So it would seem that I've gone crazy.

[kyyrandi]

I'm actually thinking about signing up for the hockeybigbang . Which, is really not something that I should do, since writing challenges always just make me choke up and panic and I end up unable to do anything, even in the cases where I already had a working draft to start with..

It's just I've been doodling with an idea for a Koivu/Granlund fic, which seems like it could end up being reasonably long and sort of perfect for a big bang. And also, the more people being exposed to the pairing the better. (Seriously, they're pretty much the Finnish version of Staal/Skinner pairing, so you know, age difference angst with some added moodiness. Also long-distance feels.. What more could you want?)

So maybe, for once, I could turn this into a motivation to write the god damn thing for real.

While on the subject of things that are crazy. Someone please tell me that trying to get someone to lend me a car for tomorrow so I could ride 200 kilometer just to watch an exhibition hockey game is not worth it. Especially when I really don't have the money for it. Not even to see Rinne in the grease.

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[intertangled]

Ugh, that big-bang looks awfully inviting. Must. Resist. Temptation.

I know the feeling of getting choked up and panicked by challenges though. Have you ever tried NaNoWriMo? It's the one writing challenge I manage to do on a consistent basis and it's usually tons of fun.

It's just I've been doodling with an idea for a Koivu/Granlund fic
For the record, I would read the hell out of this. Age difference + long-distance feels? This sounds like the best thing ever. It's like taking the best parts of Staal/Skinner and Carter/Richards and now I kind of ship it already and I don't even know which Koivu you're talking about.

Someone please tell me that trying to get someone to lend me a car for tomorrow so I could ride 200 kilometer just to watch an exhibition hockey game is not worth it.
I'd say it's not worth it, but honestly, I'd probably do the same thing (except for my lack of a drivers-license).

[kyyrandi]

Resistance is futile. You might as well just give in. ;)

Have you ever tried NaNoWriMo?
Yeah, no way. It's like the worst possible challenge for me. You need to have at least some consistency to your writing schedule to do that, which is something I lack so bad, it's not even funny. I mean I might spent four to five hours one day and fill page after page and then for the next to days I can't even get around to opening the doc.

It's like taking the best parts of Staal/Skinner and Carter/Richards
I hadn't even realized the Carter/Richards thing, but now you mentioned it, I can totally see it!

I guess I should've specified that I'm talking about Mikko, not Saku, but honestly, it didn't even occur to me that it'd be necessary. Mostly because I don't know of any points of connection between Saku and Granlund (other than the general of both being Finnish hockey players, which granted, is a big one in it's self) where as Mikko and Granlund have boatloads of them. I may or may not be working on a primer on the subject. It may or may not be ready to post this weekend..

And because Saku for me, is part of the "childhood heroes" group, and I just can't think about shipping him with anyone without feeling weird and somewhat creeped out. It's like thinking about my sisters' sex-life, I can acknowledge that it's must be something that has happened, since they've managed to breed, but that all I want to know on the subject. :D

[intertangled]

Yeah, my current plan is apparently to start working on an outline/general plot thing, possibly get some writing started and, if it seems like it might actually turn into a proper story, sign up. It seems like the best plan for not just giving up a week in and hiding in a corner for the next year. So I guess I'm doing it? Kinda? (PS I blame you for this!)

Ah, okay, then NaNo probably wouldn't work very well for you ^_^ I've pretty much perfected the art of sticking to a writing schedule during November (and November only), but if that way of writing doesn't work for you, then NaNo won't be much fun.

My knowledge of Finnish hockey players is pretty limited, which is why I was all "But there's two Koivu!" (also, what is Google?).
I may or may not be working on a primer on the subject. It may or may not be ready to post this weekend..
Ahahahahaha! I was going to say that you should make a primer on them, but then I figured you might have enough stuff to work on anyway and didn't want to be pushy. Glad to see I don't have to be passive-aggressively dropping hints for the next few weeks =D

And because Saku for me, is part of the "childhood heroes" group, and I just can't think about shipping him with anyone without feeling weird and somewhat creeped out.
Oh God, I know that feeling. The first hockey fic I ever read was a het fic, starring Mats Sundin and I have never back-spaced that quickly in my life. I didn't read anything with hockey in it for years after that.

[kyyrandi]

It's good thing the sign ups don't close until in like a month. So yeah, I'm also planning on starting to work on it now and sign up right before the deadline, if it starts looking like I have something worth publishing.
I'll gladly take the blame for anything that results in more fic. ;)

Google? Never heard of it. Is it edible?

In all honestly, I really should remember to specify who I'm talking about, when using a last name of someone who has well known siblings/ share a last name for other reasons with someone. It's not like I haven't had to go through the "oh, wrong Bäcks" song and dance often enough. (Also, there's not many things I hate as much as people misspelling Niklas/Nicklas. It's hard enough sometime to tell which one is in question, never mind if you take away the one thing that differs in their name!)

but then I figured you might have enough stuff to work on anyway
Yeah, no, my list of things I could/should be working on has gotten so out of hand anyway, that I just go by what ever I feel like writing at what ever given time. :D
Besides, it's nice to be doing something relatively short and easy, for a change, instead of something that needs hours of hours of research before I'd even know where to begin. Sorry to rob you of a change to be passive-aggressive though. ;D

The first hockey fic I ever read was a het fic, starring Mats Sundin and I have never back-spaced that quickly in my life.
Ugh. Just the idea of this makes me want to have my head bleached. I can see how that would be a somewhat traumatic experience. Although with me, it's more to do with Sundin being pretty much the worst Swede ever. :D

[intertangled]

It really does seem like the best plan, doesn't it? It's really nice of them to give us such a long time to sign up, since that limits the chances of failing horribly in public drastically. Now, if only I could come up with a plot that isn't awful...

Also, there's not many things I hate as much as people misspelling Niklas/Nicklas.
That really is the worst. Sure, sometimes it's obvious from context who it is you're speaking about, but if you're going to talk about a player, maybe double-checking so that you spell his name right should be a priority? Especially when he has almost the exact same name as another guy. And it's not like either Nik. or Nick. are particularly obscure players.

Besides, it's nice to be doing something relatively short and easy, for a change, instead of something that needs hours of hours of research before I'd even know where to begin.
lol yes. There's a reason I'm spending the majority of my time making stupid GIF's and writing silly fic, instead of doing something actually useful.

Although with me, it's more to do with Sundin being pretty much the worst Swede ever.
HDU! Clearly, he is a perfect, perfect human being!
More seriously though, while I love the guy (obviously), I just really don't see the sex-appeal. At all. There's a lot of other players to write porn about. Some of whom are actually good looking. Why would anyone want to write about Sundin?

[kyyrandi]

Please, do not use the words Sundin and sex-appeal in the same sentence ever again. I really need that brain bleach right about now. :D

but if you're going to talk about a player, maybe double-checking so that you spell his name right should be a priority
You'd really think so. I mean personally I check the spelling of players damn near compulsively because I'm convinced that on the day that I don't do it, I'll misspell something that should be easy (like Cosby instead of Crosby) and then everyone will think that I'm actually ten years and really ignorant. Which, what with having dyslexia and all, is somewhat stressful.
So I actually do kind of understand how people might end up misspelling something like that one crucial c, it's just super frustrating.


Did I say short and easy? I'm now at 900 or so words on the Koivu/Granlund primer, and I'm not even close to the part about why anyone should ship these two together. I keep trying to compress, but then I'm constantly going "but this is prudent information! It explains everything about their nature and actions! I can't just not mention it!" Even when that might not be the case. Why is editing stuff out so haaard!