2021-01-23 07:39 pm
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I like answering things despite never being asked, so that's what I'm gonna do. I'm going to focus on Batfandom, with maybe occasional forays into some others.
1. Which is your favorite of the fics you’ve written for X fandom?
I think some of my fluff gen ones are my favorites, but my goodness, I've written so many, I can't remember them all.
Hollywood Nights. It's a recent one, but I had so much fun writing it.
Superheroes Come to Feast. While I was in some sort of flow in writing it (I mean, like, literally, I couldn't stop writing it), trying to figure out where to go after a certain point became ridiculously hard.
Diverting from Batfandom, I'd say any of the trans stories I've written, be it original fic, my Holmes/Watson fic, or my Kaiba/Jounouchi one. Each one has part of my fears and hopes in it that all add up to being very me.
One from an unpublished fic I'm working on that goes, "The strange one-sided conversation hung in X's head like a corpse." (X because it's for an exchange.)
Back to Batfandom: trans man Bruce and trans woman Talia are trying to figure out how to have a child. Bruce can't take time off from Batman to conceive. Cis woman Selina is Bruce's on-again/off-again girlfriend, so they approach her to be their surrogate. She's not maternal (so she says), but she loves them both, so she agrees. Result: Damian.
Talia and Bruce divorce/break up (depending on how I feel whether they married or not). Talia takes Damian and raises him, only to return him later. Selina claims nothing of him, because Talia is his mother. Somehow, eventually, he finds out. And then...stuff happens, I haven't figured it out that far.
Not finishing Drawlloween last year.
Writing Hollywood Nights.
Dick Grayson, hands down.
NSFW: From Hollywood Nights:
NONE OF THEM. I mean....
Either Be My Lover or La Triche. Both are original works, but I like them both and they catch my general sense of humor.
I have a novel I'm working on that is exciting, although I'm taking a break from it right now. I've got several WIP that I have to do for Batfandom, but they're less of a priority right now, as I have a fic to finish for FFFX.
I would love to write a canon story for Batman as an Elseworld or something. Maybe a queer Sherlock Holmes story or something.
Not really. I draft everything in Arial because I need to R E A D when I'm typing
Oh gosh, I don't know. I love every comment.
Family Sacrifices. It's still a WIP, but I started it so long ago that the writing style is completely different from mine now.
As someone who acts out my own scenes on the regular, I'm either Dick Grayson or Kaiba frequently. They help me manage my daily life and figure out characterization and plot points for scenes.
1. Which is your favorite of the fics you’ve written for X fandom?
I think some of my fluff gen ones are my favorites, but my goodness, I've written so many, I can't remember them all.
2. Favorite piece overall?
Hollywood Nights. It's a recent one, but I had so much fun writing it.
3. Which was the hardest to write, in terms of plot?
Superheroes Come to Feast. While I was in some sort of flow in writing it (I mean, like, literally, I couldn't stop writing it), trying to figure out where to go after a certain point became ridiculously hard.
4. Which has the most “you” in it, however you’d define that?
Diverting from Batfandom, I'd say any of the trans stories I've written, be it original fic, my Holmes/Watson fic, or my Kaiba/Jounouchi one. Each one has part of my fears and hopes in it that all add up to being very me.
5. What is an image/set of images that you’re particularly proud of?
One from an unpublished fic I'm working on that goes, "The strange one-sided conversation hung in X's head like a corpse." (X because it's for an exchange.)
6. Idea that you always wanted to write but could never make work?
Back to Batfandom: trans man Bruce and trans woman Talia are trying to figure out how to have a child. Bruce can't take time off from Batman to conceive. Cis woman Selina is Bruce's on-again/off-again girlfriend, so they approach her to be their surrogate. She's not maternal (so she says), but she loves them both, so she agrees. Result: Damian.
Talia and Bruce divorce/break up (depending on how I feel whether they married or not). Talia takes Damian and raises him, only to return him later. Selina claims nothing of him, because Talia is his mother. Somehow, eventually, he finds out. And then...stuff happens, I haven't figured it out that far.
7. Least favorite plot point/chapter/moment?
Not finishing Drawlloween last year.
8. Favorite plot point/chapter/moment?
Writing Hollywood Nights.
9. Favorite character to write?
Dick Grayson, hands down.
10. Favorite line or lines of dialogue that you’ve written
NSFW: From Hollywood Nights:
The door opens and Bruce doesn’t quite burst into the room so much as the room shrinks to announce his entrance. It’s an odd effect, but one that’s served him so well in flicks. There’s something about him that makes you stop and take notice.
At least, I stop and take notice. Damian just keeps fucking me like we don’t suddenly have an audience.
“Shut the door, Father,” Damian says. “Grayson will catch a draft.”
11. If I’m showing off just one of your pieces to someone, which one should it be?
NONE OF THEM. I mean....
Either Be My Lover or La Triche. Both are original works, but I like them both and they catch my general sense of humor.
12. What WIPs do you have going now? Are you excited about them?
I have a novel I'm working on that is exciting, although I'm taking a break from it right now. I've got several WIP that I have to do for Batfandom, but they're less of a priority right now, as I have a fic to finish for FFFX.
13. Are there any things that might have happened in any of your stories, but you changed them at the last minute? (So-and-so dies, they don’t actually kiss, main character has long extended ballet-based dream sequence, etc.)
Yes! Superheroes Come to Feast had three possible endings: The good ending (the one that happened). The bad ending, in which the Bats win and Dick goes back to them and is trapped. The Holy Shit ending in which Dick kills them all, burns down the manor, and goes feral. I made that last one part of a dream instead.
Yes! Superheroes Come to Feast had three possible endings: The good ending (the one that happened). The bad ending, in which the Bats win and Dick goes back to them and is trapped. The Holy Shit ending in which Dick kills them all, burns down the manor, and goes feral. I made that last one part of a dream instead.
14. Would you want to write canon for any of your fandoms (like be hired by showrunner to do an episode)? Which one?
I would love to write a canon story for Batman as an Elseworld or something. Maybe a queer Sherlock Holmes story or something.
15. Does font matter to you when you’re writing a draft?
Not really. I draft everything in Arial because I need to R E A D when I'm typing
16. 3 favorite comments ever received on fanfic.
Oh gosh, I don't know. I love every comment.
17. Any mean comments? How’d you deal with it? Who laid the smackdown?
I do get them occasionally. Sometimes I just delete them, sometimes I clap back, because I have no patience for fools.
I do get them occasionally. Sometimes I just delete them, sometimes I clap back, because I have no patience for fools.
18. If you could go back and revise one of your older stories, which would it be?
Family Sacrifices. It's still a WIP, but I started it so long ago that the writing style is completely different from mine now.
19. Do you make up scenes at work/on the bus/at the gym? Who are the characters that pop up the most? Do you write them down?
As someone who acts out my own scenes on the regular, I'm either Dick Grayson or Kaiba frequently. They help me manage my daily life and figure out characterization and plot points for scenes.
20. Go nuts, and talk about writing.
Oh gosh, what to say? I love it so much. It was a long time getting through to me, but the more you force out just absolute shit drafts, the better you get at writing. You'll be able to edit faster once you have something to edit as opposed to trying to make every sentence perfect on the first go.