The Art Of Writing Jacob/Esau
First and foremost, I have to thank tellshannon815 for inviting me to a lead discussion here again -- this time about yet another of my very favorite pairings, involving two of my very favorite characters: the almighty Jacob and his awesome brother, Smokey/Man In Black/Nameless Boy/Dr. Smoke/Esau. I’m going to mostly stick with Esau from here on out, though.
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Yes. PLEASE.
11.) I think another really appealing aspect of these two is their versatility. I'm writing dark humor with them now (and crossing them with Heroes and Doctor Who fandom while I'm at it, but that's another story ;) ), and I'd like to think it works for them just as well as fluff or angst or smut.
12.) Lost's strictly-dichotomous viewpoints are at times rather stifling, aren't they? Thank goodness for fandom, where we can tell said stiflers to go away ;)
13.) Have you ever seen the film The Nines? Your rating system (which is awesome, by the way, particularly when one = Leslie) totally made me think of it.
Also: Richard/Jacob/Esau is made of WIN.
14.) Lack of recs does not an instance of "sucking" make, at all. Also: never apologize for length. Particularly not if I'm involved. Because, well... I have an issue with verbosity. So length is AWESOME. And your discussion here is wonderful and completely made my morning. In short: I do hope to see you around in the fandom, now that you're here (and I can't wait to read your Jacob/Esau in the near future!) :D
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11) (Once again, Lost and crossovers is sort of like legalized crack. Addictive, and you just keep coming back for more.) Absolutely. The best thing I can think to do right now is set up the overarching storyline with something humorous (For instance, I've just started a Jacob/Richard/Esau last night, where Vincent is God. >>), then take people completely unawares by adding in these other aspects of the pairing. The tension, the darkness is so natural, it'd be odd to keep it out of the story. Also, dark humour is the best.
12) They're fascinating, and just begging for a battering ram to break them apart. The delivery of what they've given us, as a whole, is pretty awesome in itself. Good vs. Evil, Good vs. Evil, Good vs. Evil-- OH LOOK. There is no good or evil!
13) No I have not! But it's funny you mentioned that, because my friend just the other day pointed out the fact that we need to watch it. It's a collection of loosely connected stories, yes?
Richard/Jacob/Esau is turning into a dirty obsession for me. I've just recently found the community weareinhell, and will be stalking their entries soon enough.
14) Your essay just brought about so many ideas, I couldn't help but be verbose myself. (I think that's something we have in common.) I'm still taking baby steps in Lost, but once I've bought my wetsuit, I'll dive right in. (Speaking of fic, I'm heading off to pick through your fanfic master list right now. Was that Ben/Richard I saw? Ohgod, I love you. \o/)
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11.) I'm actually going to employ the CAPS-PLEASE again -- humorous Vincent is God? Do it. I did a Vincent-is-Jacob-is-God thing not too long ago, but it was VERY!serious, and the potential for comedy there? Yes please.
12.) There is no good or evil!
Yes! And I feel like now is an appropriate time to say "Only Siths deal in absolutes."
13.) It's a really excellent movie, imho; the stories are... loosely connected, in a sense, but they come together beautifully when you discover what the movie itself is all about. It's very unique in the way it's put together.
14.) I'm flattered that you'd want to pick through my masterlist (which I'm trying to update now and failing miserably, because it's tedious and my attention span is doing me no favors of late) -- but yes that's Ben/Richard, because they are one of my very favorite pairings ever <3
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