Fandom of one?

[shadowscast]

Today, gloriously, I had much of an afternoon and evening free, and I decided to spend it writing fic.

I wrote 2700 words of a Once A Thief fic. (Mac/Vic/Li Ann threesome, if you're wondering. Shaping up to be long and plotty and angsty, in the way my fics tend to.)

It was very satisfying. Once A Thief was my first fandom, the one I imprinted on. (See this post for details.) As a fandom, though, it is utterly, totally dead. Rigor mortis set in many years ago. So, supposing I finish this fic, it's not entirely clear that anyone but me will want to read it.

The way I'm feeling now, though, is that I'll finish it anyway. (We'll see how it goes, as my time and energy wax and wane!)

Hm. I guess I'm just posting to say: I think I have now clearly established that I write for an audience of me. When there turn out to be other people who want to read my work too, that's a super extra ice cream bonus!

PS: If by some weird chance anybody sees this post who would be interested in the story, do let me know! It would be encouraging.

PPS: People following my story Gently Down the Stream, do not fear. The last chapters are complete, and will be posted on schedule next Friday.

Comments

[carodee]

Hi! By some weird chance, I was scrolling through Latest Things and saw your post. Just wanted to let you know that I will be reading your Once A Thief fic whenever/if you finish it and am tracking the tag. I know it's a dead fandom but I used to read in it and I'm pretty happy that there will be a new fic to enjoy. So, thanks!

[shadowscast]

That is a weird coincidence indeed! And also a fun one.

Did you follow OaT fandom on the Yahoo mailing list, or at The Agency, back in the day?

And, have you checked out the OaT section at AO3? It's pretty small, but there have been a handful of recent works (as in, written in the last few years).

I'll also shamelessly self-pimp the stuff I've already written, which can be found at AO3: my Once A Thief fics. Most of them were written more than a decade ago (wow), but I also posted an epic one in 2010. :-)

[carodee]

Hi, sorry I'm late responding. I clicked on The Agency link and had to drag myself out of there. *g* Or I would have read all night. As it was, I ended up rewatching the pilot last night. The epic chandelier flailing fight! Vic and Mac were so young and pretty back then.

Thank you for the link to your stuff. I haven't read any OaT in years so I know I missed that one. I will be checking Family out. Good luck with your writing.

[shadowscast]

Oh, man, the chandelier fight! I'm grinning like crazy just thinking about it! With a beginning like that, slash was guaranteed.

[carodee]

Yeah, particularly since, once they got the fighting bit out of their system, they cooperated beautifully without words to grab that painting. It was competence porn as much as it was hilarious!

[shadowscast]

It's true! And in fact that really characterized their dynamic throughout the series—bickering interspersed with glorious action-sequence teamwork.

So much to love!

[shadowscast]

Hi there! I'm excited to report that I have now finished that Once A Thief threesome story—you can find it at AO3 if you're in the mood for reading:

A Triangle (is the strongest shape)

[yourlibrarian]

You ought to accompany this announcement with a link to your OaT epic ;)

And wow, you're on a writing roll!

[shadowscast]

I am! It's exciting. I was actually making story notes on the commuter train this morning. :-)

So ... if I feel like I have some momentum going with this new story, would you be up for reading along with me and bouncing ideas around?

[yourlibrarian]

Of course :)

[shadowscast]

Awesome! You shall soon receive an email.