5 Things Meme—of the Ficlet Variety

[scribblemyname]

This entry is part 44 of 51 in the series 365 Challenge

Gacked from penknife:

You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in comments. (examples: "Five SG-1 Mission Reports That Were Less Than Entirely Truthful", or "Five Times Bruce Banner Lost His Toothbrush," or "Five Ways Nikola Tesla Failed to Take Over the World"). I'll answer with a list of five things.

Ideally fandoms that I know something about, unless you want me to guess, which could be entertaining but probably not the way you want. Or (and preferably) original fiction. All storyworlds on the table, i.e. Seven Days, Kingdoms and Thorn, the Alliance, Vardin, etc.

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Completed Ficlets & Scenes

Kingdoms and Thorn:

• Rachelle + Justus – Without a Reason
• Shift + Justus + Red Wolf – It's Own Absolution
• Rachelle + Justus – It Came Up
• Rachelle/Justus – Simply Because
• Rachelle + Justus – Defining Love
• Rachelle + Shift + Meld – Playing with Knives
• Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Technicalities
• Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Call Me If You Need Me
• Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Element of Uncertainty
• Marc + Cate – A Simple Question
• Marc + Cate – The Nameless Below
• Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Tracing Trouble

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Comments

Re: Forgetfulness Is Its Own Absolution [4/4]

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

If I am allowed one complaint... I was hoping for a bit from Justus himself, that moment where he sees Red and remembers.

I feel... sorry for Justus, since he remembers. That would have to be difficult, remembering what he was and feeling like he could never go back to it, blaming himself for choosing to live instead of dying for his principles.

What does a fourth do? Shift asks Justus and he knows, but I don't.

I don't know if I should, but I really liked when Shift told Justus he'd rebuild his life after this, where she basically gave him no choice but to do it.

One minor thing: is everyone present in the meeting when they're planning? Because you said Shift's top five and Wolf's top three, so when Maker, the fourth talks... Is that wrong or is everyone there?

Re: Forgetfulness Is Its Own Absolution [4/4]

[scribblemyname]

I edited the wrong one. It was supposed to be both their top four. Grrr! And there were like four other typos I fixed in the .doc after I posted this. LJ disallows editing comments that have replies. Thanks for catching that. It's the top four of both teams: Wolf, Whisper, Storm, Maker and Shift, Kilter, Sear, Justus.

I will write that scene from Justus' perspective. You can keep an eye out for it. I was kinda surprised when the whole thing came out from Shift.

Will have to work in a snippet on the fourth aspect. Didn't quite realize I'd dropped that ball. It's a hard one to one-liner, so I'll get it back to you after I mull it a little bit.

I don't know if I should, but I really liked when Shift told Justus he'd rebuild his life after this, where she basically gave him no choice but to do it.

I don't know if I should like it either, but this is the Shift that makes it hard for those who are really close to her to hate her. She's all in when it comes to protecting and caring for her own. It's why she fascinates me, why I find myself as sucked into her as my characters are.

Re: Forgetfulness Is Its Own Absolution [4/4]

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Yeah, I hate the way you can't edit them after the reply. It's so annoying.

Cool. I look forward to seeing that.

I know you've referenced it before, the fourth aspect and the other ranks as well, but I don't think there was much detail on fourths or I forgot, possibly, but I'd welcome more clarification there. I almost always do, makes me feel like such an idiot needing it all spelled out.

Yeah. Those kinds of characters can be strangely fascinating. I just realized I was writing someone with similar aspects (not Zi this time) and went, "Oh. Oops."

Re: Forgetfulness Is Its Own Absolution [4/4]

[scribblemyname]

Don't know if you got the alerts, but I did get the fourth note edited in there. It's not good enough—I'd need to write a ficlet focusing on a fourth being a fourth—but for a one-liner it's as close as I'm going to get.

Re: Forgetfulness Is Its Own Absolution [4/4]

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

It needs a full ficlet, but that helps some. Thanks.