mildred_of_midgard asked on Dreamwidth: My favorite: Can you hear me right now? 5, 7, 8, 11
5: What part was hardest to write? Ha well it started as a random short thing off a tumblr gif, so it came pretty easily. The hardest thing about writing Johanna fic in general is that it's a very tricky brainspace to get into and more importantly OUT OF when I'm done. It pulls all my own impulsive tendencies up closer to the surface than I generally like them to be, so I have to spend some time walking that back afterwards.
7: Where did the title come from? An Against Me! song, "Because of the shame" It starts "We used to get high together, instead of getting high alone." and the title is from the chorus: "Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability I am numbing myself completely. Can you hear me right now?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vke4CXEu9NA)
A lot of the Johanna fic titles are Against Me! lyrics ("Still 22 days left till the end of the world," the one right after this, is from "Walking is still honest").
8: Did any real people or events inspire any part of it? Not really. I did some babysitting of people who took drugs they weren't familiar with and ended up more fucked up than they really meant to get when I was in college, so I have done the sighing and SERIOUSLY dude? and okay fine let's go someplace quiet, no you may not pet me, yes everything is fine, etc. So that... informs things, I guess.
11: What do you like best about this fic? I like Johanna's "dammit don't make me have feelings" attitude, in general but it's prominent here. And just the "yep just another day in their fucked up life" of it all. I stuck the Quell card fic in after it because why not, but there's nothing about this part that's anything remarkable, unfortunately.
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Date: 2017-03-25 01:26 am (UTC)My favorite: Can you hear me right now?
5, 7, 8, 11
5: What part was hardest to write?
Ha well it started as a random short thing off a tumblr gif, so it came pretty easily. The hardest thing about writing Johanna fic in general is that it's a very tricky brainspace to get into and more importantly OUT OF when I'm done. It pulls all my own impulsive tendencies up closer to the surface than I generally like them to be, so I have to spend some time walking that back afterwards.
7: Where did the title come from?
An Against Me! song, "Because of the shame"
It starts "We used to get high together, instead of getting high alone."
and the title is from the chorus:
"Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability
I am numbing myself completely.
Can you hear me right now?"
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vke4CXEu9NA)
A lot of the Johanna fic titles are Against Me! lyrics ("Still 22 days left till the end of the world," the one right after this, is from "Walking is still honest").
8: Did any real people or events inspire any part of it?
Not really. I did some babysitting of people who took drugs they weren't familiar with and ended up more fucked up than they really meant to get when I was in college, so I have done the sighing and SERIOUSLY dude? and okay fine let's go someplace quiet, no you may not pet me, yes everything is fine, etc. So that... informs things, I guess.
11: What do you like best about this fic?
I like Johanna's "dammit don't make me have feelings" attitude, in general but it's prominent here. And just the "yep just another day in their fucked up life" of it all. I stuck the Quell card fic in after it because why not, but there's nothing about this part that's anything remarkable, unfortunately.