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lomonaaeren) wrote2009-03-17 11:41 am
lomonaaeren) wrote2009-03-17 11:41 am
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Progress Report 3/17
And I am back! Ta-da!
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hd_worldcup fic: Finished and submitted!
Inter Vivos: This will be my priority for this week—as soon as I can sit down and get it decently worked on. I know what events should happen in the sixth year, but not their order. I also need to come up with a sufficiently dramatic ending for the year.
I was kind of looking forward to working on just one novel-length story and then whatever one-shots I wanted around that. But then two ideas for short novels—which have banged around in the back of my head for awhile, and seemed like one-shots—emerged last night fully-formed. It’s really tempting to start one of them, except a) I don’t know if I should and b) I can’t choose between them anyway.
Temperance would be my second Veela story. Draco is having odd flare-ups where his Veela features emerge with seemingly no set schedule—wings, beak, charm, etc.—and he loses control of himself and goes around using his powers to steal things. The Ministry sends Harry, as the only Auror immune to Veela charms, to capture him. Then the Ministry wants to send him to Azkaban, since he’s nearly made people rape others in fits of lust, but Harry points out that won’t work; he would just charm someone to let him out of his cell the moment the Veela features emerged again. Instead, Harry, who had a bad experience of his own three years ago that disordered his magic and had to deal with that, offers to shelter Draco in his house, keep him safe when the Veela traits show, and help him to control the magic. One option that would help Draco control it is to get him magically bound to another person, but in this universe Veela have no set mates, and Harry isn’t willing to just chain Draco to the highest bidder. He wants Draco to have freedom and choice—and control at the same time. That would be the main theme of the story, that tension between freedom and restraint, and is the reason for the title. And Harry has something to learn about it, too.
Providence is set in a world where Harry has three pieces of knowledge. He’s fallen for Draco after the way Draco has cleaned up his act since the war, but he knows/“knows” Draco is straight and won’t look twice at him. He also knows Draco is lonely, and needs a partner to be happy. And finally, he knows that Astoria Greengrass is in love with Draco, much the same way Ginny used to be in love with Harry, and would give him the adoration and support Harry thinks he deserves—if he could only persuade Draco to consider her as someone mature and clever rather than a bedazzled little girl. So the obvious solution, at least for Harry, is to write Draco letters as coming from a “secret admirer,” and pretend they’re from Astoria. (He lets Astoria into the secret, and she eagerly agrees, since she wants Draco so much). This does not, of course, help Harry’s own unrequited longing, but he cares much more for Draco’s happiness than his own. And he also doesn’t consider what will happen if Draco falls in love with the writer of the letters, who’s, well, not really Astoria. Providence is the title both for the meaning of divine good luck and as a play on the sense of “providing” for someone.
I will start replying to comments pretty soon, and I hope to be able to post something today. I’m still fairly tired from the trip, though, so I can’t promise anything. But it’s good to be back!
hd_worldcup fic: Finished and submitted!Inter Vivos: This will be my priority for this week—as soon as I can sit down and get it decently worked on. I know what events should happen in the sixth year, but not their order. I also need to come up with a sufficiently dramatic ending for the year.
I was kind of looking forward to working on just one novel-length story and then whatever one-shots I wanted around that. But then two ideas for short novels—which have banged around in the back of my head for awhile, and seemed like one-shots—emerged last night fully-formed. It’s really tempting to start one of them, except a) I don’t know if I should and b) I can’t choose between them anyway.
Temperance would be my second Veela story. Draco is having odd flare-ups where his Veela features emerge with seemingly no set schedule—wings, beak, charm, etc.—and he loses control of himself and goes around using his powers to steal things. The Ministry sends Harry, as the only Auror immune to Veela charms, to capture him. Then the Ministry wants to send him to Azkaban, since he’s nearly made people rape others in fits of lust, but Harry points out that won’t work; he would just charm someone to let him out of his cell the moment the Veela features emerged again. Instead, Harry, who had a bad experience of his own three years ago that disordered his magic and had to deal with that, offers to shelter Draco in his house, keep him safe when the Veela traits show, and help him to control the magic. One option that would help Draco control it is to get him magically bound to another person, but in this universe Veela have no set mates, and Harry isn’t willing to just chain Draco to the highest bidder. He wants Draco to have freedom and choice—and control at the same time. That would be the main theme of the story, that tension between freedom and restraint, and is the reason for the title. And Harry has something to learn about it, too.
Providence is set in a world where Harry has three pieces of knowledge. He’s fallen for Draco after the way Draco has cleaned up his act since the war, but he knows/“knows” Draco is straight and won’t look twice at him. He also knows Draco is lonely, and needs a partner to be happy. And finally, he knows that Astoria Greengrass is in love with Draco, much the same way Ginny used to be in love with Harry, and would give him the adoration and support Harry thinks he deserves—if he could only persuade Draco to consider her as someone mature and clever rather than a bedazzled little girl. So the obvious solution, at least for Harry, is to write Draco letters as coming from a “secret admirer,” and pretend they’re from Astoria. (He lets Astoria into the secret, and she eagerly agrees, since she wants Draco so much). This does not, of course, help Harry’s own unrequited longing, but he cares much more for Draco’s happiness than his own. And he also doesn’t consider what will happen if Draco falls in love with the writer of the letters, who’s, well, not really Astoria. Providence is the title both for the meaning of divine good luck and as a play on the sense of “providing” for someone.
I will start replying to comments pretty soon, and I hope to be able to post something today. I’m still fairly tired from the trip, though, so I can’t promise anything. But it’s good to be back!
Welcome back...
And it's good to have you back!
Life is just different without updates from you! ;P
I'm very much in love with Inter Vivos at the moment and I'm looking forward to seeing more of it. And the other two stories seem very interesting too...
I hope you had a good trip!
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Wow, those 2 ideas sound really intriguing, especially the Veela story. I have a fondness for well written veela stories and the theme and premise have the makings of a very emotional story, which is one of the things I enjoy most about your stories.
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And thank you. I decided to wait a bit on Temperance because I think it's very similar to Siege Mentality in its premise of Draco controlling his magic, and I didn't want the two stories to bleed into each other.
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Is aurea mediocritas still an idea? It sounds very interesting also. Or is it done & I missed it somehow?
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It is still an idea, but at the moment, I'm just not really in the mood to write it. We'll see how I feel later this year.
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i love the idea of both stories - the first one sounds intriguing and complex, and i think you could come up with some really nifty spells/magic in general. whereas the second one sounds like straight up fun! with a dash of angst, i'm hoping ;)
really looking fwd to both.
ps:- i am very behind on inter vivos as you might've realised from my lack of comments :(
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Heh, so far you are the only one who has seen Providence as the comedy I meant it to be! A lot of other people seem to think it'll be filled with heavy angst.
And don't worry about it! I know how RL gets.
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I'll be starting Intoxicate the Sun after IV is finished, so look for an e-mail from me then! I know, I think, what the ending is now, and if you don't mind spoilers I'll also ask you for an opinion on that.
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Welcome back!
Providence sounds amazing, because, firstly, it'd be written by you, secondly, it sounds like an awesome romantic story and thirdly I have a serious weakness for H/D-(partly-)anonymously-exchanging-letters/notes/e-mails-stories! ♥ Pleeaase write it!
Temperance sounds really good, too - 'learning-to-control-magic'-fics are often fantastic.
I'll be looking forward to your post and stalking your journal as usual ^^
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A lot of people have said that now, but the influence was through other sources and unconscious, as I've never read Cyrano.
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I do still look out for new veela fics, but a lot of them only get a chapter in or so before they're abandoned, so I'm not as interested as I used to be.
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I am anxiously awaiting the next chapter of "Inter Vivos" and am now looking forward to reading "Temperance" and "Providence." I am also looking forward to “Said the Tortoise to the Hare,” This one has had my attention since I first read your summary of it.
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OHHHH!!! I'm excited about both those stories, especially 'Temperance' (I've got a thing for good creature!fics).
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Temperance will be written, definitely, but not right away.
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I love both the ideas you mentioned. Mind you, you write so well that I'd probably love reading your shopping list!!
Can't wait for next chapter of 'Inter Vivos'
Hope you had good hols.
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Sometimes, especially when I'm trying to sleep, I find it difficult to think of anything besides fic!
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All your stories look good, but today, I'm partial to Providence!
It seems entretaining and heartwarming!
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And yes, I think Providence will be good. It's a comedy, not a tragedy, despite the premise.
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i wish i had your imagination, and i wish i had a tenth of your skill in opening it up for others.
good week off?
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Thanks!
And yes, it was. Stressful in the traveling part, but I got to have a lot of fun when I was there.
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Your icon is adorable.
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Loved the first chapter of Providence, and can't wait for more of Inter Vivos-- though Temperance also sounds amazing! I don't know how you come up with this stuff, but I love you for it.
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The next chapter of IV should be posted today.