Hi! I really, really, REALLY like your "Unprofessional Conduct" fic. It has cured my main vice when it comes to fanfiction or even reading in general.
ANYWAYS, it has brought me so much joy that I'm very much looking forward to drawing these wonderful characters from a videogame that is currently taking over my summer. Thus, I was wondering if there’s any special scene in your fic that you think would work as an illustration? Cause I would love to draw it, if that's okay with you, of course.
Ahhh, thank you so much!!!!That’s genuinely such a lovely thing to hear! And of course it’s okay with me; I’m always delighted by the idea of someone making fanart inspired by my writing.
But now I’m incredibly curious: what scene actually made you flip? lol
Was there a particular moment or chapter that really stuck in your head while you were reading? I’d honestly love to hear what caught your imagination before I start suggesting anything, especially since the scene that made you want to draw them would probably make the best illustration. 🧡💚
Unprofessional Conduct: The Blog (intro + fic list)
Neen / Nini (as in knee) · 199x · she/her (most days, ask again in 2 business days) ·
Moonlighting as a VTuber & AO3 writer to survive the day job of 10 years in the corporate code mines 🥲
💖Current affliction: HarryKim / Disco Elysium. Terminal. It's why I post now.
I write yaoi on AO3, stream on twitch, and occasionally smuggle skills out of the day job to improve the presentation layer of my brainrot (workskins, browser extensions).
🆗Asks & DMs open! writing, life advice, anything. slide in. Water’s cozy.
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#my writing — Chapter updates, drabbles, assorted brainrot smuggled out of the corporate mines
#UC41 — The longfic. HarryKim slowburn hurt/comfort. ongoing, 99k and climbing
#RedChecksAndOrangeBombers — The one-shots/multi-shot & smut. Plot bunnies that mutated into monsters. All AU branches of the UC41 universe
#AskNeen — Previous asks
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↓ My writing (list updates) ↓
🔫 Unprofessional Conduct in the 41st — E · 99.5k · WIP · slowburn hurt/comfort · mutual pining
Kim transferred to Precinct 41 eight weeks ago and has been quietly, devastatingly in love since Martinaise. Harry — sober(-ish), trying very hard — has not noticed. The parliament in his head has. It's losing its mind about it.
🔗 Custody — E · 12.2k · complete · rank play · praise kink · prank-turned-real
Harry cuffs a sleeping lieutenant as a prank. All Kim has to do is tell him to stop. He doesn't.
❄️ Shelter-in-Place — M · 10.2k · complete · forced proximity · caretaker gets cared for
Stranded on a dead coast road in freak spring snow, one regulation blanket between them. Kim runs the hypothermia procedure out loud so he doesn't have to feel it. Harry does the holding. For once, Kim lets him.
🪩 Crowd Control — M · 5.3k · complete · leather pants · jealous harry · UST [all my fics are honestly]
Kim wears the leather racing jacket to Disco Night. half of Martinaise notices. more unfortunately: Harry notices.
🎯 Cheek Weld — M · 3.4k · complete · touch-starved · professional pretext · pining
Harry can't qualify with his own service weapon since the tribunal. Kim has a fix: the range, after hours, bare hands at his hips — to correct his stance. On the record.
👩💻 The Voices in Your Head — AO3 workskin · made with 10 years of professional spite
Disco Elysium. Your fic, but with intrusive thoughts in colour. Accessible, mobile-friendly, no forced dark mode.
I fell behind quite a bit, because wdym not a month has passed and there are already three more chapters of unprofessional conduct and two other fics?!?!?!? How do you write so good in such a short period of time?!?!? I am genuinely amazed. How am I gonna find the time to read all of this?!?!? Just read chapter 6 and I think I’m gonna die from the amounts of pure joy it brought me. Please never stop creating
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Oh hello! I'm so happy people are coming into my ask box! Thank you for your question!
"How do you write so good in such a short amount of time?
So the thing is, UC41 has actually been fully written since around March. I'm already working on the final three-ish chapters, chapter 12/15. A lot of writers post their fics once they're close to finished, it does take a little of the magic out to admit that, my bad, but that's the trick.
I'm aiming to post at least something every 10 days, whether that's the main fic, a side snack, or something here on Tumblr or a BTS on my Ko-fi.
Mostly this is about being disciplined and consistent for once in my life. I always joke that I switch hobbies every three months, and so far, this is the one that's actually stuck.
Since I clearly can't stop yapping and oversharing, here's a little behind-the-scenes on how UC41 came to be. I've shared bits of this in author's notes before, but figured it'd be useful to have it all in one place here!
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UC41 actually started as a bunch of brainrot drabbles and one-shots that eventually turned into something bigger. I've got about six one-shots sitting in a semi-polished state right now, and another five in rough draft form. Not to mention the numerous others that are incoherent plot bunnies (outlines) that got rabid and need to be sorted out before they're allowed out of their cage.
I've been writing for a very long time, 23 years now. I did a lot of competitions and workshops growing up, got sent to stuff back in elementary, high school, uni for it. I may or may not have posted under different usernames somewhere else before this. But I have friends who finally pushed me to finally post on AO3, because, in their words, "it's good" (😳) .
I never really focused on sharing my writing before this, I was chasing the whole streamer/YouTube content-creator thing for a while (since 2017) instead, which never really panned out. I have a weird relationship with wanting to be recognized for what I make while also not wanting to be perceived at all *(kidding, mostly)*, it's part of why I hide behind an anime avatar while streaming.
But writing fic without any expectation of monetary gain or success attached to it, unlike YouTube, has genuinely reawakened the passion in me. ✨
