A question of timing

[flywoman]

As of now, my incredibly patient beta jezziejay is in possession of a complete draft of "Regarding House," my amnesia fic set in late S7 that I would describe as kind of a cross between "Three Months" and "End Up Like This" - that is, a character-driven, dialogue-heavy multi-chapter fic plus some spoilery speculation and House/Wilson slash.

Should I post this to comms as soon as I'm satisfied with it, or should I wait until the events that it's expected to spoil have already taken place on the show?

On the one hand, I know that a lot of people avoid spoilers like the plague and will probably have forgotten all about the existence of this story by the time the episodes in question have aired, so I would be limiting my potential reading audience by putting it out there now.

On the other hand, I really need to finish this off and focus on other things, and if I don't post it, I will be tweaking it for the next two months and stressing over the fact that elements will undoubtedly get Jossed in the meantime so that I will feel compelled to apologize and/or correct them.

You can probably guess which way I'm leaning...

Comments

[yarroway.livejournal.com]

I avoid spoilers, so I won't read the story. On the other hand, it sounds like you already know what you want to do, and it'd be silly to wait when that just doesn't work for you.

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the input! As suggested by readingrat, I will make sure to put up a final "no-spoilers" post once the coast is clear.

[yarroway.livejournal.com]

That'd be awesome. :D