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This is another fic where I’d probably want to put an inspired-by connector link on AO3: in “Mand’alor the Reformer” by Halter and Runeb19, Jaster Mereel realizes the Melida and Daan really have gone to war against their children, and the next line is: “And he couldn’t help but think that that meant that they weren’t really people anymore.” I’d seen plenty of works that touched on how Mandalorians can unperson those who don’t fit their ideals as quickly and easily as they adopt those who do, but something about the impact of that one line (it’s given its own paragraph, so the authors knew it was gonna hit) and also I think that it was Jaster thinking it (usually the unpersoning is being done by bad guy characters, for obvious reasons) made it stick in my mind.

“existential crisis hotline” is a fic about the Mandalorian trainers on Kamino realizing, several years into the process, that maybe there’s a possibility that all these kids they’re working with are, uh. Real kids.

6. Favorite title you used

The Rose Garden at the End of the World. i think it sounds grand and evocative, and it's also one of a handful of titles that i didn't just steal from song lyrics. also Temperature Inversion, because i enjoy being able to use real-world facts as blatant symbolism.

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?

probably the fact that all but one of my posted fics this year were for one single fandom. i usually have at least a little bit more of a spread.

Fic author interview! I was tagged by the fantastic @lynne-monstr

No-pressure tagging: @pangzi @foxofninetales @merinnan @killerandhealerqueen @strandedchesspiece @thesilversun @silver-colour

How many works do you have on AO3?

266 as of now

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,467,370 words however some of those words are on collaborative fics. I don't know how to filter out the ones I wrote by myself but it's well over the 1,000,000 mark and that makes me happy

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Unleashed  (MCU, Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers) - 801 kudos

Visible to All But Me - (DMBJ, Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling) - 666 kudos (ehehe 😈)

The Truth About Cats, Dogs and Penguins - (Men's Hockey RPF. Evgeni Malkin/Sidney Crosby) - 621 kudos

In which Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes are surprisingly capable parents - (MCU, Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers) - 530 kudos

Not The Russian Way- (The Man From UNCLE movie, Ilya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller) - 516 kudos

I find it fascinating that a DMBJ fic is in my top 5. The other fics are all pretty old and in large and popular fandoms. I think it was just good timing in that I posted when a lot of people who have since moved on to other fandoms were into DMBJ off the back of Ultimate Note airing.

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try! I think it's just polite to at least say thank you. Occasionally I do forget of miss one though.

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

I don't really do sad or angsty endings

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Yeah, pretty much all of them.

7. Do you write crossovers?

Very rarely. I think all my crossovers have been co-written with other people.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Not hate exactly, but somone once accused me of plagiarism because I posted a fic with vaguely similar themes to one of theirs. Luckily for me this was back in the LJ days where there was a comm specifically for reviewing accusations of plagiarism where independent people would review both fics. Of course they ruled in my favour but it was really fucking upsetting at the time.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I have, but I prefer not to.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I am aware of.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have! Someone translated one of my MCU fics into Chinese which made me very happy.

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, a bunch of times! It can be really fun if you get along well with the people you're writing with.

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

That's like asking me what my favourite fandom is. My favourite ship is whatever ship I am into at the time.

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

RIP my au for The Untamed where Lotus Pier was a hotel that famous musician Lan Wangji came to stay in while he was on tour.

15. What are your writing strengths?

Probably dialogue or soft domestic fluff

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Description. A beta reader recently commented that in one of my fics I hadn't actually described what anyone looks like. I just want them to talk and kiss, okay?

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

Not full dialogue, no, but now that I've started writing in Chinese fandoms I think there are some words that can be used. Generally only terms of address, though. Like someone calling someone 'laoban'

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

I do still kind of want to write some Mysterious Lotus Casebook fic. At least one at any rate.

20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written

Juxtaposition (DMBJ, Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling)

♫ I don't want to leave here without you I don't want to lose part of me Will I recover that broken piece? Let go and unleash all the feelings, ooh Did we ever see it coming? Will we ever let it go? We are buried in broken dreams I don't want to know what it's like To live without you Don't want to know the other side Of a world without you ♫

Haha, yes. I knew y’all saw this coming. Hence... 

Still old me. Still the same content a lot of y’all probably didn’t sign up for when you clicked the follow button but well... here we are.

LOOK AT THIS YOU FINALLY GOT NOT SHADOWHUNTERS! (Video games instead! Whee!)

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"Are you sure," Alenko trails off as Shepard frowns, the scar through her eyebrow cutting through the expression, making it heavy. He swallows, makes himself continue. "I might not be the best choice."

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She hated him a little, for that. Hated that he'd always been so good at keeping the perfect shape of his public mask smooth enough to hide all private amusements. She wasn't at all sure she could do the same.

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I told you not to flirt with me.