20 questions for fic writers~
thanks to @mithrilwren for the tag! ☺️
how many works do you have on ao3?
what's your total ao3 word count?
what are your top five fics by kudos?
all that you were (haikyuu, sakuatsu)
your body, my home (haikyuu, sakuatsu)
you have tamed me (haikyuu, sakuatsu)
fall into you (haikyuu, sakuatsu)
Utilities Included (one piece, zosan)
what fandoms do you write for?
currently, i'm eyeballs deep in one piece fandom. but i would love to write more for haikyuu sometime soon, and i'm open to any other ideas that grab me too.
do you respond to comments? why or why not?
ideally, yes, but once i fall off the wagon of replying to comments on a specific fic, it's really hard to get back on. it's easier for me to reply to comments on my newer fics, especially if i've been on top of comments every day. but comments mean a lot to me, and i LOVE making new friends in AO3 comment sections, so i'm trying to strike a balance of commenting back without pressuring myself so much that it becomes a task i want to avoid, you know?
what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
LMAO. a tender perennial (haikyuu, komori/sakusa with sakuatsu endgame) for sure. the central trope is hanahaki disease, which is a trope i have never liked much but i wanted to try my hand at writing Peak melodrama. i'm still very fond of it, and i actually wrote a second version of the fic using a different protag just for the writing practice, which is now chapter 2 of this fic. double the angst, double the fun.
what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
this is tough because i write a LOT of open endings. probably interlude: happiness (haikyuu, sakuatsu), which has an ending that includes couples rings?
not often. i don't think i've written anything that people have gotten invested in enough to hate, if that makes sense? like all of my stories are VERY low stakes--the vast majority are slice of life vignettes. most of the hate i have gotten has been about silly stuff like top/bottom dynamics, which i simply delete on sight.
i love writing smut as a vehicle for exploring characterization and relationship dynamics! if the story calls for (or would be improved by) a smut scene, i'm absolutely writing it. i don't often write PWP though.
my fanfiction.net origin story involves some VERY questionable yuyu hakusho/inuyasha crossovers, but i haven't really dipped my toes into crossover writing in a couple decades.
have you ever had a fic stolen?
yes, actually! a few years ago someone ripped all that you were and changed a few details to make it a bakudeku fic, which was a little odd since that fic is VERY intertwined with volleyball. it was taken down quickly though!
have you ever had a fic translated?
a few of them, yes! it's always a delight ☺️
have you ever cowritten a fic before?
i haven't, but i love collaborative creative processes, so i'd be open to exploring it in the future!
what's your all time favourite ship?
what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
i have a sakuatsu royalty AU sitting on my hard drive that i think about daily. one day it WILL be written.
what are your writing strengths?
i love the concision of my writing and my ability to convey emotions and maintain a consistent tone throughout a scene or story. i also have a lot of fun writing dialogue--especially conversations between three or more people!
what are your writing weaknesses?
plots and pacing my enemies 😩 i've been practicing with beat sheets recently, which has really helped me translate my random thoughts into more coherent stories! i also have to actively remind myself to take time to describe certain scenes and character appearances because visual details are maybe the ones i personally gravitate to the least.
thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
i try to avoid it unless i know someone who can help me check it for accuracy, otherwise i'll just get in my head about it and eventually talk myself out of having it in there at all. in reading other fics, i'm fine with it if it suits the character and is executed in such a way that it doesn't become a distraction as i'm reading!
first fandom you wrote for?
yu yu hakusho.... many Many moons ago
favourite fic you've ever written?
lazarus, defiled (one piece, zosan). this fic pushed me out of my comfort zone in so many ways (it's a horror-romance with a nonlinear narrative AND a truly happy ending!) if i could ask everyone to read ONE story i've written, i'd choose this one. it means the world to me, and i get extremely excited when anyone talks to me about it because i feel like i could talk about it for YEARS.
i'm tagging @itsquip, @fruityumbrella, @carriecmoney, @beefcakelesbian, and @shichidikai if any of y'all would like to play (and anyone else who sees this and thinks it looks like fun!!) ☺️💕