Look, at least I'm writing?

[lizbee]

Probably not by coincidence, starting my new job coincided with a creative slump and a mild fibro flare-up. (Yes, the two are related!)

I am FINALLY emerging from both, thanks in part to my new habit of keeping a journal that tracks both pain and plot bunnies. I should be working on one of my novels, but what I've actually achieved is 1000 words of really schmoopy Lin/Tenzin where they are in love and trying quite hard not to repeat the mistakes of their youth, and also to not leave Tenzin's kids with any new neuroses, and also the world is kind of, "Really?" at Tenzin daring to fall in love again after his sainted wife passed away and all.

(Because I am a contrarian, I seem to end up with a lot of oppositional headcanons, one being that -- instead of regretting that Lin and Tenzin broke up and secretly hoping they get back together -- most people who know them greet the news of a reunion with feelings on a spectrum from Strong Concern to Setting Up Bomb Shelters And Organising An Intervention. Except Korra, obviously.)

Comments

[krazykitkat]

Glad the body is improving.

[kerravonsen]

Because I am a contrarian, I seem to end up with a lot of oppositional headcanons, one being that -- instead of regretting that Lin and Tenzin broke up and secretly hoping they get back together -- most people who know them greet the news of a reunion with feelings on a spectrum from Strong Concern to Setting Up Bomb Shelters And Organising An Intervention. Except Korra, obviously.

Contrarian or good writer? I hate it when an author is writing a shippy story and everyone is all "oh yes they were made for each other" and/or raving on about how sexy one or other or both are. I mean, what? That's just doing a Canon!Sue on the characters. Far more interesting when there's some disagreement and opposition.

[lizbee]

It could be both! I don't like that sort of thing either -- I hate matchmaking in real life and in fiction, and I honestly don't think characters in a story are as invested in their friends'/colleagues' relationships as we the writer are.

(I also find it creepy when people do that sort of thing in real life, so.)

[kerravonsen]

Ugh, I hate matchmaking too.

[lizbee]

Emma is one of my favourite Austen heroines, but I still cringe through about two-thirds of that book. At least she does learn that matchmaking is TERRIBLE and SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.

[featherwizard]

Glad to hear your health and energy is improving!

I always thought that Lin/Tenzin was started in Lin's rebellious phase when she flirted with pacifism and Tenzin wanted to make his father proud by carrying on the biological legac, and then they both fell prey to inertia because they actually were very compatible as friends. I'm now really interested to see what schmoopy Lin/Tenzin looks like. :)