Ashka's Writing Rambles

When I can't write, I ramble about writing instead. https://archiveofourown.org/users/Ashkaztra

[ashkawrites]

So I was playing AFK Journey and I noticed something ...

I don't particularly like this guy (and not because he's a villain, he's just boring), but change some colours around and this would make an excellent formal wear outfit for SM1!Robotnik.

Or potentially for that other AU my brain has begun spinning (because Chaos Theory-verse wasn't enough) which diverges before the first movie.

[ashkawrites]

Re: my love of making teeny pointless references in my fics that are mostly just easter eggs for the people who do get it (and don't affect those who don't get it, because that's kinda mean)...

One of the main GUN people who're causing issues in Chaos Theory is an engineer named Meredith Miller. She is marginally more pleasant than the person who inspired her first name (though Jeannie is way nicer and I'm sorry I stole her married surname).

[ashkawrites]

So, having watched Sonic 3 far too many times — for science! (yes, I'm writing things down, so it's science) — and I've been trying to figure out where the Shadow Base is, but it's never really mentioned. We're told Shadow crashed down in Oklahoma, but not if that's where the base is.

It could be! All information we have about the base is that it's under a mountain, and Oklahoma does have those. And when Robotnik is tracking down the missing Badniks the screen does show North America, so presumably it's somewhere in the US.

Now, I've never read the script, and as far as I can tell they say nothing in the novelisation (I will admit I skim read them, they're not written for adults), but the only real information I can find about it is that Jeff Fowler referred to it as Shadow Base and that's it's a massive underground base.

You know what is also a massive underground base near Oklahoma that would be a good place to put a lab, and not entirely dissimilar from the way the look from the movie? And ties into that other fandom I've obsessed hard over?

Yeah. So my headcanon is that the reason there is no Stargate program in the Sonic movie verse is that they put the Shadow Base where SGC is. (Presumably NORAD is still around, but they stuck them elsewhere). Shadow Base gave me such SG-1 flashbacks anyway (actually so did Prison Island — the layout is very close to the gate room) so why not.

[ashkawrites]

Writing more drone fic nonsense and I just had too much fun with this one:

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[awizardcommandingsleep]

Yet another writing ask

Which of your fics would you keep the basic plot of but rewrite completely?

Anything that you'd like to write but feel like you're unable to?

How would you describe your writing style?

Do you have any OCs? Do you have a story for them?

What's a tag you never want to use for your works even when it applies?

What's your ratio for rating your works?

Your favourite ao3 tag.

How slow is a slow burn?

Thoughts on cliffhangers.

Top three favourite fic tropes.

Three tropes that are fine but overrated.

If you write in more than one language, what's the difference?

Rate your worldbuilding skills from 1 to 10.

Write and share the first sentence of a new fic. Just that.

What's your favourite plotless fic you have written?

Are one-shots really underrated?

Past or present tense? Why?

First, second, or third person?

Share a snippet from a wip without giving any context for it.

Do you work on a single project or many at the same time? How does that work for you?

Can you accurately predict how long your fics are going to be? If you can, what's your secret?

What is it about watching the same two idiots falling in love over and over again?

Dialogue or description? Why is the other one so hard?

Thoughts on flashbacks/flashforwards.

Is writing the whole thing beforehand better or worse than writing it as you go?

What would you describe as OOC?

Do you agree that one shouldn't start a story with a piece of dialogue?

Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?

What's the hardest thing about writing?

Describe a fic that almost happened, but then it didn't.

What was the most difficult fic for you to write (but in the end you made it)?

Do you have a word/expression that you always use in your writing?

Give your writing a compliment.

Do you write to improve? Or is that not a concern for you?

Thoughts on writing challenges/contests.

How do you come up with fic titles? What's the one you're most proud of?

Do you research before writing or while you write? Is it fun or boring for you?

"This never happened" fix-it fics or "this happened but" fix-it fics?

Wildest AU scenario you have written?

Write a 9-word fic.

[ashkaztra]

More Chaos Theory-verse art? It's more likely than you think.

Bella learning to show affection from cat headbonks and SAGE being a robotic jellyfish.

[ashkawrites]

I am writing a fic from the perspective of a 19cm ovoid murder drone. This is a new one even for me.

[ashkawrites]

Writing this fic in Notepad++ because I need it to not auto-correct capital letters. And also because Notepad ++ has auto-complete, because there are only so many times I want to be typing out primary_user:agent_stone and Bella uses that a lot in this fic.

[ashkawrites]

I am writing a fic from the perspective of a 19cm ovoid murder drone. This is a new one even for me.

[ashkawrites]

Do I go even more self-indulgent and give Chaos Theory Stone a weird mask so he can really tap into that "vengeful robot ghost" aesthetic?

[ashkawrites]

Law of the Instrument

Law of the Instrument (4549 words) by Ashkaztra Chapters: 2/7 Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik/Agent Stone Characters: Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog), Badnik Characters (Sonic the Hedgehog), Sage (Sonic the Hedgehog) Additional Tags: Smart Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog), Competent Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog), Cyborg Agent Stone, Transhumanism as Coping Method, Emotional Support Badnik, More Bad Decisions, Blood and Injury, Violence, Stone kills a lot of people in this one, He just doesn't think about it much, Handwaved Geography, The science isn't quite sciencing but neither does the canon one, Sage wasn't supposed to be in this but she had her own plans, my take on a live action universe Sage, she's the core of the Badnik system, 5+1 Things, Eye Trauma, Self-Dehumanizing Series: Part 3 of Chaos Theory Summary: When all you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail. When all you have is your dead loved one's technology and the ability to attach it to yourself, everything starts looking like a reason. * Or: Five times Agent Stone cut away his humanity and one time he couldn't replace it.

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More from the Chaos Theory verse because I'm not done using Stone as my emotional chew toy yet.

[phantomrose96]

*motivational voice* it is always possible to make things worse for The Character

[ashkawrites]

Sometimes, writing brings absurdity and joy.

Especially in a fandom that is thoroughly silly.

I can make a joke about a character needing to lay low and then stick him in the Mariana trench.

[ashkawrites]

When you upgrade your mechanical creature/house to have a more advanced personality matrix and now it has anxiety.

[ashkawrites]

When I say that the Chaos Theory-verse ate my brain, I'm not joking.

This is a screenshot from the Scrivener project for the verse and this isn't even half the planned stuff, just the ones I'm actively working on. Featuring my weird-ass working titles, some minor sneak peaks and a LOT of screenshots from the movies. Mostly the third one.

Yes, the CRAB gets a name eventually. That fic isn't even started and added to the project yet.

[ashkawrites]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

In the aftermath of the Eclipse Cannon, Stone clings to what little he has left. It might not be enough. An accident leads him down an obsessive path that might destroy him— Or remake him.

The inevitable result of my hyper-fixation is here. At least it seems to have broken through my writer's block? Not sure if I'm happy or embarrassed about it. Both, probably.

Having way too much fun with this setting though, so it's all good. Already working on several other fics in the same series.

[butch-ramblings]

(flirting) I could worship you in ways that would make churches look useless.

[twinktorturer]

the best thing a man can be is gay and suicidal and miserable and utterly unlikable and unpleasant to be around and prone to addiction and abused and traumatized and not breaking the cycle and