Comments | carolinecrane: WAT snippet

carolinecrane

WAT snippet

Nov 07, 2003 17:58

So I started this fic this morning. It was supposed to be a coda for "Our Sons and Daughters". It was going to be a series of short scenes, just three or four little snapshots, if you will, of Martin coming to grips with Ethan's death etc. Six hours later and the damn thing has spiraled right out of control. I'm not sure whether or not I want ( Read more... )

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carolinecrane November 7 2003, 20:11:20 UTC

Heh. No pressure or anything.

No, honestly if I continue this -- and it's not a question so much of whether or not I want to at this point, but whether or not I can -- I wouldn't write it in snapshot format. It's got a whole plot now and all sorts of craziness. Well, plot for me, which isn't the same as plot for other people. It's mostly Martin angst, but I'm considering bringing in a Danny POV so I'd have to change the format a little. I haven't written much yet beyond what you've read, though, so it wouldn't be a problem.

Anyway. Glad you liked the beginning, and thanks for the vote of confidence. I've been looking for an angst project so this could be just what I need.

ealgylden November 7 2003, 17:29:23 UTC

Last name was Sawyer. And I'm on commercial break from Joan so I can't read this now, but I'm looking forward to it. This ep really called for a Martin coda.

alethialia November 7 2003, 18:20:26 UTC

Hmph! I want to be on commercial break for Joan!

Damn Pacific Time.

ealgylden November 7 2003, 19:01:01 UTC

Dude. Just... dude. I want Adam for my very own (but I'll share with you, of course).

carolinecrane November 7 2003, 20:12:22 UTC

Thanks, I wasn't paying attention to details at all last night. The episode really does need a coda, but this fic has grown into something much bigger than I'd originally planned. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, I suppose, unless you happen to be the one who has to write it.

writingpathways November 7 2003, 18:13:01 UTC

Still, Alex isn't missing, but he's definitely lost, and it kills Martin that there's nothing anyone can do to help him find himself.

Aww man, love that line and kind of hate it for it's truth too... but captured that feeling of empathy for others and knowledge all too well.

And I'm loving Martin's perspective in this and that scene with Danny, watching, studying, supposing things and the wonder of just how on the mark Danny could be... and heh, Danny does kind of scream sex. But then I'm a silly girl who likes boys with smirks so Danny's like a Black Hole of Doom for me.

carolinecrane November 7 2003, 20:13:20 UTC

Danny does scream sex. I'm not attracted to him and I can see that.

I'm worried about continuing the tone throughout this thing. It's SCW all over again. Which means it'll either become an obsession or I'll give up in a couple days and go back to not writing again.

writingpathways November 8 2003, 10:09:53 UTC

I'll cross my fingers for obsession.

alethialia November 7 2003, 18:19:45 UTC

Ooooh!...

::stares::

Sure, Danny likes him well enough now, but he's not interested in Martin's personal problems. He just wants to know, the way they all want to know. It's in their nature, and even if it wasn't it's their job.

::stares some more::

I'm fine. Really.

I love this! Especially that line. Very insightful, as usual. This is definitely a fic that needs to be written. I think we all recognized the need for Martin to get some closure and Danny's just the one to give it to him. And, oh, how I adore perceptive!Danny making Martin all uncomfortable. Silly of Martin to think he could hide it from Danny ( ... )

carolinecrane November 7 2003, 20:16:24 UTC

A post-ep for this particular episode could definitely work in a snapshot format, but I think if I continue this I'd have to write it as more fleshed out scenes, simply because in my head it's got a sort-of plot now and it's probably going to be a big mess. I may have bitten off more than I can chew, but it's Martin and it's Danny/Martin, and I haven't done that in awhile so it's worth a shot.

The cemetery thing, though, is pretty much a standard cliche, isn't it? Well, maybe it's a standard cliche in the horror genre and that's why it's so familiar to me and maybe not the general, non-horror viewing population. But SV definitely took a page from several masters when they wrote the scene you're describing. I know that's where I got it. I felt a little silly about writing it because of that, but at the same time, sometimes cliches work.

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carolinecrane November 7 2003, 22:28:36 UTC

I did see that. I'll have to listen especially hard next time I see that episode. I think my big problem with accents is when people try to write them phonetically. It tends to overexaggerate them and Nick's accent, when he has one at all, is subtle at best. But that's just my interpretation of his character.

As for WaT, you're right, they don't use Viv nearly enough. Bastards.