Hey, Merc — thanks for hosting Workshop/WIP Wednesday! I’ve been taking a break from Tumblr for a while (for a bunch of reasons I won’t bore you with), but for the last few weeks I’ve been working on a new writing project, based on the Canal+/BBC Marie Antoinette series and centered on telling the events of the first four episodes through Louis’s perspective. I’m so, so tempted to finish a chunk and then post it (because who doesn’t like feedback and positive reinforcement?), but I’ve told myself that I need to finish the whole thing before posting to lessen the chance I’ll lose steam halfway through and not finish the story. Considering the pace I’m going, though, it might end up taking a lot of the summer (I’m not even through Episode 1 and it’s already 8k). So mostly I’m just looking for some encouragement — or, on the off chance you think my fic idea is terrible, some gentle words of advice that maybe I should cut my losses now before I get much further… :/
This is a GREAT idea! One of the things I personally loved about the new Marie Antoinette was the way they drew out Louis' 'probably on the spectrum' side - those were all things that I knew about him but had never put together in that way. He obviously cares deeply about things going on around him but is so afraid to mess something up because his grandfather is already doing it better.
And the fact that he himself doesn't 'speak' much during those first few episodes doesn't mean that he doesn't have things to say!!
I'm so looking forward to reading whatever it is when you're done!
[workshop Wednesday and we're giving encouragement]
