On the Importance of Filler
Or, why I spent twenty minutes trying to decide if Arthur and Eames should take a bus or a taxi.
So I've got five thousand words of chapter five of Hero down and it looks like the rest will be smooth sailing. At any rate, I'm taking a break from that to write this (which is funny, because me writing Hero was just me taking a break from betaing, ( Read more... )
I wasn't really sure if I agree (I think there's usually not much action in my fics), but then I read the bit about filler-only stories, and, yes. Yes.
I guess I often write something like filler-only stories with some action packed between.
And, gee, do I know the Inception of procrastination. A procrastination from a procrastination from a procrastination ...
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It's not our fault there's so many shiny and exciting things in the world, right? Right.
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Hee, thanks.
I've written kid!fic that you've might not seen yet. It's a bit different from the rest, so I don't know.
I've still got a few Inception fics that I want to finish or at least tidy up and post as snippets, but I don't really know yet.
I seem to have wandered off into the Primeval fandom (did I mention I'm easily distracted?) :D
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You wrote kid!fic! Yay! I have to admit, I'm such a sucker for kid!fic. I'm going to have to check it out, because despite what you say, I'm sure it's wonderful.
Gawd, I know, I have the first page of about. . . seven, I think it is, Inception fics written that refuse to morph themselves into actual proper fic. Not to mention, a certain pharmacy!Au that I really need to finish. . . *headdesk* One at a time, one at a time.
BBC America keeps showing me adverts for Primeval, and it apparently has That One Hot Guy I Like in it, so I've been meaning it check it out. I do have something of a minor dinosaur obsession, so I don't see how I could not love it.
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Yeah, one at a time. Both of us, we'll get everything finished and posted. Some day. Gotta believe.
Primeval is SO COOL. I mean, the show is totally cracky and has this huge plot holes all over it, and people die all the time, but you still gotta love it. And it does have a lot of dinosaurs. And the fandom is incredibly nice.
So who is this One Hot Guy that you like?
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Actually, that gives me an idea. . . since Arthur is insisting on being a dark and tortured soul whenever I attempt to write him, I should switch over to Eames's pov. . . I have yet to write a fic from his perspective, after all. . . hmmm. . . Sweet, I may actually get some writing on that done today.
Anyways, yes, I will have to check out Primeval, it sounds delicious. One Hot Guy is. . . lemme imdb him. . . Andrew Lee Potts! He played Hatter in SyFy's charmingly ridiculous Alice miniseries, and wore eyeliner, and was just generally awesome.
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Ohhh, Andrew Lee Potts plays the most adorable geek ever. You'll love him. He's basically my favourite character in Primeval. I haven't seen Alice yet, but it's definitely on my list of things-to-watch-because-they-have-adorable-actors.
So, yeah, check it out. I'll be posting fic soon too :D
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I have to recommend Alice. It's ridiculous and cheesy and bizarre and occasionally ill-thought-out and the special effects are often laughable and Alice herself is insufferable, but it is also wonderful. A lot of that is due to Andrew Lee Potts -- he is fantastically charming and roguish in that movie, and for the whump fan inside all of us, the producers love beating the crap out of him. And, it's also just a fun movie for Alice in Wonderland fans -- tryiing to spot all the different ways they slipped in the familiar characters and places and plots and whatnot. It's a fairly engaging and unique take on the story, and just plain fun to watch.
Yay! Fic!
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