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Do you have any tips for posting fics on A03,

Or is there like a forum on how to post fics there?

Not really, but Ao3 has a general FAQ page here. And an here’s one dedicated to posting fics, as well as a tutorial. Hope this helps!!

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Thoughts on Conquest and Thragg?

(Or Kindquest too)

I’m sorry, I still haven’t watched season 4!

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the paleification of whumpified characters MUST end 😭

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Mother's Day and Father's Day must have been awkward in Mark Motherless Grayson and Deborah —————— household huh?

Yeupp

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Lmao having Nolan filed as a conscience objector is so funny somehow. I'm picturing Mark giving off home schooled kid energy despite *not* being home schooled. Like what do you mean this 14 year old can't hang out because he has to cover his 20 year old coworkers shift because their kid got sick 😭😭😭

This little wasian boi really looked at himself in the mirror after his unaliving attempt and told himself to get his life in order lol.

Is there any other little facts in this AU that didnt make it into the main storyline?

It's completely hilarious to me, I think Nolan might have a heart attack if he found out people think he's anti-vax, even just as Mark's totally normal human dad. Mark absolutely has horrendous vibes at school you know, people must always get the sense that he's lying all the time, but it must seem like it's about mundane things and not, "my dad is an abusive space alien whose card declines at BurgerMart, aka Omni-man the most powerful person on the planet". Well, at least there's William.

fr after his attempt he definitely had an epiphany like, "Oh I actually have to do this forever"

Hmmmm I'm sure there are? It's been a while since I've worked on lizard tail tbh (i apologize 😅), so nothing specifically is coming to mind.. Most of those little "facts" are written down in various places (I've got the main document and then some sandwich bags lol), all hopefully to end up in the story, even as just a one-liner or something.

Thank you for the ask 🫶🩵

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WAIT I HAVE ONE okay so I know I’ve written out Mark saying that Cecil’s teleportation smells bad, but Cecil can’t smell it.. The smell is carbon monoxide! Humans (and most if not all animals) can’t smell it, but here Mark can. This was literally just for funsies since the only person who uses teleportation enough to be affected by it is Cecil, and we know he’s not 100% organic material lol

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some naruto stuff from a fic that will probably never see the light of day

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Lmao having Nolan filed as a conscience objector is so funny somehow. I'm picturing Mark giving off home schooled kid energy despite *not* being home schooled. Like what do you mean this 14 year old can't hang out because he has to cover his 20 year old coworkers shift because their kid got sick 😭😭😭

This little wasian boi really looked at himself in the mirror after his unaliving attempt and told himself to get his life in order lol.

Is there any other little facts in this AU that didnt make it into the main storyline?

It's completely hilarious to me, I think Nolan might have a heart attack if he found out people think he's anti-vax, even just as Mark's totally normal human dad. Mark absolutely has horrendous vibes at school you know, people must always get the sense that he's lying all the time, but it must seem like it's about mundane things and not, "my dad is an abusive space alien whose card declines at BurgerMart, aka Omni-man the most powerful person on the planet". Well, at least there's William.

fr after his attempt he definitely had an epiphany like, "Oh I actually have to do this forever"

Hmmmm I'm sure there are? It's been a while since I've worked on lizard tail tbh (i apologize 😅), so nothing specifically is coming to mind.. Most of those little "facts" are written down in various places (I've got the main document and then some sandwich bags lol), all hopefully to end up in the story, even as just a one-liner or something.

Thank you for the ask 🫶🩵

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My memory may not be great because aside from Marks 8th birthday and that one dinner scene where Mark tries to joke with his dad, is there any other instances where we could see Nolan deserving Marks unconditional love?

Dont get me wrong, your writing is AMAZING and captures the complicated-awkward relationship between Mark and Nolan PERFECTLY 🤌🤌

Its just that I (reader) feel so bad for Mark not being able to be as care free as kids his age and being emotionally stunted because of his dad 🥲

(Unrelated but have you started watching s04 yet, and whats your opinion on Rex? I feel like young Rex and Mark might have gotten along but that might just be my copium, haha)

Hmm.. I can’t really answer that? It’s up to each person to decide what kinds of affection are equal. Can anyone ‘deserve’ love? Can it be earned, or do you have to accept it? To love and be loved is not up to anyone—this might be what Nolan doesn’t understand, that emotions are non consensual. He knows that it exists, but what is the biological reason for it? To bond organisms together when each other’s influence is beneficial to their survival? For example, Nolan feeds Mark every night and provides shelter—maybe for animals, this is love. Maybe for these two, this is love.

Tl;dr: I doooon’t remember either 😅 I think it’s something I wanted to work on more, showing more instances of them getting along.

I appreciate that!! I have kind of put Mark in a parental-torture nexus here haha

I haven’t seen any of season 4 yet 🫣 I lowkey ship MarkRex so..! Whatever they’ve shown I probably would agree with you there 🩵

Thank you for the question 🫶🩵

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My memory may not be great because aside from Marks 8th birthday and that one dinner scene where Mark tries to joke with his dad, is there any other instances where we could see Nolan deserving Marks unconditional love?

Dont get me wrong, your writing is AMAZING and captures the complicated-awkward relationship between Mark and Nolan PERFECTLY 🤌🤌

Its just that I (reader) feel so bad for Mark not being able to be as care free as kids his age and being emotionally stunted because of his dad 🥲

(Unrelated but have you started watching s04 yet, and whats your opinion on Rex? I feel like young Rex and Mark might have gotten along but that might just be my copium, haha)

Hmm.. I can’t really answer that? It’s up to each person to decide what kinds of affection are equal. Can anyone ‘deserve’ love? Can it be earned, or do you have to accept it? To love and be loved is not up to anyone—this might be what Nolan doesn’t understand, that emotions are non consensual. He knows that it exists, but what is the biological reason for it? To bond organisms together when each other’s influence is beneficial to their survival? For example, Nolan feeds Mark every night and provides shelter—maybe for animals, this is love. Maybe for these two, this is love.

Tl;dr: I doooon’t remember either 😅 I think it’s something I wanted to work on more, showing more instances of them getting along.

I appreciate that!! I have kind of put Mark in a parental-torture nexus here haha

I haven’t seen any of season 4 yet 🫣 I lowkey ship MarkRex so..! Whatever they’ve shown I probably would agree with you there 🩵

Thank you for the question 🫶🩵

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Saw that one post with Mark not getting vaccinations (hilarious btw). I'm not from America but a common theme I see on family oriented american TV shows were an episode of when a kid gets fleas or hair mites (or other similar infestation) at school.

If your open to discussing more lore on Mark raised by single dad Nolan, would you think him as the type to shave Mark bald?

Yes absolutely haha

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Question, what does Nolan do when Mark is actually sick (e.g. from ages 5-10 pre-powers)?

Like maybe the obvious answer would be that he would reel back the hero duties and take care of Mark but do you think Nolan gets flashbacks from the scourge virus?

Also, like, with how paranoid he is with the windows/GDA is Mark updated with his vaccinations and healthcheck (lol)

He hears in passing that chicken noodle soup is good and brings only that home for dinner. Although, Mark doesn't get sick a lot.

I'll be honest, I'm basically completely spoiled for the comic but I haven't actually read it, and I'm waiting for season 4 to come out in its entirety before watching, sooo I don't precisely know what's going on with Nolan's feelings towards the virus. (If that's been touched on yet?) But I'd say he saw Debbie get sick enough times to not panic or anything.

I cannoooot remember my original position on this 😭😭 I'm leaning towards Mark being vaccinated during childhood and then once he becomes invulnerable he sort of takes over that kind of paperwork? Like, schools need immunization records but Mark already handles a lot of parental signature stuff without ever informing Nolan, so he just has "Nolan" file as a conscientious objector lmfaoo. I don't think this is in the story, but Mark either has complete access to Nolan's email or has a fake one with Nolan's name on it 💀

Thank you for the question 🫶🩵🩵

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timeline so bad i learned how to make calendars in sheets

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Oh so they are committing to making Oliver white 🙂 Totally fine and normal 🙂🙂 It has to happen 🙂🙂🙂 Because the most important Viltrumite trait is genetic eugenics 🙂🙂🙂🙂

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Going off Nolan being a single dad and Mark having little to no contact with Debbie, would Mark be adamant about not bringing/raising Oliver on earth?

Or if forced to (due circumtances) , would Mark take Cecils offer of raising Oliver with the GDA?

Okay so this is sort of a HUUUGE spoiler for Oliver’s character that I’ve only kind of tried to hint at in the story, so I’ll put the answer under the cut! If you want to wait for me to finish the fic (which—who knows when), then cover your eyes! It has some implications for the larger plot as well.

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Oliver won’t exist at all in lizard tail! Olivia is his counterpart :)

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Wait, I just thought of something pretty scary.

Since Mark got his powers around 10yrs old in "Lizard Tail" and we know Nolan occasionally hits Mark almost well into his late teens (if I recall it correctly), and sometimes hard enough for bruises to linger, doesn’t that mean that if Mark hadn't gotten his powers early he would have dealt with fractures or possibly some broken bones at some point of his childhood?

Ah, no. The bruise was from before he got his powers. Part of the reason Mark has a hard time articulating his abuse is because it no longer hurts. But Nolan doesn’t know that it didn’t. Of course, now that Nolan knows about Mark’s powers, his painless position is no longer secure.

Thanks for the question 🩵

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Its ok, take your time writing and I hope you have a blast with your current project!!!!

And if you don't mind us asking, was Mark's only exposure with festivals (e.g. Christmas, Halloween, etc) only limited to school/shopping malls? Since we know Nolans distain for other cultures (birthdays included), I cant imagine how left out Mark felt during those festive months.

Also, what was Mark major did Mark plan to pursue in University?

Heloo! Thank you for being understanding ☺️

Nolan and Mark do birthdays kind of. Not a celebration or anything but Nolan does remember the day and got him a present once. Nolan doesn’t celebrate his own. No other holidays unless William wraps him into something, although they don’t visit each other’s homes. So more celebrations than say a Jehovah’s Witness, but definitely less than average.

I’m thinking he would apply as Undeclared, but I might change this later.

Thanks for the question, happy holidays!