purlturtle asked:
2, 15, and 23 for the “questions I would like to be asked as a writer” ask meme, please – the last ask meme you posted! (I’ll get around to the other one too, in a bit! đ )
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2) Go to your AO3 âWorksâ page, to the sidebar with all the filters, and click the drop-down arrow for âAdditional Tags.â What are your top 3-5 most used tags? Do you think they accurately represent your writing habits?
Lemme see. Ok in order we have:
- Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence (18)
- A Monthly Rumbelling (Once Upon a Time) (18)
- Alternate Universe (17)
- Canon Compliant (10)
- Alternate Universe – Non-Magical (10)
Erm honestly if anything Iâm surprised Canon Compliant is so many. Canon divergence being top is totally on brand (I mean what is fic, if not fix-it in some form?). Not surprised the event tag is there but obviously that belongs to past!Me and is no longer relevant.
I think if anything this shows I donât make a whole lot of use out of the âadditional tagsâ function.
Ok Iâm going to click on ‘canon compliantâ. Oh. Oh. Yeeeeah that makes more sense. My related tag is âyou canât prove itâs notâ.
15) Whatâs your favorite AU that youâve written?
For the longest time my answer would have been Between Two Fires. The sci-fi espionage oneshot. One day a seed of that will be in an original novel. But that was so long ago now, and not my fandom anymore. Trouble is I havenât written any really AU AUâs in any of my current fandoms. Itâs all been canon divergence or canon adjacent. Which is still kinda AU I guess but I have to be honest when I hear the term âAUâ Iâm thinking something quite removed from their ordinary world.
I am inordinately fond of and the Sins of Atlantis. My Librarians/Sanctuary crossover. Given that the bulk of the fic takes place in an alternate present day, I think thatâs the closest I have come. Even if leaving aside the crossover elements, and the Stargate backstory I gave the library, itâs still mostly canon. Honestly this is probably the most self-indulgent fic I have ever written – itâs certainly the longest! (well unless I count my original novels lol). I basically wrote this for an audience of one. I hoped someone else would enjoy it obviously but I still enjoy it immensely, however egotistical that is to admit. Itâs got fun things in.
23) Whatâs a trope, AU, or concept youâve never written, but would like to?
Oh so many. First thing that comes to mind is a Bodyguard AU. When I first rolled this concept around in my head I liked it so much I came up with 3 or 4 variations, and then wondered if I should make it a series, and so it lives on my âfuture novel universeâ list.
I donât think Iâve written any of the ‘fakesâ either – fake dating, fake marriage, fake divorce etc. But they would all be fun.
Oh! Wait I did kinda do fake marriage once. It was arranged and they agreed to be partners in science rather than the bedroom. It wasnât that well written as I did a lot of setup for what was basically PWP, and then I got tired about it being so long and skipped the best part (the mutual pining). It was for an event and to be honest I liked the world building setup/part way more than the shoehorned in âmake this fit the eventâ smut. Old fandom though so I wonât rework it.