3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?
Okay, so I used to write on Google Docs for the longest time and then a few months I told myself that maybe it wasn't the best privacy-wise. So I've switched to using Open Office, which I think helps me focus better because having it on a separate window away from my web browser reduces the temptation to stop mid-sentence to check another tab, you know? But at the same time, this feels VERY cursed because my version doesn't have any kind of spelling check, plus my WIPs are now saved on my internal drive, and since I don't make backups of them that often, I live in fear or my laptop dying on me and making me lose weeks of progress
Oh also, there's basically no word count lololol
Am I gonna do anything about any of this though? No, we're raw-dogging life over here 😎
15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?
I already answered this earlier but the short answer is I currently don't, but I don't judge people who do (unless it's a library book or something)
17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.
I guess I'll talk about my fic for the Zouis Fest (although it might not even be part of it in the end, because I keep writing for the Dream Team fandom instead rip)
Anyway, I'm still not sure exactly what I'm doing with it. Like the main idea is that it's a Zayn-POV, canon-compliant(ish), present day fic where they run into each other in Hong Kong and are kinda forced to acknowledge what happened all those years ago, and figure out how to move forward. So like, lots of angst and feelings of betrayal and conflict and serious conversations because that's basically all I know how to (and all I want to) write lol
At the moment I'm not sure whether to keep it focused on their friendship or introduce some kind of romance aspect to it (toying with the idea that they had some kind FWB situation going while they were in the band). But since it's canon-compliant I'd feel kinda iffy doing that. I've never actually written canon-compliant before, and I have to admit that it scares me a bit, also because I've been extremely removed from the 1d fandom lately
Anyway one thing I'm sure about is that I want a scene to be inspired by the following verse from Blur's My Terracotta Heart:
And when we fly tomorrow over the Java seas
And my younger maps will be there with me
'Cause they remind me of swimming out too far one day
Then the coral was gone, but I didn't care anyway
Something about Zayn going too far to swim and Louis watching him almost drown but not realizing what's happening, as a metaphor for what went wrong between them
Yeah, that's pretty much all I can share at the moment. I should really get back to it
18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end.
Zayn Malik is, without a doubt, the most beautiful person Louis has ever had the privilege to lay his eyes on. To the point that if he were to explain aesthetic attraction to someone, he’d probably say something like: “The feeling I get when I look at that gorgeous guy in my English 586 class.”
That's the opening line from Situations Like These, my aro/ace Zouis fic from the first Zouis fest.
It's one of those stories that really started out with just a scene rather than an idea/concept, which I think is the case for a lot of my fics actually. I mean, I did have a prompt for this fic, which was something like "they're both ace but don't tell the other for fear of driving him away", so it was pretty vague in terms of setting and everything else, really.
I remember coming up with that opening scene and the bits of dialogues at my grandparents' place right before getting on the road back home with my parents, and since I'd rather die than write in front of them, I just had to make sure to commit everything to my memory by repeating it all in my head throughout the day, until we were finally home and I could write it down. But that's something I do a lot, I think, just come up with stuff (typically dialogue) at inconvenient times and praying that I remember it by the time I can write it down 😬 And then of course when you actually settle in front of your computer, you feel like all your inspiration is gone
Anyway, I think this might be one of my favourite opening scenes I've written, I feel like it's pretty fun while setting the tone and dynamics for the whole fic
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Well he hasn't been featured in a lot of my fics but it was such a delight writing for baby Mac knowing he's "real" and Jake and Amy truly have a baby together!!!
19) Any new fics to start next year.
Unfortunately no I don't think I have any idea right now... fingers crossed 2022 becomes a year when I get inspired to write again and that new ideas come to my mind then!
21) Most memorable comment/review.
Either someone telling me that it was so nice to see me writing again when I posted a new Peraltiago fic after a long time, or the people from the Shules server on Discord who were so supportive when I posted my first Psych fics and left me some very nice comments 🥺
blunt force, no trauma is a b99 fic exploring Rosa's backstory and how she came to the 99, with a focus on her relationship with Jake and how they bring out the best (and sometimes worst) in each other.
jeff and abed taking care of each other? (my fav) for the fic ask
So I don’t have a snippet of this yet but basically I’d like to write about the ways in which Jeff and Abed accommodate each other in their relationship, like the little things that they figure out that might not be common or “normal” but that work for them and make them feel safer and happier. Having an extra bed made up in case one of them needs more space, having code words for things if there’s something they feel unable to say...stuff like that :)
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@feeisamarshmallow said: I’m very interested in fan studies and while I’m a multi fandom blog, I do collect posts about fan studies, fan culture, and fan experiences under my tag “I’m a fandom nerd”. As for recommendations, seconding all above as well as fansplaining and haich-slash-cee (that blog is specific to research on the hurt/comfort trope).
I actually loved your tag and it has been pretty useful for me, so you got a follow for that! I’m already following both these blogs - things are going get more serious here starting next month.
@hermitknut said: not me, but toastystats / destinationtoast are all about fanfic statistics, which might be helpful in supporting your work!
They are really great! If you think in another accounts, pls send my way ♥
@annejamison said: I don’t post often and not only fan studies, but as I will be teaching fanfiction and adaptation this semester there will be an uptick
First of all, I absolutely love your book about fic, thanks for writing that! Second, I’ll keep my eyes on your blog because I’m going to teach a course about fan studies some time in 2022 and it’ll be helpful to see the types of discussions you’ll post. Still about the course I plan to teach, I’ll be actually the person to call attention to the field in the academia in my country (I’m from Brazil). Honestly, my goal is to create some kind of organization/lab that legitimates the field in my country. We have specific studies, but nothing that can be perceived as a field. It’d be great to hear about your course, if you feel comfortable to talk about it with me. I’m literally going to uncharted territories in my country and that’s kinda terrifying ahahaha
headcanons for early Jake & Amy interactions (pre-series)?
ooh thank you!!
Jake was instantly fascinated by Amy when he saw a picture of her and all 7 of her brothers on her desk. He, of course, was raised as an only child, and was really curious about what coming from a large family was like.
Amy was a bit reserved in the beginning; she put her head down and worked without interacting with the others unless necessary. It wasn’t until she and Jake were assigned to a late-night stakeout together and he spent the whole time trying to get her to laugh that she started opening up more.
That’s also when the competitiveness started—they made a bet over who would catch sight of the perp first. Although Amy found it kind of stupid because that kind of thing is always up to chance, she won, and Jake had to do her paperwork for a week, something both of them detested immensely.
One time, still during Amy’s first year at the 99, Jake pushed Amy a bit too far with his teasing. Not on purpose, of course, but they were still figuring each other out and mistakes happen. Amy quietly excused herself and left the precinct, wondering if she made the right decision when she transferred here, only for Gina to run after her and convince her to come back. (Rosa, meanwhile, gave Jake a stern talking-to containing more than a few thinly-veiled threats.)
They were best friends first — feelings didn’t kick in for either of them until around The Bet. So, for the first few years, they were each other’s go-to wing(wo)man and relationship-advice-giver. That’s also why Jake was so surprised to hear about Amy and Teddy at Tactical Village—Amy never told him, which stung.
