Well, I’m not going to say “no”, but I’m having a hard time imagining what form that would take. I rarely even read AUs. If you have to say “Zach is a *** and Chris is a ***” I’m generally less interested. The notable exception is just about anything by @suedescripture and a few older fics (e.g., “wand of light” tickles me for some reason).
That said, I am writing a sort of AU for another fandom, in which the characters are basically as they appear/act/are employed in canon, but there’s something additional happening with one of them. But I don’t really feel that sort of pull with Pinto. I tend to meet them more or less where I think they are now and send them off in new directions. So I could perhaps write something where one of them has some sort of crisis that stops them from acting and go from there… but I’m not sure that counts as an AU per se… more than anything else where we’re mashing their faces together, anyway.
I’m not sure if it’s lack of imagination on my part, or just still not being done telling these stories about two actors/friends. On the other hand, I do follow my muse, so if there were a plot bunny that ambushed me in the middle of the night involving some AU, I’d definitely follow it down whatever rabbit hole it led through. And now you’ve got me wondering what might spark that. I’ve been thinking about it, and nothing really comes to mind, but I’m not against the idea…I just don’t think my muse works that way.
So I won’t say never, but it doesn’t seem terribly likely based on the sorts of stories that get lodged in my brain and require exorcism via writing. Feel free to make suggestions, though… maybe something will stick.
1: what are you currently working on?
2: summarize your current project
3: summarize your current project poorly
4: describe your favorite character or characters
5: post a line from your current project without any context
6: how do you get through writers block?
7: would you want to live in the world of your current work?
8: briefly discuss your outlining process, if you outline
9: what is the aesthetic of your current project
10: what song sums up your current work the best?
Not in terms of the popular ones. Bleary is obviously my most popular work, and Cleaving is connected to it. Assumptions and Revelations are linked as well, and the Layover is Christmas fluff, and who doesn’t love that?
As for the unpopular ones, A Walk Through the Park and The Other 364 are both mini fics from Bleary!verse…small enough that it’s not surprising they don’t have many kudos. Brokenhearted is sad, and short, and borderline exploitive, perhaps. Not surprising people didn’t like it. Premiers is newish and short… I guess it’s not surprising that it doesn’t have many kudos.
The biggest surprise and disappointment is The Weight of a Gaze. It’s part of the Assumptions/Revelations verse, and kinky as shit, and I thought the fandom would like that but ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Optional: If you want to calculate this, what are your works’ average number of notes?
I only post drabbles and snippets on tumblr, so nah…
Today’s date, so you can see how your results might change if you do this again in a year.
favourite band: So many. Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, David Poe, Elbow, Sia, Melody Gardot, Jamie Cullum, Seal, Jonatha Brooke…actually, most of those aren’t bands, but you get the idea
fictional character i’d date: Mark Watney, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Remus Lupin
rules:
copy this post into a new text post, remove my answers and put in
yours, and when you are done tag people and also tag the person who
tagged you… and most importantly, have fun!
a – age: 49
b – biggest fear: something happening to my daughters
c – current time: 5:32pm
d – drink you last had: sparkling water
e – every day starts with: switching the f*#kin’ alarm off
f – favorite song: I love so much music I don’t think I can pick one. But for this exact moment… Steady Pull by Jonatha Brooke
g – ghosts, are they real: psh, no.
h – hometown: SF Bay Area
i – in love with: My husband, Geek Boy Professor (GBP). I also have crushes on assorted musicians and actors, including straight women and gay men who would never be receptive. Sigh.
j – jealous of: people who can focus and finish something in any aspect of their lives. Sigh.
k – killed someone: nope
l – last time you cried: I think it was while watching Hidden Figures a few weeks ago
m – middle name: that’s classified
n – number of siblings: 1 full, 1 half
o – one wish: a redo on the last election? or for Cheeto and the Pants to be simultaneously impeached (because if we just get rid of the narcissist, there’s still the evil bigot)
p – person you last called/texted: my sis
q – questions you’re always asked: what is the schedule for the next 4 hours? Seriously, sometimes we can only think that far ahead.
r – reasons to smile: snow in the valley, women marching in all the streets
s – song last sang: uh, Steady Pull. Because I just linked it above…
t – time you woke up: 6:00 am
u – underwear color: black
v – vacation destination: The dream for 2018 is New Zealand
w – worst habit: procrastination
x – x-rays you’ve had: teeth multiple times, arm
y – your favorite food: that’s hard. Right now I’m going with fresh gingerbread, which I get maybe once a year
z – zodiac sign: pisces…not that I believe in that either
I’m so lat to this I really don’t know who’s done it. So I’ll tag anyone reading this who hasn’t been tagged. Maybe you…
rules: post 10 actresses and/or actors (or a mix of both) you would kiss and then tag 10 blogs
Mystic posted 10 and 10, but I don’t actually want to kiss that many people. And I might throw in a musician or two, because I actually have way more musical crushes than actor crushes.
Colin Firth (oh look, mystic and I agree!)
Chris Pine
Zach Quinto (tho he wouldn’t want to kiss me :’-( )
Duncan Sheik (oops, a musician slipped in)
Daniel Craig
Viggo Mortensen
Seal (oops, another musician)
Aimee Mann (oh look, another musician)
Jonatha Brooke (I’m clearly doing the wrong meme… have actors half musicians)
post 10 of your favorite characters from different fandoms, in no particular order, and tag 10 people:
1) James Bond (Craig films) – Q 2) Star Trek AOS – Spock 3) Pride and Prejudice – Elizabeth Bennett 4) LOTR – Aragorn 5) Harry Potter – Remus Lupin 6) Star Wars – Leia Organa (but Rey is close) 7) Sherlock – Sherlock 8) Man in the High Castle – Juliana Crane 9) Mr. Robot – Darlene 10) GoT – Tyrion Lannister
LAST MOVIE YOU SAW: Hell or High Water, which I wasn’t going to see in the theaters because I generally for character dramas to come out on BluRay so I can see them in my jammies at home. But I’m so glad I did. There was something sweeping about the cinematography and performances that played better on the big screen.
LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO:Troy by Sinead O’Conner the remix from Barcelona Nights. I LOVE THIS VERSION!
LAST SHOW YOU WATCHED: Stranger Things. I really loved it. Made it easier to wait for the multiple shows I binge-watched and have been waiting on, and that cast was amazing, all those kids! Plus I can just imagine the talk around the casting table: “yeah, we’re going to do this show that’s set in the 80s…hey, you know what would be funny? We should cast as the lead an actress who was really famous in the 80s!
LAST BOOK YOU READ: The Plot Whisperer. Though I only read certain parts.
LAST THING YOU ATE: does rum count?
IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW, WHERE WOULD YOU BE: Yosemite National Park. The answer to this question is always Yosemite National Park, preferably somewhere on the North Rim.
WHERE WOULD YOU TIME TRAVEL TO: Hmmm. Well, with the stipulation that wherever I went in history I’d have to be fairly high ranking so I had at least a few rights as a woman. Maybe 4-500 BC in Britain of France so I cou;d get firsthand experience in a Celtic pre-Christian culture. And then I’d want to come back before I died early of a completely curable disease.
FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO WITH LOTTERY MONEY: Set up a fund that would pay me an annuity so I didn’t have to work and could volunteer or work at non-profits for way less and still keep my house/girl’s schools etc. Boring, but I don’t have big needs, I’m just getting tired. And if there was there was any left over I’d buy a piece of land on San Juan Island with a view of Mt. Baker
FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU WOULD HANG OUT WITH FOR A DAY: Well, probably Elizabeth Bennett. Though at the moment GBP is watching Arthur and Hobson is cracking me the fuck up, so right now I want to hang with him.
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