5 stories thingie
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hafitalpost a list of your top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. this isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. then tag five other people to do the same.
So, I realized while doing this, looking at my website, that I am almost incapable of saying I love one story more then another, particularly in Highlander where my heart still mainly lies. I may think some are better then others, that's a more rational question, but love? That's a harder emotion to settle on - each story resonates differently. Anyway, here goes.
In no particular order:
Make Me Believe (Wiseguy): This story kicked my ass when I was writing, and maybe that's why I love it. I had never really considered writing Wiseguy before. Wiseguy is such an intense show, so particular in it's emotions and extremes, it was rather daunting. I think I hesitated to offer to write it, which is almost a guarantee that I will then get that assigned of course, so I approached writing this with a sort of blind faith that I would figure out how to do it. And in the process, fell totally in love with the show, and with Vinnie and Roger. Part of this is Yuletide, and how, at least for me, Yuletide creates this bizarre, intense, experience. It was a hard story to write, but I loved it. And for a while after writing it, I reread it often, or would reread parts -- partly because it's the only Roger/Vinnie story that I've seen that goes to the place I want to be with these two characters. I still love them, although, it's been long enough now that the writing to me is not as fresh, but, man, I do love Roger and Vinnie.
The Space Between(Highlander): Almost by the same token, I'm putting TSB on this list, mostly because I was so in love with Highlander and Duncan and Methos when I wrote this, and I think that shows. It was the first thing I wrote in Highlander, and I wasn't entirely sure I could convincingly write in another fandom, at the time. It's still the warm fuzzy of my heart. When I reread it I yingyang through loving it and cringing. *g* It's a bit of a love song to NY, too, which I hadn't intended. It reflects a part of my life that I feel very removed from now, but I think still influences me.
No Word of Farewell (Highlander): I rather love all the FMCs I did, but this one has always been the story I go back to over and over again. For the longest time I considered it my best writing. That's since passed, but it still plucks my heart. It's so sad. This was also one of the more effortless stories to write; it just kind of spilled out, quickly, and needed very little editing.
Sorrow Unmasked (Highlander): I couldn't decided between Sorrow Unmasked or Do Not Lay Heavy On My Heart, which, to me, feel similar, although they are very different stories in actuality and I think DNLHOMH is a better story. I love DNLHOMH, too, a lot - it mines almost the entirety of why I love Duncan and Methos. They're both deep angst wallows *g*, and ping the same emotions within me, except SU is less... eery, and I think ultimately that's why it's ending up on this list. I love Sorrow Unmasked for the ending.
Let That Be A Lesson (The Fugitive): This is one of those stories that I forget I wrote, and then when something or someone reminds me that I wrote it, I kind of smile, and feel happy. And then I have to reread it.
So, I realized while doing this, looking at my website, that I am almost incapable of saying I love one story more then another, particularly in Highlander where my heart still mainly lies. I may think some are better then others, that's a more rational question, but love? That's a harder emotion to settle on - each story resonates differently. Anyway, here goes.
In no particular order:
Make Me Believe (Wiseguy): This story kicked my ass when I was writing, and maybe that's why I love it. I had never really considered writing Wiseguy before. Wiseguy is such an intense show, so particular in it's emotions and extremes, it was rather daunting. I think I hesitated to offer to write it, which is almost a guarantee that I will then get that assigned of course, so I approached writing this with a sort of blind faith that I would figure out how to do it. And in the process, fell totally in love with the show, and with Vinnie and Roger. Part of this is Yuletide, and how, at least for me, Yuletide creates this bizarre, intense, experience. It was a hard story to write, but I loved it. And for a while after writing it, I reread it often, or would reread parts -- partly because it's the only Roger/Vinnie story that I've seen that goes to the place I want to be with these two characters. I still love them, although, it's been long enough now that the writing to me is not as fresh, but, man, I do love Roger and Vinnie.
The Space Between(Highlander): Almost by the same token, I'm putting TSB on this list, mostly because I was so in love with Highlander and Duncan and Methos when I wrote this, and I think that shows. It was the first thing I wrote in Highlander, and I wasn't entirely sure I could convincingly write in another fandom, at the time. It's still the warm fuzzy of my heart. When I reread it I yingyang through loving it and cringing. *g* It's a bit of a love song to NY, too, which I hadn't intended. It reflects a part of my life that I feel very removed from now, but I think still influences me.
No Word of Farewell (Highlander): I rather love all the FMCs I did, but this one has always been the story I go back to over and over again. For the longest time I considered it my best writing. That's since passed, but it still plucks my heart. It's so sad. This was also one of the more effortless stories to write; it just kind of spilled out, quickly, and needed very little editing.
Sorrow Unmasked (Highlander): I couldn't decided between Sorrow Unmasked or Do Not Lay Heavy On My Heart, which, to me, feel similar, although they are very different stories in actuality and I think DNLHOMH is a better story. I love DNLHOMH, too, a lot - it mines almost the entirety of why I love Duncan and Methos. They're both deep angst wallows *g*, and ping the same emotions within me, except SU is less... eery, and I think ultimately that's why it's ending up on this list. I love Sorrow Unmasked for the ending.
Let That Be A Lesson (The Fugitive): This is one of those stories that I forget I wrote, and then when something or someone reminds me that I wrote it, I kind of smile, and feel happy. And then I have to reread it.
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Date: 2007-03-10 11:18 pm (UTC)Especially glad to see you name Make Me Believe. I swear it felt like I finally got to let out a breath I'd been holding since 1998, reading that. The sad thing is, I think in a way, it made me feel finished with Wiseguy -- although I fully expect to change my mind about that at some future point. *g* But it really was that satisfying, like when I left Xena fandom for 3 years because I was in such a good place with it. That story is like that.
I think I'm glad I haven't quite read (or written) that story in Highlander, yet. :) Or Star Trek, either, for that matter.
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Date: 2007-03-11 06:04 pm (UTC)I think I'm glad I haven't quite read (or written) that story in Highlander, yet. :) Or Star Trek, either, for that matter.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm not done with Wiseguy, I know that much. LOL. Neither with Highlander. And I don't know about ST:TOS -- sometimes yes, sometimes no.
I got your questions! I'm mulling them over. *g*
Btw, have you heard of Amy Winehouse? She has one song on iTunes - "You know I'm no good". Also, a singer (or group) called MoZella. MoZella has an album out, but the two songs I have of hers are Amazed, and Killing Time. I think Killing Time would make an excellent 24 vid... should one ever get made. lol. (and I discovered MoZella through Kiefer's playlist, so apropos!)
*smooch*