OxRedxPandaxO In reply to xXSilveretteRoseXx [2015-07-24 14:52:01 +0000 UTC]

Alrighty <3 i love it when writers ask me this-- prepare yourself

The Song of May: I love the characterizations of Francis, plain and simple. the way you allude to the fact theyre countries without making it too obvious (though i thought it would be questioned more) is so admirable, because you kept them the same characters while others would make it an AU where theyre human and hetalia doesnt matter. With the means of making the story unique to the reader, i find it easier to keep their appearence vague, we don't need to see (e/c) because we know our own eye colour. same with hair, you can still make it seem like the reader without adding a bunch of ((())) because personally, that takes me right out of the story. 

I Have Seen the Unspeakable: You show a side of England that i really like here. the only problems with it i had was (besides my own misreadings at 1 am) was the customization. With England x reader i have a tough time because I have green eyes and red hair. when stories try and go in depth with descriptions of the reader and the main character, it ends up reading "his radioactive shards of emerald gazed into her (green) eyes" (radioactive shards of emerald- im sorry thats way too dramatic----example not from you, just creating dramatic effect) so it makes his eyes seem 
       1. more interesting than mine
       2. looks bad on the writer for letting something so lopsided happen
       3. its the same colour, why is it so drastically different from mine
I just think its something to think about when writing these characters that have common eye colours (unlike Russia, Prussia, and Romania) because i feel drowned in customizations and then when they make one character seem so amazing for one feature, and then they're given (green) for the same feature, its a little disheartening. as for names, its easier to see ______ ______ because you get the idea, its your first and last name. I like this option better because i dont feel like im being prodded along like a cow like "okay, now fill in your name, and now your last name"
im probably being over dramatic, but sometimes it just runs rampant (not necessarily in yours) in fanfiction and i need to rant a little.

your descriptions are A+, you could write a damn best seller with that skill. keep going, i love your work, and count on me to read and favourite more since i just found you last night. Have a great day, and an even greater weekend.

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xXSilveretteRoseXx In reply to OxRedxPandaxO [2015-07-25 02:25:46 +0000 UTC]

Goodness, I didn't expect so much feedback! Thank you!  

1.) In your comments on The Song of May, I have a question. You asked
me why the fact that France was a nation wasn't questioned more. My
question is why would it be questioned if the Reader had no idea he
was a country in the first place?  

2.) Why many (if not most?) writers give so much life to the characters
and their features could be for many reasons. I specifically make England's
eyes seem so hypnotic because that's how I see him. I adore him very much,
as seen in this fic specifically. I find his eyes to be gorgeous—many artists
have a lovely way of depicting his eye colour. And secondly, it's kind of difficult
to make the Reader's eyes be just as majestic as the character's when the
author has no idea what colour the Reader's eyes are in the first place. Reader
Inserts are a tricky business to be involved in—you have to make the fic enjoyable
and relatable without knowing what your audience is personally like. Lastly, if
the Reader is supposed to be in love/crushing on/obsessed/whatever with the
character, typically emotions such as that will make the person see their lover/
crush/whatever in the best possible light. 

Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm happy to hear that I could be a
best-seller! That's very encouraging and sweet of you to say~ 

I hope you have a great weekend as well~!  

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to xXSilveretteRoseXx [2015-07-25 05:08:39 +0000 UTC]

-- I think it'd be more of questioning why hes quick to answer for Feli, or why he doesnt believe his personal life would be understandable, and how he lost his love in death due to a friend

-- Of course you want to make his features so breathtaking, i feel like its my faulty writing that confused you, but i was being over dramatic for the purpose of an example, your descriptions are ace, and that was not a problem in your writing.
And the fact that you can't know that 100% of your audience will have the same colour eyes, hair, or skin tone, it's best to leave those out, or vague. I even had read fanfictions that avoided typing blanks for the readers name because they felt the constant breaks in the writing was distracting. Rather than a bunch of blanks for brackets and parentheses, they left it vague, and it felt like i was reading a book make specifically for me.

also, read your Romano fics today waiting for my chiropractors appointment, A+. Since they're a bit older, i can tell how you've improved in your more recent writing.

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to IAmFandomHearMeRoar [2015-06-10 22:12:30 +0000 UTC]

heck yeah, your fics are dope!

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IAmFandomHearMeRoar In reply to OxRedxPandaxO [2015-06-10 22:17:35 +0000 UTC]

Aww haha, thank you ^^ Can I ask which one was your favorite, and why? If you don't feel like answering that's fine! I'm just wondering ^^

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to IAmFandomHearMeRoar [2015-06-10 22:58:35 +0000 UTC]

well, here i go

Promise Me: 
   Prussia is my all time favorite character of all series, I'm so stupidly in love with his characterization that i think a lot about what it'd be like if i actually knew him. If i were to know him like i do in my imagination, yeah, this is exactly how i'd act if he had to fade. My friend and I came up with this scenario of our own how we'd react and stuff, and the hysterics is p damn accurate and well written out

Learn to Love Me:
   First of all, this fic makes me so angry (to good kind, the kind that makes you think) about how toxic gender roles are. I'm fucking pissed at readers words, and its the kind of thing i would want written in a book and to give it to conservatives like my parents, my exes, everyone with internalized misogyny running through their veins. i think I'm going to have to take my time on this series, i can only take so much at once, but it's worth it

That Would Be...Nice:
   I read this one for my best friend, who likes Russia as much as I love Prussia. it fits her in every way, when she gets home from vacation i plan on sending it to her. Russia was giving the baltics the cold shoulder without being the violent guy everyone thinks he is. i think on this one, explaining the settings of each home more would up the quality, and an explanation of whats going on in each characters facial expressions would be helpful.

Drunken Caretaking:
   Ha, this one was cute. Romano's drunken antics were golden, when he fell asleep and all. This one was pretty solid with details also.

Treasure:
   Oh my god this was 300% secondhand embarrassment. Much like the Russia story, i pictured this one for my other best friend. I'm not a big fan of songfics, the lyrics in my opinion get in the way and break up the story so its less pleasing to the eye, but this one was aiight. I guess when i open like that you would think i was being negative about this story, I'm not, i liked it a lot actually. The chatting with Prussia to the "oh shit he's on stage" was a really nice opening for a fic.

   Idk what it is, but the way you set the scene for each fic is so pleasing and doesn't feel like the thousands i, a seasoned hetalian (dear god the doitsu and german sparkle party era), think your fics have an original flare to them that make them worth the read. i appreciate the fact that you don't load each one with (e/c) (h/c) (f/c) and unnecessary shit like that. that kind of stuff just immediately detaches me from the story and then i end up skipping paragraphs full of (favourite book) (friends name) because the author isn't creative enough to come up with a name or a book, movie, car, shirt, shoes, and other generic stuff like that. I understand they want to make them personalized and such, but the reader knows what they look like, and breaking up stories with (your name)- or the more humourously (you're name)- 

   your writing is very well done and easy on the eyes, and you seem to take your time to get the characters attitudes correct. 

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IAmFandomHearMeRoar In reply to OxRedxPandaxO [2015-06-11 04:45:36 +0000 UTC]

Oh my lord haha, I really don't even know where to start with replying to this, thank you so much for taking the time to write this whole thing!! I'll do my best to do it justice with my reply ^^

Promise Me:
Ohhhhhmygod yes.  I'm so so so tired of all these fics where they're like "hey well, I know you need this, I'll accept it and be brave" because it just wouldn't work like that.  I'd seriously break, just like reader, no way I could handle that!

Learn to Love Me:
That one's very dear to my heart, for exactly the reasons you mentioned! I started writing it for a contest but I got so into the idea of a gender-role swapped culture and what would happen, and how it would be different and how it would be the same.  It's so ridiculous, some of the stereotyping we do solely based on gender and I really tried to bring that up in that story!  I'm glad it struck such a chord with you ^^

That Would Be...Nice:
You've got some good points about this one! I wrote it all in one sitting and posted it the same night without really rereading it, and usually I wait a few days and make improvements lol. I'll probably edit it up later :3

Drunken Caretaking:
Thanks! I thought Romano deserved some fluff ^^

Treasure:
Haha that one XD honestly I was so embarrassed writing it, it's headcanon though XD I heard it a while ago and thought of Ludwig, and that was it, it was all I could think of XD

Aww haha, I'm glad you like my style! I try to do something different each time I write a fanfiction, nothing bothers me the way a cliche does! so when I take a normal plot, I like to twist it around until I have something new on my hands :3 and YES! nothing bothers me the way overloading with insert details does haha. I know what I look like, so saying "Your hair blew in the wind" means the same thing as saying "Your [h/c] [h/l] hair blew in the wind" haha.  I feel like there's a fine line between personalizing and overloading haha.  And I really do try to get speech patterns and actions and stuff down, so I'm really glad you noticed!

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to SepiaChord [2015-02-05 01:28:21 +0000 UTC]

tbh i dont even know who anyone on here is anymore- but heeeeey, if you were able to deal with me, i think we're at a mutual agreement that what happened in 2010 stays in 2010
thanks for the consideration, you seem like youve got a nice head on your shoulders.
^ idk how else to type to people anymore-- im not trying to sound rude but it happens, you know?

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to Fry-Candlelight [2014-12-24 00:04:24 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!

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Fry-Candlelight In reply to OxRedxPandaxO [2014-12-24 01:08:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to Omarunashi [2014-03-14 07:50:02 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the art!

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Omarunashi In reply to OxRedxPandaxO [2014-03-14 10:01:22 +0000 UTC]

welcome

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to Ayaneria [2014-02-09 21:22:04 +0000 UTC]

And thank you too, friend

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Ayaneria In reply to OxRedxPandaxO [2014-02-10 21:47:20 +0000 UTC]

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to CuttlefishTea [2014-02-07 01:59:58 +0000 UTC]

welcs babe

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to Shuru10 [2013-12-24 16:40:52 +0000 UTC]

oh hey! thank you so much

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Shuru10 In reply to OxRedxPandaxO [2013-12-26 05:03:50 +0000 UTC]

Oh, you're welcome!  

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to Fry-Candlelight [2013-12-23 20:26:07 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!

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Fry-Candlelight In reply to OxRedxPandaxO [2013-12-23 20:28:49 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome c:

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to cynderandspyrorocks [2013-11-20 00:53:41 +0000 UTC]

  W----ELCOM-----------------------------E!!

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to DaiNakamaDan-Cosplay [2013-11-17 00:12:26 +0000 UTC]

will do! loove your cosplays

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to TheBrokenxDream [2013-11-13 23:22:02 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome <3

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OxRedxPandaxO In reply to ColorCoatedCalico [2013-11-13 23:21:50 +0000 UTC]

welcome

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