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nos4a2no9

Help Me Decide What To Write

Sep 15, 2008 21:07

I've signed up for ds_c6d_bigbang (pretend to be shocked, okay?) and I'm trying to decide what story I should write. So, um, a little help?

( Tell Nos What To Write )

consulting the experts

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the_antichris September 16 2008, 01:34:10 UTC

F/K wildlife scientist AU! Fraser literally lives among the muskoxen.

nos4a2no9 September 16 2008, 01:40:48 UTC

Chris, that is a ridiculous idea! I love it! ♥ If I knew anything at all about science (rather than, say, prostitution) I'd totally write that one!

the_antichris September 16 2008, 01:48:01 UTC

*pointed glance at Meres* :D

meresy September 16 2008, 01:51:40 UTC

What I know about wildlife biology is... Look, I'm a biochemist.

Well, okay, my knowledge is varied, but what I know of ecology is A) usually only applicable in Ontario and B) often tree- or lake-related. IDEK.

I do have a friend who worked at a polar bear habitat I could harass, though.

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zabira September 16 2008, 01:34:39 UTC

MY HEART, SHE IS TORN.

i want the rentboy AND the radio DJ! but not at the same time. *clarifies*

OMG, PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE??? ONE OF THOSE?

*begs and begs*

nos4a2no9 September 16 2008, 01:57:31 UTC

Z, I have sympathy for your plight!

I do totally think the rentboy/radio DJ story should be combined! It'd be seamless :-)

teaphile September 16 2008, 02:08:23 UTC

*boggles* It could be done. Ray's voice on the radio is the only thing that keeps rentboy Fraser sane....

j_s_cavalcante September 16 2008, 02:28:08 UTC

Fucking with Zabira's mind is So Mean and unMountielike, Nos. My poor cousin! :)

mrs_laugh_track September 16 2008, 01:36:30 UTC

I have several things to say. None of them are helpful.

1. Have you thought about combining cancer, frozen explorers and rape all into one story? Maybe the angst would cancel itself out. Possibly set it during a war. Oh! Oh! A war that takes place under the ocean so you can have mutilation and water metaphors.

2. Ray Vecchio, wealthy yet lonely nightclub owner in Depression-era Chicago, gazing longingly at the picture of the man he thought he lost to the wild Canadian frontier.You don't even know the amount of LOVE I have for this image. Seriously. SO MUCH LOVE. Fraser comes back right? Right? *makes sad puppy eyes to hear the rest of the story ( ... )

nos4a2no9 September 16 2008, 02:03:21 UTC

This is very helpful! Or at least endlessly diverting!

1. Have you thought about combining cancer, frozen explorers and rape all into one story? Maybe the angst would cancel itself out. Possibly set it during a war. Oh! Oh! A war that takes place under the ocean so you can have mutilation and water metaphors.

This is possibly the most hilarious thing I have ever read. Setting that story with those themes in the midst of a war? GOLD. :-)

2. Of course Fraser comes back! He could never stay away from Vecchio!

4. Your plot is pretty brilliant. You know what it could use? A water metaphor. Just sayin'.

5. I know! You'd think HCL and me would be like peas n' carrots! But I think it's too easy to angst up, y'know? Like, I'd try to write a HCL fic and I'd end up with some kind of slapstick comedy, where Joe and Billy are hunting ghosts in an abandoned amusement park and snarfing down Scooby snacks. (Not that I started that fic. N'uh).

6. Hi hi! *smishes*

mrs_laugh_track September 16 2008, 02:16:40 UTC

Dude. DUDE. You must write HCL ghost hunting slapstick. The world needs it for life. And by the world I mean me.

And seriously, if unhurt could write me Joe as a unicorn fic that made me cry, even Scooby Core Logo could be way angsty. And hell, they've already got a van. It's PERFECT.

Think about Joe's reaction when they pull of the mask and it turns out it was just old man Jenkins who runs the amusement park the whole time. It would be epic.

slidellra September 16 2008, 01:36:59 UTC

Another C6D fandom fic. (I'll tell you what fandom(s) in the comments)

One of the ones with the really good looking guy, you know that one? Or the other one. He's pretty hot, too. Oh, oh! Or that other one. I like him. A lot.

(I help!)

nos4a2no9 September 16 2008, 02:03:51 UTC

You help a LOT! So many options! With the good-looking guys! I don't know where to start, yo.

sadiane September 16 2008, 01:40:26 UTC

I vote for Arizona fic, if only because dS fic makes me feel cold, and I'm an AZ native, so eek! Yukon!

(Which is a roundabout way of offering location knowledge/ research/ hilarious mental images of Ray K getting angry at a cactus)

nos4a2no9 September 16 2008, 02:06:57 UTC

Oooh! That would help me out a lot, Sadiane! There were more than a few details that escape me. I, um, come from northern Canada. There is a LOT I do not understand about the desert, and about people who choose to live in a desert. (No snow, you say? That's crazytalk!)

Ray K getting angry at a cactus

Heee! That is such a charming image :-)

sadiane September 16 2008, 02:21:32 UTC

I've been in the Pacific NW for about 2 years now, so it's more background knowledge than anything else, but I'm a master at google image search, and spent the first 24 years of my life never seeing snow. (You mean ice falls from the sky? How does anyone survive that?)

And I love the idea of throwing Fraser into a hostile natural environment that is totally foreign to him - "we merely need to follow a river or stream." "Do you see a river or stream!" "Well, no. As a matter of fact, I do not." (also, thunderstorms and flash floods and absolutely everything is venomous)

Ray would totally attempt to box a saguaro cactus. They even look willing to put up a fight .