#finished my FF7 Exchange fic surprisingly early

[ardwynna]

I got Taggedy-tagged by @kesskay to say what I’m working on. Thank you! <3

 The Path rewrite - Forgive me, guys, I recently went back to Chapter 1. I was taking an extremely conservative approach before NaNo last year, but with the sequel shaping up, I wanted to bring the first part into similar shape. It’s actually faster this way, not being chained to the old prose. I’ve been gleefully murdering the old darlings to make way for new ones. No major plot changes, it’s still mostly an OGC-compliant fic, but much more foreshadowing, seed-sowing and interpersonal relationship building.

Redemption Road - The aforementioned sequel. The big NaNo draft still didn’t cover all the major steps in the road, and there is still a heap of linking scenes and prose-refinement ahead, with a Best of the 80s soundtrack for inspiration. Going backwards to write the step forwards, I don’t know, man, it was a great time for power ballads.

Prequel Fic- My original attempt at 500 words a day. Fully plotted, semi-stalled while I work on the others, very messy, going to take one hell of an overhaul. That’s the danger in writing small fragments, the tone shifts depending on mood and energy that day, I kept referring to the same things over and over, forgetting I already mentioned them a couple days ago. But we’ll get there.

The Mission - There is a planned ending now, which I didn’t have at the start, and we’re at least three-fourths of the way there.

Indiana Aeris (and Sephi Croft) - Cold open, initial face-off with the villains, historical artifact of possibly magical significance, and a love interest being whiny, maybe the first twenty minutes worth of a movie written.

Unnamed Sephiroth Tragedy - A non-Path multipart that’s good for sinking the most severe angst and hurtspiration into. Maybe a good chapter or two properly written, the rest outlined in great detail. Not a happy story.

Unnamed Aeriseph Tragedy - Essentially slavery fic of the plotty rather than kinky sort. Barely got more than a prologue done and a few hasty key scenes to flesh out later, according to the loose outline, but it won’t let go so it stays in rotation. Also not a happy story.

The Unsuitable Suitor (working title) - Medieval fantasy/Bodice Ripper inspired AeriSeph. First chapter written, detailed outline complete. This is a happy story.

The Ghost Upstairs - A little Avalanche family fun that I haven’t managed to finish for two Halloweens, but in all fairness one of those  ‘weens I got married. Trying to get going before October this time around.

The Price of Freedom - Aeris as an above-plate kept woman, for @lilly-white. See, I didn’t forget. It just wanted to go from a one-shot to a multichap, and I have a lot of those.

Various Marriageverse shorts - Including the stuff that shows up in the two one-shot collections, these matter to me as much as the larger parts of the timeline, because they all deserve a happy interlude between one angsty journey and the next, and there is vital worldbuilding and character-building there for the eventual conclusion story. Also a great place to stash some lighter feels when the main fics feel too heavy.

And Artwise:

A character pic for the FF30thAnniversary fan poster. Still posing my Body-Chan model.

Mrs. Sephiroth in a ballgown - actually about done but I don’t like the background. Keep meaning to go back and fix it.

Aeris and the Orange - Reverse Cosplay series of Aeris dressed up in my clothes. Being very casually colored on quiet evenings.

And that’s pretty much it  for fandom stuff right now. There is a secondary list of things set aside until this one clears up a bit, plus a fair amount of non-fandom work, mostly sewing.

No-pressure tagging: @klepto-maniac0, @rsasai, @literaryeagle, @evil-robot-cat and anyone else who wants a go at it.