Macbook against me...don't feel like writing fics.
Okay, well, I do, but it's mostly writing on my netbook...unless I bring home my work laptop. Which I should, I don't like leaving it at work, undocked. :(
Onward to fic writing plans...
I'm currently trying to figure out what the next step in the story is for Wanderlust. The girls need to go to Germany, for sure. I have not been there yet, so I'm not exactly sure what to do. I haven't researched anything I want to do there yet. I was thinking parks, part of the wall, museums, and then some stereotypically Bavarian stuff with Ludwig and Roddy in lederhosen.
I want to show the girls fangirling it up with the Women's Book Club (it's head canon....) and picking on Austria, who just happens to be there (possibly against his will). The problem is, I'm not sure what to do with the bros (MAD and the Germans).
I would think think and the Germans would be easy to do, considering Ludwig would go back to work as soon as he could and Gilbert would be doing Gilbert things...like conspiring. But MAD...what to do with them? Should they go on an adventure? Should M and D follow A on his mad quest for reasons?
I do want to set up the split in chapter 11 or 12, where, for yet to be determined reasons, Piri and her sisters are split up. Taiwan ends up in Switzerland where she fangirls over it (and him). Vietnam finds herself in a yet to be determined vacation spot and just kind of chills there because she's a Boss like that. And Piri ends up in underground in Rome after getting off a train, taking a wrong turn at a station while trying to catch another train to go back to Switzerland to pick up Taiwan, and is found by Rome and Germania, who (once more, for reasons unknown) are living in the ruins beneath Rome (let's call it "Rome-Topia"). Germania is there somewhat reluctantly.
Stuff happens and they help Piri back on the train where the chapter should end with Piri writing a Rome/Germania fanfic. Piri picks up her siblings and head to Venice, Florence, and finally back to Rome, where the story will conclude with everyone meeting up once more and family drama.
So yes ,this first. Second thing I have to work on is EoG, but that's more a relatively "for fun, if I feel like it" epic long fic.
I keep wanting to write something I had planned months ago, during one of my conversations on being Filipino-American and the generational gap, cultural, and socio-economic differences through time in the diaspora with my brother. (What do you and YOUR siblings talk about?)
He pretty much knows all the fandoms I write for and has a basic understanding of what HetaPH is, so he thought my idea was interesting. I believe I've suggested this before to Squishy, but retracted the suggestion due to her current work load and my concerns that the topic was too vague.
Basically, I wanted to portray Maria as the Philippines - the Filipino in the Philippines, while in contrast, Juan represented the Filipino diaspora in America that left the Philippines in the early 20th Century to work in America and how the diaspora and environment have changed to now.
Then Juan, feeling some sort of identity crisis, finally goes back to the Philippines after so long and finds himself faced with culture shock. The Philippines in his mind, despite what he's heard and seen while in the States, is still the Philippines of the 1920's.
I wanted to try to capture the feelings a lot of my older relatives seemed to have after returning after so long. It's always a lot of nostalgia coupled with confusion and irritation, surprise and excitement. Still, their memories are seemingly skewed by what is now around them and vice versa. It isn't "home" any more, no matter how much they fall back into place. In addition, they will also be someone who is seen as "returning" or "visiting".
I also wanted to try to focus on what we've noticed here between the generations of Filipino immigrants. Many earlier Fil-Am groups worked labor jobs (farming, fishing, canneries, etc.), while newer groups have more white-collar jobs (accounting, nursing). There is a certain class and economic difference and that changes the way groups look at each other. Then there is how "American-ness" is accepted and integrated, as well as how Filipinos are seen around the world by the world, back in the Philippines by native-born Filipinos, and by other Filipinos in America.
Things I have been thought to be while traveling:
- Canadian <- Because I was nice. =_=;;
- Misc. Asian <- Apparently, Filipinos aren't known for traveling in particular areas unless they are an...
- Overseas worker <- or...
- "I thought you were something...it wasn't good." <- O_o I have several theories on this: all lead back to sex. It's my experience, I can theorize what I want.
- Mexican <- Actually, my friend's cousin asked if I was Mexican. They are also Filipino.
- Misc. Pacific Islander (Samoan, Hawaiian mostly) <- Also understandable.
- Sometimes, I just get a very confused look.
So I kind of wanted to integrate all of this into story based on my observations. My main problem would be that Juan is male and my experiences aboard are obvious as a female. (Seriously, having boobs makes a difference.) I think I can write around that. I also don't have much experience abroad for long periods of time, which certainly would affect the over all perception by the native populace. I suppose I can mainly focus it on America.
I don't want to focus on so much on what is considered "history" or politics, but on experiences, personal thoughts, and emotion through time.
Anyway, if anything, this would be my very last HetaPH fic. Also, it's mentally and emotionally draining to write, as some of the parts I've already scribbled down hit home.
