Piper's Notebook

 Atrocity

Rating: Explicit

Continuity: Generation One-ish

Relationship: Bluestreak/Thundercracker

Chapter: 3/3

Tags: Sticky Sexual Interfacing, Cultural Differences, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Dubious Consent, Implied/Referenced Dubious Consent, Dubious Consent in Reference to Heat Cycles, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Reference to Past Non-Con, Graphic Violence, Loss of Control, Abuse of an Intimate Partner, Mental Instability, Dark, Exactly What It Says on the Tin, Don't Like Don't Read

Summary: It was bad enough that Bluestreak was trapped underground and was being held prisoner by a Decepticon. It was horrifying that the Decepticon was one of the Seekers that Bluestreak feared and hated so much. But then, while they were both still trapped together, Thundercracker went into heat.

MIND THE TAGS.

Atrocity

Rating: Explicit

Continuity: Generation One-ish

Relationship: Bluestreak/Thundercracker

Chapter: 1/3

Tags: Sticky Sexual Interfacing, Cultural Differences, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Dubious Consent, Implied/Referenced Dubious Consent, Dubious Consent in Reference to Heat Cycles, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Reference to Past Non-Con, Graphic Violence, Loss of Control, Abuse of an Intimate Partner, Mental Instability, Dark, Exactly What It Says on the Tin, Don't Like Don't Read

Summary: It was bad enough that Bluestreak was trapped underground and was being held prisoner by a Decepticon. It was horrifying that the Decepticon was one of the Seekers that Bluestreak feared and hated so much. But then, while they were both still trapped together, Thundercracker went into heat.

MIND THE TAGS.

Holy cow, I can’t believe it’s July already. :O But here’s my June update!

This felt like a bit of a slack month for writing, to be honest. I have a bunch of WIPs on the go, but I kept swapping between them and it didn’t feel like I was making any progress on any of them. But I wrote just over 13,000 words, which is exactly what I did last month… And I was working on my Big Bang fic then. So! Looks like that 10k/month target is really working out.

Posted
Peer Review. 11,800 words. I finished this up and posted the second chapter not too long after we got back from vacation. And yes, it’s totally set up for a sequel. :) I pretty much know what’s going to happen, but I need to work on some other things first.

Brothers. 1500 words. As promised, I cleaned this one up, added a better ending, and posted it to AO3. This was fun! ^.^

Still Here. 930 words. This is an IDW2 drabble between Codexa/Leviathan. I don’t even know how to categorize it, but my brain wouldn’t let me work on anything else until I banged this out.

Long Fics
The Spark Remembers. This is my fic for the @tfbigbang. I’m about 2/3 of the way through editing, and (!!) I’ve been matched with my artists (and I LOVE THEM!) I’m super excited for August, when we can start posting.

Short Fics
Untitled Heat Fic. A whole 6 words shy of 10k, and I still have to write the last few scenes. I finally got some progress done on this and - boy howdy, did this one turn dark. I’m going to tag the shit out of it when I post it. >.<

Must Like Cats. 2800 words. Sparkr fic, a sequel to Swipe Right. I hope this is going to be as adorable as I’m imagining it’s going to be, but before I get to the cuteness I need to wade through some angst.

One More Night. 1100 words. This will probably be a one-shot, but it’s a TFP “what if Optimus died and Smokescreen got the Matrix” Ratchet/OP fic, building off Darkmount’s Prime.

A Fourth to Remember. 2400 words. This one’s finished; I literally finished this about 30 minutes ago, and just need to do the editing! It should be posted in time for the 4th of July. :)

Brothers

Rating: General Audiences
Continuity: Transformers: Prime
Characters: Smokescreen, Jack Darby
Tags: Not Canon Compliant, Brotherly Affection, Family, Light Angst, Smokescreen is such a typical middle child, But he loves his brothers

Summary: Jack asked, “Do you miss anyone? You know… From Cybertron.”

“Yeah,” Smokescreen said. “My brothers.”

Notes: This little fic was inspired by @softlight289‘s adorable Praxian Brothers cartoons and headcanons. Just a quiet little fic of Smokescreen telling Jack about his brothers. ♥ Previously posted to Tumblr in a rough format. :)

 May update!

Like I said in my last update, I figured I wouldn’t get much writing done this month. We left on vacation for the last two weeks of the month, and I got almost no writing done while we were away.

But, that’s not to say that I didn’t get any writing done in the month! I’ve set a goal for myself of 10,000 words a month. Considering that I got almost zero writing done for two weeks of the month and still wrote over 13,000 words, I think that’s a good target for me.

Onto the updates!

Long Fics

The Spark Remembers. This is my fic for the @tfbigbang! The goal for the event was 20k, and my fic is finished at just shy of 40k. o.O Oops! I’m finishing up the editing on the last few scenes, then it’ll be a month or so of tweaking and polishing. I can’t wait to see who the artist is that I’ll be paired with. ^.^

Short Fics

Brothers. About 1450 words. This was a sort of a prompt fill; you can read the rough of it here. I’m cleaning it up some more and added a a slightly more settled ending. Once I get some time I’ll post it to AO3.

Peer Review. Currently about 11,600 words. This one is almost done! I started posting it before we left on vacation, but just wasn’t able to finish the last chapter while we were on the road. I hope to have the last bit finished next week. (*crosses fingers*)

Untitled Heat Fic.  No progress, still at 6400 words. This was originally going to be straight lemon, but while we were driving I realized how this would affect Bluestreak… and the fic ballooned. We’ll see where it goes once I get a chance to work on it.

Title: Making Fun of One Another
Continuity: G1-ish
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Decepticon!Bluestreak, implied torture, threatened rape/non-con
Summary: Hound is captured by a Decepticon: Bluestreak.

Hound onlined his optics blearily, and then groaned. His helm throbbed. He was face-down on a rocky surface, and his hands and feet were bound.

Great.

“Oh, you’re back online already. I figured I’d shocked you hard enough that you’d be out for hours.” There was a disgruntled-sounding grunt. “My mistake. I won’t make it again.”

Rolling his helm to the side towards the sound of the voice, Hound saw grey pedes. He lifted his helm slightly and glared up at the Decepticon sitting on a rock near him. “I guess I’m just tougher than you thought,” Hound spat through his static.

Bluestreak stopped polishing his rifle long enough to cast a disdainful look down at the green mech. “Yeah. You’re really tough, Autobot. That’s why you’re in cuffs on the ground, and I’m sitting here waiting for a ride back to base with my prisoner.”

( Read more... )Originally posted to Archive of our Own as "Making Fun of One Another."

Doing these progress reports about once a month feels right, so I think I’ll aim to keep doing that.

First thing: I completed Camp Nanowrimo this year for the first time. It’s more open-ended than Nanowrimo, letting you set your own goals and targets. I’ve set a personal goal of 10,000 words a month, which seems very doable, so that’s what I used for my writing target this time.

Well...



I kinda blew past that target in the first week or so. XD Which is fine! I’ve been focusing on my @tfbigbang fic, so that’s what most of my words went towards.

Now, on with the stats…

Long Fics

TF Big Bang fic. Working title: The Spark Remembers. Currently sitting at about 34,500 words, which means I’m well over the target of 20k for the event. I’d anticipated five chapters, but it looks like it’ll have six… I’ve had some other issues as well. Once it’s all drafted I’m going to take a close look at it to see if I went overly verbose anywhere.

Short Fics

Peer Review. 6200 words. New Sparkr fic. Coming along still… And I’ve figured out a nice ending for it. ^.^

Untitled Heat Fic. No progress, still at 6400 words. Direct sequel to Reciprocity, Bluestreak POV but with a different partner.

Once I have the Big Bang fic drafted I’m going to throw some words down on one of the bunnies my muse has been wondering about, so maybe you’ll see hints of that in next months’ report. :)

Something I was doing over on Tumblr (that I forgot all about) was reposting some of the one-off fics I wrote for the OTP prompt list.

I'd posted the one set that formed a little mini-series on Pillowfort, and I sort of liked how that worked.

I think I'll make an effort to do the same here, maybe posting one of those here a week or so. I feel a little bad that those fics are buried in a prompt compilation, since I know few people read those through. :)

Now that Bonding is done and posted I can relax.

…No, hah! Fooled you me! I’m doing the TF Big Bang instead. (holds head and sobs) But it’s all right. I think. I’m having trouble getting out of the first chapter, but I think I can still finish in time. I hope.

How about a progress report?

Finished
A Bonding, a Coronation, and a Funeral. 131,000 words total. This was supposed to be a fluffy short story, but it got way, way out of hand.

Long Fics
TF Big Bang story. Currently 6100 words, and I’m still working my way through the first chapter. I’d originally planned for five chapters of 4k words each, so… we’ll see how this goes.

Short Fics
Peer Review. 6000 words. New Sparkr story. Coming along, but set to the side because of other projects.
Untitled Heat Fic. 6400 words. Direct sequel to Reciprocity, Bluestreak POV but with a different partner. Mwaha.

Leaving out the fics that I’m outlining/plotting right now because I don’t want to get sidetracked. XD

A Bonding, A Coronation, and a Funeral

Rating: Mature

Relationships: Bluestreak/Hound, Smokescreen/OC, Jazz/Prowl

Warnings and Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Sticky Sexual Interfacing, Spark Sexual Interfacing, Magic, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Romance, Bigotry & Prejudice, Religious Fanaticism, Dementia, Politics, Character Death, Family Issues, Angst and Feels

Summary: After saving Cybertron from destruction, Bluestreak made a promise to his eldest brother Smokescreen that he would return to Praxus to celebrate his bonding to Hound. But when he arrives in the walled kingdom, Bluestreak finds himself plunged back into the same oppressive morass that he escaped from... Except this time, someone is out to kill him and his brothers.

Chapter 20: The brothers make their promises and say their goodbyes.