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New fandom energy
Mar. 26th, 2025 01:39 pm
I'm on my lunch break (which I have to impose on myself otherwise I would work straight through—the perils of working from home) and I've been trying to settle on which fic of mine to work on during my work break. I'm (unfortunately) one of those writers who will have several projects going all at once until they all, all of a sudden, come to a close. And when it comes to fanfic writing, I'm the kind of writer who does not plan their pieces in advance. I feel like I took all the wrong lessons of serially-written novels (think Dickens, or Dumas) and have made them my fandom personality.
I never really wrote a lot of fic when I was younger. I definitely read a lot; my friends and I would even go so far as to print stories out to swap at recess (when we were in middle school) or study hall (when we were in high school). And though I barely read the texts assigned to me for my English/Language Arts classes, I read so. many. fics. My forays into fic writing were short-lived, though. I started handwriting a draft of a novel-length fic once, and I remember giving it to a friend for feedback, but I don't think it ever went anywhere. And since I didn't finish it during whatever school break I started it during (winter break, maybe?), then school took up too much of my time to actually try and finish it.
Anyway, all this is to say that here's an (incomplete) list of all the WIPs I have going right now, with links to AO3 if I've started actually posting them. I've been thinking of maybe not posting there anymore, unless I have a fic that I think really needs to find an audience. I have my reasons for that, but I'll expound on them another time.
Stardew Valley fics
Tales of Vesperia fics
Critical Role fics: I haven't posted any of these yet, but I really want to. Most of my ideas are multichapter, though, so I need to finish a draft before I can reasonably start posting so that I don't leave people on edge.
I never really wrote a lot of fic when I was younger. I definitely read a lot; my friends and I would even go so far as to print stories out to swap at recess (when we were in middle school) or study hall (when we were in high school). And though I barely read the texts assigned to me for my English/Language Arts classes, I read so. many. fics. My forays into fic writing were short-lived, though. I started handwriting a draft of a novel-length fic once, and I remember giving it to a friend for feedback, but I don't think it ever went anywhere. And since I didn't finish it during whatever school break I started it during (winter break, maybe?), then school took up too much of my time to actually try and finish it.
Anyway, all this is to say that here's an (incomplete) list of all the WIPs I have going right now, with links to AO3 if I've started actually posting them. I've been thinking of maybe not posting there anymore, unless I have a fic that I think really needs to find an audience. I have my reasons for that, but I'll expound on them another time.
Stardew Valley fics
- i've done everything and i've been everywhere you know: Elliott/Female Farmer. The community center is fixed, with the help of Hana and the junimos, and now Hana finds herself continually drawn into the community.
- your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet: Sam/Penny. First-person POV through Penny's eyes, imagining Sam and Penny as high school sweethearts. Heavily inspired by the Bruce Springsteen song the title is taken from.
- uneasy ally of the body: Harvey/Leah. Leah helps Harvey get through his body shame. Rated E (not for Everyone)
Tales of Vesperia fics
- don't take this the wrong way: Fluridith. Flynn and Judith try to become a throuple with Yuri.
- all along there was some invisible string: Ristelle. Started as an attempt at Cozytober, but I utterly failed. But this is a continuation of the coffeeshop AU that no one but me asked for.
Critical Role fics: I haven't posted any of these yet, but I really want to. Most of my ideas are multichapter, though, so I need to finish a draft before I can reasonably start posting so that I don't leave people on edge.
- Sharpens Like An Image, Sharpens Like A Knife: Vox Machina class swap AU. Vax and Vex were separated at birth. Campaign 1 Chroma Conclave arc happens, but bent to fit the AU.
- The Propagandists: Caleb/Essek. The Courting of the Crick literary analysis paper as fic, featuring extensive footnotes that heavily comment on the dynamic between Caleb and Essek. I don't care if no one else wants this; I want it.