FIC. FINALLY. YES.

[aria]

This fic, this fucking fic.

I have my credit notes over at the fic proper, but what the hell, this was a labor of love and I think I should talk about these amazing people: Amelia for hand-holding, cheerleading, feeding me lines, hanging around for hours multiple nights in a row to yell about all the Loki feelings -- in short, this fic would not exist without them. Scott for saying smart, necessary things, and for making sure that my love for Loki didn't mean I was too nice to him. Olivia, as always, for forcing my structure to be better and for making the finished thing actually look good. And I can't even keep track of how many of you I additionally threw partial drafts at or wailed at while the fic was eating my soul; you are stars.

But now it is DONE.

Shatter, Thor/Loki, 32,209 words YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. "Loki," Odin says, heavy with disappointment and regret for all he has to raise his voice, "Odinson. I cast you out."

And now I am going to step away from the computer for a bit and read American Gods or something, because this fic is kind of my baby and I am not sure what to do now I have set it free.

Comments

[feverbeats]

I think that's the case with so many Neil Gaiman things! He has really awesome ideas, but they sometimes fail pretty hard in execution. (But yeah, Aria, plz enjoy! Our tastes are usually wildly different, so you may well!)

[aria]

Heh. I will grab you down at end of thread to ask why you dislike American Gods! I am quite enjoying my reread (probably in large part because I am a dork and it is fun to catch all the Norse mythology things I didn't know about last time) but as usual I want to know all about your different opinion! HAVE SMART WORDS AND SWAY ME SLIGHTLY, YOU FIEND.

ps I am pretty sure "enjoy" is not the right word, because last night I had a fucking alarming dream in which I was Shadow and half-decayed Laura was there trying to tell me things and because I was Shadow I was pretty chill about it but my inner Aria was like OH GOD HALF-DECAYED WALKING CORPSE WHY YOU GOTTA DO THIS BRAIN. :/

[feverbeats]

HAHAHA. Okay, well, mostly I really dislike Neil Gaiman? Like, he's one of those authors who repeats some of the same tropes often enough that it makes me uncomfortable RL. Seriously large volume of older dudes/much younger ladies. And he's got a lot of stuff that feels shocky-for-the-sake-of-shock. But mostly his stuff, and American Gods more than most of it, just feels so cheap. It's just a lot of fucking and references and drama and no real substance. Too much cleverness with nothing behind it. And whenever he's being "gritty," it just feels like a twelve-year-old boy giggling behind his hand.

OHGOD HORRIFYING. D: D: D: I haven't gotten to that part yet on my reread, but I think maybe I would prefer not to. BECAUSE ZOMBIES. D:

[aria]

Okay, yeah, I totally see that. (Seriously there have been way too many boners in the last few pages. Perhaps even TWENTY SHAMEBONERS AN HOUR, Scott, where is that even from, it makes me laugh so much.) I think the cheap and the "gritty" bothered me a lot more the last time I read American Gods, though? Because I know what to expect and tbh I am just here for the lulzy Norse mythology.

RIGHT? REACH INTO MY PSYCHE, TAKE OUT THE MOST HORRIFYING THING. If it helps I also dreamed that I was Chloe on a train and Lana was trying to magically seduce Clark and then I rescued him. Idk, it evens out?

[feverbeats]

lolol it's something my friend nova_bright said about Charles.

That, combined with your icon, is delightful.