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20 questions for fic writers

Thank you for the tag @igetje <3 I'm also still a bit new to posting on ao3 as I mostly write microfics (and even those are sporadic at best) but I'll do my best haha

How many works do you have on Ao3?

Five.

2. What's your total word count?

26.287 on ao3 (I'm not calculating all the microfics haha)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Marauders.

4. Top 5 fics by kudos?

Well, there's only 5 so... all of them?

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes! (unless it's spam)

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Our Unseen Sorrows (I'm sorry Harry and James)

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably The Art of Not Talking because, well, it's mostly porn.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No and I hope it stays that way.

9. Do you write smut?

Yes and with pleasure 😈

10. Do you write crossovers?

No.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I hope not.

12. Have you ever had your fic translated?

No.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, but I'd love to!

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

For reading it's wolfstar, but for writing it's probably rosekiller. They come the easiest to me.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I'm afraid it might be Nouveau Pauvre 😅 I hope not, but I'm worried I'll fail at handling the topic of class difference while still keeping the fic lighthearted.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Idk, everything I write comes out kinda angsty so I guess I don't struggle with that haha

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Ugh, everything else? Haha. But I'd say dialogue. It's always either too little or too much, and I often feel it doesn't flow the way I want it to.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?

I like the idea, I'd love to give French Sirius a few lines that would make Remus all hot and bothered, but right now my French isn't good enough for that.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Marauders (my one and only).

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

I can't choose so here's five microfics haha

All the things left unsaid

Mouth (nsfw)

Teeth (asexual Evan)

Jerk (more the Rosier twins relationship than rosekiller really)

Choke

Np tags: @leavesthatarebrown @marigold-hills @ixiedust-writes @theparisianowl @wannabelilybriscoe @just--vi @m00neroni @heysaykitkat

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Hello! Just found your blog and wanted to clarify something, what is it exactly? Is it based on some game on some kind of app? It got me curious. Is it currently being rewritten by fans If I understood correctly? It's been stated something about season 1 to 3, if so, where I can find previous seasons? I'm also curious about the premise of your story, if it's not too difficult can you tell me what is it about? I'll also check your itch.io page out, just in case.

Hi! Thanks for checking the blog out. To clarify, it is based on the original Love Island The Game (renamed to Love Villa) by Fusebox. LITG Archive is basically what it says on the tin: it's a preservation of the original Seasons 1 to 3 text content which was removed last December 11, 2023 by the company. There is another project that aims to rewrite Seasons 1 to 3 called LITG Remastered, which is separate from mine.

Here are the announcements they made in the app, about the removal of content due to the discontinuation of a third-party tool they use. Their first announcement says they may "remaster them and bring them back", but then subsequently changed it to "will look into ways to possibly bring back" which, until now, there is no news about.

The content on the original app had been replaced by Seasons 4 to 7 since then. To note, Seasons 4 to 7 is also the content of their current, newer app, which they had named Love Island The Game.

Story-wise, it is based on the actual reality show that is also called Love Island. You are playing as a female protagonist who enters the said reality show, where you stay in a villa with other hot people and couple up with them or risk staying single and getting booted from the show. You'll go through challenges and try to become part of the winning couple at the very end. There's a chance to win £50,000 where you'll make a choice: split the money with your partner and choose love, or choose money and take all of it.

At the moment, only Season 3 Day 6 Part 1 is available on the demo, which I will be updating near end of this month with Days 1 to 5 content with at least 2 routes. I do not have any Season 1 or 2 content up at the moment.

I hope I was able to answer comprehensively and clearly! If not, feel free to send another ask or message, whatsoever. Thanks again for checking this project out!

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"Hey what are you?" Asked the core bluntly

“I’m an android and back-up core to GLaDOS? I was a human consciousness transfer into an early android model that eventually became an AI for mainframe backup, testing and facility maintenance.”

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Hey!

1. First impression: This person seems really cool and has cool writing2. Truth is: YOU ARE COOL AND HAVE GREAT WRITING3. How old do you look: I dunno??4. Have you ever made me laugh: Ye5. Have you ever made me mad: Nope6. Best feature: Dude, you seem so nice and your writing is phenomenal7. Have I ever had a crush on you: no8. You’re my: friend?9. Name in my phone: nope10. Should you post this too?Ye

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when you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)!!

Hi!! Thanks for the ask but is this some new kind of torture?? 😭

I've made a mini balcony garden and all the plants are still alive (I am very proud)

I'm persistent (hence the almost PhD)

I think I have a pretty good taste in books (can and will elaborate on my opinions)

I'd say I'm pretty good company

Some people think I'm smart

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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔤𝔬𝔡.

And in the image of Man they created him.

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🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

Hi thanks for the ask <3

Someday by The Strokes

Daylight by Matt and Kim

Lisztomania by Phoenix

Honeypit by JAWNY

Feeling Loney by boy pablo

(lately I've been listening to indie anthems bs I just need something chill)

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pine!!! tell me more about Matchmaker pleasee i'm really curious about it

Hi Len thanks for the ask! <3

Ok so I started to write this story three separate times (it was also titled War and once just Draco Malfoy haha). So, basically, it's a drarry and it takes place after the war. It's a pretty standard setup where Hermione meets Draco at work and tries to set him up with Harry after the inevitable demise of his relationship with Ginny.

No matter what I did I got tangled up in a lengthy conversation between Harry and Hermione about war, grief, therapy, end of love, etc. But it just kept coming out redundant and more lighthearted than I wanted it to be. (tbh I still struggle a bit with writing dialogue and longer fics)

But while I was answering you I thought I'd try writing it from Draco's perspective focusing more on his complicated feelings but keeping it short and sweet (and ofc a little bit angsty hehe).

Anyhow here's a snippet of the intro because I really like it:

This is a story of the happy ever after. It is not about the destruction of one’s childhood, life, and country, but of what follows the desolation. When there is a war, everyone suffers. It doesn’t matter whether you fought on the front lines or cowered away in the fragile safety of your home. Everyone was scared, scarred, and lost somebody they loved. Naturally, the tolls were different for each person, all facing their own problems and fears. And when it was all over we picked up our broken pieces and tried to make a new life and a new country. But we will never get our childhood back. And what we forget is that the horrors and the terrors do not exempt those who fought opposite us. Not in war. The story I try to tell is one of love. It’s not a pure and easy kind of love. And really, love rarely is. It’s messy – full of hurt, pain, hate and forgiveness. And in the end, love is often a little bit boring.