trying to get two monks to kiss

[kindkit]

Today I passed 10,000 words on my WIP, so I feel safe(ish) in mentioning that it exists. Cadfael TV fandom, all about Brother Jerome and Prior Robert and how they got that way. I keep needing to research 12th century theology, monastic practice, etc. etc., although I could write any damn half-recalled or entirely made up thing and still not be less historically accurate than the show.

I'll need a beta reader for this beast eventually, if anyone feels like it. Warning for lots and lots and LOTS of Christianity: the search function tells me I've used the word "sin" 14 times already in this draft.

I am so glad to be writing something again. I'm even enjoying, more or less, the actual process of getting the words onto the page. I have no idea why this fandom or this character was the one to break through years of stuck-ness. Why an officious, sanctimonious, puritanical little monk instead of, say, a dashing serial killer and his ethically-challenged boyfriend, the protagonists of a show of vastly higher quality than Cadfael? (The answer probably has a lot to do with their being no fic about Jerome and Robert vs. reams of it about Hannibal and Will, but still. I do sometimes find myself puzzled by the things and characters that appeal to me.)

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[sovay]

Cadfael TV fandom, all about Brother Jerome and Prior Robert and how they got that way.

Congratulations! 10,000 words is not a small number!

I would cheerfully volunteer as a beta-reader, but mostly because I want to read the thing; if you want someone who can seriously evaluate the portrayal of twelfth-century Christianity, it is not my field of expertise.

[lilacsigil]

That sounds exciting! I often find that my fandoms have to be middling quality for the words to come - too good and I'm satisfied with canon, too awful and I have no more interest - so maybe this hits the sweet spot for you?

[halotolerant]

Huzzah for fic! The pleasure/pain of writing it (nothing like inspiration) and the joy of getting to read what other people write! \o/ I am delighted (and looking up where I can find Cadfael on my various streaming services *g*)