Moonie Does Stuff

Hello there! I'm Moonfireflight on AO3, where you can see that all I do in my free time is write about 707 from Mystic Messenger. Seven makes my big dumb kokoro go hella doki doki. Feel free to say hello or just enjoy your time at the Seven Appreciation Station. Here's my Masterlist . MOST OF IT IS NSFW. If you are under 18, I cannot allow you here. Don't feel obligated in any way, but if you want, you can now buy me a Dr. Pepper, I mean, coffee.

[memepocalypse]

Hidden Injuries

"Wait - you're bleeding."

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"Okay, I have you, I have you -"

"Don't you dare pass out on me."

"You good? You look a little pale."

"Your shirt... is that blood?"

"Oh, my god, are you serious? I think it's broken!"

"Why would you hide this from us?!"

"Okay - okay, breathe. We're going to help you."

"You idiot! You could have died!"

"I'm - I'm calling an ambulance -"

"Why are you breathing so shallowly?"

"You can barely stand."

"Sit down. Right now."

"I'm going to fix you up, but you have to sit still."

"I've had worse."

"It's not that bad, really..."

"I'm just a little... light headed...."

"It's barely bleeding at all."

"Aw, man, I liked this shirt."

"Oh, yeah that's... huh. That's a lot of blood."

"I'm just gonna sit right here... for a minute..."

"My chest really... hurts..."

"I can't really breathe -"

"Ow. It's fine. Ow."

"I can handle it myself."

"Oh, that? Yeah it's just... it's just a little blood..."

"Barely touched me."

"Why are there two of you?"

"I'll be fine. I'm great. I'm - I'm fantastic. Don't worry about me! I'm just gonna go... into this really nice... warm light..."

[snakebites-and-ink]

I've already said that my number one piece of writing advice is to read.

But my number two piece of advice is this: be deliberate.

Honestly this would fix so many pieces of bad writing advice. Don't forbid people from doing something, tell them to be conscious and deliberate about it. This could help stop people from falling into common mistakes without limiting their creativity. Black and white imperatives may stop a few annoying beginner habits, but ultimately they will restrict artistic expression.

Instead of "don't use epithets": "Know the effect epithets have and be deliberate about using them." Because yes, beginners often misuse them, but they can be useful when a character's name isn't known or when you want to reduce them to a particular trait they have.

Instead of "don't use 'said'" or "just use 'said'": "Be deliberate about your use of dialogue tags." Because sometimes you'll want "said" which fades into the background nicely, but sometimes you will need a more descriptive alternative to convey what a character is doing.

Instead of "don't use passive voice": "Be deliberate about when you use passive voice." Because using it when it's not needed can detract from your writing, but sometimes it can be useful to change the emphasis of a sentence or to portray a particular state of mind.

Instead of blindly following or ignorantly neglecting the rules of writing, familiarize yourself with them and their consequences so you can choose when and if breaking them would serve what you're trying to get across.

Your writing is yours. Take control of it.

It probably sounds like I'm preaching to the choir here because most of my mutuals are already great writers. But I'm hoping this will make it to the right people.

Edit: I'm not just saying "know the rules to break them," I'm also saying you should stop presenting things as "rules" when it's not actually a linguistic requirement. Telling beginners the effect something will have will help much more than making "rules" limiting how they can use it.

[aetsiv]

i think because of the whole "writers write for themselves" notion that's becoming increasingly popularized, people forget that we still thrive off interaction and kindness. i write for myself but kudos and comments and bookmarks and really any sort of interaction with my fics genuinely motivates me to keep writing and keep sharing my works.

[theclonewriter-blog]

“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.

[onewordtest]

“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement. 

[joehywheelah]

“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”

[tenoko1]

“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”

[cj-amused]

Things I didn’t know

[prismatic-bell]

“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”

[jawnwats-deactivated20160713]

You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didn’t know any of this when writing their stories.

[notesoftruth]

Okay, but someone please explain question marks when followed by a dialogue tag. How do?

[flootzavut]

“The speech tag is still part of the previous sentence,” she explained, ‘so it isn’t capitalised.“

“What do you mean?” he asked. “But there’s a full stop as part of the question mark!”

She nodded gravely. “I know!” she said. “A lot of people find this confusing. But the speech tag belongs to the line of dialogue, it’s still part of the sentence, so it’s wrong to capitalise it.”

She reblogged the post again, because she had recently read far too many potentially enjoyable stories marred by poor dialogue punctuation.

[dechart]

I’ve only seen this post in screenshots till now..

[eddiestarchild]

NOICE. Can’t wait to use this

[magpiefngrl]

“There are two more ways"—she pointed to the blackboard—“to punctuate interruptions. One is with the em dashes outside the quotations marks to indicate continuous speech. The action occurs at the same time as speech. The other—” she sipped from a glass of water “—is em dashes within the quotation marks to indicate interrupted speech.”

[heywriters]

Thank you, because having more than one way to interrupt dialogue is not confusing at all lol (I’ve only seen em dashes inside quotations, the other way hurts my brain—I prefer commas).

[moonfireflight]

Let it be known I was drawn in part to Saeyoung because he's a hacker...

I'm just doing this for myself ;)

[moonfireflight]

Oh yeah haha, I learned SO MUCH in that class. Causing shenanigans (with permission) on the household network has already been fun.

[moonfireflight]

I accidentally had that artist ping the wrong account. While I’m still active on this platform under different names, and use this one elsewhere, I pretty much stopped using this when my hyperfixation switched off of MysMe.

That being said, just because I commissioned one artist (who I’ve commissioned several times now) doesn’t mean I’m open to solicitation from other artists? I hope that was a bot and not a real person because THE GALL.

[vimesbootstheory]

not looking to pick fights so I'm not rb-ing but it's not parasocial to interact with an ao3 author and to respond to what they say in author notes or comments, that's just being social

ao3 authors aren't content creators, that's a real person sans public persona just sharing a cool thing they made

[moonfireflight]

I met one of my best friends through her comments on my fic :D @flowersofsakura

[moonfireflight]

Nobody:

Me: Saeyoung Choi deserves so much love, a chance to feel hopeful, tender touches, being held, a shoulder to cry on, restful nights and peaceful mornings, reminders of his worth as a person, good friends, laughter, joy, understanding, soft snuggles, inside jokes, holiday

[moonfireflight]

I know you're not really active on here anymore but I saw this post and thought of one of your fics immediately

Heck! I wish I had seen this before the link died :(

[space-kitten-606]

I didn't send this ask, but on behalf of nonny, this is the post:

And what can I say, they're 100% right to apply it to your writing uwu

[moonfireflight]

Aww bless, I love that. Thank you for being so kind even after I completely failed to do anything on your request. I just haven't had the right brainspace for writing at all except in random fits and bursts and I don't control what inspires me to actually do it. Full time work and college and depression are a hell of a combo ahah.

[moonfireflight]

I know you're not really active on here anymore but I saw this post and thought of one of your fics immediately

Heck! I wish I had seen this before the link died :(

[moonfireflight]

Let it be known I was drawn in part to Saeyoung because he's a hacker...

I'm just doing this for myself ;)

[moonfireflight]

Sorry to keep teasing new fic and then never finishing them. Maybe I'll cut the last chapter out of my FNAF fic and just post it.

But before then, I'm about to severely lower my AO3's rent by posting Homestuck fic in 2024, if I finish that.

[moonfireflight]

Oh, I forgot I already mentioned this. I have like five fics in the works but only one of the HS fics will get posted under my name. If I, you know, finish any of them.

Haha, never did anything with that FNAF fic again. Sorry, granpa Willy

[moonfireflight]

It's been a while since I've seen you on my dash ♡ I hope you're doing alright!!

Sending lots of hugs your way

Xoxo Kitten

Again, I have no idea when this was sent, but LOVES RIGHT BACK AT YA!!! Doing good here, just mega busy working on my degree in

~CYBERSECURITY~

[moonfireflight]

Hey hope ur doing well

I read ur 606 <3 707 collection and i just found ur tumblr 🥺

It was so good im wondering if u still write anything for that or no

I know it was for 3 years ago but im just exited 😅

Hello! I just noticed this and I'm not sure how old this message is because Tumblr doesn't really DO time lol.

Alas, I have not written any MysMe in a while. I have more random WIPs I can count from multiple fandoms right now and barely have any time or energy to work on them.

Current phase? Would you believe... Homestuck?

It's Homestuck.

[moonfireflight]

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

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Mystic Messenger (Video Game) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: 707 | Luciel Choi/Reader, 707 | Luciel Choi/Main Character Characters: 707 | Luciel Choi, Main Character (Mystic Messenger), Yoosung Kim Additional Tags: Tickling, Teasing, Domestic Fluff, Double Entendre, sacrilicious, I mean, sacrilegious, just a little, Religion Kink, Wax Play, Food Play, Milk and Honey, Blow Jobs, Masturbation, Explicit Sexual Content, obviously, Vaginal Sex, Vaginal Fingering, I hope my handbasket is really comfy because I’ve got a long way to ride in it, Dom!Seven, until he’s not, Fluffy Ending Series: Part 4 of 707 <3 606 Summary:

You’ve spent a lot of the day and evening teasing Saeyoung, and it’s time for you to pay for your sins! Will you cry mercy?

Please don’t read this if, by the tags, you think it might offend you/be uncomfortable to read. I know Saeyoung is Catholic, and I don’t mean any insult by this, I’m just having a bit of fun. A friend and I had made some jokes about communion and “God Seven smiling down upon you” and -gestures helplessly-

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Aaaaaand, it’s done! Let me know what you think! <3

[moonfireflight]

OH AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO THE CHOI TWINS because I still love them forever.

[moonfireflight]

Sorry to keep teasing new fic and then never finishing them. Maybe I'll cut the last chapter out of my FNAF fic and just post it.

But before then, I'm about to severely lower my AO3's rent by posting Homestuck fic in 2024, if I finish that.