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kittydesadeWhat I Wrote For Yuletide:
For my actual recipient
Hold Your Head High, The Dresden Files (TV)/The Craft. Just something I'd had in my head for a few years now. Originally it was a Mary-Sue-ish OC and then I realized that Sarah actually fit perfectly.
Under the Darkening Sky, The Dresden Files (TV). At the very last minute I realized that my recipient might not be as enthused by a DF/The Craft crossover as I was. And I'd been meaning to write something more along the lines of what happened when Bob was alive for a while. This was as good a time as any. Set in the same canon as my other stories, Lifeless and Hopeless.
Pinch Hits:
Sorrows and Joys (Low Spark), The Secret History. Henry so totally swings both ways. And he does like Francis. This just seemed to me to be a logical conclusion, at least before things got, um. Complicated.
Speaking in Tongues, The Shawshank Redemption (movie). I've seen this movie so many times I seriously probably know most of it by heart. This was harder than I'd thought it would be to write, first I went one way, then I realized I needed something to continue actual plot for 1,000 words, then I realized that might not be the way to go and tried to backtrack, then... I just groped for a conclusion because I'd about hit the word limit. It amuses me that EVERYONE pretty much commented on how clear Morgan Freeman's voice was. That's pretty much because I had him narrating everything in my head. If I couldn't hear it in his voice, I didn't write it.
Taste of Brine and Salt, Kushiel's Legacy. Hyacinthe's perspective while waiting on the island for Phedre. This was a last-minute pinch hit, but I grabbed it because I knew it would come easy. It did, for any number of really complex hard to explain reasons.
Taking True Measure, The Mahabharata. Another last-minute pinch hit. I grabbed it because I wasn't sure how many people on the pinch hit list were willing or able to do it, and it had gone around a couple of times. I'm not sure it's quite what the requester wanted? But they wanted Mahabharata slash and I tried to accomodate. Of all the characters they listed, those were the two I could see best.
Hour of the Wolf, White Collar. Another story I've had in my head for a while, though this one I have no idea why it appeared. I may write the surrounding fic for it, eventually, if I remember that I had this idea or if people decide they really want to read about the surrounding events to Neal's rape.
The Great Goddaughter Caper, White Collar. When I grabbed this White Collar pinch hit the first thing i thought of was, oh, I'll use standard mystery format for this. And pretty much from there on in it was a series of 'what can I use for... oh! I can use that!' For some reason, all my White Collar fics wind up from Neal's perspective. I'm a little afraid to contemplate what that says about me. One of the things I do hope I captured well in this fic is that Peter is not dumb, he's just not as good at some things as Neal. Then again, he's better at other things than Neal is, which is why they make a good team.
Dirty Laundry, The Good Wife. I'd actually been watching this evenings, after NCIS, pretty much only because it was on after NCIS and it had Julianna Margulies in it. And then it kept reappearing on the pinch hit list, and I figured, what the hell. It turned out way more coherent and better than I expected I could do, given that I wasn't that familiar with the series. It also helped that Julianna Margulies is the face for a similar-ish character, in that they're both strong and intelligent women, so the mindset was pretty easy to get into. I may actually wind up writing more The Good Wife fanfic now.
For my actual recipient
Hold Your Head High, The Dresden Files (TV)/The Craft. Just something I'd had in my head for a few years now. Originally it was a Mary-Sue-ish OC and then I realized that Sarah actually fit perfectly.
Under the Darkening Sky, The Dresden Files (TV). At the very last minute I realized that my recipient might not be as enthused by a DF/The Craft crossover as I was. And I'd been meaning to write something more along the lines of what happened when Bob was alive for a while. This was as good a time as any. Set in the same canon as my other stories, Lifeless and Hopeless.
Pinch Hits:
Sorrows and Joys (Low Spark), The Secret History. Henry so totally swings both ways. And he does like Francis. This just seemed to me to be a logical conclusion, at least before things got, um. Complicated.
Speaking in Tongues, The Shawshank Redemption (movie). I've seen this movie so many times I seriously probably know most of it by heart. This was harder than I'd thought it would be to write, first I went one way, then I realized I needed something to continue actual plot for 1,000 words, then I realized that might not be the way to go and tried to backtrack, then... I just groped for a conclusion because I'd about hit the word limit. It amuses me that EVERYONE pretty much commented on how clear Morgan Freeman's voice was. That's pretty much because I had him narrating everything in my head. If I couldn't hear it in his voice, I didn't write it.
Taste of Brine and Salt, Kushiel's Legacy. Hyacinthe's perspective while waiting on the island for Phedre. This was a last-minute pinch hit, but I grabbed it because I knew it would come easy. It did, for any number of really complex hard to explain reasons.
Taking True Measure, The Mahabharata. Another last-minute pinch hit. I grabbed it because I wasn't sure how many people on the pinch hit list were willing or able to do it, and it had gone around a couple of times. I'm not sure it's quite what the requester wanted? But they wanted Mahabharata slash and I tried to accomodate. Of all the characters they listed, those were the two I could see best.
Hour of the Wolf, White Collar. Another story I've had in my head for a while, though this one I have no idea why it appeared. I may write the surrounding fic for it, eventually, if I remember that I had this idea or if people decide they really want to read about the surrounding events to Neal's rape.
The Great Goddaughter Caper, White Collar. When I grabbed this White Collar pinch hit the first thing i thought of was, oh, I'll use standard mystery format for this. And pretty much from there on in it was a series of 'what can I use for... oh! I can use that!' For some reason, all my White Collar fics wind up from Neal's perspective. I'm a little afraid to contemplate what that says about me. One of the things I do hope I captured well in this fic is that Peter is not dumb, he's just not as good at some things as Neal. Then again, he's better at other things than Neal is, which is why they make a good team.
Dirty Laundry, The Good Wife. I'd actually been watching this evenings, after NCIS, pretty much only because it was on after NCIS and it had Julianna Margulies in it. And then it kept reappearing on the pinch hit list, and I figured, what the hell. It turned out way more coherent and better than I expected I could do, given that I wasn't that familiar with the series. It also helped that Julianna Margulies is the face for a similar-ish character, in that they're both strong and intelligent women, so the mindset was pretty easy to get into. I may actually wind up writing more The Good Wife fanfic now.