first replies to "never written" meme

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This was fun - feel free to keep telling me about fics I've never written. (Confession: now I kind of want to write these, or at least read them...)

For deird1:
My favourite one was definitely “Twelve Pine Trees”, and I loved the excerpt from Dawn's poem.

Hah. Little secret: Dawn’s poem was originally going to be a haiku. ‘Cuz what’s the one form of Japanese poetry that everyone knows? Plus it’s a crunchy, bite-sized form that seemed to fit rather well with the Buffyverse one-liner aesthetic.

But you may’ve picked up that I’m a poetry fan in general, so I had to at least look at some of the other traditional Japanese forms. By the time the main story was finished it was clear a bargain with as old a kami as they were dealing with would need to be written in an older genre than haiku, which didn’t develop as an independent form until the 17th century. From there it was a short step to trying my hand at a bit of kanshi, as written in Dawn-voice.

And I’m thrilled to hear you enjoyed that bit - I worried it might be a bit too esoteric or just plain weird for most folks.


For goldenusagi:
I loved your story Magical. You brought Tara and Oz together in such a believable way!

Hooray! Frankly, getting them from rivals to commiserating mourners was easy, once Warren shot Willow and Xander’s letter brought Oz back to town. But we all know me and how much trouble I have getting from friendship to shippiness in a fic, which is largely why the romantic development was so very understated (other than the fact that with Oz, everything is understated...).

Of course, the other problem was that I generally have as hard a time believing the hetting of Tara as I do the slashing of anyone else. But if anyone could do it, it seemed to me it’d be Oz, who IMO is by far the most dateable guy in the ‘verse. Plus he’s remarkably patient with the physical side of his relationships, which meant I could write a whole lot of emotional development before we finally get to the one fade-to-black sex scene.

Original first line, before I came up with the much punchier one with all the witchcraft-herbal/anti-wolfy-herbal thematic connections: He’d hated her for a few minutes once, but now Willow was dead and she was the only one who understood.

Comments

[timeofchange.livejournal.com]

You're good. These are really fun to read.

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Hee, I'm glad you enjoyed. They're really fun to write, too - it's like getting to do the DVD commentary without actually having to write the fic!

[next_to_normal]

LOL! Now I kind of want to read them, too!

[snickfic]

Hee. I was actually really surprised at what coherent story ideas came out of the prompts. Although, that first one would involve a lot of research.

[silverusagi]

Awesome! :)

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Hee. Glad you liked. (Now it's your turn to do the meme, so I can bedevil you with a story prompt. *g*)

[silverusagi]

Noooo.... *whines*
Seriously, I don't do well with prompts.

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Alas. It was worth a try.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

This may be my favorite meme EVER!

Plus it’s a crunchy, bite-sized form that seemed to fit rather well with the Buffyverse one-liner aesthetic. Only you would come up with all this brilliant stuff about a story that doesn't exist!

And I’m thrilled to hear you enjoyed that bit - I worried it might be a bit too esoteric or just plain weird for most folks. *huge grin*

(other than the fact that with Oz, everything is understated...) Oh, awesome.

Oz, who IMO is by far the most dateable guy in the ‘verse. Agreed.

[snickfic]

I am having great fun, yes. :)

Only you would come up with all this brilliant stuff about a story that doesn't exist!

Piffle. There are a bunch of people doing very fun things with it - you should see deird1 and antennapedia's entries! And now it seems to have invaded Spuffy fandom, so everyone'll be doing it here soon. I'm looking forward to yours! (As soon as I figure out which fic I want to ask about...)