New layout

[fan_elune]

Yes, I'm going crazy while I can upload without tearing my hair out in frustration at Free (my host). And so, I have just changed layout for my LJ. Big thanks to yodah who did the screencap used in the layout last night, out of the goodness of his heart. I love Shane and Mark, I think the writers are doing a great job with both their characters. The exact, complete quote is "You can do anything, you lucky bastard, you're alive! What's a little pain compared to that?"

I was about to say where it was from, but I wonder whether any of you will know. It's not too hard... if you've seen it. (Hint: it is absolutely not from the L-word.) The winner can request a drabble out of me.

I've also changed mood themes, replaced the old one by a Boy Meets Boy one.

Just a quick word to say that I've finally watched episode 11 of Doctor Who, and it rocks. Captain Jack is a wonderful addition to the crew of the Tardis, and you've got some priceless dialogue in there. Captain of the Innuendo Squad, indeed. (Such hard work...) I'm really quite amazed at the themes they tackle in this so-called children's show. If you'd told me, after I first watched Queer As Folk and saw Vince hooked up to Doctor Who, that I would one day become a fan... But I'm such a geek. The conclusion was foretold.

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[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Not really, no... A Jos/Azarcon drabble wouldn't need much of a plot anyway, it'd mostly be characterisation and interaction I suppose. (Maybe I'll manage to fit Erret in one way or the other, though... *smirks* Even for just a cameo.)

It's just, for some reason, I feel very shy about "borrowing" her characters, and daring to write them myself. I don't know why, because for all other 'verses it doesn't bother me at all and I only see it as a proof of love of the 'verse or those characters or something. But with her characters? Maybe because I'm so in awe of the job she's done, I don't think I could do them justice. Or something.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

I meant, plot bunnies for a longer story. I thought the fanfiction question might be linked to that.

Hmm... How many times did you write stories about characters who were from a book, not a film/serie? Apart from the LotR ones, which are so integrated in our minds for so long, and who got highly influenced by the movie ones anyway? HP too got influenced by the movie...
I would think that using characters you only meet in a book would be quite different. That's for the general part. And more specifically, her characters are so fleshed out, the caracterization so well done, that it's even more difficult and intimidating.
But then, hmm... It's not as if I really used to borrow characters, so what would I know? :-P OC, that's my thing. The rest, I know I'm not good at it.


(OT: When I'm on such a page as http://www.livejournal.com/users/fan_elune/53734.html?thread=279014 , there's something wrong with your layout, on IE. All the stuff supposed to be on the right side are located *below* the comment. Nothing really important, but it's weird. Probably a LJ bug, though)

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

No no no. Just writing a drabble makes me wonder whether she'd be ok with that. I wouldn't dare write anything with an actual plot, not with her stuff. Unless the plot revolved around an OC of mine and her characters were just peripheral, maybe, but let's not get into that.

And I think it's not only that. It's those books in particular. I can see myself writing literary characters like Alec and Seregil, for instance. Or guys from Fionavar. But her characters? Maybe also because I feel some sort of kinship with her, because her books are exactly what I so very much wish I could write, because she's a new writer, I don't know. The quality of the writing certainly plays a part, too. But I just don't wanna do this if she doesn't want other people to write her characters. So yeah, let me know? Thanks. (And enjoy that meeting, too, you lucky you.)

Hmm, indeed, same bug here. Weird. Oh well.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's something special about them. And her. I can see it. Feel it. Hell, I even wrote a "you" short fic because of Warchild. And finally wrote my first english fic after having read Cagebird... (and there's a second one waiting).

I'll ask her, if I can. And, well, for the meeting... I already spent two weeks at her place anyway. :-P Ah, if I had known back then...
Actually, she was locked in her room most of the time, working on her computer. Since the release of Warchild, I can't help wondering when exactly she wrote it.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Oh, really? Any way for me to get my hands eyes on 'em?

*nods* *refrains from squeeing* *manages to maintain a somewhat dignified, non-fangirly appearance*

She's just too damned good.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Er, well, the "you" one (which is actually "tu", because I hadn't yet felt the urge to write in English, or maybe just didn't dare), you already read some time ago. ;-)
This one was real short.

The english one has been displayed on my LJ recently, and is now on www.fanfictions.net. Of course, as usual, it's not very long. And there's a whole background behind it that doesn't appear much (in fact, there's a longer fic planned for months, and this one was just a related scene that popped up and asked to be written in English. The same thing happened with a HP fic, except I haven't finished writing the English version).

Yeah, she is. And not too famous yet, which is nice sometimes. Shorter queues for autographs.... (I've been told the ones for Pratchett are hours-long)

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I'll go read it one of these days then.

lol, good point. But I don't know, see, it's not so much an autograph or anything I would like with her. My dream is to like, go have some coffee or something, and just talk. And talk. And then talk some more. Because she must be so very interesting to talk to. *snaps back to reality* Yeah, anyway. That's my little daydream with her.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Hee. One more thing which is easier to achieve when you're a close friend of Big Sister. You're naturally introduced. ^^

Now, having things to say might help too. One point for you. *eg*
I'm afraid I might forget all about Warchild and just display the signs of my Inuits, Sames, Mongols and Other Interesting Autochton People little obsession, and mostly discuss her experience up there.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I'll go read it one of these days then.

lol, good point. But I don't know, see, it's not so much an autograph or anything I would like with her. My dream is to like, go have some coffee or something, and just talk. And talk. And then talk some more. Because she must be so very interesting to talk to. *snaps back to reality* Yeah, anyway. That's my little daydream with her.