"Soul's Bonds", Chapter 7

[shurifanstuffs]

I was on a frickin' roll yesterday and got 24 and half of 25 written, and am still feeling the creative bug nibbling at me, so Chapter 8 may go live as soon as tomorrow. Yuh-huh! Sky's gonna take over narrating for a while, so enjoy.

I'm thinking this is going to top out at 26 or 27 chapters, and I'm already planning a sequel...

Comments

[terrific_tina]

.... how can you not see the slash? And how the hell did you manage to extend this up to 26 chapters? When does the actual slash begin....? (pouts) I'm waiting for them to kiss!

Enough of my annoying ranting, I stand by what I said before! Amazing, astounding, spectacular, fantastic, superb, fabulous.... going through my theasauras here.... suspenseful, great, excellent, outstanding, wonderful, terrfic, splendid, marvelous, awesome, remarkable! Did I miss something out?

[shurifanstuffs]

And how the hell did you manage to extend this up to 26 chapters? When does the actual slash begin....? (pouts) I'm waiting for them to kiss!

Weeeelll... this is more of an action/drama-oriented fic at its heart, and Bridge/Sky is more icing on the cake. When I started writing I was still a little squicked out by writing slashy romance of any sort for PR, so by the time I got to the point where I was more comfortable writing it, the fic was already plotted out pretty firmly in my head, and I find it hard to work romance into dramatic fic. I am also going for some degree of realism here- remember, Sky is usually pretty closed off about his emotions, so once their feelings do come out, he's much more hesitant than Bridge is. So you will get some romance and kissing eventually, but not til after Bridge is rescued, of course.

I am glad you're enjoying it, though!

[terrific_tina]

Ah, the advantages of planning! half the fics I do just randomly come to me and I make it up as I go along. For example, It ain't easy being Shadow Ranger and Granted all were written adn posted in the same day as they were requested. AH-HA! So he does get saved! but not without a lot of damage....

Oh yeah, could you read It ain't easy being Shadow Ranger? Yet another requested fic, but it's a nice story.

[shurifanstuffs]

Longer fics like this, I find much easier to do if I plot it out. One-shots/ficlets don't matter much, but for a story like this, I need a plan. I try to incorporate ideas I have as I go along, but a lot of the time it doesn't fit.

Oh yeah, could you read It ain't easy being Shadow Ranger? Yet another requested fic, but it's a nice story.

I'll get to it, then; I'm kinda busy this weekend, though, so it won't be for a few days.

[ruinrunner82]

Hmm. Me sense much chaos erupting in the next chapter. This one was very calm...

*believes Mary is evil* j/k :)

[shurifanstuffs]

*twiddles thumbs*

Yes, something important does happen in the very next chapter. >)

[lttledvl_writes]

Huzzah! Sky is starting to get a clue about his feelings *grins foolishly*

Poor Sky and those nightmares though. Listening to poor Bridge screaming must have been rough for all of them. Dang you are evil! *g*

Odd question; where is Tessie from again? Sounds like a bit of a hillbilly/redneck accent t'me. (so says the redneck *snerk*)

[shurifanstuffs]

Poor Sky and those nightmares though. Listening to poor Bridge screaming must have been rough for all of them. Dang you are evil! *g*

I know, I know. *cuddles Bridge* I'm so mean to him, but it'll make the romance that much sweeter. Come to think of it, though, I'm being quite mean to Sky, too, poor lamb.

Odd question; where is Tessie from again? Sounds like a bit of a hillbilly/redneck accent t'me. (so says the redneck *snerk*)

She's from Kentucky. *g* It's my adopted home state of sorts (the old alma mater NKU is there, and I did an internship involving Kentucky history last year), so when I created her I decided she'd be from there. I didn't pin down exactly where, but she's from semi-rural Kentucky.

[lttledvl_writes]

Yes, poor Sky is getting his share too *huggles them both equally*

Kan-tucky! I know some folks from there! *lol!*

[shurifanstuffs]

I loves me some Kan-tucky! ;p Two of my favorite professors at the old alma mater are Kentucky historians, so they got me interested in the history of the state, and when I was finalizing Tessie's background I decided she'd be from Kentucky. Though in the first draft of the story, she was actually an alien with the power to manipulate earth (similar to Earthbending in Avatar: The Last Airbender)... but I decided having another Ranger with powers, especially a powerful one like that, would be overkill and make her a Mary Sue. So an ordinary, power-less country gal she became instead. ;)

[welleg_fic]

Nice chapter. Poor Sky is really coming unglued.

[shurifanstuffs]

Thanks. :) I always like writing emotion like this; I tend to do it a lot better than action scenes.

[rivulet027]

Oh wow, this just keeps getting more intense. I liked the way you started it with a journal entry, showed a scene that showed us how his teammates helped his mood and then ended it with a journal entry. Great progression. :)

[shurifanstuffs]

Thank you! :) I'm so happy you like it so far!