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insaneladybugI think I'm obsessed with the starfish Pokemon. I always seem to get intrigued by something not many people do anything with, and I assume not many do anything with those two. I have a vague plunnie that might become a oneshot, but meanwhile, much more pleasing news is that I think I've worked out all the bugs with the big fic, including how to make it different from the second movie, what kind of Pokemon are guarding the object, what the object is, and how Tyson or whoever learns about things to go and cause trouble. The only hang-up now is the sacrifice angle, but maybe I can work that out too. Maybe Father Joe tells James he has the potential to be a hero and James is able to help with things in the plot along the way, with Jessie and Meowth too, of course. And then the sacrifice is, as planned, only after everything else has been tried and it's the last option left to get the object back into place. If James has successfully helped with things earlier in the plot, maybe it won't have a "you're only helpful if you die for something" feel. Of course, I'll also have to be careful not to bend over backwards making him helpful at too many things. I'll need to spread the helpfulness around.
I find it interesting that with most fandoms, someone will probably die for real somewhere in the stories (but be brought back). But with the Turtles, for some reason, I seem to have a block with doing that. I don't want it to happen to Baxter, at least. The only times he's been thought dead, he really wasn't at all. Then Barney's heart stopped very briefly once, but he doesn't seem to have left his body and I don't seem to want to have him really die either. Vincent may or may not have really died in the Rare Magnet fic. Still not sure on that.
Now, I'm generally always uncomfortable when I do the "someone dies for real" idea in a fic, no matter what fic, but then I calm down and feel alright later. But for some unknown reason, I don't want to do it with Baxter, even if he'd be brought back. I'm really not sure why he's an exception. Maybe it's one of those "he's been through too much for that" lines that I don't want to cross, same as how, after the emotional anguish Duke goes through after Lead Me Through the Fire, I don't think I'd ever do David hurt/comfort scenes and probably not Duke hurt/comfort scenes either (unless it's emotional hurt/comfort). There's definitely a block against it with them because they've already gone through so much in the Lead Me timeline. In Baxter's case, though, I'm perfectly willing to do certain types of hurt/comfort with him, just not other types. Some kinds of hurt/comfort I don't seem to be in a mood to do anymore with any characters, but when it's one specific thing I don't want to do to one or two specific characters, I find that puzzling.
I find it interesting that with most fandoms, someone will probably die for real somewhere in the stories (but be brought back). But with the Turtles, for some reason, I seem to have a block with doing that. I don't want it to happen to Baxter, at least. The only times he's been thought dead, he really wasn't at all. Then Barney's heart stopped very briefly once, but he doesn't seem to have left his body and I don't seem to want to have him really die either. Vincent may or may not have really died in the Rare Magnet fic. Still not sure on that.
Now, I'm generally always uncomfortable when I do the "someone dies for real" idea in a fic, no matter what fic, but then I calm down and feel alright later. But for some unknown reason, I don't want to do it with Baxter, even if he'd be brought back. I'm really not sure why he's an exception. Maybe it's one of those "he's been through too much for that" lines that I don't want to cross, same as how, after the emotional anguish Duke goes through after Lead Me Through the Fire, I don't think I'd ever do David hurt/comfort scenes and probably not Duke hurt/comfort scenes either (unless it's emotional hurt/comfort). There's definitely a block against it with them because they've already gone through so much in the Lead Me timeline. In Baxter's case, though, I'm perfectly willing to do certain types of hurt/comfort with him, just not other types. Some kinds of hurt/comfort I don't seem to be in a mood to do anymore with any characters, but when it's one specific thing I don't want to do to one or two specific characters, I find that puzzling.
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Date: 2017-11-13 08:30 pm (UTC)I'm trying to think if I've ever done a "someone dies for real" in a fic. Even in the angsty Carmen ones, I don't think I ever did (unless I'm forgetting something). Huh. I know I was toying with the idea of in that King Midas drabble I wanted to expand on, that Angelique would end up written off for real and not come back (which would probably be the first time I'd ever do that to a canon character) trying to escape from that madman. That's still a ways off in my "to do" list, so I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
There may have been a time when I would have considered doing that to Napoleon and having him come back from that, but since Robert's passing, that's a definite #NOPE now. Since that happened, I actually haven't even given Napoleon a Disney death... (I half wonder if my bringing Lee back to life in that Magnificent Seven fic was also me trying to defy what happened...) My hangup with Napoleon and certain kinds of h/c is similar to your situation with Baxter, only in my case, it's definitely because of Robert, sigh...
"Lead Me Through the Fire" was definitely an emotional fic; I can only imagine how it was to write it!
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Date: 2017-11-13 11:11 pm (UTC)That would be interesting and intense if it happened to Angelique. It sounds like a very dark and chilling scene.
Totally understandable! I couldn't do anything to The Dying Informant character for a long time after Scott got hurt in real-life. Just too uncomfortable. It would be even worse with a death.
Thanks! It was definitely an experience. The sequel too. I'm so glad I finally got that story told, after it was stalled for five years.
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Date: 2017-11-14 02:38 am (UTC)*nodnod*
Yeah, I definitely had that happen with the Informant, too. Sigh.
Yes, definitely an accomplishment!