all of the fanfic questions tbh
UNBELIEVABLEI cannot BELIEVE this
Okay:
1. What is your favorite fic you have under your belt?
Iâm assuming that this means completed fic, and, in that case, Nightmares, the Sexter Vue fic I never shut up about.
2. What is your favorite snippet of dialogue?
She didnât look up when he reached her side, and for a while the two of them stood there, sharing the silence. âHe was a good man,â the Doctor said, eventually. Amy looked at him, anger flashing across his face. âAnd yet, when you knew him, you could barely remember his name.â The Doctor had no response to that, so they went back to silence, until Amy said, âWe should go.â He nodded, and together they walked to the gate. When they reached it, the Doctor took a deep breath, looking at her. âYou could come with me, now. We could go back to how it used to be.â Her eyes were pitying as she looked up at him, pushing the gate open. It didnât squeak, although it should have. âNo, Doctor. We couldnât. I made my choice, and I stand by it. âShe walked away, and he watched her until she was out of sight, and for a long while after. And then, when night came, he left, feeling numb. He had already said goodbye, after all.So many goodbyes.
From So Many Goodbyes.
4. Do you prefer writing long or short fics?
I PREFER writing long ones, in that I wish I had the attention span and generally my longer stuff is better, but I mostly write short one-shots :/
5. Whatâs your favorite headcanon you use in fics?
So, like, basically anything that Tristan @victrevorsâ and I have come up with regarding the Dead Men. Specifically, Dexter and Saracenâs backstories. OH Iâve never actually included this one (yet, Iâm working on it) but the whole thing where Dexter Vex loves dresses and crop tops and high heels? Yes.
6. Whatâs the detail you wait on bated breath for people to notice?
Generally, either characterization or parallels. I put a lot of effort into character parallels, especially with my longer stuff (like the thing Iâm working on right now.)
7. How much do you like symbolism in your fics?
Eh. Not a lot. Because those are details that are easy to miss, and I donât like my characterization and plot to rely on something so subjective.
8. How often do people catch onto your little details?
Very rarely, lmao. No one reads my fics.
9. Whatâs the fic you like the least?
Either Helpless or A Futile Fight, because Helpless was super rushed and I wrote A Futile Fight AGES ago.
10. What would you change if you had it all to do again?
Well, the thing about Helpless was that I wrote it for a Secret Santa exchange and I forgot about the deadline? Until the day before. So I would, like, keep track of that crap and start it earlier.
11. Whatâs a fanfic idea you havenât done yet?
I really want to do a Teeth fic or a Dead-Men-Find-Out-That-Skulduggery-Is-Vile-And-Drama-Ensues fic or a Valkyrie-Post-TDOTL fic.
12. Whatâs the hardest thing to write for you?
Fight scenes. It always feels like I have too much description and it slows it down or too little and you canât tell whatâs going on.
13. Do you have a favorite character to write for?
Dexter Vex :^) And Saracen Rue, heâs fun too. And Crowley (from Good Omens)
14. Whatâs your favorite shipping fic youâve written? Favorite gen fic?
Shipping wise, of course itâs Nightmares again, although honorable mention goes to the as-of-yet-incomplete Ke$ha Fic (itâs Skulduggery Pleasant, not actually about Ke$ha. ItâsâŚcomplicated). Not because itâs any good, just because itâs ridiculous. Gen fic is So Many Goodbyes.
15. Give us a snippet of something from your WIPs!
The man, though, the man is interesting. He wears a perfectly tailored suit despite the heat and the dust, and a hat tilted low over his face, but it canât be doing much to block the sun, because there is a bullet hole ripped in the brim just where it crosses his vision. His hair is the kind of flaming red that reminds you of the days when you thought you wanted to be an Elemental.
âYouâre Skulduggery Pleasant,â you say, speaking for the first time in hours, your voice a dehydrated croak (maybe that is for the best, because you never quite learned how to disguise your voice).
He inclines his head to you, and for a moment you think that is the only acknowledgement he is going to give you. But then he says, âSaracen Rue?â in a voice like velvet, and if he takes any issue with the name (it is traditionally masculine, after all, but you are dressed to the height of traditional masculinity and it is your name your name your name) he makes no sign of it.
You nod, and he reaches inside his coat, pulls out a gun and throws it to you in one smooth motion. You catch it almost without thinking, thumb the safety on as he looks at you. âI already have one of these,â you say, gesturing with the gun â a Winchester, you think - to the holster on your right thigh.
âI know,â he says, and your eyes are drawn to the long barreled pistols that he carries. âBut that oneâs better, trust me.â
And maybe itâs his voice, or maybe itâs that he looks like he could face down a stampede of elephants with nothing but his guns and his magic (heâs an Elemental, you think, the knowledge appearing in your mind as it does, sometimes, when you need it), but you do.
Trans man Saracen Rue? Yes.
