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theeverdream) wrote2011-02-09 02:59 am
theeverdream) wrote2011-02-09 02:59 am
I can't write PWPs (also an art rec at the bottom there)
I always like slashing my OTPs with other people they used to know instead of their OTP.. uh, person... and I haven't read any Steve/OC (where OC means other, but actually original characters I haven't read either) or Danny/OC (Hawaii 5-0), so...
(Spoilers for Hawaii 5-0 1x09: Po'ipu)
I wanna write a PWP about Steve McGarrett and Nick Taylor set during their time together in "The Stan". And my brain's like, but but but! But what about the rest of the SEAL team.. like, how do they get alone time in the middle of an op? Maybe it's the end of an op? Okay yeah it's before or after an op, not during, but still where is their team? And where would they all be? Would they be in the desert still? Or a base somewhere before a debrief?
I should totally avoid the whole problem by doing some sort of flashback and not including the parts that I would otherwise need to set up the porn, because then set up is Steve's sad sad sadness at killing his friend, and not stuff that I probably could write just fine if I didn't let my brain run away with me.
But I don't really want to write about Steve's sadness either?
Ahh LOL, somebody tell me please that it's okay to just say they're in the desert and by themselves and not worry about it beyond that because it's a, you know, PWP. *facepalm*
ETA: Oh hey, I totally solved my problem, in this instance at least -
(more spoilers)
- set it in an AU version of the episode, where Nick wasn't bad, everything goes fine, and they hook up in the present. Realized that solves problems like - even if I don't worry about the details very much I would *still* have to figure out if Steve's kneeling on sand or concrete - and other issues like oh hey, it would be kinda hard to get into the mind of SEAL!Steve-on-a-mission... I bet he waits until he's back home and fully debriefed (no, uh, pun intended) to have sex anyway, he's got such focus. Also, the weirdness of Steve bottoming for someone (I think?) he is commanding actively at the time - it works in SGA for me a lot but I dunno about here. Although I'm not entirely sure I'd write it that way but anyway.
So yeah. It wouldn't really be a PWP (the fic might be but the idea wouldn't, as it has really more of a backstory), but maybe from now on I will, when I get a block, try to think of other ways of approaching the concept? I dunno. It's way past my bedtime and I am rambling. :) I had to get out of bed actually to share my excitement at figuring out a better/ more enjoyable for me way of writing Steve/Nick.
Oh yeah btw me solving the problem doesn't guarantee I'll write anything (I'm sure most of you know me by now haha) but even if I never write this it was really awesome to kind of work through it as it is not the first time recently I have been brain-blocked.
And now back to bed and dreamy thoughts of Steve on his knees.
SPEAKING OF WHICH. Here is an Steve/Danny art rec. It is not not not work safe at all oh my goodness it is so fantastic.
(Spoilers for Hawaii 5-0 1x09: Po'ipu)
I wanna write a PWP about Steve McGarrett and Nick Taylor set during their time together in "The Stan". And my brain's like, but but but! But what about the rest of the SEAL team.. like, how do they get alone time in the middle of an op? Maybe it's the end of an op? Okay yeah it's before or after an op, not during, but still where is their team? And where would they all be? Would they be in the desert still? Or a base somewhere before a debrief?
I should totally avoid the whole problem by doing some sort of flashback and not including the parts that I would otherwise need to set up the porn, because then set up is Steve's sad sad sadness at killing his friend, and not stuff that I probably could write just fine if I didn't let my brain run away with me.
But I don't really want to write about Steve's sadness either?
Ahh LOL, somebody tell me please that it's okay to just say they're in the desert and by themselves and not worry about it beyond that because it's a, you know, PWP. *facepalm*
ETA: Oh hey, I totally solved my problem, in this instance at least -
(more spoilers)
- set it in an AU version of the episode, where Nick wasn't bad, everything goes fine, and they hook up in the present. Realized that solves problems like - even if I don't worry about the details very much I would *still* have to figure out if Steve's kneeling on sand or concrete - and other issues like oh hey, it would be kinda hard to get into the mind of SEAL!Steve-on-a-mission... I bet he waits until he's back home and fully debriefed (no, uh, pun intended) to have sex anyway, he's got such focus. Also, the weirdness of Steve bottoming for someone (I think?) he is commanding actively at the time - it works in SGA for me a lot but I dunno about here. Although I'm not entirely sure I'd write it that way but anyway.
So yeah. It wouldn't really be a PWP (the fic might be but the idea wouldn't, as it has really more of a backstory), but maybe from now on I will, when I get a block, try to think of other ways of approaching the concept? I dunno. It's way past my bedtime and I am rambling. :) I had to get out of bed actually to share my excitement at figuring out a better/ more enjoyable for me way of writing Steve/Nick.
Oh yeah btw me solving the problem doesn't guarantee I'll write anything (I'm sure most of you know me by now haha) but even if I never write this it was really awesome to kind of work through it as it is not the first time recently I have been brain-blocked.
And now back to bed and dreamy thoughts of Steve on his knees.
SPEAKING OF WHICH. Here is an Steve/Danny art rec. It is not not not work safe at all oh my goodness it is so fantastic.
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But I don't really want to write about Steve's sadness either?
And thinking that if you wanted to write a present-day canon pwp, then 2-3 lines establishing that Danny is helping Steve get drunk after the episode, then go into the main part of the pwp of Steve thinking about the past and the hot porniness of Steve/Nick, then a mental return to present and a few lines of Danny kissing Steve's tears away. So it would be hot but a little angsty but still hopeful that Steve had a good partner to help him now.
But I'm a rabid Danny/Steve girl, so all fics lead that way to me. :-)
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So it would be hot but a little angsty but still hopeful that Steve had a good partner to help him now.
Yes.
I think actually I probably if I do any H50 writing will try to do that wingfic thing though. I think I have a hard time getting a handle on Steve as of yet, so with these other ideas, they would work, but I would feel like I was doing them wrong, or something. Whereas the wingfic would mostly focus on Danny and Grace (as it is in my head now)