it's a bit late for resolutions, but . . .

[kindkit]

All the recent talk of Yuletide 2011 made me realize that I'd better hurry up and write a New Year's Resolution story (I dropped out of the last Yuletide and I want to be sure I'm eligible to sign up again this year). One nice thing about NYR is that you can pick a prompt that suits you; probably no one will be surprised that I picked Tintin

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[miss_morland]

OH! *flails*

What a completely unexpected and delightful surprise! Picaros is actually one of my favourite Tintin stories, partly because of those cynical/ironic undertones -- for instance, while it's funny that both Alcazar and Tapioca think the latter should be executed, it also says something about the similarities of their worldviews. It's so nice to see a story dealing with that, and this is so well-done!

journalists, communists, trade union leaders, Indian activists. They've all vanished in the last year and a half, the caption informs him, along with at least a couple of hundred others.

Horribly realistic. :-( (And so is the line about the coffee, of course.) Incidentally, I now wonder what happened to the Arumbayas, Alcazar's allies...

Blast that vicious tyrannical banana-merchant of a neanderthal cannibal of an Alcazar.

This line made me smile, both because it's so in-character for Haddock, but also because his anger is completely justified.

"Captain," Tintin asks, still with those strange distant eyes like his soul's

[kindkit]

*grins* I had started working on it yesterday when I commented that I was writing an NYR story, but I thought I'd better not say that in case I didn't finish it. I'm really thrilled that you like it.

There's a really stark element of realism in Picaros, like the two matched panels of Tintin's airplane flying over the slums, and the references to the influence of the banana company. And also a really interesting element of self-criticism in the way we see what Tintin doesn't: that the revolution hasn't helped the poor one bit. So, being me, I took all the grim implications and made them worse.

I'm glad both Tintin and Haddock read as being a little bit older here (I'm picturing this as set a couple of years after Picaros). We see a lot of change in Tintin in Picaros, notably the way he doesn't immediately rush into the adventure. The grief and fear and loneliness he went through in Tibet knocked a lot of the boyishness out of him, I think. The change is already becoming visible in Les Bijoux de la Castafiore, the way Tintin is

[halotolerant]

Oh wow, this, this - you get to the raw emotion in Tintin so well, so powerfully always and this is fabulous. I remember this prompt because I considered writing it and went for an easier option, but I thought it was an excellent prompt and you've done a brilliant job with it. The situation in San Theodoros is sadly believable, and the way you intertwine it with an older Tintin and Haddock - It's not the boyish look of eagerness he used to have at the prospect of adventure. That look got frozen out of him in Tibet - but still treading the same ground, Tintin unable to rest unless he's doing all the best he can, Haddock unable to convince him not though, although his back twinges - I love that line. And Haddock making a nest round Tintin, and Milou being like a child's toy - so many perfect lines. I really can see this as the way a canon tale would begin, but the relationship there too is so satisfying.

Onwards to Yuletide 2011! *bounces* *g*

[kindkit]

Heh. It was like "What can I do to make sure I can request and (maybe) write some Tintin fic for Yuletide? Ooh, I can write some Tintin fic now, okay!"

If I could write plot, I would love to write "Tintin allies with the people of San Theodoros to create political, economic, and social justice." Although perhaps it would need a shorter title. But there would be adventures galore, and hairsbreadth escapes from the secret police, and lots of Haddock/Tintin snuggling.

Thank you!

[j_gabrielle]

Hello there!

I've just recently fallen (in love, in lust, in everything)into the Tintin fandom, and some of my searches led me to you. So here I am, reading. Thank you so much for all the lovely, lovely beauties you've spun for us. I haven't felt this way about a fandom or a pairing in a very long time. I grew up mostly with tales of Tintin being told to me by my dad, not necessarily having read the comics themselves. It's like I'm being thrown in the deep end of the pool and I really don't know where to start. You seem like a good starting point though ;) But anyways... Just wanted to thank you, to say that I would love to read more from you and to ask if it were possible for me to archive your fics on my Delicious account? If you would prefer, I could make them private? ♥ All my love for what you do.

Charie
xxx

[kindkit]

Hi! I'm delighted that you're enjoying my stories, thanks.

to ask if it were possible for me to archive your fics on my Delicious account

Do you mean rec them or link to them there? That's absolutely fine. If you mean "archive" in the sense of uploading an entire story somewhere else, I'd prefer you didn't. My stories are readily available here, on DreamWidth, and on An Archive of Our Own, and the AO3 makes it easy to download a copy for your computer or e-reader. I just don't want my stories uploaded to any site where I don't have control over them (like someone's Tumblr, for example).

[j_gabrielle]

Save the links there, linking them back to your journal. I prefer to have all the stories I like saved at the same place :) It makes it easier for me to find them afterwards, what with the tags and all that. Would that be alright with you?

[kindkit]

Yes, linking to my stories or any of my public posts is absolutely fine.