6) What character do you have the most fun writing?
I don’t feel like I write the same character a lot, or at least not consistently, so I’m not sure how to answer this question? Like, right now I’m having a lot of fun writing Tyreen for this Tyreen/Amara fic because she is so over the top villainous in the game, and it’s fun sanding away the edges so she’s more of a horrible goblin accidental-prisoner. Poor impulse control, mouthy, arrogant, just let her run her mouth and see what happens next. I also fully admit it’s because Borderlands is such a goofy canon anyways, so I feel more comfortable with writing her in villain decay instead of fully dwelling on all the horrible repercussions of everything she’s done.
14) At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
Usually either halfway through as something thematically appropriate rises, or at the very end when I’m desperately struggling to figure out what to title it before posting! (also I fully admit I C&P this answer from Tumblr, because I answered it there first!)
23) What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
(Another Tumblr C&P, because this was a very long and rambly answer!)
Judging from the dates of my scrap files…? Preston/Virgil/Madison OT3. I’m still fuzzy on when the fic actually starts (or at least what the first scene should be), but after Virgil fails to reverse this mutation, Madison learns about her old colleague camped out in the Glowing Sea and goes ‘nope, you can be more useful with us here’ and sends Preston to recruit him. So all three of them are with the Minutemen, and the Institute and BoS have already been destroyed. Madison is also an augmented human (much like Kellogg) with enhanced reflexes, strength, and an awesome cybernetic arm.
Virgil’s always had a little bit of a terrified crush on Madison from back in the Institute, and falls in love with Preston’s kindness and optimism. Madison is also in love with Preston, and fully enjoys stepping on Virgil. Madison and Virgil end up very carefully interrogating each other on their intentions towards Preston (“I’ve seen the way you look at him. Preston’s a good man.”) and Madison’s ready to give Virgil the shovel talk before Preston walks in and explains he has two hands, thank you very much! Cue smoochy OT3 stuff, each of them trying to advance the settlements in their own ways, and catching rumors of a seed vault, holding prewar fruits, veg, and samples. So then they go adventuring across the Commonwealth!
...like, I have a lot of stuff I want to happen, but still figuring out how to make it a workable story.
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Date: 2020-09-07 01:17 am (UTC)I don’t feel like I write the same character a lot, or at least not consistently, so I’m not sure how to answer this question? Like, right now I’m having a lot of fun writing Tyreen for this Tyreen/Amara fic because she is so over the top villainous in the game, and it’s fun sanding away the edges so she’s more of a horrible goblin accidental-prisoner. Poor impulse control, mouthy, arrogant, just let her run her mouth and see what happens next. I also fully admit it’s because Borderlands is such a goofy canon anyways, so I feel more comfortable with writing her in villain decay instead of fully dwelling on all the horrible repercussions of everything she’s done.
14) At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
Usually either halfway through as something thematically appropriate rises, or at the very end when I’m desperately struggling to figure out what to title it before posting! (also I fully admit I C&P this answer from Tumblr, because I answered it there first!)
23) What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
(Another Tumblr C&P, because this was a very long and rambly answer!)
Judging from the dates of my scrap files…? Preston/Virgil/Madison OT3. I’m still fuzzy on when the fic actually starts (or at least what the first scene should be), but after Virgil fails to reverse this mutation, Madison learns about her old colleague camped out in the Glowing Sea and goes ‘nope, you can be more useful with us here’ and sends Preston to recruit him. So all three of them are with the Minutemen, and the Institute and BoS have already been destroyed. Madison is also an augmented human (much like Kellogg) with enhanced reflexes, strength, and an awesome cybernetic arm.
Virgil’s always had a little bit of a terrified crush on Madison from back in the Institute, and falls in love with Preston’s kindness and optimism. Madison is also in love with Preston, and fully enjoys stepping on Virgil. Madison and Virgil end up very carefully interrogating each other on their intentions towards Preston (“I’ve seen the way you look at him. Preston’s a good man.”) and Madison’s ready to give Virgil the shovel talk before Preston walks in and explains he has two hands, thank you very much! Cue smoochy OT3 stuff, each of them trying to advance the settlements in their own ways, and catching rumors of a seed vault, holding prewar fruits, veg, and samples. So then they go adventuring across the Commonwealth!
...like, I have a lot of stuff I want to happen, but still figuring out how to make it a workable story.