Setting myself up for failure?

[clawofcat]

So, I've got Fang judging and this iwry_marathon fic due in October and November, and yet I'm still considering signing up for seasonal_spuffy. It's just totally ill advised. I'm a wreck under pressure, only sort of have a story idea in mind, and have limited amounts of time to dedicate to writing. And yet... I still consider it. I'm an idiot, for sure. Someone stop me before

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[eowyn_315]

deird1 writes a lot of fic from outside perspectives. I'm crap with remembering things, so you might just want to browse through her stuff for more, but the one that sticks out is Shell Game, an Illyria fic from Trish Burkle's POV.

Also, you might find this post interesting - it talks about the pitfalls of having a 3rd party POV of a favorite pairing or character.

[clawofcat]

Awesomesauce. Thanks for the link.

I actually read that post by snickfic, but didn't think it really applied to the whole Asmodeus idea, since the dude's OC. It's his demony existence to vicariously get his kicks off the suffering of others. I just don't really know how to about writing from his POV though, hence the request for stories in this style. I must becomed schooled. I also must resist signing up...

[eowyn_315]

Asmodeus? I don't think we talked about this one, did we? The only third party POV fic I remember was Bangel from Dawn's POV.

ETA: Oh, just followed your link. Demon of lust, I do remember that one.

[clawofcat]

Yeah, Demon of Lust would be for Spuffy, not Bangel. I still I think want to try and make an AU S6 Bangel thing work. I might shrink the scope though to make it more manageable. Pass suggested I focus by completeing this statement, "I really want to write Buffy and Angel doing _____." The first thing that popped into my head was "I really want to write Buffy telling Angel she was in heaven." I think the fall out of that would be enormous and I never got the impression that she actually did tell Angel. The circumstances surrounding why she might and its consequences seem sort of interesting to me because that knowledge could very well wreck their chance of hope. Not only can they not be together in a sustainable way in life, but they certainly couldn't in death. It's the heaven/hell thing again. And Angel's guilt would be insanely huge.

[eowyn_315]

That works. I think it would be a powerful moment for them, and you could probably do more of what you do best than with a longer, less focused fic.

Have you thought about the setting of it? When/how she would tell him?

[clawofcat]

I haven't really figured out details. It's all fuzz so far. But I like the idea of an AU S6 that would somehow force Buffy to tell Angel or make it imperative. I don't see this knowledge as something desirable that she would want to share. There'd be a lot of fear. Why, i'm not sure. There's a reason she lies to the Scoobies and there's a reason she presumably didn't tell Angel in canon. I don't know what the reason is, but if we can figure it out, then we can construct a scenario where it would make sense to share this intel and for her to deal with the consequences. It's another detective work fic, I think. Can we mull over motivation over IM? I'm reading some stuff for judging at the moment, but it'd be cool to discuss this weekend.

[eowyn_315]

Sure, I have orientation on Saturday, but I should be around otherwise.

As far as a reason she didn't tell Angel, I feel like we talked about this some for Off Route 17, but don't remember the actual train of thought - do you have any notes about it?