June of Doom & Gloom - Week 3 discussion and etc. post

[huinare]

A slightly belated welcome to the third week of this here.

Have another update/progress/discussion post thing. Any progress in your writing, frustrations, new plot bunnies? Feel free to gab. General discussion question (all welcome, participants or otherwise): Are there particular characters you tend to victimize select more frequently as subject matter when writing sad, scary, or otherwise not-lighthearted stories? or particular groups/settings/time periods? Put another way, are there certain characters who just can't seem to catch a break from you in your fanworks?

Comments

[ladybrooke]

With the completely unscientific method of going to my Ao3, looking at my stories labeled angst, and then using the sort and filter thing at the side where it gives you characters: Maglor (12), Turgon (7), Fingon (7), Curufin (6), Fëanor (6), Celeborn (6), Caranthir (5), Maedhros (5), Argon (3), and Finwë (3) are apparently the ten most common. :P

Curufin and Finwë are the only ones that really surprise me on that list - I don't feel like I write Curufin that much. The rest are completely unsurprising for me making them angst. I would have thought Maedhros would be higher though...

I'm not sure it's so much that they can't catch a break from me, as that most of them are the characters I write the most period. To compare: Fëanor (27), Maglor (21), Maedhros (20), Celeborn (18), Orodreth (15), Fingon (15), Celegorm (15), Caranthir (14), Fingolfin (11), and Finwë (8) are my 10 most common period - so there's a lot of overlap.

There has been exactly zero progress. I'm upset and angry atm, and then I hit my head hard on the deck today...

[huinare.livejournal.com]

So apparently when you do write Curufin, he's filled with angst and/or inspires angst? ;)

I find it interesting that your Orodreth is not statistically likely to be subject to angst although he's clearly a favorite of yours (and what does it say about me that I assume favorites must be subjected to unsavory things? Ha!).

Ack! Sorry it sounds like your day isn't proceeding ideally. =( Do rest up if you need to.

[ladybrooke]

He does! Generally because he's being written in a kinslaying and/or after a death.

Lol, that's why I termed it unscientific - when I go to Orodreth's page on my profile, there's four stories tagged with Angst (and more that are borderline). I make him suffer a lot too! Ao3 just doesn't want to tell anyone that. :P I know what it says about me that I make my favorites suffer!

Thanks! Ugh, my week/month/summer isn't going well. Is it time to go back to uni yet? At least it's good for feeding fanfic stories.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to turn into sludge over summer unless I get that job I just interviewed for. I don't resume school until the 1st week September. o__x But yeah, in the meantime, I'm trying to get a bit of reading/writing done.

[ladybrooke]

I should have put myself on a schedule from the beginning of the summer to keep myself busy. :P Now, I've just turned into a little bored, anxious mess, like is normal. I go back a week before you do!

I hope you get some of the reading and writing done.