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[lilacella]

Fanfiction Writer Ask Game✍️

💎 How do you feel about the first fanfiction you ever wrote and posted?

📜 Describe your writing style in three words or terms.

❤️ What's your favourite pairing to write for?

💜 What pairing would you like to write but never have?

⏰ Fic + How long did it take you to write this?

👀 Fic + What inspired you to write this story?

💝 Fic + What is your favourite part of this story?

🫠 Fic + What was the hardest about writing this?

🍪 Fic + What was the most fun while writing this?

‼️Tell us a random fun fact about, or easter egg you have hidden in one of your fics.

🔥What are your favourite three fics that you wrote and why?

[tuskmammoth]

If I tried to write that now, it would take me a week and be 8000 words long

Character-driven, optimistic, occasionally-cheesy

Caitlyn and Vi! (Arcane)

Crowley and Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Caitlyn: Into the Kiraverse - About three days, starting the moment I got the idea

To live forever - Based on an episode of the office where Jim pretends to be turning into a vampire to get out of work

The hottest woman on the island - Getting to write Caitlyn being grumpy and difficult

Trading places - Trying to write a sensitive portrayal of autism (I mostly failed, but I do think I learned a lot)

44 Minutes - Getting feedback from a beta reader was an awesome experience, but engaging with the rest of the community throughout the big bang was by far the best bit

Trading places features an anecdote about Vi's experiences with spicy cooking, and it's a real story that happened to a friend of mine

Cursed comes third because I love writing teen CaitVi, Into the Kiraverse is second because I didn't really have to worry too much about plot, I could just write whatever fun stuff popped into my head, and 44 Minutes is first because I'm more proud of finishing that than any of my university work this year!

[winged-thinged]

You are allowed to be happy. You are allowed to seek out things that make you happy. There is no moral value in suffering. You don't have to deprive yourself of pleasure just for the sake of it. You deserve to be happy! Everyone does.

[caitvibigbang]

The posting may be over, but the magic isn’t gone! Every fic and piece of fanart from this year’s Caitvi Big Bang is now collected in one place on AO3: caitvibigbang2026

That said, we want to take a moment and thank every writer, beta, and artist who participated in this fest. The past nine months have been challenging and arduous, but we did it together! You worked so hard and persevered and created something truly beautiful.

When the mods embarked on creating this fest, we weren't sure that many people were going to sign up, let alone stick with it as long as you all have. Thank you so much for coming along for the ride!

With love,

Celia & Shan <3

[caitvibigbang]

Title: 44 Minutes

Word count: 75,776

Author: @tuskmammoth

Beta: @dixou

Artist: @giisip & @holixx

Six days ago, astronaut Caitlyn Kirramman became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, she’s sure she’ll be the first to die there. Finding herself stranded and completely alone, Caitlyn must battle against the hostile nature of an unfamiliar world and her own mounting despair to make it home before her dwindling resources run dry. Vi is a low ranking nobody, taking the 3am shift at Piltover’s space agency and wishing she could be anywhere else, so when she gets assigned as Caitlyn Kiramman’s only contact with Runeterra, she has to wonder what the hell just happened. Suddenly thrust into the limelight, with a task that really matters, Vi gives it all she’s got, but does she have what it takes to keep Caitlyn from losing hope, and can she overcome her own mounting fear that she just might not be enough.

Check it out on AO3!

[luna-azzurra]

Character Flaws/Quirks in Fantasy Worldbuilding That I'm BEGGING Writers to Explore

Please, please, PLEASE.....

✧ Magic systems with actual consequences that aren't just "ooh I'm tired now." Like your wizard gets hiccups that turn into burps of flame for three days. Your necromancer's hair falls out in clumps. Your healer has to absorb a percentage of the pain they cure and spends evenings crying in the bath.

✧ Fantasy creatures that are just... kinda mid at their designated thing. Dragons who are afraid of heights. Vampires with a garlic intolerance that's more "lactose intolerant at a pizza party" than "instant death." Werewolves who transform but just become a really anxious medium-sized dog.

✧ Prophecies that are vague because the ancient oracle genuinely had terrible handwriting. Nobody can agree if it says "the chosen one" or "the chicken coop" and honestly both are equally possible at this point.

✧ Magic schools where students are failing because the curriculum is actually hard, not because they're the chosen one having drama. Let someone flunk Potions because they can't math the ratios. Academic probation exists in fantasy too.

✧ Dark Lords with the most mundane administrative problems. Yes, he's conquering the realm, but also the castle's plumbing is a nightmare and his generals keep submitting their expense reports late.

✧ Worldbuilding that remembers disabled people exist in fantasy settings too. No, not just "magically healed." I mean fantasy wheelchairs, accessibility spells, sign language variations, service dragons, the whole deal.

✧ Taverns that aren't just quest-dispensing machines. Sometimes the innkeeper is closed for a family emergency. Sometimes there's karaoke night and it's bad. Sometimes they're out of the stew because Greg ordered all of it.

✧ Kingdoms with actual boring stuff that affects the plot. Tax reforms. Infrastructure bills. That bridge everyone uses? Someone had to budget for that. The hero's quest gets delayed because the Transport Committee is arguing about funding.