Ficlet: Book of Leaves

[lady_oneiros]

Here's to hoping that playing in the pre-2007 movie 'verse still counts. ^_^

Title: Book of Leaves
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Transformers and all related characters do not belong to me. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: A quiet evening alone. Megatron x Optimus.
Author’s Note: I wanted to see what would happen if I stopped agonizing

Comments

[sanguineroses]

Oh, that's wonderful. Nice character development, great dialogue.

I particularly love this: Try and fly from me, Optimus. Just try it. I could catch you. No, I’m afraid that you’d disappear. I’m sure I’m not allowed to have this sort of reward, not for things I think and do.

Titillating and sobering all in one go.

[lady_oneiros]

Thanks! It was a nice exercise to just let go and write--usually, I spend forever agonizing over every line, every piece of dialogue, trying to make sure it's just right. Here, I just let it come.

As for Megatron's line...well, I just love working with him. He's such a complex character--more so than the 2-dimensional character that most make him out to be. He has a lot of potential, I think.

Thanks again!

[sanguineroses]

I know that agonizing well. I've managed to stop doing it so much with fanfiction and just relax and have fun with it (though I still get the occasional Inner Critic gripe fest--he's a nasty little bugger).

more so than the 2-dimensional character that most make him out to be. He has a lot of potential, I think.

Definitely. So many of the "evil villains" have these...little nuances that can be played with.

And they're often the most fun to write. :)

[lady_oneiros]

Ah, the Inner Critic. Mine has a habit of taking my stories into back alleys and roughing them up quite a bit before handing them back. Sans lunch money. My Inner Critic has made me delete entire pages. -.- Anyway. Yes, Megatron. Quite the character. My interpretation of him seems to be a bit different than a lot of people's; I've never seen him as insane. I think he knows exactly what he's doing, and enjoys it. While intelligent, and cunning, he's also ambitious to a fault and aggressive enough to try and achieve his goals at any cost. I think this makes him a bit more complex than simply going for him being loony. Of course, this makes him harder to write, but so much the more fun, I suppose. ^_^

[onetruesikorsky]

Beautiful in every sense of the word. The character development is incredible, as well as the dialogue. How you think up this dialogue to sound so fluid and easy-going blows my mind. I love it when you write these two, as you are one of the very few out there that can successfully handle them and make their relationship an art that is meant to be. Thank you so much for sharing. =)

[lady_oneiros]

Thank you! I absolutely love working with this pairing. They're challenging, but they have such an incredible dynamic between them. They play off each other so well. Glad you liked it!

[mmouse15]

That was beautiful and scary at the same time. Wonderful interaction between the two.

[lady_oneiros]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. I love writing them--all I have to do is put them in a room together, and off they go. I don't have to do much at all. ^_^

[tainry]

Wow, lovely!

[lady_oneiros]

Thank ya! ^_^

[_sixshot_]

Very sincere and emotionally distrurbing...
Thank you