20 Questions for Fic Writers
Tagged by the lovely @kurogabae ! ^^ I feel very honored <3 I was hoping to add one more oneshot to the roster before answering, but I will as soon as I can!
1. how many works do you have on ao3?
25... I need to up this number!
2. what’s your total word count?
28520! I have too many drabbles and shorties hehe.
3. what fandoms do you write for?
Actively, OPM (mainly) and FFIV. However, I'm not very good at writing so I do it a LOT less often than I'd like to... I need to write MORE to make it easier! I have wip chapters for Voice and Siblings (plus many for oneshots) I need to get back to.
4. top 5 fics by kudos
1- "A voice of experience" (King & Badd) 132
2- "Big Brother, Little Sister" (Badd and Zenko) 49
3- "Two young men" (Cecil/Edward) 32
4- "Cat's choice" (Metal Bat, Zenko, Tama) 21
5- "Gentle beast" (Edward & Cecil) 19
5. do you respond to comments?
Always! I like letting people know their comments are read and appreciated. Writing is very difficult to me, so they mean the world ^^ One time someone left heart comments in a lot of pages, and I think even then I answered "thank you!" in 1-2 of those, haha.
6. what’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Probably "Two young men", as both Cecil and Edward are in their darkest time, and neither is hopeful of the future.
7. what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
I have many fluffy oneshots, so this is hard to answer! Maybe "Gentle beast" as the Antlion survives and is healed there.
8. do you get hate on fics?
I don't remember ever getting it, undoubtely because I don't write that often, nor I do it for big fandoms/pairings.
9. do you write smut?
I have before, especially for Saint Seiya fandom, but lately I lean to subtlety and focus more in emotion (plus, I'm kinda very shy about writing smut, hahaha)
10. do you write crossovers?
I never did! I'd like to play with the idea though.
12. have you ever had your fic translated?
Never!
13. have you ever co-written a fic before?
Do roleplay sessions count? A loooong time ago I used to be in a Sts forum where I paticipated in so much stuff... sadly the forum is long gone (along with several oneshots I had there) :c
14. what’s your all-time favorite ship?
It's hard to tell as I tend to focus in a specific character as my blorbo and less in ships... but I'd say, EdKain/BardGoon =p (Kain HighwindxEdward Chris von Muir)
15. what’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I have piles and piles of wips, and most of these I'm gonna finish!... someday (fr, some of these have a crazy amount of progress). There are a couple that have less progress, where I'd like more canon material to get ideas from (even when I FULLY and WHOLEHEARTEDLY ship, and encourage shipping characters who never interacted/did so for 2 panels lmao).
16. what are your writing strengths?
Writing in a language that's not my native one? (soy hispanohablante)
IDK, I guess ambiance descriptions as I'm a big lover of nature, and have done urbex. I also try my best to represent every character in a "believable" manner, aka, as their own person with their own priorities/views, etc, even if they're secondary.
17. what are your writing weaknesses?
I wrote an action scene and was so embarrassed of it, I shudder when I have to reread it, haha.
I can be VERY chaotic in my writing, probably a leftover of my academic formation (in the field of Biology). So I sometimes have trouble putting things in a flow that reads coherently, if that makes any sense.
18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?
I do it literally all the time! all I can say is, I hope it flows well and convincingly, and please don't EVER hesitate to offer suggestions, and constructive criticism ^^ it can be really helpful and helps me get better.
19. first fandom you wrote for?
My first FIRST fic was DBZ. Back in 2005 (I'm in my 30s), it was written on paper and it's probably still somewhere around in my parents's house. Incompleted too... and very very cringey hahaha.
20. favorite fic you’ve ever written?
I love them all, with their imperfections ^^ I'd say my personal favs are Voice, Gentle Beast, Lady in the Golden Gown (srsly I need more AnnaxRosa!), Sheer Oxyx eyes, Our little Secret.... well that's like half of them.
And the, ahem, potential from Gift from the Sea!
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I'm not tagging, but I'd love to see this by my mutuals! ^^
