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Thursday, January 09, 2003
rambly stuff and fic reccs
Oh. My. God.
Farscape Friday tomorrow.
I made it.
Damn, I missed the FL vs NC debate, although it sounds as though the right decision was made without us. Shoot.
Some other static 'don't like it' things: c) the author's story relies heavily on a retelling of events from aired episodes. d) we're not a huge POV stickler, but if it wavers like a drunken gunslingers aim, we'll give up on the story long before it's over.
SMALLVILLE:
Uh, re: Freshman Orientation. How does Punk DO that? And, why can't Punk write the scripts for the show? Why can't Punk come and write for me personally so I'll have a nice little Punk tale everyday after work? Huh? Is life fair or not?! That is characterization to DIE for!
We'll have an entire email soon. Have to sign it: 'Sincerely Not A Stalker', Ally.
"Chloe smiles and even her hair looks sarcastic." *gigglesnort*
FARSCAPE:
Is Kansas hosed? I swear there's nothing new since the last time I checked. Although, granted, that was only yesterday.
Just gonna snurch the feedback I left on this one (slightly edited for content).
"See, I love this because the author uses the normal motivations for the Moya crew for doing anything. Saving their ass. They aren't acting out of character. They don't hire out as mercs or exchange goods for services. They get themselves dug into a hole (Rygel purple/reddish) and have to perform some service to get out of the hole (Rygel back to his normal self); but what normally seems benign and relatively safe, turns around and bites them in their collective asses."
Nice work. And whoo, short. Read that in a flat 3 minutes.
And we finished the story today, it's quite the little page turner and we do have happy babbling to do on it. It's actually also an interesting read for discussion on the 'scape issue of the variable nature of right and wrong, it being highly dependent on who is looking through the peep-hole. The 'rightness' of enforcing a personal sense of right and wrong on others when the opposing viewpoint is radically different from your own or worse, because the opposing viewpoint is... inconvenient- a little something we deal with in real life. Who'd've thought that the whole right vs might or might=right (whatever it is) would still be plaguing us as a species? Glass prods that same issue here, delicately.
It seems I have a lot to say about this story, but first I want to say, read it, write the author, tell her what you think, beg for more if you think it will do any good. *g*
First, I can't say enough about not publishing works in progress. *g* The best possible outcome is that the wait between parts becomes intolerable for the reader and they go insane and you lose your audience... but what about the writer? The pressure to put 'something' out there must become enormous and the chance of compromising your work would become greater the more pressure you feel. Bring in a good half-dozen betas to read it as you go if you need feedback. But I'd strongly encourage anyone to hold onto the work until it's ready to go to the presses. (It's too late for you, Rebecca. Forge ahead. *g*)
Okay. Small Favors. Starting sometime after DWTB and branching off from there to an Unrealized Reality. Overall. Great story. The writer's got some chops and knows how to use them. The first half of the story rocks and hits a strong climax almost exactly at mid-point. My jaw-literally-dropped to the floor. The ride to the end is a bit more sedate compared to the pacing of the first half, taking some time out for poigniant character set pieces. There were a couple plot points that struck Ally as a bit too coincidental in the latter half, but it wasn't enough to spoil the tale. Backstory was salted in with brilliant bits of non-linear story telling that we adored! And the only thing we liked better than the tightly woven and extremely well paced narrative, was the fact that Glass held her plot cards close to the vest, revealing them like candy popping from a Pez dispenser. Characterization was spot on and well developed, and that is incredibly tough to do when you're talking about more than 3 or 4 characters with substantial parts. Freakin' brilliant.
There's something in the story for everyone and you'll read this and think, wow, 'I wish 'so-n-so' had a part like this in one of the scripts.' Although I'd say the weight of the story is on John and Aeryn (who both take a serious beating from the author). Everyone else has brilliant moments.
Read it. You won't be sorry you did.
I saw an epilogue for A Waltz In Canaan and realized I haven't read it yet. That one's next I guess.
Are you guys sure you want me reading your stuff now that I'm back to actually saying what I thought? *g*
