Oh shit, son.

[freneticfloetry]

So I signed up for Trope Bingo, and my card is terrifying.

See for yourself.

alpha / beta / omega
wingfic
au: daemons
snowed in
road trip
fusion
au: hooker / porn / stripper
handcuffed / bound together
animal transformation
forced to marry
virginfic / secretly a virgin
secret twin / doppelganger
FREE
★
SPACE
kiss to save the day
rivals to

Comments

[sunshine304]

*waves* New from the LJ Is Alive friending meme. :)

Well, there are some... challenging tropes included. *g* and you said you're going to try this for the Sherlock fandom. I'm very interested to see where you'll be going with some of them.

Since I've just started out writing fanfic at all I'm still wary of challenges like this one. *g* I always said that I'm not a fiction writer and would never do it, but than there was that Sherlock Christmas exchange and I thought I'll just give it a go. And then the second fic I ever wrote was femslash, because one of my exchange partners expressed a particular interest in it. XD

I'm sure you'll do well with all these tropes. I mean, you don't have to actually write it like the boring old trope but can play with it, turn it upside down.
Which ones do you find particularly difficult?

I think I would have problems with the animal transformation, soul mates (because I've seen some great ideas with that trope combined with magical realism etc. and can't really think of something new) and the deamons AU - I only read the first book so far and it's been a while. Also, what's the all-human AU? Would that apply to fantasy fandoms like LotR and you'd have to change dwarves, elves etc. into humans?

[freneticfloetry]

Welcome to the world of fic! When you're first starting out, I think, it's hard to imagine doing something like this, because everything is a challenge. Eventually (hopefully sooner than later!) you'll find that you want to push yourself, and things like prompt fests and theme bingos are awesome for that. You've already gotten a taste, by doing an exchange.

Oddly enough, many of the squares I was finding most difficult (animal transformation, wingfic, au: hooker/porn/stripper and especially alpha/beta/omega) are the ones I have ideas for that really excite me. Part of it, I suspect, is probably due to the ability to subvert these tropes, just based on who these characters are and how they interact.

AU: all human is geared specifically toward magical or paranormal canons (so you'd write, say, HP without wizards). Since Sherlock is already all human, I won't be touching that one. :)

[sunshine304]

Yes, the writing was very daunting at first, but it turned into a lot of fun quickly, figuring out what worked for me, what didn't, and how I tried to make the story "flow". Also, my betas were a great help. :)

That's great that you now have good ideas for the squares you weren't so sure about! It will be interesting to see what you come up with - I like it if tropes are changed in some way, so that as a reader you can't be too sure of the outcome. :)

Well, AU: all human is now more like the free space for you. *g* Nice to take a breather now and then. :)