Take a look inside; it's my FIAB
Sep. 22nd, 2025 07:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Am I the only person who gets Dick In A Box stuck in their head when they think about Fic In A Box too much? No, I thought not. In any case, FIAB will be fandom life for the next few weeks, so I'll probably make more stupid lyric puns, because that is how I am. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Work continues to be blah, but I refuse to kill myself over someone else's project, so I'll sit on the bench and shout advice but I'm not playing on that project anymore. (However, the guy who's actually on that project is terrible at status reports, and it makes me cry. But, no, I am not volunteering to do them all.)
Here's fandom stuff:
Also, I hit a major milestone this week: 200k words posted to AO3 so far this year! I guess I'm aiming for the next target of 250k. We'll see, although FIAB and FFFX get me halfway there, so there's a solid chance.
Goals for next week: 1) Code/Post 2 completed FIAB assignments, 2) Complete writing for 2 more FIAB assignments, 3) Read The Grief of Stones, 4) Start watching some horror movies to get myself in the mindset for Halloween!
Work continues to be blah, but I refuse to kill myself over someone else's project, so I'll sit on the bench and shout advice but I'm not playing on that project anymore. (However, the guy who's actually on that project is terrible at status reports, and it makes me cry. But, no, I am not volunteering to do them all.)
Here's fandom stuff:
- Exchanges due in September/October (
enemiestoloversex,
cuppajoexhange, Come in a Flash,
sexpollenplus,
ficinabox,
trickortreatex,
seasonofdrabbles + mystery pinch-hits and treats + future sign-ups): Okay, I am declaring this my official list of sign-ups for Sept/Oct. ToT assignments went out last week, and SOD is sneaking in one last round due right at the end of Oct, but other than that FIAB is it. What all that means is that my progress count is currently at 8/14. And I met (and exceeded!) all my goals for last week: that completion list includes the 1 thing I needed to get done before FIAB, and I completed 3 things for FIAB, when I was targeting only 2. On the other hand, I haven't posted 2 of those FIAB assignments, because I'm futzing with CSS. My old dinosaur brain vaguely remembers when I was doing Unsent Letters, Diagetic, and Worlbuilding Exchanges all of, say, 3 months ago, I promised to myself no more CSS coding or HTML tagging. Oops! I think, like, half my FIAB assignments will require this! Ah well, it's not the worst problem to have; I just lol at myself for my short-term memory. It will be worth it, though! My goals for this week are to get those 2 finished FIAB fics coded/tagged and posted, and then finish writing 2 additional things, so I want to be 10/14 by next week. Wish me luck!
- Exchanges due in November/December (
fffx,
ficinabox treats,
seasonofdrabbles treats,
eatdrinkmakemerry,
yuletide_admin + mystery pinch-hits and treats + future sign-ups): It's shaping up that I already know pretty well what I'll be writing in this period, so I'm going to start counting it. The only assignment out so far is
fffx, so I'm currently at 0/1. I skipped
ififitsifics and Hanahaki Flash, and also nominations for
omegaverseexchange. Maybe
amperslashexchange could tempt me to add it, if there are great requests, but I'm thinking I want to keep Nov/Dec relatively light, because finishing
fffx should be my priority: I want to get it as close to done by the new year as possible!
- Exchanges that will go into 2026:
au5k &
highadrenalineexchange.
- Reveals! The last for July/August, and the first for Sept/Oct:
- Betrothed: Will/Hannibal from Hannibal TV for
justmarriedexchange: S1 canon divergence where Will and Hannibal get married as part of a sting to draw out the Chesapeake Ripper and, yes, it is all about the identity porn as you might have guessed. I loved the prompts on this one, and it's one of those fics that went loooooong, but I wanted to do the idea justice, and I am entertained with how this one turned out. Lots of fun to write!
- Quick Fix: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan from Guardian - priest for Come In A Flash: Gee, could this maybe be the two of them being really horny and coming early? Does that sound like something Kantayra would write? 😝 These two continue to be a joy to write.
- Flashfire: Endeavor/Hawks from BNHA for Come In A Flash: Okay, so I really like the dynamic between these two, and when I saw it come up as an EPH, I jumped on the chance to try writing them. And I really enjoyed it! I might start adding these two to my offers from time to time; I'd like to do more with them, and there's lots of meaty trauma to sink into story-wise.
- Betrothed: Will/Hannibal from Hannibal TV for
- Nope, nothing new on Femslash Salad Bar...
- I finished Harrow the Ninth! As expected, all was explained quite satisfactorily. As was WTF was up with Gideon's birth circumstances from the first book. And I even got to feel clever that I figured out a couple of the plot twists before they were officially revealed, although I suspect that's just because the author did some good foreshadowing and not due to any particular intelligence on my part. 😝 Now I'm waiting for Nona the Ninth to come into my library queue: it's not too far off, maybe during my upcoming vacation?
- The Grief of Stones came in on my library queue! Next in The Goblin Emperor. These are such lovely books, hoping to finish this one this week (and then there's only one more left 😭). They may all merit a reread over Christmas.
- Wen Guan by Qi Xiao Huangshu - No progress on this, what with everything else on my reading list.
- BNHA: I still have the movies/OVAs to go, but I'm saving them for myself as treats when I hit my fic-writing goals, and last week I was behind the whole time until I heroically pulled off a win at the eleventh hour, so I got no treats. However, this week I'm ahead, so there's a good chance I'll treat myself. 😊
- Fall Horror-Movie Season has begun! I need to stop by the library after work to pick up this week's selections. They are: Midsommar, Split, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (which I got out of childhood nostalgia). Crimson Peak might also come in later this week. I'll report back my thoughts next post!
Also, I hit a major milestone this week: 200k words posted to AO3 so far this year! I guess I'm aiming for the next target of 250k. We'll see, although FIAB and FFFX get me halfway there, so there's a solid chance.
Goals for next week: 1) Code/Post 2 completed FIAB assignments, 2) Complete writing for 2 more FIAB assignments, 3) Read The Grief of Stones, 4) Start watching some horror movies to get myself in the mindset for Halloween!