Let's Dance

@meikalina AO3: Meikalina

For the writing ask game:

💖 What is your primary writing goal for this year?

👻 Is there a new genre you'd like to write?

🤖 Are you looking to change your current writing setup? (Or establish one, if you don't have one?)

Why am I seeing this just now 😭😭 is Tumblr still bugged or am I just a boomer that can't deal with modernity, that is the question of the day. Thank you for the ask!! 😁

💖 Getting as far as I can with Under the Cherry Tree hahaha, clearly that was way more ambitious than I anticipated 🥲 but I'd also like to take a break from it to have a little fun with a one-shot or two that I've told you about already hehe

👻 That was absolutely not intended at first when I came up with the first bits of idea, but I've been exploring darker themes (that are a little further ahead) in order to develop the plot of Under the Cherry Tree, and I'm a bit nervous about how it'll turn out (hopefully not sounding like an edgy teen 😅) but I'm super excited by the challenge!

🤖 I wish I could keep up with one... Finding the right music to work with is sometimes half the job haha. Does preparing a lot of tea count?

Oh, fun fact, I bought a breakfast-in-bed sort of tray so I can work above my cat if he wants to sleep on my lap lol (spoiler alert, he doesn't like it)

toshiro is a cat person (as evidenced by his shirt). that doggie is out of luck!

i tried drawing this picture around 8 months ago but struggled so much with the face angle i gave up. But then just two days ago i was like it's ok just go for it, and not caring did a lot of wonders.

months later now when i see my big-hair big-clothes big-energy concept i'm like "it's rly melodramatic" but back then in my head i was like "oh yeah 👍👍👍 !!!!" haha

pumping out things i'd told myself i'd draw

I posted in a bleach community asking for 6 characters, and I was very happy to receive a flurry of options. thank you everyone who commented. i couldn't manage to draw them in the actual box of 6 that was originally provided, so i made them all separate and uploaded them.

🪻 💐🌹 flower theme 🌸🌻🌺

amazingly I drew the majority of unohana with a mouse & trackpad. i find it hard to choose a fave of the 6

🦷💥and 🪩 please? 😊

Oh jeez Of course you would pick the ones that actually make me use my brain 😂

🦷 Is there a chapter, scene, or WIP you're dreading to write (but is necessary to your plot)? Share a snippet or tell us about it!

I like that this question is basically: Is there something you don't want to write? Write it here!

I'm putting off writing Fading Blue chapter 10 because I don't like confrontation lol Here's a start though:

Yumi overheard Sissi order a pinot grigio as she approached her at the stadium bar.

“Hey,” the bodyguard greeted curtly. “Can I talk to you?”

Sissi turned to face Yumi, barely masking an expression of disgust. “No? The game’s about to start, and I’ve missed all the pre-game coverage so far.”

She picked up her wine glass and gave a fake smile before Yumi wrapped a hand around her upper arm to stop her walking away. Yumi was careful not to grab too hard, but just hard enough to let the other woman know she was serious.

“I promise it’s important,” she whispered.

Sissi’s brown eyes glinted dangerously.

“Fine,” she spat, reluctantly following Yumi into the quiet hallway.

💥Is there a chapter, scene, or WIP you're most excited to write? Share a snippet or tell us about it!

Hmm I've got a couple!

For Code Lyoko, there's a a bunch of Fading Blue scenes I'm excited about and a couple oneshot ideas :)

And then there's a Bleach ChadxKarin oneshot that I've been fiddling with for a while that I think I finally have figured out. I imagine you're more excited about that one so we'll do a snippet of that! :)

This had gone on for weeks: she would practice for hours after school until dark, and he would occasionally stand in the cafe window and watch. Then, when she would finally look up at the cafe on her way home, he would be gone, busy closing up for the night. And she would leave. And they still wouldn’t talk.

She couldn’t stand it anymore.

🪩 Do you have any "good" writing habits you want to cultivate?

Hahahaha I think you know my writing habits are a mess BUT

Honestly I think you write confrontations very well, I've enjoyed all of them so far and I love your sassy Sissi! I'm sure you'll come around, sending all my wishes to you so you can overcome your block!

I don't know if anyone else will be interested in this, but I want to see people's wips! No explanations or justifications needed. We all have un-finished piles.

I'm going to tag a bunch of people in hopes that a few play along, but no pressure!

Not sure this is what you expected (note the conspicuous absence of titles hahaha), but here is my "limbo" file in which I'll dig once I'm finished (or at least more advanced) with the two you already know about!

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏...