I Love That You Included The Pink And Green Helmets Loooll

I love that you included the pink and green helmets loooll

Jesse Ellie and Dina find a skatepark au

I really need to start keeping this in mind.

sometimes i need to remind myself that i'm writing fanfiction for free and i'm allowed to have a shitty sentence or two

The perfect combination of two of my favorite shows - I literally think about that quote (and that character) all the time.

— “Fleabag” (2x04), by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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💡How many WIPs do you currently have? I suppose, technically, four. I'm trying to finish ALaYF, while working on my Tommy fic, Stand on the Rock, on the side, and I've been dabbling around with a one-shot I never got very far with before (where Ellie actually meets Bill and Frank after she and Joel leave Boston), while slowly gathering things together and plotting for my upcoming modern AU. 💛 What is the most impactful lesson you’ve learned about writing?

I'd like to say that it's to write for yourself - which I still strive to do. I write the fics I would want to read. But it's still a bummer when you don't feel like you're really breaking into the fandom that way, because other people are apparently less interested in the types of fics you want to read, haha.

🎯 Do you have a writing milestone you’re working towards? Just finishing ALaYF, currently! I don't like to leave things unfinished. ❤️ 

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👻 What is your wildest headcanon? I don't know that I truly have any ~wild headcanons. A lot of the ones I do have are based around my own OCs, so probably aren't that interesting to the general fandom. But a couple of fun ones I have:

1.) Everyone in Jackson knows to go to Eugene for weed - it's the settlement's worst-kept secret. And, I mean, it's not like it's illegal anymore, and the council doesn't have any specific rules against it, but Eugene still prefers to operate behind closed doors, and everyone is fine with that. It only becomes an issue when the younger teens get their hands on some, then suddenly parents are complaining about it, and Maria is highly annoyed about that but hesitant to really step in, at least in an official capacity, because she doesn't want to burn bridges with her own weed connection. (Privately, she'll tell Eugene to knock that shit off.) 2.) Speaking of Eugene, there are some patrol members that think his relationship with Dina is a little weird, and have concerns about it. Just like, "It's a little odd, right? They hang out outside of patrol. That's weird, isn't it?" Meanwhile, Dina just reminds Eugene of the daughter he left behind, and they spend time together while he teaches her about electronics and '80s speed metal. Joel is the only one who kind of 'gets it' - "they're fine, leave 'em alone." 3.) If anyone at the Tipsy Bison tries to play REM's It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) on the jukebox, they either have to take an automatic ban from the bar for a week, or spend the next week wearing the stupid hat that they otherwise keep on the bear head (which changes a lot, because they dress it up seasonally). They could just take the song out of the jukebox entirely, but no one has ever brought that up as a solution. Tommy has worn the hat twice.

🦈 Which character is the toughest to write? For me, personally, I struggle with both Tommy and Maria - but especially Tommy. I'm no @march-flowerr, I have yet to really nail him as a character, but I try.

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This is actually a great preview of the next chapter of As Long as You Follow.

Also, good to know I'm not the only one who apparently looked up "sturdiest late '90s trucks that probably would still run 20+ years after the apocalypse" and was also greeted with Google being like "let me tell you about the Toyota Hilux" looool

TOYOTA HILUX TUESDAY