i knew i loved you before i met you

Jun 18, 2010 23:02

To start off, a writing meme!

Give me one character from any of my fandoms, and three alternate universes in which to place that character (pirates, fantasy, Harry Potter, Star Trek,) and I will write you a bit of fic of it.I've discovered that there's a pattern to my shipping which has gone undiscovered until this point: I generally enjoy ( Read more... )

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celarania June 19 2010, 04:25:44 UTC
Ooo! Fun meme!

Pairing: Zutara
AU1: Pirates! (sue me, it sound fun)
AU2: Clue (like the board game
AU3: Katara as a fortuneteller/psychic(/oracle?) modern or historical

I'm weird, I like relationships where they fight or there's at least a feel of rivalry.

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celarania June 19 2010, 04:26:25 UTC
DOH! I misread and thought it was a pair too, so I guess just Katara in any of the universes!

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ivy_chan June 21 2010, 05:43:07 UTC
AU1:

Katara, proud captain of the finest ship of her tribe, adjusted the currents around the vessel with a graceful sweep of her hand, carrying them further south. "You'd better be sure about this one, Sokka," she muttered. "If it's another dusty old library again, I'm going to keelhaul you."

Her brother had his uses as tactician, and there was no denying that he came up with some ingenious weapons- like glue bombs, and cannons that non-benders could operate, but as far as directions went he was fairly hopeless. The last place they'd tried to raid turned out to be a camp of nomadic hippie types who'd thrown flower garlands on them and declared them their groovy ocean leaders. And then sang them horrible songs.

AU2 Lady Katara of the house of Blue was known merely as Lady Blue to her friends, and right now, at the vast mansion of her good friend Lady Toph Bei Fong, she was beginning to get worried. Not because of the untimely demise of the Princess Azula in the library, but because she hoped no one suspected her of foul play. Her ( ... )

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celarania June 21 2010, 06:50:49 UTC
OMG, these are fantastic! I love clue and fortune teller in particular. On the clue one... if Katara ever has a need to be dark/vengeful, I totally want her to mix in some poison with her water. Part of being a healer at that time would also include how not to kill people which could definitely be turned to murder so easily. Katara can be ruthless under the right set of circumstances! The fortune teller was just so in character and fun! Poor Katara, she can never really get a break from Sokka whether it's in a pirate or a fortune teller AU!

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lvsinsanity June 19 2010, 11:21:25 UTC
I really need the motivation to do some of these awesome meme's you set up! Curse this writers block... :(

Anyways, h'm...I'm actually dipping my toes back into TMNT as of late because I FINALLY watched that campy (yet hilariously good) TMNT movie where they meet their alternate/past selves from the original cartoon.

The only problem is...TMNT has done like..all of those genre's except for what? Pirates?

You can choose what genre because I'm pretty sure they've done Star Trek/Fantasy/Almost everything...except for Harry Potter...H'm

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ivy_chan June 20 2010, 07:52:17 UTC
Do you have any particular turtle in mind? All of them individually?

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lvsinsanity June 20 2010, 19:21:07 UTC
No, not all of them...H'm.. trying to think of one I don't usually see a lot done about, but they all get air time so to speak.

Donatello how about?

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lvsinsanity June 20 2010, 19:21:51 UTC
Wait, someone else already took him T_T Whichever you want to do on? IDK I can't think properly today, the sun melted my brain.

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HOW CAN I PICK JUST ONE? aflightoffancy June 19 2010, 15:53:38 UTC
Donatello: Little House on the Prairie, Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter

Gregor: Alice in Wonderland, Pirates, TMNT

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CHRIST ON A CRACKER, TURTLES ON THE PRAIRIE? ivy_chan June 21 2010, 23:32:30 UTC
AU1:

Donatello made the decision that he was going to kill Renet. Yes. It was a wise, tactical decision that would ensure that he no longer would spend unforeseen amounts of time in any part of Earth's history. Especially not the pioneer period.

Definitely not when it involved him clinging to the bottom of a wagon, traveling across wide, endless expanses of tall, dry grass that was a ninja's nightmare, then trying to get in disguise so as not to be attacked.

Especially not when it involved him wearing for disguise, a large sun bonnet in pink calico, and a dress made for a very overweight woman. Those were the only clothes he'd found that would possibly fit him. Somewhere along the way, someone had shoved a paddle at him and got him to churn butter. So, there he was. In a scene right out of a Laura Ingalls Wilder book ( ... )

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hungrytiger11 June 19 2010, 17:13:24 UTC
What a super fun meme!
Interesting thoughts about the downsides of the series-star-pairing. I'd never thought about it that way. From a fandom perspective too, there is less one can do with main pairing of a series, because the series will make everything you write about AU quickly.

Anyway, since you mentioned that about pairings, I just gave one character, so it can be gen or have pairings if you want or whatever.

Character:Ino (or all of Team Ten)
AU1: Pirates (what? Would I jump off a cliff if everyone else was too?)
AU2: Film Noir
AU3: Cyberpunk

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redbrunja June 20 2010, 08:16:03 UTC
It feels like they're starting off the romance with an element of obligation that irritates me. It's obviously on a meta level, obviously the characters don't feel obligated to begin a romantic relationship, but rather, I, as the audience, feel obligated to begin feeling that they share a romantic bond.

This. I'm always impressed when the writers do it right, and it feels natural and believable.

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ivy_chan June 21 2010, 05:22:25 UTC
The couple in your icon are just another example of Doing It Right! I can't really vocalize just where I'm okay with a Love Interest (I mean, Soul's a love interest as much as any character is,) but I can definitely say that some just seem set out there more than others. It just seems like lazy writing to me, like they're just propping this character up as 'romance interest', and once you're in that role? That's all your character is.

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redbrunja June 21 2010, 08:28:25 UTC
That is exactly why I choose that icon.

I can't really vocalize just where I'm okay with a Love Interest (I mean, Soul's a love interest as much as any character is,) but I can definitely say that some just seem set out there more than others.

I feel like part of it is how much depth each character has on their own, and part of it is how much I like the type of characters/type of romance it is, and part is just chemistry - which canon pairings work and which don't.

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