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1 for the fanfic ask!

  1. What made you start writing fanfic?

Heh, I think I first wrote fanfic before I knew it was fanfic? When I was 12 I found myself wanting to re-write stories like Sword of Shannara or Phantom of the Opera to alter perceived injustices in the story, bring certain characters back to life or re-frame the narrative. It wasn’t until I was 13-14 that I learned these types of stories were being written by other people too and it was called fanfiction. My first published piece was a Harry Potter fanfic which was basically just putting a meta theory of mine into prose. I think I was 13 at the time? Anyway, the rest is history since I never really stopped writing it ;P

fanfiction asks!

sathinfection:

  1. What made you start writing fanfic? 
  2. Which of your own fanfics have you reread the most? 
  3. Describe the differences between your first fanfic and your most recent fanfic.
  4. Do you think your style has changed over time? How so? 
  5. You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it? 
  6. Name three stories you found easy to write.
  7. Name three stories you found difficult to write.
  8. What’s your ratio of hits to kudos? 
  9. What do your fic bookmarks say about you? 
  10. What’s a theme that keeps coming up in your writing? 
  11. What kind of relationships are you most interested in writing?
  12. For E-rated fic, what are some things your characters keep doing? 
  13. Name three favorite characters to write.
  14. You’re applying for the fanfic writer of the year award. What five fanfics do you put in your portfolio? 
  15. Question of your choice!

kaijublueeyes92:

numbers language of the universe and they will hide me I can hide behind them because they are never angry they are never wrong they choose no sides and expect nothing they are pureley themselves and will never betray me

– Newt’s tour through Hermann’s mind “Pacific Rim Novelization”

I feel like both the science boys define themselves so much by the military but in completely different ways? Like, Hermann likes having a purpose, he likes being a part of something and he likes knowing that his efforts are going towards something greater than himself. While Newton very much Others himself (he’s on the same side as the PPDC but they’re not the boss of him). It’s just funny because after the kaiju war I almost can’t see Hermann working anywhere else?? I dunno.

I think the fact it’s such an uncomplicated war helps a lot? I mean, the Kaiju are literally trying to wipe out humanity. There’s no ideology or gray area here. It’s fight or die. 

Like, in general, I can’t even conceive of Newt joining a military organization unless it was this clear-cut a war of self-defense. He’ll fight fascists, but he won’t just fight to kill other humans, y’know? He’d fight in a WWII type war but not a Vietname type one, he’d go to jail instead.

And I think on some level Hermann is similar, however, he very much frames himself as a WWII scientist and draws inspiration from figures like Turing. As I’ve said before, I headcanon that he wanted to be an astronaut before the Kaiju arrived, then after he wanted to be a pilot, and then either illness or injury in his leg prevented that so he threw himself into using his other skills to the best of his ability to fight the war. 

I totally agree that Hermann came to define himself as “A PPDC Scientist” in part because he strikes me as someone who is a creature of habit and once he got settled into his routine there, it was hard for him to break that habit. So long as he was contributing to something greater and allowed to pursue his work, he’s content. It was Newt who is always bouncing around and intrigued by new possibilities and opportunities. There’s a line in TOWOID where Hermann notes that with the Precursors taking Newt away he lost all impetus to look for jobs outside the PPDC, because while he was a stabilizing influence for Newt, Newt was the one who prompted Hermann to leave his comfort zone. That’s how I see it at least, the reason why Hermann is still with the PPDC 10 years later with Uprising instead of moving on.

But yeah, Newt sees himself as PPDC because how could he NOT be on the front lines for saving humanity and studying aliens? It’s like joining Star Fleet, in a much darker and more depressing way, but if it ever militarized against humanity he’d be out in a second. Hermann is more into Doing His Duty and being on the front lines because he wants to be at the nexus of the most important fight of his lifetime, his generation’s WWII, but once there indeed the sense of purpose and being part of something greater keeps him there (and perhaps allows him to stagnate a bit, without Newt there).