The Course of True Love: Chapter 45, Part 2
Title: The Course of True Love
Pairing: Alex/Olivia
Fandom: Conviction/Law and Order SVU
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: All characters are the property of Dick Wolf and NBC (except for the few I created).
Author's Notes: This story is meant to fill in the gaps for what wasn't shown on Conviction but very well could have happened; however, it begins before ( Read more... )
Pairing: Alex/Olivia
Fandom: Conviction/Law and Order SVU
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: All characters are the property of Dick Wolf and NBC (except for the few I created).
Author's Notes: This story is meant to fill in the gaps for what wasn't shown on Conviction but very well could have happened; however, it begins before ( Read more... )
I have this huge timeline all written out, and I definitely plan on bringing Alex and Liv back together--slowly but surely. I don't want things to seem anticlimactic by having them apart for a length of time and then wrapping it all up with a couple paragraphs at the end where they ride off into the sunset. I think the healing process, especially for Olivia, will take more than just a quick ending. Besides, a quick type of ending won't really fit with where I've taken the story.
I know I've been writing this story on and off for three years so even if I wanted to (which I don't), I wouldn't write an unhappy ending because I don't think it's fair to the people who have stuck with me through it all. I know my story is very angsty and there needs to be a payoff--one that people feel is worth it. To be honest, if it wasn't for Conviction canon, this story would be done by now.
As for Nichya, I don't plan on ending it anytime soon. I mean, I thought about getting them through the school year and the summer and ending it, but as you said, it would be complicated--especially considering the fact that they are still in high school. So I may wait until after they finish senior year and then end it, but then again, by that time it might be 2 more sequels and 100 more chapters knowing me HAHAHA. My friend Kasie and a few others wanted me to do a college version, but I don't know how long it will be if/when I can get to it. I guess only time will tell.
Nichya is one of those stories that if I'm down, I'll read it and laugh to cheer myself up. I know that even the angsty parts of it will quickly be resolved and happiness is on the horizon. But with Course the angst is much more layered and in-depth and let's just say I don't go to it for a pick-me-up, lol. It's definitely a challenge to write it at times because of course I have to go back and reread certain chapters to make sure I'm staying on track and if you're not in the best spirits, it can be emotionally taxing. However, contrary to that statement, sometimes the parts that are emotionally taxing are easier for me to write. It can be a challenge because you're trying to still keep the story A/O in terms of their interactions but you're following canon that prevents you from going at the pace you wish and having the type of interaction you wish without throwing you into on-again/off-again syndrome.
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No it doesn't spoil anything. Most of the fan fic ends happily anyway and if one doesn't, I have finally accepted the fact that I will find a happy one tomorrow. That being said, the exceptional ones, the ones that crawl into your soul, like yours, really need a happy ending to keep us all from going insane and throwing things. I would grant a grudging exception to that statement only to Connecticut McPhee's, Obscured By Darkness, much as I hate to say it.
I'm happy to hear you have a planned storyline for Course. That indicates you have some idea of how you want the story to run and are dedicated to finishing. I would think that would keep it from becoming a 10 year saga........... in real time. LOL Slow and steady stories spread out over a long time period beat jarring, sudden, unexplained abandonment any day.
I have passed Ghost in my Netlfix SVU viewing so now I can watch Conviction and join the majority in becoming disgusted that it exists and happy that it only lasted for 13 episodes, the tragedy of not seeing S. March regularly on TV notwithstanding.
Yep, Nichya is a different animal. High school is like that, less layered and not as in-depth. I think it's a function of maturity. But it does make it more fun to read. My favorite moment, besides all the lovin' of course, was Olivia's reaction to Alex throwing the ring at her on the beach in her drunken insanity and Casey helping her look for it. It was so in character within the story for Olivia. I was glad you put someone 'there for her', because she ends up handling things alone entirely too often in so many stories. Her life makes her more than capable of doing it but geez, sometimes it's just nice for her to have someone to lean on so she doesn't reach a breaking point.
You could do an 'approaching the end of college and early professional years' segment using selected flashbacks to get farther into the future years but of course the characters would have to age and mature and then it would just become another Course of.... and wouldn't be as much fun to write. On the other hand it would be your idea of the years that are missing: law school, police academy, time on street patrol in uniform, path to the DA's office etc..
LOL, for several years I just showed up and read these stories, now I critique, comment on, encourage, prod and generally spout off. I'm cracking myself up but I'm having fun and making cyberfriends.
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