Welcome to my silly Naruto side blog! I write fics on ao3 (mostly about Kakashi and Tobirama) and also like to rant about naruto au ideas and hc's on here! Sometimes I also post (usually stupid) art!

#birds fic talk <- Headcannons, fic ideas, all that stuff. Mostly Naruto but there's some Starwars buried in there

#birds rambles <- general chitter from me, might occasionally include fic related stuff anyways

#birds fanart <- fan art (it's literally all Naruto)

#birds ocs <- art and ocs by me that aren't actually fandom related

Specific fic and AU tags;

#chasing shadows <- stuff for my fic, 'Chasing Shadows', the one where kid Kakashi learns he's related to Tobirama a week after his father's death and projects to cope

#one step three steps <- stuff for my fic, 'One Step Forward, Three Steps Back', my really self-indulgent fic where an early Konoha Hatake brat time travels to modern Konoha and fucks stuff up with the power of decades old rumors, breaking and entering, and being a public safety hazard

#magical girl izuna <- for my magical girl Izuna AU, ft. tobiizu vibes, toxic yuri Kaguya and Amaterasu, and like 4 "seasons" of plot twists and lore

#Twins Itama and Tobirama <- My tag for Itama things and the secret Senju weed empire AU

#Tora Haruno AU <- Tobirama reincarnates as Sakura's big brother

#Uchiha Houhua <- Shang Qinghua reincarnates as Uchiha Izumi, the system breathing down his neck with expectations of him to die during the Uchiha massacre— Something he's going to try his very best to avoid

#Wolves of the Woods <- Hatake clan things, including lots of headcanons, timelines + traditions, and also ocs to fill the gaps in the warring states era. All canon compliant, with Kakashi having never been taught anything by Sakumo, who was similarly taught very little since the clan died when he was small

You can find a collection of literally every single one of my aus carefully sorted and put into order [HERE]

Note: pretty much any and all of my fic idea posts are free to use, just @ me if you do end up writing something based off it bc I'd love to see it

We have a discord server now! Oooo you wanna join sooo baddd

I also have a straw page where you can send me silly doodles and anonymous questions !!

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Tbh I have like. All of 3 ocs who are explicitly straight. For the most part, every oc I make is some sort of flavor of queer— tho very few of them have actual labels. (Mostly bc I myself am very queer and don't think much about labels lmao)

With that said tho uhhh lemme think

Haruka is pansexual (and very much lives up to the idea of swinging violently in all available directions)

Tetsuo is,,, something. Don't ask what. He doesn't know either.

Tsuki's gender is unclear and unknowable, and his sexuality is similar. Whatever the question, the answer is yes. The spiral demon in him is similarly apathetic.

Sora is uhhh. Maybe a lesbian? Maybe bisexual? I genuinley don't know. She's not super interested in love and sex in general, so maybe she's ace/aro? Or at least somewhere on that spectrum? I'll let the reader decide

Haru is gay

Hiro is bi

Shiruka is,,, something. Probably.

Shikasada is a very violently closeted gay man, and if you try to drag him out from his closet he might kill you

Orochinatsu is gender fluid and generally unbothered by what others think of them, so they just kind of accept whatever pronouns people feel fit to apply to them. Their sexuality is ????

Ichigo is a trans girl, and probably some flavor of bi or pan

Hiname is like 90% into women and 10% "men are ok... sometimes. If they're pretty." Idk what that'd be called but that's what she is

Maru (Tetsuo's dad) is bisexual but still very in love with his dead Hoshigaki wife. He's that specific kind of cis guy who's so comfortable in his own skin that he wouldn't mind fucking around with gender/clothing just because he's sure and comfortable of his own identity. He's probably worn dresses for his wife before, idk

Keiko (Ichigo's mom, Maru's sister) is also bisexual

I'm still making more ocs to fill in the early Konoha gaps, and tbh I might zap one of the existing ocs with a trans beam some time in the future.

Tbh the only ones safe from me zapping them w the trans beam is the Twins + Nara trifecta— bc its important to the Haru/Shikasada dynamic that they're cis gay men. And bc I'm just attached to queer-platonic straight passing Hiro/Shiruka and the fun implications of their own sexualities/relationships, and of how a man and woman being close in that way and might look at by others

When it comes to canon characters, honestly I can fuck with pretty much any naruto character being trans: I just think it's fun.

I will say tho that my favorite trans HC is gonna be trans man Kakashi and genderfulid Naruto.

Genderfuild Naruto is just canon, actually. In my heart.

Sexuality headcanons I don't have many of, just because to me, anything I read is being read through a queer lense of "these guys are probably fruity by default idk" where I then don't think much more about the specifics

Uhhh Kagami is bisexual tho. Because I say so.

Thank you sm for your ask !!

Honestly?? 100% up to the readers interpretation

As I'm writing Working for the Knife, I'm not gonna make him explicitly trans just bc I already wrote the first chapter with him being born a cis boy. But like. He absolouley could be tbh. Originally when I was posting about the au, I even said it's up in their air whether he was trans or not bc it could go either way— its just that when I finally sat down to write I ended up tossing in a comment about him being born a boy, and, well, now we're here

I am kind of interested in writing a trans kid training to be a shinobi in Konoha tho. I think that exploring how it would be to mavigate life as a young trans shinobi, and how being trans might impact how the shinobi system treats you, could be interesting and fun. The differences of how different clans view being trans,, vs also how civillians see ir,, how being a strong shinobi might "allow" someone more freedom of expression than someone weaker,,,, ough,,

If / when I decide to write that fr it'll probably be for the Tora Haruno AU (Tobirama reincarnating as Sakura's big brother) just bc I've already put thought into how it'd effect his life and the story at large. IF I write it. No promises.

Honestly ??? I think so. Their main obstacle to their relationship is their own immaturity and dislike for each other, but they were growing out of it. By the time they were 15, they were a whole lot better— they were friends, good friends, even if neither would admit it to each other

(Honestly I think they had fun fighting with each other. After a certain point, it just became how they flirted)

If Ichigo had survived, I can see her getting a crush on Hiname around 18/19. (While Hiname got one on her around 14/15) They'd probably have dragged it out just because they're like that and neither is willing to "lose" some silent game on who breaks and confesses first

(In the background, all their friends are so sick of their shit)

In the end tho? Yeah, they could have worked. Worked well, too. Very power couple energy (in the way that everyone fucking hates them)

There also wouldn't have been any real problems with them marrying too— Ichigo is trans and doesn't really bother to hide it, so any potential bullshit "but what about their heir!!" talk on the shitty elders side can be shut up pretty quick.

Plus, with the Hatake's being such a small clan, Ichigo very close with her own ""main house"" (not that it really exists) with because Haruka loves her, and she is Tetsuo's direct blood cousin + she has status on her own, being their Hatake's spiritual leader. So like, she's not even the wooorst pick overall for someone to marry the Hyuuga clan head? There will still be lots of talk about how she's not good enough, but, they can only say so much

So like: Honestly? They could have gotten married without too much issue, when it got to that point

Tbh it's interesting to think of how close the Hyuuga/Hatake clan relationships could have gotten in the following generations, if things hadn't gone wrong (see: the Hatake + Hiname dying)

Like, if everyone had survived, you'd have a Hatake shaman marrying into the clan, to the clan head. And some of that Hyuuga's clan heads most trusted men would also be Hatake (the twins). And that same clan head has also not so subtly been quietly adopted by the Hatake clan head, who'd continue to offer guidance and advice even after she inevitably retires

If/When they had a kid, that kid would be partially raised by the Hatake (there's no way they wouldn't have babysat every chance they got) and by then Hiname would have succeeded in abolishing the caged bird seal, so the general clan culture would have been well in the process of a MONUMENTAL shift

Plus that next clan head would be half Hatake. Ough,, quarter Hatake Hinata and Hanabi,,,

Anyways: the two clans could have grown to be incredibly close over the next couple generations, it's pretty wild to think about.

Buut unfortunately everyone involved had to go and get themselves fucking killed <3

Thank you so much for your ask!!!

JSDFHJSDF?? IM SO GLAD UR INTERESTED??

The Hatake clan has been haunted by the spirits of toxic doomed yaoi and yuri for generations,,,, obkk never stood a chance, they were only one in a long long line of doomed ships,,,,

Tetsuo and Tsuki have that unspoken offscreen true toxic yaoi. They are so obsessed with each other in vastly different ways.

Growing up, Tsuki always had some sort of minor fixation on Tetsuo-- he was a bully, Tetsuo was fun to pick on, and they were some of the only kids in the clan anyways.

Then Wave happens, and Tsuki is dragged into the water to be eaten by a spiral demon. Tetsuo jumps in after him, trying his hardest to save his clanmate, and becomes the last thing both Tsuki and the spiral itself see.

Tetsuo leaves feeling burdened by incredible guilt at being unable to save Tsuki, and some years later when Tsuki returns looking like not a single day has passed (and most definitely changed) Tetsuo's guilt morphs into something even heavier and much more present and complicated. Because Tsuki is there, but it's not really him anymore and Tetsuo still failed. But it is still him, just... changed. And Tsuki himself absolutely weaponizes this guilt against Tetsuo, making it even worse

Then on Tsuki's end, both Tsuki and the spiral demon have some sort of individual fixation on Tetsuo (largely related to just the fact that he was there during Tsuki being eaten by the spiral), and as they've melded together, so has their interest in him.

A big part of the reason why Tsuki was able to escape the spiral's clutches was because he wanted to return to his clan. He latched onto the yearning for his home and let it guide him out of the demons stomach, using his clan (and the last thing he saw, Tetsuo's hand reaching for him) as an anchor.

With that in mind, his clan in general (and especially Tetsuo's) presence in his life acts as a stabilizer for Tsuki's sense of self. He tends to get worse (read: hears the call to return back to the water) when left alone. Which is also why he doesn't really go out on missions in general (Unless either Tetsuo or Sora are going) and never takes solo missions.

Which brings us to the unfortunate fact that Tsuki, Tetsuo and Sakumo were the only Hatake to not go on the mission that wiped out the clan. Tetsuo was sick that day and Tsuki had stayed to watch over him and Sakumo, meaning they were the last Hatake left alive when news of the botched mission got back to Konoha.

From there, Tsuki began to rapidly spiral, having lost the majority of his touchpoint to reality. He became even more fixated on Tetsuo than before, bullying his way into moving in with him and Sakumo (who Tetsuo was now raising) But still, the spiral's hold on his heart and mind was growing stronger and stronger, and the call to return back to the oceans of whirlpool was growing very, very hard to resist

Then ofc, Tsuki's presence was specifically requested by the Uzumaki to help defend Uzushio (because of whirlpool demon reasons) And so, almost two decades later, they finally returned to where it all started.

As you might expect, when Tsuki jumped into the water, Tetsuo once again found it impossible not to follow. But this time, he didn't let go.

(They're still down there, in the heart of the spiral, Tetsuo and the spiral demon playing tug of war with Tsuki's body as the years pass by unnoticed by them all. Maybe one day they'll finally find a way out, and will finally return home.)

HUGE fucking rip to Sakumo, who Tetsuo promised to raise for Haruka. In a way, Tetsuo ended up choosing his duty to Tsuki over his duty to him <3

Anyways, Tetsuo and Tsuki have a LOT of really weird tension between them. There's so much history and so much guilt between them,,, Tsuki weaponizes Tetsuo's guilt without thought, and Tetsuo finds himself unable to argue or defend against it.

They have probably kissed once or twice behind the scenes, but you'll never see it on screen. Pure unspoken

Pointing at this post about them, I fucking love the quote, I feel like it captures their dynamic so well

Uhh song plug time, I really like the song Monitoring for them. Very Tsuki

Ichigo and Hiname have some of that good old doomed yuri (with a side of toxic lesbians because they will never ever admit they're even friends)

It was loathing at first sight as children, and then Hiname developed the biggest gayest crush on Ichigo when they were around 14. Which, for the record, she insists was the worst thing to ever happen to her. Terrible. Awful. She has horrible taste. She's so mad about it.

They continue to fight every chance they get as Kagami stands awkwardly on the sidelines, by now used to their shit.

(Fun fact! Actually, Hiname, Ichigo and Kagami are Konoha's first ever youngest shinobi team-- as the three of them were taken on a mission by Tobirama when he found himself in need of children to infiltrate a school. That's a mess of its own tho)

Ichigo actually had a very big impact on Hiname's change in worldview and how she realized the caged bird seal was wrong and decided it was her job to abolish it. The free willed Hatake vs strict Hyuuga culture clash went HARD, and Ichigo very much was around when Hiname started having her revelations that (gasp) slavery is... bad, actually. (crazy, I know.)

Ichigo helped encourage Hiname to be a better person, and to question rules and standards that others set for her. The positive impact she had on her life was honestly really big, even if Hiname would never say it to her face

Aaaand then ofc Ichigo died at 15, before Hiname could even come to terms with her crush herself. Hiname never fully got over it tbh.

I heart doomed lesbians <3

(At least they got to reunite in the pure lands when Hiname died at 19...? Yay...)

Haru and Shikasada are on that doomed yaoi where its doomed because of no one but themselves <3

Shika and Haru actually meet in the very first chapter of Wolves of the Woods (tho its looking like I'll have to move it to the second chapter, with how long ch 1 is getting) in the courts of Iron Country at only 15. Their first meeting is very political, with them being... not not allies(?) as they both try to get on the good side of the newly instated 16 year old Iron Daimyo. They part on good terms, not expecting to see each other again, only to reunite in Konoha a year later.

They are very much in love, but Shikasada is very much in the closet + has obligations as clan heir (AND has a fiancé) So they're constantly on and off again (theyre that one couple who's constantly breaking up and getting back together. Everyone hates them.)

One minute they are making out in a closet, the next minute they're arguing in the street. Their relationship is also technically a secret-- a lot of people are in on the secret, but, yk, its the thought that counts. Shikasada is plagued by terror that it will get out and he will bring awful messy political consequences onto his clan (and his home. His father does NOT approve.)

Eventually, Shikasada does get married and before he can fully reconcile with Haru (and their still very real emotions) Haru fucking dies. Nice going you guys !!!

Shikasada ends up living the longest out of all the early konoha ocs, my man makes it all the way to canon era. He's Shikamaru's clinically depressed grandpa. He outlived all his friends and fucking hates everything.

(Haru's ghost is hanging over his shoulders hoping he hurries up and trips down the stairs and snaps his neck already)

Uhh take some art for them

Then in the corner you also have the honorable mention queer platonic besties Hiro and Shiruka, who have something minor between them but in a "we're still friends first, but like if it became convenient or necessary to get together both of us would probably be ok with that" way.

They're queer platonic besties who don't have the context of labels to identify themselves in this era, and so default to assuming romance is a thing that could apply to them just because it's socially expected of them. They also have the energy of those two friends who make a "if we're both still unmarried at 30 let's just call it a day and get married to each other" pact

And then ofc, they die together (also with Haru) and all three of them are ultimately buried together because Shiruka isn't allowed to be buried with the Nara on account of her fathers crimes <3

ANYWAYS YEAHHH I LOVE THEM ALL, I THINK THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE VERY FUN!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASK

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14, What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?

All of these things are so so amazing to get tbh, but comments and asks are probably my favorite! I love feedback! I love knowing that people are fr invested in my works and thoughts!! It feeds me like crazy, u dont even know. People being enthused about my fics and ideas makes me more enthused about my fics and ideas

I'm honestly really, really fucking lucky with the amount of kind comments and asks I've gotten, and I know I'm lucky, so it also adds more of a "woah thats crazy" kinda value to every single comment I get. I'm so lucky to have so many people interested in what I write, I cant waste that !! I refuse to disappoint

26, Do you ever "prep" your fics with outlines or warmups before you start writing, or do you just dive right in?

So, I'd say 60% of my fics are just me diving in. I don't actually do writing warm ups, but I do write a lot just in general and in my free time for fun so maybe that counts (?)

Usually what happens when I write is I just jump head first into it, then as I write I end up thinking of things I want to have happen later and just quickly jot them down so I dont forget. So, some kind of outline but I never sit down with the explicit intention to make an outline

The thing is tho, a good portion of my fics are things that I first talk about on tumblr-- so in some ways, I do write a proper outline (that being all the silly au posts on here) that I do go back to reference as I write. A good example of that would be Chasing Shadows, or Working for The Knife, since I talked about both of them extensively before actually writing them

Right now, the only fic I have that I've actually planned specific arcs, story beats, character notes, chapters, and all that stuff is the still in progress Wolves of the Woods fic. My outline notes for that alone is 16k words and growing

Otherwise I fr just do whatever. I start typing then black out and suddenly things have happened and there are words on my page. Crazy stuff!!

First person to reply dictates what chapter gets written (and hopefully posted) today from these options:

Chasing Shadows ch 7

Here Before and After Me ch 5

Working for The Knife ch 2

All three are like half written, and I'm currently stuck sitting staring at a wall so I'm in the mindset to actually finish and post some shit today. So !!

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Mmm, I dunno if I do anything special, but I also haven't actually finished any of my longer fics yet so maybe when I do I'll wanna do smthn special. I can totally see myself drawing something for one of my longer fics to celebrate it being over, to then also post with the fic

I will say that whenever I finish and post a chapter, I always almost immediately start re-reading it and reloading the page/checking emails for comments for the first few hours,,, I almost always upload at night, so I eventually I have to go to bed and then get to wake up to comments (which is the BEST)

The closest thing I have to a finishing ritual is probably with Chasing Shadows. Since I wanted to do monthly updates, every time I'd post a chapter I'd kinda relax a bit for the next week telling myself I dont have to worry ab writing for it for a biiiit longer (no one look at the fact I havent updated it in some months, shhhhhh the next chapter is like half done I promise)

For character I want to protect, I'm gonna say Gaara actually. I dont want to see him suffer, give that boy a break. Kakashi can take the brunt of my sadism <3

Put him in the wood chipper!!!!

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4, What are some words or phrases you feel like you overuse?

OK SO ACTUALLY I CAN REMEMBER JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS WRITING AND HAD THE THOUGHT THAT I WAS OVERUSING A SPECIFIC PHRASE, BUT I CANT REMEMBER WHAT IT IS ANYMORE. I do way em-dashes way too much tho, I know I do (oops)

I will say uhh. I don't think I overuse this phrase, but in one part of manic monday, I wrote:

And I did actually end up reusing it somewhere in uhh. I think Stay Soft? (Could be misremembering tho) and It's not really an overuse of it, but just bc it's such a specific and sort of striking phrase, I found myself nervous about whether or not I was "allowed" to use it again. Which is stupid, for the record, I can use my own cool phrases as many times as I want, but yk. Can't control the brain worms

Actually watch me trying to fit this phrase into more fics. Take a shot every time you read the words "shiny bubbles of sound" in a Bird fic, starting now

14, What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?

Oooo this is an impossible question actually, because all of these things make me very happy. Comments and asks probably make me the happiest tho— or bookmarks with comments in them, which are also a special kind of fun just bc they're a persons personal notes to themselves on the fic.

I love feedback !!! I love knowing people are interested in my ideas and what I write!!! It is a drug like no other.

My friends keep railing on me for not being as active in the oc scene anymore but I cant help it when I'm getting so much positive reinforcement here. I probably would not be writing near as much as I do now if not for the people tossing breadcrumbs my way, encouraging me to continue

Looking at the number of people who have subscribed to my fics also fills be with immense joy, I must admit

17, What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing?

FINISHING AND POSTING CHAPTER 1 OF WORKING FOR THE KNIFE!!! IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF!!! ITS ALMOST 11K WORDS THATS CRAZY I COOKED SO HARD !!!!!!!!! SO WELL !!!!!!!!! I'm very very happy with specifically the last scene with Houhua's dad (if u know u know)

The fact that I've also gotten such incredible feedback on ch 1 so far also fills me with pride— Im so so happy that people enjoyed it and that it's (so far) living up to the hype !!! I love feeding the masses with my agenda,,,,

Other than that tho I am very pleased with the fucking giant bible of wolves of the woods lore and plot lines I have hidden away in google docs. I have so much content to write for that, with ch 1 like two thirds done around 7k words (which is way longer than I'd intended it to be, but, I wont complain) Once I finally post that I will actually explode with pride and happiness

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5. What’s something you learned while researching a fic?

I learned a bit about Japanese winter coats with my last chapter of Here Before and After Me! Specifically I learned the names for a hanten and a happi coat. It's a small thing, but I still think it's neat

28. What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

oh man this is a good question actually, I have no idea how to answer it bc I've come up with a LOT of angsty ideas. Are we talking fanfiction only or including oc things?

If it's fanfiction things I will hesitantly elect uhhhhhhhhhh. Kid Kakashi losing his teeth for the first time and not knowing what's happening because he's only 6 and his father never explained this to him, so he thinks he's dying. Honestly I've probably thought of and written worse but that's just what comes to mind rn

If it's oc things, I'll say it has to be the very convoluted plot between me @gravesidepickup and @thatglassofwater that involves Albatross, the son of the sea god falling into an enchanted sleep.

An up and coming wannabe god, The Smiling Man, comes along and takes advantage of his sleep to puppet his body around with some sort of mind control spell that he can't defend against due to, yk, being asleep. Gaining himself one of the worlds scariest and strongest attack dogs <3 (and also instantly making himself an enemy of literally every single other major god, who all had some sort of relationship to Albatross)

During Albatross' tenure as The Smiling Man's attack dog, he's made to regularly fight (and kill) the children he once helped grow up as an older brother figure-- both of the kids now grown and working as semi-immortal god killers, who no longer remember Albatross and are hunting him down in their quest to kill the Smiling Man.

Ultimately though, Albatross, still completely unaware of everything happening around him, is made to kill his own best friend, Altair, the son of the star goddess. Who was on his own quest to find his missing boyfriend, Kichi (who, unknown to him, was stuck traveling in-between worlds constantly 5 feet behind him through all of his travels)

Pax, the daughter of the chaos god and also the best friends to Albatross and Altair and final member of their little demigod trio, also arrives just in time to try and beg Albatross to wake up and stop as he moves in to kill Altair.

With Altair having also been the anchor for what was keeping Kichi locked in place between worlds, as he died his boyfriend was finally released from his endless walk-- the two of them finally meeting eyes, Altair finally having found his boyfriend, only to die on his own friends blade

The end !!

I drew a comic for it and cried uncontrollably while drawing it and everything. SO many tissues were used that night. I can't listen to a specific song without getting worked up about them again

Honestly just all of that mess was fucking angst gold. If I'm here anyways then yk what, take some art from that general plotline

+ Childhood

RIP Albatross, bro is gonna have THE worst fucking time when he finally wakes up and is told of all the crimes he's apparently been committing in his sleep.

3. What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?

According to my ao3 stats? Thats uhhh

9. How did you get into writing fanfiction?

OK SO.

Our story begins when I was 11 years old and wrote the worlds shittiest Aphamu fanfiction ever. (And then I fucking forgot my password so now I cant delete the fanfiction and its still out there, haunting me.)

Then when I was like 15(ish, I think), I joined my first ever fandom server, which was for the very incredible @anubisisms 's fic, Widowmaker. And the people on that server were so welcoming and encouraging, that I ended up writing my first ever "real" fics and posting them on ao3

Then I dropped writing for a while (returning to my little oc roleplay cave for a few years)

TILL FINALLY. Be me. 20 years old and running on maybe 3 hours of sleep for a collective of 2 days. Nonstop work, and I'm devouring naruto founders fanfiction during every possible break and sleepless night.

I read this one specific fic, Broken not Shattered by @titaniafaeriequeen (very good fic, very fun read, highly recommend) and it features this super cute Hatake oc named Ichigo. Cut to like 10 hours later when I'm staring blankly at an airplane wall at work and go 'do you know what would be cool..? Kid Hatake from warring states era who has outsider POV on madatobi + early Konoha things crash lands in modern era,,,,'

Then I blinked and suddenly I'd somehow written and posted my first ever fanfiction in YEARS in like 2 hours flat (With my own shiny new Hatake oc named after Titiana's even cuter Ichigo-- something I very embarrassingly did not fully register till a few days later when I actually got a full night of sleep and managed to find Broken not Shattered again)

Anyways. 14 fanfics and 11 months later and now I'm here. I maintain that this is Titiana's Ichigo's fault somehow. She was too compelling.

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2, Which of your fics is your pride and joy?

This is actually such a hard question?? I'm honestly proud of like, almost everything I've written (no one make eye contact w the bnha fics I wrote at 16 tho, I refuse to acknowledge them)

If I had to choose, I'd say that my overall "hey if you want to read something I've written you should check out this" is gonna be Here Before and After Me. It's cute and fluffy and funny and well written enough, with flashes of fun clan lore. An easy, good read is hard to beat

Runner ups for actual story driven fics tho would be chasing shadows, Stay Soft, or Manic Monday

Manic Monday especially is a personal favorite, I think it's funny (tho itll be funnier when I finally get off my ass and write chapter 2)

3, Coffee or tea while you write?

Neither !! I think both taste bad and am boring and a loser and drink pretty much only water.

4, How do you get over writer's block?

Staring very angrily at a wall usually. No I'm kidding but also like halfway-- but uhhh, music helps!! Just some time and quiet to daydream. I write best when I have literally no other option than to write (aka at work or school, specifically with no internet lmao) So like, putting yourself in a location where there's straight up nothing to distract you other than the blank page in front of you does help in my experience.

I can say that, in my opinion at least, the most important thing about any form of writers or art block is to not force it. Trying to force something to come when it just wont will do nothing but make you even more mad about the fact that its not there, and usually just makes the overall block worse.

When in doubt, step away, find something to distract yourself, come back with a fresh mind

YEAHHH IM SO GLAD THAT YOU LIKED IT!!! I had a lot of fun writing it, even if it did kick my ass in a few places

I both couldn't see Itachi and Houhua interacting without someone bursting into tears, and also wanted their first interactions to really reflect what their future dynamic would grow into. So I'm glad that you had fun watching them even as tiny itty bitty little guys !!

The massacre is acrually going to delay Houhua's graduation!! He either graduates shortly before it happens or was due to graduate soon after, but ends up taking a year off to take care of Sasuke after it all. After that tho, he'll return and graduate + be put onto a team with Hana and Kabuto and then we get the whole mess with Kakashi rejecting them + them as team 7 and a half being tossed around like a hot tamale

Houhua will eventually graduate from genin to chunin!! Just. No one ask me when. I want him to make ANBU eventually, so,

This is a wonderful question and I have noooo idea tbh

Houhua would be 19 by then, so his own (first) chunin trials would have passed already. I'm honestly super undecided on the timeline of "how quickly does Houhua show his hand of how skilled he is" I think I'm gonna decide what direction to take the story fr just. When I get there.

One day I will sit down to write the chunin trials and when that happens, whatever the fuck ends up on my page is what will happen <3

I will take ur suggestion and slide it into my pocket tho,,, I do know I want him to be ANBU eventually, so, he's gonna have to get up there in the ranks or at least impress a few very specific people. Him being made a tokubetsu jonin for his skill in negotiations could be really fun tho, mmmm things to consider,,,,