What fics/fanvids/other creative works are you hoping to start, work on, or finish this year? Right. RIGHT. I have a WIP I need to work on and a bunch of little sequels to things that I want to get done, including three more for a demon AU 'verse. I liked the things I wrote last year, but it was not a productive year for me. In 2017 I need to finish more things. Also I want to make some icons, just for fun.
Can we have a short three-line quote or teaser? She takes on human form as Clint finishes setting up a long-distance target at SHIELD’s indoor range. Watches the draw and release of his bow, the play of muscles beneath his skin, and then steps up alongside him, shoulder to shoulder, and raises her gun. A Glock – the kind she is beginning to favour. One, two, three shots, hitting three of the arrows embedded in the heavy-duty target. Feathers fluttering down like a grievance of angels.
Have you made any new year's resolutions or have any 2017 goals? I didn't make any resolutions, because I'm awful at keeping them. But! I have armed myself with a page per day diary and I am going to write something (original, if I can) every. single. day. this year. Just little scribbles, but something creative. Every day.
Are there any films/books/tv shows/music etc being released this year that you're really excited about? The new Marvel films, because I'm predictable that way, and I'm optimistic about Logan, but first I very much want to watch Hidden Figures. Lots of books! One of the first coming out is a YA book called Uncoventional by Maggie Harcourt that I read a sampler for last year and sounds up my alley.
Suggest an ATTF idea or community activity for 2017 (and hey, if you want to host an ATTF as well may I direct you to our new ATTF sign up sheet, why yes this is a shameless plug ;p ): 3 setence fics and anything with prompts, I aways enjoy those. Maybe more on the behind the scenes of writing too, like how we pick titles.
A Marvel character received a fortune cookie. Who are they and what does it say? comics!Clint Barton - This looks bad.

OMG LOGAN! Mutant found family galore and I think my ovaries will explode with Daddy!Logan and Grandpa!Picard. Want want want!

LOVE the idea of an ATTF about titles! I know mine are always such a Process, so I'd love to know how everyone else chooses!

Happy 2017!!!!

"A grievance of angels." Lovely turn of phrase, which I will shamelessly deploy the next time we spot the feathery remains of another pigeon-meets-buzzard scenario in our woods.

I'd love a thing about titles, and learn how others pick. Or what our own faves are. Because they are Important.

Gahhh more of that fic please! Yeeess I am optimistic about Logan, and I hope they pull it off. Either way, Professor X is always welcome xD

What fics/fanvids/other creative works are you hoping to start, work on, or finish this year?
OMG SO MANY! I HAVE SO MANY! Um, but here are a few that I want to finish...

1. Six Sexy Words, which is a collection of 50 ficlets. I have about 6 prompts in the queue that I've been struggling with and 6 that are still unclaimed by anyone.
2. A Person of Interest crossover with Shaw & Nat
3. A Nat/T'Challa thing which has a solid middle but no beginning or end
4. Bucky/Steve/Peggy in 1940s
5. A handful of OT3 Natasha/Bobbi/Clint ficlets

And if anyone wants to push me into writing a Bruce/Betty follow up to my hockey AU, feel free to push. I'm not sure how I feel about that one proceeding from a loose outline to an actual fic. ;)

Can we have a short three-line quote or teaser?

From the T'Challa fic:
"As lovely as my garden is, it is not as lovely as what we shared last night. So clearly something has kept you from enjoying a leisurely morning in my bed. I wish to understand what." He paused and when no further comment was made, asked, "You mentioned your partner the other day. The archer currently on the Raft."

She nodded, and he noticed a small frown marring her expression, similar to the one that had appeared the night before.

From the POI crossover:
"Romanova?"

"Shaw. How are you?" she asked, smoothing her expression back into it's normally composed facade. They might have been meeting for coffee instead of meeting in the middle of a firefight at least a decade after they'd last seen one another.

"Besides getting shot at? Can't really complain."

Have you made any new year's resolutions or have any 2017 goals?
Nope. I never do, because its just setting me up for failure, but I do set some generally guidelines for myself each year. This year they are: Listen more. Be kinder. Be more patient. Be more present.

Are there any films/books/tv shows/music etc being released this year that you're really excited about?
I really want to see Spiderman WITH the kid and have some special mommy/son time. As for books, I already have way to many things in my to-read list and will surely be adding 5 million more. ;)

Suggest an ATTF idea or community activity for 2017 (and hey, if you want to host an ATTF as well may I direct you to our new ATTF sign up sheet (http://be-compromised.livejournal.com/528898.html), why yes this is a shameless plug ;p ):
I shall check my craziness schedule and see if I can slot in some hosting. *g*

A Marvel character received a fortune cookie. Who are they and what does it say?
Snicker. Yeah, I think I'll abstain from this one. hehe

Look at you with your list of fic to write, ooo and some OT3s in there, nice! Yeah, I need to pick ONE FIC AT A TIME or I'm going to end yet another yet with lots written and nothing finished *sigh*.

I like your guidelines :)

Yay for family film trip! And haha, yes, ALL the books *grins*

ATTF help always welcome ;)

Despite having never watched POI, I'm intrigued by this crossover!!

I love Bruce and Betty and I love Nat'Challa. I will cheerlead!!! Or beta! Or alpha, w/e that is. But I certainly will want.

Bucky/Steve/Peggy? Sign me up!

T'Challa/Nat? I'm there. Thinking about a T'Challa fic myself (albeit no pairing). Never seen a POI, but based on what you say about Shaw, a Nat crossover sounds pretty cool!!

What fics/fanvids/other creative works are you hoping to start, work on, or finish this year?
UGH I'm having a writing crisis because I've posted pretty much everything I have that I actually like. That being said:
-I have this series of mini-fics, all set along a rough timeline and each with their own prompt, but there's only four so far so I need more ideas/prompts to keep it going... Maybe posting will help, but posting a WIP with no end in sight stresses me out... aka help welcome!
-I've wanted to continue the post-Cap2 thing I wrote by incorporating Carol into the team and then doing a rewrite of AOU with her
-If I can figure out what the hell happens next, I want to continue my florist/tattoo AU
-Just participated in the Steve/Maria secret santa and thinking about continuing it with a series of missing scenes??
(-I have this silly Olympics AU hahaha that's never getting finished)

Can we have a short three-line quote or teaser?
(from the little mini-fic series)
“Come with me,” he says, and she goes. It is her first night free of the holding cell, her first night in this spartan bunk, her first night with a shiny SHIELD badge tucked in her back pocket. “Aren’t you going to ask where we’re going?” he asks after she’s followed him fifty feet down the hall.

“No.” If he wanted to kill her, he would have already tried. If he wanted to kill her, she’d never have made it within SHIELD’s fortress walls in the first place. If he wanted to kill her, well--quite simply, he’d fail.

Have you made any new year's resolutions or have any 2017 goals?
The only real capital-R Resolution I made is to moisturize more (I live in the upper Midwest and it's COLD). Otherwise, I'm trying real hard to make bullet journaling happen in my life? But more writing in any way is a plus. Oh! And I just signed up for a ukulele class, so that's something :)

Are there any films/books/tv shows/music etc being released this year that you're really excited about?
Spider-man comics are what brought me into Marvel so I'm TOO EXCITED about the movie! I also have a lot of enthusiasm for Ragnarok, and I'm hoping way too hard for Wonder Woman to be amazing. Plus, Guardians!

Suggest an ATTF idea or community activity for 2017 (and hey, if you want to host an ATTF as well may I direct you to our new ATTF sign up sheet, why yes this is a shameless plug ;p ):
oh jeez. I liked tropes! And the headcanons one, too!

A Marvel character received a fortune cookie. Who are they and what does it say?
Ha, just googled up "The end is near... And it's all your fault!" Thought that would be appropriate for AOU!Tony :)


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Awww... if it's a series of related mini-fics but not just a contnous one shot, I don't think it matters if it stays a WIP? Or maybe that's just me. My .02

I really need to read all those Steve/Marias. Also all the Clint/Kate and Bucky/Nat holiday things. GAH! TOO MUCH FIC TO READ! ::goes and soothes myself with more andibeth fic::

Ooooh! I like that fic sampling. More please?

Cetaphil as a moisturizer. It's light but deeply penetrating without greasiness or clogging pores. In very cold, very dry New Hampshire, I've found it to be a godsend. More unsolicited advice. Sorry, not sorry. :)

I need to read those mini fics!! Is your handle gsparkle on AO3 as well? That teaser is ... well, teasing.

Silly Olympics AU! OLYMPICS AU ALWAYS. And your fic sample looks great - can't wait to read more!

I really hope wonder woman is great too xD

I'm with kiss_me_cassie - if you're WIP is a collection of stories that tie together rather than one long on-going WIP fic that wouldn't bother me to read :) ALSO CAROL, YES PLEASE.

Enjoy the ukulele class; that sounds fun :D And thanks for the ATTF feedback!

LOL that is an excellent Marvel fortune cookie.

Y'all convinced me, so I decided to post the rest of the teaser I posted! You can find it here on AO3!!

What fics/fanvids/other creative works are you hoping to start, work on, or finish this year? Haha, like everything I started last year and never finished? There's this hunger games au that I said I'd finish and I never did. I am also DETERMINED to finish my clintasha wild west au. Oh, and to write some Chinese history RPF about the only female Emperor in Chinese history. :D

Can we have a short three-line quote or teaser?
From the Hunger Games AU:
Five weeks of the Arena has reduced her into little more than flesh and bone, skin wrapped around sinewy muscle and her once enviable shade of hair is two shades lighter - dark copper instead of deep crimson. Her cheeks are hollow from malnutrition and her eyes are bloodshot from the countless nights spent awake, waiting for the sound of footsteps behind her back.

(Her body is her deadliest weapon, and it has been bruised and beaten beyond recognition.)

Have you made any new year's resolutions or have any 2017 goals? Um, finish everything I said I'd finish. Oh, and pay attention in school? D

Are there any films/books/tv shows/music etc being released this year that you're really excited about? Well, in terms of Hong Kong release dates, LA LA LAND!!! Other movies include gotg2, wonder woman, darkest hour and ye olde man logan. As for tv shows: hmm, I hear there's going to be an adaptation of The Handmaiden's tale so that. Books? Hah, nah xD

Suggest an ATTF idea or community activity for 2017 (and hey, if you want to host an ATTF as well may I direct you to our new ATTF sign up sheet (http://be-compromised.livejournal.com/528898.html), why yes this is a shameless plug ;p ): Graphics stuff!

A Marvel character received a fortune cookie. Who are they and what does it say? fraction!Clint: You can't wash away your problems with coffee. xD

Good luck with the creativity! Chinese empress sounds interesting - I didn't even know there was one! And yes, the Hunger Games AU sounds intriguing as well.

Love the fortune cookie...

Heee! Love the fortune cookie!

Also, I want to make grabby hands at the Wild West thing, but then you mentioned school and I guess that should take precedence. SIgh.

like everything I started last year and never finished? THIS haha :D And you know I'm on board with those AUs *grins*.

Oh, yeah, I heard they were doing a Handmaiden's Tale show. I think I'd have to be in the right headspace? But that would be interesting.

OH CLINT.

What fics/fanvids/other creative works are you hoping to start, work on, or finish this year?

Well. I have this fic snippet I started on some time ago, in which Maria Hill is seen to be interviewing a parade of Clint's former flames for reasons unknown. One of these days I'll finish that! Also, there's a Voyager WIP that's actually 1/3 posted, which I get plaintive PMs and reviews about every other week... Hmmm.

On the yet-to-be-started-but-want-to-do side there is a Clint meets Peter Parker one that calls my name. I mentioned it on tumblr and folks have been sending encouraging notes, so...

I also would love to do one about T'Challa and the idea of kingship. I've met a King and a handful of princes and princesses in RL and I'm enormously intrigued by the tension that exists between the public and the private person, in situations where infinite expectations and images are projected onto someone simply by virtue of name, rank and history.

Finally, my series of Guardians/Avengers crossovers practically cries out for a meeting between Gamora and Natasha.

Can we have a short three-line quote or teaser?

From "Ex Marks the Spot" (working title):

“They were talking about you,” Patel says in the locker room at the appointed hour, trying hard to keep his eyes off Clint’s assets as he towels down. Clint takes pity and wraps the damp towel around his hips.

“Well, duh. I guessed that much. What were they saying?”

Patel takes a deep breath, presses his lips together and fishes a little notebook out of his pocket. His already dark ears turn a shade darker as he flips through it and reads.

“Always leaves the seat up. The abs almost make up for it though.”

Clint nods. That sounds like May.

“Purple. Strong enough in his masculinity to wear a purple t-shirt. But once he puts one on, he goes on a bender and next thing you know, you’re looking at a purple jockstrap.”

Gotta be Drew. Jessica always rolled her eyes when he'd mentioned his favourite colour.

"Anything else?"

Patel clears his throat, his eyes a little wild.

“Don’t expect him to ever remember to pick up the milk on the way home, but he’ll give you a blow job that’ll make you see the moons of Jupiter.”

Have you made any new year's resolutions or have any 2017 goals?

Bring my weight back down. Use that exercise bike to get some muscle tone back. Go visit at least 3 countries or cities I haven't been to yet.

Are there any films/books/tv shows/music etc being released this year that you're really excited about?

All the Marvels!! (Surprise, surprise.) Especially Guardians 2 and Ragnarok. "Wind River", with Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. Seeing Renner in another dramatic lead will be great. I just hope the script lives up to expectations.

Suggest an ATTF idea or community activity for 2017 (and hey, if you want to host an ATTF as well may I direct you to our new ATTF sign up sheet (http://be-compromised.livejournal.com/528898.html), why yes this is a shameless plug ;p ):

I love the titles one you already mentioned. Plus, just based on the discussion here, we could bring back for an ATTF what used to be a regular feature in the comm, the "unfinished works Wednesday" where people can agonize over write about WIPs they're stuck on, and get encouragement, ideas or their inspiration back.

A Marvel character received a fortune cookie. Who are they and what does it say?

The quest for perfection is fraught with mistakes.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Tony pops the cookie in his mouth and crumples up the paper with the barely legible saying. He chews for a few seconds, makes a face, and spits a cardboard-like substance into a napkin.

"I can only assume they're talking about their own product. JARVIS, please buy the Happy Lucky Cookie company and tell them to hire a new pastry chef."





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BWAHAHA! Happy Lucky Cookie Company! *g*

What fics/fanvids/other creative works are you hoping to start, work on, or finish this year? Finishing "for the half of ourselves we have lost," the post CA:CW third (and for now, probably final?) epic in my OT3 series, and I have a bunch of fics I want to write/finish, some of which I've had on my plate for a few years. I posted a semi-list on my tumblr (http://isjustprogress.tumblr.com/post/155367558590/2017s-to-write-fic-list-some-holdovers-from), if anyone's curious.
Can we have a short three-line quote or teaser? From an upcoming chapter of OT3:

Natasha presses her lips together, looking conflicted. “Does Clint know you want to find Wanda?”

“No,” Laura says. At her words, Natasha frowns more.

“We just got through this fight. And you said no more secrets. We do things together, right?”

“I know,” Laura says. “I know what I said. And I don’t want to do anything to make us angry again. But I think this is something I need to do for myself, too. So please, Natasha...please trust me on this. I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t think it would help.”

Natasha sighs, rubbing her eyes. “No promises,” she says finally. “I really don’t know if I’ll be able to trace her if she has left. But I’ll see what I can do. Okay?”

Have you made any new year's resolutions or have any 2017 goals? I call this year's resolutions "things to accomplish" because it sounds less intense, but I want to run another half marathon (the Disney Superhero one I ran last year and also maybe one in Florida), and I want to be more optimistic/happier with myself. I want to take better care of myself and put less pressure on myself in terms of my job and I have some professional goals (like people I want to interview, moderating/being on a comic con panel, writing a comic, etc).
Are there any films/books/tv shows/music etc being released this year that you're really excited about? Hidden Figures, which I still need to see. Also in the MCU world, GOTG 2. I'm really excited for Wind River because of Renner and Lizzie, and I'm actually pretty stoked about Spiderman: Homecoming? The trailers make it look really good. On the comics front, I'm excited about some new and old books that are coming back or coming out, like America Chavez and Sex Criminals.
Suggest an ATTF idea or community activity for 2017 (and hey, if you want to host an ATTF as well may I direct you to our new ATTF sign up sheet (http://be-compromised.livejournal.com/528898.html), why yes this is a shameless plug ;p ): I want to see more discussion of people's writing or headcanons, and I do want to host! I need to sign up.
A Marvel character received a fortune cookie. Who are they and what does it say? Not All Who Wander Are Lost - Natasha.

More OT3 fic, yay! I also spy Clint/Nat/Bucky on that list and other goodness :D

Wow, marathons. I have awe for people who can run marathons, go you. And I wish you all the best with (your wonderfully geeky) professional goals!

Someone else for Hidden Figues, YES, and I see people mentioing this new Renner film and I hadn't heard of it, so thank you for the heads up. America Chavez <3

Excellent, we need more ATTF hosting. I'm hoping we get a bit more buzz for it this year.

It's a cookie, it's an LOTR quote, it's marvelously apt :)

What fics/fanvids/other creative works are you hoping to start, work on, or finish this year?
My friend and I have been writing a series of fun little one-shots for Avengers Academy, and I've finally convinced her to get an AO3 so we can post. That'll hopefully be a low-pressure, on-going thing.
A whole shitload of started and unfinished stories, of course. I eventually want to do a sequel or three for my Tony/Nat story, that' loosely plotted. Then there's a Bruce/Clint or two, because I love rarepairs, and more realistically there's a five-times fic about Steve opening a 24/7 gym.
And then this crackfic with my friend called Civil Whore >>

Can we have a short three-line quote or teaser?
“I don’t think a verbal apology is good enough,” Steve stated firmly. “I think you need to show Bucky that you’re sorry and that you consider him a part of the team.”
“And how do you think we should do that?” Tony Stark demanded, arms crossed defensively.
“You should show him how sorry you are… carnally,” Steve announced.

Have you made any new year's resolutions or have any 2017 goals? Lol I know myself better than that.

Are there any films/books/tv shows/music etc being released this year that you're really excited about? Black Panther's not til next year, so...

Suggest an ATTF idea or community activity for 2017: Share some of your favorite non-fic fanworks, yours or other peoples'.

A Marvel character received a fortune cookie. Who are they and what does it say? 616 Clint: Duck!

Some interesting pairings there and I like the gym idea, lots of potential :)

Non-fic fanworks, always excellent, thank you *makes note*. (I hope you all realise I have a post it note with all these ATTF ideas on now *grins*)

Haha, OH CLINT, if that is your only 2017 goal...I'm not actually convinced you'll learn it :D