2010 yuletide letter
(My apologies for posting this so late! Thanks for your patience.)
SO, YULETIDE:
1. Yuletide is something I look forward to all year, so I can’t thank you enough for being involved. You rock!
2. I’m in awe of people who can construct intricate, well-paced, and gripping plots, but atmosphere and character are the two parts of storycraft that I really, really love. Play with them as you wish.
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks is one of those viewing experiences that is going to stick with me forever. The Black Lodge is a terrifying and exhilarating concept, but there seem to be hardly any fics in this tiny fandom that make use of it. I requested Cooper and Laura because their connection was one of the most interesting and metaphysical, and in some ways I might even ship it. That scene with the two of them at the end of Fire Walk With Me is so cathartic. The first time I watched it I just sat there sobbing and smiling at the same time, much like Laura herself. What happens in the Lodge up to and beyond that point? How do Laura and Cooper interact with each other, the other spirits, the doppelgängers? The Lodge is a strange, dark, unpredictable place, so feel free to experiment.
The Town
I was initially only interested in seeing this film because I have giant crush Jon Hamm, but OH MAN DID I LOVE IT. Frawley was a dick, but he’s probably my favorite character. I like to think that this case got to him in way that others haven’t, and I’d like to see him dealing with the ramifications of that. However, I would also adore a story focusing on one of ladies because The Town was definitely a boys’ club. Let’s restore a bit of narrative agency and find out what Claire and/or Krista are going through. (P.S. Frawley/Claire, though unlikely, would be super sexy. Just, ya know, throwing that out there.)
Blade Runner
The world of Blade Runner astounds me. Despite that interminable rain, the Los Angeles of 2019 is beautiful with all the different gradients of light and grime, the mosaic of cultures, the cyberpunk decadence. It’s a dangerous world, but a replicant is well-equipped for danger. Roy’s (justifiable) madness is fascinating, but I think Zhora needs to have her story told. I’m always incredibly full of rage when Deckard guns her down in cold blood--she only was trying to make the best of her remaining lifespan and he rips it from her in the most horrible way. Maybe you can preserve some of that life. I want to know what her short time on earth was like and her memories of all that came before. What has she seen?
Brideshead Revisited
Unfortunately, I have not yet read Evelyn Waugh’s novel (which is something I hope to rectify soon!), but I fell in love with the Granada series when I watched it a few months back. Sebastian Flyte was the primary source of that love. Anthony Andrews plays him with such charm and sensitivity, and when we meet him again in Morocco it’s unsettling to see him so damaged. Sebastian is ravaged emotionally and physically, and I think he’s changed in ways that even Charles couldn’t understand. I wanted to see him on his drunken ramblings through the crowded streets, helping and hindering the monks, grappling with the distant ghosts of the Marchmain family and Charles Ryder. I’m also curious about the nature of his relationship with Kurt. Was it romantic, or was it merely a platonic, almost paternal, bond between caregiver and invalid?
SO, YULETIDE:
1. Yuletide is something I look forward to all year, so I can’t thank you enough for being involved. You rock!
2. I’m in awe of people who can construct intricate, well-paced, and gripping plots, but atmosphere and character are the two parts of storycraft that I really, really love. Play with them as you wish.
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks is one of those viewing experiences that is going to stick with me forever. The Black Lodge is a terrifying and exhilarating concept, but there seem to be hardly any fics in this tiny fandom that make use of it. I requested Cooper and Laura because their connection was one of the most interesting and metaphysical, and in some ways I might even ship it. That scene with the two of them at the end of Fire Walk With Me is so cathartic. The first time I watched it I just sat there sobbing and smiling at the same time, much like Laura herself. What happens in the Lodge up to and beyond that point? How do Laura and Cooper interact with each other, the other spirits, the doppelgängers? The Lodge is a strange, dark, unpredictable place, so feel free to experiment.
The Town
I was initially only interested in seeing this film because I have giant crush Jon Hamm, but OH MAN DID I LOVE IT. Frawley was a dick, but he’s probably my favorite character. I like to think that this case got to him in way that others haven’t, and I’d like to see him dealing with the ramifications of that. However, I would also adore a story focusing on one of ladies because The Town was definitely a boys’ club. Let’s restore a bit of narrative agency and find out what Claire and/or Krista are going through. (P.S. Frawley/Claire, though unlikely, would be super sexy. Just, ya know, throwing that out there.)
Blade Runner
The world of Blade Runner astounds me. Despite that interminable rain, the Los Angeles of 2019 is beautiful with all the different gradients of light and grime, the mosaic of cultures, the cyberpunk decadence. It’s a dangerous world, but a replicant is well-equipped for danger. Roy’s (justifiable) madness is fascinating, but I think Zhora needs to have her story told. I’m always incredibly full of rage when Deckard guns her down in cold blood--she only was trying to make the best of her remaining lifespan and he rips it from her in the most horrible way. Maybe you can preserve some of that life. I want to know what her short time on earth was like and her memories of all that came before. What has she seen?
Brideshead Revisited
Unfortunately, I have not yet read Evelyn Waugh’s novel (which is something I hope to rectify soon!), but I fell in love with the Granada series when I watched it a few months back. Sebastian Flyte was the primary source of that love. Anthony Andrews plays him with such charm and sensitivity, and when we meet him again in Morocco it’s unsettling to see him so damaged. Sebastian is ravaged emotionally and physically, and I think he’s changed in ways that even Charles couldn’t understand. I wanted to see him on his drunken ramblings through the crowded streets, helping and hindering the monks, grappling with the distant ghosts of the Marchmain family and Charles Ryder. I’m also curious about the nature of his relationship with Kurt. Was it romantic, or was it merely a platonic, almost paternal, bond between caregiver and invalid?