I'm On A Bus (On A Bus)

[puella_nerdii]

i. So I am in the middle (or thereabouts) of Cyteen right now, and without spoilers, I can say this much: Occasionally -- not often, but sometimes -- I will come across books that make me envision some kind of supervisor living in my head holding up a giant checklist of kinks and going through and marking each box. Because seriously, this book is a

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[serindrana]

I'd like to see! (Just because who knows if how I write is anything like you or Mith.)

[puella_nerdii]

You'll have to tell me when I post. *grins* It's so interesting working on things with Mith, whether we're collaborating or whether we're just in the same room writing different things, because we have pretty significant differences in the way we go about things. She writes like a composer, I write like a dramatist. Different kinds of theatricality.

[gileonnen]

That's actually really interesting--when you do post, I'd love to see what these kinds of theatricality entail.

[puella_nerdii]

It's hard to explain in brief, which is why there'll be a whole post on it, but I conceive of a lot the images in my fic in terms of staging and I end up playing with sound a lot to set the scene. I also tend to plot things out in terms of "what does Character X want?" and let the theme and super-objective arise from that rather than the other way around, which is part of the reason why I hate denouements; once I answer the question of whether or not Character X gets what s/he's after, I don't feel like I have a whole heck of a lot more to say.

And I haven't even gotten into the Brechtian influences yet. *grin* Have I mentioned my deep and abiding hatred for the fourth wall?

[puella_nerdii]

Oh, mine are horrible about that -- especially America as of late, who has an opinion about everything and isn't shy about voicing it. I've even noticed myself lapsing into Helen Calvert-esque thought patterns lately when thinking about politics GOD HELP ME.

Me too -- everyone's got their own way of doing things, I think, and I kind of love finding out what they are, and why they've developed in the first place. I know a lot of my process is tied into theatre; I've referred to my writing sessions as a giant improv in my head before.

[puella_nerdii]

The one in my head has the unfortunate habit of adding little "heh"s after unintentional sexual innuendos partially to mask his discomfort. I swear, he is fucking twelve.

It's really hard for me to pull myself-as-an-actress away from myself-as-a-writer, and I don't think I really want to. I'm kind of after the same thing no matter what kind of art I'm doing.

[moodybear]

I've never heard of that book, but it sounds relevant to my interests *adds to summer reading* I'm also looking for more good suggestions, if you have any :)

I know what you mean about characters moving in....why do we keep taking in those smarmy bastards? they never do the dishes...

I would love to hear about your process : ) I find stuff like that incredibly interesting, it tells so much about a person.

[puella_nerdii]

Cyteen will ping if you have any kind of loyaltykink at all. Or an interest in explorations of human consciousness, and how much of personhood is reproducable, and the nature of knowledge, and whether or not something that is programmed can also be true, and magnificent bastards, and politicking in space, and really smart, really fucked-up people who know that they are Not Okay and still can't quite fix it. And I'm only halfway through the thing. But oh god, it's gorgeous.

Most of the ones who're most active are horrible about doing the dishes! Thank god for Lithuania, I guess. Poor thing.

[moodybear]

Loyaltykink? count me in, lol. I'll file it between The Black Jewels trilogy which a friend has been working ages to get me to read, and Good Omens, which has been on my list since the beginning of time, really.

ALso...Your Icon...Poor Lithuania.

[puella_nerdii]

READ. GOOD. OMENS.

NOW.

[mullenkamp]

The trouble with inviting XI-verse Jim Kirk to live in your head is that he moves in with surprising ease and kind of assumes command like he's always been there.

You don't even have to invite him for him to act that way. Just ask akatonbo, I'm pretty sure she never actually invited him.

And apparently he likes to drag along his first officer to live next door. WTF, MAN, I'm a BONES fangirl!

[puella_nerdii]

I didn't even mean to invite him, but Mith mentioned that she thought she might have a facility for Vulcan modes of interaction and I thought "yeah, I can probably do Kirk WAIT NO NOT LIKE THAT" and before I knew it, there he is in my metaphorical shower. Stealing my metaphorical towels.

I don't know! I think there's just something really pushy about the new cast. I have a feeling that Uhura and Bones are going to show up fairly soon in my head, and Chekov won't be that long after...

[pinstripesuit]

~*~CHEKOV~*~

Singlehandedly turning my entire flist into pedos.

[puella_nerdii]

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT CHEKOV DOES NOT CROSS THE THRESHOLD OF CREEPINESS FOR ME. TWENTY DIVIDED BY TWO PLUS SEVEN IS SEVENTEEN. WHICH IS EXACTLY HOW OLD HE IS.

[byzantienne]

... I have to go to class now but. CYTEEN. Knew it knew it knew it (also, ah. Ari-Florian-Catlin cosplay? Yes? *evil*)

(and I miss you too, lots. it is weird to think you are in New York and I am, well. Not.)

[puella_nerdii]

SMFY. Also Ari you horrible bitch. But I kind of love her. A lot.

[byzantienne]

... your icon is REALLY APPROPRIATE. (Can you imagine them in the same room. Isn't it terrifying?)

Ari is a horrible bitch. And I adore her to shreds~

(*griiiiiiiiin* I can has azi! I mean, if we ever do a con where anyone would know who we WERE.)