Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

No fiction writing done again this week--mostly because I've been reading up on creative nonfiction and writing some of it. Working on my hagiography some more! (I would call it history or biography, but since I'm doing it for fun and love it's just an unabashed hagiography).

#13 What’s a message about relationships in your current WiP?

Ooooof, I guess I would say it's something like "love gives you strength to do things you couldn't do alone," but I'm going to confess here that I love writing fic about intensely intertwined relationships that border on co-dependency (or wander right into it) and which I am not at all sure would be a great model for reality. :P Please do not take my florid romances as life advice, readers!

How have things been for you? I hope very productive and happy!

Comments

[me_ya_ri]

I think I missed last week. Oops. Sorry about that!

I've gotten a bunch more done on the current Japan Romance. I'm just shy of 40K and hope to finish it by the end of the month at the latest so I'm happy.

Hmm, I think the message of my current romance is it's okay to take your time. Romance can be complicated and taking your time is totally cool. There's no rush to leap into things that you're not ready for.

Especially for Sabah (profoundly depressed and only just on medication) and Ken (severe PTSD with OCD, plus demisexual among other things). They really and truly need to take their time getting together.

It's just a challenge to write them taking so much time when romance novels tend to be all about the getting it on, you know?

XD Yeah, stories are generally not the best thing to base real life on. Not many of the actually succeed as romance. Not even mine, frankly, and I'm making a real attempt to be serious about this one.

Good luck with the hagiography--it sounds like fun! :D

[mithen]

I think I missed last week. Oops. Sorry about that!

*looks at the date and winces* Uh... glass houses for me, that's for sure.

It's just a challenge to write them taking so much time when romance novels tend to be all about the getting it on, you know?

There's definitely a fun challenge to crafting characters and a situation where rushing in doesn't work, though! I hope it turned out well for all involved, including you!

[bradygirl_12]

I love the word 'hagiography'! :)

I guess trust and patience would be the messages in my current Smallville WIP. There are secrets (Clark's got a big one!) but Lex is trying hard to be patient. It seems to be a status quo that's working for them at the moment.

The less said about what's been going on in RL, the better. Sometimes I'm just so tired.

[mithen]

I love the word 'hagiography'! :)

Isn't it a great word??

The less said about what's been going on in RL, the better. Sometimes I'm just so tired.

I have an email from you that I've been working on for months and months, and there's just... Too Much to deal with in real life. Lately I've got the weird thing of a bunch of stuff is getting canceled due to coronavirus, BUT we have to have increased small meetings and stress and paperwork and planning to deal with those cancellations, so... it's odd. In fact, I am off to one of those many meetings now!

I hope things are more okay with you. My thoughts are with you often.

[navaan]

I'm glad you're having fun with your writing even if it's not on fic. Doing it for fun and love is THE BEST. I've been through a bit of a rough patch where it was hard to remember how happy I should be to be in a place to just do things because I want to do them, because I love them and have fun doing them. It's so good to feel like that, so enjoy! ♥

I love the kind of probably not healthy in reality romances too, but yup, not good life advice. ^^

Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

So, the messages I'm coming up with right now:

"Annoy and troll each other for love" and "repressed feelings need to unload in tempestuous temper sometimes to get you communicating and if you actually start using your voice in life and death situations to explain the emotions you might end up happily married and growing old together." Super fun to write, not at all good advice for real life relationships. :D

(And then I'm writing porn for my Spicy Advent where the message ends up being "Have at it...")

[mithen]

I've been through a bit of a rough patch where it was hard to remember how happy I should be to be in a place to just do things because I want to do them, because I love them and have fun doing them. It's so good to feel like that, so enjoy! ♥

I have, I have! I hope you got through that rough patch as well...

"repressed feelings need to unload in tempestuous temper sometimes to get you communicating and if you actually start using your voice in life and death situations to explain the emotions you might end up happily married and growing old together."

I LIKE THIS A LOT. (In fic!)

[luciferxdamien]

I've ended up very behind on my NaNo word counts. I started out so good and then! That all fell apart. Ah well. I'm hoping to pull it together by the end of the month, but I am definitely nervous because some of the projects I need to work on, I... really... Do not want to work on, like, at all. Which is why I haven't!

I'll take Thorki for this question, what a landmine. xD In this particular fic, Thor and Loki can only be with each other one night a year, so they don't risk getting caught. What they would have to say about relationships is... Sad, most likely. Lots of longing, lots of hesitation and turning away from the object that you love most~ A lot of sacrifice. I... too, do not write good or healthy relationships lol Lots of jealous, jealous Loki.

Writing... Is a thing. I do it. I'm not enjoying it right now. That's been about my whole month lol

[mithen]

In this particular fic, Thor and Loki can only be with each other one night a year, so they don't risk getting caught.

I LOVE THIS IDEA SO MUCH, and it seems especially apt for Thor and Loki. Is it explicitly based on Tanabata? Because that bridge of stars seems perfect for them.