Fuck it, I'm gonna start a thread for posting updates on my fic WIPs both as notification for y'all when new fics or chapters go up and as a form of accountability to try and keep my output as least a little bit consistent. Also feel free to post questions or comments here since tumblr has devolved into a festering sewage pit that is on fire (as opposed to the regular sewer pit it used to be) and does everything in its power to make communication impossible.
Current WIP list NEW: We're the kids that wanna play with the dead Monster Prom fic focusing on Brian Yu Cronkri pegging fic with @mcsiggy Part two of the beating of his hideous heart Part two of Royal Flush Chapter 11 of Sour Candy Part three of Baubles and Other fine Things (Sollux's turn for angst) Fish Stew (erikar sicfic) (one shot) Speak the Word (probably a one shot) We All Fall Down (cronkri h/c) (one shot)
My seadweller discord server mini-swap fic is up! Erikar pesterlog sick fic, honey tea and the absolute last of my fucks. Many thanks to @keltka for the title :D
One of the hardest things is that a good chunk of my fics are stuck at characters having heart-bearing, emotionally draining conversations. They eat spoons to write even though I'm still having fun writing them. It's really engaging brain work but it needs me to be at full capacity and I am. Not. Most of the time.
(I was pulling out my heart so I could pin it to my sleeve, on display for you to see- I'm on display...)
Newly requisitioning this space to start corralling plot bunnies. Bunny 1. Dualscar has been coming home from the office trying to hide hickies, bites and scratches. Eridan, in a pique of teenage pithiness when they're having an argument, accuses him of sleeping with his secretary and Dualscar acting incredibly hurt and very insulted sends him to his room. A couple weeks later Eridan comes home earlier than expected from some event and is just in time to see Sollux's dad!!?? Leaving their house looking a bit disheveled! Next day at school corners Sollux and is like "Sol we got a problem, I think our dads are bonin'." "I refuse to accept that our dads are involved in any capacity. My dad has better taste than that." "Sol, I once saw your da pick up a day old burrito, ask if anyone was gonna finish it, then eat it." "Ehehehe, exactly." "Fuck you!" [Shenanigans ensue idk this bunny has no real purpose or direction but it amused me so I'm keeping it]
Polyswap assignments are out! I have ideas already.... It's been moved to the top of the list priority. Also added Speak the Word to the list because I forgot about it oops.
Jeesy creesy I haven't updated this in over a year. Okay well this year's Polyswap went well and I did actually do a fic fill! Will post when contributors are revealed of course. In the mean time it got some other writing juice going flowing and I coughed up a 500 word SFW humanstuck erikar ficlet last night. https://archiveofourown.org/works/24897577
I now have two fics to share: Polyswap erifefvris, FLARPing and silly pirate shenanigans, 4,045 words Feferi, flip the script Dualscar piece for the Seadweller Zine (still available on Gumroad through the end of August), character study from the perspective of a crew member on the SS Vodnar, 1,769 words What's in a name? Next post up will be my Drone Season fill for this year!
Bing bang, get yourselves a piece of that good old erikarsol quadrant confusion 3 way! You’re on this merry-go-round, might as well ride
First chapter up of We're the kids who wanna play with the dead Monster Prom fic centering around Brian Yu (green player character). Don't know yet if it will have shipping but if it does it's probably going to be Brian/Damien because I love that stupid shouting punchy idiot boy.
Because it had been kicking around in my drafts mostly finished and just needing a few edits, I wrapped up chapter 2 of We're the kids who wanna play with the dead and posted it. First official fic update of the year, baby!
Hnnnng have come to a good stopping point on a fic that's been in WIP limbo since.... 2017? Like I could end it right here and it would totally work as a finished piece, even if leaving things a little ambiguous BUT there's a bunch of little bits and scenes that I'd already thought up that I wanted to include which will now not make it into this version BUT if I keep going, I haven't actually got a good ending planned out, and I might just end up jinx it to perma WIP pile because I have no real good clear way to actually resolve it I could post it as part one of [2???] but my track record for finishing part the duce even on fics where I DO have a clear outline for start to finish has been. Less than stellar. I don't know what to do with it, do I post it or nah??
Post as complete but leave a WIP folder with notes on the stuff you wanted to include in case you ever come back to it? And then if you ever hammer THAT out, you could add it as late edition third chapter I guess? I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone who has read a significant portion of your works, so my vote is definitely colored by "!!!" and the fact that as a reader, I'd get to see a conclusion to something. And you can just leave a note at the end saying that while work is marked complete, you might still be revisiting it, so if people *want* to keep an eye on this space, they might wanna keep the subscription box ticked (but no promises lol).
Asked a friend and they helped! As it is rn it's sort of a meandering slice of life that I never had a clear resolution for, but I bounced some ideas around and I think what I need to do is POV switch and start in on it from that angle. Then final chapter can be the emotional resolution.
