author spotlight - evanspotters
His nose brushed her neck as she whispered. “I just don’t want to live in a world where we fight each other instead of doing this together.”
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@brazilianchild (evanspotters on ao3) has given us some of the best hallie au’s in the fandom. her harry potter au is the stuff of legends! the creativity of her stories never ceases to amaze me and the way she writes is absolutely beautiful!
q&a
Favorite of your stories (and why)
Out of all the hallie stuff I’ve written my favorite one would have to be the Hogwarts!au one shot “tell me that you’ll open your eyes”. I’m just a sucker for Hogwarts aus and I loved doing one for hallie.
Easiest story to write
“they are the hunters, we are the foxes” aka the hunger games!au. That one-shot was SO easy to write. I think I did it all in one sitting because I just felt so inspired. It was just so easy to think of hallie in that setting.
Hardest story to write
The hardest story to write so far seems to be “love is what you deserve”. Writing multi-chaptered fics are SO HARD for me. I usually write a lot and then I lose all inspiration and motivation and it becomes so hard to get back on track.
Pre-writing process (if any)
I usually have all the stuff I want to write about written in bulletpoints before I start writing. Like a bunch of headcanons or tropes or notes to myself that I want to make sure I don’t forget. And only then will I start writing.
What drew you to Hallie
I love slow burns, like love them with a passion. My first ship that I really got invested in was stydia which is the KING of slowburn ships. I just watched the society and was like 👀👀 there’s my endgame!!
Hopes for season 2
I don’t want hallie to be fully canon yet but I just want some moments between them!! I think that season 2 should really focus on Harry’s development and I would just really like how Allie plays into that and helps him make better decisions. (Also I don’t want to suffer through will and allie just GROSS)
Favorite line (or lines) that you’ve written for a hallie fic/ a section that you’re really proud of
this was so HARD. I couldn’t choose so I chose a couple. This one is from my soulmates one-shot “all you had to do was stay” and I just love it because of the angst. This whole fic is so angsty.
“Allie was told as a child that the timer on her wrist would lead her to the other half of her soul. But how could it be that her soul yearned and ached to stay in this man’s grasp when he wasn’t the one that made her timer run out?”
I’m also really proud of this section from my hogwarts!au one shot. Just the nonchalance at which Harry admits his feelings feels so natural and I’m just proud of the banter.
“They’re alright.” He started looking for Rosmerta again. “You see, I used to have things for spiky Gryffindors but that turned sour really fast.”
“Oh yeah?” Her voice was dripping with sass. “What happened? She saw how much of a dick you really are and thought better of it?”
“No.” He shook his head, still not directly looking at her. “She started to have feelings for me but was too scared to face them.”
What type of Hallie stories do you like to write/read? (canon divergence, modern au, soulmate au, etc)
I looove modern aus. I like exploring how things would’ve been if they hadn’t gone to New Ham and just see their relationship unfold without that horrible threat looming over them.
How long have you been writing for?
Well, I used to keep writing notebooks when I was like 8 or 9. I used to write chapter stories in them (and they were absolutely terrible) but I guess I’ve always been writing. I got back into in freshman year of high school though, when I met one of my favorite people in the world who was a writer and she inspired me to get back into it.
How has you’re writing style evolved over time?
I think my writing style has evolved in the fact that I’m writing more and more, like my chapters are longer. For example, I’m working on this one-shot that’s 97 pages long and I’m not even close to done lmao. I just feel like writing more helps the characters and the relationships develop more naturally.
Do you ever worry about how your stories are received?
Yes, absolutely. - What’s the hardest part of writing for you? Hardest part is keeping the momentum going. Like sometimes I have this great idea and I’m inspired but then I hit a filler scene I don’t wanna write and so then I don’t write anything and then the fic gets abandoned for months.
Do you get writers block and if so how do you deal with it?
I think my ten unfinished fics are PROOF that I get writers block lmao. I deal with it by waiting for inspiration and motivation to hit again in a couple months. So far that’s been working pretty badly.
Biggest risk you’ve ever taken as a writer?
The biggest risk for me is writing professions or experiences that I know NOTHING about. I usually do a shit ton of research, like I was writing this court scene from scratch and I had to do so much research on how that would play out and I’m still not sure I did it right.
Favorite Hallie trope?
Enemies to lovers. Love that gradual building of trust and sexual tension!!
Favorite Hallie headcanon?
I just love the idea that Harry would know how to braid hair because of his sister and would just braid Allie’s hair all the time.
eek this is a lot. but thanks this was actually really fun to put together!
@brazilianchild‘s works are all absolutely amazing. her collection of au’s is so incredibly diverse and they are all amazing reads!
