Plotting. Planning. Scheming. Freaking myself out. Other fun things.

[dognmonkeyshow]

Now that the squeeing/excitement/frothing backlash of S4 is over, I've been focusing on planning out my next fic. Instead of working on the Sherlock x Justified crossover I've been planning since November 2014, a former fic idea has risen from the dead, re-animated by TFP.

Comments

[donutgirl]

Sounds interesting!

my complete inability to write believable sex scenes, of course.

do you think sex scenes will be necessary? it sounds potentially like the kind of story where you could reasonably "fade to black". idk, I do write ship fic (when I write fic at all, which is very rarely), but I've never written a sex scene for fic. I know other writers do a magnificent job creating sex scenes that are vital to the larger story, but for the stories I'm telling, I realized that the nitty gritty mechanics weren't important and I could just skip it.

Uncle Rudy. Not the comedy cross-dresser, but the family fixer. Couldn't he be both? Not the comedy part, I mean, but... idk, I find the cross-dressing a really interesting part of Rudy's character. I've always found him fascinating, and I had despaired of ever learning more about him. One thing I appreciate from TFP is getting more Rudy. But I'm still intrigued by the original context. "The siren call of old habits. How very like Uncle Rudy - though, in many ways, cross-

[dognmonkeyshow]

The issue with the sex scenes is that they're important to the story because they have an impact on how Mycroft thinks of himself. There are a number of events in the story that cause him to question his assumptions about himself, so they need to stay in. That said, they're not going to be particularly graphic and there'll be only one or two in what is probably going to be a pretty substantially-sized story. But writing canon male character/original female character is kind of like asking to be raked over the coals, set on fire, then pissed on repeatedly, hence my trepidation above and beyond my consternation at putting myself in a situation where I feel the need to write sex scenes.

As to Rudy...yes, he is an interesting little tidbit for Moffat to give us. Yes, Rudy will still be a (very closeted) cross-dresser, and yes this will be a bone of contention between him and Mycroft

[donutgirl]

it certainly sounds like you have a good grip on the story already! hooray for fruitfal S4 plotbunnies, whatever other flaws it might have.

[dognmonkeyshow]

As usual, once my brain engages with a story, all sorts of craziness ensues. I'd have liked to get through this without five different convoluted plotlines, but I don't think that's going to happen.

And yes, one thing I can say for TFP was it revved up the old plotbunny breeder.