Worlds Enough and Time

So. This was something, I have a vague idea where it will lead to. I’ve made a commitment to share snippets. Crossover between Person of Interest/Elementary.
Details and plots may change. Work in Progress. Inspired by this crossover vid
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Crossposted from tumblr.

I'm writing this here to lay it out in my head since the story isn't moving at ALL.

At this point in time, Sam Shaw and Dani Reese are distinct people in my head, which is awesome since that means Shaw gets more fleshed out, but complicated for me since I'm still writing the Life/Person of Interest fusion the whole premise (since I started this in Relevance) is that Shaw is actually Dani Reese, who had to fake her death in order to become Sameen Shaw.

I think can still make it work, I'll make it work, its just getting a little bit hard because, like I said they're two distinct people in my head. They have the same template but diverges on pretty well. They're both fiercely and incredibly loyal people but the key thing for me is, and always will be the partnership between Crews and Reese (Shaw) so that's something I have to get right.

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I was re-watching old episodes of NCIS and I really love that the writers never forget that Ziva used to be an extremely competent Mossad operative and that on some level Ziva and Gibbs are equals because of this and how Gibbs has come to trust Ziva and vice versa.

(Did I mention how much I love Gibbs and Ziva's relationship? He's a better father to her than the father she already has.)

How kick ass is Ziva? This kick ass:

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I still very much miss Dani Reese and the fantastic partnership between Crews and Reese. I love their silences and the way they communicate without really needing to speak or the calm they seem to find in each other.

And you know for someone who's cranky Reese is actually very patient when it comes to Crews, a lot more patient than other cops would be if put in her shoes.

Oh, Life.

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There's something about writing a story set in Manila that's really intimidating me. There's something about writing a story set in the Philippines that's intimidating me and I really don't know why that is...

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Speaking of stories, Imaginary Beasts has released its Wuxia edition and it is fantastic!

I don't post as frequently as I used to. It's not that I lack time (although, that's an issue but not all the time) and I always think of posting but somehow... I never get to it. I mean, I have time to join fandomhigh (the most time consuming thing on the net next to TV Tropes, OMG!) but my posting frequency has gone down. I don't mean to but days would pass and I'd realize I haven't posted in a week/s.

I've consumed a lot of media since the start of August and I hope to write-up my impressions on the books, shows I've read/watched.

Let's start with the most recent.

Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

I started reading the books because I stumbled into lizbee's rec post on the Attolia trilogy. It's a bit spoilery but I think if I hadn't read the spoilery bits I would have continued to put the books in the back burner rather than go on a one woman book hunt for MWT's books.

(Sidenote: For some reason or other I always mistake Queen of Attolia for one of Tamora Pierce's books. I also plan to read TP's books one of these days.)

As a nice change of pace from all the fantasy series I've read, the Attolia books are set in the Mediterraneans, or something close to it since MWT's world is not our own. Actually, the only other book I know set in a similar are Guy Gavriel Kay's Sarantium duology.

Kay and MWT even share a similar way of handling the fantastic in their books. There's no outright magic but you know the fantastic and the mythic could occur in the stories.

( The adventures of Gen the Thief )

Queen of Attolia

This, this was the reason why I wanted to start in the first place. I read lizbee's description of the Queen and sort of... fell in love. Apparently I really do have a place in my heart for ruthless rulers.

(Okay, okay, my first thought was: ZOMG, It's like Azula as a main protagonist! Only maybe not so evil! They're really nothing alike but it was the impression I had when I read Attolia's description and like I mentioned, it was the main reason why I went around bookstores to get copies. So, yay?)

( You look like a vulpine )

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I've entered several book stores in a hunt for the Attolia books and I only have one thing to say: I am pretty damned tired of vampires. I really, really am. Every book store I went to had vampire books on prominent display and I got pretty tired of looking at the same thing over and over and over again.

I like vampire stories as much as the next person but dammit, how about some variety, huh?

I blame Twilight for this.

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NaNoWriMo is fast approaching again and I'm wondering if this is the year I actually get to finish a WriMo. One of my biggest problems aside from the worldbuilding is I don't write in order, I jump from scene to scene, sometimes I write a scene from the middle or sometimes I write the end and most of the time I don't know the plot. I mean, I try to plan for it but even if I do I find myself bogged down with the plotting because I suddenly realize I've plotted myself into a corner and I don't know how to proceed from there.

I have story ideas, lots of them but I don't know if it's enough to materialize into something.

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BTW, the Endless Eight arc of Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya finally ended and while I'm pretty patient not all fans are and I really feel like they pushed this repetition arc too far although I suppose I understand why but I think eight is far too many for a repeating arc. I do appreciate the animation studio tried to put different scenes each time but I think there's a problem when even the director has expressed concerns about the number of episodes and was... summarily dismissed.

One thing watching and reading Haruhi Suzumiya taught me is that I can be spoiled for the ending of a story but I can still appreciate and be surprised by the journey towards the outcome maybe because of that I'm now a little more lax with spoilers. I mean, I can know the vague outlines of what will happen as long as I don't know the exact details of how the ending came to be.

I'm watching chasarumba's fantastic Casino Royale vid, Skin on repeat. I can't believe how she could pack a whole movie in just three minutes! Skin is such a beautiful synchronization of source and music and just... the cuts and the effects. It's simply breathtaking.

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Moar interviews, this time from angstbunny:

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."

2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.

3. You will post the answers to the questions (and the questions themselves) on your blog or journal.

4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.

5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. And thus the endless cycle of the meme goes on and on and on and on ...



( The questions and the answers )

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Caught up with Castle, I do believe this show is getting better and better.

( Castle - A Death in the Family )

Rec:

The thing about mornings by fialka

It's Castle-fic! And how!

synecdochic came out confessing polyamorous relationship with all things creative here and I'm coming out to confess it too -- only I've chosen to do so with two projects I'm currently working on since the list I have dates back YEARS ago.