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writerkitI'm having a lot of trouble concentrating on writing--especially given that most of my original work tends to focus on "Let's talk about TRAUMA!" in various shapes and forms-- but I'm still energetically enthusiastic about Magic. So I'm back to "I'm gonna AU War of the Spark and put it up on AO3."
I mean, writing a giant fanfiction novel will absolutely have the effect of making me a better writer in the end, so it's all fine, and I care *deeply* about the way these characters were wronged, which means I can still summon the spoons to work with them. (As was proven this morning by my enthusiastically telling Mathfriend the general character arcs for Vraska, Jace, and Liliana during *Forsaken* in this AU that I'm creating-- ie, I'm already mentally planning not just one giant epic fanfic novel, but the sequel as well.)
Other ideas which I'm just putting a pin in to save for later: writing book and lyrics for that "Check Please: The Musical" that was joked about on the author's Tumblr way back when. And Sanders Sides college AU focusing on long slow-burn Analogical shipping. (For that matter, Sanders Sides long slow-burn LAMP soulmate AU that pays close attention to the possibilities of the conceit rather than either rushing to a meeting or lingering overly long on "But Virgil's home life is LITERAL TORTURE!" Like, seriously. Y'all. Most abusive parents are not *sadists*; they're abusive because they have their own issues and aren't great at dealing with those issues or with the world. I promise you can still have an anxious, hurting character without going so over-the-top that the only thing I can think reading the story is "No, really, *someone* would have called CPS by now. Probably years ago.")
I mean, writing a giant fanfiction novel will absolutely have the effect of making me a better writer in the end, so it's all fine, and I care *deeply* about the way these characters were wronged, which means I can still summon the spoons to work with them. (As was proven this morning by my enthusiastically telling Mathfriend the general character arcs for Vraska, Jace, and Liliana during *Forsaken* in this AU that I'm creating-- ie, I'm already mentally planning not just one giant epic fanfic novel, but the sequel as well.)
Other ideas which I'm just putting a pin in to save for later: writing book and lyrics for that "Check Please: The Musical" that was joked about on the author's Tumblr way back when. And Sanders Sides college AU focusing on long slow-burn Analogical shipping. (For that matter, Sanders Sides long slow-burn LAMP soulmate AU that pays close attention to the possibilities of the conceit rather than either rushing to a meeting or lingering overly long on "But Virgil's home life is LITERAL TORTURE!" Like, seriously. Y'all. Most abusive parents are not *sadists*; they're abusive because they have their own issues and aren't great at dealing with those issues or with the world. I promise you can still have an anxious, hurting character without going so over-the-top that the only thing I can think reading the story is "No, really, *someone* would have called CPS by now. Probably years ago.")
