Stolen from thirstyrobot: it's a WIP meme thing!

[doctorpancakes]

Post the first sentence (or three) from every WIP you're currently working on, even if it's very short. Then invite people to ask questions about your WIPs. With any luck, the motivation to take that WIP one step closer to completion will appear as if by magic!There's probably more, but these are the ones I'm actually (more or less) actively trying

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[life_downsized]

Last one last one yesyesyes! I am looking forward to more Infinate Baratt And Fielding Verse! I also liked the DW ones, even though I've yet to see Old Who.

[doctorpancakes]

To be honest, I kind of ran out of barrattfirledingverses steam. Totally not updating or working on that one with any regularity, though I do intend at one point (long after the five people reading have stopped caring) to finish it. My interest has migrated of late toward things even less people care about! Shooting myself in the fictional foot, as it were. And I question why I can't make anyone give a shit about what I do. Of course it's not about making people give a shit and I know that, but if I can't make people give a shit in a superficial way over the internet, how do I ever expect to publish a novel or have a pitch accepted for a television series?

You should be watching Classic Who. It's a sexy beast. Though to be fair, I should tell you that three of the above stories star Ten.

[life_downsized]

Ah, fair enough. I guess writing for something else for a while means you appreciate it more afterwards - at least, that's what it's like for me. Sherlock's my go-to-fandom when I can't write about Noelian characters any more.

Any TV station that doesn't accept your Tate/Barratt vehicle isn't worth the airtime.

I will do, once my life stops and I can sit down and marathon. I'm looking forward to it.

[doctorpancakes]

Yeah, completely. I just sort of got to a point where it wasn't coming together the way I wanted - I've got disparate story bits, but not really sort of a big unifying bigness that I was looking for. It's nice also just to inhabit a universe that functions on a very different internal logic as well, especially since there's not a lot of fic out there for the pairings/crossovers I'm writing to begin with, it's not totally overwhelming and you kind of feel like you're not perpetually fighting against the fanon of millions if you want to take things in a certain direction, which is something you sometimes get in bigger fandoms when one really well-known writer starts writing them in a certain way and everyone just sort of picks up on that, and then if someone does them differently it feels wrong even though they're not actually violating canon at all. And just getting to write for some genuinely fascinating, really complex characters who have a lot of shit going on and a lot of weird baggage and how on earth to negotiate that

[doctorpancakes]

I aspire to one day be as witty as youtube commenters

[thirstyrobot]

OR SUTIN made me lol at work. XD

And okayyyyyy I'm so confused why does Jones have babies? XD You'll note I'm not asking why said baby is extremely cheeky, which is just a stands to reason kinda thing. :D

Also I am woefully unknowing on any Doctor farther back than Four (except that Pertwee is Terrifying). Mostly because the last time I checked Netflix they only had a bunch of random bits and bobs all out of order but this is not the first Two/Jamie I have heard of so INTRIGUED. Also, bampot. XD

[doctorpancakes]

I'm WAY too amused by SUTIN!

As for Jones and the baby, well, that's a longish story that follows an earlier longish story that follows a couple of short stories. Complicated universe is complicated. And I can't draw babies so this is what she looks like as a toddler.

Ooooooh, you should totally check out Doctors One through Three! Two is my favourite ever, and his epic TARDIS teams of cute. Seriously. But Two/Jamie, oh man. They just make my heart explode with love. There's so much love there, and then because it's the Doctor, even if you don't know how it ends, you know it ends, and that knowledge makes the whole thing weepingly tragic at the same time as it is incredibly sweet and sexy and beautiful. Also, it doesn't help that I've got a crush on both of them and the actors totally played up the subtext as far as they could get past the radar.

[doctorpancakes]

Yes! I think I know this is a thing. Dan and Jones aren't getting one.