#sylvendrik

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hello. you should check out my mods for DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition. goodbye

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5, 8, 24, 70 and 77, please! 💜

(in regards to this ask meme)

5 - How many wips do you have?  What fandoms/pairings are they for?

for my long fics: the last chapter of my stardew valley fic, the next part of my DQXI open wounds series, and multiple chapters of my KH lfotr series, along with three or so side chapters for lfotr.

for one shots and other writing: I am currently halfway through a Marluxia/Vexen fic for a good friend of mine. I have 8 or so fics I loosely started in february in hopes of doing a february writing challenge, but I burnt out quite badly and so have left them aside for now. I think I have three or so gdocs where I've put some half-formed DQXI ideas down, and maybe the same amount for KH one-shot pwp fics and sequels to previously posted pwp fics haha. So quite a few wips, but most of them are just notes and ideas for me to come back to at some point.

8 -Post an out-of-context spoiler from a wip.

It was not often ice froze - but partway up the staircase leading from cool darkness into sharp white, it amplified. The scent. The heat. Roses - the stink of roses upon roses upon roses, so many and so much and so thickly dense that Vexen felt his throat threaten to close as flush crawled up his skin, and the paralytic sensation of being watched forced him still. He stopped dead in place, head still down, shoulders tight, all the fight and urgency in his body coming to a painful stop - and he slowly forced his eyes upward, dragging his gaze up the steps like a wounded dog, knowing of what - and who - he would be met with.

A black coat backlit with the absence of any colour, hood up, and despite having lived with such silhouettes for his Nobody lifetime, Vexen was not impervious to the wretched sense of abnormality the presence exuded; the domination of the environment, the uncanny sense of nature being ruined by an empty and unnatural beings mere presence. Only this, Marluxia was worse, far worse than any other - Xemnas aside. All Nobodies gave their environment a sense of kenopsia, yet where The Superior emitted sheer absence, the warmth of a abject gap in the universe, removal beyond removal, Marluxia stood at the crest of the staircase, staring down at the scientist with something barely restrained in his eyes, and the whole little world that they found themselves in was polluted by ripeness. A disgustingly tantalising miasma of sweetness that spoke of danger, a beast not in wait to pounce but waiting for a mistake. For Vexen to slip.

24 - How do you choose whose POV to write in?

It really depends on the fic, on what story I want to tell. I'm quite strict with POV stuff where possible, as I think changing perspectives without warning or lead-up can make the pace of a story feel off. In my Open Wounds series, I am strictly sticking with Hendrik's POV the entire time, as I want Sylvando to feel like a complete mystery that he can't get a grasp on. If I suddenly switched to Sylv's POV partway through, then a lot of the mystery and build-up would be changed. In my stardew stuff, the first section was pretty much just Elliott's POV, but as we got to the second part and the guys become a couple, I introduced Brae's POV a bit more to make things feel equal and open. In LFOTR, I have bounced back and forth between Isa and Terra because I want them to feel very similar and parallel despite there being distance and confusion about where they stand.

With oneshots its easier to maintain one solid POV as things tend to be quicker and more confined. with The Front, I stuck exclusively to Sanji's pov because it feels like Crocodile has a lot of unknown factors to him and that Sanji is figuring himself out more than anything, that its very much Sanji's experience and him not knowing where he stands with Croc factors in on that. A lot of my fics work like this - maybe its the 'tism, but I find that writing about a character speculating on another character's point of view but not actually knowing gives a sense of realism.

With Borrowment, I swapped only to Ansem's POV right at the very end to round things off and give a sense of almost peeking behind a curtain - I have done something similar with several fics, only swapping POVs right at the end as a final touch.

I think Midas is maybe my most interesting piece regarding POV as it's the same character's point of view but at different points in his life. I find POV stuff super interesting to work with and I think having a good grasp on it can really make or break a piece. A lot of planning goes into my writing and considering POV is almost an instinctual thing for me in some ways haha

70 - Are you subscribed to any writers on AO3?

I dont think I am, actually. I think I've subscribed to maybe like one single fanfic I liked that was left unfinished, just in case it ever updates, but yeah I don't think I have subscriptions to any writers themselves. In my friend group, when any of us write something we tend to share it there along with wips and gdoc versions for proofreading, so we tend to hear about new fics straight away haha

not subscribing isn't anything personal - truthfully I don't have time to read that much and I often worry that, if I'm working on my own projects, if I read too much of other people's work that that may subconsciously influence my own. I do bookmark fics however.

77 - Why do you enjoy writing fanfiction?

there are demons in my brain and the only way I know how to process them is to make characters go through situations lmao

I really hope now being in active psychotherapy makes me more productive and gives me healthier angles to write about rather than impacting my work negatively hahaha;;;;

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Some things never change

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Contrary to what people might think with these two, Hendrik decides when hug time ends, not Sylvando. (Not that Sylvando is going to argue!)

I think all clowns need a 6'7 weighted knight blanket tbh

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if I look at this for any longer I am going to go cross-eyed so I am gonna finish this later;;;

here's an unfinished sylvendrik wip

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guess who’s replaying dragon quest 11~

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tagged by @goth-automaton yeehaww

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

I am gonna skim over a couple of fics though that I think were a bit rushed haha - my last batch of fics that came out were all done as part of my one-fic-per-day challenge so some of them are a bit scrappy haha; sue me for only using the fics from that challenge that I felt came out a little more solid lmao

Bearbaiting (nsfw)

“Prove it,” Astarion had spat, and none too kindly.

Earth, Comet, Eclipse

“Your dad's sleeping tonight,” Terra explained once Xion found him outside. He’d asked her earlier in the day to find him, and now he leaned against the wall and gave her an easy smile, which she returned. She liked Terra. She liked how comfy he was, how easy he was to be around. He gave a nod towards the wooded area nearby, the expanse of forest that hugged the edge of one of the rivers that ran around the Land of Departure. “Berserk, however, is up and hunting. Thought we'd go make it a game. You in?”

Midas

“Sanji,” Zeff whispers, hunched by the kitchen door and peering out, tone hushed and severe. Usually it's eggplant or brat or boy. Must be important. When Sanji totters over he's barely hip-height, far too young to be in a galley and far too young to be anywhere else. A hand plants on his head carefully to corral him, aim his gaze outward, and above and below they share the two-inch gap of the door and look out at the dining room. “Look.”

Afterimage (nsfw)

Saïx was pretty familiar with Xemnas’ abilities. Not all of them, which would infuriate him if only he was lucky enough to be allowed such a feeling for Saïx always wanted to know more, but for the most part Xemnas’ strange quirks and magical talents had stopped being unexpected. He’d grown numb to Xemnas floating off of the floor, to lights responding and things moving with barely even a glance, to thorns of nothing winding around things Xemnas’ wanted brought closer - himself included.

Trained Talent (nsfw)

There was a bit of a stereotype about jesters; that they were all secretly miserable, hard done by, only putting on a brave face and faking their cheer because at all times they were at risk of being admonished by whichever member of royalty they tried to entertain. That performers wore masks and actually suffered behind their smiles. There was a nugget of truth to it - a smile is a good way to cover up a frown, after all - but the truth that was more potent was that being a clown was a position of power.

Budbloom

Elliott, truthfully, didn’t spend that much time at the cabin these days.

The Front

Sanji wasn't an idiot. He knew from the first moment he applied for the job that Raindinners was sketchy as fuck. He'd been around, knew kitchens, could tell when corners were being cut - and believe him, they're cut often in a lotta places - but this was something else altogether.

Headspace

“What do you want, Booga?” Jasper snarled as the other Spectral Sentinel all but waltzed into his private quarters after the sound of grating rumbling shook the entire floor. The dull creature had no concept of boundaries and Jasper knew that that was not about to change, but by the goddess he ought to at least learn to knock adequately.

Shear

Xemnas thought often about the concept of trust.

Deathroll (nsfw)

Surviving past lovers, had they the gall, might go so far as to call Crocodile lazy.

I'm surprised that I don't start with dialogue more often - I feel like I often open the fic with something spoken or something that comes back later, but it seems that I actually often start with an establishing paragraph that sets up the point of view characters current emotional state/line of thought. Which isnt a bad thing tbh! Though I think I'm going to have to try and change things up now and then haha

anyone who would like to do this meme, feel free to join in! I'd love to see @hroggins, @winxixia, @finlands-beret share their version and their thoughts but no pressure of course!