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superhero_muses2016-05-06 09:46 am
mithen) wrote in superhero_muses2016-05-06 09:46 am
Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
Where did the title of your current WiP(s) come from?
"Heroes of the Squared Circle" is kind of obvious (and I never really liked it but I couldn't come up with anything better!) The latest chapter of that is "Takeover," which is kind of an in-joke/pun (it's a series of specials in wrestling, and also literally what's happening in the chapter).
The other thing I'm working on is called "Mended with Gold," a reference to the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with golden mortar, drawing attention to the breaks and flaws rather than trying to ignore them, making something beautiful from something broken. It's one of my favorite metaphors to use in fic--I've used it to apply to Bruce himself in the past, and in this concluding chapter in a different fandom I apply it to a relationship. It's not an OTP until I find a way to use kintsugi to talk about it. :)
"Heroes of the Squared Circle" is kind of obvious (and I never really liked it but I couldn't come up with anything better!) The latest chapter of that is "Takeover," which is kind of an in-joke/pun (it's a series of specials in wrestling, and also literally what's happening in the chapter).
The other thing I'm working on is called "Mended with Gold," a reference to the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with golden mortar, drawing attention to the breaks and flaws rather than trying to ignore them, making something beautiful from something broken. It's one of my favorite metaphors to use in fic--I've used it to apply to Bruce himself in the past, and in this concluding chapter in a different fandom I apply it to a relationship. It's not an OTP until I find a way to use kintsugi to talk about it. :)
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My latest novel (finished yesterday, yay!) is an example of that. It was 'Buying Hope' because a marriage contract with money changing hands was a big plot point. Then it became 'Buying Home' when the instructor at the workshop said it was a terrible title (which honestly it was) for a romance. Now it's 'The Solace of Her Clan' because it'll look good on a romance over in Romance-y type and it kinda gets at the idea of the story. *shrug* I suck at titles and I know it.
I love 'Mended with Gold'! THat's such a great technique and a beautiful image for Bruce.
Good luck on finishing the story!
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Congrats on the finished novel! I kinda like "The Solace of her Clan"!