Seriously, I'm trying to wrap things up here...

[quaggy]

So, I've been thinking about fic writing and writing in general and have decided that I will try to finish ever pending fic I have languishing around by next spring. So, I wrote down every fic I was either actively working on or mulling over.  I figured if I posted a fic a week, I would be done with time to spare. Ha.

The problems with the plan:
(1) I write at glacier speed. Seriously, I think drabbles are about the only thing I can knock out fast... and those are only 100 words!
(2) Work is crazy busy and I come home with very little to offer. I can barely form coherent posts, let alone anything longer than that.
(3) I keep coming up with fic that need to go on my god-forsaken list!!

The List With Color Commentary
(by fandom & likelihood I will actually finish said fic)


WEST WING

• Most Frequent (Donna's POV from season 6 and beyond as seen through her playlist. Having more trouble with the songs than anything else)
• Toby's Book Club (Sequel to Less Traveled By.)
• Behind Her Back (Post-ep for "Dead Irish Writers". This is a very, very old idea that I never got around to writing down.)
• Nobody Tells Me Anything (Transition Post-Ep from Santos's POV)
• CJ/Toby fic (Insititutional Memory post-ep from Toby's POV that I so want to write, but so know I won't)
• Destination (post-Transition fic combined with destination wedding fic. It's given me so much grief, I should just let it go, but  I just can't.)

AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER

• Not Exactly (I want to finish this one soon)
• List  (This one too)
• High School (Stupid brainless high school parody thing. Makes me laugh)
• Promise (post-ep for "Zuko Alone". Totally non-shippy!)
• AU (An actual chapter fic.  Goes off-cannon during the finale... and jumps 12 years into the future)
• Sequel to Afterwards  (mostly I just want to write the reunion scene)
• Zutara Week drabbles
• Over The Sea (Post-series companion fics from Katara & Zuko's POVs)

LWD  (I don't know why this fandom makes me want to write fic. I really don't.) 

• Atom Bomb (This thing just keeps on growing and growing. I should have been done ages ago!)
• For Her (Same goes for this one) 
• Five Ways Casey and Derek Didn't Live Happily Ever After... And One They Did (It's a pretty self-explanatory title actually)
• Sleeping Patterns (College life fic. Total fluff.)
• Playlist (The almost classic scenario of Casey & Derek becoming estranged when they get to college) 
• Last To Know (Sort of the complete opposite of Atom Bomb)
• Tragic (Yeah, this title pretty self-explanatory too.)
• Graduation Party fic (Why Emily doesn't work as Derek's girlfriend)
• A "HEDHOG"-inspired thing where Emily is awesome

LIFE

• Love of Her (Post-series idea I had after watching "Serious Control Issues")
• Afterlife (Post-ep for "One")
• Rock Garden (Charlie in a Zen rock garden in Kyoto, but that's all I got. I don't even know why he's there.)

Sports Night (All post-series. All Dan/Natalie.)

• Awkward Research (a Natalie/Dan fic for unoriginal_liz)
• Bubble Bath (an old idea for bubbleficathon that I never had a chance to write. Dan/Natalie get no love.)
• Rumors (Casey gets upset over the idea of Dan/Dana. Yes, it's actually Dan/Natalie.)

HP (It's pretty unlikely I'll finish either of these.)

• Harry & Hermione fic (I sort of regret I never let myself write an out & out H/H happy shippy fic.)
• Friend Like These (James/Lily fic. Started it. Liked it. Couldn't finish it.)

OTHER

• Firefly fic ("Safe" post-ep. Not shippy, which is rare for me.)
• Old Man Howl (Howl's Moving Castle fic for unoriginal_liz)
• Ugly Betty fic (a little bit post-series and a little bit of a post-ep for Season 1 "I'm Coming Out")
• Mickey/Martha fic (Doctor Who fic, but first I have to finish Season 4 and The End of Time first. Yes, I'm writing fic for things I haven't seen yet. This is what happens when you are spoiled.)
• Skip Beat fic (Just a little "what if..." for my favorite manga since it's unlikely to go in that direction.)
• Meeting in the Park (Witch Hunter Robin fic. Pretty easy to finish, but nobody will read it because nobody has seen the show!)

And, of course, I wrote this post when I could have been writing fic, but sometimes it's good to get things out in the open. 

Comments

[quaggy]

I think I'll be able to finish all the Sports Night ones pretty easily. I make no promises as to WHEN, but I promise they will be done and posted eventually. I think I've made it my own personal mission to convert as many people as I can to the idea of Dan/Natalie. :-D (And yeah, Dan/Dana could actually work as a pairing, but I could never realistically see it happening.)

[flippet.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodie. :-)

Yeah, I really like Dan/Natalie, there's a sweetness there that I would have loved to explore.

As for Dan/Dana - I could see that as a 'friends-with-benefits' kind of thing, or as a 'substitution' for what one or the other really wants. Something mutually (possibly silently) agreed-upon, but without emotional strings. Too many, anyway - you need to manufacture one or two if there's going to be a quality fic out of it!

[quaggy]

I could see that as a 'friends-with-benefits' kind of thing, or as a 'substitution' for what one or the other really wants.

Yeah, I suppose. But honestly, I see it more of a case of them having to much history to ever see each other in a romantic light. They had known each other for years... but if they had just met, they probably would have really hit it off. Instead, their shared history just cements their friendship into something wonderfully strong and permanent.

[flippet.livejournal.com]

I see it more of a case of them having to much history to ever see each other in a romantic light.

I'm actually kind of agreeing with you, I think. If anything ever happened, it wouldn't be because either of them were in love with the other, or even had leanings that way. It would be because humans have needs (and they're both lonely people), and because they *are* good friends with history. Safe. Temporary. The sparks they have are with other people - and I see sparks with Casey for both of them, which adds a level to any potential D/D thing. One thing I think we can certainly agree on is that they are not an OTP. :-)

[quaggy]

It would be because humans have needs (and they're both lonely people), and because they *are* good friends with history. Safe. Temporary.

Yeah, I can see that happening earlier in their relationship. As they stood during the series and afterwards, I think they'd both be too afraid to mess up what they have for something temporary. And that's not even factoring in the Casey angle. Not to mention that after being on the other side of the Casey/Sally thing, I don't Dana could ever be with someone in her circle just because she was lonely. Actually, now that I think about it, right after the Casey/Sally thing would probably have been the only time that Dan & Dana might have crossed that line. Interesting. I've never thought about that before.