Somewhere in Between - Outtakes and (really bad) humor

[ashes_and_wings]

First off, let me say we never wanted to offend anyone with what you will read here. Most of it was written late at night, when insanity and insomnia collide. Um… some are just short little things over the IM when we needed a laugh - others longer parts we had written into real chapters. Again, yeah, none of this was really ever meant to be seen,

Comments

[summonerluna]

Oh these are too cute! I love seeing "behind the scenes" sort of things...just from listening to you talk about writing this it seems like you really enjoy it, and that you and Wayward Tempest work really well together...(well, clearly you do, otherwise the story wouldn't be as great as it is...) <3

But..aww, I actually like Elise! I mean, she's not Rinoa...but was a good interim girl for Squall to keep him from going completely insane...but I really do think she is wonderful :) I hope that however you guys end it isn't too tragic for her <3

[ashes_and_wings]

Sorry about the late reply, this is the first time I have really been on in weeks. Oh yeah, Nicole and I have hundreds of crazy ideas for stories, that will never get done. (This is a good thing, trust me.)

I'm glad Elise is at least 'tolerable.' When we originally planned it out we couldn't see doing it with a canon character (like Quistis) It just wouldn't have worked in our opinion. So hoped going that route wouldn't upset too many people.

[summonerluna]

Haha unused ideas are always fun :)

Yeah I don't think a canon character would have worked either...unless it was just a character you only encounter like, once...Squall and Selphie definitely do not work, and I really love the role Quists plays in this story :) (Though I did wonder...are your characters like Elise, Maude and Lauren based on people you know? I love seeing them reappear!)

Oh and one final thought...I don't know if you will get a chance to check, but I wrote a quick note to you on my personal journal...I have found a couple of songs that are soundtracks to your stories! :)

[ashes_and_wings]

"unless it was just a character you only encounter like, once

[summonerluna]

Oh neat that Alex has a story...I had always kind of figured she was throw-back to Zell's library girl :)

Elise is so well thought-out, and so recurring...I don't think it's embarassing that she is based on another character :) I like seeing her come back...though I must admit, as SiB was the first story of yours I read, whenever she comes back part of me always expects that she will become drama for Squall and Rinoa...not that she is bad drama, like I said before I love her character and the role that she plays, and the pain she goes through breaks my heart...but I still have that first impression of her :)

And that's awesome that Maude is a tribute to a family member...I love all of your recurring characters, but Maude is probably my favorite of your OCs :)

(Yay you for getting a night off!)

[ashes_and_wings]

Well, I can't say Elise is really based on her, only the name and snowboarding jokes. ;) After that she is really just a mixture of our imagination. (Though it is hard to play SSX without thinking that now)

One of these days I really want to write something on my great-grandmother (aka Maude) though her name was really Elizabeth, she hated that and went by Reedy, not sure why. ^_^

I know some people have said something about me using the same OC characters in different stories, but honestly, I'm not that creative to come up with new ones all the time!