Kaikamahine is a dear friend and formative influence; I've known her since I was 14 and she's everything I want to be tbh re: telling stories about the mundane lives of people but, like, with Themes and Purpose, maaan.
The other big ones are probably all from when I was a kid: seconding K.A. Applegate only with Everworld and Remnants instead of Animorphs, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' Kiesha'ra books, and I'd be lying if I didn't include Persona 2: Eternal Punishment aka "Joke's on you, life doesn't make sense when you're a grown-up either."
For fic, I also learned a lot from augustbird, I love her sparse prose and emotional range, and hollycomb, who's great at plotty ensemble fic.
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Kaikamahine is a dear friend and formative influence; I've known her since I was 14 and she's everything I want to be tbh re: telling stories about the mundane lives of people but, like, with Themes and Purpose, maaan.
The other big ones are probably all from when I was a kid: seconding K.A. Applegate only with Everworld and Remnants instead of Animorphs, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' Kiesha'ra books, and I'd be lying if I didn't include Persona 2: Eternal Punishment aka "Joke's on you, life doesn't make sense when you're a grown-up either."
For fic, I also learned a lot from augustbird, I love her sparse prose and emotional range, and hollycomb, who's great at plotty ensemble fic.