These things are necessary for all of our lives

[zolac_no_miko]

Does anyone remember this meme going around several months ago, "My fandom is really good at what I do" or "My fandom is really good at my job", or something of the sort? And everyone wrote AU fic where the characters of [FANDOM OF CHOICE] did whatever it is the author's real-life job is, and the point was to just dive right in and do as little '

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[zolac_no_miko]

Good news! I looked up the original fest, and it doesn't have to be a job/work thing, it could be a hobby or a sport or an extra-curricular activity, just any piece of your life, a little world that you happen to know a lot about that maybe other people don't, gardening or quilting or leading a Girl Scout troop. ...So you could... write about stalking a bicycle shop! XD Or DI or something. ...YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO, CARRIE. Once I get permission from the host of the original fest, and come back from my expedition to the jungle (so, like, June), I am totally going to try and do this thing, YOU SHOULD DO IT TOO.

I just... even if you're not paying attention, how can you miss phrases like MY GOD, THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE or YOUR LEG, IT'S CAUGHT IN A BEAR TRAP, I think this would manage to catch my attention even if I were totally distracted by something else. ...Idk, I think these people are just not weird enough, they don't know what to do when confronted by weird, so they pretend they're not seeing/hearing it. Like when I walked around campus in my cloak and Guy Fawkes mask that one November Fifth and I would see people's eyes turn towards me... and then just sliiiiiiiiide away. XD;

[evilhippo]

Bwahahaha. I will definitely join in whenever you get a chance to set this up, then. I'm not sure what fandom I would choose, but the world does need more Ninja Detective Bikeshop (and maybe by June I'll have found a way to apprentice myself there (-; ). I think I'd have a hard time not making it a really cracky Naruto fic, though, because of the fixation the shop has on the color orange... and on being a ninja. But... no, actually that's probably entirely appropriate, in its own special way. (I'm not sure how I feel about the fact that I spent actual time this afternoon thinking about this. A non-crossover version of Ninja Detective Bikeshop is probably going to end up being my tongue-in-cheek script pitch in LA I'm justifying this as un-creepy because I've done a pretty decent job of getting the actual shopkeep separated from his internet alter-ego in my mind.)

Or, alternately, there's always the Hulk Destroys a Bike Shop for Improperly Installing Brake Pads option (which I'm rather fond of at the moment, since I know I don't have the powers necessary to hulk-out on them properly for that particular idiocy).

I've learned the pretend-you-don't-see-it thing pretty well, living in Chicago, but there are still things that get a reaction from me no matter what. Especially "MY GOD, THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE." And also "actual cannibal, Shia LaBoeuf." I guess I'm just weird, though.

[zolac_no_miko]

YAY!

Both of these sound like fantastic ideas! ESPECIALLY HULK DESTROYS BIKE SHOP, OMG, I JUST LAUGHED EMBARRASSINGLY LOUDLY FOR AN EMBARRASSING LENGTH OF TIME. Bike shop Avengers, omg yes! Tony can design bikes. STARKCYCLE! And you can give Loki the hipster fixie he so badly wants/needs/deserves!

[evilhippo]

Do not encourage me on Bike Shop Avengers (yet)! I'm already spending far too much time staring out of windows and laughing to myself. I could definitely see Tony sitting around designing something like this, only blingier, while Steve biked around on an old Masi and sort of angsted about completely missing cycling's heyday, or at least Eddy Merckx's. Meanwhile, all their enemies would be trolling around on these. (I will have to make sure I'm allowed to co-opt Hipster Loki before I can include him. ^_^)

I might just write Hulk Destroys Bike Shop now. Or on Friday, after I fail to destroy the bike shop myself.

[zolac_no_miko]

Ohmigod yeeeeeeeeeesssss~! See, there we go, THIS IS PERFECT, Bike Shop Nerd Avengers, IT WILL BE AMAZING.

Haha staring into space and giggling is basically my Writing Process. Is it so fucking ridiculous I can't contain myself? Yes? QUICK WRITE IT DOWN.

I AM SO EXCITED FOR HULK DESTROYS BIKE SHOP.

[evilhippo]

It's good that this isn't happening immediately, though, since that paragraph exhausted most of my bike-nerd knowledge at this point. (-;

I'm pretty sure that is the best writing process. I wish it worked for things other than what I write for the express purpose of amusing myself (and sometimes others).

[zolac_no_miko]

Well you've got two weeks to brush up. SNAP TO IT.

See, I guess that's the thing about fanfiction that makes it so addicting; that's all it has to be. Amuses Self Plus Maybe A Few Others: Check! SUCCESS. It doesn't even have to make money or anything!

Clearly, though, you need to manage to get yourself a writing gig where ridiculousness is encouraged. Because you're right, I can't imagine the Does It Make Me Giggle? writing process working very well with your current job. ^_^;;