your semi-regular teamwork-related whining...

[askerian]

HOLY FUCK IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THE LAST TIME I ADDED TO TEAMWORK PROPER

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME

WHY DID NO ONE WHACK ME WITH SHARP STICKS AND CHAINSAWS

SIX. MONTHS. DUDE.



... six months? really? I thought maybe three or four. It FELT like three or four. But six months? That's a half year! (gasp teh asuka knows how to math it up) Seriously??

I think the issue here is that once again I fell into a "oh hell, transition chapters, what do I put in it" because i had no real plot and it was too short otherwise. So then I started going "maybe i'll write sidefics for this time period" and then i was all "... but i'll have to post them with the actual chapter anyway because it's not big enough as is!!" and then i was all "okay but it's still DISJOINTED AS FUCK seriously when do they even happen, chronologically speaking, which one comes first? it makes no sense" and right back to the starting point.

And also of course FF7 and Detective Conan have been chewing on my brain. >__> I'm mostly blaming conan, because before it landed on me I didn't have that much trouble managing both teamwork and restore.

... okay, I also didn't have the zackbabies fic back then. And then Avatar popped up for a brief~ visit~. Um.

And now it's been so long I'm not sure how to write team seven IC anymore -- and more importantly I'm forgetting the specific teamworkverse voices the three of them have, and their assumptions and personal premises.

Also fuck it, that talk with Gaara is still needed to introduce a later plot point re:jinchuuriki in general, but I still hate writing Gaara and I STILL don't know if Other Plot Point (re: one jinchuuriki in particular) oughta be introduced now or what.

I want to skip over that fucking gap and go straight to the tournament, but if I do that it's guarantee I'll never write the in-between sidefics.

But as things are right now, not only i'm not writing the tournament, but i'm not writing the sidefics either, anyway.

Wahh. Wahh.



Anyway. Biggest issue, it's all Naruto POV right now and ... who is he again? I'm losing the feel of him. Between canonverse and teamworkverse and being several years older and the recent trauma and the insidious fanonclichenoes and the "who is this pod person you're writing about asuka", I'm totally lost. I hate Naruto POV. It's decided.

Maybe if the sidefics were other characters' POVs instead -- shit, that means I'd have to write GAARA.

... actually that might be an interesting challenge. Huh. >__>


... but the baby bulge sidefic I wrote is naruto POV!! Would I have to rewrite it??? D: D: D: But if I DONT't rewrite it then it would be unbalanced! Naruto already has a POV scene where he visits the kid in the hospital -- should I write everyone two scenes??? aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aaaaa.

Why does writing *fanfic* make me so OCD. The structure of the overall fic is already so haphazardly constructed and rambly anyway. DX



Okay, done. As you were. >__>

Comments

[flourite-roses.livejournal.com]

Haha! Calm down! Don't scare the kids!

But hmm I think it's fine to leave it as Naruto's PoV for the baby bulge thing. At most, write about it for half the scene and someone else's PoV for another half? Or maybe because it's a sidefic just add in a short view from everyone in Team 7? About the different reactions/ worries/ glee/ whatever haha.

Ganbatte Asuka-san~

[askerian]

It's alright, I like to freak out from time to time. I'm sure people are used to it by now. >__>

Good idea about the other half, i'll see what happens. *pokes fic with a stick*

[hiza-chan.livejournal.com]

Don't stress so much, duck. It'll be fine. Reread a couple chapters of it and you'll get a hang of his voice again. ♥

[askerian]

*s-sob* T^T

I think the problem here is the last chapters i read over were those where Kyuubi went BWAHAHAHA. which, of course, would rather skew things. XD;

I need to do an in-deep character analysis. Hrrm.

[mika-kun.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't say anything because I'm on a DC kick, so I am perfectly happy with what you are writing right now (moar Certain Values of Immortality plz!).

Also, chill out a bit on Teamwork. The POV don't have to be perfectly balanced. Giving a character an extra one here or there isn't going to mess anything up.

*snuggles*

[silverkiiri.livejournal.com]

*petpet*

Calm down Asukasan! We've totally got your back. Breathe. Take a moment.

Did you breathe? Good. Okay. First, anything you write is teh awesome. You might not know that, but we all do. It doesn't matter if you skip some and come back to it or plough right on through the stuff you are fighting; we're gonna read it, be happy, and love you. and, I promise promise promise that no one is counting POV ficbits but you. I honestly couldn't tell you how many POV parts each character has had in TW, but I know I loved them all and thought they were pretty much perfect.

So.

tl;dr: We will love you no matter what. Dun stress. You're awesome, with or without Teamwork (thatbeingsaidIloveTWsocontinuingitwouldbenice. >_>)! ^_^

[ryouseiteki.livejournal.com]

Has it been half a year already? Really? O.o I didn't notice, I just squeal whenever you post anything and have a good time reading that. *facepalm*

Honestly I've gone on a fandom hopping trip though so, that might explain my being out of any commitment loop in the history of ever. xD;;
I've kinda lost interest in Naruto in general except for Thursday family night Naruto no lie, my parents still like to watch it and it's now a "thing" and your stuff. Otherwise I've been pretty flighty.

I wanted fic of any characters played by Karl Urban which started it I think, then Merlin had my attention for a good while, then I tried to elope with the Harry Dresden Files when mafiabanter had a few good fics in a row and then spewed forth a kinkmeme, buffed up Harry Potter interest to be reshiny for a good week before running back to Dresden, and now I'm absorbing Supernatural fic like it's going out of style. I was through with, like, a good hundred before I saw even one episode of the show, then I caved and downloaded 5 seasons worth (haven't finished the first season yet, keep getting distracted by fic). *headesk*

So yeah, time seems to have really flown recently. Iunno.

I dunno if it would help, but....

[(Anonymous)]

What I would do is reread the whole thing. Of course, I have ridiculously large amounts of time on my hands and I love to read your stuff, so.... >_> <_<;

[editrixfox.livejournal.com]

Stress isn't good for writing anything that makes some kind of sense. Stressing about things tends to make everything a little jumbled. We can wait patiently.

Calm down a little and be at peace, for we who art thou devoted servants shall devour anything you deign to bestow upon us. TW? Yahooo! FFIVV? Gimmemoar! DCMK? Seconds, please! GW? *drools*

So yeah. You've got nothing to worry about.

[(Anonymous)]

And now it's been so long I'm not sure how to write team seven IC anymore -- and more importantly I'm forgetting the specific teamworkverse voices the three of them have, and their assumptions and personal premises.


Have you considered READING your own work to catch up on the story and character voices? It's all there in your head, you might just need a refresher on your own story.

[sara-the-lazy.livejournal.com]

*hugs and attempts to comfort* it's gonna be ok... I didn't say anything about it because I believe inspiration comes on its own time, you shouldn't have to force it!!! I miss Teamwork but if it hasn't been speaking to you except for side bits then that's just how it is.

What might help you get their voices and characters back is going back and rereading what you've already written. It's helpful for me when I go a long time without writing the characters.

Best wishes!!! I look forward to whatever TW you end up writing and posting!

[pyalgroundblz.livejournal.com]

*patpat* Have a cookie. Rambly-fic can be fun :D

[stripedpetunia.livejournal.com]

I just caught up on Teamwork after not having read it for a year and then read this and laughed. This is me with every fandom (currently Star Trek and my wips there). After a while you either have to man up or admit that you are just not into that fandom anymore. (I do think you're still interested enough in Naruto to finish this story, though. Just write what needs to be written, that's all. No freaking out about it, fic is a hobby, remember? :p)