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11. What kind of relationships are you most interested in writing?

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My ancient homestuck impulses aside, I like relationships where people argue. Not that they hate each other, but that they fundamentally disagree on something, and one way or another they have to work out that disagreement and end up changing each other in the process. (JotaKak is weird on account of I love both characters but the relationship itself is absolutely off-model for what I usually write.)

13. Name three favorite characters to write.

Cont. Qi helping Naoki crash Souzi's wedding in the jumpsuit. Zhi and Ping's first kiss. Bataar asking Ikki not to hurt him (after their first time together) and her realizing she didn't want to. Ikki's Ten Years After the Fall chapter. Badgermoles at Qi's "cottage". And SO many more!! I'm jogging my own memory while doing this, so I'll stop now before trying to summarize your 1 million+ words of story. Just know I've read every single word and loved every second of it!

Oh, I love this! Truly, it’s amazing to me as an author the scenes that stick out for readers. Such a variety! Even some ficlets that are the same but are remembered for different aspects.

He was trembling as she held him after he came; this brilliant, determined man, this creator of destruction, breaker of his family’s hearts. He shook in her arms, his eyes closed. “Don’t hurt me,” he whispered into her hair, his voice hoarse with the tears that were seeping down his cheeks. “Please don’t hurt me.”

“I won’t,” she promised, and realized, as she thumbed his tears away, that she really meant it.

I had almost forgotten about that! That story, that story kills me. I love it and hate it more than anything else I’ve ever written. Am still writing. Will still be writing FOREVER, at this point.

If you can add in the part where the scary lookin (but soft) guy is also prone to sulky fits when he doesn’t get his way, then yes! :D (Even the whole “loves teasing person B” is Ikki AF.)

Wu and Qi are TOTALLY the oblivious nerd and delinquent! I mean...I even wrote that scene in the kitchen of the house on Ember Island! HA!

I’ll allow Mako and Wu to be shy and emotional dork. I don’t think Mako is shy, but socially awkward works just as well.

Something about the way Qi interacts with Naoki always made me think they walked the fine line between parent/older friend. Or maybe Qi is just a very cool/hip parent! Either way, I love them and their piece in the family dynamic. Thank you for the insight! :)

Yes! That’s what I was going for, for sure. It’s different for Zhi and Meili, especially - by the time Meili was born Qi was just a part of the family, she and Zhi don’t know a family that doesn’t have Qi in it. But Naoki is older, and she can remember a time when Qi was just the driver.

Qi is a year older than Ikki, born in the autumn of 162. Naoki was born in the summer of 174, so Qi was 11, going on 12 when she was born.

At this point in the timeline Qi is 23; they’ll turn 24 right before the wedding.

Oh, I know you aren’t the only one, other people have told me that I didn’t get their asks. Oooof.

Rules: List the top ten songs you have been listening to lately, then tag ten people to do the same

Since awwiel mentioned about writing soundtracks, I’ll put up the one I am currently listening to for I Do Not Ask The Night For Explanations. (In no particular order.) There are more of them, but these were the last ten songs I was listening to today while I was writing, so!

1. Ghosts by The Presets (Baatar)

Once I was a very young man, and very young men are none too clever Sailed across to faraway lands And faraway towns of tin and terror Ran amok in a strip called love Lost my mind in streets of neon

2. Mushaboom by Feist (Ikki)

Old dirt road Knee deep snow Watching the fire as we grow old Old dirt road Rambling rose Watching the fire as we grow well I'm sold

3. Alaska by Maggie Rogers (Huan)

And now, breathe deep I'm inhaling You and I, there's air in between Leave me be I'm exhaling You and I, there's air in between You and I, there's air in between

4. Fault Line by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Baatar)

I been lying in the bright light See my shadow from below Never wanted from another man Never wanted for my own Drowning in the rising tide At my father's door

5. Let the Wind Carry Me by Joni Mitchell (Ikki)

It's a rough road to travel Mama let go now It's always called for me Sometimes I get that feeling And I want to settle And raise a child up with somebody I get that strong longing And I want to settle And raise a child up with somebody But it passes like the summer I'm a wild seed again Let the wind carry me

6. Someday We’ll Linger in the Sun by Gaelynn Lea (Ikki and Baatar)

Our love's a complex vintage wine 

All rotted leaves and lemon rind 

I'd spit you out but now you're mine 

We bit the fruit, it seemed a lie 

I'll never know which way was right 

Now side by side we face the night 

And I love you 

7. Shelter From The Storm - Bob Dylan (Baatar)

Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns Come in, she said I'll give ya shelter from the storm 

8. Three Hits by Indigo Girls (Baatar and his father)

Well I dream you constant stranger With your best bloods and your anger You say, "Mother do you claim me?" My beloved do you blame me? Well the first two might release you But the last one sings in me son

9. Little Bird by Save the Whale (Huan and Ikki)

When it was cold and dark Little bird came into my life when I’d lost sight of the spring, She was the little spark So I stoked the fire And I held her warm by it And we sang all night 

10. Looking for Answers by Susan Tedeschi (Baatar)

How many times must I sit here and tell you goodbye How many times must I sit all alone and cry How many times must I ask mercy on me How many times must I beg to be free Well I'm lookin' for answers, lookin' for answers that nobody knows