#vitalroot

@plnkman, @tabitha-mage-of-breath, @awesomerubberduck, @lightupthecherry, @sp00ky0wl, @thesearchforinspirado, @vitalroot, @astraphysics, @leagueofmarvel, @prunebug

Pippa tagged me, and I haven't done any of these kind of things in a while, so I figured why not?

 "In the Chamber of Secrets" - HPATDH PT. 2 Soundtrack

 "Just the Way You Are" - Bruno Mars

"What Makes A Man?" - City and Colour

"I and Love and You" - Avett Brothers

"Love is an Open Door" - Frozen Soundtrack

"Rain Down" - David Crowder Band

"What Country Is" - Luke Bryan

"Hallelujah" - Tenth Avenue North

"The Shire" - Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack

"Ends of the Earth" - Lord Huron

"Holes" - Passenger

"X & Y" - Coldplay

"The Sun" - The Naked and Famous

LOveGame - Lady Gaga

"More than a Feeling" - Boston

"Holland Road" - Mumford and Sons

"She's Every Woman" - Garth Brooks

"Back in Black" - AC/DC

"We Are Leaving" - The Naked and Famous

"Star Wars (John Williams is the Man)" - Moosebutter

Oddly enough, even though there's a couple songs there I don't really listen to regularly, it's a pretty fair representation of my tastes :P 

um yeah

almost sorry for this chapter

What's the most thoughtful present you've ever received?

(I hope no one minds if I answer these myself :D)

So, I have a very specialized diet that I had to adopt very abruptly. I am also lactose intolerant. This severely limits my food choices, understandably.

Then for Christmas, after I had been sulking that I couldn't bake sweets or eat greasy things, I opened my presents from my special someone.

1) of the fic you’ve written, which are you most proud of?

At the moment it’s BATW, because of it’s length, but I’m kinda proud of all my fics, because they are all so different. I’m also very proud of my Trinity verse.

4) what are some themes you love writing about?

I love writing about fighting for what you believe in. And facing dangers which force you to do or let others do things that you never before would have done. I also love writing unusual relationships. Poliamory, love between unlikely pairings, strong but platonic emotions towards non-family members or the kind of family that is not related by blood.

I also love fighting and adventure and blood and action and shooting and all the fun stuff. So I try to do them all at the same time! XD

6) thoughts on critique

If they are constructive, bring it on, but do it in a respectful way and without losing sight of the fact that fanfic writers do not get paid to entertain you. So if you have a personal problem with a character or a theme, which is not a quality problem, but an opinion, don’t go around climbing in the writer’s face, because you did not pay for it. No author is obliged to write exactly as you want them to.

Telling someone that you noticed that they seem to be weaker at xy when it comes to writing (e.g, spelling, punctuation, describing scenery or speech patterns etc) that is good. Saying that xy thing happening bores you so it sucks is not critique. Saying that xy character is ruining something is not a critique. It’s being an asshole.

13) who are your favorite writers?

Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Laurell K. Hamilton, George Orwell and of course Rowling too. And I love the Lovecraft’s world, although I really did not read enough from him yet. I should read more Lovecraft.

And for vitalroot, whose ask vanished:

8) is there a character you love writing for the most? the least? why?

At the moment Loki is a big favourite, because his “voice” is always complex, very emotional and kinda chaotic. It’s exciting. 

The least… well, it’s not that I hated writing him, I just don’t think I ever got his “voice” right. It’s Castiel. I just don’t think I managed to write from his POV that well unless it was a human AU. Canon Cas? I can write dialogue, but not his inner thoughts, I can’t capture him well I think.

What the hell, tumblr? I mean, asks getting eaten is one thing, but it happening the moment I'm answering?

Or did it get accidentally sent? I don't know!