Blind Go aftermath

[tarigwaemir]

Lowell House on the Feast of St. John of Beverley

Happy birthday, zoesque! (Hey, I'm getting better at this business of keeping track of birthdays.)

I don't have a blind_go theme song, but I do have a playlist that I played on shuffle repeat while writing the fic. If these songs evoke the same associations for you that they do for me, then you're well on your way to figuring out which fic I wrote.

• Kings of Convenience - Gold for the Price of Silver (Erot Collaboration)
  
• Apparat - Komponent (Telefon Tel Aviv remix)
  
• The Stills - Retour à Vega
  
• Keane - Everybody's Changing
  
• José González - Crosses (Superbass Mix)
  
• Hello Stranger - Her In These Lights
  
• Cherry Filter - Dive
  
• Loveholic - 녹슨열새 (Rusty Key)
  
• Kokia - So Much Love For You
  
• Yui - LIFE

(Not a proper mix because the songs aren't ordered yet.)

Five things I learned during round three:

1. Writing the bulk of your fic the night before is not a wise idea.
2. Being a compulsive outliner means that writing without an outline is a terrifying, traumatizing experience that harrows you to the depths of your soul.
3. Starting off with an idea without a plot with the hopes that a plot will come to you as you go along is also not a wise idea.
4. Wikipedia is my best friend.
5. I should never sign up for a long fic challenge where the deadline is right after my thesis due date and Shoryuhai.

Five things I did instead of writing my Blind Go fic:

1. Wrote my senior thesis.
2. Had my life swallowed up by preparing for kendo tournament and the said tournament itself, not to mention all the related social events.
3. Read novels in the pleasant haze of post-thesis slackerdom.
4. Watched Saiunkoku Monogatari and first season episodes of Roswell (also in pleasant haze of post-thesis slackerdom).
5. Wrote remix_redux fic and second chapter of India and the Conundrum serial, also in a last-minute rush.

Five fics I almost wrote for Blind Go but didn't:

1. Touya Kouyou replaying his game with Sai obsessively until he starts imagining who the person behind the go must be. (My would-be Touya Kouyou/Sai epic.)
2. Yashiro goes to Korea and has bizarre tourist adventures in Seoul with Ko Yeongha. (I'm glad I didn't because someone else wrote brilliant Yeongha/Yashiro fic, and now I no longer have to. Yay!)
3. Hong Suyeong as kenkyuusei before meeting Shindou.
4. Epistolary fic with Touya in China and Shindou in Japan.
5. That sequel to Balance. (But of course, everyone would know that it was me.)

I've been told that silvermuse89 and I were voted to be the Meijin and Sai in the blind_go chat, although I'm not sure exactly which of the two I'm supposed to be. ^_^

Also, I'll be offering drabbles to anyone who guesses my fic correctly. (Comments are screened.) I think mine should be fairly obvious to guess, if you judge by the content and overall mood.

Yours &c.

Comments

[aishuu.livejournal.com]

*drawls* I believe you're the Meijin, oh father of mine. *amused* I was immediately titled Akira... I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not.

[troisroyaumes]

Hahaha! ::tries to imagine feeling paternal to Aishuu and fails:: But I would have pegged you as Akira too. ^_~

Oh, so who was voted to be your eternal rival then? XD

[aishuu.livejournal.com]

I don't think the decision was formally made, but I nominated issen4 since she's really the writer in fandom who scares my triumphant self the most. plus i'm obsessed with her writing

[issen4.livejournal.com]

So... dare we hope that the sequel to Balance is in the works? *makes big eyes*

[troisroyaumes]

XD;; It's been in the works for over a year now, but I hit a roadblock a while ago and haven't gotten past it. I was half-hoping that perhaps blind_go panic would inspire me on it, but no such luck. But I do intend on writing and finishing it...someday. ^_^;;

[silvermuse89.livejournal.com]

Downloading! ♥ I wonder if I can guess your fic without cheating. Probably not ^^;

Have you had a chance to read more in depth yet? I've only finished 2 of the 23, and those were the only two I knew for sure.

How far are you in Saiunkoku? It's just been licensed, so it might be a long wait until season two is released.

You know, another interesting blind_go challenge would be for writers to write something from another person's "five things I almost wrote for Blind Go but didn't" meme.

Hmmm, I wonder what everyone was voted. *reads aishuu's comment* I associate you more with Sai because of your lovely Hikago icon, but Meijin fits you just as well if go talent translates to sheer brilliance. If I had to choose a character for myself, it would probably be Mitani's sister. XD I don't think I can be as dedicated to anything as much as Sai was to go

[troisroyaumes]

I've read eight of the fics and am making my way slowly through the rest. I only have a guess for issen4 so far though (and that's partly because she left a big hint in one of the comment threads in her LJ). XD

I'm just up to episode 24 with Saiunkoku. Oh, I should probably hurry up and finish watching the rest of what's out before it all disappears! ::goes marathoning::

Ooh, that's an interesting idea. I wonder if we could make that another possible option for the next round?

Aww, thanks. <3 I think you would make a good Sai though, in terms of sheer enthusiasm. ^_^ If I had to choose a character, I think I would want to be Hidaka from the Kaio go club (although she's probably a lot more bombastic than me).

[viridian-magpie.livejournal.com]

*stares long and hard*

You are [gaka], are you not? *g*

drabble... um, I'm supposed to provide a prompt, right? Right. Um... Sai reflecting on the Shindous.

[troisroyaumes]

And nearly two months later, I finally deliver: Haunting

Sorry for the delay! Also sorry that I haven't had a chance to mail out your Blind Go prize yet but I'll definitely do it tomorrow.