Whumptober Day 30: What Have I Done

Reasons people may decline to comment or kudos on fanfiction they enjoyed:

They consider comments and kudos transactional compensation to the author, and they don't feel that the work was good enough to deserve compensation, or they don't believe they owe compensation to fan authors in general.

They consider comments and kudos as feedback, and they don't feel that the author wants or needs feedback from them.

However, comments and kudos aren't compensation, and they aren't even necessarily feedback either.

Comments and kudos for fan authors are:

encouragement to keep writing

reciprocation of a bid for connection

interaction with your community

confirmation that they're not the only one interested in their story

Please don't consider comments, or especially kudos, purely transactional or purely a form of feedback. Comments and kudos are a way to show authors in your community that you're glad they're there.

Authors aren't "entitled" to kudos or comments, but readers aren't "entitled" to fic, either.

Fanfiction is a community, and when an author repeatedly reaches out to their community for connection only to receive silence in return it is very discouraging and can result in the author withdrawing from the community altogether.

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Prince I CAN’T BELIEVE I didn’t notice this I’m sorry-

So. Fic idea. P3 for you!

Minato, Yukari, and Junpei just having a whole night where Minato and Yukari talk about their stupid crushes on their stupid pretty seniors and Junpei is just like “…I love my Chidorita…”

You've Got Questions and I've Got Answers OC Edition

Do they have any crafting hobbies?

Do they wear perfume/cologne? If so what scents do they prefer?

Do they enjoy cooking?

Do they enjoy baking?

Do they have any tattoos? If so what are they and do they have any special meaning?

If they were badly injured, and for whatever reason couldn't go to a hospital, who would they go to for help?

Do they have any unusual fears?

Do they collect anything? If so what and why?

When they're sick what do they do to feel better?

Do they have any regrets?

Do they have any addictions?

Do they have any sense of style? Regardless of the answer do they believe they have a sense of style?

Do they enjoy poetry?

Do they have a hard time opening up to people?

What kind of sense of humor do they have? Or do they have one at all?

Do they have or want kids?

How easily would they be convinced to do something that goes against their morals?

How easy is it to become their enemy?

How easy is it to become their friend?

Do they have a strong connection to their culture?

What is more important to them, friends or family?

Would they ever betray someone for money?

How would they want to die?

Do they have any enemies?

Do they have a daily/nightly routine?

Have they met any of their heroes? Did they regret it?

Has a chance encounter ever had an unexpected effect on them?

Are they a #gamer?

If they were real would you be friends with them?

If they had the chance to be famous would they take it? If they are famous would they rather they weren't?

What superpower would you choose for them and what would they choose for themselves? If they have one would they choose something else?

If they could change one thing about themselves what would it be?

Do they play ttrpgs? If so what kind of characters do they play? Or are they more likely to GM?

How well do they deal with grief?

Do they believe in fate or do they believe they are in charge of their own destiny?

Would they ever kill someone? Have they already?

Are they religious? If so do they have a strong sense of faith, are they uncertain, or are they somewhere in between?

What are their dreams like? Do they have any recurring dreams/nightmares?

Would they ever crash a wedding?

If they found a sword in a stone would they try to pull it out? How would they react to being able to pull it out or not?

Do they learn from their mistakes?

Can they speak multiple languages? If yes which all do they speak and why?

Can they handle stressful situations?

Who, if anyone, would they trust with their deepest secrets?

Do they plan in advance or just wing it?

Would they lie to get out of trouble?

Would they lie to get someone else out of trouble? Even if they would have to take that someone else's place?

How likely are they to go on a quest for revenge?

Do they have trouble keeping their enemies and their friends straight?

What is your favorite thing about them?

I love these so I figured I'd make one of my own! Just be sure that if you reblog this ask one or two of these to the person you reblogged from (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

I’m Bored and Anxious So I Slapped Together a List of Fan Fic Writer Asks

1. Share a song that makes you think of [fic title] 2. Do you read/reread your own fics? 3. What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written? 4. How many WIPs do you have right now? 5. What’s a fic idea you’ve had that you will never write? 6. Are there any fics from others you reread all the time? 7. How many ideas for fics do you have right now? 8. What project(s) are you currently working on? 9. Do you write every day? If you wrote today, share a sentence of what you’ve written! 10. Is there a fic that got a different response than you were expecting? 11. Do you have specific playlists for writing fics? 12. Do you have a playlist for your current WIP(s)? Share it! 13. How much planning do you do before writing? 14. If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick? 15. How do you come up with titles for your fics/chapters? 16. At what point in the process do you come up with titles? 17. What’s something you’ve learned about while doing research for a fic? 18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic? 19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs. 20. What’s a favorite title for a fic you’ve written? 21. Have you ever deleted an entire scene after spending hours laboring over it? If so, why? 22. Do you know how your fic will end before you start writing? 23. How do you choose where to end a chapter (if you have multi-chapter works)? 24. Share a moodboard for (one of) your current WIP(s). 25. Have you ever upset yourself with your own writing? 26. Is there something you’ve written that you would never want your family to see? 27. Is there a fic you were nervous to post/share? Why? 28. Have you ever tagged a fic “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat”? 29. Share a bit from a fic you’ll never post OR from a scene that was cut from an already posted fic. (If you don’t have either, just share a random fic idea you have that you don’t plan on getting to.) 30. Ask anything!

Look I know most of you don’t follow me for Power Rangers but please read the funniest Author’s Note I’ve ever written below.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Power Rangers S.P.D. Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jack Landors/Sky Tate, Dru Harrington/Sky Tate, Jack Landors & Officer Tate, Elizabeth “Z” Delgado & Jack Landors, Sydney Drew & Jack Landors, Bridge Carson & Jack Landors, Jack Landors & Sam (Power Rangers S.P.D.) Characters: Jack Landors, Sky Tate, Sydney Drew, Elizabeth “Z” Delgado, Bridge Carson, Anubis “Doggie” Cruger, Officer Tate (Power Rangers S.P.D.), Dru Harrington, Sam (Power Rangers S.P.D.), Katherine “Kat” Manx Additional Tags: The absolute funniest series of events led to this fic, Episode: s13e33 Impact (Power Rangers), Episode: s13e09 Idol (Power Rangers) Summary:

Jack finds himself trapped, and he gets help from an unlikely source.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Persona 5 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Persona 5 Protagonist & Sakamoto Ryuji Characters: Persona 5 Protagonist, Sakamoto Ryuji Additional Tags: The Pegoryu can be read as platonic or romantic, i love them sm, P5R Spoilers Summary:

Everything is perfect. Ryuji’s on the track team and running like a star again.

…So why does Renren make him feel like he’s forgetting something?

Video Game Asks!

Adding my own pool of asks about video games because I always like to talk games and asks are fun. Send numbers, reblog for yourself etc.

Last game you finished

Game(s) you’re currently playing

1-3 games you’ve played in the past 12 months that you really enjoyed

Do you like to get 100% achievements/trophies?

Game(s) coming out that you’re looking forward to

A series you’ve enjoyed since your early days of gaming and still enjoy to this day whether it still has games coming out or is one you return to

A series you’ve lost interest in

A series you haven’t played but are interested in trying

A game you played completely blind with no prior knowledge of and enjoyed/loved

A console and/or handheld you’ve never played but would like to try

Do you prefer ‘blank slate’ main characters you make yourself or otherwise project onto, or characters with a set personality and backstory?

A character you particularly like in the game you’re currently playing

Quick, name the first song from a game that comes to mind

A song that’s sure to hit your nostalgia buttons

Do you have a backlog and do you keep track of it? If so, how?

A game you’d like to replay that you haven’t

A game you didn’t finish but would like to get back to or restart someday

A game location you really like

A game you started up for the first time and you knew from the start it was going to be great

A boss you think is really cool

A boss that was disappointing

A game ending that’s really stuck with you

A “Wow” moment of awe

A game with a cool art style

A game’s art style that had to grow on you

Realism or stylized?

A game you love the atmosphere of

Pick a series you like. What was the first game you played for it? Was it a good starting point? Would it still be a good starting point now?

On average do you have one game or multiple games going?

Game you think you’ll finish next?

Someone has never played a video game before but is open to trying any genre. What game would you recommend as their first?

trick or treat!!! :3

For you…

How about some behind-the-scenes info on a fic?

The first part of Singing Out A Melody Too Lovely To Withstand was actually written around a year ago, around the time I wrote Seasons May Turn, But Things Still Stay The Same. I fleshed it out afterwards because I thought it would be fun and I just really love writing Narin.

[A/N]: I finally wrote a thing based on this post! 

TW: Injury, Character death (but it’s not any of the PT), just Yusuke not having a good time in general.

Also on AO3

For what must be the twentieth time today, Yusuke curses his luck as he dodges a shadow’s attack. 

It was a restless day in Tokyo, which obviously meant changes in Mementos. There were hordes of shadows stalking the tunnels today, and a particularly bad ambush had left the Phantom Thieves scattered. 

Then, to make matters worse, the Reaper just had to show up and chase him until Yusuke was forced onto a lower floor than the others.

From the snippets of conversation Yusuke managed to pick up via Necronomicon, it seemed like the others had managed to regroup and were looking for him. He just has to try his best to hold out until then.

Yusuke chuckles to himself. Easier said than done.

A fire spell comes dangerously close to striking his face.

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5/36 with Toya and Harumichi for the fic prompts!

5. "Come here. Sit down and tell me what's going on."/36. "Please, look at me."

Toya’s… different.

Very different today.

It’s not quiet pride. Something’s actually wrong.

It’s a different type of tension in the house. Not the one that both of them had gotten used to, not the one that has slowly started thawing as time goes on…

It’s so strange that Harumichi finds himself missing a note on Queen of the Night. He hasn’t missed that note since he was a teenager.

“Are you alright?” Narin asks, shocked.

Harumichi sighs, and Toya rushes down the stairs.

“Did someone die?!” He snaps, his eyes wild, and Harumichi shakes his head.

“No, no. I’m sorry. Just… Narin, can you…” He starts, and Narin glides toward his office.

Toya looks at him, and Harumichi motions for him.

“Sit down.”

Toya looks at him confusedly, but he steps over.

He gently sits down, and he looks at Harumichi again.

“What is it?”

Harumichi feels his tongue start to tie up. He’s a better musician than speaker. He doesn’t know where to start.

“Can you tell me what’s wrong?” He finally says, and Toya looks up.

“Nothing’s wrong.” He lies so easily.

When did he become so practiced in the fine art of lying? How many times has he lied without Harumichi realizing?

“Don’t lie to me.”

And Toya just… sighs.

“…Why?” He asks.

“Why what?”

“Why can’t you see me for who I am?”

Harumichi tilts his head.

“What are you talking about? You’re my child, I—”

“That’s it!” Toya snaps. “That’s it! You see me as nothing but your child! As that little boy! Father, in less than two years, I’ll be a man! Why can’t you see me as such?!”

Harumichi shakes his head.

“You’ll understand when you have children of your own. You could be 50, you’ll still be my child.”

Toya tenses up, and his fingers slip into his hair.

“Look at me.” He pleads. “Please, look at me! See me for who I truly am, not who I was!”

Harumichi shakes his head.

“Toya, that is one thing I cannot do!”

Toya chuckles.

“Of course. Of course you can’t. This is why I didn’t want to talk about it. You’ll never allow me to fly free from the birdcage.”

He stalks away, and Harumichi sighs.

Just… sighs.

He’s not a man. He doesn’t understand that he’s not a man yet.

When Harumichi was his age, he made mistake after mistake and almost lost everything until he fell into Narin’s arms. Almost lost his life.

Hatsuaki took after Narin. Kamui’s always marched to the beat of his own drum.

But Toya, he’s just like Harumichi. Despite how they both deny that to each other.

He’s young. He’s desperate.

And he’s going to fall into the wrong arms. The arms of a devil, rather than an angel.

But he can stop history from being twisted. He can keep him away from that devil as much as he can.

And when he taps out those notes, it’s that perfect sonata again.