australia | student | a secondary life

• Mostly active on twitter@develei and ao3@nein
• goal for 2016 is to write! write! write!
• Criticism/negative thoughts/complaints are 100% okay :D I'm a tough tough soul that's really earnest to evolve

loves

• dairy products
• reading
• stationery
• life without technology (of letters, journals and books)
• a sense of unfamiliarity, homelessness, wonder

• dialogue!
• withhold information
• unreliable narration
• repeating motifs, meaning accumulation
• relationship/character development
• cliffhangers + curveballs
• subverting reader's expectations
• more side characters
• plot + subplot
• TROPE SUBVERSION

• teach English in Japan
• read books in 3 languages
• learn to improvise jazz piano
• become a morning person
• be a master of mind management

• HQHOLS (deadline: June 2016)
• 
  (deadline: ....ASAP)
• Sherlock!Oikawa AU (deadline: September 2016)
• 1Q84 inspired AU with KuroKen (deadline: 2017)
• Finish State of Grace!! (deadline: March 2016)
• Continue doing title prompt challenges!

YES

• GEN (YES ALL THE GEN)
• platonic life partners/bros/deserved soulmates
• Well thought out plot, suspense! drama! plot twists!
• subtle introspection that gently delivers dynamic and character study
• taking real life influences: a song, a city, an event YES. I remember one fic had the Sydney Harbour Bridge and mentioned the sea flashing in the gaps next to the footpath ;___; DETAILS)
• Jargon; scientific, literary, musical, types of cake. Name drop! I love it when I need to google things!
• ideal life which is not really ideal and actually hell in disguise YES - trouble in paradise, awkward first love, unromantic dates, plans being disrupted, people being misunderstood, actions being regrette...

• NO.1 IS DEFINITELY OTHER WRITERS. I'm watching you all very closely! When I enjoy I fic, I think //why// and try and learn about what makes good writing :D :D :D
• Japanese Literature (Murakami, Oe, Mishima, Yoshimoto) - from them I learn how develop a strong narrator
• My own experiences: what I see outside the train window, the coffeeshops I visit, the daydreams I have on a rainy evening at home...
• What I've been reading recently (Baudelaire, 1Q84, Ulysses)
• Atmospheric fanart
• The canon work! I always pick up new characterisation nuances on every reread.
• Meta posts
• http://seventypercentethanol.tumblr.com
• http://lalage.tumblr.com
• Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities + If On a Winter's Night A Traveller

Currently Active in:

• Haikyuu!!

Will scream like a banshee regarding:

• Full Metal Alchemist
• D.Gray-man
• EXO
• Super Junior
• Psycho-Pass/Ghost in the Shell/Cowboy Bebop/Sci-Fi Anime
• Bleach (certain arcs n___n)
• Durarara!/Baccano!

Will clutch heart if overheard:

• Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope)
• Studio Ghibi
• Mushishi
• Death Parade
• Free!
• Orange
• Watashitachi no Shiawase no Jikan (Our Ha...