State of the H/C bingo card

[sholio]

Green are the squares I've finished. Pale green are the ones I've started a story for, but I'm not sure if I'm going to finish any of them. I really want to write something for that blood loss square, though, because that is so totally right up my alley as far as my specific kinks are concerned ... The story I'm currently writing for it is a little missing scene for that WC fic I posted recently, "Courier", because given Peter's situation in that story, there is SO MUCH NEAL ANGST taking place off-camera that I couldn't write because I was doing the whole thing from Grace's POV. But it won't seem to come together into an actual story. Foo. ETA: Actually, I wrote this! Card has been updated to reflect that.

As you can see, though, I'm thisclose to having a bingo if I can come up with something for the "combat" square. Unfortunately my current main writing fandom, White Collar, does not lend itself to that kind of thing. WC is not really a "bloodbath in the streets" kind of fandom. I could probably do something in one of many fandoms I've been writing lately, though. (SGA? Highlander? Dresden Files? A:tLA?)

I'm still trying to figure out if I want to do just the straight line or go for a crossed line ... I'm pretty close to the crossed line, actually, if I can finish the blood loss fic and then do something for the other two squares in that line. "Unrequited pining" is a tricky one, but most of my fandoms have at least one relationship that would lend itself to that, if I can do it right.

If I just go for the straight line, though, I can ask for a new card after posting the bingo. Which is rather tempting, really! New squares to play with!

Not that I'm really short on things to write about at the moment, what with one WC WiP in progress, and my exchange fic for collarcorner (which is getting rather long, and by "rather long" I mean that I just passed 25K words on it), and for that matter the most recent prompt post at collarcorner is making me flail with all the tempting ideas that I don't have time to write.

In the meantime, what should I write for my combat square, y'all?

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Comments

[leesa_perrie]

Sometimes looking up the dictionary's entry for a word can help you come at it from a different angle. So, for 'combat':

1. to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
2. to battle; contend: to combat with disease.
3. Military . active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
4. a fight, struggle, or controversy, as between two persons, teams, or ideas.

So, White Collar, you could have them combat a crime of some sort. Could even turn it into a cracked AU, making them Batman/Superman/other comic hero types - as they're often referred to as combatting crime!!! :D

Then there's the disease angle or the fight/struggle/controversy angle you could look at. Hope this helps!! And one day, maybe I'll get round to watching White Collar and see what the fuss is all about!! :D

[sholio]

Ooh! These are all good suggestions; thank you. :) (So many possibilities! Though it still might be easier to go for a fandom that lends itself more easily to a combat scenario, like SGA or A:tLA ...)

And White Collar is a lot of fun! At least, I'm having fun with it. :D

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Is this only WC??
I know nothing about it but must confess that some of the squares are interesting................
And in reply to your question, YES, ((((combat)))) full speed ahead

[sholio]

No, it's any fandom. :D I got it from here: http://hc-bingo.livejournal.com/59642.html

It just figures that I'm in a fandom right now (White Collar) that doesn't lend itself all that well to the combat square, whereas my fandoms are mostly sci-fi, action, or military fandoms that have combat all over the place. I've gotten some good suggestions for how to make it work, though. Or I could just try to finish one of my many unfinished SGA stories ... *g*

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Or I could just try to finish one of my many unfinished SGA stories ... *g*


**RAISES HANDS HIGH IN AIR** in support of that option.
:D

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, oh! I've always wanted to read a story where Diana teaches Neal some combat moves for self-defense purposes.

Or, you could do something along the lines of mental combat, in which to catch the bad guy Peter and Neal must outsmart them.

[sholio]

Ohhhhh! I like your Diana-Neal idea! :D I really love Diana-Neal friendship and that sounds like a lot of fun to write.

[linziday.livejournal.com]

Rodney in combat is always a favorite. Of everyone. Not just me, I mean. Really. *looks innocent*

[sholio]

So many ideas, not enough time to write ... *g*

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

I know there was an episode where neil was fencing with someone, if that doesn't count as combat, i don't know what does

[sholio]

Oh, that is an excellent point! :D *makes mental note*