Remixed!

[kerravonsen]

I have finished my remixredux story! And it is up! And I can now reveal (except that astrogirl2 has sort of mentioned it already) that my assigned remixee was mistraltoes and I remixed her filk The Ultramarines to produce Resonances (The Out Of The Blue And Into The Black Remix) (and it is also up on my own site, with less formatting problems here.

One of the interesting things is that I did not choose to remix the same work that was chosen by the pinch-hitter, the story "When I was Your Age", even though Mistral thought that that one was the most likely one to be remixed. In fact, it didn't even cross my mind. The Ultramarines was always my first choice, because I really liked the idea of doing an Ultraworld AU (though it has been done before, especially very well in the one-story zine "Trust, Like the Soul"). I knew I didn't have time to explore the "oh dear how am I going to deal with all these strange bodyparts" but that actually wasn't the main thing that appealed to me about the idea. The filk, albeit that it was humourous, gave me a hook to start from, something I hadn't considered: how utterly awful it might be for Cally in this situation. And as I'd been going through some lousy times myself, let us just say it offered me an avenue for self-expression.

The other story I did consider whether I would remix was actually Perspectives, because it offered something which would be easy to change the PoV of. I was hesitating about doing the Ultramarines because I wasn't sure if one could really remix a filk, but I'm glad I did, because I like Cally and Avon more than any of the Buffy characters, really (except maybe Giles, if I'm completely fair...). And it forced me to rewatch a few key episodes like Ultraworld, Killer, and Gambit, which reminded me how snarky and cynical Avon actually is, which is kind of easy to forget when one likes him so much.

So, there, I've written my Ultraworld AU. At probably the right time, considering the number of things that were put into it.

Would I do RemixRedux again? You betcha!

Comments

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I was talking about "Trust, Like the Soul" too. it ends with Avon getting the 'patterns though infinity' message which presumably sends him to Gauda Prime, but things don't have to happen the same way.

Even if it's referring to 'Terminal', the same applies. For example, Avon might not insist on flying through the enzyme cloud.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

For example, Avon might not insist on flying through the enzyme cloud. Nah, he still would. Some things simply don't change with My Darling...