Fanfiction prompt lists, and motivation

[timepiececlock]

I've always felt vaguely guilty that I've never yet posted a single fanfic entry to 64damn_prompts, a community I created and a prompt list that I wrote. (actually, I also wrote two sequel 64-prompt lists for akavertigo and her zutara fic Snowblind which she hasn't finished, very sad) It jjust never hit me at the right time. I was busy with my other Avatar fanfic and didn't associate the prompt list with that. I also wasn't inspired by any other fandoms, as I still live in partial denial for Doctor Who, I've basically given up Veronica Mars early in season 3 and have no idea what's going on, and BSG, while entertaining, inspires no fandom feelings in me whatsoever. Kara and Lee can make googly eyes/groins at each other for another four seasons and I still wouldn't give a shit. Heroes... kinda the same as BSG.

My actual fandoms are kind of... scarce, right now.

I'm stalled for anime, though I hope to watch Last Exile sometime soon, and eventually to finish both Monster and Death Note. All are hard to watch on spike travel with AmeriCorps, so it happens only once every two months, when I have a break or transition week. And frankly, Avatar has priority over anime for fanficcing.

I am watching DW, natch, but I no longer feel the need to write fafic for it. My OTP iscanon-forbidden by space and time, so I leave it to others to write and me to read.

The only other thing I'm into writing these days is Naruto-verse future AU Kakashi/Sakura fic, which would probably be just fine for these prompts if I could just bother to care more about writing ninja techniques.

I suppose I could do Harry Potter... but I like thinking up or learning names for canon spells even less than canon ninjutsu.


Ahhh... maybe I should just do it for Kakashi/Sakura. My fic Lucid is going nowhere because I started on a flawed premise and I can't really fix it without totally rewriting it. And I got such a kick out of writing the first few chapters as they are that I'm loathe to rewrite them. I could just start something new with a prompt list.

Comments

Re: not giving much of a shit

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I've pretty much given up on Heroes and S2 hasn't even started. I'm just ... not that inclined to tune in when it starts ... whenever. The spoilers I've read aren't doing shit for me, even though I'm a big David Anders fan, and the fact I haven't given the show or its characters much thought in three months is kind of a clue I don't care.

Given I'm going to have less TV time, I gotta be serious about what I will watch. I've already decided Pushing Daisies must stay on the air. There are some other pilots floating around I have yet to see.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Pushing Daisies looks cute from the trailer... it reminds me of Dead Like Me meets Cupid, in the sense of mortality/immortality + whimsy = romantic comedy.


You have much higher expectations for Heroes than I do, and that's why you're in pain. I never put Heroes on a pedestal, never even close, so I don't really care what crazy bullshit happens, or care if spoilers fail to intrigue me. It's popcorn tv and that's all it will ever be. Pretty, but still popcorn.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I wasn't even that invested in the series. By the end of the season, I was watching it because I liked Nathan and Claire. And Sylar was fun. As for the actual plot? Saw it. About fifty times in a hundred comic books.

I thought the second season might actually deviate from the tired comic-styled storylines, but it would appear this isn't to be. I stopped caring when I found out what David Anders' character was about. None of the new characters are interesting, on paper, at least. I can live without the show. I tried to keep into it because it was so huge on my List. My friends and I share other interests again, so I can just let Heroes go.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[mswyrr]

Not pissed about being casting-spoilered without warning but, dude, can you gimme a link that describes what role David Anders is going to play, if you have a moment?

Re: not giving much of a shit

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the casting spoiler. I keep forgetting there're people who don't know and don't want that sort of info pre-season. Everyone on my List, pretty much, I think, already knows ... :/

I wish I could just directly link you but I dropped all of the comms related to the show about a week ago because I wasn't reading them, anyway. If you go over to ninth_wonders, they might have links in one of their newsletters.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[mswyrr]

Sorry you're in a ficcing slump just now. Partly 'cause that's no fun, and partly 'cause I miss your stories. I'm hope you find something that inspires you.

I suppose I could do Harry Potter... but I like thinking up or learning names for canon spells even less than canon ninjutsu.


Yeah, that part of HP ficwriting *is* a total bitch.

BTW, I agree with [Unknown site tag] about Pushing Daisies. The pilot is brilliant; a tangy, sweet, whimsical story with eccentric dialogue, a winning lead male with adorably fucked up Issues and a delightful female lead with charm to spare and, just... gah.

I'd recommend watching it, to see if it hits your joygasm circuits, too.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I'm in a fic slump that coincides with my current RL job, which doesn't really leave room to write fic at all. I'm sure when one ends the other will resurge.

If you look at the HP fic I've already written, you'll notice nobody uses spells. I... can't even think of a single fic I've written where a character has said a canon spell name aloud. It's kind of funny how I've unconciously or semi-conciously gotten around it.

I didn't know the pilot was out. I thought that was going to be a fall series? I did think the trailer was promising.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[mswyrr]

I'm in a fic slump that coincides with my current RL job, which doesn't really leave room to write fic at all. I'm sure when one ends the other will resurge.

Damn, yes. You just seemed like you wanted to fic soonish, so I was wishing you the best in that.

If you look at the HP fic I've already written, you'll notice nobody uses spells. I... can't even think of a single fic I've written where a character has said a canon spell name aloud. It's kind of funny how I've unconciously or semi-conciously gotten around it.

Hah! Neither my conscious or unconscious could find a way around it. Thankfully, the one time I wrote HP fic, I happened to be corresponding with a dude who knew Latin, so making up a spell name (Animam Suffoco!) was easy, 'cause I could pick his brain! ((sends positive vibes at him, wherever he may be))

I didn't know the pilot was out. I thought that was going to be a fall series? I did think the trailer was promising.

It is a fall show, but fall shows have been leaked all over the damn place this summer. Srsly, the first two eps of Dexter have been out a while, and so have the pilots of Pushing Daisies, Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Chuck.

If you need help seeing PD, I can help out.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I've only written short fics; if I tried a longer HP fic I might eventually use some spells in dialogue. I just tend to arrange my sentences so people get hexed without the words of the actual hexes being spoken aloud. With Hogwart's lessons in nonverbal spell-craft in the latter books, it makes it easier.


I tried to find it on my normal downloading comm, but its not posted. Do you have it as an avi file? I'd love to get it... I can watch avi files on my Zen mp3 player. the only reason I don't watch anime is because the subs are too small.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Snagged! Thank you so much. :)

Re: not giving much of a shit

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I tried watching it, but when it combined it was only 100 mb, and so it cut off after about 15 minutes. I'm going to download the links again; I still have the link list.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[mswyrr]

Damn. If it doesn't work for you on the second try, I'll reupload to a different site, like sendspace or megaupload.

Re: good anime

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

The internet connection here has become so bad that I can't get anything. I'm going to use those links this weekend, at my parent's house. I should be able to get it then.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I just can't seem to get PD to download. I've downloaded the set 3 times now, and all the files are 100mb, but each time, when i join them together, the resulting file is only 100mb, not 350mb. So I get to see the first 15 minutes or so.

Help?

Re: not giving much of a shit

[mswyrr]

I'll dig out the disc and upload it to a different site. But it might take me a bit, I'm kind of pressed for time today.

Re: not giving much of a shit

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Take your time! I'm here all week. :)

Re: not giving much of a shit

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the upload! I managed to download it earlier today and watch it, but then it kinda got wiped from my drive; I was hoping to watch it again, and now I can. :D

Re: not giving much of a shit

[mswyrr]

:) Glad you dug it enough to want a re-watch! I should probably take some time to see it again, myself. It was just... full to bursting with SO MUCH to love. Gah.

good anime

[mswyrr]

I dunno if you've heard about the Romeo X Juliet, but when you you have free time and want to try a new anime, you might like it.

Re: good anime

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I have about 4 episodes of that on my computer in Denver. I was going to watch some when I get back in two weeks.

Re: good anime

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I have 9 episodes downloaded, and I've watched two. So far, I'm tentatively liking it. It seems like a combination of R&J and the animated movie Anastasia... right down to the red hair. Though I admit I'm much less in love with this Romeo than I was with the kitchen boy turned swindler in Anastasia (who also had John Cusak's voice, which helped a lot.)

Juliet, though... I am intrigued by her. I like how we're introduced to her... as a heroic figure, one fights and swaggers and seeks justice, but with an air of being a woman who fights for other women, even though she dresses like a man to do it. I hope that doesn't change... that with her discovery of her duties as the daughter of the Capulet family she doesn't let go of that kind of fight spirit that she was able to show when she pretended to be Odin. I'd hate to see her turn into a simpering damsel in distress.

Especially given that so far Romeo looks like a bit of a wet noodle. I kinda would like to see him grow up some enough to deserve such an awesome young woman as his partner in love.

I noticed that names are tossed about pretty liberally, not typically in line with the traditional story. I like the setting... and I kinda love the pegusi. Did you ever watch The Twelve Kingdoms? That's an amazing anime that has the coolest unicorns you'll see in anime.

I'm enjoying it so far, and will definitely see where it takes me. I like romantic fantasy.

[herongale]

Anime series that will reinvigorate your love of the genre: Serai no Moribito and Gurren Lagann. The first is a gorgeous traditionally styled fairy tale done in Production I.G wonder; the second is perhaps Gainax's most triumphant series since Evangelion, and a lot more groovy and fun.

Nevertheless, I agree that you need to go with the Avatar fangirling for a while. The new season is coming up soon and I think you need to arrange your upcoming precious free time to accomodate that.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I wasn't that impressed with Evangelion... I was impressed by portions of it, certain aspects of it, but overall I think its overrated. Especially given the kind of shows I've seen since Evangelion. I think a lot of older US anime fans romanticized Evangelion because it was the first really dramatic anime they were exposed to. All of that's a sidenote, though, and I don't mean to comment on your tastes particularly, just wanted to let you know what I got from the comparison.

I'll definitely check those shows out over break, for as long as I have, anyway.

About the only way I won't get Avatar when it starts is if I get a trailbuilding project, where we might be camping without internet access.

[loveroftheflame.livejournal.com]

Oh Lucid... I just adored that fic... I am such a Narutard now... so much pretty on one show. I hope when things get less hectic you find time to revamp (which I don't think it needs lol!) and start writing again!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and I hope I get time eventually to work on it also. Probably next year, when I'm not in AmeriCorps anymore and have a regular job with dependable hours.

[inniyah.livejournal.com]

I really like Lucid, I do not think it needs to be rewriten, but if that it's the only way for you to continue it, then please please rewrite it! :D

I hope that you do not abandone it because it is well written and it is an original idea. :)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind thoughts! I don't want to rewrite it either,but it was written on a lark, not as something that could workably be continued, despite my efforts. I might get away with rewriting little details later... like upping Sakura's age a year or two. Having her be 16 was fine for a fantasy but if they're ever going to go anywhere, I would need her to be older than that before I write it.