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[ SECRET POST #4945 ]

⌈ Secret Post #4945 ⌋

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[Queer Eye]

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[Criminal Minds]

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[Dunkirk (2017)]

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[Murder by Numbers (game)]

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[Fights Break Sphere, aka Battle Through the Heavens]

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[Locke & Key]

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Anyone want to talk about anything they're working on?

I had what seemed like a fun idea, to write a 'Hannibal' fic with one of my OCs inserted as Abigail Hobbs. I got the idea after reading a number of stories where Will Graham was secretly another character - like he was the reincarnation of a character from another canon, or something like that. I'll admit I was also a little tired of Abigail getting erased in a lot of fanfic.
Unfortunately, I ran into the problem that if a person is smart enough to realise that something is up with that Hannibal Lector guy, they should also be smart enough to avoid him like he's (for example) a serial-killer cannibalistic genius? So the story ran into a bit of a wall.

Hmm, is there anything you can make Hannibal do that can throw them off his scent? He is a genius after all, so if he feels as if he's being sussed out and he doesn't feel like eating them maybe see it as a sort of game to make him seem completely innocent to that person? I don't know if that helps or not, especially since I'm not exactly in the Hannibal fandom.

*Hannibal Lecter

I wanna write something involving Sailor Pluto and the Doctor, but I’m coming up empty on ideas.

Can it be a crack fic where Pluto sends a message to the Doctor to ask for help in making scientist agree that the planet Pluto is in fact a planet and not some giant space rock? Hell it can even be a conspiracy with the Master and Queen Beryl are working together to get Earth to stop paying attention to Pluto because they want to use it for some nefarious scheme?

Ooh, I like the idea of the Master and Queen Beryl working together. Or maybe Queen Nehelenia. Thanks, anon! I’ve got some ideas now.

NP! <3

Half of my new M/M ship has a dead wife in canon, and I'm not really sure how to handle it. For some reason my brain wants to make him gay all along, but having a dead wife is a huge part of his characterization/motivation/backstory, and a lot of things wouldn't make sense if she never existed. Writing it where he never loved her doesn't sit right with me, either, though (especially since canon basically treats her as a saint). I keep thinking it would be far easier to make him bi, where yes, he loved his dead wife, and now he's fallen in love with a guy, there's really no need to make it complicated, but some stupid part of my mind keeps going "no, he has to be totally, completely gay!"

What the hell, brain?

Sometimes my brain tells me I should stick a butter knife in a power outlet. Just ignore it and keep not doing stupid shit.

Ehh, I'd stick to the bi idea, but I guess you could go with the beard situation, I wouldn't recommend it though. I forget the word for it, but when people get married to their best friend as because it's more socially acceptable and they love each other platonically very deeply anyway. Like he can still love her, but not sexually/romantically? That way you can keep the backstory and impact of her death and still make him gay?

ayrt

I feel like making him bi is the best option, but I did think of a situation where he loved the idea of her more than anything else, and he really wanted to be a part of her family (they were close and happy and loved each other, while his was really fucked up and dysfunctional and it's been implied they were abusive) and was able to convince himself he loved her (and after awhile he did, in a platonic way). I feel like that could be done in a way that makes them both sympathetic, but I don't know that I'm capable of doing it. I haven't written anything in years, plus I feel like in general, my brain hasn't been working as well as usual since the beginning of quarantine, anyway, so it's frustrating.

This is hypothetical, so it's probably OT, but I was curious about how sacrilegious it would be to write 'missing scene' for another persons fic. Basically when I read a fic I love I'll kinda daydream about little details between the scenes, like last night I spent an hour daydreaming about the thought process and what happened after a flashback type scene. I spent do long thinking about it that I kinda wanted to write some of it down (like in a notepad, just little details type of thing) so I wouldn't forget it. It made me wonder if it was actually a thing or how acceptable it would be.
I don't actually have any plans on doing this, since I can't write let alone finish anything that I try to work out, and even if I somehow manage to write a scene I thought was good enough I wouldn't actually have the courage to present it to the author either through a message or whatever.

My question is basically, how would you feel if someone left you a comment or a message, or even posted an 'inspired' fic that was basically random scenes you didn't include in your work?

I think it'd be fine to write it for my own interest, but no way in hell would I show it to the author unless they specifically solicited such a thing.

ayrt

I was actually read to open my app just to jot things down before I considered how weird it might be, though really writing down my daydreams isn't any different than conjuring them up in the first place. But it's definitely a whole different matter to share such a thing for sure. I've been trying to weigh up the pros and cons, (hypothetically of course) but even if they're flattered by it, the awkwardness would definitely win out I think.

To be honest, I'd be flattered if someone gave that much thought to one of my fics.

ayrt

That was the idea that got me thinking, since my whole daydreaming about a fic is entirely due to being so in love with and being inspired by the work.
When I continued to weigh the pros and cons, I only considered my own inspiration. Less about how it'd come across to the author. But when I read the anon's response above yours, I realized that the idea of someone writing little scenes they'd daydreamed about might fall short of the real thing.

Like, for instance, I know that I can get a little particular about how I perceive and understand different characters. So there's no real reason for the author not to feel slighted, if my interpretation of their character drastically differs from how they characterized them in their fic. Like I can see people gritting their teeth to be kind about now feeling the need to complement someone who obviously means well, but who can't write for shit, or who completely hits you in the berserk button by interpreting everything you wrote in a way you completely hate.

I'd be flattered if someone was inspired by my work but this is a really subjective response. I would soooooo not recommend just doing this to a random author because you'll run into a wide range of reactions from pleased to OMG HOW DARE YOU.

ayrt

Yeah absolutely. The more I think about it, the more I realize just how badly it could go;; It kinda sucks, since the entire intention behind it is wholly just to show exactly just how much the fic inspired me. But I think the first anon who replied had a good point about the soliciting thing.
Like I'm terrible at reviews since I can never find a balance between- 1% default and boring, to 1,000% where I am basically nonsensical and screaming, all the way to 1,000,000% where I've basically torn my heart out and smeared it on the screen only for my tears to fall in time to paint the furious words of whats left of my soul. (like for instance as you can clearly see, I am at 1,000% right now;;)

What I'm (hypothetically, since I still can't write/finish things for shit) going to do is try to write my daydreamings out for myself as best I can, try and figure a way to make my blithering mess of words work together in a pleasant way. Just so I can remember just how much this fic made me feel, so maybe I can read it again and again, with my added extras to kinda relive that same feeling of amazement each time.

I'll mention in my review how much the fic affected me, had me stop for hours imagining just what happened after that scene and so fourth, how it impacted me that much that I had to write those daydreams down for myself, because I love this fic that much I'd never want to miss a second of their lives. (or something, and again hypothetically since writing isn't in the cards for me)
In that case the reverence is still there, but there's no awkward need to accept my offer of reading them, and certainly no reason to ask for them theirselves unless they actually wanted to see them.

(It's late, and I think my brain shut down halfway through reading this, so sorry if this makes no sense, and also sorry for the late reply! Time got away from me! <3)

So I'm writing a fic with an MC/OC pairing. The issue is...I haven't really quite decided how I want this OC to be. I see her as kind of timid, bored with her current life (so original, I know lol). But more importantly, I need to figure out how strong are her code of ethics, because the MC is a freewheeling villain (thief) and I need to know if he's gonna bend or break her so to speak, and how they even actually get around to what they're going to do.

UGH. She's not fleshed out enough and I just want them to get down already,but I also want to understand if she would, without much cajoling, get down on this thievery, or if it's a one time only thing because she believes her employers are crooks (or at least their clients). I don't know if she's the Bonnie to his Clyde, or if it's a one time deal. Does she change? Does the thrill unhinge her? What happens?

Maybe I'll make a different character. She's likely not going to be as timid as I think.

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