#eirabach

Eirabach, She/Her, Wales, Writer.

Languages: English, Welsh

Follow on: @eirabach​

Discord: Clare(eirabach)#6700

AO3: eirabach

When / how did you discover SKAM?

Only twelve months ago, via Pinterest! At first I swore I wouldn't read fic, then I swore I wouldn't write it. You see where this is going don't you?

What does SKAM mean to you?

SKAM allows me to look back on my (slightly misspent) teenage years and truly appreciate the significance of those years and the people you spend them with.

Who are your favourite SKAM characters?

You can't ask me to choose a favourite child? And I can't choose between Even and Sana anyway.

Why did you want to be part of the Big Bang mod team?

I loved every moment of taking part in last year's incredible bang, and I just really wanted to ensure it happened again this year!

What did you like best about the SKAM Big Bang 2021?

Getting to know other creators in fandom through the fantastic community spirit fostered by the discord chat!

What would you like to say to anyone thinking of signing up?

the melting of an illusion, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 18 inches by cassnlt

Support our Captain Swan Rewrite-a-Thon authors as they finish polishing up their brand new rewritten stories! Posting begins April 1st!

@eirabach (formerly mahstatins if you’re unfamiliar with the new URL!) has been rewriting Glow. Check out the original version before they post the new one!

Glow

Emma Swan always gets her man, and she's not about to let a little thing like death get in the way.

(A 'Just Like Heaven' AU)

Rated M

Or if you’d like to read something else by them, why not check out Renegades?

Renegades

They all start the same way, these stories we tell our children, with the words “once upon a time,” and the promise of a happy ending.

They tell of a land far, far away, where there lived a beautiful princess, hair as dark as ebony, lips red like a rose, and a prince so charming it became his name.

They spin tales of a war fought against a terrible witch, and how the heroes won. They tell us of the witch locked away forever as the princess’s womb grew round with child, and how the whole kingdom celebrated the victory of hope, and heroism, and True Love.

They all start that way, they all end this way.

All, that is, except this one.

Rated M

Tumblr Name 

@eirabach​ (previously mahstatins)

How long have you been in the CS/OUAT fandom? 

Since 2015 I believe, although the years have all blurred more or less into one.

When did you start shipping Captain Swan? 

Oh immediately. I shipped it from a YouTube video I found when looking for frozen vids for my eldest, I hadn't even watched the show!

What drew you to this event? 

I'm struggling to write for Captain Swan nowadays so I thought I'd try something a bit different by doing aesthetics!

What kind of art do you like to do? Picsets, painting, digital, etc? Feel free to give as much info as you like. 

I've been trying a bit of picset work! Although I used to do a bit of art many years ago I lack any talent now!

What are you looking forward to most about participating in this event? 

Fandom: Thunderbirds Rating: Gen Genre: Family Characters: Alan, Grandma, John

And another fic for @gumnut-logic‘s #irrelief!  The prompt used here is “Alan + regrettable life choices” from @eirabach.

“Launching a rocket into space most days not enough of an adrenaline kick for you, kid?”

Sometimes, Alan could admit his decisions might not have been the smartest.  Taking his new mountain bike up to the top of the tallest peak on Tracy Island with the intention of cycling all the way back down was one such decision, but here he was, perched on the saddle right at the start of the sharp incline, starting to wonder if this was such a good idea.

His brothers would say no. Then again, he already knew that. That was why his comm unit was safely tucked underneath his rug, so John couldn’t spot his little red triangle moving towards the peak and alert the others – especially Scott.  For someone so dismissive of his own neck, he had an annoying habit of caring an awful lot about other people’s necks, particularly those that belonged to younger brothers.

Scott was away on a mission. Alan would never have dared attempt to sneak out from under his nose.  Virgil and Gordon were easier to avoid – Four had taken a battering on her last outing, and they were buried inside the sub’s internal workings trying to fix her before any of them were needed elsewhere.  John was the simple case of pretending to be asleep and then slipping off his comm… okay, he’d needed to do a teeny bit of computer work as well so John didn’t immediately notice he wasn’t in his room anyway, but that was nothing, really.

Besides, John should be busy with Scott.  It was all fine.

Ohh, thanks!  Okay, going through in order: Trouble

Clearly this is a word I need to use more, considering this is TAG and that’s the whole point of it, right?  Only one match, in the doc currently titled “AU”

“Water is fine,” he answered between mouthfuls.

“Oh, are you sure?” she queried.  “It’s no trouble at all.”

“Perfectly,” he replied, only to blink as a steaming cup of tea appeared in front of him.

Next up: Vision

Now, this is a word I know I don’t use much... oh, found one, again in “AU” (which is the longest of the wips, admittedly).  This sentence actually suggests why the doc is called AU...

Other-Scott’s head slammed against the bed, but he barely paused before Scott found his own head colliding with a metal table, darkening his vision for a split second.

Finally: Never

So this is a word that definitely should be around a fair bit, because I’m sure I use it... let’s have a looksie.

Okay, the first occurrence is located in probably the least-structured muse so far, “Day of Disaster”

Stabilising foam deployed too late to save the bridge, an embarrassment for International Rescue, who normally never messed up something as simple as holding up a bridge, and they almost didn’t catch the toppling rescue crane in time before its crew joined the engineers already trapped in the space probe deep underwater.

Eleven results in “Closer”.  I’ve picked this one:

Five minutes to find a body, cold to the touch.  Rescue number ten had never stood a chance.  Face down and neck broken, he would have been killed almost instantly during the original avalanche.

Three results in my little character study “Familiar Strangers”.  Two appear in the same sentence (whoops) so I’ve picked that one:

John was too distant.  He’d never been the most open of the boys, preferring to let Scott take the lead and his younger brothers the limelight, but he’d never been so closed off.  

Again, three results in “Intervention”, with two appearing in the same sentence (I should probably do something about these repeats...)

At half past six, after a leisurely half hour buried in his wardrobe hunting down comfortable old clothes he’d feared many times he’d never get the chance to wear again and freshened up for the day in a way he’d never be taking for granted, he descended the stairs into the kitchen.

Five results in “Words”; I’ve chosen this one because it’s good fun (for me, anyway.  Certain Tracy boys not so much)

Virgil would never have fit, and Gordon wouldn’t have expected Scott to except the smear of blood dragged all the way down through it, more snatches of blue shirt snagged on outcrops at random intervals.

Twelve results in “AU” - I figured it’d be in here a lot.  Gone with this little titbit:

Had he fallen from the gantry?  His brothers were periodically clucking about the lack of a handrail – Gordon, in particular, disliked it – but he’d never felt unsafe on it.  It was high above the hangar floor, however, and while the beep… beep… beep… steadfastly continued, he was in no pain.  An unchecked fall from that height would have left his body broken.

😊💕 Thanks for the questions!!

14. How do you deal with self doubts?

Hmm depends. I'm a pretty confident read arrogant person at heart which is partly why I do creative things, it knocks me off my pedestal a bit xD Honestly I use it as an opportunity to self examine, because if I'm experiencing self doubts the first thing is to stop and figure out if they're rational or not. Sometimes they are, and so I know I can put energy into working on that area (my endings often just peter out a bit for example and I'm trying to learn how to create a more effective wrap up to scenes for example). That's productive self doubt, I can learn from that.

Other types are less productive and I think like everyone, I get insecure about various things. When that happens, I like to read the nice comments people leave, and while I don't necessarily subscribe to the thought that comments are a requirement by readers ever, I can't deny they ARE nice to read over and remind myself that people do like what I write 😁 And that makes me feel better!

25. Favourite part of writing