Fleet Sparrow

5 Questions Meme!

2022-11-29T06:05:54Z

Hello, all, I'm back!...ish.

These questions are courtesy of kindkit!

1) You can successfully lure everyone you like into one single fandom, e.g. one comics title, one movie, one trilogy telling a single story, etc. What fandom do you choose?
Oh boy, this is a loaded question. OK, so, of course, nothing is perfect and general caveats, but I think I'd have to go with The Darkside Detective.

Because DC breaks my heart, Yu-Gi-Oh has too many parts, but Darkside Detective is great.

NO WAIT, MAYBE MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000!

Wait, no.....

;___;

2) DW vs. Twitter as a site for fannish interaction?
Ooh, another tough one. I think Dreamwidth is better for long-form fan interaction and event stuff, but I do like Twitter's more... laid back style of posting random thoughts and then disappearing into the ether like some kind of shitposting Ghost of Fandom Past. Maybe it's because I don't do a lot of meta or such, I do mostly like shower thoughts type posts (thanks, ADHD, for limiting my brainpower to tweet-size comments!). But for interaction, I think Dreamwidth does do it a little better, because it's easier to curate who finds you and who you follow.

Of course, I think Tumblr actually was the true heir to both, as it allowed random thoughts AND longform posts. However, I wouldn't go back to that hellsite if you paid me now, so I guess this is where I live now.

3) You have to eat only one national/regional cuisine for an entire month. What do you pick? (Assume suitable accommodations for allergies, dietary needs, etc. will be offered.)
Just because I'm doing Italian this quarter on Duolingo, I'm gonna have to go with Italian food. All the carbs. All the meats. All the sauces. (and none of the olive oil because I'm fucKING ALLERGIC, THANKS DAD). But yes, there are accommodations and I'm eating more fettucine than is possibly healthy for one human being. I'm in carb heaven.

4) Do you think there's other sapient life in the universe somewhere? (Not a question about UFOs or alien visitors, just whether you think it exists.)
I think so. I'd say I hope so, but I'm sure there is, because, like, the arrogance of us to think we're not only the highest pinnacle of intelligence but that we can't see it, therefore it doesn't exist is amazing!

Besides, if there isn't, it's an awful waste of space.

5) Are you a re-reader, and if so, what are your favorite books to re-read?
You know, I really don't re-read often, mostly because I'm always trying to get to new books, but--

As soon as I typed that, I realized that I've re-read the Sherlock Holmes stories, like, a dozen or more times in my life and am about to do them again, so there it is, that's my answer. Mysteries are my comfort reads.

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Fandom Meme: Questions 11-15

2022-07-17T05:04:43Z

11. Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

*deep breath* Everybody/Dick Grayson. Honestly, I only have one person I don't actively ship him with, and that's because I ship them mostly as exes-who-are-still-friends (see below). Otherwise, he's my favorite fandom LBD. I multiship like no one's business, and think, like, 99% of the DC universe characters would just be happier if they were all in a big poly relationship of some stripe or another with each other.

Other than DC... Pretty much Everybody/Kaiba, because he's my go-to in Yu-Gi-Oh, but again, I multiship like a mother, so I ship everybody with everybody else there.

12. A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson. I think they've tried too often and too much and by this point in time, DC is just making them both miserable trying to make them "twoo wuvs" for each other. Let them date other people!! Let them be happy with other people! They can still ~~make out~~ be friends! They don't have to be each other's be all end all!!

13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?

Um... Fic or art, I guess. I'm not much into vids, even though I do still love me some old school AMVs and think about what kind of fanvids I could make if I had that skill, but knowing I have to dedicate time to watch things gives me hives. Like, I can't even start new movies or TV shows unless I'm super in the right mood for it.

14. A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

Dick/Slade.

I know, right?

"But, Fleet," I hear you cry, "Haven't you written that pairing for a while now?"

Yes. But I still don't know when it went from, "sure, I'll try it" to "yeah, I ship it."

15. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?

I'm pretty sure it was LOST role play stuff over MSN messenger and chat boards. Hoo, I think I just dated myself a little.

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Fandom Meme: Questions 7-10

2022-07-10T21:09:30Z

7. What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?

Drama. Honestly, this is 99% the reason I'm barely IN fandoms, even if I'm actively writing for them. I don't care for ship wars or BNFs or cliques. I just want to write my shit and enjoy the medium.

8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.

I don't know if this is a squick, but a pet peeve is when one does an exchange and your giftor writes something that requires intra-fandom knowledge (like another fic) or writes something that's crackfic when you didn't request it. Just, bad faith exchange stuff, I guess.

9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?

LOL. I only have a moderate difficulty with titles because I have a jukebox for a brain and use song lyrics for 99.9% of my titles. For me, the hardest thing is having energy to get things done before the last minute, but that's my brain + my work schedule.

10. Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?

I don't really? I mean, I don't really follow main comics stuff because I'm so tired of crossover/huge events that Totally Change Everything but don't actually. But I still know a ridiculous amount of canon stuff, so that doesn't really count. Generally, when I get into a fandom, it's because I either know the canon already, or I get into the canon immediately afterwards.

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Fandom Meme: Questions 5-6

2022-07-01T03:25:25Z

5. What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?

The Darkside Detective game series, I guess. I don't really read much in it, but I do want to gush to people who've played it and talk about it endlessly. Also, the movie Dark And Stormy Night. That's got a fandom of exactly me.

6. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it? Not necessarily your oldest fandom, but a fandom that you started and still continue to read/write/create content for in some way.

It's an honest tie between Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters and Batman/DC. I grew up watching both the anime and Batman: The Animated Series, and those were both very formative on my psyche. As for which I still do stuff with, I do both, but I'm definitely in deep with Batman.

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Fandom Meme: Questions 3-4

2022-06-30T00:16:14Z

3. You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?

OK, my forever OTP is Bruce/Dick, so my perfect third would be Selina Kyle. Think about it. She's dangerous. Dick likes danger. Bruce ~~has the hots for~~ trusts them both. It's perfect and every love angle should be solved by a threesome, thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.

4. What are the origins of your penname/username?

Way back in the wild days of the Internet, I met a person on a now-defunct fansite, and pulled a Tom Ripley: stole their name, their fandom, and clubbed them off a boat.

I'm kidding.

I got it from a Pirates of the Caribbean thing. Don't really remember why.

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Fandom Meme: Questions 1-2

2022-06-28T03:21:28Z

1. What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?

Well, I gained a fandom in The Darkside Detective game series. I also think I dropped out of more exchanges than I completed, which is :/

I made some new friends in fandom, discovered some friends who were new to me weren't really that new to me (in that we've written for each other before), and deepened some friendships.

2. Your newest fandom.

The Darkside Detective. I love it so much. It's fun, it's funny, it's got heart and puns and mysteries and ghosts and eldritch horrors and... What more could a guy ask for?

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Fandom Meme: The Questions

2022-06-28T02:55:44Z

The list of questions for a meme I'm totally going to do, taken from kindkit, who got it from ~~Agnes~~ someone else.

1. What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?

2. Your newest fandom.

3. You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?

4. What are the origins of your penname/username?

5. What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?

6. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it? Not necessarily your oldest fandom, but a fandom that you started and still continue to read/write/create content for in some way.

7. What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?

8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.

9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?

10. Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?

11. Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

12. A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?

14. A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

15. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?

16. Do you remember your first OTP? Who was in it?

17. What is your favourite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

18. How many fandoms have you written for? How many have you been in, and how many are you still in?

19. Has social media caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

20. What fandom broke your heart?

21. Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you dislike or even loathe.)

22. Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

23. Your rarest fandoms.

24. A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

25. Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

26. A trope which you are virtually certain to love in any fandom.

27. A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

28. How did you first get into fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote fic for?

29. Have you ever tried to write for a fandom or ship, and found you couldn’t?

30. Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

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Snowflake Challenge 15: Wrap Up

2021-01-31T05:14:20Z

One of these times, I’m going to have the energy to do all the challenges, but that obviously wasn’t this year. But I did have a lot of fun with the ones I did, so yay!

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Writing Questions

2021-01-24T08:40:18Z

20 Questions About Writing

1. Describe yourself how you would describe a character you’re introducing.

Oh god, I never describe my characters oh no this is a bad start to this....

2. Is there any specific ritual you go through while/before/after your writing?

Not too much. When I worked, I would set out my laptop, turn on my music and speaker, open up my doc (have the wi-fi off), and start writing. I guess that's kind of its own ritual.

3. What is your absolute favorite kind of fic to write?
Sweet romance, very Thin Man-esque love, and fluff.

So, of course, I write mostly porn.

4. Are there any other fic writers you admire? If so, who and why?
Oh gosh, yes! So many! The only problem is, most of them aren't writing anymore.

5. How many words can you write if you sit down and concentrate intensely for an hour?
Generally, I write somewhere between 500-750 words in one sitting.

6. First fic/pairing you wrote for? (If no pairing, describe the plot)
Pretty sure it was for LOST and it was an OFC with Sawyer. Either that, or Touya/Yuki in Cardcaptor Sakura.

7. Inspiration, time, or motivation. Choose two.
Motivation and Time. I can always force myself to write with motivation and time, but without one of those, I'm stuck.

8. Why do you choose to write?
I find this an odd question. I guess it's choice in that I could be doing something else instead? But, really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I didn't write.

9. Do you ever have plans to write anything other than fic?
I've written a lot of original fic, but I'm not at a stage where I want to publish it yet. Most of the presses I would've submitted to shut down within the past few years, so....

10. What inspires you the most?
I do? IDK, I use a lot of prompts sometimes. Things I read inspire me to fix them to make them better (read: queerer).

11. Weirdest thing you’ve ever written/thought about writing/etc.?

Um, I have a secret AO3 account just for my weirdest shit, and it's...not something I'm gonna share, lol.

12. A fic you wish you had written better, and why?

Family Sacrifices, my newest DCBB fic. FS is just so old that it needs updating. My DCBB just needs a lot of work that I wasn't able to give it.

13. Favorite fic from another author?
I'm not sure. My favorites change so frequently. Most of them are by people no longer writing in the same fandoms.

14. Your favorite side pairings to put in?

Batfandom: Jason/Cass
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Yugi/Anzu, Honda/Otogi

15. Your guilty writing pleasure?

I don't know that I have them. I never feel guilty about my pleasures. I guess the biggest one right now is Omegaverse, because I generally hate it, but I can't seem to get it out of my mind.

16. Do you have structured ideas of how your story is supposed to go, or do you make it up as you write?

95% of the time, I'm making it up as I go along. The longer the fic, the more I have to plan it out and make outlines.

17. Would you describe yourself as a fast writer?

Oh, heaven's no. I'm a very slow writer, whether it's between updates or between sentences. I'm a very fast typist, but a slow writer.

18. How old were you when you started writing?

Very young. Basically, as soon as I was able to write, I started telling stories.

19. Why did you start writing?

Needed something to do, I guess.

20. Four sentences from your work that you’re proud of.

This is from a new original story I'm working on about a robot replacing the president of a country, with the president's mind inside the robot while the president's in a coma.

Setting his arm back on the table, she leaned in to listen to the gears in his chest. “Are you experiencing any clicks or hiccups?”

“Only when I think about you, Doctor Lyle.”

She bit her lip, trying to prevent her own heart from fluttering. Straightening, she picked up her penlight and checked his eyes. “Something must be causing these tics.”

“Perhaps he is recovering,” R-1 said. There was no inflection in his words, yet she felt a hesitance in his voice. “After all, one mind cannot live in two bodies.”

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Snowflake Challenge 12: Memes For The Asking

2021-01-24T05:36:11Z

Ask me any of these questions and I'll talk more about my writing!

1. Of the fic you’ve written, of which are you most proud?

2. ~~Favourite tense~~

3. Favourite POV

4. ~~What are some themes you love writing about?~~

5. What inspires you to write?

6. ~~Thoughts on critique~~

7. Create a character on the spot... NOW!

8. Is there a character you love writing for the most? The least? Why?

9. A passage from a WIP

10. What are your strengths in writing?

11. What are your weaknesses in writing?

12. Anything else that you want to know... (otherwise known as Fill in the Blank)

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Writing Meme 2: Eclectic Boogaloo

2021-01-24T05:25:39Z

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Character Memes!

2021-01-24T03:39:27Z

List your twelve favorite characters in this fandom, then answer the questions

Going to try and do Batman/DCU and see if I can do this.

Bruce Wayne
Dick Grayson
Damian Wayne
Selina Kyle
Clark Kent
Helena Bertinelli
Tiger
Jason Todd
Tim Drake
Cass Cain
Joker
Slade Wilson

Have you ever read 6/11? Would you want to?

Helena/Joker? Hehehe, only if she was putting an arrow through him. But no, I've never seen that pairing before.

Do you think 4 is sexy? How much?

Oh, Selina. The absolute sexiest.

What would happen if 12 got 8 pregnant?

That would be Slade/Jason. Eh, not my ship, but I'm sure that's been written.

Could you recommend fics about 9?

I...don't read much with Tim as the main character.

Would 2 and 6 make a good couple?

Dick/Helena were the best couple in Grayson and they should've been endgame, dangit!

5/9 or 5/10? Explain

Clark/Tim or Clark/Cass. Hmm... I think Cass would be an interesting pairing with Clark, because she could read his body language so well, she'd probably be the first to notice if someone took him over or something.

What would happen if 7 caught 2 and 12 together in bed?

Tiger catches Dick and Slade.

Probably get invited to join them.

Make up a summary for a 3/10 fic ?

Cass/Damian.

It wasn't teenage angst; nobody did understand Damian, not his father or brothers. Child of The Batman and a great assassin, heir to two opposing lineages, Damian was sure nobody would ever understand the stress he felt.

Except her.

Cass could read him like a book, even when he thought he was closed.

But she'd been there, too. And Cass was determined to help him no matter what.

Is there any fluff 1/8 fics ?

Bruce/Jason? Probably a lot (I've written one mostly fluff), though I know most people go for The Angst!!!

Suggest a title for a hurt/comfort 12/7 fic.

Slade/Tiger. Ooh....

"Burning Bright, Burning Out"

What scenario would you suggest for a fic in which 4 takes 1's cherry?

Selina/Bruce. Ohohohho~~

Bruce has sworn off women and relationships in general in his quest to become Batman, but Catwoman is a little too intriguing -- and a little too "friendly" -- to be easily overcome. Maybe the kind of relationship he needs is one with no outside expectations.

...damn, now I want to write this, hahah

Is there any of you friends who read slash about 7?

Tiger? Definitely. I write and would read if anyone else was bothering to write him.

Is there any of your friends who read het about 3?

Damian. I'm not sure on that. I was one of a few who totally shipped Lian/Damian if they'd been allowed to grow up and meet.

Is there any of your friends who write or draw 11?

Joker? Not many. I'm about the biggest Joker fan in my circle, and that's only when I write him.

Would any of your friend be capable of writing 2/4/5 ?

Dick/Selina/Clark? Ooh! I would, and I'll bet Stitch could. Dick going off with two of Bruce's friends/exes.... Mheheheheh....

What would 10 shout in a moment of great passion?

Cass isn't much of a shouter, but I think going straight back to her first word would be accurate: "NO!"

If you ever wrote a songfic about 8, which song would you pick?

Jason? Probably, ugh, "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who, or something equally angsty, lol.

If you wrote a 1/6/12 fic, what would the warnings be?

Bruce/Helena/Slade. I don't know if there'd be warnings, but I can definitely see, "Helena makes bad decisions" being a tag.

How would 2 try to seduce 10?

Dick would absolutely be hilarious trying to "seduce" Cass, and he'd probably do it by acting out a story.

When last have you read a fic about 5?

Clark? A while ago. I don't often go in search of Superman fics.

What is 6's super secret perversion?

Helena. Hmm.... Voyeurism.

Would 11 sleep with 9 ? Sober or drunk?

Joker/Tim? Poor Timmy.... Timmy would have to be drunk (or drugged) probably. They don't exactly have a great history.

If 3 and 7 got together, who would top?

Damian and Tiger? LOL That'd be an ultra battle for dominance, I can already tell. Probably Tiger would win.

How would you react if 7/8 was canon?

Jason/Tiger. I'd wish it were Dick/Tiger, but I could actually see Jason and Tiger working well together.

1 and 9 are in a happy relationship, until 9 ran away with 4. 1, heartbroken,had a one night stand with 11 and a brief, unhappy affair with 12, then under the wise advice of 5 finds true love with 3. What title would you give this fic? Name three people from your friendlist who'd read it. Name someone who'd write it.

Let's go to the flow chart for this one:

Bruce/Tim -->Tim/Selina (ohoho~)
Bruce/Joker (one night stand), Bruce/Slade
Advice from Clark gets true love with...Damian???

Titles:
Rebound and Down

Idk anyone who would genuinely read or write it, but man, I'd do my best if someone paid me to, LOL.

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AO3 Meme

2021-01-24T02:34:28Z

What’s your first and second most common work ratings?

General Audiences (254)
Explicit (113)

I'm...kind of surprised at that, actually. I really didn't expect Gen to win at all.

How many fics have you written in each relationship category? Is this more accidental, or do you have preferences?

M/M (238)
Gen (207)
F/M (74)
Multi (29)
F/F (17)
Other (3)

This time, I'm less surprised, because, well, I'm queer and masc, so it really makes sense that most of my fics are, too.

What are your top four fandoms by numbers? Are you still active in any of them, and do you tend to migrate a lot?

Batman (Comics) (284)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) (81)
Original Work (61)
DCU (Comics) (41)

I'm pretty steady in Batman comics (most of the DCU tags are also Batman, but from exchanges, so they're probably duplicates). I did think I had more YGO up than that. I think the drop is the funniest thing to me. 284!!
....
81....!

I'm still active in all of these, though, as you can tell, mostly focused in the top three (top one, ofc, being the ultimate winner).

What are your top four character tags? Does this match how you feel about the characters, or are you puzzled?

Dick Grayson (267)
Bruce Wayne (195)
Kaiba Seto (74)
Jounouchi Katsuya | Joey Wheeler (66)

I am a little surprised Selina didn't place higher, but this basically sums up my strongest OTPs (Bruce/Dick and Kaiba/Jounouchi).

If we look at the top six relationships, they are:

Dick Grayson/Bruce Wayne (91)
Jounouchi Katsuya | Joey Wheeler/Kaiba Seto (60)
Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne (29)
Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne (27)
Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne (19)
Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson (12)

That...looks pretty damn accurate, I won't lie. Just below Slade/Dick is OFC/OMC and Helena B./Dick. But that basically shows where my hyperfixations go.

How many WIPs do you have currently running on AO3? Any you don’t plan on finishing?

13 WIP. Let's break them down.

One (1) I'm not finishing (the one Original Fic) on AO3, because I want to publish it someday.
One (1) that's a collection of 3 sentence fics I'll eventually get back to.
Ten (10) that I plan on finishing (in various orders of "sooner to later"), all Batman, all Dick Grayson-focused.
One (1) Moriarty (Horowitz canon) fic that I swear I have half an outline for and will someday finish.

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I Write Like...

2021-01-24T02:10:02Z

I write like
Agatha Christie

About Agatha Christie | Analyze your text

Oh! This makes my little heart so happy!!

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Question a Day: August 9

2020-08-10T04:16:48Z

9 What’s unique about you, that’s different from everyone else you know?
Well, I'm autistic and trans, and, afaik, nobody in my immediate RL circle of friends is. I speak and sometimes think in French, but I'm having a ridiculously hard time with Spanish.

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Question a Day: August 2-8

2020-08-09T04:33:37Z

I swear I’ll get back to these daily.

2 Was there a toy you really wanted as a child, but never got?

Typically, I got the toys I wanted, even if it wasn’t right away. I was taught from an early age that commercials were only trying to sell you things and were generally lying, so I never really went that into toys, unless they were really special.

3 What hobby or activity would you do more if the internet and TV went down for a month?

Cry, probably. It’s not that I couldn’t handle it, but that’s where all my friends are. Assuming I could still checkin on them, I guess I’d just read and write more.

4 Are you a Baby Boomer, Generation Jones, Gen X, Millennial, or younger? What’s a generalization people make about your generation cohort that’s all wrong?

I’m a millennial, going on 30. I think the biggest generalization is that we’re all teens/college students who don’t understand the world and have never had significant trauma in our lives. Like, bruh.

5 Would you rather be the main character in a fantasy story, a sci-fi story, or a horror story?

Honestly, probably sci-fi, but nothing dystopian. I like fantasy, but what I’d love is a cross between fantasy and sci-fi. I don’t like the typical “ancient/old England” tropes, but I love dragons. I’m chronically ill, so I’d rather have the helpful tech, but nothing that seems destructive.

6 Did you choose your current profession/job or somehow just end up in it?

Basically I fell into it when my other job laid me off, but it’s goid, because temping gives a lot of varied experience.

7 Whether you grew up any sort of religious or not, do you, now on an adult level, still share the same faith or lack of one/attend the same church or denomination/practice the same spiritual system that you had growing up?

I wasn’t raised as anything as a kid, but I have gone through lots of religious phases. I started with Wicca, but the emphasis on sex bugged me (turns out I’m asexual) and the focus on the Divine Feminine also displeased me (turns out I’m trans). The I went for Hellentistic Polytheism, but again, too much focus on strong gender roles (as if gods have use for such things). I have a bit of a pash for Catholic trimmings and trappings, but too much historical knowledge to take Christianity as fact. I rather like Santa Muerte, but I’m more in my own mix of things now. Death is truly the ultimate and I have a thing for Death as a mothering figure (she takes all her children in the end, good or bad or neither). So, I have an altar I’m going to put up with Hestia (goddess of the hearth and home), Demeter (powerful goddess of seasons and harvest), La Virgen de Guadalupe, and Santa Muerte.

8 If money, time, and energy were no object, what university degree would you go back and get, just for fun?

Honestly, I really want to go back for linguistics and study that, bit I’m worried I’ll never have the time or money again to really devote myself. But that’s what I’d do. If the above was true for any amount for a degree, I’d become a forensic pathologist. I’ve always been fascinated with death and we really need for FPs to cut down on our backlog of autopsies.

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Question a Day: August 1

2020-08-02T02:17:44Z

Do you have a favorite book series?

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is my all time favorite. I don’t usually read series, because I get tired of characters easily.

Oh, I guess the Mike Bowditch series by Paul Doiron and the Nils Shapiro series by Matt Goldman. I have a thing for decent guys who solve crimes.

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40 Questions for Ships

2020-07-18T00:29:23Z

Meme provided by journalmemes

Talk about the first ship you ever had.
Talk about three of the most important ships throughout your life.
What’s your current OTP?
What’s your current NOTP?
Do you have any poly ships?
How do you feel about love triangles?
How do you feel about RPF?
Have you ever shipped yourself with a character?
Do you have many ships that never got together at all?
Do you ship any characters that have never met?
Talk about your favorite first kiss.
Have you ever been disappointed when your ship finally got together?
Has a ship ever broken your heart?
How do you feel about will they/won’t they?
Have you ever "shipped at first sight"?
Talk about a ship you initially disliked.
Talk about a pairing you’ve stopped shipping romantically.
Talk about a moment which made you question an entire ship.
Have you ever shipped something despite yourself?
Talk about a ship you feel alone in shipping.
Is there a ship you just don’t get, but have nothing against?
Which of your ships have the best chemistry?
Which of your ships deserve better writing?
Do you mostly ship canon pairings?
Have you ever shipped a pairing before you even started watching the show/movie simply because of gifs and graphics or similar?
Have you noticed a pattern in your shipping? Is there a romantic dynamic you’re more drawn to?
Is there a ship you’ve shipped for most of your life?
Does shipping come easily to you?
Do you need to ship something to really enjoy a movie/book/tv show/comic?
Name a couple of fandoms in which you have no ships.
Talk about one of your favorite headcanons for a ship you love.
Share five must-read fics.
Name your favorite fanartist(s).
Share your favorite fanmix for your OTP.
Recommend 1-5 shipper blogs.
Do you create fanmixes/gif sets/fanart/fic/fanvids and so on for you ships?
Do you have a favorite trope and/or AU for your OTP?
Do you like and use ship names?
Is there a fictional relationship you’d really want for yourself?
If you could change one thing about your OTP, what would that be?

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TMI Tuesday

2020-07-15T02:14:25Z

TMI Tuesday! Ask me invasive questions about fic or anything! (I take the prerogative not to answer if the result is far too private.)

Meme provided by <user name=journalmemes>.

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Song Meme

2020-05-24T09:14:03Z

Hit me with some numbers, pals!

1. A SONG YOU LOVE

2. A SONG YOU CAN'T STAND

3. A SONG THAT BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES

4. A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF SOMEONE

5. A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF YOUR CHILDHOOD

6. A SONG YOU'D KICK ASS TO DURING THE ZOMBIe APOCALYPSE

7. A SONG YOU'D LOVE TO HEAR LIVE

8. A SONG THAT PUTS YOU IN A GOOD MOOD

9. A SONG YOU KNOW BY HEART

10. A SONG SOMEONE ELSE INTRODUCED YOU TO

11. A FAVOURITE SONG BY A FAVOURITE ARTIST OF YOURS

12. A FAVOURITE DISNEY SONG

13. A FAVOURITE INSTRUMENTAL OR CLASSICAL PIECE

14. A SONG WITH SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE LYRICS

15. A SONG YOU LOVE FROM A GENRE OF MUSIC THAT ISN'T YOUR FAVOURITE/THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY LISTEN TO

16. A NEW FAVOURITE SONG

17. A SONG YOU THINK IS OVERRATED

18. A SONG YOU THINK IS UNDERRATED

19. A SONG FROM A FAVOURITE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK

2O. A SONG YOU LISTEN TO WHEN YOU FEEL DOWN

21. A SONG YOU LIKE WITH A COLOUR IN THE TITLE

22. A SONG YOU LIKE WITH A NAME IN THE TITLE

23. A SONG YOU LIKE WITH A NUMBER IN THE TITLE

24. A HOLIDAY (ANY HOLIDAY) SONG YOU LIKE

25. A SONG YOU FIND ROMANTIC

26. A SONG YOU DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT

27. AN OLD FAVOURITE

28. A SONG YOU LIKE IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE

29. A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF A FAVOURITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER

30. A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF A SPECIFIC TIME IN YOUR LIFE

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I’m Here, I’m Queer, My Memes Are Stolen From Those Dear

2020-05-03T03:32:35Z

Give me a character and I'll tell you some things:

1. How I feel about this character

2. All the people I ship romantically and/or sexually with this character

3. Favorite gen relationship(s) for this character

4. My unpopular opinion about this character

5. One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

6. Random pet theory about this character that you won't convince me is not true.

7. A song or piece of music I associate with this character.

Currently, my fandoms include: Anthony Horowitz’s Moriarty, DC comics/Batfandom, Yu-Gi-Oh!DM, Sherlock Holmes—ACD, Foyle’s War.

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Commentary Meme

2020-04-26T12:01:06Z

Pick a paragraph (or any passage between... let's say 100 and 600 words) from anything I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

Please do this with any fic I've written. Yes, even the ones that aren't super popular. Let me riff my own work.

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15 Pairings Meme, Redo

2020-04-26T11:58:08Z

Six ships you're into right now:

1. Bruce/Dick
2. Bruce/Selina
3. Moriarty/Athelney Jones
4. Kaiba/Jounouchi
5. Andrew/Rex
6. Sherlock/Watson

Three ships you liked but don't like anymore:

7. Dick/Barbara
8. Dick/Tim
9. Honda/Jounouchi

Four ships you never liked:
10. Dick/Jason
11. Andrew/Sam
12. Bruce/Barbara
13. Superman/Wonder Woman

Two ships you're curious about but don't actually ship:
14. Holmes/Moriarty
15. Poirot/Hastings (ha!, bet you didn't see that one coming)

And now, the ~~weather~~ questions (Note: Hella spoilers for Moriarty):

Why do you dislike 11 (Andrew/Sam) so much?

I think they have better chemistry as friends. Although I could see them being happy together, I think it would be Sam settling for Andrew instead of really loving him.

Who is someone you know that ships 14 (Holmes/Moriarty)?

I actually don't know anyone personally, but I know people ship it.

What would be your ideal scenario for 3 (Moriarty/Athelney Jones)?
Athelney alive. *sobs* That's all that I want. Ideally, Moriarty would hang around as Chase and do their little consulting detective business for a time. There would be no truly happy ending for my boys, but at least they'd both still be alive.

What is your favourite moment for 1 (Bruce/Dick)?

Ugh, what isn't my favorite moment? Anything with the two of them happy together, really. As Batman and Robin, Batman and Nightwing, Bruce and Dick, anything. They're like, the universal constant.

How long have you been following 6 (Sherlock/Watson)?

Since I was a wee shipper as a child.

What's the story with 8 (Dick/Tim)? What made you stop liking/caring?

Well, I don't really have any strong feelings about the ship, is the thing. I've written it, but I don't really see it myself.

You have the power to make one ship nonexistent. Choose from 10 (Dick/Jason) or 12 (Bruce/Barbara).

Bruce/Barbara, for sure. DC ~~Bruce Timm~~ has some big thing where they really want to ship her with him, but they keep aging her down and that's :////

Which ship do you prefer, 2 (Bruce/Selina) or 4 (Kaiba/Jounouchi)?

Don't make me choose. I guess Kaiba/Jounouchi, because I love their antagonistic push-and-pull.

What interests you about 15 (Poirot/Hastings)?

I sorta half-ship it? I just need more material to ship it fully.

Why did you stop liking 7 (Dick/Barbara)?

When DC decided it was endgame for both of them, despite the fact that it never fucking works. They're best as exes who happen to be great friends. And like, that's not a bad thing.

Did your waning interest in 9 (Honda/Jounouchi) kill your interest in the ~~show~~ manga?

Not really? I just don't really ship them anymore.

What's a song that reminds you of 5 (Andrew/Rex)?
Rough Boys by Pete Townshend. Ugh, my heart.

If you could have any two of these pairings double date, who would it be?

Sherlock/Watson and Moriarty as Chase/Athelney Jones. Like, could you imagine? The whole time, Sherlock and Moriarty are mentally and verbally sparring, seeing who's going to call the other out first. Athelney would be starstruck by Sherlock. Watson would be embarrassed by all three of them.

Have 2 (Bruce/Selina) kissed yet?

Bruh, they've done everything but have sex on panel.

Did 4 (Kaiba/Jounouchi) have a happy ending? If the show hasn't ended yet, do you think a happy ending is likely?
Well, they're not canon, so...no? But in my fics, they do, so there.

What would make you start shipping 14 (Sherlock/Moriarty)?
Good fic. And none of the BBC show fic.

If only one could happen, which would you prefer, 2 (Bruce/Selina) or 6 (Sherlock/Watson)?

~~They're both so canon.~~ I guess Sherlock/Watson, because I'm afraid of how DC would screw up Bruce/Selina.

You have the power to decide the fate of 10 (Dick/Jason). What happens to them?

They stay brothers and friends.

Which do you dislike the most?

Bruce/Barbara. So much.

Which of these ships do you like the most?

I love all my children equally.

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Fandom History Meme

2020-04-26T10:53:02Z

1 - Your current OTP
As of right now, it's Moriarty/Athelney Jones from Anthony Horowitz's Moriarty.

2 - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind
Christopher Foyle/Rex Talbot.

3 - A pairing you have never liked and probably never will
Reylo. God, the fans are fucking terrible.

4 - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t
Dick Grayson/Jason Todd.

5 - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what

Bruce stared as the young man bent over to tie up the Joker.

“Ass….”

The young man turned around. “What?”

Bruce stared into his masked face. “Um… I… wanted to ask you, um.”

Also, my fic The Art of the Deal is easily the most ridiculous thing I've written.

6 - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom
I've been in and out of the Batfandom for years, since I was a kid, really.

7 - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it

Honestly, probably Holmes/Watson. I was obsessed with Sherlock Holmes as a kid, and my favorite movie at the time was Without a Clue.

8 - Do you prefer characters from real action series or anime series

Animated/anime, I guess? I don't do very much shipping from fandoms with real people in them.

9 - Has the internet caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why

Bro, I took one look at the Star Wars fandom and noped the hell out of there. But for a while, I fell out of the Batfandom because it got really hostile.

10 - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr

Actually, Batfandom. I found it all over again when I joined Tumblr in 2012/13.

11 - How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom

I try not to interact with people in the Batfandom, because it's either young people arguing that Batman/Robin is pedophilia, or sanctimonious older fans picking on younger fans. I'm too old for all that shit.

12 - Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for

FAT EARTH-MOTHER POISON IVY, OH BOY!!!

13 - Your favorite fanart or fanartist

I don't play favorites. (~~St00pz~~)

14 - Your favorite fanfiction or fanauthor

Again, I don't really have favorites. (~~Stitch~~)

15 - Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of

Well, I've got my music on, and right now it's Hold My Hand by The Rutles, which just makes me think of a '60s Bruce/Dick.

16 - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

Trucking AU: The dock worker and the customer service rep at a trucking company find that their lunches and breaks correspond and oh no, now I caught feelings.

17 - A ship you’ve abandoned and why

I don't know that I've abandoned any ships. I had done for Bruce/Dick for a time because of Tumblr drama and bullshit, but I came back.

18 - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships

I honestly thought nobody else shipped Moriarty/Athelney Jones until I found two (2) fics for them.

God, rarepairs are a bitch.

19 - Show us an example of your personal headcanon

I don't even know. Um...trans Kaiba makes the most sense, because what trans guy do you know who hasn't wanted to create an elaborate death-based theme park to destroy his enemies? I mean, I know I have, hahaha...ha.....

20 - Do you remember what your first fanwork was?

It was a CardCaptor Sakura fic with Touya and Yuki where Yuki wakes up at 3am wanting pancakes. Every now and then, it still gets notes, lmao.

21 - Self-rec: What's your favorite fanwork you've created?

I love all my children equally.

22 - Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping

I'd say no, but I do find if characters have good chemistry, I automatically start shipping them. But I don't go in deep with most things.

23 - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms

~~I don't have five fandoms.~~
OK. I can do this.
Batman: Dick Grayson
Sherlock Holmes--ACD: Sherlock
Foyle's War: Rex Talbot
Moriarty: Athelney Jones
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Seto Kaiba

24 - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms

Batman: Bruce/Dick
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Seto Kaiba/Katsuya Jounouchi
Foyle's War: Andrew Foyle/Rex Talbot

25 - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from

I don't think I'm in any fandoms without pairings. >.>

26 - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go
OH god I have so many thoughts about the book Moriarty that I want to share, but nobody's fucking read itttttttt. I have thoughts about how to change the ending, because it killed me, and yet, it's so perfect as it is, and uuuuuuuuuuugh.

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Pairing Meme, the Sequel!

2020-04-26T10:06:00Z

Give me a pairing or pairings from one of my fandoms and I'll answer the questions!

Fandoms: Batman/DC Comics, Foyle's War, Sherlock Holmes--ACD, Yu-Gi-Oh!DM, Anthony Horowitz's Moriarty.

Who cooks normally?:

How often do they fight?:

What do they do when they’re away from each other?:

Nicknames for each other?:

What are the financial arrangements in the relationship?:

What would they get each other for gifts?:

Who remembers things?:

Who cusses swears more?:

What would they do if the other one was hurt?:

Who kissed who first?:

Who made the first move?:

Who started the relationship?: Who fell in love and/or expressed their love first?:

What's each one's favorite thing about the other?:

How do they occasionally get on each other's nerves?

What is the most trivial thing they fight over?:

What was their first kiss like?:

Where were they their first time having sex?:

What were the good and bad aspects of their first sex together?

Who wakes up first:

If they had to choose a third+ person to include, who would it be?:

Their general feelings on sex in the relationship:

How careful are they about using protection?:

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