December posting meme - Dec. 4 and 5
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ehydeI can't say I'm surprised I'm doing a lot of catch-up days here
December 4:rhysiana asked "What's the most satisfyingly self-indulgent fandom project you've ever done?" and I think it's gotta be a fic series I wrote back in Yona of the Dawn fandom: the Alien Larp AU. It was born somewhat out of spite: someone who was less of a fan of the enigmatic "villain" as I was suggested that, for all the insight we had into his motivations, he might as well be a robot from outer space. I said "sounds good to me!" and outlined some notes wherein Soowon was, indeed, an AI from outer space (and the rest of the cast, or most of them, retained their pseudo-historical fantasy canon selves). Blending a scifi AU with a fantasy canon is SO FUN okay and of course I had to write it and it eventually grew to a series of 8 works including what was at the time the longest fic I'd written. ![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
clockworkspider typeset and printed a collection of them and this was, I think, my first encounter with fanfiction as a book and you can see where that got me.
(The "Larp" in the series title is from the fact that the AI is supposed to enable the planet to play host to alien tourists. Sort of like a Dark Lord of Derkholm thing. Many times I asked myself "should I give this series a more serious title?" and answered "nope!" so there we are.)
Also December 4:megan_moonlight asked for my top 3 Wen Ning scenes! These aren't in order but a) in the drama, when Jiang Yanli gives him soup! b) in the novel, when he sees the ghosts of the other Wen remnants, and c) when he first wakes up as a conscious fierce corpse. But to be honest every Wen Ning scene is a good one! except for the one with Jin Zixuan
I should go to bed so I will catch up on Dec 5 tomorrow!
December 4:
rhysiana asked "What's the most satisfyingly self-indulgent fandom project you've ever done?" and I think it's gotta be a fic series I wrote back in Yona of the Dawn fandom: the Alien Larp AU. It was born somewhat out of spite: someone who was less of a fan of the enigmatic "villain" as I was suggested that, for all the insight we had into his motivations, he might as well be a robot from outer space. I said "sounds good to me!" and outlined some notes wherein Soowon was, indeed, an AI from outer space (and the rest of the cast, or most of them, retained their pseudo-historical fantasy canon selves). Blending a scifi AU with a fantasy canon is SO FUN okay and of course I had to write it and it eventually grew to a series of 8 works including what was at the time the longest fic I'd written. (The "Larp" in the series title is from the fact that the AI is supposed to enable the planet to play host to alien tourists. Sort of like a Dark Lord of Derkholm thing. Many times I asked myself "should I give this series a more serious title?" and answered "nope!" so there we are.)
Also December 4:
megan_moonlight asked for my top 3 Wen Ning scenes! These aren't in order but a) in the drama, when Jiang Yanli gives him soup! b) in the novel, when he sees the ghosts of the other Wen remnants, and c) when he first wakes up as a conscious fierce corpse. But to be honest every Wen Ning scene is a good one! I should go to bed so I will catch up on Dec 5 tomorrow!
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Date: 2022-12-06 11:26 pm (UTC)Also, the story behind Alien Larp AU is epic
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Date: 2022-12-07 04:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-20 06:53 pm (UTC)I love your picks for Wen Ning! I still haven't read the novel, but I already can't wait to do it! I need more Wen Ning content in my life, honestly.