getting my memes in
Nothing much important today, except I wrote over two thousand words of Revenge. It's probably a bit indulgent, but I'm actually pleased - I've managed to get the PT alternate canon in through occasional exposition and Luke's Jedi training (current unit: clairvoyance). In some ways, it's almost more about the alt!backstory than about the present; the sequel will probably focus more on the present-day characters, but there's a lot to set up. Anyway, I'm a bit gleeful because I managed to include my OFC even though she's been dead for twenty years, hint at the Anakin/OFC pairing, and more than hint at Bail/Padmé.
Come at me, Mary Sue paranoia.
Leia's plotline is finally settling into place, too; I should be able to end this with the coronation like I wanted, even though it wreaks some havoc on the rest of the outline, and fanwank her unexplained loss of authority in ROTJ. Without actually doing to her what ROTJ did. Hint: my post on the slave Leia debate is a pretty strong clue of what doesn't happen. She's not going to end up General Solo's soldier girl, either.
Star Wars meme
(7) Who is your favourite couple of the saga?
Gaaaaaah.
Last time, I went Han/Leia. I originally shipped them as far as I shipped anyone, because chemistry whoa. But Han's Rhett Butler-esque approach to her gets more uncomfortable the older I get (and yes, I realize it's actually supposed to echo Rhett/Scarlett - that doesn't help). Anakin/Padmé is all kinds of messed-up and doesn't have the chemistry, but Anakin is actually a lot more respectful of her boundaries. Which doesn't mean that he always does respect them, just ... more than Han. A lot more than Han.
Honestly, the only romantic scenes that I don't find (1) skeevy or (2) unwatchable as originally written? They're, um, the Luke/Leia ones, which are just kind of sweet and mild and consensual and retroactively skeevy. Um.
...
Fine, Han/Leia it is.
*sulk*
Asexuality meme
(7) Who's your favourite Doctor? (Or, do you have a favourite asexual character?)
Four! FourFourFourFourFour.
A lot of people say that your first doctor is your favourite, but he's actually the third one I ever saw; my first was Nine. I am very fond of him, but nothing compares to the joy that is Four. I love how ebullient and insouciant and just silly he is, most of the time, except when he's deadly serious and you know shit just got real. I love his scarf, I love his clothes, I love his hair, I love how he talks, I love K-9, I love the ridiculous special effects (they're part of the fun, like narmtastic dialogue in SW), and RomanaRomanaRomanaRomanaRomana.
I lovelovelove his travelling with another Time Lord, that he's not able to pull the More Evolved Than You Card, that she can be a haughty supercilious Gallifreyan and not evil. She's basically just all kinds of awesome and even though we knew the character would have to go, they could love each other (in their supercilious Gallifreyan way) without the usual tragic overtones, because they weren't inherently ~tragically doomed.~ Romana could come back any day and they could have funtiemz in the TARDIS forever omg why.
Also, he's very acey. Even by the Doctor's standards. <3
I think I'm the very first person I've seen to choose Four. This makes me feel both special and sad.
Fanfic meme
(7) Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
Hmm. Usually I write fic to explicate my opinion of the characters. I warmed up to Colonel Fitzwilliam a lot over the course of First Impressions; I don't think my opinion changed, I just ... liked him more, even though his attitude becomes waaaaay more offensive. Basically, canon!Fitzwilliam --> wow Darcy you do such a good job of looking after your friends and it's kind of amazing how you manage to make everyone do what you want without being remotely personable. FI!Fitzwilliam --> wow Kate you're so crazy with your plans and your creepy ways of getting people to do what you want but when you do it's endearing instead of just annoying like with our aunt, and omg I know that look, you have a crazy plan right now STOP it won't work WAIT UP WAIT UP I'M COMING WAIT FOR MEEEEEE.)
Come at me, Mary Sue paranoia.
Leia's plotline is finally settling into place, too; I should be able to end this with the coronation like I wanted, even though it wreaks some havoc on the rest of the outline, and fanwank her unexplained loss of authority in ROTJ. Without actually doing to her what ROTJ did. Hint: my post on the slave Leia debate is a pretty strong clue of what doesn't happen. She's not going to end up General Solo's soldier girl, either.
Star Wars meme
(7) Who is your favourite couple of the saga?
Gaaaaaah.
Last time, I went Han/Leia. I originally shipped them as far as I shipped anyone, because chemistry whoa. But Han's Rhett Butler-esque approach to her gets more uncomfortable the older I get (and yes, I realize it's actually supposed to echo Rhett/Scarlett - that doesn't help). Anakin/Padmé is all kinds of messed-up and doesn't have the chemistry, but Anakin is actually a lot more respectful of her boundaries. Which doesn't mean that he always does respect them, just ... more than Han. A lot more than Han.
Honestly, the only romantic scenes that I don't find (1) skeevy or (2) unwatchable as originally written? They're, um, the Luke/Leia ones, which are just kind of sweet and mild and consensual and retroactively skeevy. Um.
...
Fine, Han/Leia it is.
*sulk*
Asexuality meme
(7) Who's your favourite Doctor? (Or, do you have a favourite asexual character?)
Four! FourFourFourFourFour.
A lot of people say that your first doctor is your favourite, but he's actually the third one I ever saw; my first was Nine. I am very fond of him, but nothing compares to the joy that is Four. I love how ebullient and insouciant and just silly he is, most of the time, except when he's deadly serious and you know shit just got real. I love his scarf, I love his clothes, I love his hair, I love how he talks, I love K-9, I love the ridiculous special effects (they're part of the fun, like narmtastic dialogue in SW), and RomanaRomanaRomanaRomanaRomana.
I lovelovelove his travelling with another Time Lord, that he's not able to pull the More Evolved Than You Card, that she can be a haughty supercilious Gallifreyan and not evil. She's basically just all kinds of awesome and even though we knew the character would have to go, they could love each other (in their supercilious Gallifreyan way) without the usual tragic overtones, because they weren't inherently ~tragically doomed.~ Romana could come back any day and they could have funtiemz in the TARDIS forever omg why.
Also, he's very acey. Even by the Doctor's standards. <3
I think I'm the very first person I've seen to choose Four. This makes me feel both special and sad.
Fanfic meme
(7) Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
Hmm. Usually I write fic to explicate my opinion of the characters. I warmed up to Colonel Fitzwilliam a lot over the course of First Impressions; I don't think my opinion changed, I just ... liked him more, even though his attitude becomes waaaaay more offensive. Basically, canon!Fitzwilliam --> wow Darcy you do such a good job of looking after your friends and it's kind of amazing how you manage to make everyone do what you want without being remotely personable. FI!Fitzwilliam --> wow Kate you're so crazy with your plans and your creepy ways of getting people to do what you want but when you do it's endearing instead of just annoying like with our aunt, and omg I know that look, you have a crazy plan right now STOP it won't work WAIT UP WAIT UP I'M COMING WAIT FOR MEEEEEE.)