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rionaleonhart) wrote2007-08-19 12:22 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2007-08-19 12:22 pm
And 'How on Ivalice?' Just Sounds Silly.
When it seems as if the phrase might fit their speech patterns, it is incredibly difficult to remember not to have characters say 'How on Earth?' or 'Where on Earth?' when they are not, in fact, from Earth. Argh.
This is apparently going to be an entry of Laments About Writing. Hurrah!
- Getting the tenses clear is bloody confusing when characters have travelled into the past and are talking about their present.
- The Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood is far too different from the Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who for me to feel entirely comfortable when writing the character. I don't know how to reconcile the two characterisations.
- Fran is far too quiet and also incredibly difficult to write for. She just sort of fades into the background while the other two take over the story and make it into the Balthier and Harkness Show. This is entirely unfair, because Fran is awesome and should really have a larger part than she's getting.
- In fact, although I feel fairly all right when it comes to Balthier, I find myself completely at sea when it comes to characterising any of the other characters from Final Fantasy XII. This is an enormous shame, as I had sort of hoped to be able to have the Balthier/Fran/Jack team encounter them occasionally.
- Why can't I work out how Withnail and Jeremy Clarkson would interact? They obviously need to meet (in order to put the fear of God into their long-haired friends, if for no other reason), but I have no idea what would happen. I really want to write this crossover, but I can only actually come up with the tiniest of snippets:
He reaches over, appropriates Jeremy's scotch and downs it, apparently entirely ignorant of the fact that this is a fairly large violation of the rules of etiquette.
"James and whatsisname seem to be getting on well, don't they?" Jeremy observes. "What is his name, anyway?"
"How the fuck am I supposed to know?" Withnail asks, irritably.
- I wish I'd stop accumulating Inappropriate Real-Person Threesomes. Clarkson/Hammond/May (Top Gear) is - well, it's completely insane, of course, but on its own it's all right. Then, of course, I had to fall for Morgan/Holden/Cowell (Britain's Got Talent (the shame!)), and now I find myself thinking about Alex/Jess/Paul (The Real Hustle). This latest is probably at least partially due to the fact that, when they're talking about the psychic scam, there's a point at which it looks as if Alex's hand is on Paul's leg; I realised after looking more closely that it was actually Paul's hand, but by then it was too late. I think that the lesson here is that I really, really need to stop watching non-fiction programmes with any sort of trio at the core. (This may not strictly be a lament about writing (unless I ever actually write Alex/Jess/Paul, which would be an awful thing to do and please don't let me do it), but that does not stop it from being true.)
This is apparently going to be an entry of Laments About Writing. Hurrah!
- Getting the tenses clear is bloody confusing when characters have travelled into the past and are talking about their present.
- The Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood is far too different from the Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who for me to feel entirely comfortable when writing the character. I don't know how to reconcile the two characterisations.
- Fran is far too quiet and also incredibly difficult to write for. She just sort of fades into the background while the other two take over the story and make it into the Balthier and Harkness Show. This is entirely unfair, because Fran is awesome and should really have a larger part than she's getting.
- In fact, although I feel fairly all right when it comes to Balthier, I find myself completely at sea when it comes to characterising any of the other characters from Final Fantasy XII. This is an enormous shame, as I had sort of hoped to be able to have the Balthier/Fran/Jack team encounter them occasionally.
- Why can't I work out how Withnail and Jeremy Clarkson would interact? They obviously need to meet (in order to put the fear of God into their long-haired friends, if for no other reason), but I have no idea what would happen. I really want to write this crossover, but I can only actually come up with the tiniest of snippets:
He reaches over, appropriates Jeremy's scotch and downs it, apparently entirely ignorant of the fact that this is a fairly large violation of the rules of etiquette.
"James and whatsisname seem to be getting on well, don't they?" Jeremy observes. "What is his name, anyway?"
"How the fuck am I supposed to know?" Withnail asks, irritably.
- I wish I'd stop accumulating Inappropriate Real-Person Threesomes. Clarkson/Hammond/May (Top Gear) is - well, it's completely insane, of course, but on its own it's all right. Then, of course, I had to fall for Morgan/Holden/Cowell (Britain's Got Talent (the shame!)), and now I find myself thinking about Alex/Jess/Paul (The Real Hustle). This latest is probably at least partially due to the fact that, when they're talking about the psychic scam, there's a point at which it looks as if Alex's hand is on Paul's leg; I realised after looking more closely that it was actually Paul's hand, but by then it was too late. I think that the lesson here is that I really, really need to stop watching non-fiction programmes with any sort of trio at the core. (This may not strictly be a lament about writing (unless I ever actually write Alex/Jess/Paul, which would be an awful thing to do and please don't let me do it), but that does not stop it from being true.)
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I am happy not to have seen Torchwood so that I can forever imagine Jack as wonderful and fun and happy and running around with Nine and Rose and WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, PARTING OF THE WAYS? I CAN'T HEAR YOU LA LA LA
...Though I recently heard that James Marsters (Spike from Buffy) is going to be on Torchwood playing some kind of nasty semi-psychotic who is totally gay with Jack, and, er. Now I don't so much want to see the show as just read some Spike/Jack. (Oh my gosh Jack in the Buffyverse would be wonderful and they would all fight demons together and I must stop thinking about this at once.)
I know, the Fran thing! DON'T LET HER FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND, SHE IS TOO AWESOME
Oh my gosh you do not even know how excited I am that you're writing more of their adventures. al;kjfaskladklsgdklkls
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Not watching Torchwood is possibly the best decision, yes. When I was reading your fic, I was thinking 'Yes! This is the Doctor Who Jack! I've missed him so much!'
I couldn't possibly not write more! I love these three far too much.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE THINKING. IT IS A TRAGEDY.