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<\/a>omphalos<\/b><\/a><\/span> and I around that time revisited our The Choice To Walk universe and finally were able to pick up where we had stalled out writing it... like ten? years before? Oh god, was it that long? We've been writing almost daily on it ever since (to this day), and enjoying the hell out of it. Also the plot has got more complicated, as is wont to happen to us. Complicated in this case means characters from Of Old Mystics (Rupert and Ethan) waltzing in and demanding to become a main part of the plot. Which I suppose in one way is only fair, since Ian (one of the main characters in TCTW) was originally a bit character in OOM that demanded to become a main part of the plot. The upshot of this is that Of Old Mystics and The Choice to Walk are now both part of the same universe in our heads (which we've dubbed Of Immortal Mystics) . As well as incorporating Ethan and Rupert (and other oom characters) into the current story we're writing, we have also been writing scenes and bits post OOM (but before the TCTW bits get involved) and it's been so much fun to revisit those characters and finally get to write out the things we'd talked about happening after the end of that story.Not sure if there would be an audience for it and I don't know when, but I do hope to post all of this, or at the very least the post OOM bits.
Things were pretty good through to the fall. I turned 50 in September (oh my god I'm old), which was mostly marked by me attempting to get back into drawing and getting an ipad pro so I could try digital art. That hobby has stuck -- I'm still doing art both digital and traditional and not completely hating the results. I may post some of the things I've done here in a future post. (Providing I actually can keep up posting this time).
Then in the first week of November in a span of like 3 days, I ended up in the ER twice, was diagnosed with an ulcer in my groin, diabetes and blood pressure high enough to be in the stroke range. To say it was a bad week would be an understatement. And then a couple of weeks after that, my wallet went missing at work. So I had to deal with all that entailed, cancelling things and getting replacements and having no ID or health card while I suddenly had all these medical appointments at various places to go to. So not fun.
Things were getting better by January -- I'm now taking way more daily medication than I ever had before in my life, but both my blood sugar and my blood pressure seemed to be under control. And, changing my diet (and maybe some of the medication? IDK) has meant I've lost a significant amount of weight. I'm not sure exact numbers --I deliberately don't weigh myself to avoid getting obsessed over such things -- but I've gone from the second biggest hole on my belt to the smallest (which is the fifth) and even that is no longer tight. And I have to wear a belt with all my jeans as they're all far too loose otherwise. I had been meaning to go buy a bunch of new clothes with my tax refund, but.... Pandemic.<\/a>
Ontario declared a state of emergency on the 17th and I took a voluntary layoff on the 20th. I would be considered high risk with my health issues, plus my parents live in the same house and they're over 80 it just didn't feel like a good risk to be taking.
I've been home for going on three weeks now and have only gone out twice -- once the first week to get groceries, and today to pick up my prescriptions. I don't foresee going out again any time soon as we've switched to delivery for groceries which would be really the only thing I'd need to go out for until next month.
I've been coping, more or less. I tend to spend too much time going down the rabbit hole of reading news sites and social media about everything that is happening and I've had to work on stepping away from that and finding things that aren't anxiety inducing to concentrate on for a bit.
I've been slowly working on decluttering and tidying things up, and helping with general household things and trying to get my parents set up to maybe do some things online that they usually go and do in person. I had a tablet I'd gotten for free when I upgraded my cell phone back in September (birthday gift to myself, I upgraded from an iphone 5 to an iphone 10) and I gave that to them and set up my dad with his very first email address. My mother is now asking about facebook which is the next thing to tackle and see if I can get set up for them and explain it enough that they can use it.
I've been working my way through things saved on my pvr and watching things here and there on netflix and such. Am currently making my way through Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and finding it delightful.
I've also been listening to a lot of audiobooks as a distraction. (Mostly works by KJ Charles though currently I'm working my way through the Whybourne and Griffin series by Jordan L Hawk. I find adudiobooks particularly good to listen to when I'm trying to get asleep and I can't because I can't stop thinking about everything that's happening. The only downside is sometimes the story I'm listening to gets so good I end up staying up far later than I intended listening.
<\/a>omphalos<\/b><\/a><\/span> and I have been keeping each other sane. We've been writing a lot and even if we're not actively doing that, we're usually at least chatting in discord.<\/a>There's a lot more indepth I kinda want to go into on the above subjects (and maybe others), but this is probably long enough for now. I'll finish with something I did today purely because it made me happy.
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<\/a>It's silly, but I take what little bits of happiness I can get right now.
Hope everyone is staying safe.","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/321367.html?view=comments#comments","category":["update","pandemic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/321103.html","pubDate":"Thu, 03 Jan 2019 05:38:29 GMT","title":"Snowflake recs","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/321103.html","description":"The Snowflake challenge continues....
Day 2<\/a>
Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. <\/em>
I've been jumping around AO3 and reading a lot of older fic lately so a couple of these reflect that:
Sanctuary<\/a> by DiscontentedWinter (Teen Wolf, Rated M, Peter\/Stiles)
Summary:
The Hale Wolf Sanctuary isn’t just for wolves.
It turns out it’s for Stilinskis as well.
Why I like it:
This is an AU with a live Hale family and a Stiles who is dealing with the physical and emotional fallout of an attempt on his life (which happens before the story starts). It's a story about healing first and foremost and that is what drew me to it.
The Timeline Series<\/a> by Unforgotten (X-Men Movies, Rated M, Charles\/Erik)
Summary (of the first story):
After Magneto of an X2-ish future succeeds in the unthinkable, Charles sends his consciousness back to 1962 to guide Erik away from the path that will lead to the genocide of the human race forty years hence.
Charles knows that Erik has always loved him, and intends to use this knowledge + sex to seduce Erik away from his ideals in his youth.
There's no way this well-thought-out, sensible, debugged and 100% bulletproof plan can possibly go wrong.
Why I like it:
This is a time travel fix-it fic which is one of my bullet proof kinks. It's a time travel fix-it fic with a rather oblivious pov character and a good deal of quiet humor, but still manages to have some pretty poignant moments.
And my last rec is a wip but one that is updating weekly. And also the first one I thought of when I started thinking of what to rec:
There's A Ghost in My Lungs<\/a> by QueenWithABeeThrone (Critical Role (campaign 2), rated T, Mollymauk\/Caleb)
Summary:
Silence falls over the battleground. A mage lies dead on the ground, and Jester\u2019s already propping him up onto a rock and prodding his cheek with her holy symbol. She\u2019d be here with Molly too, if Caleb hadn\u2019t shouted at her to stay back verdammt Jester stay back and shot off a firebolt to keep a snarling tiefling from trying to kill them.
Ikithon, he thinks, sick to his stomach at the thought. This is Ikithon\u2019s work, it has his signature written all over it. He doesn\u2019t dare ask Jester to undo it. He doesn\u2019t even know where she can start, with undoing whatever\u2019s been done to Molly.
or: The Winter Soldier, Wildemount edition.
Why I like it:
Molly was one of my favorite characters in the Mighty Nein and this fic ticked all the boxes I had for a fix-it. It's more of a Mighty Nein found family fic than just a romance fic and it's giving me everything I wanted in hurt and comfort amongst all the characters. It just... it makes me happy and I'm always gleeful when I see another chapter's been posted.","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/321103.html?view=comments#comments","category":["snowflake","recs","critical role","x-men","teen wolf"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320801.html","pubDate":"Wed, 02 Jan 2019 05:33:32 GMT","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320801.html","description":"So I obviously failed horribly at getting back into posting here daily last month. It got to the point where I just gave myself permission to slack on this until the beginning of the year because that seemed like a good jumping off point to get back on the horse (to mix my metaphors horribly.)
I don't do New Year's Resolutions per se, they've never really worked for me. What I do do now is something someone (can't remember who for sure) on my flist a while back talked about. Where you pick a one word description for what you want to focus on improving over the year instead of making specific resolutions.
The word I chose for 2019 is "connection". I've fallen into bad habits of just reading\/watching instead of participating in conversations, situations, social media or even real life interactions and I really want to break those. Speak up, interact, provide my own creative works, etc. Just connect<\/em> instead of just passively observing.
So part of trying to focus on that I hope will be to post here more regularly and interact with others here and on other people's posts. (And leave comments more on fic I read or vids I watch, as well as getting back into writing more fic myself)
Hopefully this won't turn into me feeling like I'm yelling into an empty room. *grin*
And I'm attempting the snowflake challenge, again in an effort to stop being so much of a passive observer:
Day 1<\/a>
In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.<\/em>
The first thing that springs to mind as an answer is the things I'm fannish about. The episodes, scenes, moments, that make me fall in love with something are Happy Places for me. Stuff I go back and wallow in when I need cheering up or an injection of joy or comfort. This can apply to well loved fanfic and vids as well.
Critical Role is a big part of that kind of happy place now and when I've had a really bad day I will just jump into the archive of past eps and go from favorite moment to favorite moment until I feel better.","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320801.html?view=comments#comments","category":["snowflake","connecting"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320672.html","pubDate":"Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:57:30 GMT","title":"Christmas cookies - check!","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320672.html","description":"So tonight was a work get together for dinner and a cookie exchange. The company had had a Christmas party a few weeks ago which I had planned to go to but didn't for reasons that boil down to social anxiety is a bitch. But tonight was just people from my store so it was much easier to handle.
The restaurant we went to was one that's been around since I was a kid, but I hadn't been there in years (not since they served me raw chicken in my chicken parm because yikes). Tonight the food was good and plentiful and reasonably priced. So the restaurant may have made its way off my shit list finally.
I like almost all my coworkers (there's one notable exception but she was sitting at another table so I didn't have to interact with her much) so it was good conversation that flowed freely with people I actually like talking to.
And now I have 60 Christmas cookies in 10 varieties (probably closer to 70 in 11 varieties if I count the leftovers of the type I made (chocolate chow mein cookies <\/a> ) so at least my festive homemade goodies needs are taken care of?
But it was... nice. I think I'd like to do more social things. I've got out of the habit of it the last couple of years.That might be something to work on in for the new year.","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320672.html?view=comments#comments","category":"real life"},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320266.html","pubDate":"Mon, 10 Dec 2018 06:18:50 GMT","title":"When all you can manage is a 'meh' it might not be your fandom anymore","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320266.html","description":"So Thursday night\/Friday, I watched (and rewatched and re-rewatched and re-re-rewatched and... well you get the idea) the new Critical Role intro with lots of joyful flailing. I also watched (and rewatched once or twice, there wasn't really enough there to watch too many times) the teaser for Dragon Age with anticipatory glee.
And I watched the Avengers 4 trailer and went... meh.
I don't really feel very attached to the MCU fandom anymore, the last movie MCU movie I watched was Black Panther and I didn't get past the second or third ep of Agents of SHIELD. The last Netflix MCU thing I watched was Jessica Jones s2. (And I will watch any future seasons of JJ) I am planning on going to see Captain Marvel (now that trailer made me squee) and if they do end up bringing the X-Men into the MCU I'll probably get drawn back in because X-Men, but beyond that I'm just not really feeling it any more.
I think part of it is I may be emotionally pulling away before they can kill\/destroy any of the characters and\/or relationships I have latched onto. And partially for the same reason I quit collecting comics, and then quit again after the MCU got me started again. The stories don't feel like about the characters any more so much as the specatcles -- the big multi title epic crossover EVENTS that are all DIRE and UNIVERSE ALTERING all without letting the characters and their own stories and growth have the space to breathe. The MCU movies are starting to feel just like those comic Events (usually every summer and sometimes other seasons as well) with even less (read ANY) downtime between them.
I may watch\/read and even enjoy some of these Events, but it's the quieter character moments that make me fannish about stuff. Without them it's just empty popcorn watching fodder.
That being said, I did spend a good portion of this weekend reading through some of the Steve\/Tony recs that
This week I'm closing on Thursday and Friday so was an hour and a half behind (and I'm grateful that last week was a week I got to watch live because that ep was so crazy good!). Now add on the almost extra half hour I spent just watching and rewatching the new opening credits for the show and I probably won't even make it to the break tonight.
Man, this show. I can't remember the last time I was so happy by just getting a new opening for something. Granted, this just feeds the yearning for an actual animated show of Vox Machina's or the Might Nein's adventures. Which maybe isn't as far fetched an idea as it first appears?
Anyway, now that I've posted something today, going to go back to the ep and see if I can make it to the break before I collapse for the night.
(and I really need to get some CR icons (preferably Molly if only one) if I'm going to be talking about it. Which I probably will be.)","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/320009.html?view=comments#comments","category":"critical role"},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319925.html","pubDate":"Thu, 06 Dec 2018 06:49:09 GMT","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319925.html","description":"Wow, it's really cool to have to actually go to the next page to read all the new posts on my reading list. I mean, it was just going one page, but still.
And hey here I am, posting two days in a row. Shock! Not sure if this is going to end up being a post with any meaningful content but at least it's a post?
Most of the stuff people are talking about is not unsurprisingly the whole tumblr tire fire thing.
And I'm sad about the loss of a lot of people's work and main fannish interaction place, but I think I've just lived through enough Fandom migrations, both voluntary and reaction to past tire fire situations, that I have full confidence that Fandom will end up somewhere else.
Even if, like the icon says, there's no going home, that doesn't mean you can't find a new home and Fandom is really good at that. The wheel keeps turning, but Fandom as a whole will keep rolling, even if they have to find new roads to roll on.
And wow, my lurking instead of posting for so long means my icons are like two main fannish obsessions behind...","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319925.html?view=comments#comments","category":["babble","tumblr tire fire"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319580.html","pubDate":"Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:11:39 GMT","title":"*blows dust off journal\"","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319580.html","description":"I know it's been close to forever since I posted -- I've still been here reading, but got out of the habit of posting. And once out of the habit, it was hard to pick back up again.
But seeing all the influx from tumblr has sorta pushed me enough to make the effort.
So, uh, hi. I'm still around, still fannish. Critical Role is the fandom consuming most of my attention lately but I do still watch\/read\/fool around with writing a lot of my older fandoms too.
I'd make this a longer post but it is late and if I wait, I will probably just not post at all. So more hopefully tomorrow?","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319580.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319284.html","pubDate":"Thu, 26 May 2016 02:24:11 GMT","title":"NEW FIC: Inquisitor Hawke Series: A Higher Perspective, 14\/14 (Dragon Age)","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319284.html","description":"A Higher Perspective<\/strong><\/a> (161434 words) by Wolfling<\/strong><\/a>, omphalos<\/strong><\/a>
Chapters: 14\/14
Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/a>, Dragon Age II<\/a>, Dragon Age - All Media Types<\/a>, Dragon Age: Origins<\/a>, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening<\/a>, Dragon Age (Novels)<\/a>
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Anders\/Male Hawke, Fenris\/Dorian Pavus
Characters: Male Hawke, Anders (Dragon Age), Justice (Dragon Age), Fenris (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Varric Tethras, Cole (Dragon Age), Solas, Cassandra Pentaghast, Iron Bull, Connor Guerrin, Felix Alexius, Carver Hawke, King Alistair (Dragon Age), Leliana (Dragon Age), Josephine Montilyet, Cullen Rutherford
Additional Tags: Alternate Canon, Epic, Canon-Typical Violence, What-If, Fix-It of Sorts, Bad Latin Masquerading as Tevine, cast of thousands
Series: Part 2 of Inquisitor Hawke<\/a>
Summary:
And there, with every eye upon him, that was when Hawke's gaze sought for and found Anders, grinning at him like a child who had just done something terribly clever that would probably get them both into awful trouble. <\/em> <\/p> And Anders couldn\u2019t help but grin right back. Dorian couldn't hold back a snort of disbelief. \"Dangerous? That thing is literally a ball of fluff with eyes.\"<\/em><\/p> Bull acquires a kitten. Dorian doesn't find this endearing. Not at all. Chapters 4-7 are now up! (link above will take you directly to chapter four) <\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318319.html?view=comments#comments","category":["inquisitor hawke","dragon age","omphalos","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318123.html","pubDate":"Sat, 02 Jan 2016 05:17:56 GMT","title":"Yuletide FIC: Arm's Reach (Galaxy Rangers)","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318123.html","description":"So yuletide reveals have happened and I can now talk about the fic I wrote: Zachary's arm may be as good as new, but that doesn't mean there aren't after effects. A coda for the episode Rogue Arm.<\/p>
Anders watched as Hawke took up the truly ridiculously large sword Leliana offered, and he listened as Hawke said a few words about standing with them as a mage, not over them, and showing them a new way. Then Cullen incited the crowd below into loud cheering as Hawke raised the sword heroically over his head.<\/em>
<\/p>
<\/em>So the entire second story in the Inquisitor Hawke series is now up! This takes us up to the end of the battle at Adamant. The next story is nearly finished though we'll have to edit it after that so it will probably be at least a few weeks or so before it will be ready to go. <\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319284.html?view=comments#comments","category":["inquisitor hawke","dragon age","omphalos","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319108.html","pubDate":"Mon, 07 Mar 2016 19:04:19 GMT","title":"NEW FIC: Inquisitor Hawke Series: A Drum Sounds, chapters 8-12\/12 (Dragon Age)","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319108.html","description":"A Drum Sounds<\/strong><\/a> (115519 words) by Wolfling<\/strong><\/a>, omphalos<\/strong><\/a>
Chapters: 12\/12
Fandom: Dragon Age - All Media Types<\/a>, Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/a>, Dragon Age II<\/a>, Dragon Age: Origins<\/a>, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening<\/a>, Dragon Age (Comics)<\/a>, Dragon Age (Novels)<\/a>
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Anders\/Male Hawke, Fenris\/unspecified
Characters: Male Hawke, Anders (Dragon Age), Fenris (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Varric Tethras, Cole (Dragon Age), Connor Guerrin, Cassandra Pentaghast, Solas, Felix Alexius
Additional Tags: Alternate Canon, Epic, Canon-Typical Violence, What-If, Fix-It of Sorts, Bad Latin Masquerading as Tevine, cast of thousands
Series: Part 1 of Inquisitor Hawke<\/a>
Summary:
For a moment Hawke was completely still; then his shoulders slumped, his entire body bowing as if under immense weight. Later on, Varric thought, he would look back and remember this as the moment that Hawke took on the responsibility of saving the entire world, and how in those first few seconds, he couldn't hide the cost to himself.<\/em>
*******
First story in the series is now complete!
Chapter 8 In which Fenris takes a long walk inside<\/a>
Chapter 9 In which new allies are made and old allies test their limits<\/a>
Chapter 10 In which a new stability is sought...<\/a>
Chapter 11 In which are heroes play by Isabela's rules and then Hawke plays the trump card...<\/a>
Chapter 12 In which party crashers spoil everything...<\/a>
The second story is complete in rough draft, we're working on the editing and revisions of it now. Hopefully we'll be able to start posting it before much longer. (Meanwhile we are also currently working on the rough draft of the third story.) Hope you enjoy reading as much as I have enjoyed writing it with omphalos!<\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/319108.html?view=comments#comments","category":["inquisitor hawke","dragon age","omphalos","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318780.html","pubDate":"Sat, 27 Feb 2016 21:17:16 GMT","title":"FIC: Saarefluff 1\/1 (Dragon Age Inquisition, adoribull, the fluffiest fluff)","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318780.html","description":"Saarefluff<\/strong><\/a> (1698 words) by Wolfling<\/strong><\/a>
Chapters: 1\/1
Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/a>
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Iron Bull\/Dorian Pavus
Characters: Iron Bull, Dorian Pavus, Cole (Dragon Age)
Additional Tags: Kitten, Fluff, so much fluff it's in the title, Adoribull Holiday Exchange
Summary:
The tiny creature met his gaze solemnly for a long moment then her tiny mouth opened in a yawn. \"Aw.\" Bull grinned, enchanted. \"Look at all those sharp teeth. You're going to be dangerous when you grow up aren't you?\"<\/em>
And I just realized I never posted a link to this here so here, have some unashamedly fluffy Adoribull fluff. <\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318780.html?view=comments#comments","category":["dorian pavus","dragon age","the fluffiest","fluff","the iron bull","schmoop","fic","adoribull"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318604.html","pubDate":"Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:57:05 GMT","title":"NEW FIC: Inquisitor Hawke Series: A Drum Sounds, chapters 4-7\/12 (Dragon Age)","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318604.html","description":"A Drum Sounds<\/strong><\/a> (64577 words) by Wolfling<\/strong><\/a>, omphalos<\/strong><\/a>
Chapters: 7\/12
Fandom: Dragon Age - All Media Types<\/a>, Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/a>, Dragon Age II<\/a>, Dragon Age: Origins<\/a>, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening<\/a>, Dragon Age (Comics)<\/a>, Dragon Age (Novels)<\/a>
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Anders\/Male Hawke, Fenris\/unspecified
Characters: Male Hawke, Anders (Dragon Age), Fenris (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Varric Tethras, Cole (Dragon Age), Connor Guerrin, Cassandra Pentaghast, Solas, Felix Alexius
Additional Tags: Alternate Canon, Epic, Canon-Typical Violence, What-If, Fix-It of Sorts, Bad Latin Masquerading as Tevine, cast of thousands
Series: Part 1 of Inquisitor Hawke<\/a>
Chapter summaries:
Chapter 4: In which Hawke experiences the best the Hinterlands has to offer...
<\/em>
Chapter 5: In which Hawke makes a new friend and takes an unexpected trip...
<\/em>
Chapter 6: In which Hawke returns to a warm welcome...
<\/em>
Chapter 7: In which offers are made, and hearts somehow fail to be torn from chests...
<\/em>
This was when we really started playing around with events and things and I realized just how much unabashed fun <\/em>this was going to be to write. Also this was when the cast starts expanding, both with Inquisition favorites and some of the Kirkwall gang....","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318604.html?view=comments#comments","category":["inquisitor hawke","dragon age","omphalos","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318319.html","pubDate":"Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:48:02 GMT","title":"NEW FIC: Inquisitor Hawke Series: A Drum Sounds, chapters 1-3\/12 (Dragon Age)","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318319.html","description":"A Drum Sounds<\/strong><\/a> (18853 words) by Wolfling<\/strong><\/a>, omphalos<\/strong><\/a>
Chapters: 3\/12
Fandom: Dragon Age - All Media Types<\/a>, Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/a>, Dragon Age II<\/a>, Dragon Age: Origins<\/a>, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening<\/a>, Dragon Age (Comics)<\/a>, Dragon Age (Novels)<\/a>
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Anders\/Male Hawke, Fenris\/unspecified
Characters: Male Hawke, Anders (Dragon Age), Fenris (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Varric Tethras
Additional Tags: Alternate Canon, Epic, Canon-Typical Violence, What-If, Fix-It of Sorts
Series: Part 1 of Inquisitor Hawke<\/a>
Summary:
For a moment Hawke was completely still; then his shoulders slumped, his entire body bowing as if under immense weight. Later on, Varric thought, he would look back and remember this as the moment that Hawke took on the responsibility of saving the entire world, and how in those first few seconds, he couldn't hide the cost to himself.<\/em>
This came about from me idly thinking one day \"what if Hawke became the Inquisitor?\" and casually mentioning the idea to ![](\"https:\/\/l-stat.livejournal.net\/img\/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&v=915\")
<\/a>omphalos<\/b><\/a><\/span>. Roughly a year and close to 400,000 words (and still counting!) later, we finally ready to share the first part of the results.
Writing with Omphalos is always a joy. This story has consumed so much of my creative energy in the past year and I've been having so much fun with this 'verse (and am continuing to do so -- we are only roughly maybe halfway through the full story we want to tell), I can't even begin to tell you. Hopefully you'll get as much enjoyment out of reading it as I am getting out of writing it.
Arm's Reach<\/strong><\/a> (2666 words) by Wolfling<\/strong><\/a>
Chapters: 1\/1
Fandom: Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers<\/a>
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Zachary Foxx, Shane Gooseman, Niko (Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers), Walter Hartford
Additional Tags: episode coda
Summary:
I was obsessed with Galaxy Rangers back when the show first aired in this area (1987, yes I am old, shut up). I wrote copious amount of fic for it, most of which was a weird amalgamation of bad melodrama of the soap opera type and fluff, a good deal of that self-insert, and pretty much all of which was horrible. The kind of thing that leaves me very thankful that this was all before the internet was a thing so there's no lasting evidence of this point in my development as a writer.
Rewatching the series (and seeing some eps that I have no memory of having seen before) with an eye to writing fic for it was interesting. To my relief I still enjoyed the show, (rewatching things that I'd loved when I was significantly younger has not always turned out that way) and had a few ideas right off the bat. What was interesting to me though was that most of these ideas either focused on Zachary Fox or were in his pov. Back when I watched the show before Zach had been my least favorite character and I wrote him in as little as possible so to find him the focal point of my ideas now was bemusing.
When it came to the actual writing, I think the past experience I had writing the characters helped, even if it was over 25 years ago. All the voices came easily, it felt like I was getting the characters right and then it was just a matter of making sure the plot made some sort of sense.
I got a flaily Kermit gif as a comment from my recepient so I'm taking that to mean I succeeded.
Also the first kudos on the fic was from <\/a>james<\/b><\/a><\/span> which I found hilarious because we've written so much together though never anything Galaxy Rangers. Which, considering how easy it would've been to turn Goose into a centaur...
All in all it was a really positive experience (and I got a Star Wars Rebels fic as my gift which made me squee!) so I'll probably try and do Yuletide again next year.
Star Wars and Dragon Age are doing a good job of monopolizing my muse right now, but I might even go back and write one of the other Galaxy Ranger ideas I had eventually. Hopefully before another 25 years goes by.","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/318123.html?view=comments#comments","category":["yuletide","fic","galaxy rangers"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317744.html","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Jan 2016 03:27:22 GMT","title":"2015 Year End Fandom Meme","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317744.html","description":"********
1. Your main fandom of the year?<\/b> Dragon Age. I not only adored Inquisition and all the new characters introduced, but that brought back my love of older characters full force. I've been reading sooo much Dragon Age fic this past year. And many many hours have been spent playing and replaying not only Inquisition but the other games as well. I haven't actually posted any fic in it yet but Omphalos and I've written probably about 300k words in an inquisition au. Which... even though it's not finished, we probably at this point should start thinking about beginning to edit and post because that is soooo many words.
2. Your favourite film watched this year? <\/b> Star Wars The Force Awakens. To anyone who's known me for any length of time, this should come as no surprise. I've always counted Star Wars as my first serious fandom. I've loved the story and character and universe since I was 10 years old. It's never really let me go. Han\/Leia was my first OTP. I admit to being skeptical when they first announced they were making new movies and that JJ Abrams was directing it, but as we got our first glimpses of the trailers for the movie, I began to get cautiously excited. And then I watched the Star Wars comicon panel and heard Abrams talk about Star Wars and I let go of the caution. The way he talked, he got<\/em> Star Wars in a way he didn't seem to get Star Trek. I knew, walking into TFA that it was going to be amazing. It turned out to be even better than I imagined. I've seen the movie twice and only now am starting to get fic writing urges in it, but I expect that's only the beginning.
3. Your favourite book read this year?<\/b> Is one that isn't officially out yet. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen \u2013 by Lois McMaster Bujold, the latest book in the Vorkosigan series. I got an ARC from the Baen site. It was an utter and complete delight. The slow dawning realization I had in the first chapter that what I thought they were talking about was actually what they were talking about and how that shifted so much of what had happened before was one of the most delightful experiences I can remember having when reading a book. Also, if I felt at all capable of writing fic in this 'verse I would be inspired to write soooo much based on the revelations herein.
4. Your favourite TV show of the year? <\/b> There's been a few shows I've really enjoyed, but the one that gave me the most sheer delight watching is a freaking cartoon. Star Wars Rebels. I hadn't sought it out when it first started airing, but then Settai made her Star Wars Rebels vid Odds Are for vividcon and I had to at least watch the pilot. ...and then mainlined the rest of season 1 in two days. Yes, it's a cartoon, but it's Star Wars and I will always be more prone for falling for Star Wars canons than any other fandom. And it hits so many of my bullet proof loves it's not funny. Also it took an idle thought I had when watching Revenge of the Sith back when it was released and answered it with a resounding yes and one of my favorite characters in the whole canon.
I'd like to be able to give a much more sophisticated and mature show as my fave for the year, but nope it's the cartoon. I swear I am a grown up. Really.
5. Your favourite online fandom community of the year? <\/b> I don't know if I could point at one. I spent a lot of my fannish time on tumblr because that seems to be where fandom is concentrated, but things get wanky there so fast and with such vitriol that I find it hard to completely engage. I'm just too damn old to get excited or outraged at most of the drama any more. I've seen it all before.
6. Your best new fandom discovery of the year? <\/b> Star Wars Rebels, see above. Between that and the Force Awakens I see a resurgence of the 'verse of my first fannish love.
7. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year? <\/b> When Supernatural killed Charlie, and not only killed her but pretty much did so in a text book fridging sort of way. I had been actually really enjoying the season up to then and they had been tentatively earning my trust back in the way they dealt with Claire storyline, but after the way they handled Charlie its shattered for good. I still watch the show and probably will until it finishes because I still really like the people involved in it, but my fannish days for it are over.
Following a close second would be the first half of s5 of Teen Wolf having seemed to go out of its way to make up a plotline involving so many things that are squicks of mine. I still haven't watched the last two eps of it. I'm planning on doing so when there's a bit of the second half of s5 to watch immediately where hopefully the things that are actively squicking me are resolved. But I've so enjoyed the show up to this point, it was extremely disappointing to see a season that was so made of things I personally DNW.
8. Your TV boyfriend of the year? <\/b> Kanan Jarrus. There would be added competition if we added movies and video games, but tv, yeah.
9. Your TV girlfriend of the year? <\/b> Melinda May.
10. Your biggest squee moment of the year? <\/b> Hm. There were a few things that popped to mind, but the winner would be watching the opening scrawl to the familiar John Williams music in the Force Awakens. I legit teared up. I was not expecting it to affect me that strongly, but once a Star Wars fangirl, always a Star Wars fangirl it seems.
11. The most missed of your old fandoms? <\/b> Probably would have to go with Supernatural just because I still see bits of it pass my dashboard\/friends page on a fairly regular basis. It was my main fandom for so long it's hard to let go entirely.
12. The fandom you haven\u2019t tried yet, but want to? <\/b> Don't know. Nothing pops to mind.
13. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year? <\/b> Nothing pops to mind, but I guess we'll see what the year brings. :D","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317744.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","fandom"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317542.html","pubDate":"Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:54:42 GMT","title":"Yuletide assignment","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317542.html","description":"So just got my yuletide assignment and for the first time ever I actually matched on two fandoms. I actually had read this person's yuletide letter when I was browsing through them last night and had an idea I might get matched with them so I'm amused though not surprised. Also already have an idea of what<\/em> I want to write, just need to do a canon review to get the details in hand to plot it out.
This is definitely something I'm looking forward to for many reasons that I will probably babble on about when I don't have to keep what I'm writing a secret. :D","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317542.html?view=comments#comments","category":"yuletide"},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317264.html","pubDate":"Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:43:24 GMT","title":"Dear Yuletide Santa...","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317264.html","description":"Dear Yuletide Writer,
First off, thank you so much for being willing to write a fic for me, especially in one of these fandoms. :D
I love things focusing on character interaction\/relationships. That includes ships, (be they slash or het, in these fandoms I'm not picky), but I also love reading about family dynamics. (Found family is one of my favorite tropes for just that reason). Basically I love reading about people connecting with and relying on each other and how their interactions affect them.
Other than character death or graphic torture, I don't tend to have many squicks and I happily read fics with ratings from G up to NC-17 so I'm fairly open that way.
Probably the biggest thing I tend to want in a fic is a happy ending, or, at the very least a hopeful one. I can handle angst and bad things happening as well as they get resolved by the end of the fic. H\/C is fine as long as the comfort is at least equal if not greater than the hurt. <\/a>
I love all the Ghost crew, but Kanan is the character that I gravitate to the most. I'd love to see something focusing on his relationships and interactions with the rest of the Ghost crew. Ideas\/prompts:
How Hera and he got from the end of New Dawn to where they are in the series
What Kanan is learning himself when he's teaching Ezra
We know how Hera and Ezra found out Kanan is a Jedi, but how did Sabine and Zeb (and Chopper)?
Zeb is a survivor of the Empire trying to wipe out his people, Kanan, surviving order 66 has to have an idea about what that feels like. Is this something they bond over initially maybe?
But really anything focusing on Kanan is going to make me happy. <\/a>
I know in the rules it says you have to write all the characters I requested, but I won't hold you to that if you have an idea that you can't work all four of them into.
That being said, I've wanted a missing scene from Mirror Dance forever -- namely what happens when Miles and Mark finally make it back to Barrayar and their reunion with Cordelia and Aral, but really anything dealing with the Vorkosigan family dynamics would be awesome. I just love seeing how they relate to each other.
Or maybe something with maybe a peek at various Winterfairs (or another holiday, that just seems particularly appropriate to a yuletide story) over the years and what the family is doing\/how they celebrate\/what crisis they're having to deal with, etc.
Alternatively, Gregor\/Miles is a pairing I've had a great deal of fun reading and anything focusing on them getting together, or how they make it work, etc I would also adore.
And, okay going to be vague so as not to spoil, but I've been reading an ARC of Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen and in the first chapter, that thing we find out had been a thing, I would love something that looked at how it became a thing. So if you actually know what I'm talking about and want to play with that, I would be really gleeful. <\/a>
The sequence that most delighted me from the series was the bit in the last episode with everyone stepping forward in turn to lend their expertise as needed to get Riley out. It had such a Leverage feel to it, with the added twist of their connection that my mind immediately went to a fandom fusion place. Something with them pulling a leverage-esque caper using that kind of swap in and out of their abilities would be awesome.
But really, all the moments I got the most joy out of in the series was just the way they all relate to each other and connected and any way you want to explore that I am sure I'd be thrilled reading.
Also Nomi and Amarinta are awesome, and especially the way Amarinta just rolls with the whole thing. I'd love to see how she deals with it more from her perspective maybe?
And Lito and Dani and Hernando and their relationship is another one I adore. Maybe something with Dani and Hernando finding out about the whole sensate thing and how they react?
Really I just love the characters, all of them so whatever you want to do with them I'll be thrilled to read. <\/a><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317264.html?view=comments#comments","category":"yuletide"},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317066.html","pubDate":"Thu, 08 Oct 2015 03:32:47 GMT","title":"Fic meme days 11 and 12","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317066.html","description":"So yeah, got side tracked the last few days pouring out my thoughts\/possible plot bunnies for post Inquisition fics (in a private doc, we'll see if anything comes of it) and didn't get around to the meme so I'm going to answer a couple of them today.
1 \u2013 How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?<\/a>
2 \u2013 Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.<\/a>
3 \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?<\/a>
4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?<\/a>
5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?<\/a>
6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?<\/a>
7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?<\/a>
8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.<\/a>
9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?<\/a>
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?<\/a>
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 \u2013 Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 \u2013 Ratings \u2013 how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 \u2013 Warnings \u2013 What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 \u2013 Summaries \u2013 Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 \u2013 Titles \u2013 Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 \u2013 Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka \"bunnies\") from?
19 \u2013 When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 \u2013 Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 \u2013 Sequels \u2013 Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 \u2013 Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 \u2013 When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 \u2013 Betaing \u2013 How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 \u2013 Music \u2013 Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain \"mood\" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 \u2013 What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 \u2013 Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 \u2013 Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 \u2013 What is your current project or projects?
30 \u2013 Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
<\/a>
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?<\/i>
Oh most definitely. I gravitate to fix-it fics especially, some h\/c, with the emphasis very much on comfort, schmoop and fluff (I have actual queen of schmoop icons after all), long epic AUs, ones that spring from asking one what if, and following it to the logical conclusion, and ones that are set in totally different worlds. I like the latter because of the challenge of matching the characters and canon events to the world in a way that the characters are still very recognizably themselves. I also like writing missing scenes or character beats that hopefully could be canon that we just didn't see.
But yes, if I had to pick one thing only I could write, it would have to be fix-its, those fics where something goes wrong in canon and I fix it, as the term might suggest. It's like doing h\/c except the hurt comes already provided. I like to say I read far too many fairy tales as a child and I demand my characters get their happily ever after, dammit.
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?<\/i>
Y'know I've wracked my brains and I don't think I ever have, not that has ever reached the finished and posted stage. I've done amalgamation fics \u2013 Destiny's Bond was taking the characters and concepts from the Sentinel and twisting them to fit in the Stargate universe. And I started at one point a fic that actually melded Quantum Leap and Star Wars canon together in a way that was not as out there as it first sounds like it should be (and I'm still very sad I never got much beyond the teaser for it written because I freaking loved the concept I came up with for it).
There were a couple of times I started planning fics like that \u2013 I had an outline at one point for a Sentinel version of Tam Lin, but it never got beyond that. And I had an idea to do a J2 fic based on the hockey movie The Miracle, but although I can read some rps now apparently I still can't bring myself to write it.
Oh! Wait, there was the one ep I worked on for the Angel virtual season, that had the characters trapped in Bogart movies. That isn't quite what the question is asking about, but it's probably the closest.
I just... I like the idea of doing an actual adaptation set in a different fandom sometimes, but it never seems to actually gel when I attempt it. I can riff off the ideas and see where it takes me, but a straight adaptation just doesn't seem to be something I can do.<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/317066.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","writing","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316850.html","pubDate":"Sun, 04 Oct 2015 02:52:24 GMT","title":"Fic Meme day 10","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316850.html","description":"
1 \u2013 How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?<\/a>
2 \u2013 Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.<\/a>
3 \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?<\/a>
4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?<\/a>
5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?<\/a>
6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?<\/a>
7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?<\/a>
8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.<\/a>
9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?<\/a>
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 \u2013 Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 \u2013 Ratings \u2013 how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 \u2013 Warnings \u2013 What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 \u2013 Summaries \u2013 Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 \u2013 Titles \u2013 Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 \u2013 Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka \"bunnies\") from?
19 \u2013 When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 \u2013 Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 \u2013 Sequels \u2013 Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 \u2013 Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 \u2013 When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 \u2013 Betaing \u2013 How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 \u2013 Music \u2013 Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain \"mood\" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 \u2013 What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 \u2013 Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 \u2013 Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 \u2013 What is your current project or projects?
30 \u2013 Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
<\/a>
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?<\/i>
I'm trying to think if there's been any instances I can recall... I know that occasionally there's a character whose voice is distinctive enough while being different enough from my own that I feel a little daunted attempting to write them \u2013 like Spike from Buffy. I prided myself at being able to slip into British speak fairly easily for a non-Brit but Spike for some reason always seemed to throw me right off. I felt confident in that I got the way he thought, it was just his voice -- the way he talked, the way he phrased things that I had problems wrapping my mind around. So I tended to avoid fic ideas where I would have had to write him. Although I did enough co-writing in Buffy fandom that I have written various pairings in which Spike is a participant even though I didn't personally write his dialogue\/thoughts so I'm not sure if that counts for an answer to this question.
As for the opposite, I have written a few things that are not pairings I myself like, as intellectual exercises, or for challenges or fests. The example that popped into my head when I read the question was I wrote Dawn\/Buffy thing for Secret Slasha, which was so totally not my thing, but I think it turned out pretty well.<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316850.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","writing","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316629.html","pubDate":"Sat, 03 Oct 2015 04:06:50 GMT","title":"Fic Meme day 9","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316629.html","description":"
1 \u2013 How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?<\/a>
2 \u2013 Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.<\/a>
3 \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?<\/a>
4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?<\/a>
5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?<\/a>
6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?<\/a>
7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?<\/a>
8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.<\/a>
9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 \u2013 Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 \u2013 Ratings \u2013 how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 \u2013 Warnings \u2013 What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 \u2013 Summaries \u2013 Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 \u2013 Titles \u2013 Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 \u2013 Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka \"bunnies\") from?
19 \u2013 When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 \u2013 Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 \u2013 Sequels \u2013 Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 \u2013 Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 \u2013 When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 \u2013 Betaing \u2013 How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 \u2013 Music \u2013 Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain \"mood\" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 \u2013 What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 \u2013 Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 \u2013 Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 \u2013 What is your current project or projects?
30 \u2013 Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
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9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?<\/i>
I'm not sure how many of these fandoms I have three favorite pairings in, but let's go through the list and see.
The Sentinel<\/b> \u2013 Yeah, this is a single pairing fandom. It's all about the Jim\/Blair. No other pairings need apply. (I did quite like Megan but I don't think I ever got around to pairing her off with anyone)
Stargate SG-1<\/b> \u2013 While I did occasionally read some other pairings, the only pairing I had any interest in writing was Jack\/Daniel. I liked playing with the team dynamic so I enjoyed a lot of friendship stuff with Sam and Teal'c as well, but actual pairing? Definitely Jack\/Daniel all the way.
Star Wars<\/b> \u2013 My main pairing I wrote in stuff I've posted so far is of course Qui-Gon\/Obi-Wan. Han\/Leia was a very formative pairing for me back when I was a teenager and writing only for myself (and occasionally friends) so they would count too. I'm not sure if I can count an OC\/OC pairing from a series written in the fandom, but if so Rilka\/Jess would definitely count. If not, I think I'd go with Hera\/Kanan for the third. I'm just starting to play around with these characters but I already love how their dynamic works and I think they're going to be a lot of fun.
Houston Knights<\/b> \u2013 Again, this is a one pairing fandom for me. Joe\/Levon, whether there be centaurs involved or not. We did have glimmerings of perhaps another, future pairing between OCs but I think that ended up being more theoretical than anything else.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer\/Angel the Series<\/b> \u2013 Now finally a fandom (or pair of fandoms) I don't have to strain to come up with multiple pairings I love to write. First and foremost, Giles\/Ethan will forever be my OTP in the fandom. I also grew to love writing Wes\/Angel, and I liked the dynamics of Wes\/Gunn as well. And I'm going to cheat and also mention two others because Doyle\/Cordy\/Angel was something I wished I got around to writing more of, and writing Gunn\/Gwen was the incredible surprise pairing that I had way too much fun with. So um, yeah, this is definitely the multiple pairing fandom for me.
Nightrunner<\/b> \u2013 Again, it's all about Seregil\/Alec for me. There's a few other pairings in the background, but if it wasn't for Seregil\/Alec I wouldn't be writing in this fandom at all.
X-Men<\/b> \u2013 This is another one I can probably actually come up with three options. Or more, really. (Like BtVS\/AtS it's a big ensembley 'verse with many characters that are fun to mix and match) Charles\/Erik is probably the biggest slash one. I also loved writing Kitty Pryde\/Pete Wisdom (and I'm sad that I've lost track of that unfinished fic I had with them because at least in my memory it was really good). Kurt Wagner\/Amanda Sefton I wrote some of back when I was in high school, again not that anyone ever saw, but still. I also, when they brought Kurt back recently in the comics realized as I was reading them, that given a chance I would probably have a ball writing Kurt\/Logan if I ever sat down and did so.
Lord of the Rings<\/b> \u2013 I only wrote Aragorn\/Legalos in this fandom.
Real Ghostbusters<\/b> \u2013 I... don't actually even remember the pairing in the fic now.
Supernatural<\/b> \u2013 Another fandom that I was in long enough to have multiple pairings. Sam\/Dean of course was what started it all and got me into the fandom in the first place. I grew quite fond of Dean\/Castiel as well, and Sam\/Gabriel, while not as obvious in the text turned out to be a helluva lot of fun to write. (And my most popular fic on AO3 by a huge margin is a Sam\/Gabriel thing I wrote with Omphalos). Also any combination of those four is fun to play with.
Avengers<\/b> \u2013 I've only posted one fic and the pairing in that was edging towards Tony\/Bruce. I have some unfinished stuff with Tony\/Pepper that was a lot of fun to play with, and another unfinished seriously cracked mashup of various comic realities that was heading in a Steve\/Tony direction. So... I basically like pairings that have Tony in them I guess?
Teen Wolf<\/b> \u2013 For me if I have to pick a OTP in this fandom it's Scott\/Stiles. I've dabbled a little in Stiles\/Derek and I liked the dynamics that was happening between them, but the fandom has come close to ruining that pairing for me. Not completely, but still. I wrote a short little Stiles\/Malia piece and that was fun too. I haven't written any yet but I also think Derek\/Braeden would be lots of fun. But mainly Scott\/Stiles and packfic.
Dragon Age<\/b> \u2013 Well Hawke\/Anders is always fun. There was some Anders\/Hawke\/Fenris in a fic that is never going to be finished and posted because it went seriously off the rails but they had some interesting dynamics. The surprise of the current long fic Omphalos and I are working on is Dorian\/Fenris which really shouldn't work, but it somehow does and oh my god are they fun to write together. I haven't actually sat down and wrote any Dorian\/Iron Bull yet, but I think I'd really enjoy them too.<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316629.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","writing","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316172.html","pubDate":"Fri, 02 Oct 2015 03:07:19 GMT","title":"Fic Meme day 8","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316172.html","description":"
1 \u2013 How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?<\/a>
2 \u2013 Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.<\/a>
3 \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?<\/a>
4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?<\/a>
5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?<\/a>
6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?<\/a>
7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?<\/a>
8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 \u2013 Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 \u2013 Ratings \u2013 how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 \u2013 Warnings \u2013 What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 \u2013 Summaries \u2013 Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 \u2013 Titles \u2013 Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 \u2013 Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka \"bunnies\") from?
19 \u2013 When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 \u2013 Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 \u2013 Sequels \u2013 Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 \u2013 Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 \u2013 When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 \u2013 Betaing \u2013 How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 \u2013 Music \u2013 Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain \"mood\" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 \u2013 What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 \u2013 Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 \u2013 Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 \u2013 What is your current project or projects?
30 \u2013 Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
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8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.<\/i>
I do write OCs, when the story calls for it. Most of the time they at least start out as... I don't want to say plot devices but I can't think of another term. They're there because I need a character to do something specific in my main character's story. Sometimes they remain little more than that, but there's been a few times when an OC has taken on a life of his or her own, and sometimes even ends up with their own plot arc.
Jess in the Letters series was like that -- he started out as someone to give Obi-Wan an annoyance to deal with, morphed into more of an ally character at which point I started thinking about why he would have been so annoying in the first place, and started giving him a background and motivations and suddenly he had an actual storyline and development and relationships, the whole nine yards.
The one OC that popped into my head when I first read this question was Ian from Of Old Mystics. He started out as just a mysterious older mentor figure for Ethan \u2013 (I had been picturing a sorta modern day setting Gandalf type for what we needed, which led to the name Ian). He quickly developed his own personality and backstory and took on a bit of a life of his own.
The question about whether I've ever had a character push his way into a scene when he wasn't originally supposed to be there? Yeah, that was Ian. Omphalos and I had an original purpose for him in the story, which he did fulfil, but we also ended up with him in far more scenes \u2013 and more intimate scenes than we'd originally planned. And the epilogue of the series, ended up being a way to give his story a better finish than we'd originally gave him in the story.
Not only that, but we ended up taking Ian and his backstory, changing one thing and writing original fic about him and his partner. Let me tell you, some of the most fun I've had writing was developing Ian and his world.
How do I keep OCs from becoming Mary Sues? It's not really something I consciously think about \u2013 I create original characters with as little or as much depth as needed and treat them the same as any other character. I won't say I've never written Mary Sue like characters, I think every writer goes through that phase and I certainly did when I was a teenager. I was just lucky enough that the internet didn't really exist back then so there's no proof of it.
But creating characters and seeing where they go and how they develop is part of the fun of writing, even writing fic. Just with fic, you also are doing the same with characters that come to you with the process already started.<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316172.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","writing","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316026.html","pubDate":"Thu, 01 Oct 2015 02:46:52 GMT","title":"Fic meme day 7","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316026.html","description":"
1 \u2013 How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?<\/a>
2 \u2013 Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.<\/a>
3 \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?<\/a>
4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?<\/a>
5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?<\/a>
6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?<\/a>
7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 \u2013 Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 \u2013 Ratings \u2013 how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 \u2013 Warnings \u2013 What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 \u2013 Summaries \u2013 Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 \u2013 Titles \u2013 Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 \u2013 Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka \"bunnies\") from?
19 \u2013 When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 \u2013 Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 \u2013 Sequels \u2013 Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 \u2013 Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 \u2013 When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 \u2013 Betaing \u2013 How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 \u2013 Music \u2013 Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain \"mood\" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 \u2013 What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 \u2013 Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 \u2013 Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 \u2013 What is your current project or projects?
30 \u2013 Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
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7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character? <\/em>
I'm assuming we mean writing a fic changing our opinion? In that case, the answer is oh goodness gracious yes. A character I may not like all that much, if I write a fic from the pov of a character who does like them, I often start seeing why<\/em> they like them and end up liking them myself.
It's happened more than once, in more than one fandom, but the example that came to mind when I first read this question is Buffy Summers. I was, when I first got into the fandom rather meh on Buffy herself. (Which actually wasn't unusual, I often feel less strongly about the main character in a show with an ensemble cast than some of the secondary ones.) I didn't hate her or anything, I just... didn't find her engaging or interesting in a way that made me want to explore her character more.
My gateway character to Buffy was Giles and really one of the things that helps define Giles is his relationship with Buffy and how he feels about her. So, to write Giles and keep him true to character, I had to engage with Buffy and see her through his eyes. And I wrote a lot of Giles pov. The way Giles saw Buffy was not the way I saw her and having to look at situations about her and interactions with her from Giles' pov and get it right the way he saw and felt about her slowly changed my opinion of her as well. Buffy never became a super favorite character but I grew to like her quite a lot. One of my favorite of my own vids that I've made is a Buffy Summers vid. I doubt that would've ever happened if I hadn't had the experience of looking at her with Giles' eyes.<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/316026.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","writing","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315883.html","pubDate":"Wed, 30 Sep 2015 04:08:26 GMT","title":"Fic meme day 6","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315883.html","description":"
1 \u2013 How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?<\/a>
2 \u2013 Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.<\/a>
3 \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?<\/a>
4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?<\/a>
5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?<\/a>
6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 \u2013 Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 \u2013 Ratings \u2013 how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 \u2013 Warnings \u2013 What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 \u2013 Summaries \u2013 Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 \u2013 Titles \u2013 Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 \u2013 Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka \"bunnies\") from?
19 \u2013 When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 \u2013 Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 \u2013 Sequels \u2013 Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 \u2013 Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 \u2013 When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 \u2013 Betaing \u2013 How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 \u2013 Music \u2013 Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain \"mood\" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 \u2013 What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 \u2013 Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 \u2013 Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 \u2013 What is your current project or projects?
30 \u2013 Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
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6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?<\/i> If you look at my body of work, I do tend to write more male than female characters, but it's not that I don't like writing female characters. When I have written them, I've had just as much fun and\/or headaches writing women as I do men and when I look back at the stuff I wrote when I was a teenager, when I was writing mostly for myself and friends, I wrote far more female characters than male.
I think part of the reason my posted work skews so male is I started posting about the same time I discovered slash so the stuff I was reading at the time was definitely more male dominated. The lack of a lot of interesting female characters in some of the canons that inspired me to write didn't help matters either, although I can't say that for every one.
I dunno. This is probably something I should look at and think is problematic, but I don't want to hang such huge weights on my writing. Keeping motivated and creative is already such a fragile thing, I'm not sure if I start trying to police the kind of things that draw my interest will do anything but stop me writing entirely. I think the best I can realistically do without shooting myself in the creative foot is be aware of it and when I do write female characters do so to the best of my abilities.
(And I will never, never vilify a female character just because she is female, and possibly a canon threat to a fannish slash pairing. There is far too much of that out there and nothing will make me nope out of a story faster than that kind of character assassination.)<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315883.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","writing","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315537.html","pubDate":"Tue, 29 Sep 2015 02:57:12 GMT","title":"Fic meme day 5","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315537.html","description":"
1 \u2013 How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?<\/a>
2 \u2013 Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.<\/a>
3 \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?<\/a>
4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?<\/a>
5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?
6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 \u2013 Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 \u2013 Ratings \u2013 how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 \u2013 Warnings \u2013 What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 \u2013 Summaries \u2013 Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 \u2013 Titles \u2013 Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 \u2013 Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka \"bunnies\") from?
19 \u2013 When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 \u2013 Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 \u2013 Sequels \u2013 Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 \u2013 Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 \u2013 When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 \u2013 Betaing \u2013 How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 \u2013 Music \u2013 Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain \"mood\" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 \u2013 What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 \u2013 Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 \u2013 Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 \u2013 What is your current project or projects?
30 \u2013 Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
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5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?<\/i>
I can't really think of a particular instance off the top of my head, but I'm sure I have. I know I have had characters more than once take the bit in their mouth and refuse to go in the direction I thought the scene\/story needed them to go in. I've learned that when that happens, 99 times out of a hundred, following where they want to lead is both more productive and generally leads to a better story than the one I thought I was telling.
Call it a character taking over, my muse, or my subconscious plotting behind my conscious mind's back, some of the best twists and turns and interesting character interactions I've written have come out of those situations.<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315537.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","writing","fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315257.html","pubDate":"Mon, 28 Sep 2015 03:36:41 GMT","title":"Fanfic meme day 4","author":"wolfling","link":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315257.html","description":"
1 \u2013 How did you first get into writing fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?<\/a>
2 \u2013 Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.<\/a>
3 \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?<\/a>
4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5 \u2013If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a fic, whether your \"muse\" or not, what did you do about it?
6 \u2013 When you write, do you prefer writing male or female characters?
7 \u2013 Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
8 \u2013 Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
9 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to write?
10 \u2013 Pairings \u2013 Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and written a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't write, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 \u2013 Genre \u2013 do you prefer certain genres of fic when you're writing? What kind do you tend to write most?
12 \u2013 Have you ever attempted an \"adaptation\" fic of a favorite book or movie but set in a different fandom?
13 \u2013 Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 \u2013 Ratings \u2013 how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
15 \u2013 Warnings \u2013 What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
16 \u2013 Summaries \u2013 Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
17 \u2013 Titles \u2013 Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?
18 \u2013 Where do you get the most inspiration for your fics (aka \"bunnies\") from?
19 \u2013 When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?
20 \u2013 Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 \u2013 Sequels \u2013 Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
22 \u2013 Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 \u2013 When you post,ewhere do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 \u2013 Betaing \u2013 How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 \u2013 Music \u2013 Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain \"mood\" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 \u2013 What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27 \u2013 Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28 \u2013 Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29 \u2013 What is your current project or projects?
30 \u2013 Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link
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4 \u2013 Do you have a \"muse\" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?<\/i>
I don't know if I have a muse character per se, or if I do, it's more like every character can be my muse.
But I do have what I refer to as \"gateway\" characters, characters in the source that I latch onto more than others and spend far too much time thinking about and figuring out and that is what eventually leads me into getting itchy fingers and feeling the need to write in that fandom. I guess that's a kind of muse?
So it's much less a<\/em> muse and more along the lines of a muse per fandom.
A non-comprehensive list of my gateway characters include Giles, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, Stiles Stilinski, Dean Winchester, etc.
To give you an example from the most recent thing I've been poking at, and that hasn't quite reached the \"produce fic that is ready to be posted\" stage yet.... Star Wars Rebels. I watched the entire series in two days and latched onto one character from the very first episode: Kanan Jarrus. I was fascinated by his back story and was worried that, with what I know of the Star Wars timeline, falling in love with this character is going to inevitably end in tears. That was enough to start me poking at a random scene set in the future where things did not end in tears. And, while I haven't finished anything postable yet, there is now Star Wars Rebels fic writing happening. Because of Kanan, my gateway character.
This is unusually fast for me, but am chalking that up to the fact that it isn't really a new fandom, just a new time period in an old existing fandom. Generally, it takes at least about a season and a half or the equivalent in non-tv series fandoms for a character to grab onto my interest hard enough and long enough to inspire me to write.<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/wolfling.livejournal.com\/315257.html?view=comments#comments","category":["meme","writing","fic"]}]}}