Wishes come true, not free

A Question for the Committee

Here's a question for those of you who post fic on AO3: What is a reasonable Hits to Kudos ratio? If say, 95% of your hits don't leave kudos should you assume that nobody likes it? Or is 5% a pretty good number? What's average? Or do you even worry about the ratio? How can you tell if you're winning?

Update on the NaNo Front

I've managed to be at or slightly above the word count goal every day so far. ::knocks wood:: I am hoping to keep that up (or maybe get ahead) because I know that there are going to be some serious interruptions before all is said and done (and by "serious interruptions" I mean "cooking Thanksgiving dinner for 18+ people" and "my best friend is having a baby and I'm one of her birthing coaches.") So, yeah -- ahead would be good, although so far I've just pretty much been managing "not behind."

I posted one the things I wrote this month night before last (this is not unrelated to the AO3 Kudos/Hits question above.)

Marvel Avengers Movie Universe/Captain America: The First Avengers "Can't Get Warm." Rated Teen. 1358 words. Bucky wakes up cold on a table in a German camp, and he can't get warm. Events in Captain America: The First Avenger from Bucky's POV.

DVD Commentary Meme

I have the DVD Commentary Meme on offer here. I had fun doing inline commentary for "The Lost Boys." Come play with me!

I'm worried that I've lost my mojo. Such as it was.

I'm doing NaNo in two weeks and I haven't the least clue what I'm writing. I asked for prompts two weeks ago and my brain just freezes up whenever I go to write one.

WTF is the matter with me?

MOJO WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?!

(I apparently have not lost the ability to be melodramatic.)

GRRR.

Okay, anyway, right now I have two major contenders for my NaNo novel.

Option #1 is an idea I first came up with in 2010, I think. To wit: Harry Potter Post Epilogue (Next Gen) story. James has cast a spell that prohibits Lily from dating until after Albus does (ala 10 Things I Hate About You/Taming of the Shrew). James thinks he's terribly clever because he knows Albus is too shy to date. Lily actually IS very clever, and knows that Albus isn't just shy -- he is also in love with his best friend Scorpius. I initially thought that this story would be from Albus' POV (as is traditional in the other versions, where Albus = Kate)... but this is totally Lily's story.

OBSTACLES: I need the boy that Lily wants to date. He needs to be an OC, and worthy of our girl. Also, I'm in the middle of a different Lily-centric story, and I want to not cross my streams (neither of these are really obstacles. I'm such a whiner).

Option #2: Avengers fandom. I talked about this a little bit when I wrote my Steve Rogers character study. Steve/Bucky. Steve and Bucky never got together before the war -- there was some interest from both parties, but neither of them realized that the other one would be open to the idea, so unrequited UST of a fairly sweet nature. Then Bucky ships out, and gets captured and Steve changes before they find each other again. In the months that they are raiding together as Howling Commandoes they very nearly have a Moment, but end up having a fight instead. Then Bucky dies. Then Steve dies. And that's really where my story would start. (The story would be mostly in the "now" of story time, modern day after the Winter Soldier is found. The rest is told as flashbacks and memories.)

So, tell me Oh Wise Flist -- which should I write? Please to cast your votes in the comments (preferably with a word or two saying why you'd suggest one over the other). Please bear in mind that I have to date written only about 1500 words of Avengers fic. I've done 4 NaNoWriMos worth of Harry Potter fic (plus some). One could argue that fact in favor of either option above, depending on which way it was spun.

I'm feeling itchy to start writing again, but nothing sounds like what I want to write. It's like I have literary constipation.

(Is that too much? That was too much, wasn't it?)

Anyway!

I'm asking for drabble prompts! Drop me a prompt in the comments and I will do my best to write you something that we will be somewhere between 100 and... more than 100 words.

I'll accept Harry Potter and Avengers fandoms for sure. You're welcome to prompt for another fandom, but I make no promises as to the results.

For those of you playing along in the Meme game (see post here), I am still working on responses. I haven't forgotten you, I'm just slow.

(If anyone wants to add another character to the pile, go for it. Shop hasn't closed up yet.)

I'm heading to Panera tonight for my free birthday pastry, and my free not-birthday coffee. I'm taking my lap-top and plan to work on the "What Happened When Tony Stark Got Sorted at Hogwarts" thing I'm writing, IDEK, blame cybermathwitch.

Have you noticed that I blame everything on her? I have no agency of my own, and she is responsible for all of the things. Ask me, I'll tell you.

So, I'm doing the dg_ldws, right?

And I was thinking,"Hey it would be cool if I made it through the first round."

BUT!

BUT!

GO LOOK.

(I'll wait 'til you get back.)

::hold music::

Are you back?

Did you SEE?

OMGWTFBBQSQUEE!!!!