#WIP memes

[honestlydarkprincess]

[ohfandomfuntime]

*Finds an Unfinished fanfic that's either clearly marked as such or hasn't been updated in years* Me: Hm, this story is clearly unfinished and unlikely to continue... buuut the tags and summary hits all of my interests. Oh well - I'll just read it out of curiosity. Besides, now that I know that its an incomplete story going in - I won't be surprised that it's not finished when I get to the last chapter. What could possibly go wrong?

Me when I get to the last chapter:

What?! What do you mean there's no more????????

[malriex]

[myfaveficstillhasntupdated]

how wipd works:

work in progress depression - the feeling of agony when the best fanfic you ever read hasn't updated since the birth of mars

STEP 1:

STEP 2: The fic do be real gud tho

STEP 3: binge read the fic - say hello to the a.m. times and no sleep

After you reach the last written chapter, there are the:

FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF

- denial

what do you mean there is no more?

- anger

wHaT dO yOU mEaN tHEre iS nO mOrE?!

- bargaining

nah it's fine, the author last updated only a few -

- depression

- acceptance

[cardcaptorsakura96]

[xivu-arath]

tagged by @glitchy-npc for a wip whenever, and @eri-223 for a last line wip, so I will just do these both at once!

so how about immolant, huh

The Light is here. It churns the air with killing heat. It lashes out in great blinding torrents and gouts of flame. It makes of a man a wellspring, and the man makes of the wellspring a sword, and the sword cuts and scalds and burns and razes. There has never been a brighter slaughter in this place of futile death. This alone does not interest the shadow. Nor do the wails and shrieks of the dying, or the hammering pulse of war growing louder with each strike. All of this has been seen before. The wellspring falters. The man holds a sword, and blade must be met with blade. War’s blade is sharper and heavier and older. He will fall, and drown, and be devoured.

tagging @flowers-of-io, @wonderwafles, @exhaling-dust, @eri-223! also anyone who feels like doing so

[electricshoebox]

wip word summary game

Tagged by @edaworks, thank you so much!

Rules: Post a summary of your WIP in fifteen bullet points, each 2-5 words.

I genuinely didn't think I was gonna be able to pull this off but actually I think it worked. (For my current WIP The Eye of the Storm)

getting some regularly now

still hate your friends though

RR HQ but make it Vault

see what 'helping' gets us?

no seriously, fuck your friends

trust issues vs. assumptions: fight

grenade = valid trauma healing

5 minute warning changes everything

use your big kid words

big romantic gestures: wasteland edition

anyway back to the horrors

Everybody Hates the Brotherhood

(Including the Brotherhood)

Everybody Hates the Institute

World's Scariest Costume Party

Tagging (only if you want, no pressure): @junemermaid, @mercurymiscellany, @bardic-inspo, @swordwitch

[claudiajcregg]

Tell Other People About Your WIPs

make a list of all your WIPs with a brief description of each and then people can ask you questions about them and then tag other people.

Tagged by both @onekisstotakewithme and @miabicicletta 💜💜💜 Thank you, guys <3 I don't know who to tag that hasn't been tagged already. Interested? Tag, you're it! :) (Please do know that there are no set sections. Pick whatever you want. I went the deranged route.)

I have an outdated WIP list, and many others unaccounted for. This is just a selection of stuff I could see myself posting or editing/retooling to write something new. I love talking about my WIPs, about as much as I hate being perceived because they are not remotely interesting. (I also love knowing which ones people are interested in! I have an incentive to work on them!) (Instead of snippets, part of my feedback loop is sending actual rough drafts to get a sense of whether it's worth working on more.)

Multichapters, different levels of completion.

S5 Pregnancy AU. My main WIP. Can you believe I’ve had this idea for a year… almost to the day? I’ve been stuck since November bc I don’t know how I want this one to end, beyond a birth. (As I’ve mentioned in the past, I feel like this has legs to become a fluffy universe. I have ideas! Timelines!) Gist of it: CJ gets pregnant circa Zooey's kidnapping. How does it change S5? It's less angsty than you think.

Campaign bars, aka campaign conversations sometimes happened at bars in the 1998 campaign. Fun stuff. I need to pick it right back.

What Once Was Ours or the IM AU (2021), aka IM ends with a breakup. Not a WIP. Not a UFO. A secret third thing. (“Finished” but not edited, and I’m doubtful people would be interested. Probably bc of some bittersweet ~memories~ attached to it. I mean, I shared a third of it to discord and people couldn’t care less, at least after a while. Now, better IM AUs are being posted these days; I'm not in a rush.) 33 chapters. 150k words. I do reread it every once in a while, and I cannot put it down. But its 'age' takes me aback. If things had been different, I'd have posted this in H2 2021/Q1 2022 (or even the planned Q2-3 2021). But alas.

The “Almost Ready, question mark” Category

Another SVD prompt meme claim: what if CJ has the crush first. The thing is, I tend to write her as having a relatively obvious crush on him at first until something makes her wise up. So this is just some ridiculous, post-first-meeting thoughts. Most of it was written in one sitting! It kinda fits with something in the campaign bars fic, too.

Post birth, hospital story: A couple of hours after their bb girl is born. Pure fluff. Recently reworked it to make it less wordy. Still failed, but it’s better focused now.

Many ficlets – the few I did post on Tumblr that haven’t been posted to the story I’m collecting them in, plus a couple more. I'm thinking the ice skating one, Jan 22, a few post-eps I wrote last year, etc.

Ambitious Projects I don't think are happening right away (or ever), but probably have a detailed outline somewhere

(I put this up instead of last, because the next category has faves, but it's also a long one.)

Danny is back a bit earlier on s7. Toby leaks (or tries to leak? I always wavered) the shuttle to him, as he and CJ are getting closer.

Simon lives. How does his relationship with CJ evolve post-honeymoon phase? What is it like when Danny returns?

You’ve got mail AU. This outline had two ways the climax could go. I had fun.

Epistolary collab (?) fic. Probably an X + 1 fic. The only one with nothing written; don’t rule out writing it individually at some point.

And because this is so long already (but not as long as it could be)… A few more under the cut – more "I just want to make sure I like them" and "this meme reminded me I meant to pick those back up." And they are still not all. (How do you summarize seven years of writing?? I've only posted 20-something of them, lol.)

“Almost Ready (but I feel like I want to make changes to them) (might just redo them altogether)”

Haunted by the Notion, 2007 edition. My beta Ruth suggested this when she edited the other story, and I wrote it around then. It’s another Christmas dinner at Filomena, and, eight years later, things are different. I feel like it hits expected beats, and is just missing some oomph. Maybe. (As much as I do like it, half tempted to make it 2009. Or later.)

Heaven’s here…: A interrupted proposal. I’ve written many proposals over the years, and I love toying with different ideas and setups. Danny takes the lead here, but I’ve been intrigued by the idea of having CJ do the final twist.

5 to 6 am 'me' time. Another story inspired by last year’s rewatch that I wrote right at the start of it (so Jan 2023?). It has five short parts with five different years of what CJ describes in the pilot as her “me time.” This is one when I think one per year would be fun, but I don’t want to repeat myself.

One bed, “sexy” edition. An AU to a sort of AU (one of the drabbles from this summer) and… it's what it says on the tin. The world does not need to read my attempts at smut. If I didn’t put it in the previous category, it’s because I am not sure that I want to post it. (All the previous attempts are locked somewhere; unfortunately, someone loves this one and noticed when I tried to do that, lol.)

First baby kick: I remember writing this while in grad school (so, late 2017? First half of 2018) but I lost it, along other fic, when my laptop had to be reset because I used Bear to write back then, but didn’t have sync across devices. I rewrote it, and I feel like it's not the same, but still. It's sweet! Includes: Danny talking to the baby, domestic fluff, and… baby kicks!

“This meme reminded me they exist and I love them, so don't be surprised if they are posted before anything in a previous category”

(Lbr, if I added something about them in this post at all, it’s because they sparked some memory.)

Mosaic broken hearts: CJ, circa S4, jealousy. Prompted by a former fandom friend, back in my productive era (first half of 2021; before that friend just ghosted me.)

I can’t believe I captured your heart (pancake breakfast, three words and eight letters). For a while there, I edited it so much but then I fell off. iirc, it was part of some morning-related prompts I saw around that I tried to fulfill in 2018? 2019? And they had like internal progression. But this one was the best of the 3-4, and I kept tweaking it.

Green light of forgiveness (IM-ish) — there are many other IM/IM-Tomorrow snippets I’ve written over the years. I’m not sure if this one makes much sense, but I liked it enough.

Distance — I recall liking this one! Might have to bump it up. CJ is in Africa, Danny is at the Farm and sulking because they left off on some sort of argument. There is some Danny-Abbey friendship goodness here. I even have a second file that is “Distance - shorter version (it’s not)”

Danny writes fiction, shows it to CJ during her pregnancy and she’s into it. Technically written. I would probably try to take another stab at it. Third time might be the charm?

San Andreo phone call/fallout from ID. I just had the idea of CJ reaching out once things calm down. This is one of those fics I’ve written a version of every year or so, but I think there was one I liked quite a bit.

Terrible taste in men — a run-in with an OC ex of CJ. It was so dumb.

Fka Impatience - actually beta’d three years ago (by that fandom friend I've mentioned twice before… actually, three times) and “done”. I just think I’d change so much about it these days. It started being something else but ended up being a CJ-Toby friendship story in which they have lunch and catch up. But I would want to rewrite most of it now, and not just because it’s from like… 2019 (but finished in 2021).

I forgot this one initially! he's passing by, rare as the comet in my sky - 2? 3? times CJ thinks she sees Danny somewhere, and one time she does. (Which tried to work in the 'I remember shunning you' line.) I even wrote some sort of sequel later! Probably useless.

I said I would post a lightning round with fics that are either also done but not ready for me to mention them, or just… not done at all. The length of this post and how much I've spent on it is embarrassing. To give a general overview: in line with the nonsense I've been mentioning, includes phone calls at the end of S7, also a few friendship-focused fics around that time, too; present-day stuff; anniversaries; Hollis fundraisers; weddings; many ficlets, introspective thoughts, a “yes day” fic that's super sweet but needs better dares, the third memoir idea (the original one!!!!) that I had three years ago… And those are mostly the ones I had preselected, lol.

If you're interested, I can screenshoot this part in the notes app if you message me!

Anyway, this is embarrassing, and the worst part is that it's not all. fml.

[space-writes]

@serenanymph tagged me in meme monday uh...several mondays ago, but mondays always come back around, so have a new collection of Renegade Prince memes & incorrect quotes~

Renegade Prince | Valloroth taglist: @cherrybombfangirlwrites @memento-morri-writes @foxboyclit @lawful-evil-novelist @at-thezenith @morganwriteblr @fayeiswriting (ask to be +/-)

[overlordraax]

Tagged by @panther-os

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

People I shall tag in this: @ultracreativelywritten @bairdcrevan @wendy-comet @grayseeker @akapen011 @mutalieju

Wips (I have so many I decided to go with the best ones):

Bumblebee Honorary Insecticon

It's all your fault

Therapy Psychic Dive

Windblade ships them

Orion did not sleep well that night

Sentinel starts McCarthyism

Cyclonus and Hospitals

Galvatron doing admin

Galvatron's screaming therapy

Meeting Cyclonus's parents

You are Hot Rod

Galvadad Secret Movie Club

Ladyformer Jazzwave Spies

i want starscream to have a great day

Late Night Call

Lesbian SkyStar pub suggestion

Jazz v the DJD

Shockwave kidnapped Skyfire egads!

[dsudis]

Last line challenge

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or however many you like).

I was tagged by @tryan-a-bex, my fellow NaNoWriMo-er! Thanks for the tag!

He could not bear to offer the cake while Dream just stood there, looking at Hob as if he had never seen him before.

Which is 24 words from the next chapter of When Two Become One!

I'll tag @arialerendeair, @moorishflower, @pellaaearien, @letteredlettered, @softest-punk, @delta-pavonis, @lostelfwriting, @that-banhus, and uhhhhh anyone else who wants to play? XD

[honestlydarkprincess]

[babblish]

last line game

rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or however many you like).

thanks for the tag! @dreamcrow

this is only technically from robin's backstory, but it still counts so I'm going with it:

Well! At least they know the joys of living.

tagging @creativenicocorner @renee561 @falling-hand-in-unlovable-hand and anyone else who wants to join in (and pretend they're more actively working on their wips than we in fact are)

[crypticcodexcreations]

WIP Memes Tag: Demon Hunting Demon

Got tagged a bit ago by @andromedaexists I didn't know what WIP to do at first, and then I started writing about a couple new characters with a great dynamic so!

Gonna tag @blind-the-winds @smol-feralgremlin and leave an open tag as well!

[liv-is]

another meme i was compelled to make bye

[xivu-arath]

perennial wip post go! post your first line/last line/favourite line/literally anything from a wip. fandom neutral, could be original, could be poetry, could be art, Literally Whatever. this does not expire! if you dig up this post from your likes three years later you can still consider it a valid tag. whatever works for you in all forms

tagging @eri-223 @synnthamonsugar @euxiom @wonderwafles @titan-mom @cappurrccino @warlordfelwinter @flowers-of-io @endivinity @illumynare @pyr0clast

if you are not listed but want to show off something from a wip you count too!