Hello! Here For Me? I Humbly Request That You Observe The Following Guidelines.
Greetings, all. I am a humble fanfiction author who does the collection Crouching Jonkler Hidden Zonkler on AO3, which is centered around the ship between Jabber Wonger and Zanka Nijiku from the shounen manga & anime Gachiakuta. Kind commenters have named me Crouch.
I made this Tumblr because it became apparent to me that the Janka community is full of kind and funny people I want to talk to. Below are some guidelines for how best to interact with me, as well as my Post Directory, explaining the personal tags I use to organize this blog.
Guidelines
This is an adult space.
Unfortunately, because of the nature of my work and because I am an adult myself, I don't want to interact with minors on this blog. If you send me a message, please be above the age of majority wherever you are from in the world.
There's no need to be shy.
Are you awkward? Great, me too! I do not have experience with being "online" as it were, and this is all very new to me. Perhaps naively, I'm just hoping to have fun and make friends.
Also, I have no idea how to use social media. If I do something incomprehensible, it's probably because I also don't understand what's going on.
I do accept constructive criticism.
Is something I wrote bothering you? Did I forget an important detail, make something super confusing, neglect to tag something upsetting, or other things of that nature? Feel free to let me know.
Do you want to talk to me, but feel unsure what to say?
What is one moment you've liked in the show so far? If you were a Giver, what would your Vital Instrument be? And, if I may be so bold as to ask, what is your favorite moment from my body of work? Send your answers to any of these questions into my ask box!
Do you have a writing prompt or a scenario idea for me? It is highly unlikely I will ever write it, but I encourage you to propose them regardless. Who knows, you might get me. Or you might get someone else!
If you are an author yourself and wish to request feedback on your own work, please do. Unless you specifically request constructive criticism, I will only tell you what I liked about it. Positive feedback is also very important to one's writing development!
Through it all, please allow some grace for me.
I'm currently recovering from a godawful case of burnout. I do appear to be getting better, which is why I'm able to write at all, but the fact remains that I have a very limited amount of energy that can be quite unpredictable. I have big aspirations and a great quantity of ideas, but whether or not they will come to fruition... that is somewhat up to the wind. I am very protective of my mental health, and if I feel that I'm starting to become unduly stressed by my Internet activities, I will pull back and preserve myself. Unfortunately, this means chapters may go unwritten and your messages may go unanswered. Sorry! I appreciate you regardless.
Post Directory
#crouch thought: My musings and opinions, as well as my headcanons.
#crouch complaint: I love to complain.
#crouch writes: Things I post while writing, as well as any short pieces of writing I may do. Some overlap with #crouch complaint.
#crouch answer: Responses to asks I receive.
#crouch question: Polls I put out, or posts in which I request your opinions.
#crouch update: New works I post.
Well, hopefully that's everything. I am going to go reblog dozens of Janka fan art images now.
Hi! I just wanted to say I absolutely LOVE your works. Not to be Mushy on Main, but your Janka series was so incredible that it inspired me me to start writing. The level of quality you bring is incredible.
As for my question: Do you find it difficult to let finished works be, well, finished? Personally, I will release a fic or a chapter, feel satisfied for five seconds, and then look at it like the Lois staring at the pill bottle meme.
Thank you for writing!
OMG, I'm so happy you were inspired to write!!! That's the best compliment I can possibly receive--I don't even know how to convey how that makes me feel. I'm so excited for you, and I hope you're having lots and lots of fun! What's been your favorite part of writing so far? Anything you particularly like doing, or that you're especially proud of?
To answer your question: Yes, absolutely. The second I get done with a draft, all I can see is everything I wish I had done better, and it's a struggle to escape the grasp of the eternal editing spiral. But, I've gone back and re-read some things I've let sit for a while, and now that some time has passed, I'm able to evaluate them more neutrally, and even pat myself on the back a little for the things I did well.
it's really sad zankyun had to quit due to his bpd (big penis disorder) because the image of him playing soccer is really good... his strong legs in the shorts... and then they ride up when he slides across the grass.... im crazy
Oh my god. "Zankyun" is some shit Jabber would say. Big Penis Disorder is really good as well.
Hey just need you to know I think I like speed read everything in your collection this week and I’m so obsessed with how you write and how amazing your characterisation is I adore them I adore you for writing them as you do 💜
Thank you so much for telling me!! I'm very glad you enjoyed. I hope I can do a lot more.
The Question made me viscerally uncomfortable, I loved it. I also loved your meta, especially the very final line. No matter how you write your Janka and how emotionally constipated they are, it always comes through that they're in love, and it's one of my favourite things about your writing. 💕
I'm so happy to hear! The love is one of my favorite parts to write, too. Their relationship on the show as enemies led me to ask the question, all the way back in January, "What if they ended up really liking each other?" and I've been trying to answer it ever since.
In this case, the answer was, "It would give Jabber nightmares."
The (delightful) first chapter of the buttons sequel made me go back and reread several of your other fics. May I ask how jabber and zanka are doing after the events in I Didn't Say That? Do they keep seeing each other?
So the answer to this question actually hasn't revealed itself to me yet. In my crystal ball, I currently see two potential futures:
After a suspiciously long interval that is still short enough for plausible deniability, Zanka calls Jabber again and they go out again like nothing happened. However, both of them begin to feel increasingly insane.
Zanka doesn't call Jabber again, and after some time and several illegal narcotics, Jabber leverages every connection he has in their strange shared underworld to discover Zanka's true identity (this was not necessarily a secret; Jabber just hasn't really been paying attention) and home address.
Both paths lead to some truly inadvisable choices from both parties involved. However, I currently cannot divine which would be the funniest/most satisfying option. I'm also a little worried that one or both of them might die. It's not outside of the realm of possibility.
