30_lemons -- Tae is made of Epic Fail

[sekiharatae]

Unhappy and trying to write.  I walked into my home office today to find that one of my porcelain dolls took a tumble (after sitting happily on her shelf for a year) and shattered her knee and hand.  ::cries::  No idea why, either.

So, feeling pessimistic and that leads to another one of these prompt... complaint... things.

I'm thinking... that I'm going to drop my 30_lemons claim.  This doesn't mean I won't write Cloud/Tifa smut, just ... it seems wrong to hang out just long enough to write the handful of prompts that speak to me:

007:  The Wardrobe

This would be the going dancing prompt. 

008:  Aural Sex

Cloud's delivery absences provide ample fodder for this one.

013:  The Stables

Motorcycle smut

020:  First timers

Actually have a page of this one written already.  It won't be under the Highwind, and will hopefully not be cliche.

 

Then there are a few that whisper:

002:  The Audience

Rude or Yuffie watching Cloud/Tifa.  Rude was my first thought, 'cause he's got that crush on Tifa.  But then Yuffie as a trouble-making person with little concept of personal space/curious teen seemed like it might work, too.

009:  Sex and Drugs

It's not really screaming at me, but I think I could wangle this as someone doctoring Tifa's drink.  Alternatively, have an idea for Tifa/Cloud while he's still suffering (unbeknownst to her) from mako addiction.  So, technically, he'd be drugged at the time.  (No, she didn't do it on purpose to take advantage of him, and is appropriately horrified later)

021:  Alone time

No real thoughts, other than maybe it can tie in to the aural sex one.  Or I could place it at a point before they're actually having sex.  But at least it's workable.

022:  Bottom's Up

No real thoughts here, either, but my beta has specifically requested a case of Tifa being in charge, so I'll write it sooner or later. 

027:  Mile High Club

Somewhere on the Highwind.  And doesn't Cloud have motion sickness?  So possibly as a distraction.

 

All the rest, with the possible exception of the one about toys -- which I would make a goofy thing where they deal with Yuffie sending Tifa stuff she so doesn't need (so funny, not smutty) -- I'd be forcing.  (As a side note, this ties in nicely humorously to the audience prompt... Tifa keeps telling Yuffie to quit 'helping'... and then she gets a gander and has to agree that they don't need any help at all.) 

I also just realized that I thought there was a bondage prompt (tie me up, buttercup) and there's not.  It's just the title of a fic I thought was a response to said prompt.  Which means the idea I'd come up with (stretched as it was) is now unnecessary.  Well... sugar.  I kind of liked it as it tied into the whole Yuffie-should-mind-her-own-business plot idea.

Anyway... forcing situations makes it really hard to write, and takes the fun out of it.  =(

I should've tried to contemplate what I'd write before I let my "must have more Cloud/Tifa smut" compulsion get the better of me.  I so suck.

Should I stick around and write the ones that I note above?  And then drop?  Does dropping my claim make me a wimp?  Does hanging around just for awhile make me mercenary?

Comments

[quoth-the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

I'm not certain these prompts have a time limit. Do they? I've been working on the 100 Situations stuff for over two years now and only have about 75 of them done. So I think its basically a matter of "Does Tae want to have it hanging over her head for a period of time." Type deal. No one said you couldn't drop the prompt and work on them at your own pace and then reclaim it when you finish things up, have they?

I suggest you do what your most comfortable with. Having something hanging over my head hasn't bothered me overly, but for some people it is a big deal. Dropping a claim hardly makes you a wimp. So yeah... hope that helps.

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

These sort of have a time limit. The mod wants you to post once a month, and if you go 2 without asking for an extension they'll bump you. I've been trying to work with the hard ones so if I needed to write something quickly I'd have one of the easy ones (the ones mentioned above) to use.

Thanks for the advice, though. Will definitely think about it.

Oh, and I'm thinking of adding a bit of detail to your gift-fic. =D Just stuff at the party.

[quoth-the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

WHEEE! I look forward to anything you add because I am in love with that world, really.

feel free to add detail to the bedroom scene too. don't feel shy. *cough*

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

All done updating. =)

Sorry, no smut. The two were being oddly reticent. =(

[qwi-xux.livejournal.com]

Firstly, I'm sorry about your porcelain doll. :(

Secondly, you already know I tend to not read smut. My imagination goes a long way already. ;) But I can say that dropping a claim doesn't make you a wimp. I can understand completely how it would make you feel like you were failing or letting yourself down or something, but in general, it's easy to tell when someone is writing something because they have to, as opposed to because they want to. As you said, forcing situations makes it really hard to write and takes the fun out of it.

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I really loved her. I've had her for years, but we moved into a new house last year. New to us, and new to the world. My hubby thinks maybe the house settled enough that the shelf wasn't level anymore. =( She's discontinued (of course) so I'm trying to find someone to repair her.

Thanks for the advice, too. Definitely not fun when the writing is forced.

[http://users.livejournal.com/jane_drew_/]

Hmm... I think I agree with Ravyn (erm... I am technically on a 100 situations prompt list... which has probably severely expired and died like a dying thing by this point, but that's another issue).

Also, would you have to write the stories as prompt-responses? I mean, couldn't you just write them? Sorry if that's a blatant attempt to get you to write the stories you described above an uninformed question.

JD

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

LOL. Your responses always make me smile. *hug*

I can write them just to write them, and if I drop my claim today, that's what I'll do. I'm thinking of holding on to the claim until I do though, which is where the 'mercenary' angle comes in. (more communities more readers more feedback more happy!)

[http://users.livejournal.com/jane_drew_/]

Yay! I support mercenary stalking of feedback! And, also, support you writing the various prompts. You've got some fascinating ideas started-- and, really, nobody else can write them the way that you do. The one time I started poking at one of the snippets you provided, this happened. Errrr....

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! Mercenary feedback stalkers unite!

That would be a fun community...

Thanks so much for the compliments. And I loved your snippet! =D

[yuenmei.livejournal.com]

*is excited to read the stories inspired by those prompts!*

I say, mercenary all the way. Although, if you do decide to bow out, I'll be more than happy to take up the feedback slack and barrage you with praise!

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

Yay, another for the Mercenary Feedback Stalkers community! =)

And you're always very sweet with the praise and do wonders for my ego.

[windrider1.livejournal.com]

I'll read whatever you wanna write, whenever you wanna write it with bells on, pom-poms and whistles. Whatever you need. :) I know how hard forcing a story can be and how it can kill your muse for the ideas you actually want to write, so i say don't force it. Write what you feel, and who knows, that may inspire you for the other prompts. If it doesn't, you can bow out (with pride and spine still in place) and know you at least made the effort. :D

I'll be over here hoping for inspiration and 30 prompts, but like I said, I'll take whatever you want to dish out. **holds out fan-fic bowl**