Writing Patterns (Tag Game)

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

Thanks to @42donotpanic for tagging me!!

“You mean you made all of us listen to Stick to the Status Quo on repeat for a month straight just for you to get cast as Chad’s understudy?” (Stick to the Status Quo)

Winter had never been Kurt’s favorite season. (Attachment Therapy)

“...can you just leave me alone?” (You See What I Want (but what do I need?))

Shouting. Footsteps. Screaming. Blood. (In The Walls)

The fog was beginning to get annoying. (I Don't Hear What You Don't See (AU-gust 2023))

Clint was really starting to wish that he had drained the coffee pot when he had the chance. (Evaluation)

The weird blast felt… weird. (In Another's Shoes)

There is nothing quite like alcohol to facilitate incoherent, inexplicable laughter. (Like an Echo)

In 16 years, Scott Summers had seen more broken bones than he would care to admit. (Things Happen)

"Yes!” Quill crowed, throwing his arms up in the air as he did. (Too Broken to Fix)

I think the biggest thing that I do with my first lines is try to establish an idea or theme that will come back later in the story. About half of these are repeated verbatim later in the story, which is especially impactful (I hope) in the multichapter ones! Even if they don't return word-for-word, I usually use whatever concept is established in the first sentence (things like the understudy role, the idea of being left alone, the coffee, laughter, etc) throughout the story to push the plot. The only one on here that doesn't really follow that is "Too Broken To Fix", which is actually really fitting because that was actually a re-post of a fic I wrote back in 2019; kind of cool to see that my writing style really has changed, even just based off of the first lines!

Tagging @honeylashofficial and anyone else who wants to do this!! <3

WIP Warriors FFB Edition 1

So, apparently one WIP Warriors isn't enough, so now there is Fandom Free Bingo Edition too...

Also I was more or less dared to make it 500 Words/Vote...

Yes, I should be doing other things, why are you asking?

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42donotpanic

1 year ago

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42donotpanic

9 months ago

The slide is also light purple. The title reads, in the same green calligraphy-type font, “contents,” all lower case. The body of the text is a thin san-serif font also in green; it is a bullet point list of one through five. They explain five stages of a relationship.
One says “Fervor, the honeymoon phase.”
Two says “Denial, the fear phase.”
Three says “Bargaining, the questioning phase.”
Four says “Hesitance, the Learning phase.”
Five says “Peace, the growth phase.”

There is an image of Bucky Barnes’ dog tags from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the left. They dangle midair with the top-most tag in focus in the center and the other a bit blurrier at the bottom of the image.

A section-title card for Fervor, the honeymoon phase. The background is a darker sage green, with a longer flat oval (light purple) in the middle surrounding the title for the slide. The slide is minimalist and calming with a sans-serif font for details and a fancy-looking, calligraphy-type for the title. This slide reads at the top: “Excitement, tension (the best kind), foot-in-mouth.”

This slide includes a photo-set for the honeymoon phase of the fic. The slide is pale purple. In big sage green letters at the bottom, it reads “it starts on a park bench,” referring to the opening scene of the fic.

Four images are lined up in the top half of the slide: from left to right, we have
One - two men’s hands. The man on the (viewer’s) left is reaching for the one on the right. Their fingers brush hesitantly. The person on the right is wearing a leather jacket and a striped shirt underneath; the man on the left’s outfit is black. This image has a darker sage green border.
Two - a series of four texts incoming on an iPhone that read: “Really, I just enjoy you,” then “I like talking to you,” then “I like looking at you,” then finally, “I like being around you”. This image has a darker sage green border.
Three - a golden dog paw high-fives a large man’s hand. On the hand is a ring on the right-hand ring finger. Underneath this image reads “Lucky’s Rating: five stars.” This image is shorter than the others to accommodate its accompanying text, and has a dashed dark green border.
Four - a sign that reads in shaky handwriting, all caps: “It’s all going very well, no problems at all”. This image has a dark green sage border. A song recommendation sits at the bottom of the slide: “My Type,” by Saint Motel.

A section-title card for Denial, the fear phase. The background is a darker sage green, with a longer flat oval in the middle surrounding the title for the slide in light purple. It is the same style as the previous section-title card.

This slide reads at the top: “Anxiety, insecurity (the worst kind), fear.”

This slide is another image set of four on a pale purple background. On the top in a thin green font, all caps, reads a quote from the fic. It says "“I’M SORRY, JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE.” BUCKY SAID IT AGAIN, FROWNING EVEN MORE AS HE STUDIED CLINT FOR A MOMENT." The images from left to right take up 70% of the slide.
One - a man sits in a warm-toned brown leather chair on the viewer’s right side of the image. He wears a black long sleeve, and his right hand rests on a pale wooden cane. The image is starkly lit with dark background. In the same fashion as the last photo set, this is one of three images with a green border.
Two - a series of four band-aids overlapped at angles in purple. They read “Bitch” in clouds, the second “Fuck” in all caps in white on purple background, the third “OW” with three exclamation marks in purple on white, and the last “SHIT!” in white on purple. Beneath this image reads “Lucky’s Rating: One Star.” To accommodate this text, this image is shorter than the others and has a dashed green outline.
Three - The reverse of the hand-written sign from the Honeymoon phase which reads “It’s going very badly it’s a terrible disaster” in the same handwriting. This image has a green border.
Four - A glitching image of a man, horizontal lines obscuring his face. He is wearing all black, shorts and a hoodie. It appears to be security footage. This is the final image with a green border. At the bottom of the slide is a song suggestion: “What If It Doesn’t End Well,” by Chloe Moriondo.

A section-title card for Bargaining, the questioning phase. It is the same style as the previous section-title cards with green background and purple oval.

This slide reads at the top: “wonder, trepidation, indecision.”

A pale purple background with an image of a CD on the left. The CD has written in sharpie: “Everything I could never tell you.” The image is outlined by a dashed green circle.

The slide is titled “Could I really have this?” in quotes on the right side of the slide. It is in darker green in a large, calligraphy-type font. Underneath this title, it reads in a smaller, thinner font, “Bucky and Clint circle each other, disbelieving of the reality of their connection. Curious, lonely, yearning, they must each decide: “Could I really have this?” Trust, or walk away?” End text.

At the bottom, a song suggestion: “Walk Above the City,” by the Paper Kites featuring MARO.

A section-title card for Hesitance, the learning phase. Darker sage green with light purple oval.

This slide reads at the top: “surprise, curiosity, desire.”

The slide’s title is the three words from the previous slide in large green calligraphy-type font: “Surprise curiosity desire.”

Above the title, which is on the left side of the slide but vertically centered, there is italicised smaller text with a quote from the fic: “Yeah, Pretty Man?” Clint asked, brushing a kiss on the side of his head.” End text. The slide is pale purple.

The slide is split 67/33 with the smaller chunk on the right being an image of two men naked side by side. The image cuts off at their belly buttons and midthigh, focusing on their hands about to touch between them. Though they are naked the image is not sexual. The taller man’s left hand almost brushes the paler, shorter man’s right. The image is in greyscale. The border splitting the slide is a green dashed line, with a circle outlining a second circular image of two young men sitting side by side on a grassy cliffside overlooking a park. The two men, one raven-haired, one blonde, rest their heads on each other.

At the bottom of the slide a song suggestion is listed. “Please,” by Noah Kahan.

The final section-title card for Peace, the growth phase. It is again darker green with a light purple oval.

This slide reads at the top: “nurture, reciprocity, safety”

The slide is split vertically 40/60. The smaller chunk on the left is a dark sage green box that reads the title and body text in pale purple font, which are as follows:
Title: Accessible affection
Body text: learning to coexist with each other’s fears, anxieties, and quirks, Clint and Bucky continue to choose each other, for better or worse, every single day. End text.

The larger chunk is pale purple with a dark green dashed border. It has a large screengrab of a comic square - in the first panel of two, Clint says “Barnes.” as he looks at Bucky beside him in a green hoodie. In the second panel, they hug, Clint’s purple shirt clearly visible. Clint says “Missed you.” Bucky has a bag over his shoulder.

At the bottom is a song suggestion: “Grow as we Go,” by Ben Platt.

This pale purple slide, titled "Listen | the playlist," is a collection of the song suggestions with one bonus track, “Razor’s Edge” by Semler.
On the right are two separate comic panels cropped so they are circular in shape. - one is Bucky meditating with his legs crossed, Alpine stretching beside him. The other is Clint in a tactical suit hitting the ground, stars and lines coming from him as he impacts. This one is more cartoonish. Both are labelled with their respective characters.

MY TYPE - SAINT MOTEL
WHAT IF IT DOESN’T END WELL - CHLOE MORIONDO
WALK ABOVE THE CITY - PAPER KITES, MARO
PLEASE - NOAH KAHAN
GROW AS WE GO - BEN PLATT
BONUS: RAZOR'S EDGE - SEMLER

This slide is titled “learn | the representation” and is a darker sage green with a pale purple circular pie chart cut out.

The title is shadowed, in the same calligraphy-type font in green with a pale purple drop shadow for an interesting visual effect.

The pie chart is labelled on each wedge. The biggest wedge, 50%, says “use of mobility aids and accommodations (i.e. cane, service dog, sign language, caffeine)”
The next biggest, about 20% on the bottom left of the chart, says “meds (or lack thereof)”
The next, about 8%, says “scarring”
The next (about 15%) is covered by the title, and so the label is listed outside the chart. It reads “lipreading masks”
The final wedge, about 8%, says “boundaries”.

The final slide is titled “look: the timeline” and is light purple with green font. Along the bottom is a horizontal timeline in green with evenly spaced events that read as follows:
ONE First Date, Prospect Park. TWO First Videochat. THREE Second Date, Prospect Park. FOUR Third Date, Clint’s Place. FOUR-AND-A-HALF this is much closer to “Third Date” than the following event, and has a heart. It reads in quotes “Eat your ice cream, boyfriend.” FIVE End of Fic with a greater-than symbol and a number three to read a visual heart. SIX Game Night, virtual, followed by SIX-AND-A-HALF a final bullet point which also has a heart and reads “Bucky meets Clint’s friends”. This event takes place after the end of the fic and is hinted at within the story.

Above the timeline and to the left of the title, there is a group of four images all of small tattoos (meant to remind the reader of Clint’s various tattoos within the fic.) From left to right, there is ONE a vertical sword on someone’s arm, stabbing through three hearts (a reimagination of the tarot card, three of swords, which symbolizes being impacted by words, intentions, and actions of others, as Clint clearly is); TWO a pizza slice on someone’s wrist, cheese dangling off the corner; THREE a band aid in minimal detail, but with smooth lines, so not a stick-and-poke despite the simplistic art style (body part unknown); and FOUR a line of all-caps text on someone’s shoulder that reads “SUCK IT AND SEE”. End presentation.

This is a lookbook / illustrated guide to @42donotpanic's amazing fic titled "Not Just a Mask" in which Clint and Bucky, two disabled queer men, meet during / following the pandemic through online dating and explore themes of intimacy, vulnerability, and accommodation as they grow closer.

archiveofourown.org

Not just a Mask - Chapter 1 - 42donotpanic - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

The fic was created as part of the 2024 @winterhawkbigbang as was this lookbook. I had so much fun working with Panic and my fellow artists, whose works are linked on the ao3 page for the fic (AND ARE INCREDIBLE OH MY GODDD)! This lookbook was created using Canva and uses image descriptions. The playlist mentioned on slide #13 can be found on Spotify below!

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42donotpanic

1 year ago

FIC WRITING REVIEW 2023

Thank you @loki-is-my-kink-awakening for coming up with this!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

(I just copied @voiceoffenrisulfr who copied @foxywrites thank you both for tagging me <3)

Before we start I want to note that I hope to post 6 more fics this year and make it to 100 posted works before 2024 ^^

Words and Fics

335,338 words published in 2023

70 fics worked on

62 completed fics

most productive month: July with 74,045 words

monthly words average: 27,945 words

Top 5 Pairings

Clint Barton/Matt Murdock [16]

James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton [13]

Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson [6]

Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier [6]

James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark [6]

Top 5 by Comments

Purple and Red; all the same to me (AUgust Writing Challenge 2023) - 78

The quiet life - 17

Building a Relationship - 14

Safe Place - 13

3 Times Matt's date didn't take his blindness well (+1 where it wasn't the biggest surprise that night) - 6

Top 5 by Kudos

3 Times Matt's date didn't take his blindness well (+1 where it wasn't the biggest surprise that night) - 255

Couch already taken - 208

The Reporter and The Lawyer - The Devil and The Protector - 146

Daredevil: The Man with Trauma - 131

Fuck Ninjas - 122

Top 5 by Hits

The Reporter and The Lawyer - The Devil and The Protector - 2,251

3 Times Matt's date didn't take his blindness well (+1 where it wasn't the biggest surprise that night) - 1,725

Purple and Red; all the same to me (AUgust Writing Challenge 2023) - 1,724

Coming Untouched - 1,722

Building a Relationship - 1,529

Fandom Events in 2023

For this part, I'm only adding in Bingos that I was able to get a bingo/blackout for If you want to know more feel free to check out my masterlists in my pinned post <3

Bingos

[5/9] Any Fandom LGBTQ Bingo - Bingo

[5/5] July Break Flash Bingo - Black out

[9/9] July Break Mini Bingo - Black out

[25/25] July Break Bingo - Black out

[15/25] Marvel Rare Pair Bingo Round 1/2 - Bingo

[6/25] Masturbation Midsummer Bingo - DNF

[13/25] WinterIron Bingo - Bingo

[9/9] Writers Pride Month Bingo - Black out

Writing Challenge's

[30/30] Slash Mulitverse Daily Pride Prompts

[31/31] AU-gust Writing Challenge 2023

[5/31] Flufftober 2023

Upcoming Plans

Fic's I'm hoping to continue/complete next year:

[Clint/Bucky] Soul Marks and Metal Arms

[Clint/Natasha] To see the Bruises

[Matt/Foggy] Learning to Live again

[Clint/Bucky] Now I wear my scars just like Tattoos

[Clint/Rhodey] Bring them back (to get you back)

[Clint & Matt] Who even am I?!

[Clint/Matt] Hawkdevil AU

[Clint/Bucky] Domestic WinterHawk AU

[Clint/Matt] Building a Relationship

Writing Reflection

After I got back into writing fic this year it was something I really enjoyed all throughout this year. I discovered a bunch of fun challenges and servers, met many lovely people (sadly all online) and learned a lot. I have hyperfocused a lot, especially in the summer and I collected a boatload of prompts I would like to fill in the coming year.

I have a lot of fics already planned for the next year. There will be a lot of feels, fluff and angst/whump alike and I hope I can keep the run I had this year going.

A big thank you to everyone who supported me along the way, be it with ducking/spaghettiing fic ideas, sprinting with me, participating in challenges, commenting, sharing or even just reading and liking my fics. You folks mean the world to me and I love every single one of you. Take care and remember, as long as you do what you love you get a good grade in fandom <3

Tagging: @stripedscribe @ravenmold @endlesstwanted and everyone who wants to participate (totally not a cop-out because I lost track of my tumblr, no)

Home

Summary: Bucky comes home from a fight.

Pairing: WinterHawk (Clint Barton x Bucky Barnes)

Word Count: 1012

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Tags: Slice of Life, Domestic Fluff, Cold, Pain, Cuddling

Written for:

@endlesstwanted

@winterhawkbingo : Nonbinary!Bucky

@flufftober : Candles, Lanterns, Fairly Lights (Prompt Extras)

Autumn Aesthetics: Heavy Rainfall on the Roof

@slumberpartybingo

Winterhawk Big Bang 2024 Rec List

1. Not just a Mask 2. Escaping the Mind of the Winter Soldier (And Setting Yourself Free) 3. Surprise Attraction 4. Spring Dawning 5. love song (for a girl) 6. Soul Mambo Jumbo 7. Every Breath You Take (Scars Edition) Summaries and links to all fanworks below!

1. Not just a Mask by 42donotpanic (Teen And Up Audiences, 28k words)

Summary: When Clint meets yet another person from an online dating site he didn't expect him to change his life as much as Bucky did. Not that he's complaining. The man is just too cute...

* two art pieces by ivvic: [link]

* a lookbook (illustrated guide) with a playlist by daisytarget: [link]

* a podfic by 42donotpanic: [link]

2. Escaping the Mind of the Winter Soldier (And Setting Yourself Free) by Iam_giraffe1123 (Explicit, 28k words)

Summary: When an easy job turns south and Clint is captured and thrown into a cell with a man he didn't think he would ever see. Trying to survive with the conditions they are in. With many years later, another mission turns south and Clint has to guide his way out of his captures clutches and save the one person he always wanted to protect.

* a podfic by 42donotpanic: [link]

* an art piece by kissitbetter: [link]

* an art piece by LaguNerd: [link]

3. Surprise Attraction by ivvic (Mature, 27k words)

Summary: Clint ends up with a baby while working at the circus and is not coping well with single parenthood. Bucky steps in and offers them a place to stay.

* an art piece by c_Art: [link]

* two art pieces by OriginalCeenote: [link #1] [link #2]

* a moodboard by endlesstwanted: [link]

4. Spring Dawning by ArtaxLivs (Explicit, 16k words)

Summary: “Two lovers separated by the light, both an animal and a man in darkness,” Clint easily recited, having heard it hundreds of times over the years, “A woman with no past, running in a life that isn’t her own. A god in exile, unable to trust his own strength. A genius whose mind is lost to a dragon. A leader frozen in time in a lake above the clouds. And the bard with no heart cursed to speak the truth but never know it.” OR - Ladyhawke? I think you meant Winterhawk.

* two art pieces by ivvic: [link]

* an art piece by ruinscollector: [link]

* a lookbook (illustrated guide) by daisytarget: [link]

5. love song (for a girl) by daisytarget (Explicit, 39k words)

Summary: Jamie Barnes is a competent sort of woman. She does her therapy, she cooks her meals, she stabs her own enemies. She doesn't need much in the world, because her independence is her greatest treasure. And then she meets Cat Barton, all sweet smiles and butch build and slow drawl and helpful instincts, and all that kind of goes out the window, because while she doesn't need, she certainly wants. She really wants. Cat Barton has no idea what's coming to her, stuck on the prettiest lady she's ever seen who makes her feel - well, not needed, because she'd surely fuck that up. But wanted. Yeah. It makes her, against her life's advice otherwise, really want Jamie Barnes back.

* two anonymous art pieces: [link]

* an art piece by amoredition: [link]

* an art piece by kissitbetter: [link]

6. Soul Mambo Jumbo by ElloPoppet (Teen And Up Audiences, 16k words)

Summary: “Well, to keep it simple, Clint – you know Clint, Barton? – well, I might have accidentally gotten his soul stuck in an Astral Dimension. I could use some help finding him and, ideally, bringing him back.” If Bucky hadn’t lived the lives he’d lived (so many lives in his hundred-plus years), he might have dropped the box of tea in his hands, or let the vortex of confusionconcernshockfearexhaustion that Bruce’s explanation stirred within him show on his face. But he’d had practice at this, at living through moments like these. He placed the box gently on the counter and inhaled deep enough to hurt. “Okay,” he said on the exhale. “And how do we do that?” - Or, Bucky's soul does find Clint's in the Astral Dimension, but the 'bringing him back' part of the mission takes time.

* an art piece by ivvic: [link]

* an art piece by frenchfriedgiraffe: [link]

7. Every Breath You Take (Scars Edition) by Reremouse (Mature, 18k words)

Summary: Scars tell a story about where we’ve been and what we’ve experienced. Soulmates only meet after that life experience has been lived. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ready for it. Shortly after the takedown of Project Insight, Steve turns up at the tower with a quieter Bucky looking for a place to recover himself. It’s a solid plan, at least, until Clint walks right into Bucky, triggers their soul bond, and pretty much tosses Steve’s entire Bucky recovery plan out the window. Bucky is probably not ready to further complicate his life with a soulmate, so Clint does the only decent thing and retreats to his apartment in Bed Stuy. Maybe he should have consulted with Bucky first. A story about soulmates, friends in a tower, enemies in tracksuits, Steve looking out for Bucky, Tony looking out for everyone, the Winter Soldier on his own mission, and Clint.

* two art pieces by Rufferto (embedded in the fic)

* an art piece by Wyxan (embedded in the fic)

* an art piece by kissitbetter (embedded in the fic)

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