WIP Meme
I should probably be doing other stuff, but I'm always a sucker for this meme.
Post a line / snippet from all the WIPs you have cluttering up your hard drive.
1. River Tam/X-23, Love on a Battlefield
Without words, they went into position. Back to back. Laura fighting the left swarm, River the right. But this wasn't a fight. Not the kind The Captain and Zoe shared, the fights with glory and meaningful deaths where you would steal the sergeant's funny moustache afterward. This was a slaughter -- and an act of mercy.
She remembered Simon's angry words. His fear. "Mei-mei, don't you see- you're becoming what they wanted you to be!"
No.
With each swing of her arms, she was saving those who would have been killed, raped, and eaten. Ending the torment of those too far gone, unable to recognise or repent. Maybe they were alike. Alike was not same.
She understood.
2. Spider-Girl Meets the Runaways!
“You don't understand! I've got parents. Good ones! Not the supervillan kind - okay, except in that one weird alternate universe, but that totally doesn't count.”
“So your parental units are good, except when they're not. Like in other universes.”
“Yeah! Now you get it!”
“For example, like maybe right now, in a whole 'nother universe?”
“I... take back that whole 'getting it' thing.”
“Oh, come on, Nico. Spider-Man's not that bad.”
“Shut up, Chase!”
“He did buy us lunch--”
“Chase--”
“And really, it was kind of a jerk move on your part, knocking him out like that.”
“Shut up, Chase!”
May coughed, pointed to herself, and smiled. “Excuse me? Still right here. I mean, if you want pretend I'm Mrs. Richards or something, that's cool, I always looked up to the Invisible Woman, but...”
“Oh. My. God. She even makes lame jokes like him.”
“See, I told you. All adults are evil. Even Spider-Man.”
3. Darkdevil and Doc Magus talk about Spider-Girl
He wasn't sure why he waited until then. Maybe it was because the comfortable silence had gotten too comfortable, like the world just couldn't handle two guys sharing a moment and had to uncomfortable it all up. Maybe it was because there was something relaxing about a good workout, something reassuring in all that exhaustion and sweat. Maybe he just knew he had to say something before Hornhead noticed he was totally 'not' staring at him. Or maybe he just thought it was time to ask.
“So. Are you ever going to tell her?”
Reilly froze. Oblivious to the water pouring out of his bottle and onto the floor. “Tell who what?”
Dormagus sighed. Silently cast a waterproof spell. “Don't play dumb. You who I'm talking about.”
“No, I--”
“'You're agile enough to be a distant relation of Spider-Girl',” he repeated. Felt a little bad when saw Reilly's eyes widen. Didn't stop him from doing his best imitation on the next part, though. “'Something like that.'”
“What I meant was--”
“Dude. Don't. You practically told me yourself.”
Reilly put his face in his hands. And for a moment, Dormagus kind of freaked, because that definitely wasn't the reaction he expected. “Sorry, man, I shouldn't have brought it up like this, I--”
“Shut up.” He shot him a wry smile, letting his hands drop to his side. “Please. Spare me the pity party.”
“No, I was kind of a jer--”
“I said shut up. Besides, you're always you're always kind of a jerk.”
“No, really, I-- hey! You shut up. Pots, kettles, blackness? Do you see where I'm going with this?!”
“How long have you known?”
Dormagus clamped down on a fingernail. Looked away. Because it wasn't exactly easy to look someone in the face after you just spilled their biggest secret. Honestly, the way he was looking at him, you would have thought he had unmasked the guy. Although... he kind of did. In a way. Which was going to make saying this that much harder.
“Welllllllll. I. Uh.” Nervous chewing. “I wasn't a hundred percent 'til now.” Swallow.
I'll add more when/if I can dig them up!
Post a line / snippet from all the WIPs you have cluttering up your hard drive.
1. River Tam/X-23, Love on a Battlefield
Without words, they went into position. Back to back. Laura fighting the left swarm, River the right. But this wasn't a fight. Not the kind The Captain and Zoe shared, the fights with glory and meaningful deaths where you would steal the sergeant's funny moustache afterward. This was a slaughter -- and an act of mercy.
She remembered Simon's angry words. His fear. "Mei-mei, don't you see- you're becoming what they wanted you to be!"
No.
With each swing of her arms, she was saving those who would have been killed, raped, and eaten. Ending the torment of those too far gone, unable to recognise or repent. Maybe they were alike. Alike was not same.
She understood.
2. Spider-Girl Meets the Runaways!
“You don't understand! I've got parents. Good ones! Not the supervillan kind - okay, except in that one weird alternate universe, but that totally doesn't count.”
“So your parental units are good, except when they're not. Like in other universes.”
“Yeah! Now you get it!”
“For example, like maybe right now, in a whole 'nother universe?”
“I... take back that whole 'getting it' thing.”
“Oh, come on, Nico. Spider-Man's not that bad.”
“Shut up, Chase!”
“He did buy us lunch--”
“Chase--”
“And really, it was kind of a jerk move on your part, knocking him out like that.”
“Shut up, Chase!”
May coughed, pointed to herself, and smiled. “Excuse me? Still right here. I mean, if you want pretend I'm Mrs. Richards or something, that's cool, I always looked up to the Invisible Woman, but...”
“Oh. My. God. She even makes lame jokes like him.”
“See, I told you. All adults are evil. Even Spider-Man.”
3. Darkdevil and Doc Magus talk about Spider-Girl
He wasn't sure why he waited until then. Maybe it was because the comfortable silence had gotten too comfortable, like the world just couldn't handle two guys sharing a moment and had to uncomfortable it all up. Maybe it was because there was something relaxing about a good workout, something reassuring in all that exhaustion and sweat. Maybe he just knew he had to say something before Hornhead noticed he was totally 'not' staring at him. Or maybe he just thought it was time to ask.
“So. Are you ever going to tell her?”
Reilly froze. Oblivious to the water pouring out of his bottle and onto the floor. “Tell who what?”
Dormagus sighed. Silently cast a waterproof spell. “Don't play dumb. You who I'm talking about.”
“No, I--”
“'You're agile enough to be a distant relation of Spider-Girl',” he repeated. Felt a little bad when saw Reilly's eyes widen. Didn't stop him from doing his best imitation on the next part, though. “'Something like that.'”
“What I meant was--”
“Dude. Don't. You practically told me yourself.”
Reilly put his face in his hands. And for a moment, Dormagus kind of freaked, because that definitely wasn't the reaction he expected. “Sorry, man, I shouldn't have brought it up like this, I--”
“Shut up.” He shot him a wry smile, letting his hands drop to his side. “Please. Spare me the pity party.”
“No, I was kind of a jer--”
“I said shut up. Besides, you're always you're always kind of a jerk.”
“No, really, I-- hey! You shut up. Pots, kettles, blackness? Do you see where I'm going with this?!”
“How long have you known?”
Dormagus clamped down on a fingernail. Looked away. Because it wasn't exactly easy to look someone in the face after you just spilled their biggest secret. Honestly, the way he was looking at him, you would have thought he had unmasked the guy. Although... he kind of did. In a way. Which was going to make saying this that much harder.
“Welllllllll. I. Uh.” Nervous chewing. “I wasn't a hundred percent 'til now.” Swallow.
I'll add more when/if I can dig them up!