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[ikemenlibrary]

Hi hi Bryn!! For the writing ask, could you please do for 2, 4, 33 & 36? :) have a nice day/night!

ask me some writing asks?

hi eirene! how have you been? it's been a while since we've last chatted! thank you for asking me some questions! i'm currently diving into a Critical Role D&D obsession at the moment and will be spending the rest of my night listening/watching that while I catch up with some things on tumblr <3

2. Anything that you'd like to write but feel like you're unable to?

I would absolutely love to delve into more AU story-type of writing, but I tend to get so stuck when writing those. I feel like my brain doesn't have the capacity to write outside of the actual time and place canon happens in. I know if I push myself, I'd be able to do so, but I just feel like my writing wouldn't be as up to par in an AU rather than the other stuff I tend to write.

4. Do you have any OCs? Do you have a story for them?

I have 3 OC's currently! Only one has a fic written for them so far, and they haven't even made an appearance in the series so I'll keep who it is a secret for now. But, I will give a name for each OC and a little snippet of writing between them and their love interest (just so I don't spoil their reveals later on)!

Lucinda "Lucia" Clary

"You're so.... UGH." She yelled out, her clenched fists shaking. Lucinda turned her body away from the man who helped guide her into this strange world, so different from her own.

"I'm so... Ugh?" He asked, his own fists clenched at his sides. He wanted to reach out and grasp her shoulder, calm her trembling body.

"I can't tell if I want to smack you or kiss you." She said, rearing around, her eyes blazing.

"How about we try both? You can kiss me first and if that doesn't solve what you're feeling, you're more than welcome to slap me."

"This is exactly what I'm talking about! How can you be so calm about this?"

"Ma Chèrie," Comte grasped her hand, bringing it up to his erratically beating chest. "I'm not calm in the slightest."

Grace Elffire

Ray brought up his hand, gently catching the next falling tear with his forefinger. He tapped on her red nose with the same finger before cupping the back of her neck in his palm. “Listen to me,” he started. “You really think nothing you’ve done has impacted anything?”

Grace shrugged, averting her eyes so her cloudy sapphire ones wouldn’t be outshone by his clear emerald. 

“Will anything I ever do amount to anything in the scheme of things?” She asked again, rephrasing her question and bowing her forehead to press against his, her tears dripping on his dark blue jacket.

“Silly,” Ray responded affectionately, waiting for her eyes to meet his own. Much better, that beautiful blue hue shouldn’t be hidden. “Don’t you know that just by coming into my world, you changed everything for the better?”

Scarlett Beaumont

"Doesn't the quiet ever get to you?"

Grace and Isaac were sitting together in his room. Isaac was sitting at his desk, tinkering around with a new experiment he had been working on. Scarlett was sitting on his bed, taking a break from her work and halfway skimming the pages of a book Isaac had sitting near his bedside.

"Hmm?" Isaac looked up, pushing up his protective goggles to the top of his head and Scarlett giggled at the way his normally unruly hair went in every different direction. "No, not really. I like the quiet." He responded, going to pull his goggles back onto his nose. He paused just before, noting the twist of Scarlett's lip, something he picked up as a sign of her annoyance. "Why do you ask?"

"Sometimes, the quiet drives me mad," Scarlett noted. Isaac put down his tools, going to join her on his bed.

Isaac took her smaller hand in his own. He wasn't sure what to say to console her, he didn't relate to what she said and it was hard to picture how she was feeling. So, he said the only thing that came to his head. "When I sit in quiet with you, it brings me the most peace I've felt in eternity."

33. Give your writing a compliment.

I do generally believe I'm a good writer. I really like my descriptions, and I like the way I write character interactions!

36. How do you come up with fic titles? What's the one you're most proud of?

I am absolutely awful at coming up with fic titles. that is one of the biggest things that hold me back from posting fics. I have things written, they're just not titled and they don't feel complete without a title. maybe one day I'll discover a niche for fic titling, but today will not be that day.

I am really proud of my series titled In Your Veins. It's a series and the title doesn't make complete sense, but it'll become to make sense later on in the series!

[aquagirl1978]

🛒🥺💞🤯 for the ask game :D

Thanks @cilokgoang for the ask!

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

Previously answered HERE

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

Previously answered HERE

💞 Who's your comfort character?

Gilbert von Obsidian 🥺

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

Previously answered HERE

[lorei-writes]

Hi Lorei! How are you doing? I hope you’re much better now 💗

For the ask game, here’s your emojis!

🛒🍦❌🤯💔

Thank you! I'm... Still not in remission, but it's been much more manageable these days, haha. I only have to deal with the backlog of chores now, but it's not that bad (just very time-consuming, haha).

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

Hm, that's honestly a tough one. I suppose I tend to treat inanimate objects as living things / personify them quite a lot? ( Light in Lights of Labyrinth; bar in Guilty in Spe // Brother; stories in Black Ink Self-Killer, to name a few).

Recently I've definitely been experimenting more with somewhat disjointed descriptions (or at least partially disjointed; Burn in Supernova, but also Lights of Labyrinth).

Maybe having some pattern to how the story is written? But I'm not sure if that's common enough...

Fantasty-like imagery?

Ahh, I suppose I do a little bit of everything, I really don't know, haha. (Somebody, help?)

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

I think Gentle Hands (Mitsuhide x MC) may be competing with Little Happy Memories (Masamune x MC, Family AU) and Lost Letters (Masamune x MC) for that title.

❌ What's a trope you will never write?

I haven't thought about it much, but I'd say me ever writing Pornstar or Hooker AUs is fairly unlikely. Overall, I tend to stick to more vanilla things when writing smut.

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

I suppose Science Fiction would fall under that? I've never tried writing it, but given my lack of interest in the genre and the fact some actual science would have to be involved, I can see myself freaking out every other sentence, haha.

💔 Is there a fic of yours that broke your heart?

I wonder whether there's any honorary mention to be put here... Hmm... Maaaybe The Radio Call series (particularly Mitsuhide's story), and Unbreakable (Masamune, Gen Fic, pre-canon)?

[beauty-and-the-bert]

Chev, Jean, Silvio

Hello! Long-time-no-see! Hope you are well~

The only thing I haven't done to Chev yet is serenade him, and I know the moment I open my mouth as I waffle around on a medieval lute, Chev will utter in his teeth-gritting mind the strongest, most bold, most italicized "愚鈍 / simpleton" of his entire career.

I wish to sing the Narwhal song to him.

I really want to rob Jean! No hear me out. It would be a cutesy robbery. Jean's the type of man who writes his name super-big on his belongings so no one makes any mistake, non? So a box of marorons is no exception to this, and it would be fun to pretend to take them and see him get hangry.

(I also think it would be fun to be robbed of freshly-made marorons by caper!Jean. Imagine his cute, guilt-ridden face when he gets caught maroron-handed ><)

Which leaves the biting for a certain Mr. S. Ricci. I honestly wouldn't attempt this without his full consent, given his reservations about receiving physical contact. But if he ever gave it, if he was 10000% sure, then my bites are his : )

Rob: Jean, but cutely Bite: Silvio, but sweetly Serenade: Chev, but meanly

Thank you for the ask!

▶▶ Send me 3 names (Ikepri or Ikevamp) for rob-bite-serenade ^^

[lorei-writes]

All these Asra’s fanarts you’ve been reblogging… blessed be my eyes 😍😍 have a lovely day/night, Lorei~

Are you a fellow Asra lover? 😳

Pleasure is all mine, I absolutely adore the influx of Asra art around his birthday 😻 It makes my heart beat a tiny bit faster, ahh!! 🙈

Hope you have a wonderful day (or night... Or both!) too!

[lorei-writes]

Idk but your fics are always giving me vibes that you’re mature, wise but also a softie

😳😳😳

Well, all I can say is that I sure hope that’s the case now. Thank you ❤️

[lorei-writes]

14, 20, 31 (Trials and Tribulations) and 36 if you’re still taking the writer ask!

Of course I do! I think I'd go back and find them even a week or more later, I love ask games, haha.

14. How do you feel about your older work?

Honestly? I love it! I'm so proud of myself and all the progress I've made!

Younger me took on her first multi-chapter story 2 months after she started to write in English. I've never completed a longer work before. My native language is nothing like English. But it turned out fairly fine! And the one younger me started another 2 months later? It's actually g o o d. I'm currently editing it and I'm stunned at how rapidly I improved between the chapters. I love seeing the starting points of various elements of my workshop.

I love that girl so much -- the faith she had regarding her abilities, her drive to get better, how she experimented and moved forward. And honestly, it’s been a long journey, but I’m confident in saying I’m her biggest fan now, of both her and her work.

It’s not that it was always great, or that I’ve never done anything wrong then. It’s only that I’ve recently discovered a lot of appreciation for that past me and her creations.

Also: I frequently re-read my older pieces.

20. What feedback makes you the happiest to hear? 

I don’t know. Recently I’ve been very happy about receiving even likes. And I think that’s a really good thing!

But, to explain that a little, let me walk down the memory lane.

There was a time I wrote for others. By that I mean that I was VERY preoccupied with how much reach my works got, how many comments I received, how many people were on my tag list (I used to have one), and so on, and so forth. However, I was never satisfied then. It was always too little, and honestly, I got more interactions then than I do now. I was starved for positive feedback, but I was also building up tolerance for it really fast. Of course, I was always grateful when somebody decided to comments, it just got too much control over me.

Fast forward a little, I left certain spaces and suddenly felt very lonely here. The above approach was not sustainable. Nevertheless, I tried once more, and got myself even more disheartened. It drained all the fun out of fandom.

So I started asking myself what is it that I’m really lacking, and realised it was community all along? Just those random chats about characters, and being able to hype other people up, and not caring about statistics when making something, casually chatting with other people, and... I missed not feeling like I have to earn those interactions through producing something.

Soo, fast forward to now. I found some more roles for myself to fulfil, started writing primarily for my own enjoyment, solved the community issue to some extent, and I’m honestly able to smile at any interaction I get now. A like? Man, that’s awesome. Reblog? My mind is blown. A comment? BUDDY YOU TOOK TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO TELL ME SOMETHING NICE, I WANT TO GIVE YOU CHOCOLATE COOKIES NOW, THANK YOU. It’s like, hm. The creative process is extremely satisfying on its own, so anything extra is very lush.

31. What was the development process of Trials and Tribulations like?

Chaos. It’s chaos. Pure chaos.

At first I tried to map out several ways in which a story could develop after each choice, but that quickly became too complex to manage. It also felt like any choice readers would have was merely an illusion then, since either of the options was something I’d already planned ahead for (so I could tip scales in one direction or the other, and it was very tempting on multiple occasions).

So... I stopped mapping the story out in my mind. I give choices that I know would be something the characters themselves would wonder about, or would have to choose from. And then I react. The idea I have in mind is rather vague.

There is no script. There is little to no plan. Things are all over the place, but still somehow kinda sorta maybe work, and I’m bending over backwards to keep it that way. But that’s part of the challenge! It’s definitely a fun writing exercise.

36. What fanfic of yours has the symbolism you’re proudest of? 

I think I have three I cherish a lot? Anchor , Lighthouse &  Black Ink Self-Killer .

Black Ink Self-Killer has been especially relevant to me. “What if my writing speaks of an ugly mind?” has been something I asked myself multiple times. Perhaps it was self-indulgent or even spoiled to resolve it in such a way, but the imagery I crafted there still is one of my favourite.

[atelier-maroron]

Hi Atelier! Could you please tag me in the Jean and the Coin series? Thank youuu ☺️

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