The other day, a mutual contacted me to share that they've begun learning sign language & that my designs that include ASL was part of their inspiration. It was the best news. Inclusivity, that's the mission.
No one ever tell me anything bad about the person who runs this account.
the person who runs this account, Katie Gouldin, is an evolutionary biologist who has an EXCELLENT podcast called Creature Feature which compares and contrasts the weird behaviors of man and beast! she is super cute and funny too!
I was tagged (a while ago, sorry for being chronically offline ^^;;;) by @fancy-a-dance-brigadier, thanks Fancy!!
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
90, more than I thought!
2. What’s your total word count?
861,583, sounds about right for me :D
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Star Trek DS9, Overwatch, Dream Daddy, One Piece, and much further in the past, The Hobbit and MCU.
4. Top 5 fics by kudos?
My top 5 are all older MCU and Hobbit fics I'm too sentimental to delete, but don't want to go out of the way to share ^^; sorry for cheating!
#6 is one I'm still very proud of: Crush (Overwatch, YeeHan & Genyatta, T+)
5. Do you respond to comments?
Always! Sometimes I'm slow to respond because I'm taking breaks from the social internet, but I always want to thank people who take the time to write kind words <3
6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Undoubtedly Epilogue: Closure, the final chapter of my almost 300k Overwatch Modern AU. It's technically a happy ending, but, well, look at the tags ^^;
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest end?
The rest of them, I can't write a sad ending to save my life!
8. Do you get hate on fics?
No, thankfully. I did get some weird snark on my old MCU fics, but my rule is delete, block, and bless ✌️
9. Do you write smut?
I do! A friend joked that my smut is 80% build up and 20% action, but I wouldn't have it any other way ^^
10. Do you write crossovers?
Nah, but I'm not opposed to it if the right idea presented itself.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not as far as I know!
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yes! A very nice commenter asked to translate my old Science Bros Texting fics into Mandarin and posted it on a Chinese fandom forum. I don't have the link handy anymore, but it was fun putting the comments through Google Translate <3
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes! I wrote Three Hearts Beat As One with the incredibly talented @fancy-a-dance-brigadier , a DS9 fic where Jennifer Sisko lived and poly shenanigans ensued <3 I also co-created most of the ideas for my VegaMarch Chronicles series with a very good friend who doesn't want to be credited but has all my love <3 Nerd dad/Goth dad for life!
14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?
Noooo don't make me choose. It's a three-way tie between my beloved Siskoshir (DS9) and the tag I helped fill with good online friends, VegaMarch (Dream Daddy), as mentioned above, a truly tiny ship that has my heart, and Mondatta/Reinhardt/Jyoti (Overwatch), which involves two canon characters who never speak and an OC, I swear it makes sense in context!
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?
Oof, I have a lot of WIPs but definitely my Siskoshir modern AU, I had the whole world fleshed out in my head and the first chapter flowed so easily and then my creativity just...dried up. I'm still trying to get it back :(
16. What are your writing strengths?
Humour, metaphors, description, I think I thrive in iyashikei because I write so much of it. I'm all about character exploration and interactions.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Plots, planning, finishing things;;; I also sometimes can't stop 'touching the paint' so to speak, and I often try to jam too much into one story, but I'm learning!
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?
My Spanish is at maybe a first grade level and I can barely put a sentence together in Japanese, soooo no, lol
19. First fandom you wrote for?
MCU, a fandom I have not kept up with since there were less than ten movies LOL
20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?
Gonna cheat again and put more than one, no one can stop me!
The Shimada Brothers Need Healing- Longest series, only one I've properly finished, and a world that remains so near and dear to my heart (as well as a sandbox I keep playing in...)
VegaMarch Chronicles- Mentioned above <3
Scenes from a Sunny Winter Town- Unfinished and old enough now that the writing makes me wince, but it was an important step in my writing journey and I still get really nice comments on it!
Post-Canon Bajor Siskoshir- The most representative of my Siskoshir fics, I think <3
Intergalactically Famous Cam-boy Julian Bashir- This, this is where I peaked as a fic writer.
I'll tag @stopthatbluecat and anyone else who wants to give it a go!
Vote Mari and I'll post 2 new Hi Nay official comic pages tomorrow!
For reference, here are all the pages that have come out so far. There are 6 in total. The comic takes place when she's around twenty years old, back in the Philippines, and is a sapphic supernatural body horror comic!
I've been working non stop on the comic and my immune system said ENOUGH! And made me sleep for 14 hours to fight off a cold. Thankfully I can draw at home while I recover further today, and the comic's almost done!
VOTE MARI and the comic will release on September 1! Thank you to everyone who's supported us and been so kind and lovely about Mari.
In celebration of AU, my favourite theme, here's a few AUs from our behind the scenes writing discussions where we imagine Hi Nay AUs to keep our writing brains fresh and silly.
titsay
2087
turnnoffyourmind
discoholicmusic
stormborns
ellievsbear
baratheonpilled
