Fic Writers Game
Tagged by @fidothefinch ! I'm getting back into writing after a major case of burnout so this was fun!
Fic Writer Ask Game:
how many works on ao3? 70
total ao3 wordcount? 647,949
Top 5 fics by kudos? As of 1st May 2025
TheBruceWayne of insta (7,738)
Unknown Origins (2,673)
Siren Call (1,180)
Buckle Up (its gonna be a bumpy ride) (883)
Make A Splash (770)
What fandoms do you write for?
Mostly Nightwing-centric, but Batfam/Batman to generalise it.
Do you respond to comments?
My inbox might bank up on me, but yes. The answer is always yes. I have an endnote to all my fics telling people what to do if they don't want a reply, though.
Angstiest Ending?
Oh. Heh. I have a few. The one that instantly comes to mind is Nightwing's Final Gift (tissue warning on that). If you want *dark* then its gotta be my death loop series aka Deja Vu (i still have a story -- or two -- to write for that, so take that warning for what you will) (but its definitely *dark*).
Fic with the happiest ending?
Fluffiest ending definitely goes to TheBruceWayne of insta by a large margin.
Do you get hate?
Not generally. I did get one comment that got deleted, and there's the occasional comment that I have to think how to answer... but not generally.
Do you write smut?
Nope. Never will. It's not in my wheelhouse, so to speak.
Do you write crossovers?
Uh, kind of? I do regularly crossover from Batman into his kids comics, and from there into the Titans. And I'm writing a fic rn which will use the JLA... but that's still solidly within the DC fandom.
Ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of.
Have you ever had a fic translated?
None that I know of.
Have you ever cowritten a fic?
No, can't say I ever have.
All-time favorite ship?
oh, that's a funny question. I'm proudly ship-neutral, in that I honestly don't care about ships. You do you and all that, but I seriously doubt I will ever write a ship fic, or read a ship fic. Like I said, ship-neutral.
WIPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I have a long standing fic, CIRCLE II: Between The Cracks. I know what needs to happen, and I can see it my head... but it requires a major action scene, and I'm just ugh. I'll write anything instead of action, lol. As you can see because this has been sitting in my WIP folder for something like ten years lol. (And I have written lots of words to avoid writing that scene, lol.)
Writing Strengths?
Angst, emotional whump, character introspection. Basically emotional scenes, which i think is funny, considering i always find it hard to know what I'm feeling at any particular moment.
Writing Weaknesses?
Action. I loathe action scenes. In fact, it's caused some powerful writing blocks on more than a few fics.
Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?
Love it! Sadly, I only speak English fluently, and I only remember a smattering of other languages from school (which was a long time ago), so... it'll have to be auto translators if I ever do it. Which I know get things wrong, so, there is that. So I generally resort to "so and so said 'this' in that language" which feels like such a cheat. And then there's how to format it in the story, which is another hurdle. Do you do footnotes, or fancy HTML? It's a whole thing. But I love it, and I wish more authors would do it.
First fandom you wrote for?
Star Wars. (First one I wrote, not the first I read, and not the first I published) :)
Favorite fic you've ever written?
Oooh. Close tie between Make A Splash and Unknown Origins. I love Unknown Origins for the sheer whumpiness of it, the detail, and the comfort ending (that I have planned) (yes, its not there yet, but its coming). I also love Make A Splash for the sheer, uh, unhingedness of it... and the whumpy angsty journey i took the characters on. I also love that both fics are leading me into a series. I have ideas. bwahahaha
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