What are you working on right now?

[littlebutfierce]

What's everyone working on lately? If you don't want to give specifics, maybe you just want to rant (or rave!), or ask for help, or just say that yes, thank goodness, there IS some kind of idea rattling around in your brain. Or something else. I like cheerleading, so if anyone needs any, shout. ;)

I'm working on at least 3 Oofuri fics (& none of them specifically for the kink meme, woe). One of them is a more unusual (at least in my head) pairing, one is a futurefic (I almost never get ideas for futurefics, dunno why), & one is another female masturbation fic (this seems to come up a lot in my fic! All my ladies touch themselves, hooray!).

They're all at various stages of approaching the point where I really will need another eye on them, but are all also stymieing me in slightly different ways (also NAMES & HONORIFICS, need I say they always stymie me?). I've been inching forward with them, & every time I leave one for a few days I come back & discover it's not as crappy as I'd feared but that it still needs loads of work. I just feel like I need more stamina & more faith right now or I might end up abandoning them, which would suck as they're close! Sorta kinda!

I also have half-written a Tam Lin (the Pamela Dean novel) fic that I tried to crank out for the Porn Battle, but I don't think it will ever go anywhere, or not without a LOT of work.

I have a couple of other things in very embryonic stages but they're the sorts of things I don't want to mention lest I scare the ideas back into hiding.

Comments

[factorielle]

What unusual pairing would that be, if you don't mind me asking?

I have... many fics on my current list. :) In Oofuri, the main one (which is rather slow-going) is a retelling of Nishiura's first year from Izumi's point of view (and sequel). Then there's an immeasurable load of stuff for my huge future-verse, the vampire AU, and some kink meme prompts that I will keep secret in a flimsy defense of anonymity.

Then there's Suikoden Tierkreis, for which I also have a huge, plot-driven futurefic that hasn't gone further than the prologue yet, and a couple of ficlets that I was prompted for many moons ago.

And a week left to get as much done on all this as possible. XD

[littlebutfierce]

It's Tajima/Mihashi, which... probably isn't all that unusual to some people. I mean, I can see it happening. I don't think I've ever seen any fic for it, though, & I probably wouldn't have been moved to try it w/o a prompt. I'm not going to link to the rather old prompt right now (but which is presumably findable!) out of some superstitious fear that I'll never finish the story if I do (eeeek). It's not specifically a slash prompt but my brain instantly made it that way, though seeing more gen interaction between the two of them in fic generally would be fab.

I think my story is heading in the right direction but UGH I just want to get there already!

You have a lot of irons in the fire. That's great! I foresee lots of snarkiness in your Izumi retelling fic, mwahaha. And kiiiiiiink meme yay!

[factorielle]

Ah, I know a couple of people who ship it (and there's a fair amount of art in the Japanese fandom, as well), but the ones who might have written for it have since moved on to other things. Somehow I only ever got the BFF vibe from them.

Good luck on getting there! I'm sure it will please a lot of anons. \o/

Strangely, this Izumi is a lot less snarky than my usual, so far! Then again, that might be because he hasn't started talking to Hamada yet. XD

[littlebutfierce]

Yeah, by "more unusual" I really meant "I haven't found any fic in English & I'm not hugely into them myself," maybe? XD I don't look at that much fanart, English or Japanese, comparatively (I always mean to & get distracted!). The one your icon is from is AMAZING, though.

And thanks! I ONLY HOPE SOME ANONS COMMENT ha ha ha. The whole discussion on your post about comments is really interesting (& I like those guides to leaving/receiving feedback that you posted)...

I like watching Izumi & Hamada fence verbally! I tend to feel sorry for Hamada, though... but not too much.

[factorielle]

I love that picture, it has so many layers of awesome. I only wish I knew who drew it... I'll check if I still have links to a couple of japanese fansites, some of them are amazingly sweet.

I'M SURE THEY WILL! And yeah, I like how everyone seems to have different reasons for not leaving feedback. All things considered, it's a wonder that anyone ever does!

Me too! Though Hamada doesn't fight back enough in canon. But it could be so much fun...

[littlebutfierce]

Aw, I was hoping you somehow knew who drew that pic! The artists seem to un-anon themselves less than the writers, alas...

I'm trying to get down in the fic how Tajima can have a rare serious moment & flip in an instant back to his more usual goofy dorky self ("I hate tall guys!... OOOH POPSICLES!": that sort of thing) & auuuuuuuuugh.

I think if Hamada really wanted to he could totally whoop Izumi's ass. I KIND OF WANT TO SEE IT NOW.

[factorielle]

Sadly, no. :/ I'd like to think I'd recognize it if it was one of my artist friends, so I'm assuming this is someone unknown...

Ah, yes. As soon as you want to make Tajima serious about something else than baseball, it becomes reaaaaal difficult. But closer to his canon personality!

Agreed, but for some reason he never seems to do it. I would really like to find out what that reason is. HAMADA FLASHBACK TIME, PLEASE?

[littlebutfierce]

Yeah, it's easy enough to do Tajima being awesome & braggart-y & in-your-face about masturbating--& I love stories about Tajima being like that. Maybe I should just stick w/that, augh! But I do like the odd way he & Mihashi click w/each other... though yeah, mostly, like you, I see them as buddies or brotherly types.

I want to see fic about wee baby Hamada! Well, not actual baby. But middle school & younger. I am sure there is mega angst fodder there (including the sekrit reason why he doesn't give Izumi a thrashing!).