The Works-In-Progress meme...

[neotoma]

Following katzedecimal and madripoor_rose like a lemming:

Hmm... some of these I need to work on more, obviously.

1. “I’m quite sure that’s what our erstwhile compatriots were trying to recruit us for, before we tossed them all over the street and scampered off like bunnies.”

2. "Hey, Kitty, did you know Hank has an internet boyfriend?"

3. Hank said slowly, "I went to church, Kitty."

4. "Stop calling me 'Pony', Abigail."

5. "In fact, she's kind of hot and I can totally see why other-me married her, because I would totally be dating Hank if Hank were a girl."

6. It wasn't until Javier stepped through the doorway that he realized that the shabby tavern was a brothel as well.

7. "Dick doesn't bring home ex-villain transvestites!"

8. Jai gave him a Look (probably learned from Piper during a stint of babysitting, if Trickster was any judge – that little nose wrinkle was totally typically of the Lord High Rat King) and stated, "Crowns are shiny."

9. There was a man sitting on the brownstone stoop, wrapped in layers of rags and a filthy green duffle coat when Rick [Hourman] and Jesse [Liberty Belle] walked back from their day working to restore the neighborhood to something less than a disaster zone.

10. "Wally, you can have your 'Leave It to Beaver' dream life – just as soon as you realize that *you* are going to be June Cleaver."

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[author376.livejournal.com]

5) I'm guessing that Bobby Drake is responsible for that brilliant statement? Just guessing mind you, throw something at me if I'm wrong!

7) *giggles* That you KNOW of, anyway!

8) The Lord High Rat King has spoken, and he's a cute little devil, ain't he? Love it! *squishes Jai*

10) This is adorable, I can picture several characters saying this to Wally for several reasons, but mostly Linda (for obvious reasons) and I can see poor Wally's woobie face in response.

All of these are just lovely and I'm sure that, just as everything you write does, they will evolved into wonderful individual stories!

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Bobby so adorable in X-men First Class. It's influenced how I write him.

Dick has brought home an ex-villain transvestite? That just makes the line funnier!

Piper has a noticeable influence on the West twins. Sometimes, Wally is wondering if having the ex-supervillian on the "emergency babysitters" list was a good idea.

Oh, Wally is so fun when someone messes with his world view. And he's apparently been complaining lately about not being about to provide for his family and do his superheroing. Which is where I come in with the "You're wife is a tv reporter! She makes plenty of money. Be a stay-at-home dad, you dumbass."

[author376.livejournal.com]

Bobby's a sweety. :)

I just meant that "That you know of" As a joke. I don't believe he has in canon. It's something I can picture anyone who was being told that yelling back. After all, it's Dick, who knows what he did or didn't do as a Titan? They did some crazy stuff.

I can see how Wally would worry, but how can he Not have Piper babysit when it hacks off Barry so badly? That *look* he gets is just too funny! :)

I love that idea to death! Wally as a stay at home dad would rock, and actually really suit him once he got used to it.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Bobby and Hank are supposed to be Heterosexual Life Partners (or full of HoYay!), damnit. Why are they in different books?

Good point, but it's not where that scene is going.

Well, it's more that Piper was guy who Wally can always go to in a crisis -- and he likes playing with the kids, so they like him back.

It would suit him. But he has to get over his knee-jerk conservative worldview about "men support the household, women raise the kids". He's not *bad* about it per se, it just hasn't entered his mind to seriously consider being the stay-at-home parent now that they're back on earth.

[author376.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. *shakes head and pouts*

That's not a problem. I'm sure whatever you come up with will be ten times better. :) It's just my mind wander about again.

I can really see that. Piper is great with kids and Wally really doesn't have enough people who he can *really* to watch the kids and not make it more dangerous just by association.

Getting over his reaction to it would be a great story in and of itself, if nothing else it would compentantly and validly address something that none of the canon comics do. If the wife is a brilliant and successful career woman, the hero-husband has not time for a normal job, and they're having financial problems, why *not* have him stay at home? He'll have that time with the kids he's been missing and on top of that he won't have to come up with any excuses to leave work. You make nothing but the most excellent of points in bringing this up! *bows*

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh love these.

1, 2, 5, 8, and 10 particularly.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

The problem with the X-men ones is that I got jossed by Joss, basically. The Giant-Sized Astonishing X-men had me go 'buh? what? ooc!' which really destroyed my interesting in writing or reading the book. It doesn't help that of my four favorite character, half are dead (both the women), and the guys don't talk to each other anymore.

The DC ones... they're going to be *huge* stories, and I am not a fast writer.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

The problem with the X-men ones is that I got jossed by Joss, basically.

See, that is what AUs are for.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I am a close-canon writer, and it's hard for me to get really wacky. And many on my f-list who follow the Xmen love the pairing that made me go 'wtf? bleagh!' -- I don't feel like I'd have an audience even if I finished 1), for example.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was a kiotr otp shipper, I know all about JW crushing our will to write.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I'm tired of JW's dislike of happy couples. I mean, yes, he actually got me to see how Scott/Emma could work, but killing off Kitty *and* pairing Hank with someone he's outright said he despises?

I am not interested in hate-sex, generally, and the fact that Warren Ellis ran with that (plus the ugly art, and the Did Not Do the Research science) made me take Astonishing off my pull list. I replaced it with Agents of Atlas, so not a huge loss for me...

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

1. Is an alternate House of M.

2. is from the sequel to 'Chemistry, Romance, and the Alchemy thereof'.

5. is the genderswap for marveloustales that I got completely blocked on.

8. is 'Trickster in the Underworld' [working title]

10. is very new and doesn't have even a working title yet.