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[witchygirl99]

Mornin'! I love Hozier's music, and I was wondering if you would elaborate further on how the song "Would That I" inspired your story "Oh, But You're Good to Me."

For anyone that hasn't read it on Ao3 or hasn't read it in a while, Human Inuyasha is a single parent (adopted son is Shippou) who reunites with his (now-famous) high school friend Kagome. Note: it's so cute and good and it might make you cry at the end.

Oh, what an interesting question! Thank you @dchelyst!

I could lie and say that it's because this is a story of how Inuyasha and Shippo each overcome their histories with love to find solace in the new love they have (Shippo finding love in his new father, Inuyasha finding new love in his son and rekindling his romance with Kagome). It still doesn't exactly go with Hozier's intent, but a casual listener could assume the lyrics link up to the story's theme. This would sound vaguely smart and thought out.

Truthfully, Would That I was the only song I listened to for months when I lost my dream job due to the pandemic and was jobless for awhile. I had lost my job in early March, but the dream officially died in July. With nothing better to do, I was writing a ton of fic - Oh, But You're Good to Me included, even though I didn't post until December 2020.

So. Less smart sounding, but them's the breaks.

I'm so happy you loved this story, darling. It means the world ❤️

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Took a break from commissions and other secret squirrel stuff to work on this today. Another illustration from @witchygirl99‘s yet to be released Inu is a single Dad AU ‘ Oh, But You’re Good to Me’. Kagome’s not even trying that hard, and Inu is a smitten kitten.

[witchygirl99]

Hi Witchy! Have any of your stories been particularly therapeutic, relaxing, or calming for you to write? To further explain, have any of your stories come to you with ease and been fun in a therapeutic way to write? If so, which stories? :)

Oh, hello my dear @saturnsilence. This is such an interesting question to be asked - thank you ❤️!

Writing isn't very relaxing for me, haha. It's like...hm. It's like getting out of my head by getting really deep in my head. It's the good kind of stress, when it works out well. The bad kind when I don't write at all.

It comes more down to ease of writing: What You're Falling On is still, to this day, the easiest fic I've ever written. Second would be Oh, But You're Good to Me.

We Should Kiss qualifies too, I think, in a different way. It was painfully therapeutic, but both the easiest and the most difficult story I've ever written. That includes Deductions.

I joke with my IRL friends that I've adopted "method writing." I didn't always. Maybe it's just the evolution of how I write. But certain stories get so deeply within me that they consume me. This makes writing more therapeutic for me (it gets it out, out, out, out of me, finally), but hinders writing other fics that aren't my new focus.

This is such a delight to answer. I hope you're doing amazing, my dear.

[witchygirl99]

so I reread Oh, But You're Good to Me and I just realized the part where Kagome asks Inuyasha if anyone's helping him raise Shippo was her way of asking if he was single. Now I need to read the fic from Kagome's POV, like her freaking out how to impress single dad Inu, freaking out how to charm her future son Shippo, her freaking out... ya know she must've been so panicked lol

Oh yes, Kagome isn't smooth. My whole thought process with her was just simply a girl who thought her life was well on its way to being exactly what she wanted, and then bam: single dad Inuyasha with his tiny, tiny child Shippo.

And she was like, oh no, oh damn. Then proceeds to have no clue on what to really do about it other than try to be stealthy about her feelings and wanting to be closer, when work makes that hard.

I also had a lot of headcanons about her friendship with Kikyo in this, and how Kikyo is the one that encourages Kagome to go for it, and is also the one who first shows her the photo leak.

Really, I just have a lot of feelings for this fic. Thanks anon ❤️

[witchygirl99]

Hello lovely, Happy 16 Years! You were one of the first authors I came across in this fandom many moons ago, and one of the names (I’m bad with those) I always recognised as “one to read”. Your storytelling is captivating, and I’ve always loved the way you portray Rumiko’s characters: they transcend them, in a way that feels original rather than OOC.

So, rather than ask what your favourite piece of writing is, I’d love to know if there was a particular character portrayal that you hold dear to your heart? The introverted Tell Me I’m Crazy Inu, the foolhardy Deductions Inu, or maybe even Shippo as Cupid in The Truth About Love? (That last one, a personal fave lmao).

Thank you for all you’ve done for this fandom, you are a bright and shiny beacon and I am so grateful to have enjoyed your writing over the years. Here's to many more! 💓

😭😭😭

Crying on my couch right now. @anisaanisa, you're far too kind, darling. Thank you so much 💓

Oh wow, this question makes me think. Gah. Okay. Hmm.

Inuyasha in Deductions. I have to pick him in this. I can't. I love him too much.

Kagome in Breathless, by myself and @nartista. For obvious reasons, and for some not-so obvious ones. Get that D, darling.

Sango in Life Written Between Chicken Wings, by myself and @magnoliajades. That sort of blur in life, the feeling of near-self-sabotage and the relief of accomplishment. I love that in her.

Miroku in Tell Me I'm Crazy. The bromance between him and Inuyasha soothed my soul. I really do imagine their relationship like that, if brought to modern day.

Shippo - you're right - in The Truth About Love. Although there's a fic I haven't published with him that I also adore.

Sesshomaru in Oh, But You're Good To Me. It was a totally different take on a potential relationship between him and Inuyasha. Sesshomaru's always so scary to write, but I think he was an okay balance between canon-esque Sesshomaru, brought to modern day, and living in this sort of situation. I don't know. Maybe lol.

I wonder if you guys agree, haha.

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[witchygirl99]

Hi Witchy! For your AMA: what's the fic you wrote the fastest? What's the fic that took the longest?

HIIIII @superpixie42 💖💖

Fastest: Tied between What You're Falling On or Oh, But You're Good To Me. I remember racing through those. Sometimes a fic is just in your head, and refuses to leave or be distracted from by shiny objects.

Slowest: LOL well. What can I say? That Flesh of Mine. I'M SORRY. Look. It's been 3 months shy of 4 years. With the word count, I'm still around ~5k a month on this fic. WHICH ISN'T BAD. It's just long. But we are almost there! The FINAL COUNTDOWN. FIVE MORE LEFT. And if I don't finish this story by the 4 year mark, catch me drowning myself in my cauldron on December 28th, 2021.

Thank you, love!

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Seeing it’s @witchygirl99‘s birthday today (Happy Birthday Sweets!) I thought I’d release another piece of art for her modern InuKag story Oh But You’re Good To Me, which she’ll be posting in December.

Poor preschool teacher doesn’t even get a detailed wash so she doesn’t distract from the happy family moment happening in the foreground. He’s such a lovely Dad! 😭🥰

Anyway, hope you had a lovely day Witchy!

[witchygirl99]

Day 1 of the 12 Days of Witchyness

Now live on AO3.

Pairing: InuKag, but this story is really about Inuyasha & Shippo and feelings.

Summary:

It’s a terrible photo, really. The action figure takes up the entire bottom of the screen and part of both of their faces. Shippo’s giggling though, eyes shut and crinkled in his mirth while Inuyasha looks at him. His expression is clearly fond. It’s the softest Inuyasha has ever, ever seen himself.

This is fatherhood, he thinks a little wildly.

He sends the photo to Kagome.

OR: Inuyasha is a single father. Shippo is his adopted son. Kagome isn't supposed to be in the picture, but somehow, she returns anyways. A story about family, love, and all of its obstacles.