520 Days Reverse Exchange

[miss_ingno]

Ahhhh, I'm finally off work OTL I'm so excited to delve further into the sid_guardian's Fourth Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange collection and enjoy all these lovely new works. I've only had time to check out my own gift, the fanart and two shorter fics so far, I'm excited! The summaries and tags are 👀👌

First of all, big shout-out to china_shop who wrote me an utterly incredible story that hits all of my favourite things about this scenario on the nail and provided me with even more fodder for thought. Ngl while I loved all the ads I chose to request for, this one was definitely the one I was secretly hoping would get picked because I'm a sucker for political worldbuilding and group dynamics, and the political tension + mentor vibes china_shop managed to pack into this are superb. Nevermind the incredible Weilan dynamic, both as a team and as finally, finally getting their shit together and kissing. Go check it out if you haven't yet, it's absolutely worth it!

Twenty-Four Hours in New Dixing by china_shop

I'm also very happy with how my gift for the amazing elenothar turned out. Ngl, I was surprised and pleased to get her as a giftee, I feel I have a pretty good grasp of what she likes and I'm always happy to write more Shen Wei's students, even if I'm often stumped on what plot to work with in that regard. So this was a great excuse to explore the direct aftermath of a potential fix-it and how it affects Shen Wei's civilian identity as a professor :D (shout-out to ishipallthings for the beta <3)

Keep On Going by missingnowrites

I could probably write a whole post of the ups and downs of writing this fic, and I might even do it later. I have... like four outtakes I will post into my outtakes collection at some point, too lmao because this fic kept changing on me. I'm not used to pantsing this much! But it turned out alright, and the response so far has been reassuring, too <3 (plus the important thing was of course that Elenothar likes it, so it's a success!)

(also I gotta admit I'm unbearably curious who else requested for my ad lmao but I understand why it's anonymous. If you're out there and reading this, feel free to let me know! Only if you're comfortable with it, though <3)

Comments

[miss_ingno]

Ha! Valid :'D I'm also the protective, stubborn type whose terrible at letting go of certain ideas, so a collab would have to be something I haven't got a firm goal on, or agree with my collaborator what it should look like 😂 the few times I've done it I've actually really enjoyed the process though, but tbf most often it's been with my bff and we are In Sync about this shit lol

always happy to help brainstorm! <3

[velithya]

> I'm also the protective, stubborn type whose terrible at letting go of certain ideas
yes. this, exactly. The second my collab-er would be "oh lets do this" and I disagree I'd have to choose between inwardly seething about how WRONG it is or bailing ^^;;;; Better just not to collab in the first place???

♥

[miss_ingno]

For me, it's more a matter of figuring out "what's an idea I don't feel too precious about" and then finding people who agree on my character/relationship interpretations to collab with <3 but I totally get why you wouldn't want to, no pressure! ♥

[velithya]

ahahahaha an idea I don't feel too precious about.... hahahahahaha OTL

[miss_ingno]

😂😂😂 :') yeah not easy, I know

[velithya]

My needle apparently swings wildly from "CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT" to "HAVE NO OPINION/NOT INTO IT" and nothing in between ^^;;;;;