the way i love mr thomas grant gustin

tagged by ZABlNlS <3

1. how old were you when you first started writing fanfic?
— 11 or 12 i think??? i was in first year i remember that lol

2. which fandoms do you write for and which do you prefer?
— marvel, harry potter, celebrity social media, i wrote a football fic once lol but unpublished it, same with IT i started writing one then took it down, there was also a teen wolf, ouat and narnia one too that i took down LMAO
— i prefer harry potter the most like even tho i've only just properly started writing HP it's so enjoyable and like,, my babies 🥺

3. do you prefer writing oc's or reader inserts?
— omg oc's definitely like its so fun making up characters and their backstories i love my oc's
— i did a reader insert for my marvel gif series but i think that's the only one ive done tbh

4. favourite fic i've written?
— distant game or cassia :') in terms of my other fics i'd say roast queen cos that fic was pure :'))

5. if you had to delete one of your fics and never talk about them again, which would it be?
— idk?? maybe late nights bc i hardly planned that one out??

6. what is your preferred time to write?
— before bed or in the afternoon but tbh whenever i acc have inspo

7. in your fics, which is your favourite scene that you've written?
— ok in cassia when harry was like down about being chosen as a Triwizard champion and no one was believing him and cassia said she believed him and that she wouldn't do that to a friend of hers and that her and Harry were FRIENDS SJDJDJDJ and when Harry smiles im just like aAjsjdmdndnd that was my fave

8. have you ever amended a fic because of criticism?
—dont think so???

9. who's your favourite character to write for and why?
— cassia bc she's baby :') and she goes thru sm in OOTP but like my baby is STRONG but avery BC SHES SO COMPLEX AND AHE ALSO GOES THRU SM BUT WE LOVE A BABIE

10. who is your least favourite character to write for?
— theo's dad and eva's dad in cassia ew

11. how did you come up with the titles for your fics?
— kinda like a word association thing??? like the stuff in the book will always be at least vaguely related to the title uno

12. how do you come up with oc's names?
— ok so if it's the HP universe and say,, the greengrass family they have daphne and astoria which are flower names so that's where i got cassia and marlowe from?? and phoenix too like it's a natural name so i try and fit things as well to canon as possible??
— but for people in non-canon families like the carmichaels i always have yhis kinda 'vibe' i wanna have?? idk if that makes sense but ur just liked the way 'avery, jeremiah and valerie carmichael' sounded uno?? tbh i just go for names that i really like!

13. how did you come up with your first fic?
— OMG AHAHHAAHAH basically my first fic was an original called 'scarlet's new beginning' and i got the idea after a creative English essay i did??? like i got my inspo from that and i acc finished it but it was so cringe cliche disgusting EW why was i LIKE THAT WJSJSJD
— my first fanfic was a harry potter the next gen 😭 i still have it in my drafts omg it was so bad i literally had no grasp of wizarding culture whatsoever???

14. post a line from a wip

"Hannah," Rowan begins, her teeth gritted in a way that showed them there was a chance Hannah's stars weren't the most accurate, "Your stars are incorrect!" Rowan seethes. "You know why? I have been getting bombarded by students below third year about trying out for quidditch when half of them don't even know how to ride their broom yet! Apart from that first year Roger Davies, he seemed decent. Point is, the stars are rubbish! I'm not happy today. At all."

(chap 3 of distant game)

15. do you have any abandoned wip's? why did you abandon them?
— my next gen fic it was so bad and the plot was going absolutely NOWHERE
— my ouat fic bc ouat is so complicated and i lost inspo for it sjsjdjd
— my IT, football (giovani lo celso, kieran tierney, lucas hernández and leon goretzka), teen wolf, finn wolfhard, tom holland (i wanna revive it tho), bill skarsgard, jaeden martell, louis hynes oooh and so much more like the amount of fics ive had but had to scrap cos the planning was HORRENDOUS

16. are there any stories you've written that deserve a sequel?
— distant game will be getting one hehehehe and if all goes well i have two spinoff fic ideas for cassia 😎

17. what wattpad writer do you admire?
— bIoodflood her writing is IMMACULATE and her plots are the best
— -jamespotter omds your writing is genuinely STUNNING i can't count the amount of times i've read heart out and just been in AWE of your writing style
— ZABlNlS -reglupin slytherrns bc you guys have the best fics ever and you're all so good to me???
— aesslytherin bc you're so kind and always supporting me and i couldn't think of anyone more precious on here <33
— -regulusslocket YOUR APPLYFICS EXCEL!! literal applyfic queen and you're adorbs and so down to earth ily

18. do you have a story you look back on and cringe?
— MY ORIGINAL STORY 😭😭😭 it was so bad i can't even describe it

19. do you prefer listening to music while you write or in silence?
— depends where i am tbh sometimes i'll wrote while i'm with my laptop in front of the tv other times i'll just do it in silence on my bed

20. how do you feel about writing smutty scenes?
— i don't go THAT in depth with them but i'll have them in if it provides a significance to my fic uno??

21. have you ever cried while writing?
— yes, yes i have
— i was planning out the battle of Hogwarts for Cassia and omg i was BAWLING

22. which part of your fics is the hardest to write?
— any kind of tension or angst i love having them apart of my fic but i'm so bad at writing it aksjsjsj

23. do you have a general outline for your fics or do you just go with the flow?
— ok since it's me i have to have EVERYTHING planned down to a T in my fics especially hp because if i don't then i'll just lose inspo?? so in the beginning i'll jot down ideas into a notebook or something then after i'll plan out chapters one by one in google doc (aka my saving grace)

24. what is something you wish you knew before writing fanfiction?
— not to rush anything! viewers and writing takes time and effort

25. do you have a story you feel doesn't get as much love as it deserves?
— pfffft both my hp fics but i gotta stay patient and hope people start reading it more🥺

26. is there a story that gets a vote that makes your eye roll?
— ok i don't think so?? even tho I still get really surprised when people read my gif series

27. are any of your characters based on real people?
— not really?
— jeremiah carmichael aka avery's brother reminds me of my older cousins but i haven't necessarily based them off of them??
— ooh hehehe i named valerie carmichael after the song valerie aksjsjjs

28. what's the biggest compliment you've ever received on your books?
— people saying they like my writing style and my oc's🥺

29. whats the harshest criticism you've received?
— Idk?? people don't really tend to like,, criticise me which i wished they WOULD cos i wanna improve uno!!

30. do you share your story ideas with other people?
— yes hehe *cough* dean thomas fic

31. can you give us a spoiler for one of your wip's?
— cassia: part two will have marlowe and phoenix greengrass along with luciana and theodore nott sr 😎
— distant game: chapters 7 and 10,, that's all i'm sayinh😎

32. what's the funniest story you've ever written?
— cassia i suppose?? idk i love having humour in my fics regardless if they're serious anyways

33. if you could collab with any other writer on here who would it be?
— -regulusslocket -reglupin slytherrns ZABlNlS 💞

34. do you prefer first second or third pov?
— third,, the descriptions can flow so much better and i tried first but it wasn't for me tbh

35. do people know you write fanfiction?
— my sister does and so did my close friends a few years back but i'm holing they've forgotten lol imagine them seeing my works😳

36. who is your favourite minor character that you've written?
— ok he's not MY character but given that he was basically a forgotten canon character, i'd say theodore nott. and in distant game probs jeremiah
— in my other fics i'd say holland stark from the greatest?? oh wait alex evans too <3

37. has anyone guessed a plottwist before you wrote it?
— yes whoops

38. when's the last time you wrote?
— after breakfast with my peppermint tea 🍵

39. what spurs you on while writing?
— votes, comments, people enjoying my works and seeing the plot develop into something i'm really happy with :')

40. what's your favourite trope to write?
— friends to lovers or enemies to lovers ahh

41. can you remember the first fic you wrote?
— yes ahh the blasted original fic and the blasted next gen fic sitting tidily in my drafts

anyone who wants to do this feel free <3