Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
Jul. 4th, 2024 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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superhero_muses—<i>What’s the rarest pairing/character you’ve ever written for?</i>
I ask because (with my manuscript completed and before any revisions get handed on) I went to write a fic for the TV show “Somebody Somewhere” and went to see what the fanon take on these two characters was and… there not only is no fic for that pairing, there’s no fic for the whole show. Ooops? Well, it’s only a little ficlet-vignette, I’m just trying to dip my toes in on some low-risk pairings, and there’s nothing lower-risk than a fic no one at all is invested in! For superheroes, one of my favorite stories was a whole story about a throwaway character for the Legion of Substitute Heroes who gets a whole panel in the comic. It was fun! Very much the opposite of writing Superman or Batman, who have so much canon that it collapses under its own weight, you know? I hope you’re enjoying whatever you’re working on right now, whether it’s a rarepair or a very famouspair!
I ask because (with my manuscript completed and before any revisions get handed on) I went to write a fic for the TV show “Somebody Somewhere” and went to see what the fanon take on these two characters was and… there not only is no fic for that pairing, there’s no fic for the whole show. Ooops? Well, it’s only a little ficlet-vignette, I’m just trying to dip my toes in on some low-risk pairings, and there’s nothing lower-risk than a fic no one at all is invested in! For superheroes, one of my favorite stories was a whole story about a throwaway character for the Legion of Substitute Heroes who gets a whole panel in the comic. It was fun! Very much the opposite of writing Superman or Batman, who have so much canon that it collapses under its own weight, you know? I hope you’re enjoying whatever you’re working on right now, whether it’s a rarepair or a very famouspair!
