Whew!

HOLY WOW. I watched the 2005 War of the Worlds the other day, and I wonder if I could have subconsciously remembered seeing Dakota Fanning in something before. Look, she is Sun! http://www.childstarlets.com/lobby/bios/portraits/dakota_fanning21.jpg I kind of based Sun's physical design on one of the girls in the group I teach music to, but it's more Dakota Fanning's face I've been picturing.

I really enjoyed the movie, BTW, though it was terrifying while I was watching it. And for most of the film I kept wondering if Sun Dakota Fanning's character would make it out okay. Even though I know the kids almost always survive the disasters.

Been working feverishly on a fic most of the week. I was having trouble with the earthquake one and decided to start the other, and it just flowed. It's the haunted house dreamfic, and it will lead into a oneshot loose follow-up concerning their helper. I got it posted last night. X3

... Haha, I remember saying there would be like, one more long oneshot before Genesis was found by Angeal. And how many fics have I done since then? I haven't even yet written the one that was supposed to be the "one more".

There's just something so appealing about a character hiding in the shadows, unknown to the others, and trying to help them. I've liked that scenario since I was like, five or six. XD; So I'm reluctant to bring that era to an end, even though I also kinda want Genesis to join the main cast.

I'm admittedly also kind of afraid he'll overcrowd things and make it more complicated. It would be different if the problems between him and Seph only started *after* the deterioration began. It looks more like Genesis probably was jealous of Seph for some time before that. That's canon in my fics anyway, even though it's ambiguous in the game. And in a short fic I did testing how Genesis and Seph would respond to each other if Genesis does make himself known, they were still kinda having problems. XD; They both wanted to try again, but Seph hasn't been able to fully trust Genesis and it's justified because Genesis is still jealous of Seph, and admitted it. I just honestly don't see them being able to ever get back to what they had when there's that obstacle in the way. So I'm reluctant to move into the new era because of that, too. Things are fairly peaceful for Seph-tachi at the moment, when they're not fighting enemies.

I'm also going to write a fic based on the Golden Goose scenario. X3 The RP version I'm doing is part of the FF7/Phoenix Wright crossover, but I think the fic will just be FF7. ^^ I have this very clear image of Cloud and Seph probably being the last main character survivors of the encasing, along with Azazel Rakesh, and they are trying to get the goose back to its temple. When they get there, they're intercepted by guards, and Seph throws the goose to Cloud to take to the fountain just before the gold stuff covers him and Azazel and the guards. And Cloud manages to throw the goose on the fountain just in time to reverse the spell, right as the gold is covering him too.

Also, for the prompt Long Distance at 30_friends, I'm going to do an email fic. X3 The whole thing will be emails Seph and Zack send to each other while they're on separate missions. They exchange banter and help each other figure out how to solve some of the mysteries on the missions. I've always wanted to write an email fic. X3

It's a miracle, but I've actually worked on the fic where Yazoo is shot instead of Kadaj both today and last Saturday! And I made progress. I borrowed a couple lines from an old blurb I did where Yazoo was dying. I got up to that point in the fic, and where Kadaj loses control and goes after the thief to hunt her down and kill her. I'm thinking Cid will intercept him because writing Cid telling Kadaj off and trying to get him to not do something foolish could be very fun.

Also, this past week I became sole maintainer of 30_hugs. I joined in 2006, but my claim was never accepted, I don't think, because I wasn't able to provide full names for the characters. The comm's been pretty dead, and those who have finished their claims hadn't been seen to, nor a couple pages worth of requests. XD; The mod finally posted asking for someone to take over or she'd delete the comm. And I like the themes, even though I've never written for them, and I didn't want the comm deleted, so I volunteered. No one else did, so I became the mod. First order of business was to encourage both romantic and platonic claims on the profile page. X3 Then I answered the requests and updated the master list. I accepted myself on the claim from 2006, but I think 30_nights would fit them better. I'd rather do something platonic for 30_hugs, if I can think of something. Well, I know I'd like to claim Seph and Zack, but the plunnies aren't biting, so I dunno if I will. I have so many theme comms to write for as it is. XD;