JanNoWriMo Update!

[first_seventhe]

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[muggy_mountain]

Irvine Country Singer AU

irvine...country singer.

dude, I don't even like FFVIII much, but WANT. So very much do want.

[first_seventhe]

Seifer is hired as his bodyguard. Zell is his manager. (Does this make it better or worse?)

[pearlrose86]

Zell? As a manager? ...really?

[first_seventhe]

I needed someone I could imagine with a terrible fashion sense. XD

[pearlrose86]

I was just wincing at Zell's uh, maturity level? I have a hard time imagining him managing himself, let alone someone else. XD

[first_seventhe]

The entire story has been an interesting exercise, actually. Zell's pretty smart in the game, if a little over-eager and immature, so turning him into an over-eager manager is just a bit of an exercise in writing. The hardest part, so far, honestly, has been keeping Seifer's mouth shut when interviewing for a job. It is hard to write a Seifer who isn't constantly making fun of Zell, but in this particular case, he needs the job, bad.

[pearlrose86]

I like Zell, but I think I like making fun of him a little too much. It's part of his charm. It's like he's wearing a walking "Kick Me!" sign some days.

It probably doesn't help that I haven't touched Final Fantasy VIII in years, mostly because I really wanted to hit both Squall and Rinoa the last time I tried playing.

[first_seventhe]

Luckily, Squall and Rinoa aren't in this piece at all! Unfortunately, it's because Rinoa and Selphie are in their own AU band, and Squall becomes a groupie.

[pearlrose86]

I am almost intrigued. Mostly because I like Selphie a lot.

And the thought of Squall as a groupie is making me giggle way more than it should.

[first_seventhe]

Rinoa and Selphie are in their own band; Quistis is their manager, and Squall carries all of the heavy things for them and pretends that it's for the pay and not because he has a crush on Rinoa. XD

[pearlrose86]

Now Quistis I can see being a good manager. The kind that you love to push to be more sociable but would never fire because she's the only organized person you know and would be totally lost without her.

[first_seventhe]

Double especially when your band is Rinoa and Selphie. XD

[pearlrose86]

I wonder if they can talk Quistis into doing backup vocals or something equally embarrassing? Oh, the plot bunnies multiply!

Definitely, though. I adore Quistis, and oh, the antics. Are you planning to write this at some point or are you just going to be a merciless tease?

[first_seventhe]

I'm planning on writing it, because it kind of happens in the same goofy AU-verse as the Seifer/Irvine, so they'd go together. Plus I think it would be absolutely hilarious to write. Hopefully some time this month... although this S/I piece is turning out way longer than I expected, and may eat up all my words!

[pearlrose86]

Well, it sounds like you're having a blast, with whatever it is you're writing.

And isn't it just fun when the plot bunnies spiral out of control like that?

[first_seventhe]

This always happens to me with everything big that I try to write. Especially AUs, for some reason. That "pirate" AU I started a while back turned into a three-part monstrosity. XD