Dribbles and Drabbles

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Hi, I'm skim and welcome to my writing side blog! This is where I post fanfics, writing tips/prompts, and occasional progress on my novels. You can find most of my fics on AO3 at: skimmingthesurface

I wanted to provide a list of all my fic archives for easy navigation purposes, especially considering a couple fandoms have fics that were only ever posted here on Tumblr. Clicking on any of the links below will take you to a comprehensive list of all the fics I've written for that particular fandom.

Fandoms in green are ones that I'm currently writing for, but I'm always happy to answer asks about anything I've written for in the past! :D

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Over the Garden Wall Fics

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Pinescone Fics (Dipper/Wirt from Gravity Falls & OtGW)

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Good Omens Fics

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Sonic the Hedgehog Fics (Sonic & Tails aka Unbreakable Bond)

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Abstragedy Fics (Zooble/Gangle from The Amazing Digital Circus)

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You can also find all fandom fics written for this blog under the tag "skimmilk stories."

Fanfic ask game! (this is really hard because going through the list I wanna ask like 5 different questions but i know i need to limit myself)

A. How did you come up with the title to Chart a Course to Second Chances E. If you wrote a sequel to Risking Rejection (For a Chance at Acceptance), what would it be about?

Two of my absolute favourites, with Risking Rejection being my first ever fanfic I read (apologies for being so sonic fic-centric 😭)

No apologies necessary! I know a lot of my current followers are here for Sonic, and I've said before, I still love talking about Sonic fics. I really only get cagey with Sonic fic asks when I'm actively posting a fic for something else. Like, on the same day, lol. It's more of a timing issue. But this ask game is for all fics, including Sonic, so whatever your favorite fic is, ask away! <3

A. How did you come up with the title to Chart a Course to Second Chances

Aww, I was hoping I still had my notes when I was coming up with the title! I remember I had like, eight or nine that I was workshopping. I loved my working title for this fic (it was "all the way on the fucking islands" while it was a WIP lol), so it was really hard to break away from that. The problem with having joke titles for my WIPs is that I get really attached to them xD

But I knew I wanted it to relate to travel since we were bouncing between the three islands. I also wanted it to capture the feeling of Sonic's and Tails's lives starting over, in a way? Their second chance at finding a family within each other, when they couldn't on Christmas and Cocoa Island. But yeah, travel, taking fate into your own hands by charting your own destiny, and second chances were all the main themes in my head when I came up with it! I'm really proud of it, even if I can't remember how I settled on it, lol.

E. If you wrote a sequel to Risking Rejection (For a Chance at Acceptance), what would it be about?

I don't think that fic needs a sequel, honestly! As much as I enjoy the movies, it's not a universe I have much of a desire to play in when left to my own devices.

A sequel to that fic in particular would probably have everyone visiting Tom at the hospital and maybe Tails having a proper talk with Maddie about how he was feeling that day. But I don't know. That fic is pretty much a one and done for me, but I'm really glad you liked it! I did have a lot of fun while writing it, and I'm happy with how my take on movie Sonic turned out <3

And one other little thing I’m wondering but that’s just me haha, would Sonic have an accent or something? Like the dialect from Christmas Island?

Hello! Things could be better, but muddling through <3 Appreciate the check in!

People know that Christmas Island was a place, of course. It kept to itself for the most part, but they did have some regular exports that were flown or shipped from the island. It was just hard to get to and people didn't often leave.

But since there were no known survivors, it took a while for anyone to even known that the entire island was wiped out. And even once they did know, no one knew why except that it was all burned to the ground. Neighboring islands might have seen the smoke and sent someone to investigate, but at that point Sonic was already gone. It was very remote. And I imagine Eggman would've disrupted their ability to send a distress signal before capturing the civilians. As far as the rest of the world knows, it was a tragic accident that wiped out the small island community.

Sonic doesn't mention he's from Christmas Island ever. No one knows that. Not even Tails knows that (at least as far as I've written so far, eventually he finds out). I don't even know if Eggman knows because he never saw Sonic on the island. Most people assume he's from South Island and he doesn't correct them.

I think Sonic might have what could be considered a slight accent for the general region, but not exclusive to Christmas Island. It's hard to say because I hear his voice as Jaleel White/Ryan Drummond, so I write him speaking with Mobius' equivalent of very Americanized English xD but for the purpose of worldbuilding and geography, yeah, he'd probably have had an accent. When he started speaking again, his travels might have diluted it a bit at that point that it wouldn't be immediately recognizable. I also headcanon that he picks up languages pretty quickly, so he might have even purposefully diluted it, being as adaptable as he is.

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

All of them!!!

No, not all of them, lol. But... I think I'm gonna have to go with the og, "Two Roads in the Woods." What tops a nine-year-old Greg going into purgatory to save his brother because he thinks he's responsible for his coma and slowly losing hope that they'll get to go home together, and even knowing that if they do make it out, everything will still be different and nothing will ever be the same again?

The same could also be said for "An Unstoppable Force Between Static Stars" but we haven't even gotten to the good angsty bits yet, so the jury's still out on that one.

Aside from that, I've had a lot of angst ideas that I never plan on making a reality because they'd be too sad to write xD I love reading a good angst fic when I'm in the mood to cry, but unless it's a super short oneshot that I can churn out in a day, I just can't bring myself to write something with a sad ending. Bittersweet is the best I can do.

Though I wish I could write the Hikaru no Go-inspired Sonic fic I thought of one time where Tails is in Hikaru's role and Sonic is in Sai's except they're saving the world instead of playing Go, but the mere idea of Tails looking back and Sonic being gone forever had me sobbing in a Taco Bell drive thru, so something like that will remain a mere angsty idea that I'll always look back fondly on~

I'd read it in a heartbeat, but I could never actually write it.

Hi, gojira! Thanks for stopping by!

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

Not directly in most stories. I think my personal experiences definitely influence a lot of how I approach certain characters or situations though. Like, I'm an oldest sibling with an age gap of 7 years with my youngest sibling, so that definitely helps with understanding parts of the dynamic between characters like Wirt & Greg and Sonic & Tails.

But beyond that, I think I see my personal experience the most in "Divine Restorations & Repairs," "Not by a Long Shot (I'm Gonna Show You)", and "signal me in the dark, my ship will sail to you." The way I wrote Aziraphale's relationship to the archangels/his relatives in DRR - the seeking their approval and feeling like nothing he does is good enough for them and keeping them in his life despite his better judgment - comes from my lived experience with dealing with parts of my family.

Tails's recovery from his injury and living with chronic pain in "Not by a Long Shot" has been directly influenced by my own experiences with chronic pain, even though I technically wrote his injury before mine flared up, so perhaps my spine collapsing on itself was karma for hurting my blorbos, lol (it was actually because of a car accident years ago that healed badly).

And though my prom experience wasn't anywhere near as traumatic as Gangle or Zooble's in "signal me in the dark," picking my dress was a miserable experience like it was for Zooble and I did go without a date like Gangle and also ended up at a Denny's afterwards (though I was with two of my friends and we had a better time at freaking Denny's than we did at prom). I definitely made the choice to send her to a Denny's specifically based on my experience xD I would also absolutely try to redo my prom as an adult if I had the chance and a hot enby partner to dance with me in a parking lot.

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

Hi reidluver! Thanks for the ask! :D

Oooh, I'll answer L first because it's easier xD

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

It honestly depends on how long I've been working on it! I always do at least one complete revision when the entire fic/chapter is done, but if it's something I've been working on for weeks/months, then I'm rereading and revising constantly. I'm not always in "edit mode" when a fic/chapter is still in progress, I try to stay in a writing-new-words-only mindset when something's still being drafted, but if it's been a while since I've looked at it or I need to get back into the right headspace, then I'll do a bit of editing on a readthrough. I'll cut out scenes or rearrange their order if I realize they work better if they're swapped.

So, always at least once in its entirety, but chances are most things have been revised several times before posting.

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

This is so tough... I literally opened like nine fics to try and find the dialogue I like the most xD

It really depends! Because I feel like comedy isn't one of my strong suits, I'm always immensely proud of and gravitate towards exchanges that I feel hit some good comedic beats or just have a fun flow in general.

But it's also super satisfying to craft a really emotional dialogue that resolves a lot of the tension or hurt/comfort a story has built up. My favorite bits of dialogue to write are the sappy, emotional stuff ^^;;

Still, one of the first things that came to mind was the scene from the Spagonia chapter of my Sonic Unleashed fic "When the World Breaks, Hold on Tight" where Amy shows up, because I am really happy with how the dialogue flows between the five characters and I feel like I did hit the comedic beats I wanted, despite everyone getting more and more upset in the process, lol.

Snippet under the cut!

Hi!! :D Oh, yay! I'm so excited to get a Gangle and Zooble question! <3 Thank you for stopping by!

This is a really good one. While the love languages aren't backed by scientific data and aren't enough on their own to describe the complexities of what goes into human relationships, they can be a good place to start identifying patterns of behavior or where a partner might feel like they're not being supported in some way or how to communicate your needs in a way that your partner can understand.

So here are my thoughts on Gangle and Zooble's approaches to showing/receiving love beneath the cut! Because apparently I had a lot to say, lol:

It's totally possible that I just didn't notice something and Sonic knows that Tails is okay, but still, just to be sure.

On a second note, how to you name your works, because a LOVE every single one of the names??? I mean " An Unstoppable Force Between Static Stars" "The Cost of Chaos Can't be Paid in Gold"??? It's so ....beautiful? Poetic? I can't even describe it but I love it <3

Hi!

To answer your first question: >:3

As for your second, thank you!! I'm so happy you like the titles I pick <3 Honestly, titles are usually so difficult for me, and typically the very last thing I decide on before posting a fic. "An Unstoppable Force Between Static Stars" is actually a unique case where the title came to me before most of the fic was written, lol, but I knew I wanted to have the "unstoppable force" bit in there since it is a Forces rewrite. The static stars was intended to reference Sonic and Tails's bond being immutable and constant, especially with all the star and space imagery surrounding them (and with Sonic being in literal space, lol).

With other fics, my process for coming up with titles is kind of like throwing a bunch of gibberish at the wall and seeing what sticks xD I have a nebulous idea of themes and then I write out a bunch of different options in a list that range from a play on words or reworking a popular saying. Writing down a bunch of different titles helps me narrow down what I feel really captures the vibes of the fic.

I've still got a few of the titles I was workshopping for what eventually became The Patches Don't Quite Fit Together (but your Yarn Made a Warm Blanket Anyway). This is kind of what my word docs end up looking like for a while:

Picking Out the Stitches in the Fabric of our Story

Meet You in Between the Memories

How Soft is the Blanket from the Yarn we Spun

A Stitch in Time Tells the Same Story

Recolor Faded Memories in a Different Shade of Blue

The Way We Met

A Blanket from the Yarn we Spun (The Patches Don't Quite Fit Together)

What we can Weave from Spinning Yarn

The Patches Don't Quite Fit Together (but your Yarn Made a Warm Blanket Anyway)

Time isn't a Straight Line (and the Stitches Holding Their Story Together are Uneven)

I really liked the play on words when it came to "spinning a yarn" (i.e., telling a story) and using that to show how Sonic's stories were intended to comfort Tails (like a blanket!), and all the different "memories" were being patched together, so you can see towards the end I was trying to convey that through the title options. I definitely gravitate towards more "artsy" titles, lol but I try to give simpler ones a shot, too! The titles are like, the first glimpse into the fic, so I like them to feel like an extension of it, and often times they just wind up a bit more on the poetic side.

Anyway, I put a lot of thought and time into coming up with my titles, so it really makes my day to hear that you think they're beautiful and that you love them! I'm super proud of "The Cost of Chaos Can't be Paid in Gold" and a bunch of others, too. It's really nice to know that effort is appreciated <3 Thanks so much for letting me know!!

Hi there! Thank you, I hope you're having a good week too! :)

That's a great question! I've mentioned Tails's parents before, yeah, but I'm always happy to answer asks like this. It's very easy to lose track of what I have or haven't been asked on here.

Tails's parents are aware of his existence once Sonic has become a worldwide name. They live on a very remote island (I've named it Ingress Island for now, not sure if I'll change it), and in general it's a nation that keeps to itself and is pretty self-sufficient. So while they know of Sonic, no one's really paying that much attention to him. The Prowers can get away with ignoring their existence for the most part.

They're also a highly regarded and influential family, so if anyone did suspect that Tails was their son who died of a mysterious genetic condition when he was two, they wouldn't dare bring it up without fear of retribution. It also helps that no one knows their son had two tails because they bound them whenever he was out in public.

I once mentioned that I had this idea that the Prowers found out Tails was alive when he and Sonic were still on Westside Island and they hired Fang as a hit man to take him out, but I don't know if that actually happened in the timeline xD It's just an idea I really like.

Asking for no specific reason....... Totally.. totally not related to your tadc prom fic.... Totally....

Omg, yes!!! Absolutely, I love when people are inspired to create anything based on my fics! It's always welcome and encouraged. Also please feel free to tag me in anything that's inspired by a particular scene, because I'd love to see it! Especially if it's for prom fic, that's my baby right now. It would feel like such an honor to see it playing any kind of part in inspiring someone else to create something <3