summer writing syndrome

[aria]

So this Loki fic that I'm writing. It is a little bit skipthedemon's fault, re: this thread, but it is mostly my fault, both for Loki being my character type to an absurd degree, and for the fact that I'm doing that thing, the thing where it is summer and I'm hiding indoors from the humidity and my mind latches onto this one thing I want to fix and story I want to tell and then WORDS, WORDS FOR WEEKS.

This is by way of saying that I've been writing this fic for two weeks now, and it's at 24,000 words. That's only half the daily output of the season projects, but it is more than enough of the daily output for NaNo, and also already 4000 words longer than anything else I've written barring the season projects. And it's not anywhere near done. I just -- god, I hope it comes in under 50,000 by a good margin?

Basically, what I'm saying is, HAVE A GIF THAT ILLUSTRATES WHAT MY LIFE IS LIKE RIGHT NOW.



I am so sorry I seem to have gone completely mad. Again.

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[ghostrunner]

I love your kind of madness. I love everything about it.

[aria]

Oh god, it just. *clutches* At this point most of the action plot is done -- like, it needs resolution and also more Frost Giants, but I can wrap it in like 5000 words. It's just that the emotional plot is like "Ha ha, you thought this was going to be EASY? You fool! It is time for porn and domesticity!" WHAT EVEN.

[lowkey]

"Ha ha, you thought this was going to be EASY? You fool! It is time for porn and domesticity!" WHAT EVEN.

Oh, if only Kate Beaton were to make a comic on 1950s America, this could be the punchline.

[aria]

sdklfsjhs DYING. I can picture that SO EASILY.

[ghostrunner]

Needs moar frost giants.

I kind of miss being kicked around by a plot. I actually write way less when I have nothing to do. My muses are cruel and inspiration only comes when there are sixteen other things to do.

I'm imagining all the casually amoral characters whose viewpoints you write from hanging around in your brain trying to one-up each other.

[aria]

ALWAYS.

I love being kicked around by plot! I am just lucky enough that when I have nothing else to do my brain goes OH GOD QUICK FIGHT OFF THE ENNUI, WRITE SOMETHING.

...so Loki, Methos, and the Master walk into a bar. I have no idea what the punchline is, but I suspect it has a body count.

[ghostrunner]

I think Loki raises the bar patrons into an army and the Master turns the bar into a space ship or a really big bomb while Methos drinks and comes up with a punchline.

[littledust]

When is it NOT time for porn and domesticity? This is how I feel about X-Men, except I MUST BE GOOD and finish a WIP before I can post rainbow explosions of love all over the Internet. Um, and by that, I mean self-indulgent fic.

[sophia_sol]

Ahaha, oh dear. At least it's a good kind of madness? :D

[aria]

TWO WEEKS

OF LOKI LIVING IN MY BRAIN

...I mean, it totally is the best kind of madness! I really love it! But man, I kind of miss it when Methos was the most casually amoral person in my head. (I mean, the Master is worse, I suppose, but also more obviously bats.)

[sophia_sol]

...I can see how two weeks of LOKI IN ONE'S BRAIN might not be the healthiest, yeah!

But then, I was listening to interviews with Tom Hiddleston, who was talking about how he was living with Loki in his brain for more like SIX MONTHS, and I was like, wow, good job coming out the other side sane, sir!

[aria]

I know, right! Oh man, I should just be happy that I am not also forced to wear the horned helmet. :D (Also, oh my god, I love Tom Hiddleston a whole lot. I just want to ruffle his hair and tell him that I love his acting. He is my ... getting-through-Loki-sane-spiration?)

[sophia_sol]

Yeah, apparently that helment was quite a pain to have to deal with -- like, he could hardly hear when he was wearing it. Also, heavy and awkward.

But I kind of love Tom Hiddleston a ridiculous amount after watching/reading a whole lot of interviews with him. I didn't even intend to watch/read all those interviews; it just happened. He's all adorable and nerdy and intelligent and seems a genuinely great guy. Even though the difference between his natural hair and his Loki!hair CRACKS ME UP. He is an excellent inspiration for many things, methinks!

[aria]

Yep! And I think he called it the metal balaclava. Poor guy.

How did you happen upon these interviews? By which, could you point me to them? I have fallen into a habit of YouTubing interviews and staring at him all starry-eyed, but there has been a tragic lack of proper-written up stuff, and I am fond enough of him that I would like more. :D

[sophia_sol]

Crap! Um! I stumbled across this tumblr of a person who has long been Hiddleston-obsessed? And have since forgotten what tumblr it was/where I found it? *fails* I am sorry! (I hate tumblr I hate tumblr why do I keep spending time there)

[sophia_sol]

Hah, never mind, I lied, I found it, here, have a tumblr that is all Hiddleston all the time. Lots of links to interesting interviews and things!

[aria]

AWESOME. Thank you!

[daphnie_1]

That, that is pretty amazeing.

[aria]

:D!

[evil-overlords.livejournal.com]

I spent the better part of last term reading scholarly articles about Loki! I'm not sure if the Mischief-Monger in my head is the same as the one in yours, but I'd love to chat with you about it if you need a break from writing...

[fahye]

I AM SO UNBELIEVABLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS FIC.

[aria]

*flailcling* LOKI HAS EATEN MY BRAIN, FAHYE, IT IS ABSURD.

[luzula]

Hee. I haven't watched this movie, but I might do it just to read your fic when it's done. Unless fic for this fandom is understandable from just knowing Norse mythology?

[aria]

I ... think it will be at least mildly comprehensible if you know the mythology? A lot of the things that I'm addressing came out of too many feelings about movie!Loki's arc, though, so I suspect it'd be a more satisfying read if you saw the film, yeah.