Love DW, LOA, TMA, Supernatural, Merlin, various anime and many more. Find me at archiveofourown.org/users/schiwalker. Conservation Biologist moonlighting as a microbiologist - she/her/ace/cis
I was so happy to be a part of this Fandom project in Legends of Avantris!!
Malevolent Big Bang moment!! Here’s the drawing I made for CarrionQueen’s fic, a Malev/TMA crossover 👀
[Image ID: Digital illustration depicting the facade of the Magnus Institute from an imposing angle, its doors are open, revealing a deep darkness with a pair of glowing eyes looking out. In front of the building is Arthur Lester, surrounded by a yellow mist representing John, they’re both looking into the building. The building has text above its entrance that reads “Vigilio - Opperior - Audio” /end of image ID]
I really don’t like this contemporary take in fandom spaces where one won’t engage with a fanfic (or the author) because it’s incomplete.
The fun part of reading fanfic for me, has always been engaging in the creative process with the person who wrote it, especially while they’re figuring things out as they go. That’s where the sense of community comes from (imo). Like yeah, it sucks when you have to sometimes wait years for an update, or the author gets so slam dunked by life that they give up, but c'mon…
We don’t always get closure or neat endings gift-wrapped in real life for easy consumption, but that doesn’t diminish the fun we had—or the fun we COULD have had if we’d been brave enough (and had the balls) to dive in.
Why not give an incomplete story the chance to live through you, just for a moment? I mean…we got nothing to fucking lose at this point.
And yall don’t have to listen yall can just tune me out but I need to get this off my chest.
No one taught me to write. I have never once read a book on how to write. I possess a high school level understanding of the English Language and Grammar. I didn’t even take that course in college. And I am by no means an amazing writer. I am a tortured soul who finds happiness in my little blurbos.
However, what I did do an insane amount of in my youth was read. And like so much variation. I have read everything from Tolkien to King to YA Fantasy to The Art of War.
Look if you want to attend writing workshops and read every book on ‘How to…’ under the sun and follow every writing blog awesome.
But I think being a good writer takes very little in my honest opinion.
1. You have to write. A LOT. And write what you enjoy
2. You have to be bored. Boredom breeds creativity. Why do you think you have such awesome ideas in the shower? Put social media and YouTube down. Go touch some grass.
3. Read. Read read read. You find your favorite style there. You find your own voice among others
4. Be happy. Yeah I know that’s easy to say but I mean it. And while I am my harshest critic I am also my biggest fan. I love the stories that live in my head. And the ones I type out and share. I reread my work all the time and go 'damn bitch you brilliant’
It isn’t emphasized enough that Jon died during the Unknowing. I wonder what he was thinking. The last thing he heard before the bomb blast was his old friend saying, “I don’t forgive you.” And then Jon woke up— starving and inhuman.
A major crossover event involving Dandadan, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, and Dorohedoro had to be cancelled because its resulting name infringed on the copyright to lyrics by Scatman John.
