Comments | girlpire: Life of the Party

girlpire

Life of the Party

Oct 13, 2020 01:17

Ever since I started working on finishing an old Angel fic that I never posted the ending to, I've been concerned about writing the different characters' voices again. I haven't written them in so long that I thought maybe I needed a refresher, and because the fic is set at some ambiguous point during season five of Angel, I decided to rewatch a ( Read more... )

lorne, spike, fred, angel, wesley, season 5, gunn

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jade_wulf October 13 2020, 07:32:21 UTC

I loved reading this breakdown of the show!!! Maybe its time to dust off the "Angel" boxset I've got in the closet.

girlpire October 13 2020, 20:37:59 UTC

It definitely is! There's no better time than now. :D

skargasm October 13 2020, 09:56:35 UTC

Having read this, I am desperately trying to find my Angel boxsets because I need to rewatch ALL of the episodes!

girlpire October 13 2020, 20:36:23 UTC

Yes, you absolutely do! Rewatching after a significant amount of time off is a treat - the next best thing after watching it for the first time.

elisi October 13 2020, 21:30:04 UTC

I will come back to this post when I am awake, because ♥ ♥ ♥ And I shall wax lyrical about Wesley.

girlpire October 14 2020, 21:53:44 UTC

Ugh, Wesley breaks my heart just by EXISTING. Angel will always be my #1 but I admit I've wept over Wesley more.

Wes and Faith, the two most tragic figures in the 'verse.

elisi October 19 2020, 12:35:05 UTC

OK, am back!

Ever since I started working on finishing an old Angel fic that I never posted the ending to, I've been concerned about writing the different characters' voices again.
I hear you so much. I started a fic way back when, dropped it, and then came back to it... many years later. And trying to find the right tone is not easy. Like, they all live in my head, but there is a difference between my memory and the actual show.

it's been the exact perfect amount of time since I've seen them! Like, I remember the storylines of each episode but I'd forgotten most of the actual dialogue exchanges and facial expressions of the actors, and I swear coming back to them is like coming home. I'm remembering so many of the reasons I love this show and these characters so hard in the first place.
♥ ♥ ♥ We had a similar thing when we started to watch Buffy last summer with the girls.

(Btw, this is the type of logic I love in this show. "Hey, we as the writers want to see a certain thing happen just for fun, so here's a completely arbitrary ( ... )

You’re HERE! spankspike November 13 2021, 21:23:45 UTC

First I want to say that obviously I’m over a year late to the party to make a comment on a post titled life of the party ( ... )

Re: You’re HERE! girlpire November 13 2021, 23:53:36 UTC

Tisa, oh my god! Where have you been?? My party has been over for ages!

Not kidding, ever since I got back into this fandom last year, I've visited your LJ a few times to re-read some of your old fic. Your sex scenes are SO good! Therefore you are not allowed to be hard on yourself about it. I have spoken.

You definitely need to rewatch Angel, though. Not necessarily for the purposes of fic writing as much as for your own personal health and well-being. I spent many years away as well, and let me tell you, coming back to the show made me SO happy! BUT I'd also love for you to come back with fic if you wanna. Can I recommend moving some of your old stuff over to AO3? It's a nice way to reintegrate into the fandom without putting pressure on yourself to write something new. I'm posting over there now and only linking from LJ for organizational purposes. But most of the people I knew from before have moved on from livejournal. I'm so glad you popped in! (That's what she said?)

RE: Re: You’re HERE! spankspike November 14 2021, 07:17:50 UTC

I’ve been right where I was - Florida lol ( ... )

Re: You’re HERE! girlpire November 15 2021, 02:44:51 UTC

Congratulations on marrying someone who doesn't suck! I love that for you. I'm sitting pretty firmly in the camp of 'everyone sucks' but last year I moved into a new apartment so I'm very happy with the current living situation. It's so cool that Ariana lives in England now. The last time I was there was 2019, but it's always a blast. I bet she's having a great time ( ... )

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