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[essayel]

essayel is distressed.

If it's not one thing, it's another. Your life is a pitiful wreck, and it's all you ever write about. Why don't you at least make up a happy story for once. Your friends would appreciate that.

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Which isn't far out actually. Trying to paint a copy of an insanely detailed picture by a highly talented artist in order to save one's employer the copyright fees [just put 'after artists name' and it circumvents sueing I believe] using a 000 brush in a room that's borderline legal as far as temperature goes is no picnic.

Tonight I am going to wrap up in a blanket and write something daft.

Oh - I wouldn't normally do this but I'm pimping for the Morningstar Manor RP site. Original characters in a contempory horror setting. It's fun. Don't suppose anyone who reads this is daft enough to join but - hey...
If you have a yen to get scary I'll give you the link.

Comments

[chains-of-irony.livejournal.com]

Original characters you say? I shall think very carefully about creating someone.

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

Completely off the subject, but--have you written the only Lymond fan fiction in existence? I found it over at the community, and enjoyed it very much. But why isn't everybody reading those books, and discussing them and doing more things like what you did with the characters? Having gotten to the party so late, I'm surprised to find it so few people there. I loved reading your old posts, particularly the recaps of some of the chapters.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much.

I have asked around about the books and many people find them 'too hard'!!

It must be all the quotes.

As for fan fic so many people are completely overawed by Dunnett's stunning achievement that they feel fan fic to be completely irelevant since she said all that needed to be said.

I disagree with this. There's so much of the story we don't know and even the die hard Dunnett community who have a newsletter on paper host pieces of fan fiction. Why shouldn't we treat the characters with the affectionate irreverence we apply to Harry Potter, the X-Men etc?

I suspect I am the only person to have posted Lymond fan fic on LJ but there is another one on one of the legitimate sites that is - gulp - cross-over Lymond/Star Trek. It stinks.

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

Lymond/Star Trek? You boggle my mind.

But the Lymond universe does seem to me as potentially fertile a fan fiction basis as the Harry Potter books--vivid characters, lots of angst, and Lymond is such a fanon-like character as he stands. I suppose it would be difficult to imitate Dunnett's style well enough to stay in the right key, but you, for instance, did a great job. I'm not brave enough to investigate the Star Trek crossover.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

*glows quietly* That's a very kind thing to say. Messing round with Lymond [and don't we wish!] was fun but edgy. A bit like him really.

There are so many fabulous characters in Dunnett. Jocky Thompson the pirate begs to have a fic or two, likewise Lymond as a student filling his tutors boots with glue, poor Robin Stewart, those discreditable knight of St John, the Scotts and the Kerrs {I must admit to plotting a HP past fic set in the 16th century with some Border Reiver content}.

Star Trek/Dunnett concerned Khaireddin Crawford, half Vulcan medical officer - stay well away.

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

Yes! There are a million possibilities. Throughout the series we kept losing sight of my favorite characters, but there were always more favorite characters coming along. Amazing.

The "Khaireddin Crawford" thing makes my blood run cold. The Khaireddin story, IMO, is the one part of Lymond's saga which Dunnett did in such a stark, perfect, inimitable way that there really is nothing left to say about it. Especially if you're going to make the poor child a half Vulcan medical officer. Ugh.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

I agree about that. The whole Kuzum/Khaireddin debate leaves me cold and I'd sooner not speculate which child was Francis's. I can only just read Pawn in Frankincense again now. When I had my own little blond boy it was a book I simply couldn't bring myself to look at it. There are so many other stars amongst the cast list that the options are endless.

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

Yes, Pawn in Frankincense is almost unbearable to read in parts. I think the last time I cried over a book so much was the first time I read Little Women, several million books ago. Beth's death was probably the first realistically portrayed death I had read, and Khaireddin's life was as tragic as his death, and particularly hard for a parent to take, as you say. It does help to make Lymond more human to me, as I find it hard to deal with some of his other issues like his legitimacy. Of course I don't have the sixteenth century mindset.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Lymond's whole persona is fascinating. That doesn't stop me wanting to give him a good solid shake and the advice to get over himself.

Dammit the lad NEEDs fan fic!

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

He does! He does! A whole lot of it! He's crying out for it. Especially with all the unrequited lusting towards him going on. Much of it very slashy.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Umm, lessee - Will Scott, Robin Stewart, half the French Court, Jerrott, possibly, Gabriel, probably, Wenceslas, tentatively, Mikal [oooh Mikal] definitely - not to mention the Turkish gentleman!

And that leaves out all the girls.

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

The Tsar seemed pretty much in love with him too. And most of his St Mary's people. If people aren't in love with him, it's because they *hate* him so passionately, which is also open to question.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Apart from perhaps Danny Hislop who seems to be both fascinated and wary, for which I applaud him. I suspect that he's to one who is closest to Lymond's IQ level though lacking his physical presence.

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

I so love Danny, and I think he's as enamored as the others but in his own way, which is more of an intellectual fascination. He doesn't make emotional shows of outrage or loyalty or whatever, but he can't wait to see what Lymond will do next. There could be some excellent fan fiction about Danny. He's another character crying out for it.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

He's so funny as well - a delight.

We'll have to start a campaign. I did see a challenge in amongst the Secret Santa fics for Lymond/anyone last year but whether it was taken up I have no idea.

btw - off to bed now due to GMT - nice of you to make contact.

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

Good night and thanks--it was wonderful to have a chance to discuss this stuff!