Remix the Drabble Authors Revealed, Or, I Fail at Guessing and Write Three New Fics
The authors behind remixthedrabble were (very quietly) revealed on Sunday. isiscolo blew me away with her Two Axes Remix of my own Space and Time. She also did a terrific job with Lifeline (The Louder Than Words) remix of my Wilby Wonderful story Quiet in Drowning.
I'd guessed Isis was responsible for the Wilby remix, since some of her beta suggestions on the original story leaked through to her remix, and it also featured some of her trademark quality and attention to characterization detail. I hadn't guessed she was behind the Two Axes Remix, since I don't normally associate her with more experimental or poetic forms. (Which just goes to show you how dumb I am, because she also did the creative Temptation remix of malnpudl's classic Evidence). Isis was a very busy fangirl, as she did five drabble remixes in total for the challenge.
Isis' feat really impressed me, as I struggled to complete just three remixes. Although they're long for drabbles, I found the hardest part was trying to keep the word count low and find a point of access in the original work. It was intimidating to be assigned such talented authors to remix: malnpudl, keerawa and exeterlinden's original stories were rich and complex, which offered almost too many choices and I had a tough time deciding what I wanted to do with them. Luckily I had the help of vienna_waits, who is worth her weight in beta gold, and she helped me narrow things down and avoid posting a remixed story that didn't meet the challenge requirements (more on that later).
Anyway, I completed three remixes for the challenge:
Tacit (The Sound of Silence Remix)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: 696 words
Remix of malnpudl's Tacit
Words were so terribly dangerous. They drowned out everything else.
Black Ice (The Slippery Slope Remix)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG
Length: 991 words
Remix of keerawa's Black Ice
Something was wrong with Fraser. Really wrong.
One Man Guy (The Island Remix)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG
Length: 663 words
Remix of exeterlinden's One Man Guy
It wasn't until the twenty-first day of the trip, at precisely nine o'clock in the morning, that Benton Fraser realized he and Ray were never going to be anything other than friends.
I'd guessed Isis was responsible for the Wilby remix, since some of her beta suggestions on the original story leaked through to her remix, and it also featured some of her trademark quality and attention to characterization detail. I hadn't guessed she was behind the Two Axes Remix, since I don't normally associate her with more experimental or poetic forms. (Which just goes to show you how dumb I am, because she also did the creative Temptation remix of malnpudl's classic Evidence). Isis was a very busy fangirl, as she did five drabble remixes in total for the challenge.
Isis' feat really impressed me, as I struggled to complete just three remixes. Although they're long for drabbles, I found the hardest part was trying to keep the word count low and find a point of access in the original work. It was intimidating to be assigned such talented authors to remix: malnpudl, keerawa and exeterlinden's original stories were rich and complex, which offered almost too many choices and I had a tough time deciding what I wanted to do with them. Luckily I had the help of vienna_waits, who is worth her weight in beta gold, and she helped me narrow things down and avoid posting a remixed story that didn't meet the challenge requirements (more on that later).
Anyway, I completed three remixes for the challenge:
Tacit (The Sound of Silence Remix)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: 696 words
Remix of malnpudl's Tacit
Words were so terribly dangerous. They drowned out everything else.
Black Ice (The Slippery Slope Remix)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG
Length: 991 words
Remix of keerawa's Black Ice
Something was wrong with Fraser. Really wrong.
One Man Guy (The Island Remix)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG
Length: 663 words
Remix of exeterlinden's One Man Guy
It wasn't until the twenty-first day of the trip, at precisely nine o'clock in the morning, that Benton Fraser realized he and Ray were never going to be anything other than friends.