😈 and/or 🛒
Ask Meme
😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?
Oh sure. I do playfully mean things to my readers all the time. Because that's just who I am as a person. :3
The most recent time I did something playfully mean was in that last chapter of .scar.crossed.lovers. there is a particular scene in that chapter that is noticeably longer than the others and it's focused on basically the opposite of what all the other scenes are focused on. It definitely makes things look like they are going in one direction only to abruptly not go in that direction. I considered putting it closer to the end of the fic but I figured it would have a bigger impact where it ended up instead. :3
Its all out of love though I promise.
🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.
I have to admit that I am definitely working through some of my own stuff through Leon and Luis. Right now it you might have noticed there is a lot of having to deal with grief and loss (though not necessarily well).
There are a lot of quiet moments between them which I find can be a lot more intimate than the smutty bits (not that I don't love the smutty bits). And you might have also noticed themes of devotion or co-dependency depending on how you look at it. There can be a very fine line I think.
I also like writing about morally gray characters and themes. Because sometimes "good" people make bad choices and do bad things but those same people can do good. They can even think they're doing good things because they only see it from one perspective but later look at it from another perspective and realize they've done something terrible. *cough*Luis*cough*
Does this make them a bad person? Are they a bad person because of what they did? Why they did it? Because they didn't consider all perspectives before they did it?
I like the idea of redemption and the idea that it doesn't always have to mean death. I am enjoying exploring my ideas of who can be redeemed and how. Spoiler alert, I think anyone can be.
And I think both Luis and Leon fit the description. Especially the Leon in most of my AUs. Leon is definitely making some questionable choices and taking some interesting risks all for Luis. And well we all know about Luis. 🤷🏽♀️
Honestly, I'm also exploring these ideas in Social Engineering as well. Karl Heisenberg and Luis Serra have quite a few things in common in my opinion. And I think that Ezra has quite a lot of things in common with Leon. I don't want to spoil anything there though. Which is probably why I immediately fell for both of those idiots.
And apparently I also like deals with devils it seems. Two out of my three WIPs have that going on in them. So there ya go.
