Ahh.
I had a series of strange dreams today. One oddball one involved my YGO board game, although of course the gameplay in the dream was nothing like what it is in real-life. It involved the board looking like a woods backdrop or something. Then I had a bizarre dream about some nutcase who was extremely reluctant to go get help about something and had to literally be dragged to get it. Napoleon Solo was in that one, with someone actually asking him about all the rumors about him basically being James Bond with all the women. He just smiled and gave a very vague answer to keep up the mystery.
The final dream I had before waking up actually involved a local production of Pokemon Live and I was playing Jessie and people actually enjoyed my performance. There was a second performance the next day and I was so involved in the dream that when I started waking up, I was thinking, "Oh no, I missed the performance and the understudy had to go on...."
It was a really nice dream. Usually the last dreams of the day are real bummers, so this was a great change. It was kind of sad to fully wake up and realize that no, there was no performance and I wasn't playing Jessie, though. Heh.
I don't even know if I'd do a good job as Jessie. I'd rather play James, but that wouldn't really work, so Jessie would be the next best thing since I'd get to be with James. I don't know, though; I used to be more random and silly in real-life than I am now, so maybe if I dipped into that part of my personality I could pull it off.
Finally got the Turtles fic done. I hope nothing looks rushed. I wasn't sure how to end it, so the epilogue is short, and then it's more of a humor installment, so I didn't want to get too in-depth with more serious things. People seem to like it, though, so that's good!
... And I finally got a review on the Dead and Alive rewrite on FF.net! Awesome.
Was discussing the Moltres episode with Crystal and wondering exactly what James might dare to do if he had continued on his power trip. We eventually started musing on the thought of a One Ring-type corruption storyline and she suggested writing a version of Control Freak where James has the mask instead of Jessie. I watched the part of that episode where Jessie has the mask, hoping for a plunnie. I got one, but not what I expected. I wouldn't want James to act like Jessie did in that episode, especially since she really did seem to just be on a power trip instead of being corrupted. I would hate to see my favorite character behave that way and I'm also not sure James would be strong enough to take it once he realized what he'd been doing. And I think with James, he's the type of character whom I want to either be a hero or a victim, or both, but not the one causing the problem. (Of course, I did that possession fic, but it was the evil spirit causing the problem there and James was fighting it.) Interestingly, as I recall, when James went on his power trip in the Moltres episode, he wasn't mean to Jessie and Meowth. He just took over as the leader and wanted to lead them all to greatness. Jessie, on the other hand, immediately started treating James and Meowth like dirt. Well, she does that half the time anyway, but even moreso when she got a taste of power.
Of course, the plunnie I got was dark. And I don't know that I'd do anything with it beyond a blurb to satisfy my own curiosity about the scenario. But I found Jessie's treatment of them so off-putting that I got a plunnie where the mask really is corrupting her/taking her over and it gets so bad that when James realizes what's going on and tries to stop her, she responds by ... somehow impaling him with the bottom of the staff. But as he falls, he says he knows this isn't Jessie. That would break the spell over her, but then I'd be left with the problem of how to fix it. One of those rare times where I'd need a magical healing on hand, I guess.... Or reversing time, but that's a cop-out. I thought of an alternate version where she commands James' Pokemon and Meowth to attack him and they beat him up almost to death before she's able to break the spell and order them to stop, but I actually think that would be worse. Then Weezing and Victreebel would be haunted by having hurt him, especially since, judging by Meowth in the episode, they would be completely aware and just unable to stop themselves. I don't think they would be very forgiving to Jessie, even though she was corrupted and not herself, and that would be sad for everyone. Maybe I could make it random wild Pokemon instead of James' Pokemon, but I think part of the point was that the mask had caused her to fall so far that she would really do something so cruel as having James' Pokemon attack him when he opposed her.
Also the problem that someone else already took the Control Freak episode and made it serious with Jessie getting possessed by the mask and I wouldn't want to inadvertently write anything similar to their story. I can't remember their name or the fic's name to check on it. I never read it, both because it looked really long and because it was a romance, but I'm tentatively guessing that anything I'd do would be different from her effort and I wouldn't need to worry.
The final dream I had before waking up actually involved a local production of Pokemon Live and I was playing Jessie and people actually enjoyed my performance. There was a second performance the next day and I was so involved in the dream that when I started waking up, I was thinking, "Oh no, I missed the performance and the understudy had to go on...."
It was a really nice dream. Usually the last dreams of the day are real bummers, so this was a great change. It was kind of sad to fully wake up and realize that no, there was no performance and I wasn't playing Jessie, though. Heh.
I don't even know if I'd do a good job as Jessie. I'd rather play James, but that wouldn't really work, so Jessie would be the next best thing since I'd get to be with James. I don't know, though; I used to be more random and silly in real-life than I am now, so maybe if I dipped into that part of my personality I could pull it off.
Finally got the Turtles fic done. I hope nothing looks rushed. I wasn't sure how to end it, so the epilogue is short, and then it's more of a humor installment, so I didn't want to get too in-depth with more serious things. People seem to like it, though, so that's good!
... And I finally got a review on the Dead and Alive rewrite on FF.net! Awesome.
Was discussing the Moltres episode with Crystal and wondering exactly what James might dare to do if he had continued on his power trip. We eventually started musing on the thought of a One Ring-type corruption storyline and she suggested writing a version of Control Freak where James has the mask instead of Jessie. I watched the part of that episode where Jessie has the mask, hoping for a plunnie. I got one, but not what I expected. I wouldn't want James to act like Jessie did in that episode, especially since she really did seem to just be on a power trip instead of being corrupted. I would hate to see my favorite character behave that way and I'm also not sure James would be strong enough to take it once he realized what he'd been doing. And I think with James, he's the type of character whom I want to either be a hero or a victim, or both, but not the one causing the problem. (Of course, I did that possession fic, but it was the evil spirit causing the problem there and James was fighting it.) Interestingly, as I recall, when James went on his power trip in the Moltres episode, he wasn't mean to Jessie and Meowth. He just took over as the leader and wanted to lead them all to greatness. Jessie, on the other hand, immediately started treating James and Meowth like dirt. Well, she does that half the time anyway, but even moreso when she got a taste of power.
Of course, the plunnie I got was dark. And I don't know that I'd do anything with it beyond a blurb to satisfy my own curiosity about the scenario. But I found Jessie's treatment of them so off-putting that I got a plunnie where the mask really is corrupting her/taking her over and it gets so bad that when James realizes what's going on and tries to stop her, she responds by ... somehow impaling him with the bottom of the staff. But as he falls, he says he knows this isn't Jessie. That would break the spell over her, but then I'd be left with the problem of how to fix it. One of those rare times where I'd need a magical healing on hand, I guess.... Or reversing time, but that's a cop-out. I thought of an alternate version where she commands James' Pokemon and Meowth to attack him and they beat him up almost to death before she's able to break the spell and order them to stop, but I actually think that would be worse. Then Weezing and Victreebel would be haunted by having hurt him, especially since, judging by Meowth in the episode, they would be completely aware and just unable to stop themselves. I don't think they would be very forgiving to Jessie, even though she was corrupted and not herself, and that would be sad for everyone. Maybe I could make it random wild Pokemon instead of James' Pokemon, but I think part of the point was that the mask had caused her to fall so far that she would really do something so cruel as having James' Pokemon attack him when he opposed her.
Also the problem that someone else already took the Control Freak episode and made it serious with Jessie getting possessed by the mask and I wouldn't want to inadvertently write anything similar to their story. I can't remember their name or the fic's name to check on it. I never read it, both because it looked really long and because it was a romance, but I'm tentatively guessing that anything I'd do would be different from her effort and I wouldn't need to worry.