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This is my blog for all the random nonsense I like and for fandom.

I’m Roslyn (or Ros).

I predominantly write Zutara currently, but you’ll probably see quite a few ships around here from various fandoms. Enemies to lovers is my favorite, but I like all sorts of dynamics and am a multishipper. I like to write a variety of ratings, themes, and genres.

I tag M or E rated asks with ‘for adults only’ if you want to filter those.

All of my fanfic will be posted on my A03.

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Heyo party people, just popping in to say hello, been away from social media and I wish I could be writing more, I've had a bit of a health relapse and life generally has been kicking me in the balls lately. Just. Repeated ball-kicking. I have tried to write a few times but my brain just kind of does a great imitation of that loud terrifying static that comes from old televisions when they aren't receiving a channel so like. It's been a Time to say the least lol

My ask box and messages were broken last time I logged in, I think they seem fixed now (I'm actually seeing notifs at least) and I'd like to come back to them when I have more time and a better attention span/less general craziness, but until then, please accept my humble apologies for any fic delays and also do adjust expectations accordingly

xoxo, Ros

Hello hello anon!

I know it's been a while, quite a while, hopefully you still see this, but first of all, thank you! Love that you're reading and having a good time and coming here to talk to me about it. As for type of things to expect in upcoming chapters without spoilers....hmm. Up until now I've tried to make the female characters (Azula, Hama, Mavang, Kuenni) more responsible for the major plot plans and catalysts or for the movement of info/keeping of secrets, even though mostly male characters have the institutional power. And Katara as well as Mai and Ty Lee become more active moving forward, I'd say. Lots of angst and trauma and chaos and hard decisions, yes, but also some reconciliation, both between people and about past traumas. Some characters we haven't seen yet, some characters we see again...etc :D

As for mentally planning that stuff...gosh I'm still learning to thread all these things in coherent ways, lol. I think the most helpful thing for me so far is to really focus on what characters want and why they want it. Characters can have the same want, but motivations and methodology can still lead to clashes. Hama and Mavang and Katara all share similar wants (defeating Ozai, taking down the Fire Nation leadership) needs (a need for safety and security) and even similar traumas, but the reason they want these things, how they react to them, and what they are willing to do to get them is very different because of their lived experiences and personalities. Hama wants revenge; Mavang wants power; Katara wants peace and to be free. Hama and Mavang have more extreme, morally grey methodologies they are willing to use to achieve their goals. Katara's is less extreme (but is also undoubtedly changing with exposure to the environment she is in.) So these differences will naturally lead to tension between the characters and different reactions/emotional focuses. I think I usually think about this stuff when I'm editing, just repeatedly asking myself "why why why" for a character's psych, and feeling it out.

Oh my god...I'm now imagining Mavang meeting Little Finger.

Those two would absolutely despise each other. LOL.

Hi :)

Late answer I know, I apologize, but yes, the measurements had to do with dosing him with torture juice and also just kind of a general science-y thing where they gather info, the Dai Li's brainwashing technique here is newer, more intense, so they keep track of all of victim's details to see what works so they can recreate their success.

Azula managed to catch Aang because she's competent. That's all I've got, haha. And yes, a royal Avatar would have been a threat to Azula's standing, but more so if it would have been Ozai's child.

As things stand now, Azula definitely has other problems though lol

Hi anon! I'm so glad you're enjoying it and thinking about it <3

I have talked about it a little, basically I despise plotting ahead, but I tried to do it for Incendiary by planning out plot points according to story arcs, because I knew it would be complicated, and the results have been mixed. I think it helped a bit, but the suffering I endured (lol) by sitting down and trying to plot it out like that was not, I think, worth doing, at least not at that stage. I have derailed from a lot of them, I have changed it as I went along, characters tend to breathe and I work best when I come up with most things on the fly. So I have learned that I am the type of writer that probably needs to totally wing my first draft even for 'bigger' stories, just embrace full pantsing like I do for oneshots, where I basically just go for it and jot down notes for future things in bullet point form as I'm writing and think of them so I don't forget. And then go back AFTER and make sure things hold up structurally and do a lot of editing passes, which is ok for me, because I looove editing. A lot of writing advice tells you to do the exact opposite and have a plan so you don't write yourself into a hole (which is fair, definitely a pitfall of pantsing) and because typically outlining leads to finishing things faster I think, and if someone wants to like, actually make a career out of writing, well...publishing faster is obviously better. But that's not in the stars for me I believe, because for me and I'm sure some other people, our brains are simply not wired to work in the logical, linear, 'sit down and plot like a school essay' sort of way, that feels too detached and unemotional to me and sucks all the joy and passion out of it. I need to be in the thick of it to know what characters will do. So, as it is there are things I would change about Incendiary for sure, I have made lots of mistakes and learned a lot, it has truly been a ride.

This reminds me of something I saw once that was discussing why people like the horror genre, and the comparison was roller coasters, because humans do sometimes like the thrill of danger but in a safe situation we can control. A bit of a related, salty tangent here but this is why I can't stand the uptick of puritan whiny fanpol babies in recent years that think depicion == endorsement and that thought crimes are real. Darkfic/themes can be cathartic and good for us.

It's funny to look back on this theorizing now after posting another chapter. My how the circumstances have drastically changed 😅