My AO3 - Question Time
Thank you so much for the tag @arthur-rex! š
How many works do you have on Ao3?Ā 140.... I canāt quite believe that... I've only been on Ao3 for about 13months...
Whatās your total Ao3 word count?Ā 303,317 š²š²š²
How many fandoms have you written for and what are they? In the past 15 years or soĀ I have written for (that I can remember) 10 fandoms. In order (I think) Harry Potter, Tamora Pierce, Twilight, Merlin, Supernatural, Glee, Gilmore Girls, Dragon Age, Thunderbirds and Medici. But the only ones I still write now are Harry Potter and Merlin. Only a small fraction of these ever got published online. And only my Merlin fics are on Ao3!
What are your top 5 fics by kudos? (watch me turn this into shameless self promotion š)
1) Secrets & LiesĀ - Merthur - Arthur knows about Merlinās magic and has to stop anyone else finding out.
2) Identity RevealĀ - BAMF Merlin magic reveal.
3) But You Love MeĀ - Merthur - fluffy love confession after Merlin gets hurt protecting Arthur.
4) CagedĀ - Different first meeting - Merlin caught by a witchfinder and brought to Camelot.
And then these two are tied right now with the same number of kudos:
5) Blackberries, Griffins and a Kiss For YouĀ - Mercelot - Lancelot buying gifts for Merlin.
5)Ā āHuddling for Warmthā - Merthur - What it says on the tin, fluffy get together!
Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Always! I feel like if someone has taken the time to tell me they like my fics, then I want to let them know that their comments made me smile! Although sometimes it takes me a long time to get around to doing so because when I first read nice comments all I am capable of doing is making incoherent happy noises and grinning at my laptop screen.
What is the fic youāve written with the angstiest ending?Ā Probably Defiance - I even added a note at the end with a reassurance that it doesnāt actually end in the way it seems to! (Despite the sad ending, please do read it though! Itās Arthur trying to defy Uther in a matter of using magic to save Merlinās life...)Ā
Do you write crossovers?Ā Not really.
Have you ever received hate on a fic?Ā Once. It was truly horrible and it almost put me off writing for a while, but some lovely people in the fandom encouraged me to ignore it and carry on!
Do you write smut? If so, what kind?Ā šš I do indeed! All different kinds! I started with a rather longer than I expected Gwaincelot fic at the end of 2020, and then after a few more here and there, I opened the floodgates with Kinkalot! (More shameless self promotion of course - I shouldnāt be allowed to answer questions like this, I just turn the whole thing into a personal advert! š)
Have you ever had a fic stolen?Ā Not that Iām aware of! I hope not.
Have you ever had a fic translated?Ā About ten years ago or so one of my Glee fanfics was translated into Italian. The girl who translated it was lovely and translated all the reviews back into English for me as well!
Have you ever co-written a fic before?Ā Me and my sister have co-written several Harry Potter fics together - but weāve never finished any of them - maybe this year weāll get to that....
Whatās your all time favourite ship? Merthur. Hands down. It was my first ever ship and it will always be my favourite. But close second are Mercelot and Arwen and, of course, Gwaincelot š (and many more!)
Whatās a wip you want to finish but donāt think you ever will?Ā I currently have 81 wips.... I really want to finish all of them, of course, but I know some of them will never be done.
What are your writing strengths?Ā I think Iām good at description and little details to make things really seem real. And lots of people tell me Iām good at writing dialogue - which I find weird, because I would have said that was one of my weaknesses!
What are your writing weaknesses?Ā Sentence structure - I use far too many commas and run-on sentences. And too many adverbs. And sticking to a plan! I never stick to the plans I make before I start writing. And Iām not great at thinking up complex plots for long stories - although I would love to be able to write them.
What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? Oooh I love it, Iāve done a little bit of French, Italian and Spanish for a couple of bilingual characters in other fandoms before. And for Merlin fics I do it a lot. Using Old English for Merlinās spells - creating new spells is one of my favourite things to do!
What was the first fandom you wrote for?Ā Unofficially, Harry Potter - but that was before I had ever even heard of fanfiction or fandom, as far as I was concerned I was just playing writing with the characters. The first thing I deliberately chose to write and publish fanfiction for was... Twilight.Ā
Whatās your favourite fic youāve written?Ā Oh dear, thatās like asking a mum to choose between her children! I know it sounds arrogant, but I really do like all of my published fics - I wouldnāt publish them if I didnāt like them myself. Ummm... Can I pick three??? Itās my blog, I can do what I want. Iām going to pick three that I really like but that have been slightly overlooked in hit numbers on Ao3 (just because I am an utterly, utterly shameless self promoting prat)
1)Ā Rub-Dub, Just Relaxing in My Tub - Ace Leon having a nice relaxing bath whilst all the other knights go to a brothel.Ā
2)Ā Of Tea and Dragons - Arwen - This is the first ever modern AU I wrote, Gwen meeting Arthur and Merlin in a tea shop.
3)Ā The Princeās Breakfast - Pre-slash Merthur - Morning domesticity interrupted by a cute kitten!
I know, I know. Ignore my self-indulgent promoting. But whatās tumblr for if not for advertising your fics! Ok, Iām done now! I promise!Ā
Tagging: I havenāt been around on tumblr for a while so I have no idea who has already done this, so I am tagging ANYONE WHO SEES THIS AND WANTS TO DO IT!!! š (Anyone who managed to wade through all of my self promotion deserves to do a little promoting themselves too!!)