NaNo Drop In

[st_aurafina]

State of the Nano:
It's week three, I'm eight thousand words in the hole, it's dark, and I'm wearing sunglasses. HIT IT.

Seriously, I had a really shitty start to the month and I've been writing flat out since about the 6th, and I just can't make the difference up. But I'm still trying. Not drowning, waving. So far. Also, it's not the end of the world if I don't make it, right? (RIGHT??)

I was suppose to work on the sequel to the Person of Interest Sentinel/Guide fic, and the POI S5 fixit fic. Instead, shocking nobody, I have started new fics.

NaNo breakdown thus far:
- Person of Interest, Root/Shaw cavalry fic, 2225 words
Inner writer conversation:
Me: What would Shaw call her horse? Should there be some canon reference here?
Shaw: If I had a horse, I'd name it after food.

So Shaw's horse is called Hoggett, and Cole's is Annie because he's a romantic. Also they have sabres.

- Person of Interest, Unexpected Jessica/John pegging fic, 16K
Me: Imma write some pwp in an AU where Jess and John keep seeing each other after he joins the CIA
Also me: *gets really involved in details of AU and has to remind self to put in sexy pegging scenes*

- Fandom redacted, Yuletide fic, 4K
About halfway there, and very much enjoying writng it.

- Person of Interest, John and Grace roadtrip fic that will somehow become a threesome, 11K
Grace is awesome, and I love writing a character who is smart and empathetic and basically normal in the POI universe.

None of those are what I was supposed to write, but never mind. Also, I miss television and crochet and sleep. I need to finish Black Sails. And read all the things.

ETA: Added fandoms in because, as monanotlisa points out, every show has a Jess or a John, it's true.

Comments

[tinny]

I am at 2.08, so I have the last two of S2 to go.

Cool. Is that still correct? I can rec you some fic, like my friend did with me, since it's hard to go looking for fic (and there is barely anything from season 2 to find back when it aired).

I didn't trust the show to give us what we saw in XIII - why would I?

That's the rub, isn't it? We've been conditioned to expect disappointment, and lack of representation. Why would we ever think this show was different? (It is so awesome, the feeling of getting what we want for once. Just once. (And then all the time! Muahaha!))

I don't usually rewatch things, but the whole first half of the second season is so amazing, I find myself rewatching scenes anyway. I think I watched s1 in too low a quality, and the incredible acting skill of Toby Stephens only got to sink in with s2. I'm still so impressed by him.

The only fic rec I have off the top of my head that will not spoil you for anything is my friend's Thomas/James/Miranda canon divergence fic: "Start Anew": http://archiveofourown.org/works/12336414 . But it has period-typical medical torture and ptsd, so if that bothers you, it may not be for you after all.

Her other Black Sails fic is also good, and pure pwp, definitely less triggering. *g*

[st_aurafina]

Ooh, thank you! And yes, I am still at that point (trying to get Yuletide finished omg) so thank you for the rec. I am hesitant to hunt around for fic because I have a feeling there are big spoilers to avoid.

[tinny]

Glad you liked it!

I am still not finished with the fourth season and I still have to avoid google and AO3 searches. /o\

I just go through the relationship tags and stop at the airdate of the third season. It's no way to live! ;D

But this show is very spoiler-heavy and for me, it's very important not to be spoiled, so I'll have to get through that.

Here's one more fic:

series by mapped
http://archiveofourown.org/series/490219 Miranda/James/Thomas kinky pwp (everything by mapped is good! but most of it is s3-spoilery)

Both Hands by Primarybufferpanel
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11494446 tagged "Miranda/James/the raw gaping absence of Thomas Hamilton" - James teaches Miranda to swim


Everything else I read is spoilery for the season 2 finale, I think, so where are you now?