Inevitable 5 update, Masks talk (no update there)

[mhalachai]

Inevitable Five: Blood is Thicker than Water is posted. It's the chapter I'm most worried about, from an audience-acceptance standpoint. It's a bit of a cliche, but only a tiny one.

The next parts won't come as fast; as they're in the process of being written.

I think I finally have a way to solve my problem with Masks. It was planned as being set in between seasons two and three of Buffy. As we know, Buffy ends up in LA at the beginning of season three. So, in order to get that, I need to get her out of San Fran and also ignorant of the Kindred type of vampires. The solution to this I've come up with may piss some people off, but my story, my plan all along. And it's all angsty for Frank, which is good.

Maybe I'll do a post-Chosen ficlette in this world when Buffy swings through San Fran and sees Frank. That might be interesting. I was toying with making that the epilogue in Masks, but thought it best to end in the right timeframe.

Comments

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank heaven. I'm not against slashing unexpected couples, per se, but I've seen it done so strangely before that I'm wary when the players haven't already expressed same-sex attraction before.

Besides, I love Anita and Nathaniel together, post ID. I don't know why, but the dynamic between her, N and Micah really appeals to me, as well as the one between A/N/Damien. That's fascinating. And I was not at all displeased with that relationship reveal! I loved that Damien was connected to Harry- not too cliched at all. Just the right twinge of suprise and familiarity.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

the players haven't already expressed same-sex attraction before

Like Richard?

I loved that Damien was connected to Harry

It's just that Harry's big green eyes are harped upon in the books and by all fic writers from here to Timbuktu, while the same thing happens with Damien. It was just too easy to connect the dots.

Plus? Lily's red hair? Another nail in the coffin, as it were.

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

You read my mind. I trust good authors, like yourself and a few others, but I've been shocked and burned entirely too many times. Slash, or any other subject, should be left to peopel who know what they're doing- no that's not true. People should write them. I just shouldn't have to stumble across them. [shudder]

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I'm fond of stories that make a note of such relationships (heck, of all relationships) at the beginning in the disclaimer. If the story's going to have a Buffy/Giles relationship, for example, I can kind of tell that I'm not going to be interested.

Although I'm reading the Harry/Richard story just because Anita seems to be true to form so far, even if the writer casts her as the biggest bitch in the world. Plus, it's got that car crash feel. Can't look away...