Fic-a-thons galore

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I have now put up, on my page, two more stories:
"Lady Blue", my multiverse2004 challenge story (now that the authors are revealed), and "Passing Fair", my B7 Ficathon challenge story.

Comments

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Yay! Yay! Oh, what fun. I'll say, you have really surprised me, I'd never have thought of you doing that, even though I suspected you were writing my request. :)

All the characters are wonderful - your PGP Avon is always so fourth season, I don't know how you do it. This is such a treat, having my favorites together and in character.

So many nice touches - Soolin feeling like the branches and leaves were out to get them; Vila and Soolin arguing about taking Avon; the rhinoceros; the 'knot of refusal'; 'reflection of a greater beauty' (okay, that line makes me wonder where you'd planned to go); Avon's certainty about the nature of the afterlife... ;-)

And the pomegranate seeds! ::scratches head:: Did you know that I like to work references to that story into my own stuff because it's one of my favorites, or is that a happy coincidence?

Okay, I'm going to go away now and be good and work on my own stories and NOT bug you about how desperately I want to see what happens next...

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I'll say, you have really surprised me, I'd never have thought of you doing that, even though I suspected you were writing my request.
(grin) (Avon voice: Oh good.)

reflection of a greater beauty' (okay, that line makes me wonder where you'd planned to go)
I'm not sure I can say, because it may just die the death and not be able to be worked in at all. I know what I was intending that to mean, but I'm not sure I can convey it in the story, but if I can, then it would be unwise to explain it prematurely.

Avon's certainty about the nature of the afterlife...
Well, he would consider himself a fool/self-deluded if he thought he would be going to Heaven; logically, if there were a Hell, he'd be bound to end up there: ergo, this is not Heaven. Even if he is feeling better about himself, thanks to the balm of the unicorn, the logic still remains unchanged.

And the pomegranate seeds! ::scratches head:: Did you know that I like to work references to that story into my own stuff because it's one of my favorites, or is that a happy coincidence?
A happy coincidence, or my subconcious was talking to your subconcious. It isn't one of my favourite stories. That bit of dialogue just popped into my brain, and I thought, yes, it wouldn't be out of character for Avon to be making Classical references. So I then followed up with the Paradise, Valhalla, Elesian Fields remark.

and NOT bug you about how desperately I want to see what happens next...
I'll ask you the same question you asked your requester: do you want it in installments, or all at once? Thing is, if it's in installments, then it will be Alpha-ready only, not even beta-read, because I'd be bound to want to go back and change things once the whole thing was done.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I'll ask you the same question you asked your requester: do you want it in installments, or all at once? Thing is, if it's in installments, then it will be Alpha-ready only, not even beta-read, because I'd be bound to want to go back and change things once the whole thing was done.

I'd like you to do whichever makes you the most eager and the least stressed about finishing it. I know you have a long list of things ahead of it. :) ::looks guiltily at long list of fic to write for Kat:: Since I'm a re-reader anyway, you know I'd go back and read it after the changes, so that makes no difference either way.

My one request is that if you wind up deciding not to finish it at all, you tell me what would have happened. :)

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I know you have a long list of things ahead of it.
I have a long list of things, but the only ones definitely ahead of it are the ficlets, which I ought to get back to. B7 Friday stuff is optional, and the other stories in my top ten are... negotiable.

I'd like you to do whichever makes you the most eager and the least stressed about finishing it.
(grin) I shall have to think about that. It can be easier writing with a cheer squad, even if it's a one-man cheer squad.

My one request is that if you wind up deciding not to finish it at all, you tell me what would have happened.
Hmmm, well, right now I don't know. Well, I do know what happens immediately next, but that just means that that bit is the most likely bit to be written. Thing is, if I decide not to finish it, it will probably be because I couldn't figure out what happens...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I was going to say that 'Passing Fair' felt unfinished, but I see from the above comments that it is. Good: I look forward to reading more of it.

I also noticed "this beauty before him was just a reflection of a greater beauty" and wondered if this was to be a Narnia-type world. That additional "one that he might never see" says a lot: does Avon believe in God and an afterlife after all? He does mention going to hell somewhere in the series I think. I especially liked: Vila's insistence on taking Avon was possibly out of bitterness; Soolin's knowledge of faery; the old poem at the beginning indicating established legend; her less-than-delight about the unicorn (what does she know?); and her pacing like a restless tiger. I can very much see Avon erecting a glass wall, and I enjoyed his logical analysis of where they were.

More, please. I want to know what happens next and why is Soolin so distrustful of the place.

And I don't get the pomegranate seed reference, sorry.

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Now I'm here, I remember why I didn't comment earlier: I hadn't read your other story, and now I have. Zhaan is so very Zhaan, and the description "a delicate tracery of white spots blending and contrasting with the blue, as if it were a camouflage pattern meant for the depths of mottled blue seas" is just beautiful. And the rejected Zaphod nursing two drinks made me laugh.

Thanks for those.

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wondered if this was to be a Narnia-type world
Well, no, not as such. More Tolkien-esque, really. One of my models is his "Smith of Wootton Major", which is often overlooked. My copy is so old I don't remember where it came from; a small little book only about 60 pages long... Um, to get back to the question, I was thinking of this as... not as overtly theistic as Narnia, anyway, though I would expect that my own world-view can't help but influence it. I mean, yes, you're right in guessing that the "greater beauty" is really God, but Avon doesn't know that, and he may never know that. I just meant him to be awakened to the possibilities.

Vila's insistence on taking Avon was possibly out of bitterness
Oh good! I'm glad you caught that. I ummed and hawed over that word, not sure if it was going to convey what I wanted -- the original version of that scene was from Vila's point of view, and therefore I was able to expand on that a little -- the idea being that if Avon was better off dead, then Vila was still angry enough at him not to allow Avon the "better off" option.

And I don't get the pomegranate seed reference, sorry.
Greek mythology. Persephone was kidnapped by the king of the Underworld, Hades, and before she could be rescued, she ate six pomegranate seeds, which meant that she had to spend six months of the year in the Underworld and six months of the year back in Olympus, and that's why we have the seasons. Avon, being more classically educated than Soolin (at least for the purposes of this story) took Soolin's instruction not to eat as a reference to the Greek myth rather than the Celtic one.

Zhaan is so very Zhaan...
Thanks!

And the rejected Zaphod nursing two drinks made me laugh.
One drink for each head, you see... 8-) Or it could be interpreted as the evidence of dashed hopes...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I just meant him to be awakened to the possibilities.

If he'll allow himself to be. :-) You are going to write more of this, aren't you?

Oh good! I'm glad you caught that.

I've never got all those stories where Vila helps Avon PGP as if they were still the companions of S1 and S2. I think Vila would be very bitter and angry.

One drink for each head, you see

Yep, that's why I liked it so much. :-D

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You are going to write more of this, aren't you?
I shall try, at least.