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fullupwithfire) wrote2020-06-23 08:11 pm
fullupwithfire) wrote2020-06-23 08:11 pm
Fic title meme
Taken from all over the place at this point.
1. he's run off and undone you (bare: A Pop Opera, post-canon Peter & Nadia)
2. it's sensational that you are next to me (bare: A Pop Opera, pre-canon Jason/Peter)
3. infinity as she is played (Sanctuary, James Watson)
4. some pride and some joy (Chess [Kennedy Center canon], Molokov & Anatoly)
5. every stone in this city keeps reminding me (Hannibal, Abigail Hobbs)
6. Bite Your Tongue Until It Tastes Like Blood (The Bifrost Incident, Sigyn/Loki)
7. Keep One Light On, I'll Always Find My Way (MCU, Wanda & Pietro)
8. each morning new, each day shot through (Hannibal, Abigail & Hannibal)
9. at least we had it for a moment (MCU, Steve & Natasha & Bucky & Peggy)
10. the sky's always falling somewhere (sometimes it's just your turn) (MCU, Peggy + psychic wolves)
11. i will keep tongued-tied (this time) (MCU, Tony/Rhodey & Pepper)
12. sing for the damage we've done (and the worse things that we'll do) (MCU, Wanda/Pietro/Steve)
13. i do my own stunts and my own saving (MCU, Clint/Natasha)
14. and the sun just goes on rising (MCU, Peggy/Natasha)
15. this home is home, and all that I need (HP, Marauders)
16. who's gonna save a little warmth for me (MCU, Steve/Bucky)
17. too much at stake (too late to change) (MCU, Tony/Rhodey)
18. i know we can make it (if we take it slow) (MCU, Bucky-centric)
19. kid, one day you'll be famous (MCU, Tony/Rhodey)
20. when the working day is done, then you can meet me in the sky (October Daye, Quentin/Raj/Helen/Chelsea)
1. How many are you happy with?
Eh... roughly half? Some of them just amuse me, some of them I think fit pretty well, there's a good few I'm okay with.
2. How many are... not great?
There are four I would actively prefer to change if I could come up with something else, and a couple others I'm meh on.
3. How many did you scramble for at the last minute?
Probably most of them? I tend to end up naming things at the end, usually after whatever I listened to while writing it. Both the Bare fics were posted well after writing them, and I had a hard time finding titles for both of them. each morning new, each day shot through and this home is home, and all that I need were exchange fics posted near the deadline that I couldn't think of anything better for in time. (The first, particularly, I think was posted minutes before the collection opened.)
4. How many did you know before you started writing/creating, or near the beginning?
I wrote Bite Your Tongue Until It Tastes Like Blood with the song it came from on repeat, and while I did do some poking around for other options, I think I settled on it pretty quickly. I think I did roughly the same thing with Keep One Light On, I'll Always Find My Way, too.
5. How many are quotes from songs or poems?
Nineteen. Look, I'm bad at titles. I have a system, and it is to write with either a song on repeat or a playlist for the story, and then name it after a line in that (song/playlist).
I'll cut attribution because otherwise it's a loooong list. XD
he's run off and undone you - The Man That Got Away, it's been covered... a lot but I was thinking of Andrew Rannells or Raul Esparza. (Slightly altered; the full line is "the man that won you has run off and undone you".)
it's sensational that you are next to me - Next to Me, Alan Cumming
some pride and some joy - Proud of Your Boy, Aladdin
every stone in this city keeps reminding me - Mother, Florence + the Machine
Bite Your Tongue Until It Tastes Like Blood - Are You Hurting the One You Love, Florence + the Machine
Keep One Light On, I'll Always Find My Way - If & When, Doomtree
each morning new, each day shot through -Psalms 40:2, The Mountain Goats
at least we had it for a moment - No Choir, Florence + the Machine
the sky's always falling somewhere (sometimes it's just your turn) - Eclippse, Radical Face (slightly altered from "'cause somewhere the sky's always falling, and sometimes it's just your turn")
i will keep tongued-tied (this time) - Life Less Ordinary, Carbon Leaf
sing for the damage we've done (and the worse things that we'll do) - Alpha Rats Nest, The Mountain Goats
i do my own stunts and my own saving - Good Grief, Dessa
and the sun just goes on rising - How Long, Hadestown
this home is home, and all that I need - Always Gold, Radical Face
who's gonna save a little warmth for me - Unbelievers, Vampire Weekend
too much at stake (too late to change) - Matches to Paper Dolls, Dessa
i know we can make it (if we take it slow) - When You Were Young, The Killers
kid, one day you'll be famous - Crew, Dessa
when the working day is done, then you can meet me in the sky - Four-Color Love, Seanan McGuire
6. How many are other quotes?
The one remaining story, infinity as she is played, is from the alt-text of A Softer World #895. ("If every possibly universe exists somewhere in the infinity of space and time, then a universe must exist where I have all the same memories right up until the moment I died on this earth, but where I don't die. I live on, and I don't even know that dozens of me have already died, using these thoughts to calm their final moments.")
The actual text seems really fitting for a story about James contemplating his mortality and the time-line and deciding not to change his upcoming death, but I couldn't figure out a way to shorten it into a title that I liked, so, alt-text.
7. Which best reflects the plot of the story/content of the fanwork?
Most of these are super short so "plot" is... a relative concept. XD Probably Bite Your Tongue Until It Tastes Like Blood or i will keep tongue tied (this time), I think?
8. Which best reflects the theme of the story/fanwork?
If I had to single out one, probably the sky's always falling somewhere (sometimes it's just your turn). I'm also pretty partial to Keep One Light On, I'll Always Find My Way and infinity as she is played for this, but I'm not sure either works as well if you don't know the reference.
9. Which best reflects the character voice of the story/POV of the fanwork?
I think and the sun just goes on rising captures Peggy's frustration with the time loop pretty well, and too much at stake (too late to change) does the same with Rhodey's regrets and frustration with the situation he's ended up in.
10. Which is your favourite?
I... am bad at picking favorites? But I may have to go with some pride and some joy, because it's kind of a dark joke but man it amused me. (Because using a line from a song about a child trying to please their parents for the warped parental dynamic between Kennedy Center Molokov & Antaoly is terrible, especially when in this line it's referring to how he's been a disappointment; but also it's about Molokov's budding, twisted parental feelings, and... yeah. Look, I amuse myself somehow.)
I'm also pretty fond of the sky's always falling somewhere (sometimes it's just your turn), because it captures the nature of what the pack is going through pretty well. Also partly because I didn't just resort to using a line from Good Grief (which is Peggy's song in my head period, and doubly Peggy's song in the psychic wolves story, especially if I ever go back to finish and post the rest of it). (Though Eclippse is also a good song for young Peggy when her brother dies.)
Special mention to and the sun just goes on rising, which I think I was iffy on when I first posted but has settled for me. It's one of the ones where the song doesn't work so well for the story even with my weird associations, but I think it works for the time-loop frustration.
Look at the most recent 20 fanwork titles on your AO3 account.
1. How many are you happy with?
2. How many are... not great?
3. How many did you scramble for at the last minute?
4. How many did you know before you started writing/creating, or near the beginning?
5. How many are quotes from songs or poems?
6. How many are other quotes?
7. Which best reflects the plot of the story/content of the fanwork?
8. Which best reflects the theme of the story/fanwork?
9. Which best reflects the character voice of the story/POV of the fanwork?
10. Which is your favourite?
1. he's run off and undone you (bare: A Pop Opera, post-canon Peter & Nadia)
2. it's sensational that you are next to me (bare: A Pop Opera, pre-canon Jason/Peter)
3. infinity as she is played (Sanctuary, James Watson)
4. some pride and some joy (Chess [Kennedy Center canon], Molokov & Anatoly)
5. every stone in this city keeps reminding me (Hannibal, Abigail Hobbs)
6. Bite Your Tongue Until It Tastes Like Blood (The Bifrost Incident, Sigyn/Loki)
7. Keep One Light On, I'll Always Find My Way (MCU, Wanda & Pietro)
8. each morning new, each day shot through (Hannibal, Abigail & Hannibal)
9. at least we had it for a moment (MCU, Steve & Natasha & Bucky & Peggy)
10. the sky's always falling somewhere (sometimes it's just your turn) (MCU, Peggy + psychic wolves)
11. i will keep tongued-tied (this time) (MCU, Tony/Rhodey & Pepper)
12. sing for the damage we've done (and the worse things that we'll do) (MCU, Wanda/Pietro/Steve)
13. i do my own stunts and my own saving (MCU, Clint/Natasha)
14. and the sun just goes on rising (MCU, Peggy/Natasha)
15. this home is home, and all that I need (HP, Marauders)
16. who's gonna save a little warmth for me (MCU, Steve/Bucky)
17. too much at stake (too late to change) (MCU, Tony/Rhodey)
18. i know we can make it (if we take it slow) (MCU, Bucky-centric)
19. kid, one day you'll be famous (MCU, Tony/Rhodey)
20. when the working day is done, then you can meet me in the sky (October Daye, Quentin/Raj/Helen/Chelsea)
1. How many are you happy with?
Eh... roughly half? Some of them just amuse me, some of them I think fit pretty well, there's a good few I'm okay with.
2. How many are... not great?
There are four I would actively prefer to change if I could come up with something else, and a couple others I'm meh on.
3. How many did you scramble for at the last minute?
Probably most of them? I tend to end up naming things at the end, usually after whatever I listened to while writing it. Both the Bare fics were posted well after writing them, and I had a hard time finding titles for both of them. each morning new, each day shot through and this home is home, and all that I need were exchange fics posted near the deadline that I couldn't think of anything better for in time. (The first, particularly, I think was posted minutes before the collection opened.)
4. How many did you know before you started writing/creating, or near the beginning?
I wrote Bite Your Tongue Until It Tastes Like Blood with the song it came from on repeat, and while I did do some poking around for other options, I think I settled on it pretty quickly. I think I did roughly the same thing with Keep One Light On, I'll Always Find My Way, too.
5. How many are quotes from songs or poems?
Nineteen. Look, I'm bad at titles. I have a system, and it is to write with either a song on repeat or a playlist for the story, and then name it after a line in that (song/playlist).
I'll cut attribution because otherwise it's a loooong list. XD
he's run off and undone you - The Man That Got Away, it's been covered... a lot but I was thinking of Andrew Rannells or Raul Esparza. (Slightly altered; the full line is "the man that won you has run off and undone you".)
it's sensational that you are next to me - Next to Me, Alan Cumming
some pride and some joy - Proud of Your Boy, Aladdin
every stone in this city keeps reminding me - Mother, Florence + the Machine
Bite Your Tongue Until It Tastes Like Blood - Are You Hurting the One You Love, Florence + the Machine
Keep One Light On, I'll Always Find My Way - If & When, Doomtree
each morning new, each day shot through -Psalms 40:2, The Mountain Goats
at least we had it for a moment - No Choir, Florence + the Machine
the sky's always falling somewhere (sometimes it's just your turn) - Eclippse, Radical Face (slightly altered from "'cause somewhere the sky's always falling, and sometimes it's just your turn")
i will keep tongued-tied (this time) - Life Less Ordinary, Carbon Leaf
sing for the damage we've done (and the worse things that we'll do) - Alpha Rats Nest, The Mountain Goats
i do my own stunts and my own saving - Good Grief, Dessa
and the sun just goes on rising - How Long, Hadestown
this home is home, and all that I need - Always Gold, Radical Face
who's gonna save a little warmth for me - Unbelievers, Vampire Weekend
too much at stake (too late to change) - Matches to Paper Dolls, Dessa
i know we can make it (if we take it slow) - When You Were Young, The Killers
kid, one day you'll be famous - Crew, Dessa
when the working day is done, then you can meet me in the sky - Four-Color Love, Seanan McGuire
6. How many are other quotes?
The one remaining story, infinity as she is played, is from the alt-text of A Softer World #895. ("If every possibly universe exists somewhere in the infinity of space and time, then a universe must exist where I have all the same memories right up until the moment I died on this earth, but where I don't die. I live on, and I don't even know that dozens of me have already died, using these thoughts to calm their final moments.")
The actual text seems really fitting for a story about James contemplating his mortality and the time-line and deciding not to change his upcoming death, but I couldn't figure out a way to shorten it into a title that I liked, so, alt-text.
7. Which best reflects the plot of the story/content of the fanwork?
Most of these are super short so "plot" is... a relative concept. XD Probably Bite Your Tongue Until It Tastes Like Blood or i will keep tongue tied (this time), I think?
8. Which best reflects the theme of the story/fanwork?
If I had to single out one, probably the sky's always falling somewhere (sometimes it's just your turn). I'm also pretty partial to Keep One Light On, I'll Always Find My Way and infinity as she is played for this, but I'm not sure either works as well if you don't know the reference.
9. Which best reflects the character voice of the story/POV of the fanwork?
I think and the sun just goes on rising captures Peggy's frustration with the time loop pretty well, and too much at stake (too late to change) does the same with Rhodey's regrets and frustration with the situation he's ended up in.
10. Which is your favourite?
I... am bad at picking favorites? But I may have to go with some pride and some joy, because it's kind of a dark joke but man it amused me. (Because using a line from a song about a child trying to please their parents for the warped parental dynamic between Kennedy Center Molokov & Antaoly is terrible, especially when in this line it's referring to how he's been a disappointment; but also it's about Molokov's budding, twisted parental feelings, and... yeah. Look, I amuse myself somehow.)
I'm also pretty fond of the sky's always falling somewhere (sometimes it's just your turn), because it captures the nature of what the pack is going through pretty well. Also partly because I didn't just resort to using a line from Good Grief (which is Peggy's song in my head period, and doubly Peggy's song in the psychic wolves story, especially if I ever go back to finish and post the rest of it). (Though Eclippse is also a good song for young Peggy when her brother dies.)
Special mention to and the sun just goes on rising, which I think I was iffy on when I first posted but has settled for me. It's one of the ones where the song doesn't work so well for the story even with my weird associations, but I think it works for the time-loop frustration.