(said With A New Yorker Accent) Joima

spending my bday listening to jeff buckley... i wouldn't have it any other way

me when my core three original works are all about music lol. we got a psychedelic band with the two mains as toxic lovers, got a dude who can't sell music and resents his sister for being successful, then most recently a folk singer who falls in love with his biggest rival, a music journalist… i can't stop

ao3 wrapped 2022 ( questions not by me, just some i found but wanted to answer bc why not! )

1. how many words have you written this year?

not all of this is on ao3, but calculating it up, i’ve written about 67,000 words this year! specifically: 2k from the haunting of sunshine girl, about 10k from born in blue, 20k for a wip band story, 10k from russian roulette, 7k combined for some unrelated brian stuff, 2k for a lost story, 3k for a hannibal/prodigal son crossover, 7k combined for bates motel stuff, 3k for another lost post-canon story, 2k for a scooby doo story, 1k for a there will be blood fic, aaaand…i think that’s it! a lot more than i thought, that’s for sure lol.

2. how many works did you publish this year?

in total, i published 12 works! in order of date, they are: russian roulette, the new and improved security system, born in blue, my 6 shoegaze fics, change (in the house of flies), broken by bloodied hands, and end song. most of these were published on my side ao3 account rather than my main.

3. what work are you most proud of?

out of fics i’ve written this year, i think i’ve got to say russian roulette. it was a really fun story to write and i’m proud of some of the research i did into it, as well as my motivation and pushing myself to complete it! i rarely complete fics, so it’s a welcome change and makes me really proud of the fic and myself!

4. what work of yours has the most hits?

i’ve got a secret harry potter fic from 2020 that has 17,000 hits as of now!

5. what work of yours got more feedback than expected?

definitely my there will be blood fic. i wasn’t expecting a whole lot of feedback but i got a good amount of praise for it, so that made me really happy!

6. favorite title you’ve used

oooo, this is a hard one…i’d have to say “shoegaze,” only because it fits with the story’s themes so well and has a double meaning! it’s the title of my original band story, and i’ll go ahead and explain the meaning. shoegaze is a genre of music that’s prominent in the story as well as an inspiration for it; this is the genre of music the band plays in the book. the double meaning is that the main character is often gazing at his shoes / looking down because of the abuse he’s suffering at the hands of another character. i came up with this on a whim but loved the idea!

7. if you used song lyrics, which artists’s songs did you pull from the most?

ha, this is an easy one. not song lyrics necessarily, but all of the work titles from my series “shoegaze” are song titles from a band called the brian jonestown massacre. they’re my favorite band and the main inspiration for the story, so i had to do them some justice of course! besides them, i’d say for song lyrics, probably alex g!

8. pairing you wrote the most for this year?

i don’t usually write romance, usually focusing on gen stories so that the audience can interpret it any way they want, but a pairing i wrote the most is probably neil mccormick & brian lackey! again, gen pairing, can be seen as pre-slash or romantic though. i also wrote about the same amount of words for john watson & sherlock holmes, so either one really. as for original stuff, definitely my characters knox ford/silas lowell.

9. favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

gonna have to say neil mccormick & brian lackey. those two are just so fun and i can’t get enough of their relationship, and i think i’ve got a pretty good grasp on them as characters.

10. what work was the quickest to write?

the quickest work i finished was my there will be blood fic; i wrote it in about an hour. my quickest, longest finished work is russian roulette ; it took me about a week and a half to finish! as i started it around new years 2021 and finished it on january 10, 2022. my quickest, longest work that isn’t completed is born in blue - i wrote the first 20k words in 5 days.

11. what work took you the longest to write?

most of them. my longest-running current fic is between the haunting of sunshine girl (started in 2019, has 187k words) and bound to stars (started in 2016, has around 90k words).

12. how many wips do you have in your docs for next year?

oh god, this question pains me. i’ve got about 24 wips in my docs that need to be completed / worked on…

13. what’s your longest work of the year?

shoegaze! coming out to about 20k words written. my longest completed work is russian roulette, at 10k words.

14. what’s your shortest work of the year?

my there will be blood story, coming out to around 1k words.

15. what wip are you taking into next year with you?

like, all of them.

16. what’s your most common “additional tags” tag?

unsurprisingly, this would be ‘angst.’

17. your favorite character to write this year?

that’s a tough call between brian lackey and my original character, knox ford. both are super fun to write and have a lot of angst behind them…i honestly don’t think i can choose!

18. the character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

definitely will graham. trying to beat him into submission with my words doesn’t work - he’s a hard character to get down. his complexities make him nearly impossible for me to truly say, “yeah, that’s what he’d do.” so, will graham, i love you, but you suck to write.

19. what’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

oooo…another difficult question. i definitely want to keep exploring brian lackey & neil mccormick, probably the most, only because i love them so much. but knox ford/silas lowell is also a really interesting one to explore, so maybe them as well!

20. which work of yours have you reread the most?

without a doubt, russian roulette.

21. how many kudos in total did you get this year?

adding it all up, i got 321 kudos this year!

22. which work has the most comments?

russian roulette! coming out to 9 comments in total.

23. did you do any collaborative works this year?

unfortunately not, but i’ve really wanted to! maybe someday i can do a collab with another writer, it’s just a matter of finding someone who wants to lol. and shares a fandom with me, of course.

24. did you write any gifts this year?

no, i didn’t.

25. did you receive any gifts this year?

nope!

26. what’s your most common category?

gen! like i said earlier, i don’t write a whole lot of pairings mainly because i either have a hard time fully shipping the characters, like them in a more platonic way, and/or want the audience to be able to make their own choice about the characters’ relationship. that doesn’t mean i haven’t written romance, though!

27. what do you listen to while writing?

i either have playlists for the characters i’m writing, or i have one of my own playlists i’m listening to that i feel fits the vibe of the story. i’ve listened to the brian jonestown massacre a lot, and also the mysterious skin soundtrack. maybe a little too much.

28. favorite work you wrote this year?

as i’m so proud of it, it would have to be russian roulette! that’s a bit of a hard choice though.

29. most bookmarked fandom?

i replaced this question because the original one, “what line/passage is your favorite this year”, was too difficult. so! my most bookmarked fandom is the avengers/mcu, actually. merlin is a close second, and daredevil comes in third!

30. biggest surprise while writing this year?

probably how much i can write when angst is involved. it didn’t take me that long to finish 20k words for my shoegaze book, and that was all angst / outsider pov stuff. which is my favorite. so i think that!

well, there’s my ao3 2022 wrapped! kind of nostalgic looking back on everything i’ve written this year ; i’ll have to try my hand at this again in 2023!

i'm always into the brian jonestown massacre, but when i'm really into them is when i'm reminded of why i love them so much. how literally no other band in the world could ever mean as much to me as they do ... bc at the end of the day, bjm makes me feel things no other band does. how they inspired me to create my favorite oc ever ( looking at you knox ) and create a sprawling story from that, one i adore. the soundtrack to my life. will forever shout them out because where would i even be today without them!! so many people i've met through them, so much lore added to my life bc of bjm. little lost media searches and random people i love on youtube because of their music ( looking at you, mr. bjm man ). smth about saying they're my fav band just feels right. and i can also flex my special edition dvd of dig! because yes, i am a dvd hoarder. overall just had to spew this out because i'm back on their shit and, tbh, missed this fun little part of my life <3

no words or thoughts, just the jimi hendrix version of the star spangled banner at woodstock 1969 . wow

that post-high moment when you realize there’s no one else to talk about bjm with, it’s not the 90s anymore, you’ll never get a cassette of the original pol-pot’s pleasure penthouse, “fade” will most likely forever be a lost track, and dig! is an 18 year old documentary on a band that no one cares about. why do i always do this lol. i think dead/obscure fandoms just call to me. perhaps it is the universe’s way of punishing me. what did i do in my past life to deserve this

music ask game but it came straight out of my caffeinated brain on a wednesday morning

there’s just one rule : send some into me before you reblog!!

1. what is your favorite song. right now. tell me.

2. what is your favorite album. tell me rn.

3. who is your favorite artist or band? if you’re like me, just give your top 3 or 5.

4. what band started it all for you?

5. shuffle your playlist!!! what’s the first song that plays?

6. what bands/artists do you want to see in concert?

7. what bands/artists have you seen in concert?

8. tell me about your favorite band. go on infodump for me.

9. what’s an album that JUST came out and it’s been on repeat for like 6 days +?

10. what’s a song that literally just came out and you’ve had it on repeat forever?

11. tell me about your least favorite band or artist. go on scream about why you hate them.

12. what is one song that has irreparably damaged your social skills?

13. what is one album that has irreparably damaged your social skills?

14. what is one artist that has irreparably damaged your social skills?

15. what is one band/artist you listen to and everybody knows you listen to them but no one would expect them to have THAT genre?

16. what is one band/artist you listen to that everyone knows you for?

17. what song in your playlist sounds like this 💖❤️🥰🤩💘💕 but the lyrics are 🖤🩸⛓💣🗡🪨

18. what song in your playlist sounds like this 🖤🩸⛓💣🗡🪨 but the lyrics are 💖❤️🥰🤩💘💕

19. what is your favorite album art from one of your favorite artists?

20. SHOW ME A PICTURE OF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS. RIGHT NOW. I NEED TO SEE THEM.

21. what’s the weirdest song title you can think of right now.

22. i just saw the prettiest motorcycle on the way to school tell me one song you’d blast on a motorcycle while driving one

23. what’s a song that makes you feel like a hot badass?

24. what’s a song you cry to?

25. show me your favorite playlist!!!!! what are some songs on it?????

26. show me two songs with the same title!!! same genre?? different genre??

27. if you can play any instrument, what’s your favorite song to jam to??

28. DO YOU LIKE SHOWTUNES???(((

29. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE MUSICAL)?????

30. describe your music taste in one word

31. are you a lyric analyzer or do you just listen for fun. 🫣

32. pretty vinyls or 180 gram vinyls?

33. DO YOU COLLECT CDS????

34. DO YOU COLLECT VINYLS??(((

35. show me your prettiest vinyl🥰

36. show me your favorite cd case or booklet :)

37. DO U HAVE ANY NEAT RECORD COVERS??

38. did one of your favorite bands/artists do a cover???? tell me about it!!!

39. how much do you love music? describe to me in one image.

40. shuffle your playlist and the fifth song—describe it in one image.

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