Aii, fun!! Hadn't done any of those in a while, so I'm a bit rusty.
Which of your fics is your pride and joy?
Aaahh!!!! Starting with a difficult question!!! Sorry, I truly cannot stick to one here...
I'm immensely proud of To carry a bit of yesterday. The first time I thought something I had written was good enough to commission art for it. Some kind of dream is in the same vein, so I love it equally.
Shards of morning nights and forbidden kisses, because it was my first attempt at omegaverse AND niecest+jadecest, and beyond the sexiness I just loved to write about the politics of those horny idiots's respective sects.
A comedy of Yi City errors was a THRILL to coordinate and turn into hilarious crack. It took a lot of planning but the results are brilliant, I think. In a similar vein, Just another corporate secret is equally fun for all the well pieced-together modern day equivalences for the sect's meeting (with NHS cockwarming LWJ in said meeting!)
You never learned to fall upwards, because for ONCE we get horny and cruel Xiao Xingchen domming Xue Yang in a (drumroll!!!) canon-fitting way, and without breaking their happy life at Yi City. Yey!!
And a big mention to Hell hath no fury from Mysterious Lotus Casebook, because I think I managed to capture the devious and fast-thinking personality of Li Lianhua, weaponizing his own rape to escape from a tricky situation.
What's a line or paragraph of yours that you're proud of?
Too many to count. I've been re-reading for this answer game and I had to stop because everywhere I see too may things I love...
Let's just leave it with the ending lines for Some kind of dream.
“Hmm… Daozhang?” asked a sleepy voice beside his ear.
“Yes?”
“I’m not… not done with you.”
“Ah?”
“I’m still a wanted criminal.” It almost sounded like a pout.
“Ah… Yes, of course.”
“Fearsome, and cruel, and terrible, aren’t I?”
“You are, A-Mei.”
“…your worst nightmare,” he mumbled, burying his face in the crook of his neck.
Xiao Xingchen hummed in agreement, but Chengmei didn’t seem to be awake anymore.
Calmly making his way back home, with a smile on his face and warmth on his heart, Xiao Xingchen felt like he couldn’t agree more.
“You certainly feel like some kind of dream to me.”
How long do you spend in edits?
Little to no time. Negative time, actually, if you consider I often post fics and only then I realize there are typos I have to quickly attack.
Where do your best ideas seem to strike?
In the shower. Without fail.
What's a fic you didn't expect to be popular, but really took off?Shadows in red, green, yellow
I took part in a trauma-based fic exchange, which had such interesting props, but my giftee asked for a SVSSS fic, which I had never written for. I wrote original Shen flashbacks to his slave years and the unfortunate trauma Liu Qingge triggers with his aggressive manners. I liked the wordplay in the title, and thought the nice parallels between the three chapters were pretty clever, but I didn't think much of it beyond that… Just a little hurt/comfort story.
It is my most kudosed fic ^^U
(comes to show how insanely loyal and starving for content the svsss fandom is. I love them all)
What's your greatest fear as a fanfic writer?
That ao3 shuts down one day. It is so big, so important, and there are far too many people who would see it burn out of hostility towards things they don't like nor understand.
What's a trope you haven't written, but want to?
I've never dared mafia/thriller AUs even though I find the genre interesting, because I don't think I know enough of the matter not to avoid falling into cliches that would make it boring. Jin Corp working behind the scenes, hired assassin Xue Yang, environmental activist Xiao Xingchen (and friends) who oppose a very lucrative deal… it all fits too neatly, see? Maybe I should find a twist, like XY going undercover in their hippy little group and has more fun sabotaging the daoshi's relationship than the actual greenpeace operation… or XXC is really a serial killer behind SL's back… idk.
If you could go back in time and tell your younger writer self something, what would it be?
Don't be afraid to write fanfiction. There is not one right way to write fics, no boogyman will bite your head off for not doing it "correctly", and if you love the original material enough to want to tell stories about it, characterization will just come naturally to you.
What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?
Comments are the pride and joy of any writer. Commenters who engage in conversation? A true treasure. That's how I made amazing friends all these years.
What's one of your fics that isn't as popular, but you hold dear?
I adore Relentless in love (and in dodging needles). Cangse Sanren and Xiao Xingchen having some sibling time together!! As a way to show both these character's personalities, I'm really very proud of how it came out, but naturally the tags aren't that attention-grabbing.
In fact... I do want to add a passage I like from it.
Song Lan said more things, but Xiao Xingchen barely heard him. He didn’t dare move his focus away from the fight between the spider and the young cultivator, who was now laughing maniacally as it chopped off more legs with glee.
“MWAHAHAHA! What’s that, you bug? You scared?? Want me to stop? Sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of you DYING!!!” she yelled.
Her sword slashed twice more, and the spider was finally discharged of all its legs, falling heavily on the ground where it rolled slightly until it hit the wall. The young woman swiftly jumped on the round body, stomping pettily on it while the spider let out pathetic little whines. Xiao Xingchen was in awe.
(...)
She must have been a very skilled and powerful cultivator in life! And such a powerful spirit, she could become a true menace if corrupted by rage and grief.
Xiao Xingchen needed to be very, very careful.
“Stop with the frowny face, silly. I know I’m dead”
Ok, that's it. Thank you very much for inviting me to this game.
I do have questions for you too!
💖 Which of your fics is your pride and joy?
🤩 What's the most meaningful comment you've ever received?
🔮What's your favorite plot twist you've ever written?
🙌What's a line or paragraph of yours that you're proud of?
🌠What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?
📕How do you feel about people printing your fics? (Trick question I know hahahahahahhaha)
👀 Would you ever accept requests or commissions?
🐸 If you incorporated your OTP into a Disney movie plot, which would it be?
💯 What rating do you enjoy writing the most? Gen Audiences, Teen, Mature, or Explicit? How many fics at that rating do you have?
😁What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?
🐎 Would you ever do a medieval or pirate au?
🌷What's one of your fics that isn't as popular, but you hold dear?
(If it's too many questions, feel free to drop a few)
By the way @10holmes the same questions (minus the ones you answered already in your post) apply to YOU! >w<
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