Things

[brigdh]

So, I spilled water all over my computer today. I swear that these things happen only to me. Maybe if I wasn't the clumsiest person on the planet, they would happen less often.

The screen went wild and then it turned itself off, which I usually take as a fairly bad sign, and I had plenty of time to panic over it being permanently damaged while I waited for it to dry before taking the chance of turning it on. On the plus side, it was a good time to listen to what you sent me, b_hallward (which I'd loaded onto my ipod this morning). Because if there's ever a time for Tsuzuki music, it's when you're in angsty "I've destroyed something precious and now I hate myself" mood. I loved you though, and will email you comments on it in just a moment.

The computer works fine now, obviously. Though there was a weird moment there when I first turned it on when I thought all was lost. But it turned out okay.

In other news, episode 17 of Utena (Thorns of Death) is the best thing ever. I've been watching the series very slowly, though in truth I think I liked the idea of it better than any particular episode, but when Shiori had that line about "I love the way your eyes look when I hurt you" OMG DEAD DEAD SO DEAD. I love the angsty lesbians. I love this series. This series has my heart. I forgive completely the weird stuff with Chu-Chu and curry and cowbells, because there was pained, hurtful unrequited love between pretty girls. I want the next DVD RIGHT NOW.

The ask-me-a-question-about-my-writing meme is going around again lately. I would do it, except that I did it when it went around just a month or two ago (although then I think it was ask-me-a-question-about-my-stories), and no one asked me anything. Or maybe one or two people did. But not enough! So I refuse to do this meme out of protest.

I'm kidding, of course. As I am a total attention whore, I will always answer anything anyone asks me.

Comments

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

How do you know a story idea you have is "workable?" Do you ever get a cool "what if" that you end up not writing because you can't get it into the shape of an actual story?

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. This is kind of a hard question, because I don't think I ever had a story really "not work".

My plotbunnies tend to come in two forms: single images (Tsuzuki and Hisoka should make out on a sticky-hot afternoon) or questions (Why does Tsuzuki let Muraki molest him when he's clearly powerful enough to put a stop to anything he dislikes?). A story usually fails not because it doesn't work, but because I just don't care enough to put in the time and effort required for a completed fic. The only problem I occasionally have is that a single scene would require such a complicated (or cliched) set-up to get to the fun part that it's not feasible; in that case, it just gets regulated to the daydreams-and-doodles side of my brain, where things don't have to make sense. *grins*

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

That last thing you mentioned about the difficulty of the setup is actually what I meant with "not workable." *G* I mean, yes there are ideas that just aren't functional with certain fandoms and characters, but I tend to believe authors of a certain caliber don't give those ideas enough thought for them to become conscious "what ifs."