lol at self-insertion.

I don't know, it didn't seem ironic to me. It's okay to say that on the net, but in a literary work it's not advisable to use it. If you want to describe tits, use a more suitable phrase.

"Epic tits" just doesn't work.

@PhantasmagoricBlade: I remember that scene in Goldmember. Really funny.

 

Hmm. How would I say it... Ah, yes, I'll just peek at my .sig.

 

In fairness I can't think of a single person I know that actually speaks in cockney rhyming slang (although we did do a good sketch on it once in drama...) Its more little things that annoy me. Like when they go to a 'prom' or Harry becomes 'valedictorian' whatever the hell that is. Or sidewalk. Or city blocks. Or Devonshire. Or the belief that Surrey is a city. Or that London and Scotland are close...

Epic tits is out for me as well though, whilst i get that you wanted to be ironic, within the fanboy plagued fanfiction world, it sounds too realistic. Too believable. The premise is good though, and I'd love to see mroe of it. More than a pretty face was a dissapointment. It promised but never delivered.

 

WTF?

Now I'm interested enough to read that. I get the feeling it will be sick. Really, really sick.

 

It's my WiP and it's about 2/3 of the way written. Give it a couple weeks before I start posting. And no, it's not a Dresden cross-over...

 

I kind of figured that out from A Mother-in-Law's Love.

Seriously, WTF?

EDIT: Just want to say, I will be reading it. Though I seriously hope it's supposed to be comedic.

 

I think you're setting mental barriers. You've seen that the accepted length for a update is 5K, and somehow, in your subconcious, that has changed to it MUST be 5K.

Personally? I just to try to let it all hang loose. If it feels like a 8K, then wait an hour and see if some inspiration hits you. If not, then ship it off to your beta(s), and post it.

And I think I can wait for any amount of time to see a return of Fleur, Goddess of Hotness and General Bad-Assery. Don't rush yourself.

If it's grown to 7K, then it's safe to assume that your plot bunny has ripped the driving wheel out of your hands. There's only one thing to do in that case, my friend...

Sit back, and enjoy the ride.

 

When do you think you'll be done? Tommorrow? Today? Next week?

 

Awesome work as usual, Sesc. Am a bit unsure about the imprisonment bit, but you seem to be a competent story teller who knows to avoid the two-dimensional Azkaban clichés.

Will definitely be interested in seeing where this will go.

 

Forgive the slightly off topic nature to this question, but is anyone else wondering when we might see the sequel to Dagger and Rose?

 

Hell. To. The. Yes. I very much respect Perspicacity, but really must ask him when he's going to get his literary ass in gear, or if it already is, how long is it going to be until the first chapter is up. If he's waiting until he's got the whole thing written out again...then...then...(takes very shaky breath)...I will respect his decision, while very respectfully tearing my own hair out in frustration.

Scribble, I feel your pain, man. Each of us always has a certain setting/mood/enviroment that has to acquired before we can sink our teeth into the finger dancing.

Mine is a bit frustrating. I have to drink Coke. Regular coke. A LOT of it. Then, while I'm trying to guess how many more cans I have to drink before my chest explodes from the carbonation (Or if it's in the process of doing so...have you ever drank three cans in seventy three seconds? Do it. You'll know what I mean.), then my atrophying brain suddenly strings a few neurons together, and I get an idea (and a heart attack).

That's actually been a big problem with my dental, recently, you shoulda seen the bills I racked up...bad P-Blade. No rambling.

That summary sounds a bit...iffy. I mean, Harry suddenly decides he wants to bang a Veela? And DOES NOT want to take the easy route to sweet, succulent bird-flesh?

...I think I speak for all the males here when I pronounce that highly unlikely. And a bit forced.

Here's an idea that hit me (Coke in hand, doncha know) ...Maybe this is a post-Crappalogue story? Ginny sort of, I don't know, went psycho, murdered
his three poorly named children, he's been a widow in mourning for a while. Fleur, who just got divorced from Bill, hears about it in the news, decides to help him out?

On one hand, it has a butt-load of holes. You'd have to find a reason Ginny went Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs, and a reason for Fleur's divorce (Can anyone say sexual frustration? lol). Maybe she doesn't like being the stay at home wife for the constantly globe-trotting Curse-Breaker, after all that work and being a Tri-Wizard Champion, and such. Maybe Bill's gotten overly jealous and protective of his wife, a la Veela charm. Insecurities to exploit.

On the plus side, it's a great way to vent frustration on plenty of characters we all love to hate (IE, Weasley family, Hermione, the majority of Wizarding Britain), since it would be easy to tie in him getting fed up with their shitty attempts at consoling him, and all the false comforting letters. It's also a way to salvage Fleur from her fate as just another of Rowling's Weasley conveniance marriages.

You might want to keep the Potter kids alive. Seems more plausible.

...Wow, I've horribly distorted your fic idea. Lets just consider mine a whole new one. Any takers?

 

It'll be some months yet. Not to get into excuses, but some events at work managed to swamp me these last few months and prevented my finishing an interim project that I've been working on. I've large portions of the story worked out, but haven't quite gotten a couple of essential bits figured out just yet. For me, the hardest part is building the overall framework. Once that's done, the rest flows pretty smoothly. (Especially with the sequel, since the characters, including most of the OC, are pretty well established at this point).

I've written a draft of an epilogue for D&R (which will serve as a prologue for the sequel) that I plan to post here before I begin with the main story. Time-wise, the epilogue overlaps the events of the end of D&R. The main story picks up after a skip of several months. Harry and Fleur will be an item by this point and together they will start trying to cut ties with their masters, much to the displeasure of the Runescriving factions.

Probably more detail than you wanted, I'm sure...

[Edit: @PhantasmagoricBlade, Lol. I have to do the "sit on it until it's finished" thing--unlike some, I'm not a good enough writer to publish a serial. I'm too apt to write myself into corners...]

 

Yeah, I kinda thought that would happen from the parts near the end. It seemed like you underwent a serious change in opinion. You had been pretty decent to Dumbledore the entire time, then suddenly you neatly Manipulative!Fuckin'Asshole!Dumbledore-ize him in about eight hundred words.

Don't get me wrong, I positively loved it. But I'm wondering how that happened. Did you read a really good Evil!Dumbledore fic, or something? Or were you planning it all along to cleverly spring upon us? Because, let me tell you, if that's the result of writing the whole thing out first, then...

...you sit on that motherfucking sequel as long as you have to, boy, you hear me? (insert southern accent) You sit on them there sequel like a retard on a cow-pie, right up until you're nice and comfurt'ble, and you only pull out when y'all are good and ready, or y'just can't stand it anymore.

Long story short; If the sequel's as good as the first, then I can wait as long as need be for you to win that Gordon Bell Prize thingy (Good luck, by the way, all of us Harry/Fleur shippers are rooting for you...probably).

Take your time...I don't need my hair as much as I need a sequel the same quality as the first (IE, OVER NINE THOUSAAND!!!!/5).

 

My ears are straining for more details should you ever bring them to light. Dagger and Rose must fucking live on.

I like the temporary summary for Sesc's new fic. As for an easy route to sex with veela, I know I wouldn't want to risk getting an exotic magical STD.

 

Andromalius : If there's a whole recreation center, I'm pretty sure they'd have a mandatory check or something. Then again, I'm only fifteen, so I wouldn't know...

Sesc : Same to you. That idea is just something I threw together randomly through a caffiene-induced haze. Feel free to discard it completely. I'm pretty sure someone thought of it, anyway. I get irritated by mindless bashings, too.

So, let's try to think of a new reason for Harry to prefer seeking out a relationship with Fleur instead of mindless sex with another...There's always the 'Chivalrous!Harry' routine, but it's hard to pull off without making him look like a complete prude and/or pussy.