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insaneladybugWell, to my relief, things did settle down soon after writing that mega hurt/comfort scenario. For the first time in months, though, I've been working on two fics at once, the latest Turtles one and this Pokemon one, since it insisted on being a story. It's interesting going back and forth between fics again, especially when I enjoy them both.
The previous Turtles one came out alright, but now I'm stalling a bit again because I think the one I'm trying now will be filler until the antagonist shows up to cause trouble, and I have most of that part written already. Maybe I'd better work on that rest of that bit and I can fill in the other filler later.
Then for some reason, while fiddling with the Pokemon one, I started thinking about this person I ran into years ago who hated sacrifice fics, at least with certain characters. I remember her saying that Bass (from Megaman) was far more interesting than to do that with him, or some such. Of course, I certainly don't care for deathfic sacrifices, but stories where they do survive (or come back to life later, heh) I adore. It sounded like her arguments against them weren't really about killing him off, but it was so long ago that I don't recall the details.
Anyway, so then I started worrying about the Pokemon story and wondering if I should really have the scenario I wanted where James has to be heroic and nearly dies, since maybe there'd be some Pokemon readers who hate such scenarios too. But there have been canon occasions where Team Rocket has done that (second movie especially), so it wouldn't be OOC for them. Then I worried if it should just be James in the fic or if it should be all of them, like in the second movie, but I specifically wanted it to just be James. And I had assorted other worries, like whether Rocketshippers would get bent out of shape for James to do that and leave Jessie (although the reason he gave was because he wanted to keep the world safe for Jessie and Meowth, and he was pretty much forced into a situation where he had to do it or there wouldn't be any hope). And then of course he does come out of it alive, even though there's a big scare at first.
(Then I also worry if Rocketshippers will be mad that I'm not Rocketshipping, even though I do of course portray them as being very close.)
Eh, I don't know. I like how it's been coming out, though, and I would like to post it. This one I may wait until it's all done to post. I rarely do that if it will be in multiple parts, but right now I'm not fully sure how long it will be, so I don't know what kind of chapter breaks it will have. It was originally going to be a long oneshot, but I decided it needs to be at least several segments.
Then I wonder about ages too. I thought they were in their late teens years ago and some fans seemed to have that as a thing, but others felt they were adults. I'm not sure canon has ever said one way or the other, but I know that at least in the early seasons, they come across more as teens to me. They've certainly seen more than a lot of adults have, yet at the same time there's a definite immaturity to them. (Plus, James looks like a teen in how he's drawn.) And of course, sadly, there are a lot of adults who act immature. But I prefer seeing them as teens and am still writing them as such. Especially since I'm sticking with old-school Pokemon.
I'm honestly bothered by a lot of the canon that comes later. Even in episodes where James gets good development, like the one with his grandparents, Jessie and Meowth don't fully seem IC. One would hope that they would respect James enough not to steal from his grandparents when he repeatedly pleaded with them not to. And then I saw some of the one where the team splits up, specifically the scene where Jessie tells James to go home to Jessiebelle in spite of knowing how abusive she is and then just twirls off and leaves him in the middle of nowhere to do her Pokemon Coordinator stuff. I'm all for them leaving Team Rocket, but they should leave together. Jessie didn't even ask him to come with her. She just seemed to not want to be with him anymore. It all felt so very off. I thought I must be watching a nightmare or something at first, because it didn't ring true. I do like that when James flips and tries to catch a rare Pokemon in the hopes that she and Meowth will come back, Jessie does come running as soon as she learns that everyone who's tangled with the Pokemon has vanished.
So anyway, things seem to go up and down like that. Add to that the confusion of many years of canon and regions and types of Pokemon that I know next to nothing about. I think I prefer sticking with old-school Pokemon and I imagine all of my fics will too. I like the simplicity of when there was a core cast that didn't keep changing.
I doubt I'll ever write much for the series. One hiccup is that while I want them to leave Team Rocket, it would probably change the status quo too much. I'd want them to always be around, and how would that happen if they weren't following Ash? Of course, I guess it could be like the movies and they keep ending up in the same place by accident. Or they could be shadowing Ash to protect him from other Team Rocket members, but that's pretty unlikely, especially since Ash manages fine. Anyway, since I'm worried about the status quo and yet at the same time must keep developing characters in stories to be happy, I don't think I'd be able to sort out my problems and write very much with them.
In any case, one interesting thing is that years ago, I was pretty much only interested in the series for them (even though I did enjoy certain Pokemon creatures). This time around, I seem to be absorbing more of the culture as a whole and find the Pokemon themselves utterly fascinating and magical.
I also drew a picture of Barney meeting a Clefairy. I am highly amused.
Still don't know what the deal is on the payment/credits for the book fair, so I'm undecided on what book to drop if I figure I can't get them all. I did decide they were worth enough to me to take the extra shifts, however, so on Thursday I should be able to find out for sure what the deal is with the money, if my friend doesn't learn tomorrow on one of her shifts---the only one of hers we won't be sharing. Too early when Mondays are usually busy. And Tuesday is the only day I won't be doing something this week, so the breather is nice.
I always get nervous when debuting a new costume. Hopefully it will go over well on Wednesday at the party for the girls at church. And it looks like I'm probably going to a Halloween dance, as my friend was interested when I told her about it and I'll go if she goes. It's big band and masquerade, so those things are certainly appealing. We both just want to go and have a fun time rather than looking for romance with guys there.
The previous Turtles one came out alright, but now I'm stalling a bit again because I think the one I'm trying now will be filler until the antagonist shows up to cause trouble, and I have most of that part written already. Maybe I'd better work on that rest of that bit and I can fill in the other filler later.
Then for some reason, while fiddling with the Pokemon one, I started thinking about this person I ran into years ago who hated sacrifice fics, at least with certain characters. I remember her saying that Bass (from Megaman) was far more interesting than to do that with him, or some such. Of course, I certainly don't care for deathfic sacrifices, but stories where they do survive (or come back to life later, heh) I adore. It sounded like her arguments against them weren't really about killing him off, but it was so long ago that I don't recall the details.
Anyway, so then I started worrying about the Pokemon story and wondering if I should really have the scenario I wanted where James has to be heroic and nearly dies, since maybe there'd be some Pokemon readers who hate such scenarios too. But there have been canon occasions where Team Rocket has done that (second movie especially), so it wouldn't be OOC for them. Then I worried if it should just be James in the fic or if it should be all of them, like in the second movie, but I specifically wanted it to just be James. And I had assorted other worries, like whether Rocketshippers would get bent out of shape for James to do that and leave Jessie (although the reason he gave was because he wanted to keep the world safe for Jessie and Meowth, and he was pretty much forced into a situation where he had to do it or there wouldn't be any hope). And then of course he does come out of it alive, even though there's a big scare at first.
(Then I also worry if Rocketshippers will be mad that I'm not Rocketshipping, even though I do of course portray them as being very close.)
Eh, I don't know. I like how it's been coming out, though, and I would like to post it. This one I may wait until it's all done to post. I rarely do that if it will be in multiple parts, but right now I'm not fully sure how long it will be, so I don't know what kind of chapter breaks it will have. It was originally going to be a long oneshot, but I decided it needs to be at least several segments.
Then I wonder about ages too. I thought they were in their late teens years ago and some fans seemed to have that as a thing, but others felt they were adults. I'm not sure canon has ever said one way or the other, but I know that at least in the early seasons, they come across more as teens to me. They've certainly seen more than a lot of adults have, yet at the same time there's a definite immaturity to them. (Plus, James looks like a teen in how he's drawn.) And of course, sadly, there are a lot of adults who act immature. But I prefer seeing them as teens and am still writing them as such. Especially since I'm sticking with old-school Pokemon.
I'm honestly bothered by a lot of the canon that comes later. Even in episodes where James gets good development, like the one with his grandparents, Jessie and Meowth don't fully seem IC. One would hope that they would respect James enough not to steal from his grandparents when he repeatedly pleaded with them not to. And then I saw some of the one where the team splits up, specifically the scene where Jessie tells James to go home to Jessiebelle in spite of knowing how abusive she is and then just twirls off and leaves him in the middle of nowhere to do her Pokemon Coordinator stuff. I'm all for them leaving Team Rocket, but they should leave together. Jessie didn't even ask him to come with her. She just seemed to not want to be with him anymore. It all felt so very off. I thought I must be watching a nightmare or something at first, because it didn't ring true. I do like that when James flips and tries to catch a rare Pokemon in the hopes that she and Meowth will come back, Jessie does come running as soon as she learns that everyone who's tangled with the Pokemon has vanished.
So anyway, things seem to go up and down like that. Add to that the confusion of many years of canon and regions and types of Pokemon that I know next to nothing about. I think I prefer sticking with old-school Pokemon and I imagine all of my fics will too. I like the simplicity of when there was a core cast that didn't keep changing.
I doubt I'll ever write much for the series. One hiccup is that while I want them to leave Team Rocket, it would probably change the status quo too much. I'd want them to always be around, and how would that happen if they weren't following Ash? Of course, I guess it could be like the movies and they keep ending up in the same place by accident. Or they could be shadowing Ash to protect him from other Team Rocket members, but that's pretty unlikely, especially since Ash manages fine. Anyway, since I'm worried about the status quo and yet at the same time must keep developing characters in stories to be happy, I don't think I'd be able to sort out my problems and write very much with them.
In any case, one interesting thing is that years ago, I was pretty much only interested in the series for them (even though I did enjoy certain Pokemon creatures). This time around, I seem to be absorbing more of the culture as a whole and find the Pokemon themselves utterly fascinating and magical.
I also drew a picture of Barney meeting a Clefairy. I am highly amused.
Still don't know what the deal is on the payment/credits for the book fair, so I'm undecided on what book to drop if I figure I can't get them all. I did decide they were worth enough to me to take the extra shifts, however, so on Thursday I should be able to find out for sure what the deal is with the money, if my friend doesn't learn tomorrow on one of her shifts---the only one of hers we won't be sharing. Too early when Mondays are usually busy. And Tuesday is the only day I won't be doing something this week, so the breather is nice.
I always get nervous when debuting a new costume. Hopefully it will go over well on Wednesday at the party for the girls at church. And it looks like I'm probably going to a Halloween dance, as my friend was interested when I told her about it and I'll go if she goes. It's big band and masquerade, so those things are certainly appealing. We both just want to go and have a fun time rather than looking for romance with guys there.
