a WIP meme

[queenslayerbee]

I'm grabbing this tag game from tumblr, where I was tagged by a couple of friends ^-^

Rules: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Tag as many people as you have WIPs. People can send an ask with the title(s) that most intrigue them, then you post a snippet or tell them about it!

I used this as an excuse to pare-down my WIP list, something I've meant to do since the beginning of the year. It's err. Still sizeable lol, so here I've made a shorter selection featuring stories I do have more material for and/or hope to be able to finish in 2026. Though honestly, this year I'll be more about drabbles/short form/prompts and inspiration as it comes than about WIPs.

• 8 + 11 - 🇨🇳
• Amnesiac Jason
• Damon & Elena, Marriage of Doom
• Desperate Housewives/Supernatural crossover
• Dusteve & co in the 00s
• Echoven in the Ark
• Five women Cassandra Cain slept with after breaking up with The Love of Her Life
• Jaymia ft. wiggly knife
• No Death in the Family pt. I
• SilverMax Russian Doll AU

Feel free to 1) ask me about any of these, and/or 2) make a WIP list yourself and let me know about it in the comments!

Comments

[luckyzukky]

hell yeah i did this over on tumblr!!

i am very curious about the five women cass cain slept with after breakup 👀👀👀

[queenslayerbee]

Nice! Feel free to tell me about "raeterra time loop" 👀

I talked about Five Women a little bit here on tumblr, but here I'll say a little bit about each of the five women. Without saying their names, but some might be easy to guess xD

-The one that breaks the barrier is someone on the team, someone Cass clashes with. The borderline hate-sex hookup DOES get kinky in a waaaaaay under-negotiated manner that leaves Cass floundering but nonetheless ~awakens something in her ñaldkf.

-Another one is with a friend, someone she connects very easily with, who gets her and makes her feel good about herself and who she can have FUN with.

-Another is with a partner, an ally, a rock. It's a messy situation with third people involved that could get difficult to navigate, but it's also something that brings them closer.

-One is with an ongoing thorn on her side, someone who drives her a little insane and she feels insatiable curiosity for, who introduces her to a whole new world and becomes both lover and teacher.

-One is someone younger, troubled, that Cass can become that for.

[ravensilversea]

Would love to know more about the Desperate Housewives/Supernatural crossover 👀

[queenslayerbee]

Around the time I was juggling both shows in 2021 I had a dream about how a monster attacked and killed Tom Scavo (yay!) and the Supernatural characters (specifically Sam, Dean, Castiel, Rowena, and Jack, because I was watching the later seasons) infiltrated the suburbs to investigate. The dream featured Sam and Dean as plague control, Dean thirsting for Bree, and Castiel and Rowena and Jack playing house as a hilarious fake married couple.

I found the idea super amusing and ended up writing a bit of it here and there, all in the style of Desperate Housewives's narration (aka Mary Alice's ghost voice over lol). It's been a while since I've touched the WIP, but I do want to finish it at some point because I love crack-y premises taken seriously. Here's the opening I wrote!

Life in Wisteria Lane, despite some of its inhabitants’ best efforts, was peppered with incessant interruptions of even the most carefully constructed routines.

Some of those interruptions were little more than inconveniences: a housewife’s wishes for a romantic night in were thwarted by the unannounced visit of her smothering mother in law; a daughter's poor choice of clothing prompted a hushed fight out of concern for the neighborhood's reaction; or a working mother’s carefully planned schedule went down the drain when her child had to stay sick at home. These women managed to juggle such annoyances according to their abilities and often emerged victorious, one or two ruffled outfits at the other side at most.

Other interruptions were plenty welcome: the visit of a half-estranged child from college, even if carrying a suitcase worth of dirty laundry; an invitation to a wine tasting from the lane's best gossip; or the spontaneous expensive dinner date proposed by a husband desperate to make up for his inattention.

But there were those that went beyond inconveniences. Interruptions that wrecked the peaceful passage of time in Fairview; that changed their simple little lives and tore apart their understanding of the world.

Like when my friend Lynette’s husband appeared disemboweled in the streets, eyes still open, a dropped bag filled with formula resting next to his bloodied fingers.

[ravensilversea]

That sounds like an awesome concept, and the opening is fantastic! The switch from general suburbia overview Lynette's husband appearing disemboweled in the streets literally made my jaw drop. 10/10 would read to find out what happened next

[queenslayerbee]

My favourite part is how this would totally fit within Desperate Housewives's story. Supernatural shenanigans aside, the show loves its shocking openings, its "look at the darkness that hides behind the rosy veneer of suburban life" twists, and its murders xD