[fic] The Leftovers

[belluminabyssus]

title: The Leftovers
universe: Die Young & Sell Your Soul
characters: C.C. Howlett, Flynn Gallagher, Alex Delmar
word count: 2098
author's note: Written for week 4 of the brigits_flame allstars contest. The prompt was "Vestige." This was an obvious choice to fit the prompt, and hopefully it comes across properly. Usually, I'd write something explanatory up

Comments

[so_wordy]

I love so many things about this piece. For one, the sections and how they're rendered.Though written in third person, I feel like you're giving us a true first person perspective. It comes through that you really know these characters

[belluminabyssus]

I'm so, so glad this worked for you. I was struggling really hard with how to execute this idea, and eventually I just had to suck it up and just try -- luckily it came out half-decent

[so_wordy]

*flails* more Sherlock icons

[belluminabyssus]

I only have a few Sherlock ones, sadly. HERE IS ANOTHER. JUST TO SHOW OFF

[so_wordy]

I do so love hearing about the background info of an author's world

[belluminabyssus]

Sadly, the pizza was ... not so delicious. :( She didn't do a very good job with being specific in her "deal" and so the demon gave her something not so fun.

And re: malakhim, go, go! Diatribe! I too enjoy hearing writers talk about how they devised their ideas. :)

It's definitely a very difficult thing to figure out those big-concept items, but once you get 'em down, everything's pretty easy afterwards. I've had little insights of inspiration every now and again so I'm sort of not concentrating on it, because Murmur's motives and species aren't going to be important for a little later, and I hope if I don't concentrate too hard on it, it'll come to me.

The few things I really truly know about the demons now are that they're not "diabolical" creatures like Christianity treats them. They're just ... creatures without souls, and therefore without consciences. They are also just creatures, and though they are ultra-powerful, they have nothing to do with god/angels, because those two things don't exist in this universe. It's possible

[so_wordy]

It's like the demon is (depending on the way you look at it) a really terrible or supremely awesome genie. Such sneaky sob(s).

I will probably splurge leaks and things for my trubies one day. I love outlining things that are important and then flouncing away while people are dumbstruck. Like, "no, no, that was a tease. Now suffer!"

I don't know if this is true for you, but I find that things somehow fall into place later in writing. There will be no future plans and then, things just slide into place. I always thank my creativity because I'm like 'subconscious badassery.'

Murmur! What a delightful name for a demon. :)

Play with the dynamic until the cows come home. Inverting the supposed/widespread belief of things is so much fun. It makes the reader work 10x as hard. I love it.

So basically, the demons are animal-like, instinct? Neither good nor evil, just existing. Hmm, this could get very interesting if you look into the psychology of things.

Go inspiration, go! & yayayayay. Will do. :D

[belluminabyssus]

Hahaha this is true -- that is very much what you do every week. YOU AND YOUR DAMN CLIFFHANGERSSSS.

Yeah, I think there are some things that are really important to know, but if you try too hard to figure them out, you won't figure it out. I think I need to put things on the back burner in terms of figuring out stuff about demons, and it'll come to me eventually when I'm least expecting it to.

And yes! Murmur's the name of a Christian demon, actually -- a very minor one. :)

Yaaaay inspirationnnnnn. *hopes it comes* :)