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heavyartilleryOn this most wonderful of Wednesdays, I invite you all to discuss your current works-in-progress in the comments of this post. Are you totally slaying that weird idea you had for a soul-mate fic where Lieb and Web can’t wander more than five feet away from each other? Have you finally started digging into the meat of your angst-ridden Brad/Ray NaNo project?
Tell us about it! Share a snippet! Brag on the effortlessly crafty turn of phrase that swam into your head as you lay awake in the small hours of the morning dreading the day to come!
“But Tec,” you may be saying, “what if my project is going, uh. Not so great?”
Well friend, I would respond, if you’re struggling to keep the momentum up in your long, plotty, character driven AU where Leyden and Oswalt fall in love on Pavuvu, you can tell us all about that here, too. There’s a plethora of talented writers and creators in this fandom and most of us are delighted to be invited to share our opinions at any given moment.
So ask for advice! Shop for a beta reader! Let a mouthy American* write you a manifesto on why they feel like you should always err on the side of the Oxford comma!
If you’re not currently working on anything and you’re looking for ideas, feel free to toss your line out here, as well. Maybe someone will come back with something that sparks your interest!
Above all, WIP Wednesdays are about building each other up, sharing our enthusiasm, and, most importantly, having fun! So go forth! Have that fun!
*It’s me. I’m the mouthy American.
The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 06/11/2019 16:24 (UTC)Anyway, state of the smut:
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Date: 06/11/2019 16:35 (UTC)WELL.
First off, this is super hot. Secondly, I commend you for reasonably managing a written menage-a-trois where all parties use the same pronouns. Thirdly, I cannot wait to roll around in all glorious however-many-K there ends up being of this~
I’m especially curious to know what that look that passed between Ack Ack and Hillbilly was, and whether it’s going to come into play at all in this little tête-à-tête.
Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 06/11/2019 16:45 (UTC)Yeah, and like fuck you (I'm not sure how this is your fault, but I'm pretty sure it IS), because now I have a whole BACKSTORY for Hillbilly. IDK how much it's going to come up here, but he basically had a pretty rough go as a sea-going marine, and Andy is super pissed about it every time it comes up. Which may need to be its own fic.
Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 06/11/2019 21:30 (UTC)Not only will I happily take this blame, but I would gladly read that fic.
Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 07/11/2019 02:12 (UTC)Me Two Days Later: Let me show you the smut I'm writing, and also here's an idea for longfic.
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Date: 07/11/2019 14:55 (UTC)Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 07/11/2019 00:29 (UTC)I have nothing of merit to add, I just really want to read this fic.
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Date: 07/11/2019 02:10 (UTC)Nice icon.
Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 07/11/2019 13:06 (UTC)Thanks! I thought trying to find BoB icons was bad, but then I went looking for TP icons. Dead links everywhere :(
Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 07/11/2019 14:54 (UTC)Someday I really need to throw all the icons I've made up here. There are really an embarrassing lot of them...
Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 07/11/2019 15:17 (UTC)You guys didn't know me in my LJ days but I was icon-obsessed. And clearly that hasn't changed :p
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Date: 07/11/2019 19:50 (UTC)Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 07/11/2019 04:05 (UTC)Re: The Pacific - Sledge/Haldane/Jones smut
Date: 07/11/2019 14:49 (UTC)Sledgefu & Sledge character exploration on the theme of lipstick.
Date: 06/11/2019 16:46 (UTC)The issue I'm running up against is Eugene's age in that first section and who catches him at it. Currently I have him around 8 years old, because I wanted it to be a little more than like, just the average toddler's curiosity. While my initial plan was to have his mother catch him with the lipstick, I'm actually thinking it might be more fun to have it be his brother, who would have been 11 at the time and probably a) given Eugene bad advice, based on what he knew about boys and girls at the time, and b) would provide a nice opportunity to show some sibling solidarity, despite the aforementioned advice re: gender roles.
There's a lot of Sledgefu fic I've seen that has the Sledge family overall being giant dicks about the whole sexuality issue, and while I know that stuff happens and did so especially in "the good ol' days," there are also plenty of accounts of people in that era whose families were baffled but wanted them to be happy and didn't give them undue grief and I'd like to see that reflected at least from a sibling perspective. The problem there is that the whole universe sort of hinges on Sledge having some hang-ups about the fact that he likes feeling like a girl sometimes and a supportive sibling isn't necessarily the best way to facilitate that, so I might be better off leaning into the whole, "weirded out parent" angle.
Thoughts? Questions? Ideas? I'm open to all!
Re: Sledgefu & Sledge character exploration on the theme of lipstick.
Date: 06/11/2019 17:04 (UTC)That'd give you a supportive sibling, but also install some shame and fear in the poor kid.
Also, have you seen the OTHER Eugene's vid in this line?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpipLfMiaYU
Also I'm looking forward to this SO MUCH.
Re: Sledgefu & Sledge character exploration on the theme of lipstick.
Date: 06/11/2019 21:31 (UTC)Thank you for the suggestion, I like that a lot.
I have not watched that video but am going to do so now~Oh, shit, no, yeah I have! It's beautiful and it gives me FeelingsTM.
Re: Sledgefu & Sledge character exploration on the theme of lipstick.
Date: 07/11/2019 00:47 (UTC)There's a lot of Sledgefu fic I've seen that has the Sledge family overall being giant dicks about the whole sexuality issue, and while I know that stuff happens and did so especially in "the good ol' days," there are also plenty of accounts of people in that era whose families were baffled but wanted them to be happy and didn't give them undue grief and I'd like to see that reflected at least from a sibling perspective.
I like the sound of that too, and of his brother playing a role in the fic. I really liked their interactions in the show (and the ones with Sledge and his dad, too).
I have nothing useful to add so I'll just be over here cheerleading you to finish in time :D
Re: Sledgefu & Sledge character exploration on the theme of lipstick.
Date: 07/11/2019 14:58 (UTC)But I appreciate your support even so, haha~
Re: Sledgefu & Sledge character exploration on the theme of lipstick.
Date: 07/11/2019 15:19 (UTC)You get pom poms too: *\o/* *\o/* *\o/*
Re: Sledgefu & Sledge character exploration on the theme of lipstick.
Date: 07/11/2019 15:34 (UTC)Band of Brothers - Liebgott/Webster
Date: 07/11/2019 01:02 (UTC)So I have some work to do, and I expect it to take more time than I'd like, but I'm having lots of fun focusing on a different pairing and trying to figure out a new voice (Liebgott's POV is fun to write).
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Date: 07/11/2019 02:11 (UTC)Re: Band of Brothers - Liebgott/Webster
Date: 07/11/2019 13:09 (UTC)Re: Band of Brothers - Liebgott/Webster
Date: 07/11/2019 14:53 (UTC)The world needs more Webgott!!!
Re: Band of Brothers - Liebgott/Webster
Date: 07/11/2019 15:26 (UTC)It does!! Such a fun pairing with lots of possibilities.
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Date: 07/11/2019 04:34 (UTC)Ah heck. Here's a snippet.
Luz is moving for real now, for a value of moving, corkscrewing the hand not holding his ever-present cigarette - up, over, down, up, over the other way, down, up, over, up, down, out of time and yet perfectly matched with the tune he's still spinning, and now Muck's foot's tapping the floor in synch with that Red Devil's - one two, one two, one two - and Smokey's swaying in his seat and grinning in an easy sort of way, and a second Brit's eyes are as big as coffee cups back home used to be. Hashey dares a glance sideways, catches Ramirez looking as awed as Les himself feels, sees Perconte positively goddamn twinkling (he'll be amazed later, he will, he will), turns away again. Turns back to the craftmaster at work.
He can feel his own smile curling.
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Date: 07/11/2019 14:21 (UTC)no subject
Date: 07/11/2019 22:53 (UTC)How can you tell it's a Chanter fic? Oh lord, she's gone lyrical again... :P Sometimes I worry that I tend that direction a little too often.
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Date: 07/11/2019 14:49 (UTC)no subject
Date: 07/11/2019 23:16 (UTC)Now somebody else has spoken up, during an entirely different scene, and I'm not sure who they are! At first I thought it was Blithe, but now I'm questioning that. This man's eloquent, mentally, in ways that Blithe is almost assuredly not. I'd almost say Tipper. I can tell you that Smokey Gordon's quoting Shakespeare when not being a goof, to Webster's glee and Liebgott's slightly miffed puzzlement, Doc's just left (he's why Smokey's quoting), and... I wish I knew who the heck this POV character was! It might be Tipper, at that. But I'm not sure. Argh!
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Date: 07/11/2019 23:25 (UTC)no subject
Date: 08/11/2019 01:06 (UTC)"My education might've been thoroughly misspent," Gordon replies grandly, and darned if he doesn't bow slightly over the helmet he's holding, even, "but it was not wasted, my friend."
"I'm gonna question the part about not bein' wasted in a second here, Smokey," Leibgott answers, which provokes a chorus of snickers, but there's still no real heat in any of it. That's rare enough to be noteworthy, and half of Tipper's mind does note it, to be fair. The rest of it's tripping over the steel grey sparks that leap from the understated dark blues and greens of Lieb's own voice, the clover honey coloration of Gordon's drawl, Webster's awkwardly-paired sober blue and blustering tan intonation, the rare liquid hazel and green and silt brown that touched this conversation off in the first place. The rest of Tipper's mind is trying not to linger over the whole lot, over the desire to dive headfirst into the kaleidoscope, and over the wish that he, Tipper, could welcome those colors through every inch of his skin and then project them back out, glowing like a movie screen, for the others to see for themselves.
Tipper wishes that the others could see themselves as he hears them.
... Ah-hem. Yeah, synaesthete, which I don't think Tab is. I honestly think this is Tipper, which is what's written in my draft as of now, and that this is earlier on in training.
... Aaaaargh, Mucca, this is the worst frakking self-indulgent idfic ever ack! What am I doing? :(
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Date: 08/11/2019 01:11 (UTC)I can see the challenge in finding a character that would think like that, when mostly what we get them being pretty linear.
However, an idea! Randleman.
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Date: 08/11/2019 02:04 (UTC)Randleman? Huh. I had not considered him. Hmmm indeed. Or oh, GOOD GOSH. Could this be Shifty? Talk about still waters running deep. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. I think it might be.