Little Things

Noticed that the mod of scifibigbang is updating the banner as people sign up. At least I presume so, since the only anime fandom on the banner is Fullmetal Alchemist, which is the fandom I'm writing for. Since the comm was mostly advertised in Western fandom communities -- there's some Final Fantasy Seven folks, but that's about it -- not terribly surprising. I did poke the mod to advertise in some anime communities I was a member of, and mentioned it in the FMA digest.

(Wonder what would have happened if I had picked something really odd, like that Escaflowne/Charles's Stross Bob Howard: Laundry series I keep wanting to write.)

Oh, speaking of... I made a fanfic to-do list. It includes both my WIPs and bunnies. Also updated my personal website and continue to debate if I should just turn it over to art storage and exchange stuff. Or, for that matter, just not review it next time that comes up and use a combination of journal services and image-hosting sites to create a creative content storage site.

I'm also debating on whether I want to finish the Slayers Albatross* for NaNo. One of the downsides to having a friend in Ithaca doing it is that I don't feel like admitting I'm writing fanfiction for it -- I already glossed over that fact with my (non-participating) officemates and the Ithaca NaNo crew. Ryan might not do it again this year, though.

November is a while off, though.

* My affectionate nickname for the fic I've been writing for longer than I've been in graduate school that is currently 73,000 words in two parts. Two-thirds of those -- the entire second part -- were gotten in a NaNoWriMo push in '07.

Little Things

Noticed that the mod of scifibigbang is updating the banner as people sign up. At least I presume so, since the only anime fandom on the banner is Fullmetal Alchemist, which is the fandom I'm writing for. Since the comm was mostly advertised in Western fandom communities -- there's some Final Fantasy Seven folks, but that's about it -- not terribly surprising. I did poke the mod to advertise in some anime communities I was a member of, and mentioned it in the FMA digest.

(Wonder what would have happened if I had picked something really odd, like that Escaflowne/Charles's Stross Bob Howard: Laundry series I keep wanting to write.)

Oh, speaking of... I made a fanfic to-do list. It includes both my WIPs and bunnies. Also updated my personal website and continue to debate if I should just turn it over to art storage and exchange stuff. Or, for that matter, just not review it next time that comes up and use a combination of journal services and image-hosting sites to create a creative content storage site.

I'm also debating on whether I want to finish the Slayers Albatross* for NaNo. One of the downsides to having a friend in Ithaca doing it is that I don't feel like admitting I'm writing fanfiction for it -- I already glossed over that fact with my (non-participating) officemates and the Ithaca NaNo crew. Ryan might not do it again this year, though.

November is a while off, though.

* My affectionate nickname for the fic I've been writing for longer than I've been in graduate school that is currently 73,000 words in two parts. Two-thirds of those -- the entire second part -- were gotten in a NaNoWriMo push in '07.

Unexpected Vacation

Between two days of cleaning, a mild stomach bug -- possibly aided and abetted by either chili or the stir-fry I made, general fatigue, and afternoon thunderstorms that come whenever I think catching a bus would be a good idea, I have gotten no science done this week.

I am annoyed. This needs to change, even if it's just compiling my research on Hyperion to go talk to the geologists.

Unexpected Vacation

Between two days of cleaning, a mild stomach bug -- possibly aided and abetted by either chili or the stir-fry I made, general fatigue, and afternoon thunderstorms that come whenever I think catching a bus would be a good idea, I have gotten no science done this week.

I am annoyed. This needs to change, even if it's just compiling my research on Hyperion to go talk to the geologists.

Romance in Fiction

So, someone on the various 'traditional'* Slayers communities picked out a quote from Crispin Freeman about him wanting to see a season where Lina & Gourry (and Zel & Amelia) were couples and still having adventures. Someone posted the counter-example of the X-Files, where pairing Mulder and Scully in canon really disrupted the show's chemistry.

Currently all the examples I can think of either start the characters in the relationship (Wash and Zoe from Firefly), introduce the characters and have them hook up early on (John and Jane from Old Man's War) or introduce a love interest for a main character as a love interest (Miles and Ekaterin from The Vorkosigan Saga).

I suppose Tom and B'Elanna from Voyager, and the Deep Space Nine couples count as characters that hook up mid-series without the creator's intention, except by the end of the DS9 finale, most of those couples are split up. (Bashir and Ezri were kind of starting something, but that was near the end. Jadzia and Worf were split by her dying, Odo and Kira were split by him going home. I could count Sisko and Kassidy, except she was created as a Love Interest character, was a minor character, and he ended up with the wormhole aliens. As far as minor characters went, Rom and Leeta were together at the end.)

Can anyone else think of examples in long-running series?

* For those of you who are outside of the Slayers fandom, the 'traditional' pairings are Lina/Gourry and Zel/Amelia, and usually minor canon couples are thrown in there. So named, because L/G is at the point where I'd call them having canon affection for one another**, and Zel and Amelia are usually put together in the series whenever they split into two groups (okay, except TRY, but both times the cast wasn't making the groups)***.

** They kiss in NEXT, but neither says they remember it. And Lina insists on trying to figure out a way to free Gourry when a fish-woman (under the influence of some funny tides) claims he's the father of her children, and Gourry decides to help the family out. So, I'd say they lack a canon (romantic) relationship, but not canon affection for one another.

*** It also can easily be argued that Amelia had a crush on Zel in NEXT and TRY. Zel's a tough guy to read, though, and their relationship seems to have changed into more of a strong friendship/partnership in the new series. As a shipper, I'd say you can do it either way.

Romance in Fiction

So, someone on the various 'traditional'* Slayers communities picked out a quote from Crispin Freeman about him wanting to see a season where Lina & Gourry (and Zel & Amelia) were couples and still having adventures. Someone posted the counter-example of the X-Files, where pairing Mulder and Scully in canon really disrupted the show's chemistry.

Currently all the examples I can think of either start the characters in the relationship (Wash and Zoe from Firefly), introduce the characters and have them hook up early on (John and Jane from Old Man's War) or introduce a love interest for a main character as a love interest (Miles and Ekaterin from The Vorkosigan Saga).

I suppose Tom and B'Elanna from Voyager, and the Deep Space Nine couples count as characters that hook up mid-series without the creator's intention, except by the end of the DS9 finale, most of those couples are split up. (Bashir and Ezri were kind of starting something, but that was near the end. Jadzia and Worf were split by her dying, Odo and Kira were split by him going home. I could count Sisko and Kassidy, except she was created as a Love Interest character, was a minor character, and he ended up with the wormhole aliens. As far as minor characters went, Rom and Leeta were together at the end.)

Can anyone else think of examples in long-running series?

* For those of you who are outside of the Slayers fandom, the 'traditional' pairings are Lina/Gourry and Zel/Amelia, and usually minor canon couples are thrown in there. So named, because L/G is at the point where I'd call them having canon affection for one another**, and Zel and Amelia are usually put together in the series whenever they split into two groups (okay, except TRY, but both times the cast wasn't making the groups)***.

** They kiss in NEXT, but neither says they remember it. And Lina insists on trying to figure out a way to free Gourry when a fish-woman (under the influence of some funny tides) claims he's the father of her children, and Gourry decides to help the family out. So, I'd say they lack a canon (romantic) relationship, but not canon affection for one another.

*** It also can easily be argued that Amelia had a crush on Zel in NEXT and TRY. Zel's a tough guy to read, though, and their relationship seems to have changed into more of a strong friendship/partnership in the new series. As a shipper, I'd say you can do it either way.