#bwtch

Hello!

It's very interesting that you say you've seen variations on 'bwtsh' since I'd only ever come across 'bwtsh'. 'Bwts' and 'Bwtch' are new to me- if you don't mind, would you mind sharing where you came across these (e.g. spoken/in slang, written down etc.)? I love to learn about new variations I haven't come across before!

I wouldn't say there's too much difference between 'bwts' and 'bwtsh', though 'bwtch' may be difficult for a native speaker to pronounce since in Welsh 'ch' is pronounced like the 'ch' in Loch (like Loch Ness).

The current official word for femme in Welsh is 'ffem'- though I feel like Welsh versions of butch and femme could be cool.

There are older terms which are analogous to women's masculinity and femininity, however, they have negative connotations. E.g. 'gwrywes' is an old term (circa 1700s) for a masculine woman. If one were to reclaim that term, you could theoretically coin a new term like 'fenywes' (which would literally translate to 'feminine girl') to compliment it. (Of course, other terms would be needed for butch/femme in the gay men's sense as well).

For the first time in seventeen years I have written and posted fanfic! As part of the @stetersecretsanta2022 for @bwtch​

If the Moon Smiled She would Resemble You 

Fanart under the keep reading thing!

Thank you for the ask!! 💖

1. favorite fic you wrote this year This was a big writing year! I think I'd have to go back to early in the year and say Try, Try Again is my favorite from this year! It was just so much fun to write.

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year Again, this is tough, because I wrote a lot this year! I have 31 fics on AO3 and 23 of them were published in 2022. I think for me it has to be the scene where Stiles meets the nogitsune in For This I'll Burn. Without tooting my own horn too much, I really like reimagining the nogitsune and its riddles for that scene.

27. favorite fanfic author of the year Oh god this is so difficult to answer. Here is instead a short list of fic recs from this year that I loved! Please check tags/warnings and note that some of these are series or parts of series, but I tried to keep it to what was published in 2022. I read so much amazing fic this year, this was a tough list to come up with! Would You Offer Your Throat to the Wolf With the Red Roses? by @punchedbymarkesmith

The Belt Awaits You by @meggie-stardust

I'm On Your Mind by @asarcasticwitch

Balancing Darkness by @illbeintheend

Thanks, megtwin! <3

13. Aside from fanfic, are there any other fan works you’d like to try creating? Fanart, or fanvids, gifsets, or podfic?  Last year, as you know, I made my first gif for your fic, and that was really cool and fun to play with getting that Criminal Minds vibe... And it also made me realize that there might be ways for someone who is not as visually artistic to do "fanart" in ways I never considered.

That said, I've always wanted to try my hand at podfic; I used to do professional VO work, but I don't have a good set up at home, which is my biggest blocker. But who knows... maybe I'll try it if I have the time this year...

My "FRIENDS" taunting me while I'm working!!

Thank you for the ask!! 💕

1. Do you have a word-count goal for the upcoming year?

Loosely! It's not something I'm married to, but I'd love to hit 200k this year as a stretch goal, and 150k as a more 'reasonable' goal. In 2022, I managed 189,133 so I think 200k is possible, but it would be a reach!

14. Have you ever lost large chunks of your work in the past, due to not backing up your work? Will you change your methods this year?

Yay thank you <3

What’s the first fic you have planned for the new year? It's a Gundam Wing 2x3 fic that's part of a larger series I've been working on for the last year or so (which makes it sound longer than it is, but I wrote one in 2021, and one in 2022). It's already been started, so I just need to complete it, and I'm hoping to get that done in January for reasons.

8. Do you have a big project planned for the new year? I've been wanting to finally finish It's Only Forever, but I think that after 4ish years of ignoring it, it's not just about writing the ending; I think I want to go back and do an edit. Thematically it's a lot like At This Truth We Have Arrived, except that it's Stiles coming back to Beacon Hills after a number of years away, and after writing that, I know there are things I could update and improve in It's Only Forever.

The problem is that there really isn't a good way to re-edit once something is on AO3... I could create a new post but I'd lose the history in the only one; people have subscribed to the old one, so I don't want to do that... So, maybe it's replacing the existing chapters with edited versions? Or maybe it's leaving chapters 1-4 as is, and saying that Chapter 5 starts as a re-edit??

If anyone has some good tips on the best way to do this, let me know. It's one of the reasons I haven't yet.