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Fanfic asks from here
Thanks for the ask, @dokurochrome!
1. If you’re an author, how many WIPs do you currently have? (Be honest!)
I have three WIPs, all of which are either eventual novel/novella-length fics. There’s Adventures in Not Dying, which is a bittersweet but hopeful gen fic with Loki and Thor tracking down Jörmungandr in and across Iceland and its waters in a post-Endgame world.
There’s also The Heart of Jotunheim, which is a collab between myself and the wonderful Hosio, who happens to be a fantastic artist. It’s an eventual frostiron fic with massive escape room vibes and lots of Jotun stuff going on. Only one chapter is up at the moment but I’ve got at least another 20K words drafted out so it’ll get longer.
And there’s also a frostiron rockstar AU I’m not going to start posting until I’ve written a first draft of the whole thing, which’ll be my first attempt at writing Tony’s POV (I’m hoping I won’t inadvertently make him sound too British – writing American voices is hard) and it’s gonna be a fantastic excuse to sneak in discussions of the music industry/rock history and ‘worldbuild’ with creating Tony’s band’s/solo career. ...I’m also trying out my hand in creating some visual graphics to go along the story for this one? Like Tony’s band’s logo, album covers, posters, merch, that kind of thing. Can’t guarantee they’ll make it in, but it’s definitely a thing I’m interested in doing. Oh, and lyrics too. Apparently the music feeling real is a thing I’m going for with this one but I’d lying if I claimed to be any good at songwriting.
7. What’s the last thing you read that made you cry?
Hmm... I’m not sure I can actually remember a thing I’ve read that’s made me cry? But the last thing I read that hit the hardest, emotionally speaking, was My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell. Although it has now just occurred to me this ask was about fanfic, not original fiction, so... Return of Hug Fortress by theorytale hits hard in places. It’s nowhere near as fluffy as the title suggests, but it’s an absolutely fantastic frostiron fic. One of my favourites, actually, and there are some things that Tony goes through which are, without giving any spoilers away, very rough to read about. Executed brilliantly, but rough emotionally speaking, that is. Can’t recommend that fic enough, especially if you’re a frostiron fan!
9. Fake dating or arranged marriage?
Tricky. It just depends on the execution, I think. If it’s fake dating then I’d want a stupendously slow burn friends to lovers with both characters riddled with doubt and pining and the bittersweetness of them thinking it’s the only way they’ll get to do things like hold hands with the other person so they’re valuing every second of it. But the reason for the fake dating and believing their feelings are unreciprocated would have to be very plausible, which is probably very tricky to pull off.
With an arranged marriage I’d want everything to be terrible. I’d want to get glimpses of the characters involved having the potential to be a good team, but having a thoroughly miserable time due to having to marry against their will. Then they end up getting ripped away from each other and spending years apart, and it’s not until they’re reunited that they realise there might’ve been something in it after all, and then they can finally make the decision for themselves to stay married and combine their skills to become the ultimate power couple and... Oh wait, I’m just describing one of the things I wished happened at the end Game of Thrones















