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Since there appears to be some form of Matthias & Maxime fandom renaissance happening lmao I'm going to open up a question I've had about the movie for ages to you and your followers: what the fuck do you think was up the stray dog we see crossing the street twice? Symbolism? Xavier Dolan being weird?? A secret third thing???

all of the above...probably?? lmao I'm going to level with you, the only dog I remember from this movie was the golden retriever at Shariff's party 🙈 WHAT STRAY DOG?! WHEN?!

for someone who's written bazillions of words of fic for this fandom I sure have failed to pay attention to the minutiae

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Promo time? Promo time.

I will fully admit that I haven't actually read any Magnus Archive fanfic before. A crime, I know, I know. But may I present

False Alarm - @inkforhumanhands

(You might notice a lot of fics are locked these days because of AI scraping. You need an account to access them <3)

'Jon wakes up to a fire alarm going off after accidentally falling asleep in the archive.'

Okay so this was a ficlet I stumbled across and despite having never read MA before (and not having completely finished the series, oop) the premise intrigued me. It's short and sweet, and it'll make you laugh, and sometimes that's all you need! I love Jon's response to the fire alarm - very character-accurate XD Check it out, drop a comment, share, bookmark, and/or kudos!

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for discord servers there's Daredevil & Defenders Fanfiction Chat (which is not limited to just fic, btw) which is where most of the organization for the Daredevil & Defenders Exchange events happen. no idea if you are a Matt/Foggy enjoyer but there is also the Avocados in Love server going strong

(i'm gonna publish your ask if you don't mind, since i know a couple of other people looking for daredevil servers!) thank you so much for the recommendations 💙 mattfoggy totally has my heart, and i've finally gotten into writing for dd recently after a while of being a fan, so i'd be up for checking out both of those!

[loving-jack-kelly]

6 and 10 for fic writing questions

6. Idea that you always wanted to write but could never make work? Oh geez I dunno I feel like I pretty much always start working on an idea but then just don’t finish if it doesn’t end up working out and those are mostly just like. Really ambitious lmao. Idk if I can think of a specific example tho

10. Favorite line or lines of dialogue that you’ve written Mayhaps I’m biased because I just wrote it jhgfjs but everything of Murderdock that I’ve written has just been. So fun. There’s one bit in particular from the fic I’m posting right now that hasn’t been posted yet so I don’t want to share it but it’s right at the end and I love it, and from Steel on Stone which is the tiny murderdock oneshot I just posted a couple days ago I’m a fan of this little bit and the lead up to it:

"Is that a threat, Mr. Murdock?"

"Not at all. Simply a question."

"A metaphor, perhaps?"

"A metaphor? Whatever for?" Murdock dropped his unnerving grin in favor of an over-exaggerated perplexed look, dropping his sword back down into his lap.

I just think he’s a bastard and it’s so fun to play with ajhgsjhfs

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RE: Matthias & Maxime fic, sorry I haven't checked the AO3 tag recently enough to know if you actually have written this lol but I semi-recently rewatched the movie for the 9th time and one interview comment that Xavier Dolan made once about him thinking the ending was obvious and not ambiguous FINALLY clicked for me so. I'm convinced that Matt actually quit his job and was ready to leave for Australia with Max at the end and that all his job-related angst wasn't merely symbolism for chafing at societal expectations of gender and sexuality but was setting up that decision. Anyway, all a long-winded way to say if you haven't yet you should write them moving to Australia together just like that.

omg hello! so I kind of did this in Après and Prescription Caramel (but Matt is slightly delayed getting to Australia and also doesn't quit his job right away)...but I love this interpretation. I think it makes a lot of sense. haven't rewatched recently myself (inconceivable) but iirc we only see Matt wearing more casual clothes around Max—gym clothes, T-shirts, jeans—so his outfit at the end does feel like an indication that he's jettisoned everything: girlfriend and job and The Weight of Societal Expectations.

p.s. I am rolling at the thought of Matt equating freedom with a denim jacket. because he would. because he does! and Xavier totally does Jacket Symbolism—remember Francis' stupid leather jacket at the end of Tom at the Farm?? ...I feel like I'm onto something. has anyone written an essay about the denim jacket? do I have to be the person who takes up the (denim) mantle?

[if, in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty-five, you have Matthias & Maxime fic suggestions, prithee, send me an ask!]

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12. How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

17. Your favorite character to write this year?

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?

12. How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

10… I would like to keep it at 10 and less… alas might be inevitable with the ideas I still would Ike to write but not committing to at the moment…

17. Your favorite character to write this year?

Foggy, hand down. I love writing both the boys but writing Foggy is always an absolute delight.

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?

Probably that I can turn all those plots and AUs and outlines piling up in my head into readable fics. And I say it half jokingly, but also I haven’t really written much fic until last year or so and I’m still just surprised I’m able to write and apparently have a slight knack for it.

That and “by god if someone doesn’t write this I will” always lurk don’t he background.

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🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

honestly, i still think i haven't topped the big research deep dive i went into about whether penguin meat is edible (it is), and what kinds of things you can cook with it. why was the character eating penguins? it's a long story.

🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis

😘 😔 😳 🤫 🙏

(the story is currently confused and so am i ghfdjks)

truth or dare writer ask game!

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🌈🎙👐

🌈is there a fic that you worked really fucking hard on that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

a lot of the ones that fall into this category for me are ones where i'm writing a character or a set of characters i've never written before, and for that reason, standing at a broken altar stands out to me as one of those.

there are others that i started writing and scrapped and then rewrote about 2-3 times before they became the final story; the secret santa exchange i participated in this past december was one of those cases, when i literally went through three different rewrites before i landed on the story that resulted. the story that resulted, however, came really easily when i finally found it, so i'm not entirely sure it counts, in and of itself? but the process to get to that story was a bit of a struggle.

🎙️which one of your fics would you like someone to make a pod-fic of?

i offer up the infamous rick astley fic from 2009. it's stupid, someone could do voices, go for it, i give my full permission. like, i don't run from this fic, i embrace it, if you want to get to know me as a person this is a pretty good barometer of that.

🤲what do YOU get out of writing?

i think, in a word: understanding. i write to understand characters and i write to understand connection and i write to understand the world and i write to understand myself in the process. this is why characters and emotions etc are more important to me than plot, because at least for me personally, the stories that are most impactful are ones where i less remember what happened in them, and more how they made me feel, and achieving that is also something i get out of writing. and, like... it isn't a requirement, but it's really awesome when someone says my writing connected with them and made them feel something, too, because what are stories for if not for sharing and saying, "hey, do you understand this? i'm not alone in this world, right?"

i think i lost the plot of this question a bit back and this is why my stories have no plot, bah dum tssss

let's get real writer asks