Yay for Halloween stories after Halloween!
Nov. 5th, 2017 04:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
insaneladybugThis has been an interesting week. I haven't gotten much written on the WWW fic, but I wrote that creepy Ginger and Lou fic that followed up the Emergency! episode and then felt the urge to write a Pokemon fic based on a role-play with Crystal that we were just wrapping up. The fic is pretty different from the role-play, but both involve a haunted house and James getting possessed by an evil spirit.
It was fun writing for Ginger and Lou again. It felt natural and normal and I easily slipped into it, as I have every time I revisit them after an absence. And it was amusing to see that they're still having the same old trouble with having to fight malevolent ghosties.
I still find it strange how obsessed I became with those characters. Ginger is not the type of character I normally go for, even though he is played by a darling. I found him good-looking but repulsive the first times I saw the episode. But that chemistry I picked up on between him and Lou (or between the actors, whichever) was so fascinating to me that it became the basis for 200 short stories and a couple of multi-chapter fics. And a webcomic. And I still feel like I'm writing for them IC, that if they were to try to go straight and get out of crime, they would probably be similar to how I write them. Except for the openness in their friendship, perhaps, but I have it that that developed from being in prison together. Dang it, I love them and I can't help it.
The Pokemon story was chilling. I love how it turned out, though, and especially I love the climax on the widow's walk of the mansion they're at. I think I'll have to illustrate some of that. I haven't printed it yet, as I was debating whether anything needs to be changed or added and I was waiting on a particular person's opinion of it before I decided that. I will probably also read it over again myself later tonight and see how I feel.
I still don't think I'll write many Pokemon stories, but one thing I was thinking of is that for it, I may feel I need to be episodic. That is, stories not referencing each other. I suppose I figure they all take place in the same verse, but I'm not sure I want to build on each story like I usually do. That could change, but with this series it's complicated, since I really don't want to mess up the status quo, as previously pondered on, yet I can't see myself ever writing a story where Team Rocket doesn't get to be key/awesome. Also the problem that even if I'm only using the canon of the first two seasons and then a few things I liked here and there from other ones, I seem to mess it up. This is a hard series to keep straight.
I also wrote a crack Turtles fic with Clefairy copping all kinds of odd things, LOL. Barney flips out when one takes his car's antenna.
I wasn't planning to do an actual Halloween fic for the Turtles since I'd planned on slice-of-life for it, I wasn't sure I was in a slice-of-life mood, and of course, Halloween's past. But I'm still in a Halloween mood, as evidenced by the fics of the week, and I feel like writing a haunted house fic with Michelangelo and Baxter. That's still not the Halloween fic, though. I'll decide after I write it if I still want to write the Halloween fic. Maybe the clock being set back will put me in more of a Christmas mood. Usually I get Christmassing a few days after Halloween.
Yesterday morning I had a Turtles viewing session and watched some spooky episodes. One was Nightmare in the Lair and I got an idea of Michelangelo and Baxter stuck in Nightmare World. After I slept, though, I wasn't so keen on that idea anymore. But I wanted to do a friendship fic with them, hence the old haunted house concept being retooled to mostly focus on them (even though the others probably will show up looking for them after a while).
One of the Halloween discussions in a recent fic has both Baxter and Barney revealing they're not really into dressing up for Halloween (although they were as kids). I honestly can't picture them being into that, but it probably also plays into this odd hang-up I have where, unless a character I really like shows a canon enjoyment of disguises (i.e., James), I will probably not be able to picture them liking it and/or not want them to like it. I like to see the characters looking like themselves. It's a funny hang-up, but I've always been that way. I remember freaking out as a small child when Dad dressed up with a fake moustache for a Halloween party at his then-place of employment. I did not like seeing him looking different and I flipped and hid until he took the thing off. Of course, I wouldn't act ridiculous like that anymore, but I still have that pesky hang-up and I can't seem to make myself like the idea of Baxter and Barney dressing up.
Of course, the irony to all of this is that I myself adore dressing up. But even though characters can definitely pick up some of my personality traits in the writing, that's one that just doesn't happen.
I did write a Perry Mason fic that heavily involved a masquerade party setting, though. And I had to come up with costumes for those who were attending, which I found slightly uncomfortable albeit interesting and amusing at the same time. As I recall, though, my most favorite characters did not dress up, LOL. They showed up at the party later, not in disguise, because of problems that were happening that they were coming to see about.
Speaking of dressing up, Halloween went very well. As usual, not many at the door and some came while we were at the trunk or treat, sigh. But the trunk or treat was fun and there was food for the adults too! Soups and donuts! I originally planned on having chili, but when I got there and there was potato soup, well, that took priority. Yuuum. I also enjoyed seeing some of the decorations in town, especially one house that set up a whole graveyard thing with creepy creatures in the yard. And I went into Wal-Mart. I always love going into a store in disguise. I'm sad that they just weren't as big for Halloween this year. Not as much merchandise and they were shuttling some of it out the day before Halloween to make room for Christmas aisles. I used to get plunnies for Halloween stories from walking their aisles. It was so magical and creepy. The way they did the Halloween section this year just wasn't very magical. Everything was crammed together on fewer aisles. Sigh.
Also, I kind of wanted a Pokemon hat. They're clearancing some, but the prices were higher than I wanted. This past week they lowered, but the hat I wanted had some bizarre white fuzz stuck all over it. I wasn't sure if it was synthetic or if some animal loose in the store could have mauled it, so I didn't find that very appealing. Sigh. (Yes, sometimes there are animals in there, although when they're not service animals the owners try to hold them or put them in the carts.) And there was only the one copy of that one, at least this week. I think when the prices were higher, there were two copies of it. I'm debating getting a hat with just Pikachu on it instead (the one I wanted had several Gen 1 Pokemon, including Meowth) or if I should try a different Wal-Mart and see if they might have the other hat.
It was fun writing for Ginger and Lou again. It felt natural and normal and I easily slipped into it, as I have every time I revisit them after an absence. And it was amusing to see that they're still having the same old trouble with having to fight malevolent ghosties.
I still find it strange how obsessed I became with those characters. Ginger is not the type of character I normally go for, even though he is played by a darling. I found him good-looking but repulsive the first times I saw the episode. But that chemistry I picked up on between him and Lou (or between the actors, whichever) was so fascinating to me that it became the basis for 200 short stories and a couple of multi-chapter fics. And a webcomic. And I still feel like I'm writing for them IC, that if they were to try to go straight and get out of crime, they would probably be similar to how I write them. Except for the openness in their friendship, perhaps, but I have it that that developed from being in prison together. Dang it, I love them and I can't help it.
The Pokemon story was chilling. I love how it turned out, though, and especially I love the climax on the widow's walk of the mansion they're at. I think I'll have to illustrate some of that. I haven't printed it yet, as I was debating whether anything needs to be changed or added and I was waiting on a particular person's opinion of it before I decided that. I will probably also read it over again myself later tonight and see how I feel.
I still don't think I'll write many Pokemon stories, but one thing I was thinking of is that for it, I may feel I need to be episodic. That is, stories not referencing each other. I suppose I figure they all take place in the same verse, but I'm not sure I want to build on each story like I usually do. That could change, but with this series it's complicated, since I really don't want to mess up the status quo, as previously pondered on, yet I can't see myself ever writing a story where Team Rocket doesn't get to be key/awesome. Also the problem that even if I'm only using the canon of the first two seasons and then a few things I liked here and there from other ones, I seem to mess it up. This is a hard series to keep straight.
I also wrote a crack Turtles fic with Clefairy copping all kinds of odd things, LOL. Barney flips out when one takes his car's antenna.
I wasn't planning to do an actual Halloween fic for the Turtles since I'd planned on slice-of-life for it, I wasn't sure I was in a slice-of-life mood, and of course, Halloween's past. But I'm still in a Halloween mood, as evidenced by the fics of the week, and I feel like writing a haunted house fic with Michelangelo and Baxter. That's still not the Halloween fic, though. I'll decide after I write it if I still want to write the Halloween fic. Maybe the clock being set back will put me in more of a Christmas mood. Usually I get Christmassing a few days after Halloween.
Yesterday morning I had a Turtles viewing session and watched some spooky episodes. One was Nightmare in the Lair and I got an idea of Michelangelo and Baxter stuck in Nightmare World. After I slept, though, I wasn't so keen on that idea anymore. But I wanted to do a friendship fic with them, hence the old haunted house concept being retooled to mostly focus on them (even though the others probably will show up looking for them after a while).
One of the Halloween discussions in a recent fic has both Baxter and Barney revealing they're not really into dressing up for Halloween (although they were as kids). I honestly can't picture them being into that, but it probably also plays into this odd hang-up I have where, unless a character I really like shows a canon enjoyment of disguises (i.e., James), I will probably not be able to picture them liking it and/or not want them to like it. I like to see the characters looking like themselves. It's a funny hang-up, but I've always been that way. I remember freaking out as a small child when Dad dressed up with a fake moustache for a Halloween party at his then-place of employment. I did not like seeing him looking different and I flipped and hid until he took the thing off. Of course, I wouldn't act ridiculous like that anymore, but I still have that pesky hang-up and I can't seem to make myself like the idea of Baxter and Barney dressing up.
Of course, the irony to all of this is that I myself adore dressing up. But even though characters can definitely pick up some of my personality traits in the writing, that's one that just doesn't happen.
I did write a Perry Mason fic that heavily involved a masquerade party setting, though. And I had to come up with costumes for those who were attending, which I found slightly uncomfortable albeit interesting and amusing at the same time. As I recall, though, my most favorite characters did not dress up, LOL. They showed up at the party later, not in disguise, because of problems that were happening that they were coming to see about.
Speaking of dressing up, Halloween went very well. As usual, not many at the door and some came while we were at the trunk or treat, sigh. But the trunk or treat was fun and there was food for the adults too! Soups and donuts! I originally planned on having chili, but when I got there and there was potato soup, well, that took priority. Yuuum. I also enjoyed seeing some of the decorations in town, especially one house that set up a whole graveyard thing with creepy creatures in the yard. And I went into Wal-Mart. I always love going into a store in disguise. I'm sad that they just weren't as big for Halloween this year. Not as much merchandise and they were shuttling some of it out the day before Halloween to make room for Christmas aisles. I used to get plunnies for Halloween stories from walking their aisles. It was so magical and creepy. The way they did the Halloween section this year just wasn't very magical. Everything was crammed together on fewer aisles. Sigh.
Also, I kind of wanted a Pokemon hat. They're clearancing some, but the prices were higher than I wanted. This past week they lowered, but the hat I wanted had some bizarre white fuzz stuck all over it. I wasn't sure if it was synthetic or if some animal loose in the store could have mauled it, so I didn't find that very appealing. Sigh. (Yes, sometimes there are animals in there, although when they're not service animals the owners try to hold them or put them in the carts.) And there was only the one copy of that one, at least this week. I think when the prices were higher, there were two copies of it. I'm debating getting a hat with just Pikachu on it instead (the one I wanted had several Gen 1 Pokemon, including Meowth) or if I should try a different Wal-Mart and see if they might have the other hat.
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