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Thank you!

It’s so inspiring to read this, most of the time when I post my writing I feel like I’m tossing it out to the void, but I really appreciate you taking the time to write this and I’m so glad I could help spark your interest!

I’m going to try to post something again soon, now comes the problems of 1. Figuring out what I want to write 2. Remembering how to write good and 3. Actually writing it.

I don’t remember entirely where I got the name from or why I chose it, there’s a good chance it’s from Pinterest or was similar to something I saw there. I know I wanted the “C” name, particularly a long one that could be made into a nickname

Thanks for the ask!

Heyyy

(I was going to answer the question but then I got a little sidetracked with all of this heh.

Short answer: maybe, leaning towards probably not. I have to look into the challenges and see how long they are—I might do a short one maybe. It also depends on the prompts. Oh well I guess that that wouldn’t be a monthly challenge, as I was just writing this now like towards the end of all this crap I just noticed the “monthly” in your ask. Oops. Haha sorry Anon.

Also like, thank you for the ask. I miss getting and answering asks

Long answer: read below)

I don’t know why this was so difficult for me to answer, like I knew what I wanted to say but the words aren’t saying it right? That’s been my problem lately

I want to, but I don’t think I will. I’ve been in a writing slump for a while, and looking back at my blog over the past few months is embarrassing. I don’t know what to write, which is about as much as I can say. I don’t know what I want to write, and I can’t figure that out. Any idea is here one moment and then gone the next.

I wouldn’t say that I’m not inspired. I have thoughts for more whump stories I can write—have to come back to that—but they never make it past just being thoughts. I have also kinda stopped trying to write them, which is a problem that I’m really trying to overcome.

And the thing is, most of the ideas I get wouldn’t be good stand-alone snippets. I want a series, and I’m trying to get out of that mindset but any idea for a story now comes in context of some big series, and I haven’t been writing drabbles, much less series, so you can kinda see my problem there.

There’s also this story I’ve been trying to write, not a tumblr kind of story but like something for myself. I have a vague idea, and I want to write it, but a big thing is that my motivation relies nearly entirely on the interest of others.

I love everyone who reads my work, but with things like series and challenges, it’s complicated. I don’t know how to really explain it. With series, I want people to read the story and look at the characters how I look at them. I know that is unrealistic and shouldn’t be asked of anyone, especially not those here for whump (which is completely fine if that is your only interest with my blog. It’s why I created it, for whump. I’m trying to get back to that, I really am.)

With some of the series that belong to other authors, I get attached to their characters. I haven’t been reading around here much lately, but there’s always some blogs that I continuously check back on, even if to reread the series I’ve read at least a dozen times. I want someone to feel that was about my work, but at the same time I feel like none of my series are worth that kind of attention, even from myself looking back at them.

Now that I’ve completely lost the purpose of this ask, I’ll circle back.

When I do challenges, I always feel like the pieces don’t get enough attention, especially if they’re all stand alone snippets. Like I will have one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever written in the challenge sandwiched by all of this other crap, and it’ll just get lost. Challenges, I’ve found, always work better with series and named characters for me. Except, like I said earlier, series and I aren’t exactly getting along right now. Stupid bitches. And when I do a challenge with a series, I feel like I scare away all of the blogs who follow me for just the whump, who aren’t here for deep plots and background and all that. Which is completely valid also, and I love anyone who chooses to read any of my work. I understand if you aren’t a series person when it comes to whump. But at least to me, it seems like most people aren’t series people, and I feel bad for throwing that at everyone who doesn’t want it.

I forgot where I was going with that paragraph, which is probably for the better.

Also for challenges, I don’t think I would be able to commit to a month of writing unless I had weeks to prepare, which I would probably fall behind on anyway and not complete. Last year’s Whumpuary, I’m pretty sure, was only like two weeks or something I think. That’s where Noah’s series Surveillance comes from—unrelated sorry. So maybe if there’s something like that I can try. I don’t know, I’d have to look into it.

I used to try to write without thinking about it. I’d take an idea and run with it, and purposely not think about what would happen before or after or in different circumstances or if it’s realistic or not. But now, I want to think about it, which has definitely been one of the reasons I haven’t been writing lately. So yeah. I hope that makes sense.

Also right now, kinda going back to the posting for validation stuff, I feel bad posting this right now. People aren’t here for this, lmao anon you didn’t ask for this spiel. It got out of hand and lost focus, but this is all stuff that’s been on my mind lately so I just wanted to get it out, more so for my sake. I’m probably going to delete this in a few hours, like I do with most of my non-whump crap.

So, these last few paragraphs summed up, sorry for this

OH

Sorry I misread the last ask!

I feel like it can be interpreted in a few different ways, but the general consensus and my own personal view seems to be that it’s just a difference in power—sometimes literal power as in supernatural abilities but also power as I’m authority

It’s like a pyramid, almost, in my mind. Superhero is at the top, hero is below them, and a sidekick would be below hero. Superhero is the big good, they’re in charge. They’re the face of public righteousness, they are in charge.

Same with Villain and supervillain. It’s all about power, and how the public sees them with that power.

Hope this makes sense!

New poll just published yesyou can

*prints out this ask and frames it and hangs it on the wall*

anonnnnn <3