[UPDATE] Gah! Someone take away Time's pilot's license! · 8:17pm Oct 12th, 2019
I completely borked the posting of a List entry this week. I have the fic picked out, I have it pretty solidly in my memory as I've read it fairly recently (so no re-read necessary), I just kept saying, "I'm so busy right now, I'll do it later/tomorrow..." and it'd be later and I'd be even more busy and put it off again. So new List entry will be this coming Tuesday.
In other news, I'm writing again! (Everyone: "Yay!") But it's not LLW. (The Swarm: "Boo!") Actually, I've gotten some written, but I had a little bug planted in my brain waaaaaaay back when I first read The Long Road to Friendship (however-the-hell long ago that was) that prompted a similar setup in my mind.
In case you're unfamiliar, the premise of Long Road is rather akin to Liar Liar; Sunset is cursed to tell the truth help anyone who asks in her presence, especially if they say "please." It's further stipulated that she can't say she's cursed, so even when the curse causes her problems she can't tell anyone why. (I aint tellin' nuthin' more, if you're interested, go read it, it's fantastic)
"Oh, god!" says I, "My very free will and agency f**ked around with by semi-sentient artifacts to the point where I can't even explain what's going on and so many aspects of my life hanging by a bare thread? I think I'd end it all if I was in her situation, especially as helpless as she winds up, what with her being homeless and all..."
I really gotta stop saying things that will turn out prophetic for my own life.
So just for giggles, I've been re-reading some fics that have brought me some measure of comfort over the years for a variety of reasons; stresses of daily life, wanting to indulge in nostalgia, car having continuous problems, girlfriend dealing with abuse-related PTSD, recovering from be ing homeless...
So, yeah, I really gotta stop predicting my own life. (At this point, I don't even like being near tanker trucks on the freeway)
So I was listening to some great music that crossed my path while doing this re-read, and it was like the water and sunlight on the seed of an idea, and suddenly this cathardic story grew from there.
It's an EQG fanfic, and it's not a fun little adventure. It'll feature dark themes and references to suicide and self-harm. It'll be all about how absolutely helpless Sunset is in my particular story's setup. And hopefully it'll be at least a little bit good enough to stand in the shadow of the work that inspired it. It'll be multi-chapter, but it won't be long (by my standards), so getting through it and moving on to finished LLW and other works shouldn't be too hard.
Make sure you've followed me (Qleek de bhutt-ohn!) so you can get the update, and watch your feed for My Empire of Dirt to come out soon, and shortly after that expect another chapter of LLW.
