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7, 10, and 13!

7. What OC (yours or someone else's) can't you get enough of?

These are really hard. For my own work, I'm gonna say Maitland in TSIME. She's a side character and one of Bobby's best friends. She's unpretty, she's grumpy, she has no time for feelings, but underneath her crusty exterior is a person who loves HARD. I just adore her. I also have a great love of Siobhan in TSIME. For other people's OC's, that's tough. There are so many I could list. But I think I'm gonna go with Sadie from The Greatest of Them All. She's sweet, strong, smart, and batshit crazy and I love her. The Scorpio rising in me honors the Scorpio that must live in her. Because she is SPITEFUL. I could read many more stories about her life with Bobby.

10. What's a theory/headcanon that you would die on the hill of?

Hmmm. Sam just reminded me that I basically wrote an essay on why my favorite fuckboy Levi cheats. It's a whole long build up I won't post here, but basically Levi feels his only worth is in WINNING. In being perfect. And he's desperate to feel like he can be loved even if he fucks up. Which is why he cheated and then immediately flew home and told Luci. And Luci of course, dumped him without hearing him out (as is her right) but to him proved that yet again, he isn't allowed to fuck up. Which is why, after Cherry-gate, if you give him another chance, he becomes THE UBER BOYFRIEND. He's the fucking best. Because you gave him space to fuck everything up, but you still cared about him. You stuck around and now, he'll fucking die for you.

13. What's your favourite moment during your time in the fandom?

It happened a long time ago, but back when my first exposure to the fandom was Twitter, there was a lot of weird shit happening. Long before the Tumblr accounts, there were S2 characters tweeting. And there were two Bobby accounts. I was in a Bobby stan Twitter GC and one of the Bobby accounts joined the chat. Everyone went bonkers and we all just sort of roleplayed that Bobby was our group boyfriend. It was extremely weird 😂 But then one day, THE OTHER BOBBY JOINED. LE GASP. And the two Bobbys fought for our hearts. Sides were chosen, accusations were hurled, and in the end, one Bobby was CAST OUT of our love nest. To this day I can't see the Spiderman gif where the two point at each other without thinking of the Battle of the Bobbys.

Also, side note, afterward, I found out that it was the same person running both Bobby accounts, so she was fighting with herself and somehow, that made it even weirder and funnier to me. She told me she got bored so she spiced it up 🤣🤣🤣.

Thank you for the ask, @longbobmckenzie!

2, 4, 9 and 19 for the positivity ask game

2. What character did you start liking because of someone else?

Yas or Rafi from S3. I found Yas dull and Rafi dumb, but @throughthejunobush spent a lot of time convincing me to give them a chance and while I didn't finish either of their routes, I did really end up loving both characters. Yas is so chill and Rafi is the sweetest little dummy. It helps that she wrote them as wonderful people in Shiny Demon.

4. What inspires you to create in the fandom?

I love feedback, it fuels me. But I actually think it's mostly collaborating with other writers. Talking about ideas. Fleshing them out. Reading each others' work. I've said it before, but the only reason I'm still in the fandom is because of @throughthejunobush. For me, the act of creating is better when you have a partner in crime to bounce off of. It keeps things exciting and fun.

9. What WIP from another creator are you most excited about?

AMELIA CAN'T WIN by @longbobmckenzie. I NEED MORE OF IT. ALL OF IT. RIGHT NOW.

19. Your favourite fanwork of an underrated character?

Fight for It by @queen-of-boops WEREWOLF ARJUN. I just love Arjun. And werewolves. And werewolf Arjun. Also, another great one is Mind Games by @becangle. It's a Felix story that broke my heart and definitely inspired my version of him in This Momentary Blue.

Thank you @thatwheelchairchick for the asks!

2, 3, and 12 for the ask game please!

2. What character did you start liking because of someone else? I answered this one here!

3. What do you love about fanworks in the fandom?

The wealth and breadth of talent. It's amazing how so many people can read the same character's actions and get completely different stories out of them. Fluff and angst and death and life and crazy geese leading you to your soul mate. Also I love the collaboration that goes into stories. The questions in the Discord that turn into meme-level conversations that somehow turn into fantastic fics. It's amazing.

12. What's your favourite fanwork of yours?

Of my own? It shifts around a lot. For sheer prettiness I love This Momentary Blue. But if I'm being 100% honest, it's The Bad Guy. I gave Lucas an unusual history that required some research (my favorite), but also, just everything about that story makes me laugh. It's vile, it's amoral, the sex is filthy, and the characters are irredeemable assholes. I have a great love of writing horrid people but because I generally write love stories, I don't get a chance to write complete wastelands of humanity. So that one is fun.

Thanks @queen-of-boops for the ask!

1, 2, 19 please beautiful!

What are some fics you go back and read over and over?

Ooooh, hmmm. I mostly read shortfics so most of these are oneshots, but they all live rent free in my head. I have a ton of them.

Meet You There by @throughthejunobush

Fight for It by @queen-of-boops

Finn-esse by @i-boop-you

Wishful Drinking by @lucas-koh

Noah's Game by @silentscreaming

Men of Particular Interests by @mrsbsmooth

You Can(not) Write by @bypine

Dead Men Tell No Tales by @longbobmckenzie

Here by These Promises

A Pina Colada to Numb the Pain by @kittidot

The Devil is a Gentleman by These Promises

Words Few and Far Between by @willkimura, ugh the red spider lily lives rent free in my head. I'm obsessed with Hanahaki and there's just not enough of it in LITG fandom (this might be the only one). Lucky for us, it's gorgeous and hurty, exactly the way deathly longing should be.

There are tons more, mostly by Lauren which are gone, but never forgotten, because they live in my head forever.

2. What character did you start liking because of someone else?

I answered this one here!

19. Your favourite fanwork of an underrated character?

I answered this one here!

Thank you @mrsbsmooth for the ask, my love!

5, 6 and 11 for the positivity ask game 😘

5. What is a song you associate with a specific character?

Oooh, that's interesting. I listen to songs on repeat while I write, so oftentimes the song is more tied to my personal interpretation of the character than to the canon one. So I guess I'd say Maybe by Lewis Capaldi for Bobby. It's about fear and self-destruction and perfectly captures Bobby in TSIME.

A thousand times, I said too much Always second-guess before I jump I gave my all, but not enough And with the weight of expectation, I'll be sleeping rough

How come I'm the only one who ever seems to get in my way? Lately, I've been fucking up a good thing any chance I can get

6. What is your favourite part about being in this fandom?

The people. They are smart, funny, talented, quirky, fascinating and altogether lovely humans.

11. What's something that lives in your brain rent-free and you want everyone to know about the fandom/game/your fanworks?

I don't really know how to answer this one. I've pondered for far too many days. So I'm gonna say the first thing that rolls into my pea-brain.

WE HAZ GUD SMUTZ.

I'm pretty much the next Shakespeare.

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Sorry for posting so late to the game (literally). These answers take me forever. I put way too much thought into almost everything, and tag games are no different!

Thank you @operationnope for the ask. You light up my life in a very literal sense 😆

11, 14 & 17, pretty please 💜

11. What's something that lives in your brain rent-free and you want everyone to know about the fandom/game/your fanworks?

I answered this one here!

14. What's your favourite universally-accepted headcanon about a character?

That Bobby would happily asphyxiate with a woman riding his face.

17. Your favourite fandom meme?

Hmmm. There are so many. I'm just gonna give you a bunch of them. The following are all from @mrsbsmooth

This one from Suzi actually works as anti-depressant. When I have a bad day, I go look at grumpy Henny wearing a head scarf in a sidecar, and I feel better.

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I believe this one is by @theshadeelephant

Carl sobbing on the board makes my day.

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I have absolutely no idea who made these ones or how to tag them:

*** BUT LASTLY, my fav thing that ever came from the fandom is below. I cannot link the person who made it any longer, but it makes me cry-laugh every. single. time. I'm never ready. I've seen it 100 times and I'm NEVER ready for Bobby😂😂😂 ORDA!

Thank you so much for the ask @sophiebernadotte. Sorry it took me so long to respond 😆