livin' for the angst of it all

rachel | she/her | AO3

[luxurystark-jackson]

imagine if you were a police detective and you question one (1) famous author on a routine day of your job and then he never leaves you alone again for the rest of your life. happened to my good friend kate beckett

[bashcrandicoot]

“I don’t know what my goals are, no. Thanks for asking.”

[saltoncity]

“i love how we as a fandom have just agreed that–” don’t include me in this. do NOT lump me in with that.

[unfinishedmural]

Fanfiction is so silly. I am playing with my dolls and people are coming over to watch. Some of them even clap and give me compliments. And when I'm done playing, I can go and watch other people play with their dolls.

[mstrickster]

AND IT IS THE BEST!

[hmione]

Julia Stiles as Kat Stratford 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) | dir. Gil Junger

[stop-the-nonsense]

evergreen siblingism

[2nd-massachusetts]

has this been done

[hanna-loves-coffee]

Noah Wyle as John Carter | 1.04 "Hit and Run" ER (1994)

[coffinvows]

doodl

[renegadeknight]

i aspire to be a calm, cool, and collected person but the problem is that i am someone who gets mad at water when it tastes bad and says "guess ill just never drink water again!!!"

[renegadeknight]

twenty questions for fic writers

thank you for the tags @lauronk ad @paigegonerogue this is a fun one!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

12 visible + a few hidden ones from fandoms i won't name

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

658,777!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

currently tlou and the pitt, tho i do have some old l&o svu docs i like to dink around in from time to time

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

stubborn love

rooftop rendezvous

we're playing tug of war (with a rope of barbed wire) a pitt fic look at mee!

precious cargo

no returns for broken or damaged items

5. Do you respond to comments?

i try! i got into a (sort of bad) habit of waiting to respond until i had another chapter to post on long fics and now i feel like i can only respond when i update 😅 a prison of my own making etc etc

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

does the original time loop story i wrote in high school where the main character goes back in time to save her fiance only to realize that her going back to save him is what ends up killing him count? no?

published fic wise it's probably tough as nails which isn't all that angsty if you follow the wormhole back to rooftop :)

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

maybe no returns? idk you guys tell me

8. Do you get hate on fics?

closest i've come to hate is someone saying my SL tess was kinda bitchy and emotionally blackmailing joel lmao

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

nope not really my thing

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

i haven't published any but i do have a tlou x pitt crossover withering away in my wip docs

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of and if i have please don't tell me

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

not that i know of but if i have pls tell me!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

i have but it's published on anon so only like 12 ppl know lol

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

elliot and olivia, they raised me

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

the tlou severance au that's also withering away in my docs. mostly i have too many wips and not enough time 😅😭

16. What are your writing strengths?

i think i do well with characterization and dialog and plotting/outlining

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

i think i get repetitive and don't summarize things that happen off page very well, i am also just straight up slow

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

i've never done anything beyond a word or two and probably wouldn't just because i'd be too worried about screwing it up

19. First fandom you wrote for?

published would be harry potter but i also have some handwritten power rangers fic laying around my house somewhere

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

this is a mean question i love all my children equally stubborn love and it's not even close

i'm a little late to this so if you've already done it just consider this tag a friendly boop on the nose: @bumblepony @marceltheshellwithflipflopson @lostgirlslikeus @captainredspade @dancingonmoonbeams @towardsthistime and anyone else who wants to play!

[heycallmered]

Get an ask in my inbox -> read it -> "oh, that's nice; I need to think of a good response" -> "this deservea more attention than I can give it rn; I'll take another look at it later" -> close inbox until later -> "later" never really comes -> forget -> repeat

[sachermorte]

eternally painful that you can't socialize without people expecting you to talk. sometimes I just want to be around. like a cat

[heatherwitch]

My resolution last year was to do one thing before bed that would make my morning feel easier, and that’s become a daily habit that I’m carrying into this new year.

Some nights even filling up the kettle and setting an empty mug out for my morning tea felt hard. But I was always thankful for it in the morning.

Other nights, one thing would lead to another, and I’d wake up in a clean house with everything ready to go.

And, on a rare few nights, the one thing that I could do to make my morning easier was going straight to bed and allowing myself to rest.

What stayed the same each day is that I would take a moment to think of what I could do for my future self and do it, even after a hard day. And I would wake up knowing that I had done my best and any effort—no matter how small—was a kindness to myself.

[one-bite-is-undercover]

I’ve been doing a lot of “a treat for future me” moments lately.

[heatherwitch]

That’s a great way to look at it, and I love this artist! (Anna-Laura: instagram / website)

[cal3ris]

is this gonna get me fired you think

[nephritebabie]

oof

[arabellas]

THE LAST OF US 1.02 “Infected”