sophia_sol | Entries tagged with anent: fic ideas

The thing about being internetless for a while is that I find myself reading a lot more profic... so I have a few posts about books to make! I'll start with the two books I have the most to say about:

( Freckles, and A Girl of the Limberlost )

Okay so in conclusion both books are amazing but I love Freckles more but I want fic about two minor characters in A Girl of the Limberlost the most! The end!

Crossposts: http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/145161.html

Conversations with non-fandom people about fandom: ALWAYS HILARIOUS.

Mara and I were talking over dinner today, and I was telling her about what I'd done today.

Sophia: So I'm reading this So You Think You Can Dance AU --
Mara: Wait, you like So You Think You Can Dance now?
Sophia: No, it's a Glee fic set on So You Think You Can Dance.
Mara: Wait, you like Glee?
Sophia: No.

And this turned into me explaining AUs.

Mara: But wouldn't it make more sense to have the Glee characters on that other show?
Sophia: American Idol?
Mara: That one.
Sophia: Sure, it might make more sense, but the point of AUs isn't to make sense.

*brief interlude where I talk about things like that unicorn/rainbow AU, and the peas/ketchup AU, and so forth*

Sophia: And there are even people who take the term curtainfic (er, that means fic with domestic themes) literally, and write about the characters as curtains.
Mara: What, like, "So, Brendon, here we are hanging in front of a window. Wanna have hot sex?" "Sure, Rory!"
Sophia: *CAN'T BREATHE FOR LAUGHING*

I then proceed to explain to her exactly who Brendon and Rory are and why the idea of them together is hilarious, and wonder aloud how it would ever actually work to get them together.

Mara: Okay, you said Rory's a nurse, right? So Rory and Amy go to a concert, and there's an accident and Amy dies. And then one of the people in the band is injured and they ask the audience if there's any doctors or nurses. And Rory wants to distract himself from Amy's death so he volunteers.
Sophia: *STILL LAUGHING*
Mara: Oh, or maybe the band is travelling -- how do bands travel?
Sophia: On tourbuses
Mara: So the band is on their tourbus in the rockies or something, and Rory and Amy are driving there as well on vacation, and there's an accident and Amy dies and the band members are all injured and Rory comes onto the bus to help, and things go from there
Sophia: *STILL LAUGHING*
Mara: Yeah, that makes much more sense than the first one.
Sophia: *STILL LAUGHING*

IN CONCLUSION, if anyone feels like writing Brendon Urie/Rory Williams fic? I WOULD READ IT. Although preferably without Mara's callous treatment of Amy....:P

Crossposts: http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/129096.html

I was talking with a friend the other night about a bunch of stuff, I don't even know what all, and the subject came up that magnetism can actually kill you. Like, apparently if you are in the presence of a strong enough magnetic field (it would have to be REALLY RIDICULOUSLY strong) it will mess with the electro-whatever processes in your brain and your body enough to kill you.

So immediately of course this made me think that Magneto should be able to easily just kill people with a wave of his hand -- because he controls magnetic fields. So he could just be like, OKAY SUPER STRONG MAGNETISM DIRECTLY AROUND THIS PERSON AND NOWHERE ELSE and they'd just fall over dead. No need for brute force or anything! ( And now time for SPOILERS for X-Men First Class )

So that's, you know, a thing. And I want fic for it. Maybe him figuring out he can do it? Maybe Charles figuring out Erik could do it? IDEK, but I'm pretty sure there's a good fic hiding in there somewhere.

Crossposts: http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/113861.html

Awesome new Highlander crossover idea: the Brother Cadfael novels. You know it! Murder mysteries involving immortals is always a fun idea, and I'm pretty sure that Cadfael and Methos would find each other fascinating. Only problem is that writing this would involve me being any good whatsoever at writing plot. REMINDER TO SELF: NO MURDER MYSTERIES FOR ME. (also, my brain cannot imagine this story being any shorter than a novel. It has to fit into the Brother Cadfael series!)

But if it existed, then Methos would be either a victim or a suspect (OR BOTH!), there would be young lovers that Cadfael would help (ooh, actually, Methos could be one of the young lovers too, Methos and one of his 68 wives!), Hugh Beringar would get some time in there to be awesome, Cadfael would ruminate on God and morality and act as an agent of grace to Methos (something about the case would relate back to the whole Horsemen thing? Or perhaps just remind Methos of it), and it would be amazing.

And if it could manage to work in Sister Magdalen, that would be even more amazing! I love her so much, and it is too bad that more of the novels didn't find excuses to get her involved.

(also, at least one of the monks at the monastery is secretly also an immortal, using the holy place as a refuge. And he turns out to be plot relevant somehow too. Obviously!)

Crossposts: http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/79163.html

Today I was reading a WIP of mine I'd kind of forgotten about. I actually didn't even remember how far I'd gotten in the story. So I was reading along, happily fascinated by what I'd accomplished thus far, and then I unceremoniously reached the end of the completed stuff. And now I feel all bitter, like I would if I'd read an abandoned WIP by someone else on the internet. I mean, I know equally as much about what would happen next.... C'mon, author! Finish the damn fic already! Except the damn author is me, and I haven't a clue what to write.

I think my problem is that I really like my premise, and I've got some plotty stuff, but I don't know what the climax of the fic is. And without knowing that, I have nothing that I'm building towards, it's just "and then stuff happened", and I'm all out of stuff that I know happens.

(this would, in case you're curious, be The Who Wants To Live Forever Affair that I talked about back in this post.)

In other news, OMG TORCHWOOD. By which I mean, they've released the name and premise of the upcoming series of Torchwood, and it looks FASCINATING and exciting and I am all shivery in anticipation. Also, now I really want to read Highlander fic based on this premise. I know, I know, I have a weakness. Highlander crossovers well with EVERYTHING!

Speaking of which. Highlander/Dresden Files crossovers? SHOULD EXIST. Just saying.

Crossposts: http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/77551.html

Um. It is entirely possible that I have listened to these songs a few too many times now, because they are UTTERLY BRILLIANT. I do not know if I have mentioned this before, but I am a total nerd for folk songs. And these hit me RIGHT in THAT NERDY LOVE, and also RIGHT IN THE NERDY LOVE for Doctor Who, so basically it is NERDY LOVE SQUARED. You should go listen to them if you do not already know them.

Also, they have reminded me of how awesome Rory is, and now I want all the Rory fic. ( And the rest of this post is spoilery for Season Five of Doctor Who. I presume most people who care have seen it, but just to be safe. )

Crossposts: http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/73177.html

Things I should have spent today doing:
- grocery shopping
- essay writing

Things I should not have spent today doing:
- knitting
- rewatching a few of the Methos bits of Highlander episodes

I had forgotten just how hard I ship Methos/Alexa. GOSH. They are SO ADORABLE. ( Spoilers, and a fic idea that got away from me a little. )