'Tis the season to feel stressed

[derry]

It occurred to me yesterday that Christmas is in less than two weeks (??!) and I have done very little in terms of preparations so far, so today I went shopping for Christmas cards & dropped off my best friend's gift in the mail. I've honestly been feeling quite stressed but I hope that'll lessen once I start sending out these cards.

I'm going to spend the 24th with my lovely roommate! We're gonna do a Lord of the Rings marathon--we'll watch all 3 extended versions back-to-back. That'll keep us busy for sure. Then on the 25th my mom is picking me up for a Christmas lunch with my parents, my nephew, and my parents' BFF. I feel conflicted about it. On the one hand it's ~tradition~, but on the other... stuff that involves my parents is always really hard on me, especially around the holidays. I just hope I'll get through it relatively unscathed.

On Monday night I finished Prey and I just

• What the fuck

That is all. -- At least some of my questions were answered in the end! I've been reading Reddit in an effort to better understand all the subtleties I missed & I think I now have a vague idea of what was going on. I also went into the AO3 tag and discovered to my horror that there's not a single Morgan/Jason fic out there! Now I have to write my thing. I've also got to buy the Mooncrash DLC asap. I heard we're gonna get to know another member of the Yu family & I'm really looking forward to meeting them, whoever they may be.

I've been thinking about maybe making a WIP post where I ramble a bit about the fics I'm currently writing. I tend to be fairly withdrawn and insular about my favorite hobby, which is a bit sad--I'm so envious of writers who can just... talk about their WIPs, damn it. I tried to chat about writing on my Tumblr but that website in general just tends to give me that dreaded AllByMyself.mp3 feeling because I know how quickly posts can get buried in a deluge of reblogs. So I'm hoping that DW is more suited to my blogging style. I have a lot of WIPs so that'd be quite a huge post, haha.

My To Do list for the weekend includes:

• write Christmas cards
• LAUNDRY
• work on some fics
• start replaying Prey as female Morgan
• play Overwatch
• maybe cook
• make birthday plans

Comments

[masu_trout]

Ahh, yeah, I feel you on the family stuff - I hope it ends up going okay, holiday family obligations suck.

And yes, please do, I love seeing things about people's fic WIPs! I totally agree on the Tumblr thing, I loved looking at fanart there but could never quite manage to strike up a meaningful conversation at will. I think DW's text-based-ness makes it a great site for talking about writing-related stuff.

What fandoms are you into writing for?

[derry]

Thank you! I hope it goes well too! :)

Ahh, I'm really glad that sounds interesting to you! I'm gonna compile a post soon, that should give me something to do in between writing all these damn cards lol. My main fandom is Dishonored. I've uploaded a few fics to my AO3 and it's my most prolific fandom to date. I've written for Merlin and Assassin's Creed before and I've even got a few shorter Deus Ex WIPs kicking around.

How about you? :D

[rainbowslinky]

Overwatch winter wonderland ayyyy.

i have a very hard time talking about things that i'm working on or trying to write on because i'm afraid i'll get people's hopes up and then not follow through, or that someone will give me a great idea and i'll ruin it, you know?

[derry]

Yesss! I played a match on Blizzard World yesterday and it was so pretty, I got so distracted staring at all of the fairy lights!

Oh my God, BIG MOOD. I feel you on that. Lately I've really struggled with motivation & getting the words out there because I tend to write in a vacuum--posting WIPs gives me too much anxiety, so I need to finish things before I publish them anywhere, but a lot of my fics get really long, so I need lots of stamina to sustain my own enthusiasm while finishing them. Which is why I thought it might be a nice idea to make a WIP post, to trick my brain into thinking, "hey, I've talked about the things, now I've got to deliver!" xD

[masu_trout]

Oh wow, all that sounds awesome! I haven't had a chance to play the Dishonored series yet, but it's on my list for sure - I love immersive sims, and the whole worldbuilding sounds super cool. And I would definitely be very interested in hearing about those shorter Deus Ex wips you've got kicking around as well. :D

I've written fic for... a little bit of everything, really, haha. I hop around a lot. Mostly video games - a lot of Fallout and Overwatch and Deus Ex currently, and I've also written a fair bit of stuff for Final Fantasy VII and Pokemon.

[derry]

Thank you! <3 And yes omg, definitely do check out Dishonored, I highly recommend it. It shares its place in my heart with Deus Ex (I can never decide which I like more, so I've decided I'm just gonna have 2 favorite games instead of one). It is very immersive and fun to play and you can make a number of decisions that'll affect the ending.

That sounds really cool! I'm gonna have to check out your AO3 profile! I love Fallout and Overwatch and Deus Ex fanfic :D