#storiesintheashes

[avanalae]

Idk guys What if I never wake up

[anghraine]

storiesintheashes replied to this post:

It may or not work for you given your own writing style, but you could always just write a scene or two from your novella length fic. If you provide context in the tags and opening notes a reader will know what’s going on. And you can go back and fill in the rest when/if you feel like it

Thanks! I've done that with a couple of things, like my f!Aragorn/f!Faramir fic series—the individual fics are sort of stand alone but interconnected in terms of continuity. It can work, for sure, and I'm fond of that series, but ... idk, I'd really like to write something shorter that's truly its own thing.

[anghraine]

storiesintheashes replied to this post:

That sucks. You can always post the outtakes seperately on a website. Or on ao3 like they’re fanfic…I know some authors like the idea of writing secret fanfic for their own things

sqbr said:

Ha I see someone else already made the same suggestion I did, to be like Tolkien and have a million extras :)

Thanks! :)

It’s always challenging because when I revise, it’s usually substantial enough that the cut sections are no longer in continuity with the main piece. I keep everything, though, and I definitely have some stories and fragments that don’t quite work without the novel, but also don’t fit inside it, which I might share someday (I think only @elwing and @heckofabecca have seen them so far).

[harbingerofjoy]

@storiesintheashes i definitely like those tropes, and while i didn’t see anything quite like what i’m looking for, i saw my boy arthur under “a god i am not” and lol.

@emptywraith ah, yes, thank you! haven’t looked too closely yet, but i think that’s as close as i’m going to get to finding a similar tropes page.

also, dishonored! somehow it slipped my mind entirely that dishonored is an example of this concept, more or less. i was coming in at three, and i was like wtf, i know there’s more than that. and the southern reach is definitely on my to-read radar for many reasons.

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storiesintheashes replied to your post “Just tried to play Overwatch for the first time in months. How do...”

Not sure it would help, but I think cats like to mirror? Could you make your cat a cardboard computer to play with near you?

Honestly, I had my laptop off but open and set right next to me so he could sit on its keyboard the entire time. He was still infinitely more interested in every other thing associated with me gaming and not the laptop. Pfft.

Cat parenting is an experience. O uO

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@storiesintheashes

Sorry, I’m using my tablet to use the interwebs since I’m trying to program a raspberry pi and that meant robbing my computer of its monitor and keyboard. I can’t seem to reply to comments on my tablet. Ack.

Thank you so much for your offer! So far the problem with Python is mostly how the language works. Haha. I just hate how you don’t write end commands for loops! This is MATLAB blasphemy! That’s asking for the program to crash (or just flat out not run, haha).

My biggest problem is figuring out the Python library code that came with the servo and DC motor HATs. If you have any experience deciphering those voodoo rituals, that’d be so helpful! I’m trying to follow the online guides but, honestly, I feel horrifically out of my depth. :T

(Also, if you or anyone else has advice, thank you! I have to go solder some more shit onto my boards/HATs so I probably won’t be back on tumbles for awhile, so I’m so sorry if I reply really late! I appreciate all the help!)

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storiesintheashes replied to your post “Here's another thing to think about: There are people who leave short...”

I love these kinds of comments because they are a way to tell that a reader is still reading or that they are rereading. Otherwise I would never know. It's worth just as much if not more than the initial kudos.

Nice :) thanks for sharing your thoughts

[foxfireflamequeen]

FANFIC ASK

Tagged by @nooowestayandgetcaught! It’s always cool when I haven’t posted anything in ages and people still remember that I write.

What are you reading right now?

Right now I’m not reading anything (cause I have to focus on writing for the Secret Santas), but recently I’ve been going around asking people for recs to fics in fandoms I’ve never been in (that way I get to read all the best fics from many fandoms and there are so many amazing fics oh my god), which basically makes it like reading original novels, except way better because fanfics written like novels are always better than published novels. These are my most recent reads, and the cream of the crop, and yeah, I’m not in any of these fandoms.

Republic of Heaven Community Radio by SailorPtah (Carlos/Cecil, Welcome to Night Vale, His Dark Materials, Fusion) -- just finished this series and it's--amazing--I have no words. If you’re into Welcome to Night Vale and are familiar with His Dark Materials please do yourself a favor and read it. Actually, even though it’s canon-compliant, you don’t need much background info at all to read it; just a basic idea of what daemons are and that Night Vale is a strange place. I don’t even know how to consider WTNV its own canon anymore without daemons; this is so good, and personally I liked this fic’s version of events better than that of WTNV canon. Incredible storytelling, incredible writing, incredible plot, incredible representation. Loved everything about it. Loved every character (but loved Cecil the most).

Sass-Badger Verses Son-of-No-One by Cards_Slash (Malik Al-Sayf/Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad, Assassin’s Creed, Modern AU) -- Only WIP I’m reading; it updates regularly and only has a couple chapters to go. I know nothing about Assassin’s Creed other than that they jump really high and wear cool outfits, but you don’t need to know anything about it either; this fic stands on its own two feet. I have cried actual, real tears over this fic. I’ve laid awake at night, actually unable to sleep because I couldn’t stop thinking about it. This fic made me care about whatever plot point or character or relationship it was focusing on at the given time instead of only on the overarching plot or the romance or one or two characters. The storytelling is, frankly, the best I’ve read in a very, very, very long time.

A Deeper Season by lightgetsin, sahiya (Miles Vorkosigan/Gregor Vorbarra, Vorkosigan Saga) -- Fanfic series for the Vorkosigan Saga, which is a series of novels? Don’t know anything about them at all, never read ‘em and, after this fic, can never read them, because the original novels can’t possibly live up to this. This is my canon now. Amazing, amazing story. Amazing, amazing characters. Very unique take on a royal romance.

A Tithe to Hell by Aja (L/Light, Death Note) -- Only fic on this list you do need to know canon for. Death Note. Basically, what if L was even more paranoid than he actually was, and L and Light’s, er, relationship, continued past episode 26. In case you haven’t guessed, this is my new canon for Death Note. I can never go back. Best characterization, amazing storytelling, incredible dialogue, and did I mention the characterization?

What kind of fics do you like?

I’m of the firm belief that anything can be good if written well. I have preferences and OTPs, but good storytelling has overwritten both in the past and will again in the future. Unless Dick Grayson is involved, in which case the most important thing to me becomes characterization (I can be a complete asshole when it comes to Dick), I’m liable to forgive just about anything in favor of good storytelling. I love a good story; that’s really all.

What gets your goat about fanfics?

Paragraph breaks. Please break your paragraphs. Don’t make me look at walls of text and dialogue.

Favourite dumb tropes?

Hurt/comfort or angst with happy ending. Pretend/fake relationships hehe. Oh, and de-aging! And babyfics! Kidfics sometimes, but babyfics definitely, especially when it’s realistic.

Who do you wish there was more fanfic about?

NON-ROMANTIC DICK GRAYSON AND DAMIAN WAYNE. WHY IS THERE SUCH A SHORTAGE OF DICK GRAYSON AND DAMIAN WAYNE AND THEIR UNCONVENTIONAL SEMI-BROTHERLY SEMI-MENTOR/MENTEE SEMI FATHER/SON RELATIONSHIP. WHY ARE THE ONLY ONES AVAILABLE SO SHORT. C’MON DC FANDOM YOU’VE WRITTEN ABOUT DICK GRAYSON MENTORING BART ALLEN FOR 45,000 WORDS AND DICK AND DAMIAN’S RELATIONSHIP IS ACTUAL CANON STEP IT UP.

Write fanfic? QUICK! Pimp something you wrote right here!

Oh gosh I don’t really post much of what I write, especially not when I’m emotionally invested in what I’ve written, but

once i caught a fish alive -- Dick Grayson/Artemis Crock, Young Justice, AU - Pirates and Merfolk

Miles To Go -- Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, BBC Merlin, Reincarnation

The Only Logical Solution -- Dick Grayson/Khaji Da (not Dick Grayson/Jaime Reyes compliant), Young Justice -- also known as that time Khaji Da said “His logic is flawless” and a whole ship was born in like, two hours flat.

A Place For Us -- Matsuoka Rin & Nanase Haruka, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club, AU - Bridge to Terabithia, WIP (not abandoned! I'm working on it!)

Curtain Call -- Dick Grayson/Wally West, Young Justice, Futurefic - not season 2 compliant

Pimp something someone else wrote!

Only With the Heart by Taste_is_Sweet (@taste-is-sweet) -- Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, MCU, My Little Pony, Fusion -- I know, I know, but it’s amazing okay, just give it a shot.

The stone's in the midst of it all by togina (@toli-a) -- Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes, Sarah Rogers & Steve Rogers, Sarah Rogers & Bucky Barnes -- I will never stop being in awe of everything about this fic.

The Merciless Hours by togina -- Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, Marvel -- This is the fic that made me fall in love with comics Bucky, then it turned out the actual 616 Bucky can’t live up to this :(

Reciprocity by  osprey_archer -- Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, MCU, Agents of SHIELD -- The most unique take on post-TWS Bucky.

Snake Eyes by boopboop -- Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, AU - Political Animals/Kings, WIP -- Guaranteed to rip your heart out. This fic will very likely make it to my top 5 favorite fics of all time, ever, when it’s complete.

Teach Me a Lesson by Val_Creative (@nooowestayandgetcaught) -- Dick Grayson/Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson/Wally West, Young Justice, DC Comics, Fusion -- It’s been like three years and I’m still in love with this.

How to Win a Nightwing by kingburu (@kingburu) -- Dick Grayson/Bart Allen, Yount Justice -- Shh let me love this in peace okay

Whispers from the Rye by somniumquiesco (@somniumquiesco) -- Shibuya Yuuri/Wolfram von Bielefeld, Kyou Kara Maou -- Does justice to Wolfram :)

Strays Verse by blackash26 (@storiesintheashes) -- Batfamily, DC media, WIP -- I can’t even get started on talking about this verse or I’ll never stop. So good.

What are you writing now?

I’m halfway through a post-series fic for Kings, put on hold for the Merlin and Stucky Secret Santas, both of which I’m writing fics for, and I’ve written half of chapter 4 for A Place For Us, which used to be much easier to write before my two-year hiatus. My writing speed has severely deteriorated, and I keep getting distracted by good fics I can’t stop reading, but I’m trudging on!

tl;dr: please rec me things!

I’m tagging: @storiesintheashes​, @kingburu, @toli-a, @taste-is-sweet, and whoever else wants to give it a shot!