The coffeeshop AU story has… died, I think. I gave it a few lunch hours and poked repeatedly at the next chapter in progress, but the feeling’s all wrong, and I know what that means. I did worry it was taking me too long to write the thing; I don’t like real-world modern stuff enough to maintain the creative energy for long, and this kept trying to go darker than I wanted so I’ve been fighting it the whole way. I figured it would last longer than that, though.
Oh well. It’s not a terrible thing. For the handful of you who were actually enjoying it, I’m sorry, but it proved that the urge to write endless awkward iterations of Carver and Cullen (or other DA characters) hasn’t left me entirely, which is actually awesome.
So – won’t have time to do it for at least a week, note – what ridiculous configuration of Carver & Cullen should I tackle next?
WHOEVER SUGGESTS SHIT SHOULD ENSURE THAT THERE’S NO WAY THAT W4RGODDESS CAN TURN IT INTO A GRITTY DRAMA OKAY THANKS
Have you stopped to think that there is nothing @w4rgoddess can’t make into a gritty drama? ;)
SSSHHHHHH, I’m trying to lure her in! :D
You should just set up a box with a stick and a Nekkid Carver under it. ;)
Pfft. She’d be okay with a fully-armoured Carver, long’s he’s appropriately cross-tempered :)
DEAD OF LOL
Just because I probably can make anything into Gritty Drama doesn’t mean I inevitably will. I’ll try really hard to stay fluffy next time, I promise. (But can we stay away from modern/real-world AUs? Those just don’t do much for me.) And look! Look! I have done grit-free before! There were even puppies in this one!
Dragonriders of Thedas. There. I double-dog dare you. CARVER RIDES A GREEN.
But if either of you are going to inflict that level of absolute fuckery on me, I demand reciprocity. BOTH OF YOU WRITE DRAGONRIDER CROSSOVERS. With whatever other canon you want. Most batshit AU wins!
NO BUT CONSIDER:
Bronze rider Cullen Rutherford, sole survivor of That Time We Prematurely Tried To Set Up A New Weyr On The Southern Continent And The Oldtimer Weyrleader Turned Into A Murderous Despot, now considered a lock for the next Benden Weyrleader if and when his dragon, Honnleath, flies the new queen, Solona’s gold Ameth.
and instead scandalises everyone when his bronze flies a green instead - and not just any green, but Loth, ridden by one Carver ‘Fight Me’ Hawke, a tearaway sent to Benden to straighten him out.