a post about ficwriting

Does anyone else get concepts for AU fics recurring in their heads? I mean. There's this AU idea I thought up a long time ago, tried to write, failed to write, and put aside with a shrug of "was not meant to be", but every so often it pops back up in my head. It's very annoying, because I'm never any closer to actually writing it.

(This particular fic concept is an Andromeda AU based pretty much entirely on the fact that Harper's middle name is 'Zelazny'. On the other hand, you know, Harper's middle name is Zelazny. Why has no one written an AU where he's immortal and part of a big, scheming, batshit crazy family of immortals?)

(No, I don't know why my brain works the way it does.)



Unrelated, is there anyone who'd be willing to do a quick beta of a Doctor Who OC-centric fic? It's due to be posted for lgbtfest on the twelfth and I'm very unsure of it. ...I had a feeling when I signed up for this I'd regret it. :|

WHY YES IT IS LAST-MINUTE.

You know I really believe I have underestimated that young lady in the past, Chartow.

30 Days of TV meme:

Day 09 ♥ Best scene ever

...This is a difficult one.

However, I give you:

The phone call.

Yeah, you know what phone call I'm talking about.

There is literally nothing about this scene I would change ever. The direction, the lighting, the music, even the sets and costume -- the production values are perfect. And the WRITING is...well, it's exactly why this sort of phone call would be, let's be honest. And Henry Ian Cusick and Sonya Walger prove why the love story they helped create is so incredibly resonant.

It may not be The Best Scene Ever but it's certainly on the shortlist.

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30 Days Of Who meme:

Day 02 ♥ Your Favorite Classic Series Episode

I am going to assume that 'episode' means 'serial'. Just 'cause.

I have many favorite serials, but if it comes down to one, "Edge of Destruction" wins. It features Barbara being kickass (but then, she so rarely isn't); Susan is startlingly creepy in it; One is downright terrifying in his insistence that it's Barbara and Ian's fault; it does fascinating things with the show's format and the TARDIS herself that has not been tried again; and it's a bottle episode that revels in its...bottle-ness. Is there a term for that?

I mean...

How dare you! Do you realise, you stupid old man, that you'd have died in the Cave of Skulls if Ian hadn't made fire for you? And what about what we went through against the Daleks? Not just for us, but for you and Susan too, and all because you tricked us into going down to the city. Accuse us? You ought to go down on your hands and knees and thank us! Gratitude’s the last thing you’ll ever have, or any sort of common sense either.

If you've ever wondered why people insist that the Doctor would not be the Doctor we know and love today were it not for Barbara Wright, wonder no more.

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