sparklers; tumblr resistance is futile apparently; writing; cat!boy Clint

[kellifer]

-> Thank you for the birthday messages and wishes! :D Y'all are lovely.

-> Should I get a tumblr?? Is that where the fannish land is shifting underneath my feet? I know that LJ is going a little quieter these days and that while AO3 is where the bulk of fic is going, I know I'm missing squee and fic not being on the tumblr. I just... FEAR CHANGE OKAY?? Do you have a tumblr? What is it? How does it work? How do you actually read/see all the things. Everytime I go to have a look it looks... complicated. Heh.

-> Writing, writing, writing! Two marvel_bangs, 11k and 6k currently which I'm excited about, Clint/Coulson fake!boyfriends which I was running out of steam on but has been rejuvenated and Thor fic where Thor is pretending to not Get Stuff just to mess with people because he was Loki's brother, he did pick up a trick or two.

Ugh, cat!boy Clint seems to not be grooving in my head though. I was excited about it but I've kinda petered out. Here is a snippet I do actually like, might pry it off the wip backburner some day.


So, the changes aren't entirely cosmetic, which makes Tony laugh so hard Steve starts to look worried about him having a stroke. Clint puts up with the barage of tests, more patient than anyone in medical has ever seen him be because he wants this fixed yesterday.

"Your affliction is magical in nature, I do not believe your healers, no matter how skilled, have the capacity to resolve your... erm, problem," Thor says gently when Clint emerges, scowling and holding cotton swabs to the various places they'd insisted on taking blood. Thor's got this funny look on his face and Clint finally can't take the creepy staring.

"Oh god, what?" he finally demands.

"It is just... can I touch your ears?" he asks finally, eyes fixed and infinitely charmed.

"Are you allowed to touch my human ears?" Clint asks incredulously.

"I have never asked."

Clint's stumped for a second, before he snarls, "No, okay? The answer to any ear touching is no."

Thor looks so tragically disappointed that Clint almost relents.

Almost.

Comments

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I AM MISSING DELICIOUS PIE TOOOOO. :(

I get that I really need to multi-site it to get the whole enchilada but I've been dragging my feet. I'm sure the interactions on any of these sites are what you make of them. I'm probably going to have a bash at creating a tumblr to follow some peeps and then see how I go and if it's all too daunting or I magically like it.

Could go either way.

[dotfic.livejournal.com]

There's no obligation to, though. If you're content on LJ/DW, why spread yourself too thin or give yourself a headache? But you sound like you feel you're missing out on things and are interested. I'm sure there are plenty willing to offer tumblr/twitter guidance! (Feel free to ask my stuff if you want).

The one biggest difference seems to be lack of cut tags. Twitter has none (unless you use the tweet longer thing, so it is possible) and on tumblr I've noticed an increase in usage of the "read more" cut for spoilers and discussion of wank or really long posts. But all images and gifs and most posts are right out there on your dash. So LJ's long-standing consideration with hiding spoilers and using cut tags makes it easier to have flists of mixed interest. Twitter and tumblr is a bit more intense with things and people are relaxed about adding/unfollowing, which makes sense. (You can always get tumblr savior, which allows you to add certain tags to a blacklist so you see there is a post about it but don't have to see it. This only works if someone has tagged their posts properly, and not everyone does...but it's sort of a self-service version of the cut tag).

For example, Avengers fans tagged their posts "Avengers spoilers" for a while so as not to ruin it for others, and then others could tumblr savior that tag out.

Tumblr is jam packed with tasty Avengers pie at the moment...

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I knooooow... I am missing some of the pretty and while people do repost here I know not everything makes it across. :)

That's all very helpful though! I might end up shifting it into the too hard basket after I've had a look but I might find it's not so daunting once I've tooled around for a little bit.