#indistinct-echo

[whimsicalskeleton]

i feel like it’s safe to assume we aren’t ever gonna get a video on a day when he’s doing a show? but i’d be more than happy for him to prove me wrong👀👀

i'm inclined to agree that the odds are better on a day off. and now i'm thinking someone needs to start an account that just posts where dan's show is every day (or whether it's a day off) so we can keep track of whether we're only donning clown noses or hopping in the car with full makeup and horns blaring.

[isthisadrawingiseebeforeme]

AHHHHH so exciting that Phil saw your art!

tumblr never shows me his notif so im just like what happened ..?

but im SCREAM! and i need to know his thoughts!! but also!! pls no!! too many implications...

[fahye]

Hi! I just read A Marvellous Light yesterday into this morning (I couldn’t put it down and then suddenly I was at the authors note and it was also 4am) and firstly it was INCREDIBLE (also best sex I’ve ever read in a published book ever so major kudos on that) and secondly I wanted to know if there was a specific book tag on ao3 for AML (I assume you’d be staying away from it since you’re writing more but I’m hoping you at least know the tag youre avoiding), thank you so much for sharing your stories with the world 🧡

best sex I’ve ever read in a published book

now THIS is the kind of review I can get behind. bless you.

and as far as I know there's no fic on ao3; it's pretty easy to check if you go to the book-fandoms page and do a ctrl-f. I'm certainly not going to read any while the trilogy is still being written/published, but that's not to say I'm not curious about its existence!

[outofcontextdanandphil]

Bubblewrap Boys {Out of Context}

[yikesola]

I have an intense and weird question and I’m asking you bc I think you’re very thoughtful, but I’m asking here specifically so this can linger in your inbox for as long as you want and there’s no pressure to respond- when is the right time to accept that we are the villain in someone’s story? How does one know when it’s time to prove themselves or work harder at a relationship vs time to walk away from someone who looks down on you? (1/2)

Echo I have very very shittily made you wait months possibly years for this (time is fake pls don’t fact check me alskdjs) I’m so sorry for that, let me try to give a worthwhile answer now at least—

I think the uncomfortable part is that it’s so much easier to prove somebody right than it ever is to prove them wrong, at least when it comes to their impression of you. Someone that values you will minimize the human mistakes instinctively and highlight the good points, in much the same way that someone who already think x is a bad friend will say “see😒” whenever x does something that bothers them. It’s not impossible, of course. There’s the idea of earning someone’s begrudging respect, but like….. that should be for things like coworkers or academic rivals. Your friendships should not be based on any feelings adverbed w begrudgingly. If someone thinks you’re a bad friend, if they think so enough to believe you’re a villain, it’s because they want you to play the villain. They wouldn’t stay in the friendship otherwise, if they fancy themselves enlightened enough to know it’s bad for them. Maybe that’s the lack of sleep talking, maybe it’s simplistic and I didn’t give this the thought I ought to have but, I’m sorry :( I really don’t think it’s a matter of trying harder, it’s a matter of is this something Worth trying harder. I hope in all the time since you sent this that friendship has felt easier, or at least that stepping away felt more comfortable with time. We’re all someone’s villain, but we’re also all someone’s friend, and I know whose opinion matters more between those two 💞

[jestbee]

20, 22, 28?

20. Do you work on a single project or many at the same time? How does that work for you?

MANY! I’m doing this thing where I work on my novel for the most part and then get to write fic as a treat. I’m therefore writing whatever I want whenever I want. Which used to result in my posting wips that would get updated whenever the mood struck but that seemed to ruffle feathers around here and it wasn’t worth it. So now I just write it and don’t post it. haha

22. What is it about watching the same two idiots falling in love over and over again?

So, I know this question is meant to be about why I love these characters specifically but I’m going to give you an answer about fic in general, about stories. 

When I read a novel, there has to be all this bit about who the characters are and I have to get to know them and who their extended circle are. There’s a kind of shorthand that exists for fic that allows me to be forearmed going into it. 

tropes are tropes whether we’re talking about fic or original works, don’t let anyone tell you the tropes differ because they don’t (except maybe what people are willing to write given there are no barriers to writing fic and ppl can write the WILD stuff) I think what is different what it is about reading the same idiots over and over, is that we know them. We already love them. And so you don’t need to do that work up front as a writer or a reader, you can just deal with the business of them falling in love. Which is, kind of what we’re here for anyway, right? 

Also (I have been told though I don’t much do it myself) fic doesn’t have to follow the same structure of original works. When writing a novel you have to consider whether a scene adds anything to the plot, and if it doesn’t you take it out. Some fic writers, a fair few I’d wager, approach writing fic in the exact same way. But there is something about fic that also gives us license to say ‘hey you know what would be fun but serves no purpose at all...’ and write it anyway. Fic exists to fill the spaces between scenes, those dish-washing, curtain shopping, raunchy sex having moments that would otherwise be absent. 

Sorry, that probably wasn’t the answer you were hoping for but its something I think about a lot. 

28. Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?

There is a weird pressure and false expectation around here that you should ‘write for yourself’ and not be bothered about comments etc. Sometimes reading this kind of thing makes me (and maybe other writers idk - this advice is for anyone who feels the same) feel as though I am somehow selfish or needy if I feel sad about no one interacting with my work. And like, yeah, I wouldn’t recommend doing something solely for the approval of others. I’d be writing anyway I can’t ever stop that. But if I’m only writing for myself, I’m also not posting it. If I’m posting it, it’s because I wrote it for myself but also for you, I want to share it. So, if there’s no interaction then I’m going to go back to writing for myself. People don’t get to have it both ways. They don’t get to say ‘write for yourself but also give it to me to consume silently for free’. So that’s my advise, that the ‘only write for yourself’ advise is wrong. 

[chickenfreeblog]

these days, most chicken facts don’t faze me, but somehow finding out you have siblings has been the ultimate shock

KHFGDJF yeah i’m literally just now realizing that i’ve barely mentioned their existence this whole time, oops

[natigail]

i follow you because you have a great queue of dnp posts and also tag non dnp stuff super consistently, you’re one of the only people i also follow from my non dnp blog

Echo!! Ahh, thank you, I’m glad you like the dnp queue and can use my excessive tagging to filter out the stuff you don’t want to see. And following me on another blog too? AHH, my heart, thank you <3

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