#theghostofashton

[filthyjanuary]

fake dating for the fanfic tropes!

C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.

i like this when it's not like a true ~plan~ to fake dating but they somehow stumble into it like oop someone assumed and we went along with it because x sentimental reason and now we're stuck in this, so truly depends on how it is executed in the fic but it can be good

Give me a fanfiction trope and I’ll grade it

[reyesstrand]

hi maddie! extending nice ask day bc i was super busy yesterday and wanted to send some! so i’m going to throw your question back at you and ask if you have any strong headcanons that show up in your writing because i’m so curious. your writing is so rich and warm and full of love to me and i love the little details you add to a scene so much <3

neha!!! thank you so much omg, you’re too nice 🥺🥺🥺🥺

as for headcanons, i think i have a few that pop up now and again…

- tk and carlos sharing clothes. point blank period. i’ve talked w jen about this so much, but you can’t tell me they don’t find comfort in stealing each other’s shirts/hoodies. i feel it’s more of an at home/going to bed thing (like tk’s shirt in the 3x18 proposal) but they’ve definitely gone out of the house wearing something that belongs to the other and they don’t even blink at it anymore

- cooking n food! food fic is all about how their habits with sharing meals/feeding each other evolves as their relationship does, but i think i’ve included carlos’ love language being cooking for others in many of my fics. it just feels natural. along with tk being a welcome presence in the kitchen when carlos is cooking…like he’ll just chat about his day or help out with chopping or lean against/sit up on the counter and it’s something that started when they first gave the relationship a real go and continues to this day

- marjan’s home is super colourful and full of trinkets from her travels around the country

- tk and marjan and paul were very close during season one as the people who were new to austin; i’ve also had a long-standing belief that tk and marjan have a very special bond (him diving after her in the corn, her calling him sleeping beauty, etc etc) like i just love the idea of them being fiery and a little reckless together. i do love love LOVE the route they went with nancy and tk becoming close and can’t imagine the show without that relationship now, but i’ve written the tk and marjan dynamic in quite a few fics and i’ll always love them <3

- owen has his imperfect moments but a lot of what he’s doing is based on this deep love for tk and trying to do right by him, as a sort of response to the lingering guilt he feels over tk’s childhood.

[vampirekoolaid]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤

OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY. omg okay. HI NEHA THANK U <3

none of these are my most popular fics on ao3 by any means but they are the ones that i have reread myself SEVERAL times. these are the fics that i absolutely wrote for myself (all my fics are for me, but these ones... top of that tier)

1) hurricane drill - blue lock - T - 3k

listen it might be recency bias but. hurricane drill is absolutely one of my darlings, and i knew going into it that it wouldn't be super popular due to the major character death tag, but it's still so very dear to me. i'm really excited to get around to the rest of the series.

2) all the ghosts (that are never gonna catch me) - rwby - G - 1k

running on the grief train, all the ghosts is also one of my favs!! it's a rwby fic centered around taiyang dealing w grief/depression, i think originally out of spite because i was seeing so much hate on my dash abt how he didn't "take care of"/properly "raise" yang and ruby as kids?? or something???? just. like. Bad Dad Taiyang takes. and i just wanted to idk, put some empathy into the world i guess. i think this is also one of my only all-lowercase fics, for the sake of stylistically encapsulating that grief.

3) growing pains duology - star wars - G - 2k

...i swear i write more than depression fics but they're my FAVORITES i guess!!! the modern domestic au is one i still reread myself pretty regularly. i miss the star wars days!!

4) to analyze your eyes - danganronpa - G - 5k

to analyze your eyes was probably the first fic i ever wrote that hit 5k and that came to me easily and immediately. i wrote this fic in a FRENZY. i had such a blast with it!! and i had a great many plans for this fic universe that i just never ended up getting around to, but it rotted in my brain for months providing serotonin, so. i love it <3

5) where the tear stain dries to keep you safe tonight - blue lock - T - 2k

i fucking love the itoshi brothers and where the tear stain dries was a culmination of all my brainrotting over them and desire to give them a reconciliation. i loved getting to play in sae's head and this fic rlly set me up for all my future sae-centric fics i think. and i also always love getting to write familial/platonic dynamics and tension!!

(secret 6th recommendation: the impending kaisae fake dating fic. chapter 1 will be dropping this weekend. keep an eye out.)

thanks for the ask, neha :D this was fun!!

[kuiinncedes]

top 5 tv shows? :)

thanks for the ask neha :DD

heartstopper

julie and the phantoms

the good place

glee

one day at a time

i feel like i don't watch that many tv shows XD these are the shows (that i've watched) on my list on netflix lol (except glee lmao)

ask me top 5 stuff 🤪

[lonelylikeacastaway]

@theghostofashton HAPPY BIRTHDAY I LOVE YOU LOADS SO I MADE YOU THIS BI!AWSTEN MOODBOARD TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST DAY

[silveracoustic]

warmwarmwarm

Inspired by Dichotomy by @theghostofashton

[ghostsandbestfriends]

hi dichotomy author here for that anon - i don't write smut! i write graphic triggering scenes of self-harm and anxiety and panic attacks and depression but there is no smut in any of my fics (and i can almost guarantee there never will be so) if that's what you're worried about don't be!

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[filthyjanuary]

parx and 5sos!

i know i literally asked but this is SO hard...usually i agonize over this but.... okay okay off the top of my head first impulse lets goooo

parx:

sleep alone

tantrum

what we do for fun

it follows

dizzy

5sos:

outer space/carry on

wrapped around your finger

teeth

daylight

babylon

send me an artist/group and I’ll tell you my top 5 songs by them!