daily writing (Eroica) (Eureka)
New words on Klaus/G story: 976. Total: 3700 even. Feminine pronoun count for this bit: 29.
My two active fandoms for the evening were Eroica and Eureka, and I wasn't even trying to say them aloud and still managed to twist my tongue around.
Yeah, and try saying "Unique New York" five times fast.
niqaeli and I talked much about Eureka, and about her pet pairing, Jack and Henry.
niqaeli: So, for the record, I sort of want to a fic where Jack and Henry accidentally get together. Like, slowly, over time, the touching and the hugging and the comforting just becomes completely normal and day-to-day, and they give each other a place to stay after a really shitty day and Henry does a way better job of handling Zoe than Jack does, and one day Henry realises he's practically living with the Carters and goes "...Huh."
jmtorres: And he's personalized SARAH really well
niqaeli: Yes, SARAH so likes him best.
jmtorres: For one thing it no longer has Fargo's girl voice
niqaeli: God no, he's put something mellow in. Maybe some deep jazz voice
niqaeli: And the day the penny drops, he doesn't say anything about it, doesn't start the day any different, Jack gives him a ride to Vincent's for coffee like every other day--Jack buys. What he does is kiss the shit out of Jack on the sidewalk.
niqaeli: And pretty much everyone's reaction is "...huh, so they've finally gotten around to PDAs?"
niqaeli: And Jack's reaction is a sort stunned 'why am I a lot less surprised about that than I should be?' deal.
jmtorres: Vincent: *on the phone to Zoe* "You told me they hadn't gotten together yet!"
Zoe: "They HAVEN'T. What are you talking about?"
Vincent: "So why did Henry just plant a big wet one on the sheriff?"
Zoe: "I don't know. Drugs? Radiation? The inversion of the universe? I don't care, I'm not paying up until Henry moves into Dad's *room.*"
Later that evening:
Zoe: "Fuck. Dad, can you give me an advance on my allowance? I owe Vincent two hundred dollars."
niqaeli: Hahahahaha, YES.
niqaeli: And Jack squints at her. "What the hell did you bet on this time?"
niqaeli: Because he's resigned to her and Vincent's ways by now.
niqaeli: Jack: "...I am the only person who could get into a relationship without realising it, aren't I."
Henry: "Well, to be fair, I didn't realise for a long time either."
Allison: *facepalm* "I work with idiots. Hopeless, hopeless idiots.
jmtorres: I want Jo's reaction
jmtorres: "Wait, you seriously mean, you've been living together for four months and you didn't *notice* you had a boyfriend?" "It wasn't like that!"
niqaeli: Jo: *smacks him*
niqaeli: "But it *wasn't* like that!"
jmtorres: sometime before they realize, they need to have some kind of stupid little domestic fight. Maybe Jack has a little hissy fit about Henry being better with Zoe--the kind of thing Zoe could so easily escalate by saying something like "God, Dad, you just don't understand!" and Jack ends up staying at the office. and Jo is all, "Henry kicked you out of bed?" and Jack thinks she's being metaphorical
niqaeli: Oh, definitely
niqaeli: That's almost certainly where the problems *would* lie, that Henry can manage her sorry rebellious ass much better, mostly because he doesn't cave to her when he has made up his mind.
niqaeli: Which she hates at the time, of course, but makes him the reliable one.
jmtorres: Man, the fall-out from Jack staying the night at the office could be hideous, too. "You're always walking out on me! It's not even Henry's *house* and he's the one programming dinner into SARAH, while you're running away!"
niqaeli: God, yes
niqaeli: Jack: Maybe it fucking stings to hear that your daughter thinks your friend is a better father, think of that? I may suck as your father, but I thought I actually was it. Apparently not.
jmtorres: Is it wrong to want a wee bit of time loop? Like, whatever destroyed Henry's place that caused him to move in with Jack goes unsolved until the end, when he accidentally temporally displaces it somehow?
niqaeli: Hee
niqaeli: Yeah, at first it was just Henry would crash on their couch on the really bad nights, and then after most any incident, but then something happened to his house and he moved into the spare room
jmtorres: "I blew up my shop!"
"What, again?"
"No, no, no--the first time."
"Wait, you--you said you didn't have any idea how it--where you just trying to--I mean--"
"Idiot. No, I *just* blew up my shop, *then.*"
"...time travel?"
"Yeah, time travel."
"Sorry. I didn't mean to, uh--"
"Look, never mind, right now we have to figure out how to shut the thing off before I end up shooting Kennedy."
niqaeli: Hee!!
niqaeli: Vincent looked at Zoe very askance when Henry moved in, because she continued to claim they weren't together. She's all, "Oh my god, english, DO YOU SPEAK IT? He moved into the spare room, and they are NOT getting it on. I swear, I'd tell you, because at this point? *I* want them to get on with it, because your parents unresolved sexual tension is fucking creepy to have to watch."
niqaeli: And, hee, I do like the idea of the time loop, and him not destroying his house til after they're together
jmtorres: So are you actually writing this?
jmtorres: Because I want to read it now. Heee
niqaeli: Not this very second, but... god, probably. *facepalm*
niqaeli: Jack is surprisingly okay with it all, though. The kiss, the gay thing, the inevitable gay sex--he's mostly freaked out by how unfreaked he is/
niqaeli: By this point, Beverly has been outed as evil, thanks, because augh, the twitchy there; he's all 'what do I dooo, I'm so confused, why am I *not* freaking out?' at Allison or Jo
niqaeli: and they just stare at him
niqaeli: "You're complaining because you're in a stable relationship with a guy whom you adore and you're not bothered by it at all, and THAT'S what's bothering you?"
niqaeli: "It's official, you're mental."
jmtorres: "Jack. How does Henry make you feel?"
"That's kind of a personal question!"
"Not in bed or anything. Just in general."
"Oh. Well. Um. Comfortable, I guess?"
"And how is that bad?"
"It's... not supposed to be comfortable?"
"Well, if you're looking for a way to spice things up, I could make a few sugge--"
"No! That's not what I meant. That's, um. That part's also good, and didn't we say it was none of your business?"
"Okay! Okay. I'm just asking, where IS the bad?"
"...I don't know. That's what worries me."
niqaeli: Who is he talking to there? *snerk*
jmtorres: I THINK he's talking to Jo
niqaeli: Heh, kay
niqaeli: Jack is very gunshy about relationships, since the last one went down about like a lead balloon.
niqaeli: And also, he would've thought he'd have been freaking out by the gay, since hi, formerly heterosexual.
jmtorres: Is it wrong to want to see the ex-wife? I mean, she has to want to come see Zoe now and again
niqaeli: Nah, I don't think so.
niqaeli: But anyway, not that he figures it out immedieately, the main reason he's not freaking out is A) working in Eureka inured him to the freaking weird and totally unexpected and B) the whole thing snuck up on him, getting in under his jumpy relationship radar
jmtorres: "No! Mom, seriously, let me come visit you, if you come here you'll have to sign like, three tons of paperwork--yeah, the whole town is classified under national security--what? Mom, no, I'm fine, it's fine, it's not like that--oh, God. Dad, Mom's coming for Christmas, she says she wants to see where you're raising me!"
niqaeli: Hahaha, that's beautiful.
jmtorres: Jack is all, "Sure, the house is nice on the inside, but she's gonna show up and see the door and accuse me of raising Zoe in a hole in the ground!"
jmtorres: and Henry gets out the "carpenter" patch and puts up a nice facade
niqaeli: Hahaha
niqaeli: Eeeee!
niqaeli: He so would, too!
niqaeli: Vincent is all "You know, as nice is it to see those two get their act together, it really does make me wish a nice boy would turn up for me. Sigh."
niqaeli: Hahahaha, oh. God.
niqaeli: I'm picturing the ex-wife's reaction to the news about Henry.
jmtorres: Heee, is this pre- or post-realization?
niqaeli: I... probably post
niqaeli: For the sheer awkward factor on Jack's end
niqaeli: "I, uh. This is Henry. Um. He's."
jmtorres: Zoe: He moved in about six months ago, but they've only been sleeping together for two months."
niqaeli: Jack: Zoe!
niqaeli: Zoe: What? It's true.
jmtorres: Henry: She's Zoe's mother. It's good that she can communicate that openly... even if it would be nice if they did it behind our backs.
Zoe: RIght. Come on, Mom. Let's go get lunch and gossip.
niqaeli: Jack: *mortified*
jmtorres: *door slams*
Jack: Oh, God. Do you think she's gonna tell her about the time you left the, you know-- *handwaving*
Henry: Dildo?
Jack: --in the dishwasher?
niqaeli: Henry: Well, if she doesn't, Vincent will.
niqaeli: Jack: Wait, wait, hold up, Vincent knows about that?
Henry: Jack, the whole town knows.
Jack: BUt it wasn't even like that!
niqaeli: Henry: Yes, but this is a small town. Gossip is faster than lightspeed around here and the worst possible interpretation is the one that gets around.
jmtorres: ...Heh. I want someone to do a study on gossip-based FTL
jmtorres: ex: "Good grief, Jack, you might have TOLD me what the problem was."
Jack: "I'm sorry! I didn't know!"
ex: "How could you NOT KNOW a thing like that about yourself?"
Henry: "Deep, deep denial."
niqaeli: Jack is all "Look, can we just go with the idea that maybe it wasn't the problem? I mean, I still think women are hot. I just don't want to be with anyone but Henry."
jmtorres: Henry: "Please tell me that was 'I'm bisexual' not 'I'm straight, really, except for this one guy', because otherwise I might have to smack you."
niqaeli: Jack: I don't know! I... never thought about it before, okay? I mean, maybe I am bisexual, it just never really came up. It's not like it'd be a bad thing, it'd just be a thing I hadn't known.
niqaeli: Henry: *smack* Clearly, you are.
niqaeli: Jack: *rubs sore spot* Okay, point.
jmtorres: Ex: *meets Jo* *whispers to Henry* So is she what they call a butch?
Henry: *has a coughing fit*
jmtorres: ...I'm sorry, that was cheap and wrong.
niqaeli: Hahaha
niqaeli: You know, I don't even know what to do with Jo. I can't peg her for shit.
jmtorres: wasn't she army?
niqaeli: yeah
jmtorres: if she had to put up with DADT, she's probably very good at, uh, not pinging
niqaeli: this is definitely true
niqaeli: I've pretty much never really had to bother with the closet
jmtorres: I keep flashing on that bit from GI Jane where she's all, "Don't worry, they're not after you" when they try to peg her as a lesbian for hanging out with the lesbian nurses
My two active fandoms for the evening were Eroica and Eureka, and I wasn't even trying to say them aloud and still managed to twist my tongue around.
Yeah, and try saying "Unique New York" five times fast.
niqaeli and I talked much about Eureka, and about her pet pairing, Jack and Henry.
niqaeli: So, for the record, I sort of want to a fic where Jack and Henry accidentally get together. Like, slowly, over time, the touching and the hugging and the comforting just becomes completely normal and day-to-day, and they give each other a place to stay after a really shitty day and Henry does a way better job of handling Zoe than Jack does, and one day Henry realises he's practically living with the Carters and goes "...Huh."
jmtorres: And he's personalized SARAH really well
niqaeli: Yes, SARAH so likes him best.
jmtorres: For one thing it no longer has Fargo's girl voice
niqaeli: God no, he's put something mellow in. Maybe some deep jazz voice
niqaeli: And the day the penny drops, he doesn't say anything about it, doesn't start the day any different, Jack gives him a ride to Vincent's for coffee like every other day--Jack buys. What he does is kiss the shit out of Jack on the sidewalk.
niqaeli: And pretty much everyone's reaction is "...huh, so they've finally gotten around to PDAs?"
niqaeli: And Jack's reaction is a sort stunned 'why am I a lot less surprised about that than I should be?' deal.
jmtorres: Vincent: *on the phone to Zoe* "You told me they hadn't gotten together yet!"
Zoe: "They HAVEN'T. What are you talking about?"
Vincent: "So why did Henry just plant a big wet one on the sheriff?"
Zoe: "I don't know. Drugs? Radiation? The inversion of the universe? I don't care, I'm not paying up until Henry moves into Dad's *room.*"
Later that evening:
Zoe: "Fuck. Dad, can you give me an advance on my allowance? I owe Vincent two hundred dollars."
niqaeli: Hahahahaha, YES.
niqaeli: And Jack squints at her. "What the hell did you bet on this time?"
niqaeli: Because he's resigned to her and Vincent's ways by now.
niqaeli: Jack: "...I am the only person who could get into a relationship without realising it, aren't I."
Henry: "Well, to be fair, I didn't realise for a long time either."
Allison: *facepalm* "I work with idiots. Hopeless, hopeless idiots.
jmtorres: I want Jo's reaction
jmtorres: "Wait, you seriously mean, you've been living together for four months and you didn't *notice* you had a boyfriend?" "It wasn't like that!"
niqaeli: Jo: *smacks him*
niqaeli: "But it *wasn't* like that!"
jmtorres: sometime before they realize, they need to have some kind of stupid little domestic fight. Maybe Jack has a little hissy fit about Henry being better with Zoe--the kind of thing Zoe could so easily escalate by saying something like "God, Dad, you just don't understand!" and Jack ends up staying at the office. and Jo is all, "Henry kicked you out of bed?" and Jack thinks she's being metaphorical
niqaeli: Oh, definitely
niqaeli: That's almost certainly where the problems *would* lie, that Henry can manage her sorry rebellious ass much better, mostly because he doesn't cave to her when he has made up his mind.
niqaeli: Which she hates at the time, of course, but makes him the reliable one.
jmtorres: Man, the fall-out from Jack staying the night at the office could be hideous, too. "You're always walking out on me! It's not even Henry's *house* and he's the one programming dinner into SARAH, while you're running away!"
niqaeli: God, yes
niqaeli: Jack: Maybe it fucking stings to hear that your daughter thinks your friend is a better father, think of that? I may suck as your father, but I thought I actually was it. Apparently not.
jmtorres: Is it wrong to want a wee bit of time loop? Like, whatever destroyed Henry's place that caused him to move in with Jack goes unsolved until the end, when he accidentally temporally displaces it somehow?
niqaeli: Hee
niqaeli: Yeah, at first it was just Henry would crash on their couch on the really bad nights, and then after most any incident, but then something happened to his house and he moved into the spare room
jmtorres: "I blew up my shop!"
"What, again?"
"No, no, no--the first time."
"Wait, you--you said you didn't have any idea how it--where you just trying to--I mean--"
"Idiot. No, I *just* blew up my shop, *then.*"
"...time travel?"
"Yeah, time travel."
"Sorry. I didn't mean to, uh--"
"Look, never mind, right now we have to figure out how to shut the thing off before I end up shooting Kennedy."
niqaeli: Hee!!
niqaeli: Vincent looked at Zoe very askance when Henry moved in, because she continued to claim they weren't together. She's all, "Oh my god, english, DO YOU SPEAK IT? He moved into the spare room, and they are NOT getting it on. I swear, I'd tell you, because at this point? *I* want them to get on with it, because your parents unresolved sexual tension is fucking creepy to have to watch."
niqaeli: And, hee, I do like the idea of the time loop, and him not destroying his house til after they're together
jmtorres: So are you actually writing this?
jmtorres: Because I want to read it now. Heee
niqaeli: Not this very second, but... god, probably. *facepalm*
niqaeli: Jack is surprisingly okay with it all, though. The kiss, the gay thing, the inevitable gay sex--he's mostly freaked out by how unfreaked he is/
niqaeli: By this point, Beverly has been outed as evil, thanks, because augh, the twitchy there; he's all 'what do I dooo, I'm so confused, why am I *not* freaking out?' at Allison or Jo
niqaeli: and they just stare at him
niqaeli: "You're complaining because you're in a stable relationship with a guy whom you adore and you're not bothered by it at all, and THAT'S what's bothering you?"
niqaeli: "It's official, you're mental."
jmtorres: "Jack. How does Henry make you feel?"
"That's kind of a personal question!"
"Not in bed or anything. Just in general."
"Oh. Well. Um. Comfortable, I guess?"
"And how is that bad?"
"It's... not supposed to be comfortable?"
"Well, if you're looking for a way to spice things up, I could make a few sugge--"
"No! That's not what I meant. That's, um. That part's also good, and didn't we say it was none of your business?"
"Okay! Okay. I'm just asking, where IS the bad?"
"...I don't know. That's what worries me."
niqaeli: Who is he talking to there? *snerk*
jmtorres: I THINK he's talking to Jo
niqaeli: Heh, kay
niqaeli: Jack is very gunshy about relationships, since the last one went down about like a lead balloon.
niqaeli: And also, he would've thought he'd have been freaking out by the gay, since hi, formerly heterosexual.
jmtorres: Is it wrong to want to see the ex-wife? I mean, she has to want to come see Zoe now and again
niqaeli: Nah, I don't think so.
niqaeli: But anyway, not that he figures it out immedieately, the main reason he's not freaking out is A) working in Eureka inured him to the freaking weird and totally unexpected and B) the whole thing snuck up on him, getting in under his jumpy relationship radar
jmtorres: "No! Mom, seriously, let me come visit you, if you come here you'll have to sign like, three tons of paperwork--yeah, the whole town is classified under national security--what? Mom, no, I'm fine, it's fine, it's not like that--oh, God. Dad, Mom's coming for Christmas, she says she wants to see where you're raising me!"
niqaeli: Hahaha, that's beautiful.
jmtorres: Jack is all, "Sure, the house is nice on the inside, but she's gonna show up and see the door and accuse me of raising Zoe in a hole in the ground!"
jmtorres: and Henry gets out the "carpenter" patch and puts up a nice facade
niqaeli: Hahaha
niqaeli: Eeeee!
niqaeli: He so would, too!
niqaeli: Vincent is all "You know, as nice is it to see those two get their act together, it really does make me wish a nice boy would turn up for me. Sigh."
niqaeli: Hahahaha, oh. God.
niqaeli: I'm picturing the ex-wife's reaction to the news about Henry.
jmtorres: Heee, is this pre- or post-realization?
niqaeli: I... probably post
niqaeli: For the sheer awkward factor on Jack's end
niqaeli: "I, uh. This is Henry. Um. He's."
jmtorres: Zoe: He moved in about six months ago, but they've only been sleeping together for two months."
niqaeli: Jack: Zoe!
niqaeli: Zoe: What? It's true.
jmtorres: Henry: She's Zoe's mother. It's good that she can communicate that openly... even if it would be nice if they did it behind our backs.
Zoe: RIght. Come on, Mom. Let's go get lunch and gossip.
niqaeli: Jack: *mortified*
jmtorres: *door slams*
Jack: Oh, God. Do you think she's gonna tell her about the time you left the, you know-- *handwaving*
Henry: Dildo?
Jack: --in the dishwasher?
niqaeli: Henry: Well, if she doesn't, Vincent will.
niqaeli: Jack: Wait, wait, hold up, Vincent knows about that?
Henry: Jack, the whole town knows.
Jack: BUt it wasn't even like that!
niqaeli: Henry: Yes, but this is a small town. Gossip is faster than lightspeed around here and the worst possible interpretation is the one that gets around.
jmtorres: ...Heh. I want someone to do a study on gossip-based FTL
jmtorres: ex: "Good grief, Jack, you might have TOLD me what the problem was."
Jack: "I'm sorry! I didn't know!"
ex: "How could you NOT KNOW a thing like that about yourself?"
Henry: "Deep, deep denial."
niqaeli: Jack is all "Look, can we just go with the idea that maybe it wasn't the problem? I mean, I still think women are hot. I just don't want to be with anyone but Henry."
jmtorres: Henry: "Please tell me that was 'I'm bisexual' not 'I'm straight, really, except for this one guy', because otherwise I might have to smack you."
niqaeli: Jack: I don't know! I... never thought about it before, okay? I mean, maybe I am bisexual, it just never really came up. It's not like it'd be a bad thing, it'd just be a thing I hadn't known.
niqaeli: Henry: *smack* Clearly, you are.
niqaeli: Jack: *rubs sore spot* Okay, point.
jmtorres: Ex: *meets Jo* *whispers to Henry* So is she what they call a butch?
Henry: *has a coughing fit*
jmtorres: ...I'm sorry, that was cheap and wrong.
niqaeli: Hahaha
niqaeli: You know, I don't even know what to do with Jo. I can't peg her for shit.
jmtorres: wasn't she army?
niqaeli: yeah
jmtorres: if she had to put up with DADT, she's probably very good at, uh, not pinging
niqaeli: this is definitely true
niqaeli: I've pretty much never really had to bother with the closet
jmtorres: I keep flashing on that bit from GI Jane where she's all, "Don't worry, they're not after you" when they try to peg her as a lesbian for hanging out with the lesbian nurses