Writing meta and memes
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shallownessI posted two X-Men: Dark Phoenix ficlets over the weekend. One was ‘broken promise’ a Scott POV prompt fill responding to the events of the movie, and the other was ‘The Most Dangerous Player on the Tour’, a tennis AU take on the events of the movie. Jean being the player in question. This is what happens when I go to see X-Men Dark Phoenix on the closing weekend of the French Open. I’ve started many tennis AUs in my time, but never posted any before. I suspect no actual newspaper would publish anything like that, but it was fun translating characters and their mutations into the world of tennis.
I saw that people were doing a first lines meme just as I was about to post the above – dilemma! What do you do? I swept through my first lines of the last 10 fics on AO3. Some I liked more than others. I was chuffed that they were all from 2019.
Fine. I’ll do the last lines meme.
The Most Dangerous Player on The Tour (X-Men Alternate Timeline Movies, gen, ensemble, tennis AU)
It’s all everyone will be talking about in the women’s locker room.
In Her Element (Sky High, Warren/Layla drabble)
Coming along with her on her return trip was an easy decision to make.
I Love You in MPH (ER, Neela/Ray drabble)
"She's incredible, isn't she?" Neela murmurs.
"Yeah," he says, and sticks way below the limit all the way home.
Neither Here nor There (Gotham, Bruce/Selina futurefic)
And much later, when she could speak again, she’d added, “Yes, I will marry you.”
The Business of Walking (Gotham, Bruce/Selina post season 4, jossed)
She’d said her goodbyes to them, and now she’d said her goodbye to Bruce too.
3,000 Miles Away (Pitch Perfect 3, Jesse/OFC, past Jesse/Beca)
He quietly started humming Beca’s track.
Aftermath of a Spoiler (MCU, Steve/Darcy)
Darcy gives him a warm smile, which makes Steve think he hasn’t spoiled The Aftermath too much for her, and nods.
All the Colours (The Great British Sewing Bee RPF/Harry Potter, gen)
‘Yes, and look at the asymmetry. It’s just the colour matching that’s the issue,’ Esme says and moves on to yet another dress robe – this year’s lot’s favourite outfit.
we wish for better (Gotham, Selina/Bruce, post s4 drabble)
Later, Selina realises it’s that wish for an alternate, better Gotham that drives Bruce.
The Art of Getting Along (Sky High, Warren etc, gen)
Whether he liked all the others or not – and Warren did more than he would admit – he was one of them.
I’m happier with this lot than the first lines. I feel like I know how to end a fic better. Three of these are from drabbles and most are from fics of under a thousand words. There's an even split between present tense and past tense, although the longer a fic is, the more likely it is to be past tense.
I saw that people were doing a first lines meme just as I was about to post the above – dilemma! What do you do? I swept through my first lines of the last 10 fics on AO3. Some I liked more than others. I was chuffed that they were all from 2019.
Fine. I’ll do the last lines meme.
The Most Dangerous Player on The Tour (X-Men Alternate Timeline Movies, gen, ensemble, tennis AU)
It’s all everyone will be talking about in the women’s locker room.
In Her Element (Sky High, Warren/Layla drabble)
Coming along with her on her return trip was an easy decision to make.
I Love You in MPH (ER, Neela/Ray drabble)
"She's incredible, isn't she?" Neela murmurs.
"Yeah," he says, and sticks way below the limit all the way home.
Neither Here nor There (Gotham, Bruce/Selina futurefic)
And much later, when she could speak again, she’d added, “Yes, I will marry you.”
The Business of Walking (Gotham, Bruce/Selina post season 4, jossed)
She’d said her goodbyes to them, and now she’d said her goodbye to Bruce too.
3,000 Miles Away (Pitch Perfect 3, Jesse/OFC, past Jesse/Beca)
He quietly started humming Beca’s track.
Aftermath of a Spoiler (MCU, Steve/Darcy)
Darcy gives him a warm smile, which makes Steve think he hasn’t spoiled The Aftermath too much for her, and nods.
All the Colours (The Great British Sewing Bee RPF/Harry Potter, gen)
‘Yes, and look at the asymmetry. It’s just the colour matching that’s the issue,’ Esme says and moves on to yet another dress robe – this year’s lot’s favourite outfit.
we wish for better (Gotham, Selina/Bruce, post s4 drabble)
Later, Selina realises it’s that wish for an alternate, better Gotham that drives Bruce.
The Art of Getting Along (Sky High, Warren etc, gen)
Whether he liked all the others or not – and Warren did more than he would admit – he was one of them.
I’m happier with this lot than the first lines. I feel like I know how to end a fic better. Three of these are from drabbles and most are from fics of under a thousand words. There's an even split between present tense and past tense, although the longer a fic is, the more likely it is to be past tense.
