1. The MOMENT after I watch a new movie or show: "I want to take a nap so I can daydream new scenarios."

  2. Context: the Winter Soldier has kidnapped Sophie (OC) and has forcibly dragged her through Latin America to a Hydra base of operations. Along the way, Sophie starts to chip away at his brainwashing. At the Hydra base of operations, they are both locked up in a cell together. Tonally, the story is dark, violent, and a slow burn.

  3. I like the concept that she's a luxury for him and how startled she is that he's a good kisser. I'm also eternally grateful you made him fully aware of her taking the knife - it would have killed me inside for him to have missed it.

  4. Thank you! And yes, I had to add the detail about the dagger into his POV. I'm such a stickler for details like that. I hate things being left out or forgotten!

  5. To an extent, yes. There was one LONG, rambling, bizarre critical comment I got on one of my fics which was basically a dissertation on all the ways my fic had disappointed them. I didn't agree with their criticisms at all but their comment still made me uncomfortable and upset. It also made me worry that other people would see that comment and think to themselves, Oh, I can feel comfortable leaving a long critical essay as well. Because comments like that can influence peoples' opinions! And sure enough, after that comment, I got a handful of weirdly rude and critical comments from various people, when previously my fic had been chugging along for years and no one seemed to have an issue with it.

  6. I got one of those long rambling critical comments. My response was to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes, leaving some (politely worded) suggestions to improve clarity and pacing. Then I thanked them for being a fan and wished them good luck in their future creative writing endeavors.

  7. The person who left the review on mine left it anonymously, so I had no way of directly replying to it and they had no way of deleting it. I did politely reply to it in an A/N in the next chapter—but me replying to them never sat well with me. I should never have given them the time of day. So after a year or two, I updated the chapter and deleted the A/N.

  8. As long as angst doesn't come off as edgelordy, then angst is my bread and butter. It's so easy to write for me. I struggle more with fluff lol; I'm always anxious that it's coming off as hokey or fanservicey (and I realize fanfiction as a whole is fanservice—but still, I try to make my stories feel as legitimate as possible).

  9. Characters behaving in ways that are OOC, woobified, or flanderized. I can't tolerate it!

  10. One of my favorite memes is of the beloved fandom villain with the caption: "You can make him better? Well, I can make him worse."

  11. I don’t believe it’s a shitty move in the slightest. It’s the same move we’re all making with regards to the original creators. Our entire hobby relies on it. If it’s okay to use JK Rowling’s ideas without her permission, it’s also okay to take ideas from MoaningSquirtle69. It’s hypocritical to use someone else’s ideas every day, then get upset when someone else uses yours.

  12. I disagree. The difference is that when we write fanfiction, we are being clear, open, and honest that we're writing fanfiction. My work is very openly filed under specific fandoms and everyone knows I didn't create those books, movies, and shows. I'm not trying to pass my work off as original. I give all credit to the original creators of the book/show/movie/whatever.

  13. Theft and not giving credit don't become okay just because you may be afraid of an author's reaction. If they react badly to you writing fanfiction of their work, that's something you have to deal with, just like how we occasionally have to deal with creators (such as Anne Rice) despising fanfiction. It's not "remaining quiet"; it's theft of someone else's work without due credit.

  14. Generally, I'll just let my brain fill in the spaces. Of course, my brain fills in the spaces with MCU characters 80% of the time lmao.

  15. Lol this is what happens to me too. I let my brain imagine up whatever it wants...but what it usually wants is MCU characters 😂

  16. It's going to be okay. And I'm not sure what a sky bison is, but I'll call mine Sky-Bessie.

  17. What the natural geography and terrain of the Andes mountains is like.

  18. Yep! I basically write romance with action/adventure. The tone might not always be the same (some might be lighter, some darker) but I do always put in angst and darkness in some way, shape, or form. I can't write fully fluffy, happy stories for the life of me.

  19. This is happening to me lol. I'm in the middle of an OC/Bucky story but OC has such good chemistry with Steve that several readers have commented saying they want her to get together with Steve instead. Not gonna lie, I toyed with the idea for a second—but that would just be weird after how far OC and Bucky have come together. Now I know what it's like to be the creator of something that has a ship that I refuse to make canon 😅

  20. I have a little, just a little, bit more sympathy for all the showrunners and screenwriters and authors out there now who have been in similar dilemmas lol.

  21. As someone who writes for one of the biggest fandoms on Earth, that doesn't seem typical to me! I would assume that writer is popular or a BNF on another platform, and that may be why their work has garnered so much attention (I'm sure it's also good too).

  22. I address their feelings but keep my tone light and pleasant. So I might say something like "Aww, I'm so glad that you like the story and that it's had an impact on you! As a writer, that's so amazing for me to hear. Thank you for reading and reviewing <3"

  23. I prefer third person but I also write in first person now and then. I'd say the ratio is about 70/30.

  24. So um, would you be willing to drop a link to your profile? Cause I could use some good Bucky fics and those reviews speak for themselves.

  25. I love a good bitchy female protagonist. Blair Waldorf, Scarlett O'Hara, Blanche Devereaux, Miranda Priestly 🙌🏻

  26. I do to, but im referring to the antagonist being an antagonist only because they’re a woman (like the ex girlfriend/ wife)

  27. Oh yeah, I understood you, I was merely agreeing with the other person that I love a bitchy female protagonist lol.

  28. I definitely like to incorporate whatever slang or language would be appropriate for that era, region, and setting. That said, I'm also careful not to overdo it. If a story takes place in the American South, I'll definitely have some drawls, some "all y'all"s, some "bless your heart"s—but I don't want to stuff it with so much slang that it becomes annoying to read.

  29. I almost exclusively write OC-centric fics so I suppose that makes me Option C. But I don't usually approach it from a lens of "X Character would be better suited with my OC." I mainly write OC-centric stories because they afford me more freedom and creativity.

  30. I have a general outline in my head and I usually know the major plot beats I want to hit, but beyond that, I kind of let the story go where it wants to go. Some of my best work has come up in the spur of the moment. That's not to say I'll just add anything into a story, however; it does have to make sense with the flow and plot of the story.

  31. Perfection. Why can’t everyone write like this?

  32. Yay! Congrats! I remember the day one of my stories got a TV Tropes page---I was over the moon! Isn't it such an exciting, amazing feeling?

  33. I could easily consider doing this for the MCU. I feel like it works best for something that has a big world/universe and lots of lore to play around with.

  34. I'll read fics for any movie, show, book, or game I'm interested in. I don't care if I interact with the fandom or not.

  35. So far, I've only written OC-centric stories. And I vastly prefer reading OC-centric stories as well. I'm such a stickler for canon that a story with just canon characters sometimes bothers me, because I get stuck on, Well, that's not how X would behave with Y. Also, I like reading about OCs because I feel like it allows for more creativity: a blank slate of a character, someone who can behave in ANY way the writer wants.

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