Fic title meme!
Jun. 25th, 2020 12:52 pmGrabbed from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
glorious_spoon!
Look at the most recent 20 fanwork titles on your AO3 account. (I'm assuming this isn't the most recent begun/completed fics, but the most recently updated for any reason.)
1. How many are you happy with? Twelve-ish.
2. How many are ... not great? Five. >_<
3. How many did you scramble for at the last minute? Six. I thought it'd be more, tbh!
4. How many did you know before you started writing/creating, or near the beginning? Nine or so, though leaning heavily on "near the beginning."
5. How many are quotes from songs or poems? Ten!
6. How many are other quotes? Five. I definitely lean on quotes for my titles! (Otherwise titling things is the WORST.)
7. Which best reflects the plot of the story/content of the fanwork? Probably the last day, which is about the canonical last day of normal life in Ascalon before a genocidal attack that devastates the people and land.
8. Which best reflects the theme of the story? Oh, it has to be the gift of men, which is about Eldarion and death, known in Middle-earth as "the gift of men."
9. Which best reflects the character voice of the story/POV of the fanwork? I think this one's got to be the words are all escaping, an AU where Jyn and Cassian survive and are now together, but struggle to put it into words, instead largely leaving their actions to speak for themselves; when Jyn talks at all, she talks around what's actually going on and what she really means. (In fairness, this is how I generally write her.)
10. Which is your favourite title? Hmm. It's probably per ardua ad astra, which is both pretentious Latin and a joke (it means "through adversity to the stars" and Jyn, Cassian, and Bodhi indeed get through the adversity of the RO plot to reach a star—the Death Star, which sucks their shuttle inside, forcing them to pass themselves off as Imperials).
glorious_spoon!Look at the most recent 20 fanwork titles on your AO3 account. (I'm assuming this isn't the most recent begun/completed fics, but the most recently updated for any reason.)
1. How many are you happy with? Twelve-ish.
2. How many are ... not great? Five. >_<
3. How many did you scramble for at the last minute? Six. I thought it'd be more, tbh!
4. How many did you know before you started writing/creating, or near the beginning? Nine or so, though leaning heavily on "near the beginning."
5. How many are quotes from songs or poems? Ten!
6. How many are other quotes? Five. I definitely lean on quotes for my titles! (Otherwise titling things is the WORST.)
7. Which best reflects the plot of the story/content of the fanwork? Probably the last day, which is about the canonical last day of normal life in Ascalon before a genocidal attack that devastates the people and land.
8. Which best reflects the theme of the story? Oh, it has to be the gift of men, which is about Eldarion and death, known in Middle-earth as "the gift of men."
9. Which best reflects the character voice of the story/POV of the fanwork? I think this one's got to be the words are all escaping, an AU where Jyn and Cassian survive and are now together, but struggle to put it into words, instead largely leaving their actions to speak for themselves; when Jyn talks at all, she talks around what's actually going on and what she really means. (In fairness, this is how I generally write her.)
10. Which is your favourite title? Hmm. It's probably per ardua ad astra, which is both pretentious Latin and a joke (it means "through adversity to the stars" and Jyn, Cassian, and Bodhi indeed get through the adversity of the RO plot to reach a star—the Death Star, which sucks their shuttle inside, forcing them to pass themselves off as Imperials).
