Sunday Six, and some self-justification
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frith_in_thornsThe problem with being committed to writing quite intense hurt/comfort for an extremely powerful character is all the build-up you have to do to justify why/how someone (not Ye Zun) actually managed to hurt him.
And hope your readers don't notice you're sometimes mostly bullshitting because THIS IS THE SCENARIO I WANT TO WRITE, GDI.
I think, though, my main conclusion is that people who want Shen Wei h/c are also probably willing to overlook this issue. I definitely am when reading. (Also in canon he did get knocked out by Butler Wu's son simply hitting him very hard, because he didn't see the attack coming. So he's clearly somewhat vulnerable to being taken by surprise. Like by random Dixingren with slightly nebulously described powers...)
I do also really enjoy being in a fandom with such vaguely definedmagic definitely-scientific dark energy. I have so many slightly weird ideas for things to do with it that I'm sure I can justify at least to the level of the show's justification for anything that happens.
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I basically couldn't sleep all night. I got up at 6 and have been vaguely writing since then, since clearly this is a punishment from the Word Gods for not writing yesterday and I must appease them. Have an early-in-the-day Sunday Six. (I love this posting day! I have been fighting the urge all week to keep on posting tiny snippets. I'm terrible for wanting instant gratification for my writing.)
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When Shen Wei abruptly straightened up and made some forceful jabs with a pen against some of the papers, Zhao Yunlan also shot to his feet and out into the main room. He caught a glimpse of what Shen Wei had drawn — a ring around a location on a map — and looked back in time to catch the dark-amethyst bloom in the air as Shen Wei summoned a portal.
"You —" Zhao Yunlan snarled, and leapt forward, and bunched his fingers into the back of Shen Wei's vest.
The portal dragged him through. And spat them both out together onto a paved space in front of an old garage. Zhao Yunlan stumbled as he landed, bringing them both down in a heap.
"Are you serious right now?" he demanded of Shen Wei, not bothering to get up first.
And hope your readers don't notice you're sometimes mostly bullshitting because THIS IS THE SCENARIO I WANT TO WRITE, GDI.
I think, though, my main conclusion is that people who want Shen Wei h/c are also probably willing to overlook this issue. I definitely am when reading. (Also in canon he did get knocked out by Butler Wu's son simply hitting him very hard, because he didn't see the attack coming. So he's clearly somewhat vulnerable to being taken by surprise. Like by random Dixingren with slightly nebulously described powers...)
I do also really enjoy being in a fandom with such vaguely defined
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I basically couldn't sleep all night. I got up at 6 and have been vaguely writing since then, since clearly this is a punishment from the Word Gods for not writing yesterday and I must appease them. Have an early-in-the-day Sunday Six. (I love this posting day! I have been fighting the urge all week to keep on posting tiny snippets. I'm terrible for wanting instant gratification for my writing.)
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When Shen Wei abruptly straightened up and made some forceful jabs with a pen against some of the papers, Zhao Yunlan also shot to his feet and out into the main room. He caught a glimpse of what Shen Wei had drawn — a ring around a location on a map — and looked back in time to catch the dark-amethyst bloom in the air as Shen Wei summoned a portal.
"You —" Zhao Yunlan snarled, and leapt forward, and bunched his fingers into the back of Shen Wei's vest.
The portal dragged him through. And spat them both out together onto a paved space in front of an old garage. Zhao Yunlan stumbled as he landed, bringing them both down in a heap.
"Are you serious right now?" he demanded of Shen Wei, not bothering to get up first.
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Date: 2019-07-21 09:59 am (UTC)Sleep issues are hounding me, too. Crossing fingers you get good rest soon.
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Date: 2019-07-21 05:07 pm (UTC)GUARDIAN DRAMA CANON
heh. ;)
Honestly I understand that worry; as a writer I watch fans vivisection shows/books I love for plot holes and inconsistencies and it terrifies me about my own work, and makes it hard sometimes to just sit down and WRITE. But for real, most of use do not care too much, and more importantly, I think the LOVE a writer has for a scene/story shines through, always. So go for it. I'm going to love this story no matter what, I can tell that from what you shared of it!!!!
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Date: 2019-07-21 05:43 pm (UTC)Whenever I write plot I always seem to get at least one very well-meaning comment along the lines of "I was interested in why X happened, can you explain it further?" and generally I CANNOT because while I very much need all my character-driven stuff to make sense, external stuff like setting up the h/c I care about less, and then feel guilty about it XD
(My last fic I posted, the psychic bond one, I originally had a much better explanation of what actually happened. But I think it actually made the story less good, so I chopped it out again.)
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Date: 2019-07-22 06:46 am (UTC)Am very curious about this current fic and where it's going!