This Is Just To Say

[marycrawford]

I have read
all the stories
that pop up in
your comments

and which
you were probably
saving
for later

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

@xparrot started a Guardian hurt/comfort comment thread that is still ongoing, and it is delightful, full of good reading that just goes straight to the id (which is what Guardian was made for, to begin with; it is possibly the most idtastic show I've ever seen.) @xparrot wrote a story for @glymr and me that is so full of emotional resonance and foreshadowing that it gave me goosebumps. <3

If this is your fandom and you're into h/c, give it a try! You can drop a comment with a prompt, and different authors are coming by to magic it into a story. (I really want to try my hand at commentfic too, but man it's hard; I even think just coming up with prompts is hard, and I admire all of the writers and prompters.)

ETA: and then it was three hours later and I wrote a thing? O_O

Comments

[frith_in_thorns]

I love comment-fic because it's so relaxing not having to worry about setup! You can literally just write the scene you want to and then stop afterwards :)

[marycrawford]

...that makes sense, it does, and yet I think I don't know how? I think I write like 5k of setup/scaffolding normally, just to ARRIVE at the meat of the scene, as if I can't get there without it. Hmmm.

[xparrot]

Then you're in great company, I'm proud if I can keep a comment-fic under 1K words! (...which I haven't managed yet in this thread...)

[marycrawford]

I would be, too, and I love your fills in this thread!

[naye]

I am so impressed with the stories and the prompts! And I've spent the day trying to write a "short" commentfic. Uhhhhh.

I just clicked on word count and it's staring back at me with "5000" and... that can't be right?!

But yes! Try! It's fun! :D

[marycrawford]

I tried! I did! but dangggg, now I get to read yours, and that's going to be the best reward <3

[trobadora]

Thank you for the link - I'd been meaning to check back, but forgot. ♥

[marycrawford]

You're very welcome! There's a lot of good reading there.

[yantantether]

Everything in that post is SO GOOD for my id. This fandom is *incredible* ❤️️❤️️❤️️

[marycrawford]

AGREED on all counts, I'm so delighted!

[umadoshi]

I am Strictly Forbidden (by myself) to go look at that post again until I get a lot of work done today, but I'm so excited to see the newer additions. *^^*

[marycrawford]

Awww that is so noble, and I cheer you on!

(Today I was supposed to be doing my taxes. They did Not Get Done, and I suppose that is the best way to stimulate writing, because writing is hard but taxes is harder!)

[umadoshi]

Awww that is so noble, and I cheer you on!

*laughs* Alas, in this "noble" translates to "oh crap, I have freelance deadlines tomorrow AND Friday and will be at the (unrelated) office all week"...

Ack, taxes. >.< Good luck getting them done soon?