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kitty kitty · 4d
hiii :3 not really sure how to go about asking this, but i’ve been in awe of how well your playlists suit your fics- how much is your writing influenced by the music you listen to? at what point in the writing process do you start curating playlists? i know silver springs literally exists LOL i just kinda wanted to pick your brain a bit abt which comes first, the ideas and writing or the playlist
also i’ve gotten back into reading through fics after YEARS of not being able to pick up a book bc of 80hd and something about your writing style clicks with my brain and is super cohesive and dynamic to read GAHH i’m just really grateful to have the chance to read writing like yours!! thank you for puttin ur thought worms out into the world u da best ever okay
hi! for starters, thank u so much for loving my work! i'm happy to have aided in your rekindled love for fics hehe
and secondly to answer your question, for music inspo, it's usually a mix of a few things: sometimes a song in my shuffle will come on, and it'll randomly inspire me with a story concept or paticular scene i'd love to write, or I know what kind of story I already want to write, so I'll go look for a particular artist that'll match that vibe, and then go from there and find other artist similar to that. For example, for lamb of roses, one song that really inspired me was can't catch me now by Olivia Rodrigo, which was her song from the newest hunger games movie, whose world-building inspired a bit of the story. I just went and found songs with a similar vibe and built a playlist around that. Same goes for silver Springs. with Fleetwood Mac's discography in general, they're an artist I really love the lyricism of, so that inspired a lot of particular chapter themes for that fic.
This answer ended up being super long lol but I hope this answer suffices. I love answering questions like this!! :3
kitty kitty · 12d
i don't know how to phrase this better but you write some of the most immersive smut i've ever come across, you truly understand bottom minho on a spiritual level
kitty kitty · 15d
hi hi silver springs was my first fic of yours and normally i don't give a chance to a 100k+ fic from a writer i'm not familiar with bc it's so hard to find long fics that keep me locked in but YOUR FIC ?? I FELL IN LOVE WITH TOUR WRITING YOU'RE AMAZING I'm reading everything from you. I'm so grateful. Thank you so much. Also do you have any other skz recs? if not yours, from other authors?
THANKS SM! my current favorite skz authors in general would be almondcat and honeyeaters on ao3, but i'll link a couple of my current favorite fics not by myself (tho ofc i'd recommend any of my work) (if you enjoyed silver springs, i'd rec checking out lamb of roses next, my debut fic which I will link below too)
lamb of roses by appleminho
https://archiveofourown.org/works/64300222
desert detours and the quest for a/c by almondcat
https://archiveofourown.org/works/64516951
the plum by disturbedreams
https://archiveofourown.org/works/58797406
breathe in and get a bit higher by louvebird
https://archiveofourown.org/works/54383431
my wound in which you bloom by neptuniez
https://archiveofourown.org/works/64000627
wrap me into a bundle of you by hanjibit
https://archiveofourown.org/works/60575320
kitty kitty · 15d
Completed kitty cold war in one go. And i have class in half an hour. So much in love with your writing. And one sentence is kept on lingering in my mind is...Not to mention his boyfriend is baby-talking to his cat while he’s balls deep inside of him..this! I think it happened at least once irl mnsng also. It's a canon!
I had a really great dawn time and starting the monday in full smiles as getting a glimpse to soondoongdo accepting jsng as their step dad and min's love for his babies...and it's whole 25k fic in this economy!! THANK YOU!!!Thank you for the amazing topsung-bottomin fic again!
kitty kitty · 17d
hi! i already left a comment on ao3 but i also wanted to come on here to say again how truly wonderful your work, silver spring, is. i have never felt so attached to a story before.
i also wanted to ask if, before they first broke it off, part of the reason was that neither of them were maybe mature enough to handle something as delicate as what they had? cause even though i was frustrated with both of them, i could understand that minho’s fears were speaking for him and with work overwhelming him it was a lot to deal with, but with jisung i couldn’t help but think he was being a bit unreasonable at times even though he was clearly going through a difficult time himself with the new band and everything. so i really wanted to know what you had mind when you were writing them in that specific part!
btw i also just realised you wrote lamb of roses as well which i’ve had saved for a while. i’ll definitely read that too along all with your other works! you are truly gifted! thank you if reply!
for silver springs, i had actually written their conflict with a goal in mind that they would both be unreasonable in some of their frustrations. i wanted miso respectively to have their own flaws that contrasted. for instance, while minho was mature externally but emotionally immature, jisung was immature externally but emotionally more mature. jisung wanted comfort knowing minho would still be there for him during tough periods of life and felt minho was too focused on his own fears and present stresses to grant jisung any assurance—while minho wanted everyone to get off his case without having to take any responsibility how his stunted emotions could effect jisung in the longrun—stress sometimes makes us approach conflict without a clear mind, and with miso being opposites in terms of how they deal with problems, they were bound to clash. you can only do so much to work things out while being so busy and faraway and needing different things from your partner. so in short, both of their unreasonable behavior was defnitely intentional lol! we are not perfect people, and i wanted to make it feel realistic, even if its infuriating to watch from a distance haha. thanks for the question!
kitty kitty · 18d
So excited for your upcoming fic. The first ever fic i read from yours is prince mononoke and then i fell in love with ur other fics also. Your writing is so good. I love your fantasy fics so much. Prince mononoke and lamb of roses are my go-to fics always.
I recently only completed Silver springs and the descriptions, story flow are so amazing that I just felt like living in the same space as miso in 1990's era america. I got so invested in the fic that i can't really explain that whole feeling. The feeling is so good and huge thanks to you for the amazing experience. Never been to America but it felt like I got to live with 1990's era people for a whole week. I just lived in the fic...Thank you again for the lovely fic🤍
kitty kitty · 1mo
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i just wanted to say that silver springs was the first fic i read of urs and i went down a rabbit hole and fell in love with your writing. i wasn’t into bttm mim until i read your fics either but wow now he’s all i can think about so thanks
do you have any thought worms for new any future works yet or are you’re focused on your wip rn? either way you’re so so talented and i am shaking witj excitement. thank you muki
becoming known at the bottomknow converter online is a badge i will wear with honor....
speaking OF that's the current wip i'm working on now!! a silly miso wip about soondoongdo catching minho bottoming and losing respect for him, prompt is based off a reddit post... i also have three wip ideas that aren't in the works but one of them is about to simmer to the surface... i just don't know which one yet ;P
kitty kitty · 1mo
hi mukiiii
i wanted to ask about your writing process since ive been so impressed with your work, especially for a long work like silver springs. how did you start ss off, for example? did you think of like a vague idea for a plot line or specific conflict, then slowly think of more specific points for the plot?
hi! thank u! with silver springs, i started out with nothing but an accumulation of concepts and a desire to find a way to combine it altogether (fleetwood mac, forbidden lovers miso, etc)
with silver springs specifically, i just opened a doc and began jotting down scenes that i knew i would want to include no matter what, and tried to build context around those scenes and stretch them as far back (and forwards) as i could. i originally planned for ss to be no longer than 80k, yet as i continued writing the lore got the better of me lol. my one thought was simply "stevie and nicks of fleetwood mac except they had children and their children fell in love and we can turn it into some sort of modern romeo and juliet"
kind of all over the place type answer but those r my thoughts hehe
kitty kitty · 2mo
Heyyyy Muki will you be participating in Slickfest this year??
kitty kitty · 2mo
except for the smut (:p) what was your fav scene to write in silver springs?
been sitting on this for hoursss but if i had to pick the most i giggled at was the almost-first kiss scene in chapter five where minho gets swatted in the back of the head with hyunjin’s ball HAHA and the kiss itself ofc. but i also weirdly loved writing sm scenes in ch11 (? I think) such as miso resting at the skate park and jisung accidentally crushing the ciabatta’s minho brings over bc they’re too busy kissing gnfngnh hehe yeah maybe those