#qserasera

the timing of your message is IMPECCABLE considering the chapter i JUST landed on :D

i am having a ball! the movie was so swoony and gorgeous, i want to eat it! the soundtrack has been on loop! manifesting a sequel because we deserve more of everything!

in the meantime, i've moved on to the manga and it's very intricate and charming and has some overlap and also some differences in the vibe from the film. it's giving more depth on some of the themes i wanted and i'm enjoying it a lot so far even when it gets a bit silly and kuroko no ballroomesque ft. Dancing Superpowers!

oh no one of the dancers is creating a black hole with the sheer force of his Presence[TM]! we love sports animanga genre awareness <3

5. What’s something you learned while researching a fic?

I learned that genteel women would not really be completing tasks in still-rooms in the 19th century! At this time, still-room tasks were more like pickling and dessert-making than making perfumes and medicines, and they were carried out by the housekeeper or still-room maid.

16. What do you struggle with most when writing?

Any scene that's supposed to be strongly emotional. I usually end up writing a fairly bare-bones version of it, and then going back through again and again to try to add a little bit more detail, and a bit more strongly emotional language, each time.

17. What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing?

I'm really pleased with what I did with the interpellation of personal and political news in vol. 2, ch. 19 of Town and Country. It has just the vibe I wanted. And the fact that every historical event described in it is accurate down to the exact week, but also relevant to the broader themes and motifs in the novel as a whole, is pretty cool imo.

cinco?? en esta economia?? joking aside my brain does Not have five I don't think lmao let's see how many I can come up with

Numero Uno has has HAS to be of course Extra 10

YWS: we've already been intimate, if we were a man and woman then you'd have to take me in marriage" SQ: wait! why am I the one taking you in marriage? YWS: oh? you want to be given away in marriage? SQ: uh naturally not.... YWS: (Look,) This venerable one likes you and doesn't care about appearances, if you want to take me in marriage, it's naturally no matter to me; in order to prevent third parties from wagging their tongues and making irresponsible comments about you, the lofty and proper Xuandu Mtn Sect Leader, I'm left with no reputation to speak of, but for you, whatever unfair treatments (against me) can't be considered unfair treatment. [These words sounded arrogant, yet somehow also had a thread of unfair treatment.] SQ, :'): That's not what I meant. YWS: So are you gonna take responsibility or not? or? SQ: .... SQ: ...... SQ: ..take responsibility....

honestly queen shit. snap snap you go girlboss.

My second moment is a Xie Ling moment but like it's so funny to me that he demanded the sugar figure of Shen Qiao but then immediately bit its fuckin head off.

Third is sort of a combo cuz he does it indirectly in the novel (okay fine, rather I suppose Yu Shengyan is the one who does it in the novel) but in the donghua they have him do it lol (thank you donghua crew) - yes I'm talking about him #gaslighting Shen Qiao in the beginning. Declaring with his whole chest, not just the line from the novel about SQ being a disciple of Huanyue Sect, but that I am your Shizun. Yan Wushi. Honestly that was so sexy of him.

and that's all I got lmao, I'd probably have to reread and like take notes on specific quotes to get more than that lol. but like also in general, he is just so Iconic in all that he does. but these three are like. 'tis peaks milord.

from this set of writing questions!

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

oh i 100% need music when i'm writing! i listen to a lot of instrumentals, osts, and also vocal-less (karaoke) versions of voiced songs because sometimes I do find lyrics a bit distracting. i've been writing a lot of fic from honkai star rail lately, so naturally the songs i have on loop were from the Svah Sanishyu (Xianzhou Luofu) album: namely Serene Stroll and Warden of Jade. in general i've also been writing a lot (cross fandom) to Stories of Remote Antiquity which until today still remains my favouritest soundtrack from genshin.

🍦 What’s the sweetest fic you’ve created so far?

okay i'm gonna cheat and put two, because i think they're sweet in different ways. please also note that they're both fics that are around 1000 words - this is the only way my fics can stay sweet and fluffy, or else angst inevitably sneaks in 😂

daybreak, GiyuuTan, Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon Slayer.

Giyuu is asleep on his side, head turned towards Tanjirou, close enough that Tanjirou would barely need to stretch to touch him. Tanjirou just looks— —and the wonder sets in slowly, like dawn gradually seeping colour into the darkness of the night.

Chasing the Starlight, 00Q, Daniel Craig!James Bond films.

"I didn't take you for an astronomer," James says, his voice coming out soft and secretive in the vast open spaces of the outdoors. Q huffs out a breath, wisps of condensation coalescing in the cold. "I'm not, not even remotely. I know very little of the stars – I can't even track the North Star." He tips his head towards James, and the smile that graces his lips is tender, intimate. "But that's the allure of a mystery. You don't need to understand it to be fascinated by it."

✅ What’s something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don’t mean to?

gosh, i have to think about this. i think "hope" as a theme is definitely one, also anything to do with long distance relationships (friendships too) and moving countries and stuff because that's a topic that's personal to me - if the fandom/pairing in question is related in any way to those topics, i will address it in my fic. also the importance of chosen names and titles and stuff like honorifics/ nicknames/ diminutives. like it's obvious in some fandoms (looking at you, James Bond fandom), but also, please know that i've actually draw a chart to remind myself how the five main characters in my MP100 gen fic address each other so i can write that accurately.

the love exchange

hfmgfhgmfgh this scene......... im glad u liked it omg

i actually struggled a lot with this scene because i was definitely thinking a lot about... the emotional toll of being someone’s dirty secret... but also the fact that akira as a narrator (in this fic at least) puts himself up as someone who has everything under control and knows what he’s doing and is an entirely reliable POV, when akira also has huge blind spots primarily coming from his arrogance... 

first of all he misinterprets a whole bunch of akechi’s actions, his own emotional issues practically blindside him because he didnt think it was an issue, and at that point he’s so dedicated to the idea that he knows what he’s doing and is fully equipped to take care of this situation that he forces himself to re-handle the situation without any thought of sympathy for what’s essentially just himself feeling hurt that he’s akechi’s booty call lmfao

the other thing is that akira’s primary character trait in this fic was arrogance, but it doesnt quite read that way because he’s so focused on akechi, rather than typical arrogance that’s self-centered... akira being blindsided by his own emotions was sort of the natural conclusion

i think there’s an interesting read in here that akira likes akechi because he thinks akechi doesnt have any sympathy for him, despite the fact that akechi asks about whether or not he’s alright a couple times in that scene alone... it’s because akira refused to do it that akechi stopped asking (and also because akechi is not exactly the most equipped person to ask about feelings lmfao)

hrhhghghgh akira interprets akechi’s moment of anger at the end of the scene in a particular way, but i hoped that by that point in the story it was obvious that akira’s interpretations weren’t always on point, so i kind of wanted to leave akechi’s frustration up to interpretation... i think akechi in that scene feels like he’s been outplayed, or that he’s lost somehow, but there’s a lot of reasons why he would feel that way... akira’s not exactly wrong that akechi’s frustration comes from the fact that akechi has to deal with the fact that maybe theyre not just rival with benefits (LMFAO), but i think simultaneously there was a part of akechi that was hoping for that all along, hoping that akira would prove him wrong when akechi says they’re not in a relationship, and he’s also mad that akira managed to get out of that scene without losing his cool... for all that akira is affectionate towards him in that scene, akira also gets away from that scene without showing much of his own vulnerability..... in a lot of ways akira has been taking a lot throughout this relationship without giving any vulnerability back in return and maybe akechi thought that akira’s almost-emotion earlier might have changed smthg and made them more “equal” in that regard? smthg like that....

also “it’s a mist” was like. maybe one of my favorite lines i wrote for the 2019 shuake week LOL

meme: pick 5 songs that you would love to turn into an amv for a ship of your choice, including at least 1 song lyric and a 1 sentence explanation for why that song would fit them

right now, #nifwatch2020 has me feeling sore about not being able to make cdrama amvs like all the cool kids are now, so rather than one ship, here are 5 nif amvs i would make if i could get my hands on raws.

🎭- What was the feeling or mood you were going for? 

pressure cooker! everything gets increasingly tense and stressful until BOOM the lid explodes and you’ve got food all over your ceiling. the food is emotional turmoil and sadomasochism. i’ve never used a pressure cooker.

😛-Leave your favorite dialogue in the ask and I’ll tell you what I was thinking. 

11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends?

this varies by friendgroup, i guess? there's one meme of sorts from my country's 2015 elections that only comes up with a specific group of ex-political journos. my regular escape room group likes to call me Captain because i always protest when they do so. are these... even in-jokes...........

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces.

i have abandoned many bags over the years. uhhh i use the laptop bag which came with my uni-era-now-retired laptop as my work bag, because it works and i didn’t want to buy a Serious Work Bag? i appreciate its solid, trusty nature

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it!

hmmm i feel like i don't spend much time in cafes, unless on holiday. BUT on my recent work trip (the reason i disappeared) i found this delightful tea shop (!!) with adorable decor and an amazing range of tea and which sells loose-leaf tea straight from giant canisters (!!!), so i went twice in three days and drank pots of tea and bought four different types of tea to drink back home. if i lived in that city i would go there all the time and work my way through their tea menu ;_; although i guess that is not... a coffee shop...

83: what’s some of your favorite album art?

i don’t pay much attention to album art unless i buy the physical album, and i only own physical albums from a few bands. i guess the cover art for my favourite band's last-album-ever was hilariously dramatic:

for overall booklet aesthetic i might have to go with the photos in their hagnesta hill album instead. here's a selection: