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

[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.