Comments | circ_bamboo: So, how 'bout that.

circ_bamboo

So, how 'bout that.

Nov 29, 2011 11:45

5/17/13, date for ST:XII (yes, that says 12).

Honestly, I'm not sure I can make it through another big bang season and possibly two ship wars/olympics/wev before we get a refreshing of canon. My AUs will get even AU-er by then (oh, what am I saying; they're pretty far off as it is ( Read more... )

what is this i don't even, nattering about writing

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boosette November 29 2011, 18:56:43 UTC

My best guess is that ship warlympics isn't likely to happen again until after we have new canon, and that big bang season will do whatever it does, you can never tell with the one asshole mod. I'm just glad that we've got a date, and aren't left wibbling in the corner hoping they throw us scraps.

circ_bamboo November 29 2011, 19:06:25 UTC

I hope you're right; ship warlympics (as you say) almost killed me last time, even though it was a very productive time.

And yes! A date! (Although it's so far off that it's possible I'll be pregnant by then.)

boosette November 29 2011, 19:10:16 UTC

Or the proud owner of your very own miniature human, instruction manual not included.

(BABIES.)

circ_bamboo November 29 2011, 19:47:51 UTC

It's eighteen months from now (ish). Many things could happen.

(I realize that 'other than a complete lack of plot' makes it look like my Castle/NCIS crossover is totally porn. Which it isn't, not at all, and it doesn't even look like there's a good excuse to write any porn into it. Alas. I'm sure I'll survive writing actual genfic for once.)

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theoreticalpixy November 29 2011, 19:28:44 UTC

Ugh, I know will sit out any more shiplypics if they happen. I cannot take it anymore, I wasn't even that engaged with BB stuff this time. I need more canon, I've been dipping toes into other places instead and just slowly working on my unfinished Trek fic.

circ_bamboo November 29 2011, 19:45:37 UTC

Basically, that's what I've been doing, too. I completed a big bang by accident; I read a fair amount of the BBs but mostly just because I always do. *sigh*

imachar November 29 2011, 21:50:21 UTC

I'll be sitting out warlympics as well, I can't deal with RL and those kinds of deadlines. I'm not terribly worried about my own productivity, I have a ton of WIPS and just outlined a new plot bunny two days ago. And I think my muse is going to be very happy in the spring....Tuesday nights, hubby teaching night class; child asleep (may require chemical enhancement - just kidding) and NCIS at 7:00 CST, followed by The River at 8:00. Oh yes, I think Pike/Boyce is going to do very well after Feb 7th.

circ_bamboo November 29 2011, 22:04:57 UTC

The hell? How did I miss that?! (Undoubtedly it'll last, oh, half a season or something, but hey, somehow Castle [also a mid-season replacement] lasted and I was pretty sure that was going to die at least four times now.) And back to back, holy crap. *fans self*

Yeah, I've got more than enough deadlines with [DayJob]. I don't need 'em to kick me in the butt for fic anymore. My productivity has dropped a bit but I'm okay with that.

igrockspock November 30 2011, 00:29:13 UTC

Yeah, I had the same reaction you did when I saw the date for the next film. I do have a big bang for next year started, but I despair of the state of the fandom by then. Even I feel demoralized by the thought of continuing to write without new canon for so long, and I really feel like I'm rehashing the same old stories. It's Star Trek - the fandom will never go away, but my ability to participate in it might. I'd better get really good at writing Sherlock fanfic and enjoy HP while the inspiration lasts.

circ_bamboo November 30 2011, 01:25:37 UTC

Well, and the other thing is that I'm afraid that the four-year span between movies won't actually result in a higher-quality script. I mean, XII doesn't have to be better than XI, but it does have to be as good, at least in my head. We've had some fairly convincing rumors that they gave up on rebooting Khan, thank goodness, but I'm still afraid of what they're going to do with Spock/Uhura. (I'm more afraid of that than I am with them basically writing Pike out of XII. *shrugs* I'll live.)

In other words, with no new canon on the horizon, then the 'next film,' well, doesn't suck yet and hasn't pissed me off.

I have Complicated Feelings on the matter. But hey. A good deal of us have sort of drifted off to other fandoms, or are at least flirting with other fandoms. Hopefully we'll all return if Trek gets exciting again.