#chezamanda

[darkimaginativeplace]

For the "get to know your fic writer" ask - 16, 18, & 39

16 - How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

I had to go back to count the files in my WIP folder and as of now it’s twelve of them ( + one English translation of a fic from the olden days I’m doing as an exercise) 🙈 I could go on and on about any of them (but I’m worried if I do I’m never going to actually get to writing them lol.) I’m glad to share one of the ones I’m less likely to pick back up anytime soon: it’s a no-curses AU where Sukuna is Yuuji’s older brother, Megumi is Yuuji’s boyfriend that Sukuna is trying to sleep with (because he’s a piece of shit) but switches target when he finds out Megumi has a hot dad (he sees the opportunity to be twice the menace.)

18 - Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

I used to start writing and then pick a title, but lately I come up with a title first and then start writing and I feel like it helps me keep in mind the core concept better as I go.

39 - Share a snippet from a WIP

I love writing scumbag Sukuna that doesn’t get what he wants 😔🙏

Damn, now that I pulled the WIP out I kinda want to pick it up again

[leiascully]

@chezamanda replied to your post “One thing that will make me immediately backbutton out of a fic is if...”

I feel like fic writers have stopped using betas over the years. Spellcheck isn’t enough, y’all.

A good beta is hard to find!  You really need either a very thick skin or a special relationship with a person who’s going to give you that kind of feedback.  Still, another set of eyes is the most valuable writing tool you can have.  I have a live-in beta (reader, I married her) and I still look for help when it comes to long and/or involved stories like Sláinte.  @mashnotesofthemythopoeic kept me honest, saved me, made me a whole person, etc. on that story.

[insidious-intent]

Well I would do the “what if we met” but we have already 😄 What would we do if I could come visit or vice versa?

FIRST OFF you will need to have a 3 day plan to confirm that Milo loves you. This is vital to your success.

Once that's done, we can show you Boston! We can road trip around Maine and New Hampshire, or hang out in Harvard Square 😎

[buttercup-bard]

Ask box thing - Good Omens

Hi Thank You sm! :)

Favorite character: Aziraphale!

Second favorite character: .. Crowley, I’m boring maybe. :’)

Least favorite character: MmmmmMMMmm ok idk I only have the “other horsemen” from the book and I’m so glad they got cut, so from the TV series no one really?

The character I’m most like: Aziraphale? (Books and food you feel me? :’D No but like really I just relate in general.)

Favorite pairing: Aziraphale and Crowley, doesn’t matter in what way . :)

Least favorite pairing: Madame Tracy and Shadwell? Like is it really necessary? :’)

Favorite moment: Probably the last shots of the show with the Ritz and all. Oh and Crowley blowing away the paint stain!

Rating out of 10: 10/10 tbh we stan. :’)

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chezamanda replied to your post “Can the new wave of “m/f platonic relationships are so important!  You...”

I’ve never understood this idea that something has to be canon in order to be shippable. Shipping usually happens because we *don’t* see that relationship in canon - example, early Star Trek slash fic. It can be canon, but most of the time it is not.

I don’t get it either, and I dunno where it came from.  I don’t remember this being a thing years ago.  There were always ship wars, but the argument against a ship was never that “it’s not canon, it doesn’t exist!”, but the past few years I’ve been seeing that everywhere and it’s both infuriating and baffling.

Shipping has never been about what’s canon or not.  Somehow people have mixed up their definitions or something.  And it’s so biased too as I don’t see anyone attacking Steve/Tony or Tony/Strange shippers. Funny the only ships I ever see attacked are m/f ships.  I don’t get it.  Let people enjoy things that make them happy!

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chezamanda replied to your photo: Two coats. I have to fix the bleedover later but.

If I wash my hands or shower after finishing my nails, it helps get the extra paint off my skin.

That’s usually what I do.

[leiascully]

🤷 😎💡

What thing that my fandom loves do I just not get?  I guess John Doggett.  I’m glad people love him, I’m glad Scully has a friend, but just like I never forgave the Tenth Doctor for what he did to Harriet Jones, I can’t forgive Doggett for how he tried to manipulate Scully when they met.  Plus, he’s the coppiest cop ever to walk the streets with an NYPD badge.  If John Doggett were real right now, he’d have a Blue Lives Matter slogan on his Facebook profile picture.

Who is my BroTP?  Scully and the Lone Gunmen.  I love it when they work together.

A headcanon I have that someone should write is...  I just want to dump my whole brain into @lepus-arcticus‘ head and see what comes out.  I don’t have the ability to write the kind of sharp-edged, prismatic stories she’s been turning out based on S7.  I adore Incrementum.

[leiascully]

@chezamanda replied to your post “What about butt stuff?”

Use plenty of lube, prep, and a flared base on your toy A L W A Y S.

From writing many, many porns and knowing too many ER doctors/nurses, I know that this is the most sage of advice.  Especially the flared base.  You can and you will suck an object up into your colon.