June 2022 Small Story Poll (Patreon)

Heyo all. Sorry about the week of noncommunication. I have been going over the later 2/3rds of ATP48 from Observanc3. No huge changes, but a ton of small ones, particularly to the dialogue of the various Asgardians, and in how I describe the setting. I will be posting the revamped chapter here and over on Fanfic in the next few minutes.  As for work on the rest of ATP, chapter 49 is with Observanc3 now. I had made major changes to the last few scenes before sending it bade to Morde24, but since he hadn’t gotten that back to me by last weekend, I decided to hold off on posting the refined chapter to Fanfic until the end of the month.

As for ATP chapter 50, it’s going. This is going to be the last chapter in the Shadow War arc. This month it has seemed that my imagination is like rubber. The more I try to force it in one direction, the more it wants to bounce around in others. I have had a devil of a time finishing this chapter, which is why I haven’t been taking part in the tactics thread as I had when I began it. I have the primary discussion, the Jörmungandr fights, and the Thor being depressed and angry scenes all written, but the rest are fighting me like hell to get finished. I will however have it done by this weekend. At that point, I will post it here on patron with the caveat that none of my editors will have seen it.

I have also finished work on Bhaalson chapter 1, although I might give it a Grammerly check before posting it here and asking everyone’s opinions on the various font changes and inserts. If doing so doesn’t make my computer cry for it’s mother board. I have submitted a request for a log in to A03, and been told they should have it by the sixth of June. Ugh.

More importantly, and the reason for posting this now, is that next month I am taking a break from ATP! Seriously guys, it is insane how much smooth writing Stallion this month was to working on ATP. Hell, I think I just want a month of writing smaller stories, so instead of the regular polling format, for June we will have three polls. One Ranma small story for here on fanfic, one HP story for here on fanfic, and one small story (possibly medium) fic for over on Fanfic.

This will be the Small story poll for Fanfic, and the choices are…

Fate Touched in Middle Earth- HP/Tolkien crossover: Harry and Bilbo continue their journey, meeting with Beorn and his new wife, along with the men who have decided to follow him, and the dwarves sent with him to help guard the pass. Astonishingly trouble doesn’t find them as they pass through the mountains, and the two arrive at the edge of Rivendell without incident. A few humorous incidents happen in Rivendell itself as Harry meets an eleven-year old boy and intense feelings of envy and déjà vu fill his being. News reaches Bilbo’s ear, and he shows a certain strength of purpose to push on quickly, lest he lose Bag End to a auction of all things. After a kidnapping, another incident happens on the way to Bree, but eventually the group arrives just in time to stop Bag End from being sold. A final meal is had, an elf shows up, and Harry and Bilbo bid one another farewell before the human turns his feet towards Mirkwood once more on a straight line. Because, why not?…

Horse for the Force– Ranma/Star Wars crossover: With urgency (and annoyance) guiding their steps, Shaak and Ranma hastily put together a plan to head to Coruscant, sans the Wild Blade, since living pocket battleship/carrier does not equal stealthy. The rest of their crew goes with them, and while Shaak is doing some counseling, Thrawn is informed of this latest bit of information before telling Yoda and several Jedi that they are idiots but that they can use this information on the strategic level. Anakin, chief idiot, arrives on Coruscant, where he runs into an old flame. After much amusement, Padme tries to calm him down, which succeeds vaguely. Ranma and company arrive, with Shaak and the Mandos heading down-spire into the depths of Coruscant. There they are confronted by lots of various dangers before coming to the danger they are here to face. Meanwhile, Anakin is saved by Ranma followed by Ranma… Ranmaing as hard as possible in front of Darth Sidious. This, needless to say, does not go well for anyone. A firefight ensues as the Nova Guard square off against Sidious’s pawns outside, many revelations come to light, as the future hangs in the balance.

Magic of the Force- HP/SW crossover: War dominates discussions in the halls of power for better or worse on all three sides of the war, while the news of Ord Cestus, though small, puts heart into people and allows the Senate to issue a series of ultimatums to the High Command. A member of Clan Saa and her Master get a new assignment as Aayla proves she remembers all her Master’s teaching about being sneaky. Ahsoka, meanwhile, shows Potter Luck has nothing to do with blood, and strategic visions are discussed, with the Dooku Training Center turned to a new purpose. Several campaigns begin, and perfectly made plans on paper quickly run into this thing called reality. Nonetheless, the war grinds on, while in the shadows of chaos, Kas and Mak come closer to finding what they seek. An assassination occurs, while fleets clash, and Padme tries to sway the hearts and minds of the senate. Harry and Aayla find themselves embroiled in a political argument while Valahari comes under attack, and the Tyrant’s Bane fights sneaky.

Regarding the new concept of carrying over votes: I will probably do that to one of the two patron only polls. I am not comfortable doing it here because while Horse is the story that has been updated most recently, it is also far and away the one closest to completion of the three. I would estimate it only has four, maybe six chapters depending on chapter size left (recall it isn’t a fix-everything fic). And I would reaaaally like to end two or maybe even three stories this year.

This poll will end on the 4th. This will let me start work on the winner right away.