first fan work you ever created?
I can't promise there wasn't anything earlier than this I simply can't recall, but the first thing I remember is the Harry Potter fanfic I wrote at literal age 10 that is, in fact, still up on fanfiction.net. It is. Not good. It also features reviews from my actual grandma going "great job, sweetie!" or something of the like. I check in on those fics from time to time, and I am fond of them for the time capsules they are, but also, woof. WOOF. Crimes were committed.
20. Is there anything about any one of your fics that you have been dying to discuss but haven't had the chance to?
This is such a fun question and naturally I'm blanking on every thought I've ever had about my own writing now. I don't know that there's any specific thing like this. I do love when people pick up on the little things I put in because I am (or at least try to be) very intentional about my writing and word choices. I just generally love talking about my fics, which is tricky when you are Anxious because I don't want to seem like I'm self-obsessed or fishing for compliments or anything. But I spend so long with my fics just living in my head that once they're out I'm so psyched to talk about them with other humans instead of just constantly thinking about them. So really any kind of discussion is a grand time for me!
Alternate answer: this is so stupid but every single time I write that a character "can't think straight" (often while actively fucking a member of the same sex) I giggle to myself. Know that that word choice is absolutely intentional and yes I know that is ridiculous but hey, we have fun.
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