I AM WRITING THIS FOR THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE SCREW TUMBLR! BUT ANYWAY, hi guys! Back for another check-in in @wipwc-wednesday ’s game~
Less productive than last week in terms of writing new stuff, but worry not! I wrote some more for Reichenbach Falls, then some for a new installment for Take It Or Leaf It, a destiel Flower Shop AU, and the second part will be up soon!
RF and TIOLI are doing great! But the best part this week is that I got back to my potterlock fanfiction, Harry Potter and the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, where we can see 3 timelines: 1997 where the Golden Trio seeks help from our Baker Street boys, and then the 80s at Hogwarts (John and Sherlock and Greg) and the 90s (Draco and Harry). I have burnt out in November regarding this fic and put it on the backburner for about 3 months, so now I am reviewing what I have written because oh God, the cringe I feel at my past self. I am polishing it up, and slowly I will replace the existing chapters with the edited ones. Seriously past me, wtf, those typos. I have gone through around 65k~ words out of 85k, so I think that’s good! The next step will be to prewrite a couple chapters ahead of time before I get to my regular posting schedule so as not to stress later. Small steps.
I compiled the 15 existing potterlock chapters into ones that are longer, but the chapter count reduced in half. I wasn’t happy with how short the last few updates were, so there’s that. This is another huge fic of mine, smh, yes, I am very much insane. But hey, I am happier with it now! I am currently reviewing John and Sherlock’s third year; I have about half of it done (and published as it is), so I need to write the rest and the second semester - S&J&G are sniffing out what happened to the Chamber of Secrets, heh! The plan is then to jump onto their fourth year, and this is where the drarry timeline comes in. In short, I will alternate between the 80s and 90s timelines to create parallels, and this will then come in handy in the timeline of ‘97 where they are looking for the horcruxes. Oof. So much stuff to do, but hey, I am enjoying it and that’s what matters! Gotta remember to keep my mental health in check, though.
Favourite Characters To Write This Week:
Blake Selcout - my OC from the potterlock fic. He is a student from Ilvermorny who transferred in his final year, he is in Slytherin, AND THE SLYTHERIN TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT CHAMPION! alongside Harry ofc. I think it will offer a unique perspective on Hogwarts and its issues such as the House rivalry, and later push the plot forward when it comes to redeeming the Houses and Slytherin, but I like to think it will redeem the Hogwarts mentality as a whole in the end.
Castiel - whether in RF or Take It Or Leaf It, Cas is a precious guy. I love him. In Reichenbach Falls, he offers us a new angel perspective, as we come to learn since episode 11 and forward. BABY IN A TRENCHCOAT
This comes from chapter titled ‘101 Things To Do At a Muggle Household’ from the potterlock crossover fic. Sherlock and Greg come over to John’s place for a sleepover during summer and they try out muggle things! Namely pizza here:
“This is delicious!” Greg said with his mouth full. He took a sip of Coca-Cola, grabbing a slice of the pineapple pizza. John’s breath caught in his chest, and Sherlock lifted his head as well from the tuna slice he stole from under John’s nose.
“Greg, you can always back out from eating that disgusting thing, you know?” John said as Sherlock gulped down his piece, shuffling to the opposite side of the table to get a slice of his own. “I only want what’s good for you, mate.”
“Promises, promises,” Greg said, sighing as though he were in love with his food. Not unlikely, Giovanni’s pizza was of heavenly quality. John averted his gaze as Greg bit into the devil’s trap. The retribution in the form of spitting and cursing didn’t occur, however.
John looked up, horrified to see that both Sherlock and Greg chewed their slices, and neither appeared to be appalled or disgusted. One small victory was Sherlock not seeming as taken by it as he had been with the tuna pizza. Greg, on the other hand, devoured the slice he had been holding and then grabbed another one.
“So… What do you think? Sherlock?” John asked, hoping to get some understanding out of this. He watched Greg annihilate half of the pizza while Sherlock spoke.
“It’s… Strange. Not as dreadful as you had made it sound, but not marvelous either. It’s acceptable,” he said, putting down the crust and dusting off his hands. He poured himself some more Coca-Cola. “Although I think that Gawain here thinks otherwise.”
Greg threw the crust he put down at him when he messed up his name, Sherlock ducking it as he grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza.
“This stuff? It’s amazing! How can you not like it?” Greg mouthed, spitting out wet crumbs. John backed away a bit towards Sherlock.
“I’m a man of culture, that’s how,” John said, rolling his eyes as he smiled. Greg was ridiculous, and the stunt he was pulling with the pizza was making him gag, but this was his first day spent immersed in a completely muggle household – could he blame him?
This chapter is also on ao3, but this excerpt come from the edited version. Hopefully I will get to post it instead of the unrevised version soon! That’s all folks, see you next week! <3
