WIP Wednesday [2020-03-11]

[thrillingdetectivetales]

WIP Wednesday!



Whachu got goin' on this week, lovelies?

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Buck/Bill

[muccamukk]

Still struggling. I kind of feel like this fic needs to either be more fragmented or less fragmented, and I'm not sure which. However, I'm going to wrap it up soon.

"Yeah," Bill said, but just as soft as Buck, so no one could hear him and hope, "we'll be pulled off for sure. You just wait."

The next day, replacements started pouring in, and orders to hold the ground they'd kept and take back the rest. First Battalion had gotten the shit kicked out of it trying to hold Foy the week before, and now it was up to Second Battalion to get the shit kicked out of it taking it back.

Buck looked as green as the recruits when he heard, but then he tilted his head back and bared his teeth like a cornered wolf, like he was challenging the whole world to come at him, like he had nothing left to lose.

In that moment, he looked exactly like Crazy Joe McCloskey.

"Will you believe these replacements?" Bill said, like he hadn't seen a damn thing. "Some of them's so new they don't know which end of their M1s the bullet comes outta."

"Yeah." Buck said, dragging his attention back. "Yeah. We better get a move on whipping them into shape, huh, Bill?"

"Gonna be a lotta work," Bill told him, not having to fake his dismay.

"We'll get it done, you and me," Buck said, and gave Bill another painted-on smile. Christ, Bill was getting sick of that expression.

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[thrillingdetectivetales]

EEEEE but I love it anyway!! I can't speak to whether it feels fragmented or not, having only a fragment to judge by, but if this is any indication of how the rest of the fic is it's going to be GREAT!!

Also, the world needs more Buck Compton in fic. As like, a sympathetic character. For someone who enjoys Buck Compton I've just realized how much hate!fic I write about him. *thoughtful emoji*

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[muccamukk]

I'm glad you saved that Buck/Luz prompt. It waasn't on my list as there's a similar one in the safe zone, but I really want to fill it.

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[thrillingdetectivetales]

I keep surprising myself with how invested I am in making Buck/Luz happen. (Which reminds me: I need to circle back with you vis-á-vis auction fic.)

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[muccamukk]

Yup yup.

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[lt_aldo_raine]

In that moment, he looked exactly like Crazy Joe McCloskey.

"Will you believe these replacements?" Bill said, like he hadn't seen a damn thing. "Some of them's so new they don't know which end of their M1s the bullet comes outta."

"Yeah." Buck said, dragging his attention back. "Yeah. We better get a move on whipping them into shape, huh, Bill?"

"Gonna be a lotta work," Bill told him, not having to fake his dismay.

I like this so much.

A couple of non-traditional fic stylings...

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Have officially decided to do up the Andy/Eddie modern hockey AU as a sort of collected documents fic. Just finished up a harrowing e-mail chain between the GM, Director of Public Relations, and head legal counsel and am moving into a press release. I'm interested to see how this one turns out, without the prose to back up certain parts of it.

I'm also chewing on the "Trigger the Dog" fill for LLSS's theme week, and trying to decide if I'm ambitious enough to do a couple of comic pages in the style of the issue of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye centered around Lucky the Pizza Dog. This is like college all over again: how to cram a satisfying narrative into two pages of visual storytelling space?

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[muccamukk]

YAY! ANDY/EDDIE! As long as you've got some of Eddie being SAD I'm happy.

I'd love to see you do David Aja! That sounds like a really fun idea, and the meme haven't had art fills yet.

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[thrillingdetectivetales]

Eddie is definitely going to be sad. He'll be sending some e-mails and texts and whatnot, too.

It would be really fun to pastiche David Aja, who is like, one of my all-time favorite comic artists. Maybe I'll make you write the script for it, lol. ;P

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[muccamukk]

I'd be delighted to write the script, if you want me to.

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[thrillingdetectivetales]

....I mean, that would save me making double effort, lol. If you're up for it, sure! If not, I'm sure I can figure something out.

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[lt_aldo_raine]

I'm happy to hear you decided to scrape the dialogue and go for a documents-style fic. The "gay time on bourbon street" article was fan-fucking-tastic, and if its any indication of the rest, the fic is going to be a delight--even without the support of internal musings and witty dialogue.

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[thrillingdetectivetales]

Aawww, thank you~ <333

There will still be dialogue in the form of like, e-mails back and forth, text threads and such, but it's definitely a few solid steps outside of my usual comfort zone, so it's fun at the same time that I'm like "FUCK I HOPE THIS TURNS OUT GOOD?" lol

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[lt_aldo_raine]

Lol. But isn't it a bit thrilling to try something new? I keep teasing the idea of writing a non-linear fic, just to try something different. A challenge, ya know?

I have no doubt that your hockey fic is gonna be a beautiful, magnificent beast when its completed. If only for that fact that you love hockey (and the TP boys!) so damn much that you won't be satisfied with anything short of a masterpiece. ;)

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[thrillingdetectivetales]

It is fun~

And I do love both TP and hockey, it's very true, lol. xD At the very least it'll be a nice way for me to get some hockey feels out, as I'm having sincere doubts we'll make it to playoffs this year, which means I'm doing to have watch the Stars do it instead of my sweet hometown Coyote boys. ANYWAY, writing in a bunch of different voices is a legit delight so far.

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[slightlytookish]

I'm so looking forward to your Andy/Eddie fic!!!

And also Trigger's comic. It's kind of hard to believe we haven't had any art fills yet.

[lt_aldo_raine]

Back in my youth when I was young and naive, I considered trying to fill two of my author's prompts for the rarepair exchange. Alas, I did not. However, that means I now have 3k of a Vietnam Era fic that I'd like to turn into something.

“Donated your cameras to the war effort again, Joe?” Webster asked, lips around a cigarette as he fiddled with the turntable, gifting a steady bassline to the room as the needle fell and the record began to spin. And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall. Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call. Webster collapsed on Liebgott’s bed, folding his arms behind his head and listening as the CBS cameraman rolled through the latest list of equipment that he’d destroyed while covering a firefight in the Bà Nà hills.

“And yet—” Hoobler twisted the cap on his soda bottle, the glass already sweating in the sweltering heat of an early Vietnam summer. “—my cameras survived without so much as a scratch.”

Liebgott chucked a pack of matches across the room, aiming for his friend’s face. “Oh, fuck off, Hoob.”

“Where ya headed next, Web?” The question came from Luz, who was busy rolling his sleeves to combat the heat, back against the AC, which buzzed pitifully and emitted only the occasional burst of lukewarm air.

“I’m supposed to connect with II Corps near Dak Tok, if I can find a ride.”

“I hear Speirs is heading that way soon,” Liebgott suggested, a knowing, fox-like grin spreading his lips across his gaunt face. He wiggled his eyebrows. “Fancy a trip in Sparky’s Spaceship?”

Ronald Speirs was nothing short of notorious. He belonged to a particular brand of pilot—along with the likes of Harry Welsh, an absolute nutter of an Irishman who feared death less than his wife, and Lewis Nixon III, a son of privilege (not unlike Webster himself) who’s absolute loathing of his own life leant to some unorthodox approaches to piloting. Though Welsh and Nixon were just as batshit looney tunes in the cockpit, Speirs was something else entirely. He wore war paint, constantly, and appeared to never blink. He also had a penchant for exceptionally unsettling quotes.

Webster graced Liebgott with a droll stare. “I’ll keep that in mind.”

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Oh this is so fun!! I would love to see more of it! I love the character voices and the concept overall is super interesting. (Though I will admit: I know next to nothing about what went down in Vietnam. Not my war era.)

I hope you continue it someday!!

"who feared death less than his wife" is such a great way of describing Harry, also, lol. A+ well done.

[lt_aldo_raine]

I liked Harry Welsh a lot. This little angry, hilarious Irish dude? Hell yes. But I can't write the man worth a damn. Lol.

[slightlytookish]

I also know nothing about Vietnam but this looks awesome. Pilots!!

[lt_aldo_raine]

Pilots...! It's been a lot fun playing around with what roles each of the men could've performed if they hadn't been in the Airborne.

[arwen88]

Hi! I'm currently trying to finish writing a ff on Dick being a vampire and turning Eugene Roe into a vampire too after the nazi soldier they caught behind CP actually shot Roe.

So there is Roe trying to adapt to his new life, and struggling with the hunger he feels every time he smells blood. Ah and then Dick goes "if you need to restore yorself a bit you can come and nibble on me, if I just ate I could give you a bit of my blood" and Eugene is shocked at finding he gets an accidental boner when he sucks Dick's blood.

What's gonna happen next? How am I going to turn this into a relationship? I don't want to jump straight to porn for once. Also I'd like to make it a threeway with Lew, with Gene and Lew getting really close to each other.