#knitsandlaughs

[pantstomatch]

I was going to reply that I am under 40 and I know what it is but then I realized, no, in fact, I am going to be 41 this year. I know what Due South is (even though I never watched it) but I don't know my own age so I might not be the best metric.

I don’t think anyone on tumblr remembers their age, this site is like a time warp

[edenwolfie]

november: do you have any rituals or requirements for getting in the mood for writing?

Hi! Thanks for the ask!! Not really, I’m very much a ready to write at all times kind of person. I don’t really ever close the document on my computer for whenever inspiration strikes, and I have an extra notes doc for each fic on my phone for quickly writing things down if I have ideas/scenes/dialogue on the go. Do enjoy a cup of tea while writing though!

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[moonblossom]

Usually I think about lizards being just green and I really appreciated the funky look of your little dude. Especially like his wrinkles

Thank you! He will eventually have some green but he’ll also have orange stripes and white spots. This is what his parents look like so he’ll have similar vibes. Father - Kaki

Mother - Kiwi

And yes I love the wrinkles. They puff up and do this little angry hula/roll wiggle thing when they feel threatened, so the wrinkles are there so they can stretch safely. But they make him look like a grumpy old man and it makes me laugh.

[perkynurples]

Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?

Hmmm, I don’t think so, because while I’m not outwardly militant in the least about what I like and dislike, I do tend to stay away from those things that don’t strike my fancy. But in the broader sense if it, I believe when I was younger, fandom life definitely helped me come to terms with my internalised misogyny, and start enjoying OTPs with, like, women in them again - we’re all guilty of being silly teens, in one way or another, and I’m glad I got past that.

Thank you for asking!

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[wellhalesbells]

15- We all project onto our characters. Where has your personality or life choices leaked onto the page the most?

oh man, i do it a loooot, it’s hard to say what the most is.  direct scenarios?  my personality?  real people?  there’s little slivers and chunks of me in all kinds of stuff, and stiles calls to me so much because so much of just his base character, his sense of humor, his avoidance of problems, his sarcasm, is also my natural resting state.

i remember getting a comment about what a disaster stiles is for using his dryer as a closet in [hilary duff lyric redacted].  *raises hand* hey, hi, that’s me.  

violet and stiles’ conversations in of bananas, babies and buzzkills... some of it is taken verbatim from me and my sister.  

stiles in pick a pack of pestered puppies is probably most accurately me in his interactions.  insensitive but striving to still be helpful, gets along weirdly excellently with parents, showing up for your friends but not wanting to inconvenience them into showing up for you, dealing with that feeling of being left out of a group, his sense of humor, etc, etc, that one i wrote really quickly and then realized i essentially just wrote me as soon as it went up, lol.

i’ve said before but two pants scott from seat belts & gravity is a real person i met in high school, and we did actually name him two pants scott for the exact reason he’s named two pants scott in the fic, down to the spider-man pjs.  

derek’s coping mechanism in birds of a feather is me, me, me and exactly how i (don’t)-deal with things, not to mention the fraughtness of just having a sibling in general.  (which i would love to see in fic more!!!)

other fics are nothing more than inspired by the books or fics i just read, some so much so that it can put me right back into that story when i read it (instructions for dancing is the night circus by erin morgenstern, our puddle is deceptively deep is by a law divine by mirrorkill, etc. - they have nothing to do with each other except they inspired me to write).  

sevens and eights is probably my most personal one because i don’t like to talk about my ???? sexuality because i just generally don’t like things i don’t understand and that is definitely numero uno of those things and that’s probably the most i’ve ever tried to conceptualize myself in that regard, which is TERRIFYING, OKAY.

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[crazyassmurdererwall]

6- What character do you have the most fun writing?

Stiles, for sure, closely followed by Jackson. For me, when I vibe with a character and get them, it makes it easier to write them, which makes it flow easier, which in turn makes it more fun. But I also have a certain affinity for characters like them: characters who are snarky and sarcastic who may not love everyone, but the people they love they really, really love.

[hackedmotionsensors]

Even though I know what its going to be, even though I already played them the last time you got up on Out of Touch Thursday... I'm still going to click on all of them because it brings me joy.

I always click on Out of Touch videos too lol

Its like when the Paul Rudd Hot Ones clips would go around.

“LOOK AT US WHO WOULDA THOUGHT NOT ME”

EVERYTIME I CLICKED IT

[tempestaurora]

Top Five- films you know by heart

5. high school musical

4. the lion king 2

3. pitch perfect

2. pacific rim

1. the lion king