For the Very First Time

[triskellion]

So, everyone who has been comenting on my Jack and Yvette stories have been complaining that they don't understand the backstory. So, here is some backstory. This is the first meeting of Jack Daw and Yvette Fraiser.

Comments

[smeddley]

Hmmm... I'm not sure how I feel about them getting together later, now. I kinda like the mentor/pupil relationship here. What with the age difference and all.

But it's a nice start to the relationship, I think. There are still (of course) a lot of unanswered questions about her parents, though. I'm going to assume that in the course of things they get around to discussing and explaining them? :D

[triskellion]

Oh, a comment!

About them getting together: They never really do. The mentor/pupil think evolves to a dear friendship with musician/manager tendancies. The fact they have a kid together is a bit of a quirk that is a completly different issue. I will get into that in time.

What kind of questions do you have about her parents? I admit my understanding is a bit screwy to date myself, and knowing what others want to know might make it easier to sort things out myself.

[smeddley]

Now you have me hooked. A quirk that they had a kid?! That needs explaining!

Well, where did her parents go when they left? What do they do, as in job-wise and when they disappeared? Why would they leave her like that and why did they want to keep her on the farm? It all seems so very mysterious!

[triskellion]

*gleeful grin* You'll see.

Hmm, good questions. Though I thought I made it clear why they wanted to keep her on the farm. I guess I'll have to go into that in more detail later.

It's mostly mysterious because Yvette doesn't understand it all. I think a lot of it will become clearer with time, though likely never be perfect. They are a pretty strange couple.

[kailita]

I will read this...I've been meaning to since you posted it, but life has just been crazy what with moving into college and adjusting to all the change. But yeah...I definitely want to read all of this. And if I haven't left you a comment in a month or so - bother me about it! :)

[triskellion]

Don't worry about it. When you have time. I know it's bloody long.

[lyonza]

Dear,

The more I read of your work, the more I'm impressed. Of course the title being a fond memory of 1988 with that song by Robin Beck, I'm so in love with the world you create.

I'mm work my way through the others as I get time. Expect lots more feedback.

[triskellion]

Feed back is good. Feed back is very good. Comments, questions, and suggestions are also wonderful. Thank you.

[lyonza]

You know the same goes for me ;)

Anything to feed the insecure writer cowering in fear of the muse and plotbunnies.

[kailita]

Yay backstory! ^.^ I thought you did the switching back and forth of perspectives very nicely. It’s easy for the inner narrative to become convoluted or mushed when you’re not sticking with one character’s viewpoint, but you pulled it off well with Jack and Yvette.

Yvette has my utmost respect. Her first real conversation outside the family is with her hero (and oh, as an avid football fan, I can relate), he tells her things she’s never known about her family and tells her that she has a rare magical gift…and yet she manages to keep her head admirably, all things considered. Very impressive.

But I’m with Smeddley - they had a kid as a quirk? What? How does that work? Their relationship seems to be getting off to a fine start here, though. How old are both of them at this time

[triskellion]

My original version of Jack was that he was a quidditch player, so the references in Tea Time were all to quidditch. Now that I am placing the characters in an original world, he plays baseball. His first love is baseball, his second flirting/sex, and his third is music.

What she couldn't heal him of was the infertility I mentioned in Tea Time. He really is clinically sterile. At eighteen the doctors told him that with extensive medical help he might, might, have a child. Or it might not work at all. To him Robyn is a miracle

[kailita]

Ohhh. That totally makes sense now. A friend and I had characters that ended up in a similar situation...he was the last of the Wood Elves (and didn't know it), and she was the only woman he ever spent time with and cared for, and the remaining Wood Elves were like, "Umm, we need an heir...good thing we're masters of Telepathy and Compulsion!" And then the two wake up in the same bed and are like, "What?" Yeah...awkward. And Jack and Yvette's situation must have been as well. But I like complicated relationships. (And I hope you eventually get around to showing us that segment of their story! ^.^)

And yeah, Quidditch! That sounds more familiar. But way to go on placing your characters in an original world! I think the transfer worked really well - I didn't see any residual Harry Potter, and you're creating your own system of magic and social order and everything. It should be fun!

[triskellion]

Oh good. I'm glad it's now acceptable. I know that there will be at least one other kid, Jamie, who arrived after a bit too much comforting after a horrible experience. The experience has been written. The comforting will probably just be implied.

If your interested in seeing more about these characters, I've been writing drabbles for writing_game, as has gelsey. We are posting them to our own journals after the end of each game (or at least she is. I'm behind). They aren't complete stories, but there are a few insights from place to place. I'm also working on a post that will provide all links to the worls in chronological order. Eventually. Curretnly they are just tagged with a link to the page on the side of my LJ format.

gelsey and I are enjoying working on the new magical system and the politics. I hope it shows. It's nice to know that these guys are now all ours.