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Sunday Snippet - Because AUs are awesome
I’ve been writing so much omg. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
daroh told me the other day my muse was on high-quality cocaine, and that’s exactly how it feels. As a result I have now roughly 23k word in three fics in the posting queue and I can’t wait to finally reveal them. I also have WIPs open in four different gdocs? HALP!?
So while I’m working on these multiple stories, I realised that I’ve been writing a lot in a canon / canon divergence context lately and while it’s fun to fix and add stuff that you would have loved to see in your favourite shows, it’s also somewhat limiting. It's one of the reasons I’ve always really loved to write AUs. I’ve written dozens of them in Merlin fandom. Part of the fun for me is that you have so much more room to just let your story go where it wants to go.
I also felt like I might have the guts and inspiration to write something longer again. How long? No idea. I’m not saying it’s going to be 15k or 30k or 60k. Just something with the potential to stretch its wings and go somewhere.
So, while I'm getting closer to finishing the sequel of Return of the Cicada, I’ve been toying with a few ideas. One of them is a NiF Harry Potter AU, that’s not set at Hogwarts. I got the idea from a prompt in the NiF Exchange but knew it wouldn’t be able to get it done for the fest. So I put in on the backburner, but this week I started writing a little bit:
daroh told me the other day my muse was on high-quality cocaine, and that’s exactly how it feels. As a result I have now roughly 23k word in three fics in the posting queue and I can’t wait to finally reveal them. I also have WIPs open in four different gdocs? HALP!?So while I’m working on these multiple stories, I realised that I’ve been writing a lot in a canon / canon divergence context lately and while it’s fun to fix and add stuff that you would have loved to see in your favourite shows, it’s also somewhat limiting. It's one of the reasons I’ve always really loved to write AUs. I’ve written dozens of them in Merlin fandom. Part of the fun for me is that you have so much more room to just let your story go where it wants to go.
I also felt like I might have the guts and inspiration to write something longer again. How long? No idea. I’m not saying it’s going to be 15k or 30k or 60k. Just something with the potential to stretch its wings and go somewhere.
So, while I'm getting closer to finishing the sequel of Return of the Cicada, I’ve been toying with a few ideas. One of them is a NiF Harry Potter AU, that’s not set at Hogwarts. I got the idea from a prompt in the NiF Exchange but knew it wouldn’t be able to get it done for the fest. So I put in on the backburner, but this week I started writing a little bit:
“Handsome, isn’t he?” a female voice remarked, and Mei Changsu turned around to find Mu Nihuang standing next to him, a twinkle in her eyes. “Too bad he never smiles.”
“Pardon?”
Apparently this was a day for unexpected meetings he really should have foreseen. After all, he had known that Nihuang was teaching at Hogwarts now, but he had not expected her to be at the platform in King's Cross. Mei Changsu raised his eyebrows at the woman who had once been one of his closest friends, and now had no idea who he was.
“You were staring,” she said, amusement evident in her tone as she nodded at a conspicuously empty part of the platform where Xiao Jingyan was standing, talking to his son.
“I just wondered why everyone seems to be avoiding him,” Mei Changsu said with faked casualness, but couldn’t stop himself from frowning when he saw a shadow pass over her face.
“Isn’t that obvious?” she asked. “They’re afraid of him.”
“Pardon?”
Apparently this was a day for unexpected meetings he really should have foreseen. After all, he had known that Nihuang was teaching at Hogwarts now, but he had not expected her to be at the platform in King's Cross. Mei Changsu raised his eyebrows at the woman who had once been one of his closest friends, and now had no idea who he was.
“You were staring,” she said, amusement evident in her tone as she nodded at a conspicuously empty part of the platform where Xiao Jingyan was standing, talking to his son.
“I just wondered why everyone seems to be avoiding him,” Mei Changsu said with faked casualness, but couldn’t stop himself from frowning when he saw a shadow pass over her face.
“Isn’t that obvious?” she asked. “They’re afraid of him.”