Snowflake Challenge: Day Five

[tangeriner]

Challenge #5

In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I want to write a novel-length Rictor/Shatterstar story. I have been writing these guys since the late 90s, and the longest I've managed is one 60k story. I can do longer! I know I can! But it's just... finding the time when both my brain and my eyes are up for the challenge. I have three novel-length bunnies I indulge in sometimes when work and/or life is overwhelming, the most recent of which is a coming of age story that includes mutual pining, a roller skating scene and multiple occurrences of h/c, set in the late 90s.

Picture for a second:

• These two guys, best friends, one returned home after years away, one completely out of his element.


• Rictor, finally away from his (telepathic) leader, primed for some self discovery.


• Shatterstar, after months of ~feelings~, back in the company of the source of his ~feelings~.


• Roller skating! Unsteady, fun roller skating (while wearing jorts)!


• Road trips? Many!


• And then a bunch of other things I will think of later, I'm sure it'll be fine.


• The Canonical Ending

But yes, I mostly just want to write more looooooong ricstar stories and totally indulge myself.

Comments

[bewize]

I would read this. LOL!

90s fic! Roller Rinks! My youth and childhood. <3

[tangeriner]

Yesss! Mine too! Also that brief period of time where Ric, Star and I were all the same age. And now I am much older and they've barely aged at all. #comics

[tjs_whatnot]

All these sounds lovely! I wish you success in getting it the length you want. I am awed by people who write novel length fic. ❤❤

[tangeriner]

Thank you so much! I am too -- I've done it exactly once in my fannish life, like, 20 years ago, but it was such an accomplishment.