20 Questions for Fic Writers
1. How many works do you have on AO3? 45 - of which 35 are completed
2. What's your total A03 word count? 1 023 686
3. What fandoms do you write for? Once Upon a Time - Star Wars (sequel trilogy) - Avatar The Legend of Korra - Harry Potter - Moana
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
The Only Exception (Reylo) (unfinished)
Our Future Together (Hooked Wayfinder) (unfinished)
Dreamers (Reylo) (COMPLETE)
Love is Just a Game (Hooked Wayfinder) (COMPLETE)
Breathe (Reyux) (unfinished)
I realize it's really awkward to have 3 of those fics in my top 5 be unfinished. I'm really bad at finishing my longer fics. With the shorter fics (that have less chapters and also less kudos), I don't have as many issues finishing them.
I have the intent to finish a few of the unfinished fics, even if it's been years since my last update. Heart of the Ship (Rumbelle) is the first fic on that list that I'll be working on, and it will be a wopper. I'm already at 180 000 words right now. I think it will be 200-250K words by the time it's finished.
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I do! Usually just before I'm about to post a new chapter. I think comments are amazing and I want to thank people for leaving them. They always make my day. I don't get paid in money for writing fanfictions, but I accept comments as currency for thanking me, lol.
6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Probably "Death and the Dark One" - a Rumbelle fanfiction where Belle is the Grim Reaper. It's about death, a bit gothic. Very short.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Most if not all of my fics have happy endings, though some are a bit bittersweet! Personally I really like the ending to the Bus Lovers (Rumbelle) because it's really cheesy happy - with a Hallmark wedding ending. It's a perfect read for a dreary autumn or winter day.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
No - I've been really fortunate there! Especially since I have written a few controversial ships (let's be real - enemies to lovers is one of my fav tropes and I love problematic bastards with daddy issues). Or if I did get hate, I'm happy to report I've forgotten all of it!
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I do! AWKWARD smut. Lol. I suspect some neurodivergence in myself and that translates into... maybe some weird smut. I'm also ace myself so I don't fully get infatuated like other people do, and the smut between my characters often seems driven by intellectual attraction. (Bit like sapiosexuality) I do write smut to drive the characters forward in their relationship with one another. I try not to write smut for smut's sake and when I do it's not great and I personally don't like it. (though that doesn't always mean my readers don't like it either!)
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
I've done a ton of crossovers while roleplaying - but as far as fics go on AO3, I think I only have a few - Legends, where Kylo Ren is a firebender and Rey a waterbender (aka an Avatar crossover). I've also written a Reyux fic set in Hogwarts, (Finished), and started a Rumbelle fic set in Hogwarts that remains unfinished.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Yes, long ago, before AO3 - and it was a Dutch Harry Potter fanfic of mine that popped up on some other Dutch forums. Since I knew the admins there it was quickly taken down so it wasn't a lot of drama. The internet felt a lot smaller then.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
I have attempted to translate a Dramione fanfiction from Dutch to English myself - I never finished the translation because the first chapter just didn't really have any readers. The Dutch version is still up on AO3, completed.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Nope. I have done RP's and worked together with other people for that. One of the people I wrote with the most (Alice) is still one of my best friends to this day. We finished a ton of Rumbelle roleplays and they hold a fond memory in my heart. Some of them were even read by other people! (Which I think is rare.)
14. What's your all-time favourite ship?
Very tough to answer. I've fallen in and out of love with many ships, and tend to fall back in love with them after enough time passes. I think Jasmine/Jafar (OUAT) is one of my favourites though, at least at this moment. Don't get me wrong, I love Rumbelle and Reylo but don't like the canon execution of either. And that makes it a bit sour. Jasmine/Jafar was never canon and so it's a beautiful ship that thrives in my brain and heart exactly the way I want it to.
15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
Currently I'm working on Heart of the Ship and I' think'm quite sure I *will* finish it. And if I can finish that one, then I think I can finish many of the others too. (Though, give it time.)
At this moment I think "Breathe" is the hardest one for me to finish. It's a Reyux AU where Hux and Rey fall in love in a setting that is very close to how canon could have turned out if Kylo had been killed during TLJ. However, because of how close I would keep it to the canon of Star Wars, I've made it really difficult on myself. It's a fic that requires a lot of research and was always rather hard to make work. I did really enjoy it though. I also have Star Wars PTSD from watching the Rise of Skywalker and don't feel confident in returning to that fandom. It's been 4 years since TROS was released and I'm still not ready.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I find this difficult to answer. I think dialogue comes easily, and I can sprinkle in humor when I need to. I can also write pretty fast when I want to, and I've made it through several Nanowrimos with little difficulty. I can also write really nice plot twists that don't come completely out of the blue - keeping readers on their toes. Some have gotten really good at predicting where I go thanks to reading a ton of my fics!
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
I could write a little "stronger" - I bet I make a lot of errors in writing that might not be grammatical errors but just errors in using "weak" verbs or adjectives to put my descriptions on the page. I also don't do flowery prose, though in my opinion that's a strength and not a weakness. English is not my mother language (though I've never let that stop me!)
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
Ehm... I wouldn't quickly do it unless I spoke the language myself. Since I speak Dutch and French quite well, I would not feel awkward including that, or a few words of German and Spanish. But other languages? No, I think I'd steer clear of writing full sentences in those.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
We're talking about 1994 here or so - it was Lois and Clark the new Adventures of Superman and I was 11, and had a massive crush on Superman. XD After that I wrote X-Men the Animated Series, Beauty and the Beast and when I turned 18 I switched to Harry Potter and wrote nearly exclusively for HP for 10 years. It was in the HP fandom that I learned to finish my fics. I'd never done that before that time.
20. Favourite fic you've ever written?
Oof. Really tough question. Of my current WIPs, probably Heart of the Ship (Rumbelle).
Of my finished fanfictions, probably The Fifth Gem (Rumbelle) - which is a story of Belle being a spy at Rumplestiltskin's castle during wartime - and I loved writing how she fell in love with him despite of it. It also is the first fic I wrote that featured Jasmine/Jafar and made me fall in love with them as a pairing.
