Slowly Regaining Some Of That Magical Concept Known As Free Time For Writing, Which Means...

Slowly regaining some of that magical concept known as free time for writing, which means...

I'm finally making more progress on Chapter 2 of the Groundhog Day AU!

(Technically Ch. 3 according to ao3 labeling, but the first one was just a prologue and thus doesn't count in my head, haha.)

It's been a longer wait than I'd hoped for, but it's also turning into a long chapter. (The longest one so far, though Ch. 3 might give it a run for it's money based on the current outline.)

5k words into Ch. 2 so far, probably a few more to go, and then I'll finally be able to clean it up, do a last editing pass, and get it up on ao3!

The beginning of this chapter gave me endless trouble, but it also has one of my favorite scenes so far, and I am excited to finally be getting it close to posting-ready.

Hopefully someone has as much fun reading that bit as I had writing it, but it still makes me laugh either way. Given that amusing myself with Felix's inability to escape this Very Bad, Extremely Horrible Worst Day Ever is most of the reason I started writing this AU, this scene will stay one of my favorites regardless just for giving me motivation to keep working even as the beginning took approximately a zillion rewrites till I finally figured out the right way for it to go.

In the meantime, here's the current Ch. 2 summary in my notes for anyone interested:

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Felix: Fine. Clearly, Oliver is getting his Saltburn party. Doesn't mean I can't ignore him all day, anyway, until this time loop ends! Oliver: Fine. Who cares about stupid Felix. We're in a time loop, Felix hates me forever, and apparently I've had a lot of repressed anger that I was trying to ignore... Guess I don't have to worry about repressing that anymore! Felix: Wait... Is ignoring this problem even harder, like, not going to solve it? Even though I don't want to deal with it?? What do you mean, I might have to talk to someone when I don't wanna??? Oliver: Oh. Oh. So, if I kill enough people, Felix eventually stops ignoring me and pays attention to me again. ...neat! Felix: Um, obviously I'm still going to ditch you forever and never speak to you again as soon as you stop killing people and we get out of this loop - no, wait, what are you doing, please put down the knife for the love of-

Saltburn is an impeccably written show and I will not be taking any criticism on that point, but even I can admit that there is one major plot hole in the movie:

How in the hell did Felix, who is approximately 10 ft tall, manage to ride tiny lil' Oliver Quick's bicycle without destroying his knees??

Manny Jacinto in The Good Place

VS Manny Jacinto in The Acolyte

This dude’s range should be studied

So. Close.

This chapter is so close to finally finished.

Just two last scenes to finish up, and then I'm closing my eyes and posting it before I spend another few months nitpicking the details like an anxious perfectionist instead of moving on with the rest of the story.

When I read a fanfic I like, the author becomes a mini celebrity to me. So when an author with a work I like kudos’ or comments on my own fanfic I just-

The objectively funniest possible way for Darth Vader to have perceived Ahsoka getting yoinked into the portal at Malachor is for her to disappear into thin air. One second he's swinging his lightsaber at her, the next she's gone. He has no idea what happened. Is she dead? Did he somehow vaporize his Padawan former apprentice? He can't feel her presence in the Force anymore, so he decides that must be it.

But over the next few years, he notices a few...anomalies. Little things. Nothing certain, but the evidence is there and he knows Ahsoka's work when he sees it - there can't be that many orange Togrutas with blue and white montrals running black ops against the Empire. Somewhere, somehow, she's alive. The Force hums in agreement.

The A New Hope happens. He swings his lightsaber at Kenobi and the old man disappears into thin air.

Vader has seen this trick before. He won't be fooled by it twice.

His suspicions are confirmed when he senses his old master's presence guiding the boy who destroyed the Death Star: Obi-Wan Kenobi is still alive.

And the old traitor never taught Anakin how to teleport, even though he clearly took the time to teach Ahsoka!

Vader seethes with unimaginable rage.