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October Fanfic Roundup
Oct. 31st, 2019 05:40 pmAppropriately enough, all of my fanfic during Spooktober has been for The Magnus Archives, my spooky podcast obsession. I also wrote a blurb for the show to share on Facebook for my friends who might have been wondering what I've been yelling about for the past couple of months. (I don't talk about the nitty-gritty of my fannish life on that platform, but I definitely talk about Stuff I Like.) Here's what I said:
( Statement of Nevanna, regarding the most recent story to eat her life. )
As it turns out, I am Feeling All The Feelings considerably ahead of schedule, since the Season 4 finale dropped earlier today. The show resumes in April, at which point... er, happy birthday to me?
Meanwhile, here's the fic that I wrote this past month!
No Haven For This Heart was a realization of an idea that I had way back in July, in which the resident evil mind-controlling manipulator reveals exactly how much he knows about the aforementioned Intense Queer Pining what's been happening at the Magnus Institute.
The other stories are in the Vampire AU that another writer in the fandom helped to create. Now, the canon mythology and world-building of TMA are beautiful and original and I wouldn't trade them for anything, nor do I plan to abandon the core continuity anytime soon, but this particular AU gave me the opportunity to write some very specific mind control tropes and scenarios that had been gnawing on my brain, and so the leap of faith that led to one "Magnusquerade" story eventually turned into four (and counting). In order of publication: Encouraging Employee Initiative, The Necessary Compromises of a Demanding Career, Transparency in Working Relationships, and Knowledge Management in an Academic Setting. (The bureaucratic language was not my idea, but I've had fun trying to generate titles within that framework.)
I will be spending November using the scaffolding of NaNoWriMo to fill out at least two intersecting lines on my![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
hc_bingo card, which looks like this:
( Bad things that will happen to good characters! )
Happy Halloween, everyone!
( Statement of Nevanna, regarding the most recent story to eat her life. )
As it turns out, I am Feeling All The Feelings considerably ahead of schedule, since the Season 4 finale dropped earlier today. The show resumes in April, at which point... er, happy birthday to me?
Meanwhile, here's the fic that I wrote this past month!
No Haven For This Heart was a realization of an idea that I had way back in July, in which the resident evil mind-controlling manipulator reveals exactly how much he knows about the aforementioned Intense Queer Pining what's been happening at the Magnus Institute.
The other stories are in the Vampire AU that another writer in the fandom helped to create. Now, the canon mythology and world-building of TMA are beautiful and original and I wouldn't trade them for anything, nor do I plan to abandon the core continuity anytime soon, but this particular AU gave me the opportunity to write some very specific mind control tropes and scenarios that had been gnawing on my brain, and so the leap of faith that led to one "Magnusquerade" story eventually turned into four (and counting). In order of publication: Encouraging Employee Initiative, The Necessary Compromises of a Demanding Career, Transparency in Working Relationships, and Knowledge Management in an Academic Setting. (The bureaucratic language was not my idea, but I've had fun trying to generate titles within that framework.)
I will be spending November using the scaffolding of NaNoWriMo to fill out at least two intersecting lines on my
hc_bingo card, which looks like this:( Bad things that will happen to good characters! )
Happy Halloween, everyone!
