scum villain, fic musings, in love with the villainess

► The other day, I was thinking about how, whenever I’m feeling actively fannish about Scum Villain, I start viewing any other media I engage with not through the lens of “is there fic potential in this” (normal for me), but rather “is there Scum Villain fic potential here”, i.e. I’m mentally rummaging through it for potential inspiration for SV fics. Despite already having more WIPs for that fandom than I’m ever going to finish. Then I started thinking about how I’ve been playing through Phantasy Star II with my brother recently, and realized… it would not actually be that hard to make a Scum Villain AU inspired by it? ( thoughts on an AU I have zero intentions of writing beneath the cut )

► I was looking at one of my old Scum Villain fic rec lists, and was reminded of The Shortest Hades/Persephone AU Ever Made. It's still one of the funniest fics I’ve ever read, despite being barely over a hundred words; even just seeing the title is enough to make me laugh, remembering. What a punchline <3

► I read the first volume of I’m in Love With the Villainess this week (finished it today), and it was okay? I don’t think I’ll be continuing the series, though I miiiight check out the anime (which was already one of the series on my Crunchyroll watchlist). ( some brief thoughts beneath the cut )