Do Androids Dream of Electric Dick?

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

Editing my own work? probably an 8. I usually can't immediately shift into editing mode right after finishing a first draft, but usually if I come back months later, it's a pretty fun process for me. Sometimes I find writing a first draft harder than editing, since the first draft is about getting the ideas out in the first place, and sometimes I struggle to communicate things from my brain into words. So once it's written, editing is more about making it comprehensive and effective, which is easier for me at least.

I enjoy editing other people's work even more though mainly because I don't have to fight the inner credit while working on it. And I like helping people extract the best possible story, which is the main goal of editing. I find that extremely rewarding.

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

Octavia Butler if not for the Xenogenesis Trilogy alone (It's honestly my favorite science fiction ever). I think even with her books I don't like as much (looking at you Clay's Ark) she still makes really bold choices with plot and isn't afraid to get weird with it.

💌 ⇢ how many unread emails do you have right now? 

1,310 ;;x;; don't look at me

🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis

@victimeyez sorry I'm bad with keeping in touch

🐇 ⇢ do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both? 

I prefer a secret, fourth answer, which is usually just using already existing characters from the piece of media I'm writing about.

I only use OCs for video games with a customizable MC, like in Mass Effect and the Fallout franchise. Even then, I've occasionally chosen to ignore the MC entirely to focus on side characters I found more interesting.

Thanks so much for the ask!

🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here

Sneak peak at a future chapter update of "Mad About the Boy":

“You sure know what to do with a guy,” Arcade joked, unable to help the smile on his face. 

Boone was still flush. Whether from the effort or shyness, Arcade couldn’t tell. 

“When I was enlisted…I…Manny…we…” Boone tripped over his words. His expression changed, as did Arcade’s, as he realized what started as playful banter turned into something serious. “But then it was over,” Boone said. “Manny wanted…but I couldn’t…couldn’t get far away enough from what I’d done. And then…Carla. She saved me. He was rightfully bitter.”

Arcade stared in silence, not expecting this weighted confession. He knew Boone once had a wife, if only for all the times Sloan had joked about stealing her from him if she was still around. He knew Boone was NCR. He knew war drove humans to commit atrocities. He knew what it felt like to carry a past he was ashamed of, that repulsed him to think about, so that a part of him, somehow, could sometimes believe it was someone else entirely who did it, and not him.

Now, with Boone’s broken confession, the man’s life story started to assemble before him into a clear image. Before Arcade could fully digest it, Boone opened his mouth again.  

“Tell me something. About you.”

Arcade lost all of his words. His lips parted but remained silent as he wracked his brain for one single intimate detail about himself he could share with Boone without ruining everything. Sweat prickled at his glands as he came up blank, but with every passing second, he was sabotaging whatever could be with Boone. 

Boone bared his heart, as much as someone like Boone could to someone like Arcade, who was equally as closed off. In return, Arcade had nothing. 

“I can’t,” Arcade said. 

Boone turned to ice. Arcade wanted to quickly correct himself - ‘if you knew you’d hate me’ or ‘knowing could put you in danger’ but the damage had already been done. Boone turned his back to him and slid out of bed.

🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

when characters don't act believable, whether as people or contradict how I think they'd act in canon (and I know this is incredibly subjective and based on how I interpret characters and people are allowed to interpret characters differently but hey at least I don't leave hate comments).

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

I don't and I'm pretty sad about this. For the past few years, the places I rented didn't allow pets. I just moved into a new place back in january and they do allow pets but I had to be confronted with the reality that pets are expensive and cost of living is expensive and I can barely afford to care for myself let alone another creature :c I also worry the pet would be alone too much since I live alone. So overall, I don't think I'd be able to give a pet the proper care it'd need.

But I do A LOT of petsitting and here are a few of my regulars

☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username?