Fic Homework - finally with an actual update (7/6/15)

Other things have kept me too busy for fic, but I am going to try to balance my days to get at least a good hour or two to write every day.

Thanks for your patience. This is my hopeful timeline:

A Day Late 5 (last update 9/26/14) - DONE

Subtraction Time 13 (last update 10/1/14) by  or before 7/13/15 (with any Reaction Time and starting on Action Time 1-5 missed replies)
Out of the Depths 4 (last update 12/16/14) by 7/20/15 (with missed replies on Deep/Depths)
Restless Nights (last update 12/16/14) COMPLETED before 7/31/15 (missed replies on HWGH 6-10)
A Day Late 6 before 8/6/15 (missed replies on HWGH 10-15)


Out of the Depths 5 (missed replies on HWGH complete)
Subtraction Time Complete by or before 8/31/15
Out of the Depths 6
A Day Late Complete by or before 9/30/15
Out of the Depths 7-10
Start smutlet for Kitmerlot
Out of the Depths complete before 10/31/15

NANOWRIMO!!!!!! - where I start putting away fic in favor of writing something of my very own

Now for some random missed replies...

On The Almost Series completion post...


Blogger myr_heille said...
Oh boy, I've been reading 800,000 words in less than a week? Good lord. This was truly awesome. I think Almost Clark will remain my favorite of the bunch - because I found this fic while searching for this exact scenario, basically, Kal and Chloe doing it between S2 and 3, and this fic gave it to me and so much more, too. I'm impressed by all the plots you've been mastering, and the scenes with the two of them were always perfect. That last chapter! Their last scene, Clark trying to prove he's not uptight! I loved it so much. Thanks for writing it!
April 3, 2014 at 12:34 PM
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Thanks so much! Almost Clark was my first fic and I wrote it for about the same reason you were looking for a fic like it. :) That series will always be my most precious baby, even if it is waaaaay too long. 

I kind of learned to write with that fic and I sometimes cringe at the early stuff, but it's all part of growing, I guess.

I'm so glad it left you satisfied. I definitely always wanted to bring it home in that last scene in the very place where things were almost right for them in the first fic.


On Almost Clark Chapter Eight:



phillydragonldy said...
This is just so hot!!!
LOL. Looking back, I think Almost Clark is my most smut-filled fic. Once I started writing smut, I was just addicted! 














On Reaction Time Part One:


Trinity said...
Ok, so I had the rest of your fics on my to-read lost and now it's gotten so late and in three months I'm going to Scotland for an internship with hopes to actually stay there for real and... it's now or never, so I read, rewrite and spell proof all that I need to. Good start, will read more soon:)
I feel awful I make people wait so long, but glad you've enjoyed what I've got on here. And best of luck in Scotland!

I last left off catching up on really old fic replies I'd somehow missed on my completed fics with 1-900-Chloe.

That being done, here's some on How We Got Here. Replies under a cut for spoilers...

On Chapter One...

babydee1 said...
Finally I've started reading this puppy - and I don't need to wait for any chapters, yay!

This is really intriguing. I'm loving the leaps across the timeline, and the venom between Chlark is palpable and completely understandable, given all that's happened this season. But what on earth does Chloe mean by 'You ruined my life?' Guess we'll find out...

Excellent start, April!
babydee1 said...
"She was his damned wife, after all."

*spews tea all over keyboard* She's Clark's what?!? When did they --? How did they--?!

Reading swiftly on!!!
LOL. Twist right in the beginning! Glad you were surprised. :)

On Chapter Two...


babydee1 said...
Wow. I've never seen Clark so angry, so bitter. And Chloe just... isn't Chloe anymore. When are they going to realise that everything between them went to shyte when they became separated?

And OMG, Clark's jealously of Davis is palpable. He totally lost his shit when she chose Davis, not realising that she was choosing to save Clark even if it meant sacrificing herself. How could he not see that? *sniff*

This is painful to read, but I know you're going somewhere with this. Plus, Chlark = Married, so... ;-)

Awesome work with this, April. :-)

It definitely takes Clark a good while to figure out they're better off together than apart, especially with how terribly things went that year. It was not easy to write, but angst is always hardest. :(

On Chapter Three...

babydee1 said...

Clark is totally jellus of all the seks Chloe and Oliver are having. Hee! :-P

But my God, he is just so... lost without her, and she without him. They're empty shells trying to fill the void with anything but each other, and that aching need just won't go away in either of them.

"I love your son!"

That gets me every time. Every. Freaking. TIME. This was in Season 7, Season FreakingSeven, and you don't write something as poignant and powerful as that unless there's an intention to follow through. Cowardly bastards. *seethes*

But enough of the pansy showrunners. This is my canon now. :-P

~...please tell me there's a happy ending...please? ~
LOL. Well, you've read the ending by now...

Tell me about it with the "I love your son." Why would they write that and give us nothing about it after? It begged for something --- resolution, exploration, just something. Then again, after seeing what they did to the Fever letter...













I'm kind of okay with them never revisiting this, given that.


On Chapter Four...


babydee1 said...
"I love your son!"
"Again," he said, swallowing hard.
"I love your son!"
Her voice seemed to linger, even when it was gone. But still...
"Again," he said, softer now.
"I love your son!"


What I wouldn't have given to have actually SEEN Clark react to that vital piece of knowledge. Gawd, that show promised so much, and delivered so little...

*breathes deeply*

He's totally lost his humanity without her. This almost has me in tears right now. :-(

Powerful stuff, April.

Thanks so much, Dee! I got a little misty writing that scene, with all the opportunities missed and the possibilities squandered. 

















On Chapter Five...

babydee1 said...
"Okay. At this point, we are going AU."

Thank. ZOD. Your spinning of the show is a work of art, April, but there was only so much more canon show!pain I could take. :-)

Canon compliance may be my go-to fic thing, but that doesn't mean it's easy.

"She carries the weight of you as well. I sense it in her, in you."

...And who would have ever thought that Jor-El would be the voice of reason? He's done some growing up, has our AI! See, THIS is where the show should have been going, not down the stupid, boring, Nois route! *growls*

It so easily could have been Chlark! The best part would have been the way it took the show full-circle.

And Clark accidentally killed someone whilst saving Chloe from getting gutted like a fish. It was only a matter of time, realistically speaking. I hate the way the show sanitised Clark and everything he did, only to throw the others under the bus for cleaning up his mistakes over and over again.

He really did get a free pass on way too much. Is it any wonder I feel compelled to write canon fics? It's  hard to be on board with a hero who doesn't pay for his mistakes. 

Oh, and nice parallel to the time when she went through almost the exact same thing with Davis when Bruno Mannheim's thug was slitting her throat.

"You say nothing and you'll get implicated with me. They can make you testify..."

"Not if..." Chloe grew silent. Clark could see her wheels turning and his eyes narrowed.

"If you're thinking up a lie, just stop it now."


It's not a lie she's thinking up, mate. I know where this is going... *holds breath in anticipation* :-*

Another brilliant chapter, my lovely!
babydee1 said...
PS: And Brando does look like he could be TW's grandpa... spookily so! :-)

He so does!!!! Brando and TW both have the same wide cheekbones and full lips. I wish they'd cast his father in season 9 with them looking alike in mind.

3 comments:

Trinity said...

You infected me with the Chlark bag! I swear you did! I just love them together so much! And I love the way you write them. Chllolie, Chimmy, it always seemed like settling and Clark doesn't really work with Lois. I know it's Superman canon, but I love Chloe so much more with him. I love Lois too, but as a separate character.
Anyway, I just thought I shared with the video I just made of Chlark (I think it's worth checking out and I made it because you inspired me:)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifs5gELxe4U

April said...

I just adored your vid! I liked and commented (as apeygirl) over there. It made me quite emotional. I might ship Chloe with Lex or Oliver sometimes, but you can tell by the sheer number of fics that Chlark is my number one. They just share such an emotional core and I still think, if the show had ended with the Chlois theory, it would have paid the early seasons off so perfectly. *Sigh* This is why we have fic, I guess. :)

Trinity said...

I saw your comment and answered:) Well, I was emotional when I was vidding, too.
I will wait patiently for all your fics to be finished and you take your time. I know it will be all worth it. I still have chlollie of yours to read;)
Thanks for the interest in my video;)
(Yeah... and i just saw what I wrote to you and I meant Chlark bug, obviously lol)