Their pastrami sandwiches do live up to their reputation, by the way.

[amanuensis1]

Finished up the first draft of The Fic That Seized My Heart Before The Film Was Even Six Minutes In; it's sad how long it's taken me to get this thing together (it isn't even very long! It's mostly smut!), but there's a particular paralysis that hit for this new fandom in particular: I write fantasy. Avengers movieverse is very, very rooted in the real world, despite the fantastical elements. There's spy stuff and gun stuff and computer stuff and military stuff, and don't even get me started about New York stuff--yes, I'd rather learn to fake the details behind technological warfare than I would the geography of Manhattan. Because some will forgive you for not knowing how many landing gear are needed for VTOL*, but god forbid you should not know that the Carnegie Deli doesn't take credit cards.

So I thought I would solve the problem by getting in the heads of the mythological characters, but when you discover that's not so easy either and find yourself yelling F**KING ASGARDIANS every ten minutes, well. I'm glad I had the sudden burst to write the Loki/Natasha thing earlier, because that helped me find a Loki voice that's mine.

So, yeah. Really happy to have it done; I was beginning to be terrified it would just reach eight hundred useless words and stagnate forever. Once it's beta'd, edited, and posted, I'll focus on getting a recs post done. And yes, of course there will be more JR: PLR to come. My Hawkeye action figures command it.

(*I have no idea. Haven't looked it up.)

Comments

[daigranon.livejournal.com]

I had to look up the computer stuff and the Manhattan stuff...-__-urgh.
Where is your Loki/Natasha thing, btw?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It's here on AO3 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/411534) or here on my lj (http://amanuensis1.livejournal.com/277177.html).

[owens-mom.livejournal.com]

Pickles.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

They never give you enough of those pink pickled turnips! So I just carry out and add more pickles at home. Shawarma requires pickles. And boatloads of the garlic paste.

[owens-mom.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha! I thought maybe the pickles were a reference to The Unusuals, but I see now on the other post you haven't gotten to that episode yet. Ahem. Well.

I'm more of a binge on Renner, then re-watch slowly type myself.

I've never had real, actual shawarma, only shawarma I've made myself, and there was a distinct lack of pickled anythings. Must remedy that.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I haven't even let myself watch MI4:GP yet because once I watch it it will be watched and I won't have it to look forward to, yanno?

[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

YAY. I've been waiting for this! :D

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Forgive my unloading, but, oh, this one fought me so much. I kept writing and re-writing those same eight hundred words because I couldn't find the voice, and then I thought I had the voice but but it had no sexy, and that was because I still didn't have the attitudes (I had this handwritten page of about fifteen bulletpoints about "why these characters are going to boink" and some of them conflicted with each other, christ) and, gnyrf. Just. So hard. And now it's real! It will not be the unfinished fic, it will not! *bursts into tears* At this point I don't even care if it's anyone's thing. I'm happy with it and it got written and I can breathe again.

[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

Feel free to "unload" on me anytime! ♥ I love hearing about your writing process. :) I'm sorry it gave you such a hard time, and even though I don't write I understand how you'd feel it wasn't just right yet - but yay, you kicked its butt - of course you would!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It happens worst on the stories about which you care so much. They're never easy, like the throwaways! They make you bleed for every word.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Woo I can't wait to see what you've written! It's fun how all the old HP fandom is showing up in the Avengers one. :D

If you're ever bored and looking for a new fic to read, Tell me the story of how you ended up here is my current favorite one. There are so many versions of Loki out there, but I love this one dearly. And Steve is just so sweet and perfect in it... (It still surprises me how much I like him. I hadn't expected to at all.)

Edit: Reading through my friends list, I found a maybe-solution to your problem (if you get into a fic situation like that again). little_details is a comm for writes who need to know things like the deli detail and other NY stuff. :D

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's delightful to see so many familiar friends sucked in!

Oh! I did have that one bookmarked. Thanks for prompting me along to it; I'll get to it soon!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Log me in darling.