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[aphrodaisyacs]

ok since this asked twice I’m going to put it together in one post @vriddy​ @my-head-is-underwater​ :D

This fic is going to be set in the Todoroki In-Laws verse, which is set ~10 yrs after the PLF War arc (and canon-compliant up until that point). Basically in this verse Hawks has lost his wings and by the time the fic begins he’s long come to terms with it and settled into a civilian life as a firefighter.

But then one day when he gets called to help with a library that got caught on fire from a villain attack, he runs into a very familiar librarian who just so happens to be one Todoroki Touya. Needless to say things are awkward due to their past, but things do get better.

Also pspsps this is the fic I’ll be putting out for dabihawks week so yeah you guys basically reminded me that I should get off my ass and actually start writing it lmao

[tomuratime]

2 for the wip game?? 👀 👀 👀

yessssss these were just some snippets i wrote for the discord and thought about turning into a real fic at some point. basically what is says on the tin, dabi gives his lil bro a piercing 🙃

”You don’t have to tell me anything, okay? I know what I’m doing. Did it to myself years ago, so just relax.”

”Last I checked, though, you weren’t a doctor,” Natsuo frowns. “So maybe you should listen to what I’m saying for once and -”

”Last, I checked,” Dabi interrupts, pulling the cannula needle out of its packaging with a firm rip. The transparent wrapper is discarded to the floor, along with the box of plastic gloves and bottles of antiseptic that they grabbed from Natsuo’s makeshift office before setting up camp here, in the cramped little bathroom of the hideout. ”You’re not a real doctor, either. Underground medics don’t have licenses, as far as I know. Besides, it doesn’t even hurt.”

Natsuo mutters something that could almost pass for doesn’t mean anything, coming from you, and Dabi brandishes the cannula as if it were one of Toga’s knives, ready to strike.

“What was that? Nothing? That’s what I thought. Now shut up and sit still so I can get out of here.”

[gemmassong]

Helloooo!!! 💖 ,📊 and 📚 for the fanfic ask game?

💖 What do you like most about your own writing?

Oof just go straight for like the hardest question on there lmao. I guess, after walking away from a fic and coming back a few weeks after posting, I tend to really like things like characterization and imagery. For the first, I try to keep everyone properly in character, despite the fact that I'm typically writing AUs. At that point I kind of have to ask myself, what different experiences has this character gone this in this universe than from canon, and how would that change them? Rather than just writing the canon characterization regardless of the AU or situation. And I always hate everything about a fic during the editing/posting process, but it's usually something I'm proud of looking back. And then I have a hard time with imagery, because I hate unnecessarily flowery language with like, a burning passion. If your language isn't adding something to the story, I've always been of the opinion it doesn't need to be there. So it's a rule I try to stick to myself - anything overly descriptive of using figurative language in my fics is something carefully crafted to add to my story, rather than just being there to be there.

📊 Current number of WIPs

I think this depends a bit on what you class as a WIP? In terms of partially-written things I plan on finishing, only two. The Collaring Scene, which has about 6k and I'm hoping to post by the end of the month, I know you're not the only one waiting for it lol, and something in a document currently titled 'rooftop smoke' which is ShigaDabi(Hawks kinda) ABO with joined-the-League-for-real!Hawks.

There are... a lot more I don't think I'll get around to finishing but do have pieces written for. Like a villain!Izuku ABO AU that turned into a roleplay between myself and Birdy instead, and a bunch of stuff for previous fandoms, mostly FFVII (gen fic that focused on the timeline established in the end of the remake and follows Zack and Cloud) and Kylux. So many unfinished Kylux WIPs.

📚 Do you read your own fic?

I absolutely do! I write them mostly for myself after all. I do have to give myself a period of distance between posting and going back and being able to actually enjoy them, but it does happen eventually. Usually I'll be prompted by either a lovely comment that makes me want to try to feel what they felt while reading it, or I'll just be in a mood for something similar to my fic, and upon remembering I already wrote it, I go back to re-read. That last one happens the most with Morning Melody honestly, when I just want that High-Key Soft.

[silverwordswrites]

👖, 🧠 and 📊 for the fanfic ask game??

👖 Are you a planner, plantser, or pantser? Is it consistent? Vri, I’m gonna be real with you, idk what this means fully, but based on vibes I’ll go with plantser! I usually have an idea of where things are going, and I try to stick to that, but I often just go with the flow in the vague direction of where I planned. I’m pretty consistent in not having a full plan, which is not always to my benefit but hey, that’s the fun of writing! :P

🧠 What’s an idea you have that you can’t quite call a WIP yet? Answered here!

📊 Current number of WIPS UHHHHHHH *quickly goes to try to count* I think 19? Not all are fleshed out, I’m actively working on 5 or so at the moment, but *sweats* there’s a lot of them and they don’t stop coming!

Thank you for the ask Vri! <3

[silverwordswrites]

Wooo! A, G and K for the fic writing ask game? (wait did the numbers transform into letters in the reblog?! :0 )

Thank you for the ask Vri! I don’t think the numbers changed for me, but I gotchu :P

For this ask game

1. What was the first fandom and/or pairing that you wrote fic for?

Oh you’re really getting me to dig into my fanfiction dot net days, huh? My very first fic was a Harry Potter Harry and Ginny song fic that I published in 2012! I am lowkey cringing about it but looking back at my old account is kinda funny and heartwarming. My fanfic writing origin story was set to a Paramore song!

7. Which part of writing do you struggle with most?

I have a very hard time with introspection. I lean almost too heavily on the “show, don’t tell” advice you hear sometimes and end up almost never exploring thoughts or motivations on my first draft, instead going for dialogue instead. As I work through things/edit them, I have to force myself to sit down and navigate the inner workings of my characters. It’s a fun challenge to work out what they’re thinking and then figure out a way to describe that to a reader. Bed I made was a real challenge for me because of this, but it gave me some great practice in getting into Keigo and Touya’s heads!

11. If you could only write angst, fluff, or smut for the rest of your life, which would it be?

It’d have to be fluff. The possibilities are endless, and I love being able to give characters a healthy dose of happiness in my fics. I’d miss the sweet torment of angst, and I’m still lowkey afraid of smut lmao, but fluff has my heart. Let me give them a cat and warm sunshine filtering in through the windows any day!

[mercurymiscellany]

3, 7, 12, for the fic writing ask game? 👀

3. Do you write fics from start or finish, or jump around? It kind of depends on length. The longer they are the less likely they’ll be done in order. 7. Which part of writing do you struggle with most? Finding the time and energy Usually when I hit a block it’s because there’s a part that feels like it needs to be there structurally but I don’t want to write it. I’m trying to get better at cutting those parts/finding a way to structure them more interestingly. Maybe a dash of over planning. 12. Is there a trope you haven’t written yet but really want to? Vacation/Road Trip setting. I think it’s the problem of to write the setting I want to be experiencing the setting, and if i get a chance to experience the setting i want to enjoy myself, not sit around and take notes. Also running into the problem of ‘it’s a feeling, not a plot’ I want to conjure up the feeling of hitting the highway, seeing the weird shit that other people pass every day because they live there, or it’s on their commute, knowing that there’s something hopefully exciting, or at least different on the other side of the travel....but that doesn’t give the characters anything necessarily exciting to do.

[mercurymiscellany]

5 & 8 for the fandom ask game? 👀

5. what is your favorite overused trope? 

Found family and/or enemies to lovers, probably. Unless it’s personally overused by me in which case it’s post-nightmare hurt comfort. It’s not a true otp/ot3/found family until somebody’s had a nightmare and calms down as the other person(s) rub their back, get them a cup of tea and remind them it was just a dream, you’re okay, you’re here now. 8. do you prefer happy, bittersweet, or sad endings?  Happy, all the way down. I’ll very rarely write or read the other two, i prefer my fiction to have all the sad in the middle but get the characters to a relative state of okay, if not good, at the end.

[mercurymiscellany]

Headcanon ask game! Hawks + 2, Dabi + 5? 👀

😄 From this headcanon ask here 2. Their emotional/moral weak spots -Hawks I’m not sure this counts, because i feel like it’s pretty canon--Not being able to save people from getting hurt, especially if they got hurt because of his actions. On a slightly happier note I also feel like he will pay for anyone if he sees their card get declined, and throw in a few extra of whatever they’re buying (especially if there’s a kid involved) 5. Guilty pleasures -Dabi I’m trying not to make it sad XD like petty thefts of good food from the villa fridge, or spending redestro and/or endeavors money on really dumb shit. (”Alright, who bought 27676 yen’s worth of sour gummy worms”) Which like, 100%. But I think it would also be seeing how much he can haunt the old todoroki abode. Lurking in the garden because he knows exactly how to get past endeavor’s security system. Sneaking in through the window and moving shit while everyone’s out, moving all the furniture an inch to the left so Endeavor trips when he comes home exhausted from a long day of heroics. Rearranging the fridge magnets to say rude/ominous things. (Bonus points if it’s an au where natsuo knows who he is and is absolutely delighted.)