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The Movement of the Earth -- Author's Note

Oct 28, 2010 10:54

Title: The Movement of the Earth
Author: audreyii_fic
Fandom: Twilight (Team Jacob)
Rating: T
Characters: Bella, Jacob, Charlie, and others (J/B)
Genre: Romance/Angst/Wolfpack!Humor
Warnings: Language, violence, and references to adult behavior

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Comments 79

thankthatstar October 29 2010, 04:41:29 UTC

1] i keep forgetting to leave you proper reviews on the chapters, so i'm going to sum this up with ALKSJFALSKJDFALSKJFDALSKJFLSF I AM DEAD. in a good way.

2] i love how you didn't have a set-in-stone ending, just like how new moon wasn't the end of the series. (and in my head, bella decided to be home-schooled to not see edward and on her prom night she and jacob "watched movies" wink wink wink wink wink and had an awesome life together forever whether it was the imprint talking or not the end.)

3] i would never ever ever laugh at any of your fic ideas! especially over delicious starbucks coffee. ;) we gotta do that again sometime!

audreyii_fic October 29 2010, 17:57:07 UTC

LOL. Glad the death was in a good way ;)

i love how you didn't have a set-in-stone ending, just like how new moon wasn't the end of the series. (and in my head, bella decided to be home-schooled to not see edward and on her prom night she and jacob "watched movies" wink wink wink wink wink and had an awesome life together forever whether it was the imprint talking or not the end.)

Thank you :D (I did add an addendum to the post going into further explanation about the lack of sequel.) I like your head canon ;)

we gotta do that again sometime!

We do :) I never come out your way, but next time you're in town you'll have to let me know.

ronjacobfan October 29 2010, 05:37:49 UTC

:) I'm all smiles.

I think that your finished product is a triumph. I understand the frustrations and the limits that Meyer's writing style gave you, but you proved the point you set out to prove: Writing style does not affect story telling. While it can enhance or reduce a reader's overall enjoyment or experience, it doesn't define the story itself.

And this is where you prove that Meyer had everything right in front of her. The potential that you found was there for her to do the exact same thing you've done. (And it's not just about Jacob/Bella.) While her writing style was never my favorite, it wasn't what made me end up loathing her as an author. She, in my own opinion, betrayed her own characters and her own story. The reason I even read past Twilight and then New Moon and so on is because of hope. I was hoping that she was going to eventually understand her own world and characters. (I'll never understand the insistence/occurance in Eclipse that Jacob is the better, healthier choice. And she chooses Edward. I just... I don't ( ... )

audreyii_fic October 29 2010, 18:53:08 UTC

Jesus. I just wrote a whole long reply to this and then the computer ate it. I hate this laptop sometimes, I really do, even if it's the only thing I can write on. Gah ( ... )

ronjacobfan October 29 2010, 05:39:42 UTC

Random thought: Isn't it really sad that a story like this, with the character growth and the character exploration etc, would be considered "New Moon Alternate Universe" in fanfiction?

audreyii_fic October 30 2010, 14:33:47 UTC

It really is deeply depressing, yes.

unseemingowl October 29 2010, 09:07:17 UTC

First, let me state the obvious. Movement of the earth is not your best written work. How can it be with Myer's (oh look I misspelled it! Can anyone say Halloween! Meyer the psychotic boogey man) voice. I really missed that sparse, simplistic prose I've come to know and love from you. So please, if you at some point were to continue this story, chuck meyer's sucktastic way of doing things and stick to your own stuff ( ... )

audreyii_fic October 30 2010, 14:55:31 UTC

I really missed that sparse, simplistic prose I've come to know and love from you. So please, if you at some point were to continue this story, chuck meyer's sucktastic way of doing things and stick to your own stuff.

Believe me, I've missed it too. That's why I'm not going to continue this story; it would have to still be in Meyer voice (well, more or less), and I really can't do it anymore. It did weird things to my head, quite frankly.

You made Charlie a full character, not just a dad who switch between lenient and over protective depending on what suits Meyer the best.

Thank you :) Getting to play with Charlie was a big plus side to doing this fic. In fact, it was one of the few major temptations of Bella POV.

You gave some insight into Sam and Emily. How Emily had actually struggled, and hadn't just leapt into each others' arms at the first sight of each other. Emily was a big surprise to me (not unlike Leah in DoW). I really didn't see her taking on the role she did; I expected something more along the lines of the ( ... )

unseemingowl October 30 2010, 15:38:40 UTC

OMG! I'm so sorry about the spoilers! Don't listen to me, lalallalalala. Now get your butt in gear woman and watch the other two seasons. (2 is a bit of a pain at times, but 3rd kicks so much arse!)

Well, I suppose I will have to check in every once in a while to see if you write something new, I'm more or less abandoning ship from Twilight these days, aided by me renewed Muse obsession (they were the ones who led me to these crappy books anyhow - so they better just get me away from them again!) And... okay, off topic rant.

You did great Audrey, despite the craptastic Meyerness, I'll be looking forward to see a little tidbit of your own narrative voice later on.

audreyii_fic November 1 2010, 01:50:24 UTC

LOL, it's okay. True Blood isn't one of the ones that I get all up in arms about being spoiled for. I keep meaning to watch second season, I just haven't gotten around to it yet...

Sad to see you abandoning ship... well, not so much ship as the community. I pretty much just stick around for the folks and for occasional stories that go "Ping!" in my brain. I've got a few more percolating, and believe me, they'll be a LOT closer to my voice. Thanks again, btw :)

arysani October 29 2010, 13:57:34 UTC

Since it was a New Moon rewrite only, I didn't expect all the bits to be wrapped up - in fact, that was one of the things I LIKED. You set up "the book" for its sequel - gave us enough to chew on for what would come next, which you simply are not writing. That's not bad by any means - I happen to like it when we don't get all the answers wrapped up in a nice neat parcel :o)

As an experiment, I think you did very well - you touched on so many of the things that we've been discussing as a fandom for years, and fleshed out some of the other bits that folks have always tagged as lacking, where we felt like we were just getting into it and then...abandonment.

I think you really did us a justice by showing us what could have been done within Meyer-constraints. The writer/storyteller thing doesn't always go hand-in-hand, but here it definitely does. Thank you for your blood, sweat, and tears - I thoroughly enjoyed this story.

audreyii_fic October 30 2010, 19:51:29 UTC

Since it was a New Moon rewrite only, I didn't expect all the bits to be wrapped up - in fact, that was one of the things I LIKED. You set up "the book" for its sequel - gave us enough to chew on for what would come next, which you simply are not writing. That's not bad by any means - I happen to like it when we don't get all the answers wrapped up in a nice neat parcel :o)

Whew. Glad to hear :D Besides, like I said above... there's so many ways people could go with this in their own heads, I think everyone should decide for themselves, rather than my forcing something (extremely dark) on the readers. Happy you were pleased :)

I think you really did us a justice by showing us what could have been done within Meyer-constraints.

Thank you very much :D It's... in its own way it's kind of salt in the wounds, showing how close Meyer was to something pretty good and then how she wrecked it. But at the same time, it did leave us with lots to fix, which is at least an interesting intellectual pursuit. I'm glad you enjoyed the ( ... )