Hey Edu, hope you're doing okay :) How about 2, 29, and/or 31 for Punks, Poets, Parents from the writing ask game? <3
Hey there, Lost :) I'm doing okay. I hope you're doing okay, too! :) Thank you so much for the Ask... these are seriously addicting!
2. Characters Most Difficult to Write For
Canon Patton is the most difficult for me to write. Hands down. I have a really hard time getting into his head.
29. Favorite Part of the Writing Process?
Writing. It can be really hard to get time to really focus (I have a lot happening in my non-writing life) but when I'm just hands-on-keys, finally getting the scene I can feel so clearly that it's almost tangible out into words... crying along with my Bois... it's the best! :)
31. The Development Process for Punks, Poets, Parents
I wrote Punks, Poets, Parents for the Sanders Sides Big Bang. It started as a random idea that popped into my head of Remus and little Jay, and how Jay would need to adjust to a new home and different rules. (No need to sneak around quietly in the mornings, trying not to wake a parent with a hangover.)
I captured my idea in one of my indulgent little "musing with my muse" posts, the ones with Remus gifs poking me with ideas. By the time I'd created the post, I had Logan's character figured out, too. I did some research and narrowed down the time period to fill in the gaps from my own memory, and that guided most of the plot. There were a lot of changes in foster care law in the '80s, and that was the biggest driver of the plot. Well, that and lots of Intrulogical angst because I'm still me. <3 I had also, unsurprisingly, never met Hilly Kristal, the owner of CBGBs, so everything about him is based on research.
Because the fic was for the Big Bang, I needed to create a summary and list characters, ships, and trigger warnings, so that came first. Then I created a formal outline so I'd have something helpful for the artists to start thinking about. (I was lucky enough to work with the amazing @vianadraws and @briandthemoon and their art for Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 is so, so sweet!)
Then, I shifted focus to the other TS Storytime Big Bang and neglected the fic for a while. Apparently my brain was still living in that universe because the story just poured out of me once Do Us Any Harm was completed and I could re-focus on Punks. I was lucky enough to have some beta reading by @treeni, @typically-untypical, and @naminethewriter :)
Ooh ouch! Well, Remus and Patton, tbh. Remus I just...I like his character but oh god do I feel bad for anyone putting up with him. And Patton's lovely but I don't feel as strongly about him as I do the others :/
Patton’s gaze fell to his hands in his lap as he sat on the bed, tears rolling down his face.
What were you thinking? Of course they don’t like you. Why would they? You’re too..you. Emotional. Crybaby. They hate taking care of you after
every
single
heartbreak.
All you are is a burden to them. They’ll never love you. Ever. All those times you thought they loved you, you were wrong. They were faking. They’re always faking. They always pretend they care, pretend they’re happy when you’re around, pretend they worry about you, pretend they want you to be a part of their family. Face it, all you do is cause Thomas harm. You taught him to see the best in people, and it hurts him. You taught him to love, and it hurts him. You taught him sadness and pain and nostalgia. Every time he looks back at his past, he longs for it. He looks back at the present and is dissapointed in himself, and it’s all your fault. It’s always your fault. Can’t you see? No one wants you here. It’d be better if you’d just leave.
