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i figured, since my next two fics will be posted on timelines (yuletide and cornerflag), that i would do this now.
closing your curtains at night (football rpf, fabregas/messi/pique)
rubberbands 'round your fingers (football rpf, fabregas/van persie)
i didn't major in chemistry (football rpf, walcott/nasri/fabregas/van persie)
gaslight (football rpf, gourcuff/lloris)
three times mario held nuri, essentially (football rpf, gotze/sahin)
when you turn around (football rpf, van persie/wilshere)
a conversation's that not about us (football rpf, van persie/vermaelen/arteta)
best story + favourite story when you turn around. i don't know if anyone else knows it, but this was my inadvertent response to cesc leaving. it sucked, okay? it magnified a lot of problems within arsenal. so, i channelled all of that into this. i like this fic (which is saying something, actually). i've been trying to find a balance between style and readability and, while this isn't exactly a complete crystallization of that idea, i think i'm improving. plus, long!fic. i'm always really proud of myself when i can turn out something over 5000 words.
story most underrated by the universe in my opinion gaslight? doesn't really bother me, though. the interest in ligue 1 sits somewhere around vaguely lukewarm. now, however, i want to write ridiculously-detailed yoann!genfic that tracks his entire career from rennes to lyon. he's just so fucking heartbreaking, okay? he doesn't seem capable of creating half the conflict that surrounds him. his awkwardness and inability to adapt to change suggest differently, but. still. alsohesreallyfuckingpretty/shallow
what pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in january? my yuletide fic. i mean, it's barcelona. i can't even textually render how much i don't care about barcelona (it's a lot!). well, when i wrote it, i didn't really have an opinion on the club and, after a year, i do. so, it's a one-off, for sure.
most fun story rubberbands 'round your fingers. it's not actually a fun story, per say, but i enjoyed writing it. it had its own playlist! (for posterity's sake, the list was: "your ex-love is dead (final fantasy remix)" by stars; "next train" by miracle fortress; "skinny boy" by amy millan; "who'd have known" by lily allen; "he lied about death (metric remix)" by stars; "great escape" by patrick watson; "my backwards walk" by frightened rabbit; "hold your breath" by the acorn; "this thing about you" by miracle fortress). music makes things fun! i didn't antagonise over this story and i think that's why i like it so much. the fact that it has no leaving-arsenal stigma is good, too.
sexiest story a conversation's that not about us. oh my god, these boys. like, when i'm not spending all my time shipping robin/thomas, i'm shipping robin/mikel and, more recently, thomas/mikel. IT'S OVERWHELMING, OKAY. everyone loves one another so much. i couldn't not write fic. i think it just gets to be called sexiest story by default, ahahaha.
biggest disappointment i didn't major in chemistry. secret: i don't really like to write porn but, sometimes, it just won't leave me alone. this was one of those times. i have the urge to hit nasri every time i see him, now, too. that doesn't help.
did you take any writing risks this year? what did you learn from them? um, i didn't really take any risks. i have learned that i am a slow writer who can only work on one story at a time, though. like, i was writing between march and august, but i scrapped two fics during that time -- posting only a kinkmeme fill -- and then needed like, another three months to write what would eventually be when you turn around. i'm at peace with all of this.
biggest surprise(s) that almost everything of substance i've written has had rvp in it in some way? i've written almost 15000 words about that bastard. that bastard whom i love. dearly.
most unintentionally telling story gaslight. because, seriously, i can't not write au fic blatantly influenced by film. if i can set it anywhere in the 1920s to 1960s, i will. which reminds me: i really want prohibition!fic. not like boardwalk empire or anything, but like the-opening-scene-of-some-like-it-hot prohibition!fic with a lot of help from the poisoner's handbook. pipedreams, man. pipedreams.
closing your curtains at night (football rpf, fabregas/messi/pique)
rubberbands 'round your fingers (football rpf, fabregas/van persie)
i didn't major in chemistry (football rpf, walcott/nasri/fabregas/van persie)
gaslight (football rpf, gourcuff/lloris)
three times mario held nuri, essentially (football rpf, gotze/sahin)
when you turn around (football rpf, van persie/wilshere)
a conversation's that not about us (football rpf, van persie/vermaelen/arteta)
best story + favourite story when you turn around. i don't know if anyone else knows it, but this was my inadvertent response to cesc leaving. it sucked, okay? it magnified a lot of problems within arsenal. so, i channelled all of that into this. i like this fic (which is saying something, actually). i've been trying to find a balance between style and readability and, while this isn't exactly a complete crystallization of that idea, i think i'm improving. plus, long!fic. i'm always really proud of myself when i can turn out something over 5000 words.
story most underrated by the universe in my opinion gaslight? doesn't really bother me, though. the interest in ligue 1 sits somewhere around vaguely lukewarm. now, however, i want to write ridiculously-detailed yoann!genfic that tracks his entire career from rennes to lyon. he's just so fucking heartbreaking, okay? he doesn't seem capable of creating half the conflict that surrounds him. his awkwardness and inability to adapt to change suggest differently, but. still. alsohesreallyfuckingpretty/shallow
what pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in january? my yuletide fic. i mean, it's barcelona. i can't even textually render how much i don't care about barcelona (it's a lot!). well, when i wrote it, i didn't really have an opinion on the club and, after a year, i do. so, it's a one-off, for sure.
most fun story rubberbands 'round your fingers. it's not actually a fun story, per say, but i enjoyed writing it. it had its own playlist! (for posterity's sake, the list was: "your ex-love is dead (final fantasy remix)" by stars; "next train" by miracle fortress; "skinny boy" by amy millan; "who'd have known" by lily allen; "he lied about death (metric remix)" by stars; "great escape" by patrick watson; "my backwards walk" by frightened rabbit; "hold your breath" by the acorn; "this thing about you" by miracle fortress). music makes things fun! i didn't antagonise over this story and i think that's why i like it so much. the fact that it has no leaving-arsenal stigma is good, too.
sexiest story a conversation's that not about us. oh my god, these boys. like, when i'm not spending all my time shipping robin/thomas, i'm shipping robin/mikel and, more recently, thomas/mikel. IT'S OVERWHELMING, OKAY. everyone loves one another so much. i couldn't not write fic. i think it just gets to be called sexiest story by default, ahahaha.
biggest disappointment i didn't major in chemistry. secret: i don't really like to write porn but, sometimes, it just won't leave me alone. this was one of those times. i have the urge to hit nasri every time i see him, now, too. that doesn't help.
did you take any writing risks this year? what did you learn from them? um, i didn't really take any risks. i have learned that i am a slow writer who can only work on one story at a time, though. like, i was writing between march and august, but i scrapped two fics during that time -- posting only a kinkmeme fill -- and then needed like, another three months to write what would eventually be when you turn around. i'm at peace with all of this.
biggest surprise(s) that almost everything of substance i've written has had rvp in it in some way? i've written almost 15000 words about that bastard. that bastard whom i love. dearly.
most unintentionally telling story gaslight. because, seriously, i can't not write au fic blatantly influenced by film. if i can set it anywhere in the 1920s to 1960s, i will. which reminds me: i really want prohibition!fic. not like boardwalk empire or anything, but like the-opening-scene-of-some-like-it-hot prohibition!fic with a lot of help from the poisoner's handbook. pipedreams, man. pipedreams.