gratuitous use of fantasy AUs

call me tk. wirenoose/CalicoPudding from FFN and AO3. Fic Updates and such. I am always accepting requests/prompts. Please ask questions if you'd like! My main blog is confusedwithglitter

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Update 8-31-19

Hey all,

Many apologies for the lack of updates.

Long story short, I am very slowly working on IEWD, however, I'm also taking 18 credit hours this semester, plus work and other obligations. So, my writing time is limited.

Nothing is being abandoned, it's just going to be very slow going. I'll try to keep you all updated and I'll post some of the shorts I've been saving to tide you over until I can actually write like a functional person.

Hope everyone is doing well!

~TK

[seasons-gredence]

fanfic writers on tumblr

[fleetofshippyships-archive]

their writing: the dawn breaks and you are anew. the person you once were vanished. the rising sun offers a fire to burn her to ashes.

me: hey there- i just wanted to you to know your work is amazing. i love reading your writing. please continue! it is so eloquent. your wording and command of the english language are just incredible. you show such a deep emotional intelligence.

them: lol ya i do a write sometimes thnx bb [gif of the rock]

[thoughts-ofawriter]

Write while tired, they said.

It will help your productivity, they said.

[losingmymindtonight]

logical brain: it’s just fanfiction… you’re writing this for fun… it’s okay if it’s not perfect as long as you enjoyed creating it

monkey brain: everything I write must be groundbreaking

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For the Fanfic Ask Game: Honestly I'd love to ask you at least half of these, but I'll limit myself to A for What It Takes, E for Sunbeams, L, and O

Thank you so much!

A) How did you come up with the title?

So, for What It Takes, I did all of the writing before posting anything. So it didn’t need a title until I had worked everything out, which was great! I chose it as a shorter version of “I’ll do whatever it takes”. Essentially, right, the fic is about doing literally everything you can do to get back something you lost. And yeah, the extra mile was taken, but that’s what it took

E) If you wrote a sequel, what would it be about?

Oh god, if Sunbeams had a sequel. Here’s the thing, there are so many avenues that I could cover. And part of me really wants to like, write a series of shorts that cover some of the characters that didn’t get as much time in the spotlight. Or, it would be one of those things where the sequel is actually the prequel, so I could show what it was like before the events of Sunbeams. If I had the time I absolutely would

L) How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

Okay so in terms of like, revising for content: a lot. The amount of times I write and rewrite chapters then add or alter is ridiculous. In terms of revising for spelling and grammar, I try to run through at least two or three times but I always miss things because I have what psychologists and various medical doctors refer to as an idiot brain

O) How do you begin a story - with the plot, or the characters?

Depends on the story. For some of them I get an idea for a scene and I expand on that until I can decide which characters will fit in it. Other times I’m just kind of like “Oh, I want to write about Oikawa now, let’s do that” and the plot happens on its own. It just varies, and also depends on how much sleep I’ve had.

Thank you again!

[fawllyn]

I made a meme to help cope with my suffering and I'm hoping that I ain't the only one

[wornquillsandspilledink]

FanFic Ask Game

A: How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

C: What member do you identify with most?

D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?

E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

H: How would you describe your style?

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].

K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?

L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?

O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

Q: How do you feel about collaborations?

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.

V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

Y: A character you want to protect.

Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?

[formerlyjannafaye]

posting your fic on AO3 like

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In Everything We Do - Chapter Sixteen

“How does it work?”

The tavern is nearly empty, just a few rowdy travelers drinking themselves half to death in the corner. The other patrons have retired for the night, and the barmaid looks one more rude gesture away from throwing the travelers out. Which is all well and good, that would just mean more privacy for the two of them.

Momoi laughs a little and drums her fingers against the tabletop.

“I’m still puzzling out the specifics, but I’ve always been able to do it. I just focus my attention on someone and I will it to happen I suppose. Then I can see different things. It’s like a little thread, and the way that it moves means different things. I can see how it interacts with other people, I can see how far it stretches, if there are any complications, things like that. It’s fascinating, I wish I could show you because it’s like the world just fades away and it’s just me and this thread. I don’t know many people who can do it so I’m sort of running in blind. It’s my specialty, right? Magic users all have some field of magic they’re more inclined to, mine’s fate, or a subset of it anyway. But there are plenty of uses for it, I’m actually thinking of setting up a shop and offering it as a service, because I’ve found recently that I can use it to see how compatible people are.”

“Compatible?”

“Mmhmm. If I have two threads, I can tell how well those people work together, if they’re in love, how long that love will last.” She folds her arms and leans in, her face dangerously close. “Just call me the Matchmaker.”

Her ribbons glow giddy and wrap around him as she laughs again. He hasn’t known Momoi for very long, but he likes her ribbons.

“Now, how about you? What’s your magic?”

Kuroko rubs at the back of his neck as he tries to piece together his thoughts.

“Emotional magic. I’m not a magic user like you are, I’m an Empath, actually.”

He watches her ribbons for any kind of change, any strain of apprehension or revulsion but none comes. Momoi is wholly interested, fascinated even.

“Oh, wow. What can you do? Can you make people feel things? Make me feel sad, right now, do it.”

He’s hesitant to do so, influencing people to feel a bit more calm or happy is one thing, but negative emotions he doesn’t do often. But Momoi is determined, and she holds her hand out as though Kuroko needs it. To humor her, he takes her hand in his and adds a few strains of blue to her ribbons.

Immediately, her shoulders slump, her features fall and tears fill her eyes.

Before he can chase out the blue, Momoi does it on her own, her ribbons flooding to their usual pink.

“That’s so amazing, Tetsu, oh, wow.” She runs her hands through her hair and has what Kuroko can only call a giggle fit, before calming down and leaning in again. “What else can you do?”

“Uh, not a lot, actually. I’ve never met another Empath, so I’m figuring it out as I go.”

They talk together for hours more, well into the godless hours of the night. Momoi shows him her plans for magical items she’s been working on, baubles and potions, handy charms and even spelled weapons. Kuroko tells her what he can, what he knows is minimal, and he’s still testing the waters but Momoi listens with rapt attention.

They’re both near delirious with exhaustion, and they move to Kuroko’s room upstairs so as to not disturb the barmaid.

Momoi sprawls across the bed and Kuroko sits beside her, propping his head up on his hands.

“Hey, I know you used your powers on me but I uh, I don’t really use mine unless people ask me to. It’s pretty invasive so- I don’t want you to think I’m- This is going to be the start of a wonderful friendship, I think, and I don’t want to muck it up, making you think I’m being stingy or something.”

Kuroko hadn’t been thinking anything like that. Truth be told, he’s fairly certain that he doesn’t want Momoi looking at his fate at all.

If only because he wouldn’t know what to do with himself if she told him what she saw.

Before he can respond, however, Momoi is asleep, the buzz of her ribbons dying down until they’re a quiet hum.

“Goodnight, Momoi.”

continue reading: AO3  FFN

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I’m a huge fan and long time reader of ‘In everything we do’ and just realized you had a tumblr! I just wanted to say that your story is amazing and everytime I get notified that you’ve updated I rush to read it ASAP. I just read and loved the latest chapter, and I try to comment often but somtimes I forget. Thank you so much for continuing this this wonderful story, can’t wait for more :)

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thank you so much!! I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed it thus far and I hope you continue to like it! this totally made my day!!

[wire-pudding]

IEWD 16 is posted!

I'll post the proper chapter here tomorrow but I am very tired and I am going to sleep

[wire-pudding]

hi! just dropping in to say your writing is so wonderful, i came across your ao3 earlier and definitely went through and read 90% of your things on a wierd night c:

hi there! thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoy it and i hope you continue to!!

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Update 7-9-19

hey uh, so burnout got me in a headlock then threw me off a ten story building, so, apologies for my absence over the past couple months!

I'm putting the finishing touches on the next IEWD chapter, making it longer mostly and doing some editing. It should be up later tonight.

I have a few shorts that I'm pretty sure I finished while I was in the middle of a bad flu so I'll make sure those are coherent and get those posted too.

My phone hates me and I'm only just now seeing comment and message notifications so I'll get to those tonight as well.

Again, many apologies for the wait. Hope everyone's had a good summer thus far.

~TK

[infinityuserboxes]

[simonghostrileys]

Incredibly fucking slow at it 🤧

[slagginbitch]

i fixed it

[inked-foundry]

me: i cannot finish a single draft to save my life

also me: ok but what if this WIP was a trilogy

[abalonetea]

mood

[mykingdomforapen]

you’ve heard of fix-it fics now get ready for

wreck-it works, where you write a fic and make characters suffer even more than the canon has already tortured them 

[wire-pudding]

2, 5, and 15 for Sunbeams?

sorry for the wait, okay let’s go!:

2) What scene did you first put down?

I think it was a scene that didn’t actually make it into the story. It was based of my initial concept notes so I wrote out a scene to see if I could actually make something out of it. It consisted of a chance meeting between Tsukishima and Hinata in the forest I think, their first encounter and they were both in full godly glory, just magic and light all around them. 

In terms of scenes that were actually in the story, the first one I put down was the scene when Kei made the keys. It was heavily edited and changed up a bit from what I initially put down, and it didn’t show up for a couple chapters in the story, but I had that scene in my head for a while.

5) What part was hardest to write?

Oh god. I love fight scenes but they’re so hard for me because I used to do martial arts and I loved sparring. So I have this image of what the fight choreography is but it’s so hard to put that into a narrative sense, for me anyway. But the ending too, dear lord, I was agonizing over that forever, believe you me. There were some decisions I could have made, but I didn’t...and I would just argue with myself in front of my computer over what to do

15) What did you learn from writing this fic?

I apparently have a thing for light imagery. But it was also a nice experiment for me in sort of total reconstruction in world building and trying out something a little more abstract and whimsical I guess. I definitely enjoyed it. 

Also, the importance of spreadsheets and charts.

Thank you so much!!