sueworld2003 linked to this conversation yesterday. Now, I've made my feelings clear about possible plot twists in the comics (and I just saw that I didn't comment on most of the responses in my linked post. I'm sorry! I don't know what was going on in my life at that point, but I didn't mean to ignore anyone. My bad). Anyway, what intrigued me in the ( Read more... )

Trying to think through fanfic, I've found myself thinking a great deal about Spike (and Buffy) again and -- as always -- trying to figure out what makes each of them tick. And, the ever interesting thing is that they are both complex enough and contradictory enough to take that kind of overthought and analyzation. There's no set answer, just ( Read more... )

When writing fanfic, do you ever have a character moment stuck in your head that you simply cannot resolve, and you're not sure why it's there in the first place? What's particularly strange about this detail is that it's part of a backstory which will quite probably never find its way into the actual fic (at least not in written form), it's just ( Read more... )

Back from the beach. The weather was nice (though quite, quite hot), and I got lots of sleep so, all in all, not a bad vacation. Hope everyone had a nice 4th.

On more fannish matters:

* I think being on vacation makes returning to wank seem all the more frustrating. There's apparently been Dr Who wank (and this was even without my going to TWOP ( Read more... )

For fanfic purposes, I'm trying to puzzle out a post-apocalyptic BtVS/AtS world.

A few hypothetical discussion questions:

* What would the world look like in 20 years if The First got what it wanted? The First wanted to take over, to make the world... what, exactly?  What did The First actually want? Control?  Anarchy?  Worshippers?  Everyone as ( Read more... )

Just finished Stephen King's On Writing and I give it a big thumbs up. I loved it and would rec it to any fanfic writer, aspiring writer, or anyone who simply likes to talk about and to think about stories ( Read more... )

While reading the reviews for Joss's Season 8 comics and this thread on shipping over in

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Today, st_salieri referenced an old post by swsa. I remember when swsa made the original post, the same comment that st_salieri referenced was the one that caught my eye...and broke my heart a little.

This is totally bringing up one of my fandom pet peeves, wherein I think I've managed to ship the *only* couple in creation where it's not allowed to just state the love as ( Read more... )

Thank you to whoever nominated me for a Love's Last Glimpse Award for Perfect Vengeance. Promise, I AM still working on the story. It really hasn't completely stalled, even if it looks like it.


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I may do a bit of spamming tonight. Got back from the beach last night. Friday was simply a FLOOD at the beach. So we tended to stay in and watch videos. I re-rented Wimbledon, and as romantic comedies go, I like that one. Also rented In Good Company and found that I enjoyed that one too. Finally, rented Phantom of the Opera and I'm not a ( Read more... )