The Whatnot of TJ

Challenge #7 Rec Yourself, Don't Wreck Yourself

Why is it that the challenges that I, myself, post are the ones that take me the longest to fill? You think I'd have this all sorted even BEFORE I posted it on the community. But, that would be supposing things about me that are false from the outset.

BUT, enough about that! This is not what this post is about.

How am I awesome? I don't know, I just am. I'm a bit of a work in progress. I feel things that I've struggled with for a long time are slowly starting to make sense and this excites me and I'm really looking forward to who I become. I'm not there yet. Not as awesome as I'm going to be. Seriousy, stick around. It's getting good. ♥

But, for most of this, there is a lot of reflection and self-analysis and worry and so, I'll save it for another post and instead talk about the thing I am really good at. Getting into characters' heads.

The first two things I'll link to, while they might not be my best examples, they do serve as examples (and they're things that I haven't posted yet as reveals just went up recently(ish).

From hoggywartyxmas

Title: Home
Rating: PG
Word Count: 5k
Characters: Rosmerta, Aberforth Dumbledore, Hannah Abbott and Neville Longbottom
Summary: A girl walks into a bar…
Content: angst, hurt comfort, found families

Three of the four characters in this story were new to me and I had great fun sorting their painful pasts and whatnot. If you're ever in an anonymous fest with me and are curious to which one is mine, if there are multiple POVs and the theme is found families, chances are, it's mine. ♥

From Yuletide:

Switzerland (1128 words) by tjs_whatnot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sodapop Curtis, Sandy (The Outsiders), Darrel Curtis, Dallas Winston
Additional Tags: Family Drama, Family Issues, Missing Scene
Summary:

The Curse of the Middle Child

♥ Sodapop Curtis ♥ My first fictional crush.

The other ones I'm super proud of how into the voice of the character I got is from the same fandom and I find it the hardest fandom to get the characters--their voices, their mannerisms and motives--so, I'm the proudest when people comment that I nailed it. ♥ ♥

My "The West Wing" fic

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