Focus is my friend

I can't think of a witty opener. So instead I'll go with: "I mowed the lawn, wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Also, I managed to bang my knee skating on Sunday, which is annoying and preventing me from doing knee slides - I can still jump, though, which is a relief. I am very late in posting for this week, but I have a good reason! Behold, below...

Here is where I stand:

• Exchanges due in May/June (hurtcomfortex, pickmeupexchange, idproquo, seasonsofdrabbles, diegetic_exchange, fandom5k + mystery pinch-hits and treats): 12/12: I picked up and finished one new thing, and my long-fic ended up being a monster - almost twice as long as I guesstimated - but I know have a draft done and just have to fine-tune it. That is my only goal this 'week' (heh, assuming that I post next week Monday as I should, then that's barely any time at all). I will edit up my monster, and then other posted fics that are revealing soon. My guess is that this will be the end of things I write for May/June, unless I grab anymore shiny pinch-hits with near deadlines (beyond, y'know, the one that I already did 😝).


• Exchanges due in July/August (caseficexchange, nonconex, justmarriedexchange + future stuff): A new category! I'm currently at 0/3, unsurprisingly. I've moved Case Fic over since this is when the fic is actually due. Assignments for Noncon Ex just came out Monday. I offered a wide variety of things for that and was kind of surprised by what I got, but it's one of the things I was excited to nominate, so I have many thoughts about it, which I'll start noodling on next week. Also, I've signed up for Just Married, because there were a bajillion things nominated/requested that interested me, although of course I haven't started because I don't even have my assignment yet.


• Potentials for July/August: I will also definitely do seasonsofdrabbles again when that comes up. I'm still TBD on raremaleslashex, littleblackdressex, rarepairexchange, and iddyiddybangbang.


• diegetic_exchange has revealed, and is in the anon period! I got three fantastic gifts for this. I love seeing how much fun and creativity people had with all the prompts. 😊
  
  
  • #DaryanCrescendIsOverParty for Ace Attorney - A delightful social media feed of Gavinners fans freaking out about Daryan's arrest for murder. Lots of fun trolling and internet personalities in this one!
  
  
  • Why Not Both? also for Ace Attorney - A lawyer RPF fan squeeing online about Phoenix/Edgeworth and how there are definite indications that a mutual proposal is ensuing. Very cute, seriously read it!
  
  
  • The Great Program Debate for Yuri on Ice!!! - The Reddit thread of figure-skating fans grading this year's programs. Just delightful all around!
  
  
• Some stuff I've written has also been deanoned, so I can post about it now. These were all pinch hits I picked up, because they sounded neat:
  
  
  • In the Light: Margot/Mark from Dial M for Murder (yes, the old Hitchcock movie!) written for fluffityfluffexchange. I'd seen this movie already about half a dozen times before, so was intrigued when this popped up, did a rewatch and read of the prompts, and knew I wanted to go for it. I liked the contrast of all the horrible things Margot had to endure in her previous marriage, compared to her post-traumatized reactions to being in an actual healthy, loving relationship. This was such a intimidating fandom to write because the plot of the movie is so good, but I'm glad I had a chance to play in that world. This is why more people should request old movies! I would never have thought to write for this otherwise.
  
  
  • Forged in Pain: The War Master from Doctor Who BFA written for whumpex. I saw this request during sign-ups and was very tempted by it, but didn't end up signing up because I didn't know exactly what I wanted to request and was super busy at the time anyway. But I was delighted to see it come up as a PH! I think I saw the PH and then the night after I dreamed up the whole plot, and then I wrote the whole thing in one go the morning after. It was one of those 'the fic writes itself' things, and I do so love writing in the War Master's voice. He'd so incredibly fucked up and twisted.
  
  
  • A Taste of Blood: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan from Guardian - priest also written for whumpex. As anyone who's been reading this DW (which is no one, lol) will know, I've just finished reading these webnovels, and seeing all this requester's prompts is what got me started on that in the first place. So I was very excited to finally be able to grab one of their PHs and try to do it justice! And I just have to say: Zhao Yunlan is SO MUCH fun to write! Seriously: so, so much fun.
  
  
• Nothing for Femslash Salad Bar, although I did have a niggling for that Bedelia/Miriam fic I want to write for this. Not sure I'll have the time, though.


• I'm back at BNHA and more than halfway through S2 now! Finally finished the tournament arc (tournaments are not my favorite thing, TBH) and am into the internships. However, my favorite thing in the entire series up until this point is now Bakugo trying to come up with his hero name! How many horrible mash-ups of 'explosion' and 'murder' can he come up with? Let's find out! 🤣


• I'm still really enjoying Noblesse! It has gotten quite a bit more battle-y, which is not my favorite, but I do appreciate that Rai (and to a lesser degree, Frankenstein) can pretty much just say "nope!" and end that shit in a heartbeat. I am very anxious about Rai's well-being, and am beginning to develop a sneaking suspicion that this manhwa will not turn out happily for him. 😢 Very anxious to read where this is all going.

Goals for this (pseudo-)week: 1) Quick final editing pass on fics that are going live this weekend. 2) Hard edit on my monster, to whip it into shape. 3) Actually post on Monday next week. 🤣