Yaaaaay! One of my other, less-popular ships! *dances at the thought of you doing something with it* And, oooo, an OC lurking in the shadows...I'll admit I was expecting a few of those, since Amsterdam is a big place and there isn't always a character who can conveniently fill the necessary role. And now you've got one, and she looks iiiinteresting. Precog? Totally precog. Precog with powers of bread. Thus I have said it, and thus it shall be.
Heee! Well, there won't be any actual Matt/Ted slash here but as I've said above, I'm sure it'll be there if you squint ;) I love them together (even in just a non-slashy way) - they just wind each other up so very, very much :D
And, oooo, an OC lurking in the shadows...I'll admit I was expecting a few of those, since Amsterdam is a big place and there isn't always a character who can conveniently fill the necessary role. And now you've got one, and she looks iiiinteresting. Precog? Totally precog. Precog with powers of bread.
*g* I'm glad someone enjoyed that. Yeah, I didn't plan her at all; she just wrote herself and I let it happen. The bread, incidentally, is a skill rather than a special ability ;)
I always love how you write Theo in this story, so yay for this chapter.....
although the old lady was a bit odd, but at least Theo got fed and everything.....
I don't know why, but I so had pervy thoughts at this imagery: skin glowing warm from the exercise of splitting logs...... XD
and then you come up with this: he policeman's eyes roll back in his head and his knees buckle; and Theo, jittery reflexes still overheated from their pursuit, moves without thinking to catch him bless you for this tinny bit of Matt/Ted slash! (and yes I'm squinting very hard to make it out.... ;P
I really like this take on Ted. A firestarter working in a bookshop was just asking for trouble, which seems to be a theme with him. I really hope he hasn't had the star on long enough for different fading or soot deposits to give him away...or that he or Matt can figure it out and fix it before the problems descend.
The entire Matt section was just gorgeous; I can't pick anything to quote. And I think what people find creepy about the baker is that we can't place her and therefore don't know whether to trust her. Even when the characters from the series are morally grey, we know to expect that. We're just spoiled by the abundance of shorthand inherent to fic. Then again, the fact that Theo doesn't know quite what to make of her at first is a nice parallel, so... *shrugs* IMHO, it's got to be hard to be evil when you're baking bread. (I've never tried.)
Thank you :) I didn't really think too much about him until I started writing him, and then I realised there was a lot more depth there that the series doesn't have time to cover.
I really hope he hasn't had the star on long enough for different fading or soot deposits to give him away...
Wow, that hadn't even occurred to me - but what a thought! Did this happen for real, do you know?
Glad you liked the Matt section :)
And I think what people find creepy about the baker is that we can't place her and therefore don't know whether to trust her. Even when the characters from the series are morally grey, we know to expect that.
Maybe that's it, yes. Hell, maybe we shouldn't trust her! I just met her, so ... *g*
We're just spoiled by the abundance of shorthand inherent to fic.
You're absolutely right, and this is something that worries me if I am ever to write something original - that there will be no audience goodwill and no shorthand to lean on.
IMHO, it's got to be hard to be evil when you'
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I think the star thing is a bit I remember from Anne Frank, not an actual problem that anyone had, but a comment a character made on ripping off the stars during the first few days of the story. Possibly Matthias could notice?
Writing original fiction isn't terribly different from fanfic, IMHO; I actually find it easier because the characters are 100% yours to play with. Fic makes me break out in a cold sweat sometimes because I'm scared of getting a flood of "OMG you totally got everyone OOC you suxx0r" comments.
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This is the beginning of a beautiful slash-ship. ;)
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And, oooo, an OC lurking in the shadows...I'll admit I was expecting a few of those, since Amsterdam is a big place and there isn't always a character who can conveniently fill the necessary role. And now you've got one, and she looks iiiinteresting. Precog? Totally precog. Precog with powers of bread.
*g* I'm glad someone enjoyed that. Yeah, I didn't plan her at all; she just wrote herself and I let it happen. The bread, incidentally, is a skill rather than a special ability ;)
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although the old lady was a bit odd, but at least Theo got fed and everything.....
I don't know why, but I so had pervy thoughts at this imagery:
skin glowing warm from the exercise of splitting logs...... XD
and then you come up with this:
he policeman's eyes roll back in his head and his knees buckle; and Theo, jittery reflexes still overheated from their pursuit, moves without thinking to catch him
bless you for this tinny bit of Matt/Ted slash! (and yes I'm squinting very hard to make it out.... ;P
Great chapter & can't wait for the next!
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although the old lady was a bit odd, but at least Theo got fed and everything.....
*g* I'm awfully amused by how some of you are freaked out by that ;)
I don't know why, but I so had pervy thoughts at this imagery:
skin glowing warm from the exercise of splitting logs...... XD
LOL! Wow. You're a true perv-hound ... I'd never have got there ;)
bless you for this tinny bit of Matt/Ted slash! (and yes I'm squinting very hard to make it out.... ;P
Hee! You're welcome. Squinting Matt/Ted slashers all welcome here (though that's probably as good as you're going to get, here ;)
Thanks for reading, hun!
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The entire Matt section was just gorgeous; I can't pick anything to quote. And I think what people find creepy about the baker is that we can't place her and therefore don't know whether to trust her. Even when the characters from the series are morally grey, we know to expect that. We're just spoiled by the abundance of shorthand inherent to fic. Then again, the fact that Theo doesn't know quite what to make of her at first is a nice parallel, so... *shrugs* IMHO, it's got to be hard to be evil when you're baking bread. (I've never tried.)
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Thank you :) I didn't really think too much about him until I started writing him, and then I realised there was a lot more depth there that the series doesn't have time to cover.
I really hope he hasn't had the star on long enough for different fading or soot deposits to give him away...
Wow, that hadn't even occurred to me - but what a thought! Did this happen for real, do you know?
Glad you liked the Matt section :)
And I think what people find creepy about the baker is that we can't place her and therefore don't know whether to trust her. Even when the characters from the series are morally grey, we know to expect that.
Maybe that's it, yes. Hell, maybe we shouldn't trust her! I just met her, so ... *g*
We're just spoiled by the abundance of shorthand inherent to fic.
You're absolutely right, and this is something that worries me if I am ever to write something original - that there will be no audience goodwill and no shorthand to lean on.
IMHO, it's got to be hard to be evil when you' ( ... )
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Writing original fiction isn't terribly different from fanfic, IMHO; I actually find it easier because the characters are 100% yours to play with. Fic makes me break out in a cold sweat sometimes because I'm scared of getting a flood of "OMG you totally got everyone OOC you suxx0r" comments.
Also, happy birthday! (Regardless of timeliness.)
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