Hmm, what should I write next?

[luzula]

Now that I'm done with my Big Bang, I'm itching to write something else! Here are some of my current ideas:

- The next installment in my series about Fraser's youth (the first are Leaving Home and Depot). It would be about Fraser's first posting, and I have some ideas for it, but I haven't planned it out. I'm pretty sure it would come together if I started writing it, though.
- More werewolf fic! This one would be a casefic with Bob, Buck and werewolf!Caroline in the late fifties, before Fraser was born. I totally love this idea, but I suspect it would need a fair amount of research (although I've already read some books that are good background for this). There would be Bob and Buck partnership, and Caroline would be awesome.
- A superpower F/K AU, in which Fraser and Ray work at the Department of Magical Crimes. This would be fairly easy to write, I think (if I don't get stuck on the casefic aspects). The worldbuilding would be fun, and I've already written a little bit of it.
- I've got an old WIP which is a Fraser/Thatcher genderfuck story, where Fraser is turned into a woman and solves a case together with Thatcher. Or actually, it's more of a gen story that focuses on their working relationship, with about the same amount of UST as in the show. I'd really like to finish it, but I've gotten hung up on the casefic plot. Maybe I should give it another try.
- A historical F/K AU, where both Fraser and Ray end up on one of the Northwest Passage expeditions. Not the Franklin one, because that would only end in angst and lead poisoning. Maybe Amundsen's expedition? Fraser could work for the Hudson's Bay company, and he'd have been brought up by his grandparents, who would have been Moravian missionaries. He could go along as a local guide and interpreter, and Ray could be a mechanic for the ship. Also, it would be cool to write this as Fraser's journal. I've certainly read enough Arctic expedition journals from this time period that I could at least attempt the style. Wow, this would need research, though.

Yeah, I think these are the story ideas I'm most interested in at the moment. Hmm, which one would you most want to read?

Comments

[glitteryv]

My vote would be for either the first or the second one. I'm in loooove with your Werewolf!verse BUT I'd be totally SQUEEE to hear your account of Fraser's first posting.

That it's not to say that I'm feeling handwavey about the rest of your WIP. That F/K in Magical Crimes!verse made me stand up and listen just like the one of F/K Arctic expediton!verse.

I guess I'm just hungry for Gen!fic.

But then, you'd know that, would you? ;)

ETA: I'm not meaning to hate on your female!Fraser/Thatcher UST WIP. As it happens, genderswap is one of my squicks. I'm sure there are plenty of other people who'd love to see that. Weird about her squicks Luce is weird about her squicks.

[the_antichris]

I can't choose between the werewolves and the NW Passage. Fraser and Amundsen would get on SO WELL.

[jesse_the_k]

ALL of them!!!!

I love your fic.

But if I had to choose, more young Fraser and then the Northwest Passage AU. Lots of research there, but probably enjoyable research when done midwinter.

[aria]

Not the Franklin one, because that would only end in angst and lead poisoning.

That shouldn't make me laugh, right? It did, though. /o\

And I am quite excited about all of these, but especially the superpower AU. I am hugely fond of superpower AUs of all sorts. :D

[akamine_chan]

Hmm, which one would you most want to read?

ALL OF THEM!

And like Aria, Not the Franklin one, because that would only end in angst and lead poisoning made me laugh.

[wintercreek]

As everyone can guess, I vote for the story with Thatcher! Not just for Meg, but also because the premise interests me.

[luzula]

Hee, no need to make excuses for not liking genderswap. And yes, I do seem to have noticed that you have a certain hunger for gen fic... *g*

Also, that is such a fitting icon!

[luzula]

I think they would! They're both all about the Proper Preparation. And Amundsen seems to have been such an equipment geek. He goes on for pages about which are the best kinds of ski bindings in his book about the South Pole.

[luzula]

I'm pretty sure they will all get written at some point! And with the Northwest Passage one, most of the research would consist of reading Amundsen's book about his journey, which I mean to do anyway.

[luzula]

It made me smile when I wrote it, so you're not alone...

And yes, the superpower AU. I'm thinking of doing that one first, because it seems fun and doesn't require any research.

Also, on my list of story ideas, there is the crazy!Fraser one, and beside it, I've written "Ha, Aria is doing this one, so I don't have to!" Not that I mean to put pressure on you or anything. *g*

[luzula]

All of them? Heh. Well, I hope they'll all get written at some point--I just have decide where to start.

[luzula]

I could have guessed that, yes. : )

And yes, I do find it an interesting premise. There's so much you can do with genderswap stories besides hot sex scenes (although I have to admit that this story was first inspired by an image of female!Fraser making out with Thatcher on her desk, even if that later disappeared from the story). I keep coming back to that line in "All the Queen's Horses":

What makes you think we're so different? You graduated first of your class, and so did I. You received medals for your field work, so did I. You wear red serge, I wear red serge, the only difference between us is you're a woman and I'm not.

I don't really agree that that's the only difference between them, but turning Fraser into a woman is interesting to explore, anyway.

[aria]

Tell me about your crazy!Fraser one. I imagine it's quite different than mine, and I'm intrigued. :D

[luzula]

Well, we've talked about it before. The idea I had was for a story where Fraser thinks he sees ghosts and can hear Dief talk, but really it's just in his head. It would be from Fraser's POV as an unreliable narrator, and it would be kind of tragic.

The thing is, I had no plot for it at all besides that, and I'm not sure I could pull it off anyway. So when I saw that you were thinking of writing something similar, I was all "yay, now I don't have to do it!"

Didn't you have the Victoria-and-Fraser-as-werewolves idea independently of me? We seem to share a brain sometimes. *g* Although exeterlinden's DSSS story did that, too, so maybe it's an idea that's floating around in the fannish hivemind.

[aria]

RIGHT. :D And they are similar enough that if you wanted to let yourself off the hook, you definitely could. I am in the same lack-of-plot boat as you, though -- or more accurately, it'd be the plot of s3/4, but I haven't figured out how to rehash it without making it boring, and with making it sufficiently clear that Fraser is insane. ONE DAY.

And yes, a friend and I came up with the werewolves idea about ... mm, less than a week before I stumbled across your werewolf universe. So there is definite brainsharing. :D On the other hand, it does seem like Fraser-the-werewolf is just a strangely logical place to go. Who knows!

[vsee.livejournal.com]

I am completely predictable. You already know what I will say!

Series about Fraser's youth is already one of my all time favorites. I will swoon with glee if you continue it.

[andeincascade.livejournal.com]

What Vee said! I'm always hungry for Fraser backstory.

[luzula]

Hee, yes, I could have guessed that you'd say that. And that story will definitely get written some time, at least.

[luzula]

Another vote for that one, then! Fraser backstory = &hearts

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

First choice: Fraser's youth series (I will SO beta). A close second is the historical story. :D

[luzula]

I was planning on sending the first posting story to you when it's done, yes. *g*

And yes, I'm very fond of the historical AU idea.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yay! More stories about Fraser are Very Good Things. :D