hii i'm nina aka theproblematique on ao3 aka thproblematique on twitter. please try to be kind (not just to me, in general) <3
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anon · 19h
Hi Ninaaa I'm a baby stay and I've been busy (very happily) chewing my way through your AO3 account, sorry if I've left teeth marks, I was wondering do you have any camboy fic recommendations? I think I'd blindly trust every word you ever had to say about Skiz and I read an amazing one in my old fandom so I thought I'd ask ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ (I'm sorry if this is awkward at all!)
hi sweet anooon!!! you are SO kind thank you for reading and WELCOME!!! we are so happy to have you in this corner of the fandom!
I am honored to be asked for recs but tbh I am heartbroken to report that while I love the genre, I haven't read a lot of camboy fic! Of the fics I have read, I absolutely adored the following, my goat: up all night https://archiveofourown.org/works/59614303/chapters/152046868 a seminal classic hyunchan by sshhad0w truly iconic absolutely flawless amazing imo it's camboy perfection
that said i am hoping others have more recs!!! not awkward at all i'm always happy to share love for other's fics i'm just sorry that this is a genre i've read less of!
anon · 5h
hi Nina! As a Nepali who's been reading your fics and following you for a while thank you sm :) and also a big thank you to everyone who donated and/or shared the link.
anon · 14h
I am very excited for your ot8 fic in the future! Would you ever write less “popular” pairings as well? I’m obsessed with chanlix but occasionally I go for lix with binnie or innie. Sung and Hyunjin. Hyunjin and innie. 2min. Etc. I did also love your recent fics with 3 members!
Thank you SO much sweet anon!!! I definitely intend to write more rarepairs! I've written Jeongchan, 3racha, Hyunchan and Hyunibinimini, but also want to write others like Chansung, Hyunsung, Minbin, Seungchan, Jeonglix... the list goes on. I really enjoy writing the pairings I've already written though so I might write more Minsung and Chanlix and Hyunibini and Seungyang too, regardless of their popularity! That's never what drives why I write a pairing, I just happen agree with the large number of people who ship those pairings!
anon · 2d
hellooo!!!! I wanted to ask if there are any of your fics you've ever considered revisiting with sequels or sidestories or if there are scenes/plot lines that didn't end up fitting into fics that you've ever considered sharing, if not in a fic then just on twt or smth
Hi lovely!!! Omg YES I HAVE i've mentioned before for Pathology there's a lil minsung deleted scene and flash forward I want to write about cnc, and yes to other dynamics too! Tbh most often if I'm interested I'll just integrate said dynamic into a future fic :)) This is the case for Cafe Divine hyunibini for example since originally their Star-Studded dynamic was supposed to be more FWB to lovers but then hyunjin wanted to take wayyy longer to start anything hehe 😊
anon · 2d
Hii Nina! Question: How do human ears vs animal ears work for the hybrids???
Because I’ve noticed at different points what seems (could just be me forgetting/mixing things up or not understanding lol) to be different scenarios for each hybrid on how they work for them?
I’m honestly just really intrigued in your world building lol cus I always wonder about human vs animal ears whenever I read hybrid fics 🙂↕️ <333
Hi darling sweet anon!!!! Aah well in my hybrid verse I made human ears "vestigial" meaning their animal ears are the ones that are primarily functional while their human ones are kind of left over, with less sensitivity. As for how they move, this author went to the (silly) trouble of looking up cat ear language, bunny and dog etc to pair the ear's movements with their emotions! But sometimes I go for what's cute (ie changbin being tired means his ears flop over his hair instead of perking upright) 🥰
anon · 21h
My moms name is Nina, so I kind of buffer anytime I see someone mention Nina LOL but you’re cool!!! Sorry this is random 😅😂
anon · 3d
hihi reading cafe divine and just wanted to say i love the 2min crumbs, when they bicker it makes me so happy 💓 also loooving minho’s characterization i feel like i never see fics where he is super flirty with the members even tho he is🤭🤭i will be following along with the rest of the fic!!
anon · 3d
It is so okay if not but any chance you can give a little spoiler or say anything about ChanLix cafe divine? I am SO SO excited to see more of them and think their dynamic at the moment is so fascinating. The tension is crazy and after the scene of the ChanLix 'arguement' where Chan admitted his worry in Felixs safety, I can't stop thinking about them and am so excited to see what happens next between them! 😫 I can't wait !!! (Also it's all worth the wait thank you)
hi darlingest anon!!! waaah im SO happy you are liking chanlix cafe divine, tbh I was nervous because it's a different version of them than I've written before but also so excited for their more... combative energy hehe <3 They have a slight shift in the tension coming up now that Felix knows the truth about Chan's motivations that has been SUPER fun for me to write, and which we will explore in chapter 6!
One lil spoiler I can give away is that there will be a Halloween party soon (as foreshadowed in chapter 3) and Chanlix's costume ends up being..... accidentally complementary, let's say that ☺️
anon · 3d
HI HIIII! this is kind of personal so you don't have to answer, but i was wondering if the way that you view love/fall in love kind of connects with hyunjin's theme in pathology of attraction and case 143. there's this common theme i feel like I can really relate to with that sense of not feeling worthy enough to receive love, and i saw that written in such depth and common for hj that I was just wondering if you've experienced that a lot. please don't answer if it's too personal! love your works 🤍🤍🫂
hi sweet darling anonnnn!!! awh this is such a sweetly phrased question <3 tbh i write a lot of emotions i CAN'T relate to as 1) a fun excercise, 2) to make characters more varied, or 3) to achieve a dynamic that interests me!
that said!!
hyunjin is someone who I can project onto for multiple reasons. when it comes to romantic endeavors, as a rather unlucky person, I find comfort in giving him the happy ending I don't think I'll have, despite his having those insecurities. I'm not as, uh, pathologically obsessive as he is in Pathology, and I'm not convinced I'm a bad person the way he is in Case 143, but I am a deeply romantic person who is grappling with giving up on romance, so sometimes my hopelessness manifests as an internalized doubt about whether I am "worthy" or "deserving". I think that is the throughline you probably saw in his iterations of those two fics, even if they take on different flavors 😌 thank you so so much for your insight and for wording your question so sweetly ❤️ it also made me think about which of my personal traits I give to each of the 8 and that was such a fun excercise 🥰 there are bits of me in all of the versions I write, and then exogenous bits that I enjoy playing with too. writing fiction is such a silly fun interesting form of self-exploration too, isn't it?
anon · 4d
hey nina do you think you'd ever drop the planning notes for an already finished fic? I think your writing's amazing and I would really like to see the process behind it (also im so in love with your brain lol😵💫)
omg anon you are so sweet!!!! ILY!!! waaah I'd be happy to? i'll attach them in the reply tweet to this question, it's just that for star-studded (for example) it's quite a few pages lol so I'll screenshot a few of the more relevant bits! I now have both a 'planning' doc and a 'calendar/timeline doc' as well as 'character' and '4 main pairings' docs!