AO3 Meme

[tinturtle]

I've never posted a meme before. I got this one from gilda_elise, whose post was linked in the Pros Newsletter.

1) How many stories have you posted?
Three.
(Also 6 vids and a bunch of photo manipulations.)

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17) How many fusion stories have you written?
None. I have some ideas for a fusion between The Professionals and His Dark Materials, featuring the members of CI5 and their dæmons. Cowley's dæmon is a Eurasian magpie named Catriona, and Doyle's is a British stoat possibly named Madeline. I'm still thinking about Bodie. (The choice for Doyle has quite a bit of interesting folklore and historical symbolism associated with it.)

I've always associated Bodie with big, soppy dogs - I'm not sure that gets you any further. The whole 'His Dark Materials' thing has passed me by, maybe I'll catch up at a later date, but I usually prefer sci-fi to fantasy.

Yes, a dog was one of my first thoughts for Bodie. In the books, people with dog dæmons are almost always servants, which isn't an association that I think fits my purpose. The universe of a Pros-with-dæmons fic might not resemble Pullman's universe very closely, however, in which case that might not be such an issue. I do think Bodie's dæmon would need to be a social animal, though there is an argument to be made in the other direction.

I've been considering some kind of wild canid, possibly an African wild dog. It's unclear to me how much the form a person's dæmon takes is constrained by the fauna of the place where they live. I intentionally chose British animals for both Cowley and Doyle. There is an idea I ran across in another dæmon fic, however, that the dæmons of adults can take on new forms in response to traumatic events. That seems to have possibilities. (I'm almost certain that idea isn't canon or WOG, but I like it.)

As for the books, it's been a long time since I read them. I remember liking Northern Lights/The Golden Compass a lot, though it's one of those books that might not impress as much 25 years later due to having been imitated quite a bit. I liked each of the latter two books in the original trilogy less than the book that preceeded it, and I haven't read the follow-up novellas or the first book of the forthcoming prequel trilogy.

His Dark Materials is difficult to categorize. It's high fantasy, but it isn't Tolkien fanfic. It also feels a lot like alternate history, and the science of the story's world is an important focus. Yet it does have what might be considered magical elements, and it gets very weird toward the end. It's itself, I suppose.

18) How many RPF stories have you written?
None. I am against RPF.

Me too, does it creep you out too? I have to caveat that, because I'm happy to see Good Queen Bess pop up in Blackadder etc., so it's a bit hypocritical. But I do think there's a difference between historical drama and K Pop slash. I can't say what it is exactly, but the latter definitely feels icky.

Yes, it strikes me as creepy and invasive, though I feel somewhat less strongly about it if the people involved are dead. Nelson/Hardy slash, anyone? (That does exist. I checked.) In general I'm more comfortable with historical figures making cameos than with fictional or semi-fictional stories entirely focused on them.