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Hello! It's KyuukaKoinu from AO3 & Twitter. Please feel free to drop any questions here about writing, on going stories, and in general asks. Thank you!
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Omg reading Deathly Beautiful brought my childhood Tangled addiction back T_T the similarities between tomura and mother gothel are SO much AHAHA i keep thinking "hmm if DB was turned into a musical then ch 26 would be tomura singing the mother knows best reprise (rapunzel knows best) to izuku"
i am absolutely obsessed with ur writing and characterization <333 i hope it doesnt bother you but now that ive discovered this site ill probably send more messages to let u know how amazing DB is ^^ -dia
YESSSS omg I used Mother Gothel and Frollo as inspiration for Tomura in DB. I absolutely loved how crazy, controlling they were as caretakers!! The evil caretaker villain is probably my absolute favorite type of villain ngl
And it doesn't bother me at all! I'm so glad you're enjoying DB 🥺💕 Thank you so much for reading!
Hi Kyuuka!!!!! just wanted to say that i love ur stories and i especially LOVEE deathly beautiful and the path it's taking rn! CH. 29 made me cry (no joke) but it was so so good
Im so glad the bkdk fandom has such a great writer like you, please continue to write amazing stories and inspire us all!!!! -dia
The Poppy War, Song of Achilles, AND A Little Life are all your favorite books???? omg triple homicide no wonder you write the way you do 😭
oh my GOD YOU LOVE RF KUANG AND TRACY DEONN TOO????? A WRITER WITH TASTE!!! I'm OBSESSED with those series, and I think you'll be happy to know that Legendborn isn't gonna be a trilogy!!! there's gonna be at least four books!!!! I am so fucking pumped I can't wait to see more of my King Bree and her faithful manservants Nick and Sel lmao
I highly recommend most things written by NK Jemisin!!! I love her series about NYC lmao, that might be a nice place to start!
-amaayasha (lmao hi!)
Omg fhksjhdf hi Amaayasha!! 💜💜💜 AND YESSS I LOVVVE RFK AND DEONN!! They are Queens 😭💕💕 and omg that IS amazing to hear! I was preparing myself to be so sad when the last book came out but knowing there's more 🥂 time to feast!! King Bree and her manservants are literally my favorite trio LOL
and thank you for the recommendation!! 🥺💜💜 I just added it to the top of my to-read list!
hi! i just wanted to say you have been one of my favorite writers for a while and i’m currently reading your new story “deathly beautiful” (which is like the best thing ever next to incinerate) also is deathly beautiful going to be ending soon? what inspires you to come up with such amazing STORIES AND DETAILS? if you were a published author, i’d definitely buy your books. i feel like i spam my twitter with your stories because THEYRE SO AMAZING. me and my friend LOVE YOU AND YOUR FICS!!
omg thank you!! 😭💕 you're so sweet i'm so glad you like both Incinerate and Deathly Beautiful!! Deathly Beautiful is likely not ending super soon but it is more than 70% complete! My outline currently has exactly 12 chapters left, but that's always subject to change! :) I'm taking my time and really enjoying writing the story <3 and for inspiration I really love intricate details so much. Something about building up a steady string of events to have it all topple down into chaos the last 100k words really is one of my favorite things LOL 😭💕 and thank you so much for reading!! You're so so sweet I appreciate you a ton!! 🥺💜 I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!
Hello! I LOOVEE your works so much!! They are BRILLIANT OMGG I AM ALWAYS SO AMAZED everything is hinted at the beginning and when it gets revealed later I am always in shock... i get so excited and can't stop giggling 😭 I would love to know what your favorite soap operas/telenovas/ or books are!! I need more of the drug that are your fics..
Thank you so much!!! and OMG!!! I could go on forever fdskjhfk bare with me because it's a long list of like, media I deeply enjoy!! I'll try my best to narrow it down to just, the ones that have had the most impact on me <3
For Soap Operas/telenovas/Movies & shows my favorites are:
1. Jane the Virgin
2. Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraiso
3. Dark Desire (On Netflix)
4. Corazón Salvaje (Really old but REALLYYY good)
5. The Penthouse (Kdrama)
6. Crash (2004)
7. Portrait of A Lady On Fire (movie)
8. Pretty little liars & Gossip Girl* I will say as an adult I find both of these extremely hard to re-watch without cringing at like, every other episode. But baby-kyuuka ate this shit up and they affected my brain chemistry for sure
For Books:
My all time favorite book series is The Poppy War Triology by Rebecca F. Kuang. I am a big fan of all her books really. Babel by her was one of my favorites as well and Yellowface was well done as a satire.
2. The Jade War Triology
3. The Book Thief
4. Six of Crows
5. Cruel Prince Trilogy
6. Legend born Trilogy (Third book isn't out yet)
7. These Violent Delights
8. Cemetery Boys
9. Song of Achilles
10. A Little Life
11. The Hunger Games Triology + The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
12. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
13. Pretty much any Stephen King & John Green books
AND special shoutout to video games!! Some of the best stories and compelling narratives I have encountered have been through video games.
1. Final Fantasy 10
2. Final Fantasy 7
3. Kingdom Hearts Series
4. Bioshock Infinite :')
5. The Last of Us
Hey Kyuuka!
I was wondering if you happen to have plans to finish TSOAP since I read the first chapters and now I’m really hooked! It’s fine if you aren’t though :)
kyuuka!! hi, i have a question if you dont mind.. in your bio you have eng/esp does that mean you speak spanish as well? or understand it?
Hi!! I speak like half-way Spanish 😭 I grew up in a predominately black and hispanic region. Many of my friends & family are hispanic/black/Afrohispano. Bc of that I understand Spanish (mainly Puerto Rican dialect) when it's spoken to me and I can pretty easily read it in comment, but I do struggle to write and conversate it in since it was never the language in my home (my mom only speaks English) 🥺 but I put Spanish in my bio so people can still feel comfortable leaving comments in Spanish if they want to! I know some things/feelings can't be translated well with English so if anyone wants to express themselves in Spanish, I can get always read gist of what's being said! Plus when people talk to me in Spanish it helps me practice more! I have been trying to push myself to be officially fluent
Kyuu!!! I am deeply loving DB right now, it’s my current obsession. I saw you mention another murder mystery a while ago that you began writing? No rush at all but when did you think you were going to put that one out. But no rush at all!! I just love your plots sm
Thank you!! I'm so happy you're liking Deathly Beautiful!! ;-; and Hahah I did mention that next project! I started writing it a bit actually! I'm working on ironing out the plot points rn! It'll likely get started fully once I fully finish DB 💜 Since DB is in it's last part, that won't be like a /long/ wait, but it also won't be terribly soon either so pls don't wait too much 🥺 so sorry. I have a tiny brain and can't work on more than one fanfic at a time— I wish I could 😭 but I get really frazzled so I have to focus on engrossing myself one plot at a time /one brain cell problems
Thank you so much though!!! I am really excited for DB and this next fic!! Yay murder mysteries!!
Hi! I'm a big fan and I have a few questions, sorry if it's a bit too much.
Do you struggle a lot to write? Like is it hard and are you sometimes blocked? Where does all your inspiration come from? And what advices could you give to write a story?
Not much at all!
1. I sometimes do! Most of the time nowadays I don't, but most of that came with practicing. I started paying attention to what helps me and what hinders me. For writing blocks of time I need to use noise canceling headphone, put on music without words, and put my phone on do not disturb. It sounds a bit cliche but limiting distractions helps me a lot :)
Also scheduling time to just ideate is a BIGGG thing! For me personally I need time to think and the actual writing is the last bit. I kinda schedule time to just think and brainstorm and that helps the words come easier. I take daily 1-2 hour walks and this helps with my creativity a lot. If I'm struggling with coming up with something/bridging how a scene will be executed I make myself go on a walk and p much walk until its figured out LOL it actually works! And I get steps in :)
My inspiration comes deeply from soap operas & crime movies lol I love soap operas, I grew up on a lot of telenovelas and my mom was a big fan of other soap operas. Now I just binge all these dramatic angsty shows that leave me gasping at every turn LOL it's one of my favorite things! I also adore crime movies because I find them to be some of the more creative plots :)
Advice I would give is reading a lot! Or if you don't have time to sit down and read, listening to audiobooks has done wonders for me in my adult life. Also letting yourself ideate! It's the core part of writing and not a waste of time even though you're technically not "writing". Researching and just brainstorm is like, 80% of the battle when it comes to writing. Once you got all those ducks in line, the words will flow significantly easier :)
I hope this helps!! I'm not a professional writer so I feel a little shy about giving advice honestly. Most of the time I am just like...bkdk brain go burrr
I’m interested to know how you feel about the characters you write i feel like it’s a weird experience for a writer. do you get attached to them? do the characters sometimes write themselves at some point? i want to know your experience about this im so curious sorry
No need to be sorry! This is a great question :)) The characters I think do for the more part write themselves once they've been established in the beginning! When I write/plan I tend to let the middle kinda come as I write because after the beginning is written, the character motives sort of show themselves :) and I 100% do feel attached to them, depending on the depth and effort put into the character building 🥺 I didn't feel attachment to "TKO", "Fumblehood" or "Sweeter Than Revenge" characters. Those were more fun projects and I just wanted to write something fun! But I definitely felt some type of attachment to the characters from "Kacchan" and "Incinerate"! And I can feel I'm going to feel that sadness for "Deathly Beautiful" when it's concluded 🥲 Maybe it depends on the amount of angst?? kjfdhsfsh
idk if someone else ask u this but what would you think is your favorite fic incinerated or deathly beautiful?? im really interested in what you reply hehehe mine is deathly beautiful :)
I'm so happy you like Deathly Beautiful!!! 💜 This is hard for me to chose 🥺 I think in terms of technical ability & themes, I love DB more :) I feel like I hit my stride with DB and leaned into the themes I enjoy writing! But Incinerate is like, my baby fkjdhfsdk I have an emotional attachment to Incinerate because it was my first big project! I also love both Izu and Kats in that one so much I cried when I finished writing it 😭
how long do you think deathly beautiful would be? i'm so excited to read it i'm just waiting now aaahhhh!! the atory is exactly how the title is just muah muah perfection
I have no clue honestly! I removed the chapters numbers and put a ? because it's spanning out to be longer than expected. Nothing in the plot has changed, but I under-estimated how many words it's really taking for the bullet points I have listed. You may have to wait a while 😅 so sorry
Hi, sorry for asking but have you ever thought about publishing your stories? Like, making them into a orginal character book? Because they're so amazing I'd love to have them on my shelf 😳💕 Hope you're having a great day!!
Hi! I love your work so much. I read Incincerate chapters as you were uploading them. I remember asking about an alternate ending where Deku goes with Dabi, and you said you had some stuff written for it! Will it ever be uploaded? Thank you!
Hii!! So sorry I'm replying to this super duper late. I forgot I had this fjkdhdkfs but I did have a bit of it written, however I don't think I will actually finish it :(( It got bigger than I wanted it to and ultimately I wasn't as enthused about it when I started writing and it kind fizzled out
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