It’s a small matter, obviously, considering what’s going on in the world these days, but…
I am thinking of deleting The Carrier on A03. To be honest I am not feeling much enthusiasm for writing it right now and I am not even sure how to resolve it. I was thinking of MirrorKirk becoming happy with Spock Prime but then that would leave MirrorSpock out. And not sure how I would resolve all of that.
I wanted to write a mirror story at the moment because I was reading another I enjoyed, but now…eh. I’m no longer feeling it and it’s likely I wouldn’t update it for a while and I don’t feel like making it another story that lasts for months or years.
I’m a little disappointed in myself for feeling like I want to abandon it but that’s the way I am feeling. And honestly, if I DO delete it, it’s probably likely I won’t take it back up again as I have a million other ideas and things to write.
Or should I leave it up on the chance I update it in a week or two or whatever.
Thoughts?
May 31, 2020 at 12:56 pm
I say leave it up for right now, but if you still feel the same way in a week or two then delete it. Just to give yourself a little more time.
You’ll probably feel the same way, but then you know you haven’t made any impetuous decisions.
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May 31, 2020 at 2:08 pm
Yeah okay. That’s good advice. And in the meantime, fluff. Write the fluff.
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June 1, 2020 at 5:03 am
Yes please on the fluff!
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May 31, 2020 at 1:44 pm
I agree with Kris. Maybe wait a bit, reevaluate the story. Think about different paths it could take and what you feel would be best for the story if any. If after a bit, nothing grabs you to update and keep going then delete.
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May 31, 2020 at 2:09 pm
Thanks yeah it seems to be a consensus to just leave it be for now so I will
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May 31, 2020 at 1:52 pm
That’s a tough one. You know how I feel about abandoned fics.
However, The Carrier isn’t abandoned. It hasn’t been that long since you updated it.
Who could blame anyone for not feeling it for any writing right now? People are dying needlessly, carelessly, by the very people protesting to protect others.
People who were already hurting desperately financially now don’t even have the option of returning to their job now because where they worked has been burned down or vandalized so horribly the owner can’t afford the deductible for the insurance that would repair it.
And a lot of members an entire race of people feel HATED and abused.
I’ve been abused and scarred and thought I had no way out.
I’ve never paid for protection by a police force I had to fear would be the ones hurting me.
I’m not one to hope someone rots in prison, but…..that officer will always be in solitary as if not, he won’t last a day with other prisoners.
And he’s on suicide watch.
I don’t know how I feel about that either! All this death and destruction is on the selfish f***ing bastard. He started all of this.
I would hope had I been there, I’d be the one who put down my phone from taking pictures and walked up to the cops and demanded they stop – even physically tried to stop the cop if I could or gone down trying.
Sorry, I digress.
So……..for The Carrier, I think I’m against my own self and I’m WITH KRIS on this one, to leave it up and don’t even think about it for awhile. Check your feelings about it in a month or so, and if you still feel as strongly about dropping it, drop it.
I have to say, I was enjoying it.
But then, I’m on the easy reader end of the deal.
After all, you just came off the pressure of writing your Bang story, with all the extra rules and check-ins and worrying about the art and all. That’s been pressure for months now that you don’t usually have.
And you DID pick a tough storyline on Carrier to start with, even in the best of times.
And wow, are these NOT the best of times.
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May 31, 2020 at 1:55 pm
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE picture though! Wow.
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May 31, 2020 at 2:08 pm
I think it’s from a video game but i am not 100% sure!
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May 31, 2020 at 2:07 pm
Yeah I am working on fluff right now. Sexy and sweet and loving fluff because THAT is what I need to do. Thankfully done with the Bang and just am waiting. And will seriously reconsider any participation in that in the future. And yeah, The Carrier isn’t easy.
Whenever I think about what that monstrous cop did to George Floyd it makes me absolutely sick. That cop is a monster. And suicide? He needs to man up and face the consequences of what he did to another human being. It’s horrendous and to deprive this nation and George Floyd’s family of justice by taking that way out would just be that more more horrible.
And that president is a disgraceful idiot.
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May 31, 2020 at 2:21 pm
President. How he lives with himself day after day, displaying to a planet of 7 billion people how extremely ^%$##%^&&**((*&^%$#$# he is (I don’t think the words have been invented yet for what I think of him) and that HE is the one who represents our amazing country (and yes, the country IS still amazing) just is beyond a human understanding. And that’s all LONG before the pandemic and the national tragedy going on right now.
I believe he is evil incarnate.
And it’s not HIS fault. There are evil people all around. But there aren’t idiots who vote them into power over the world’s greatest nation.
It’s the people on MY side that did this.
It already made me nauseous. But in a bumbling idiot kind of way.
I can no longer give room for even that kindness to call him.
Evil. Incarnate. He’s exactly the opposite of what this country so desperately needs right now.
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May 31, 2020 at 2:58 pm
100% agree
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May 31, 2020 at 2:09 pm
Oh and thanks, yeah for now, I will leave the story be and just continue with the fluff and petting cats and you know soft stuff
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June 1, 2020 at 12:26 am
I’m glad you’re giving yourself time to write other stories. My advice, although it’s late, is to leave it up and revisit it… Maybe write “story is on hiatus” or something like that for Now. Sometime in the future a plot solution might pop up to you for this story. I’m always amazed that you can develop so many varied plots in your stories leading to Spirk!
Hope you have a great week. ❤
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