Been working on this a while...
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foolish_m0rtalForthcoming fiction that might be a while, but I'm building up some steam on it.
Title: (after much deliberation) The Ghosts of Gatsby
Genre: Suspense and supernatural, I suppose? And a bit tragic. And hella creepy.
Rating: Bit of language, violence, disreputable Roaring 20s behaviour, random flapper jumping an alarmed Nick
Summary: Nick moves back home to the quiet Mid West, but the skeletons of West Egg are not finished with him yet.
Teaser/Fiction Covers:
JAY GATSBY
NICK CARRAWAY
Image notes: I did an oil-painting effect of twittey's absolutely gorgeous cityscape picture taken from here
You guys have no idea how freaking happy I am with the visuals. I saw how I wanted it in my head, and okay, I didn't get it exactly, but I got it pretty close!
So this was originally called The Winds of March, but that didn't have the FEEL I wanted for it at all. And so I pulled from my old summary and rewrote it to get rid of the overlap.
The Format's Janet was weirdly similar to this story with its
So it was almost something like Lexington. But nope.
Summary notes: Main character is going to be Nick with past characters making an appearance. Even though I don't think Jordan and Nick worked very well (heck, I don't think ANYBODY worked very well) I unfathomably like Jordan in all her pretentiousness and dishonesty. She's...interesting. And I always find myself liking the people who are totally wrong yet believe in their convictions so utterly (in a non-murderous/psychotic kind of way, just to clear that up).
Daisy and Tom are going to be more heavily featured than Jordan though, and I've written Pam in more strongly and perhaps a little different than what people have done before. Usually they just make her a Daisy duplicate, but I've always wondered at the calm discipline she showed in the book and how difficult it might be for her to grow up curious and imaginative under a parent who only wants a pretty little fool.
And I dunno. I'm not having too many people featured since it's more about Nick striking out and getting propelled back into the past like the 'ships bourne back into the past.' And about feeling lonely in a little matchbox apartment in the middle of a city where you're supposed to be able to get anything you want. And wondering whether Gatsby's showing up all the time because he feels guilty or whether there really is a ghost following him around.
So there you have it, people. Kindly look forward to it!
Title: (after much deliberation) The Ghosts of Gatsby
Genre: Suspense and supernatural, I suppose? And a bit tragic. And hella creepy.
Rating: Bit of language, violence, disreputable Roaring 20s behaviour, random flapper jumping an alarmed Nick
Summary: Nick moves back home to the quiet Mid West, but the skeletons of West Egg are not finished with him yet.
Teaser/Fiction Covers:
JAY GATSBY
NICK CARRAWAY
Image notes: I did an oil-painting effect of twittey's absolutely gorgeous cityscape picture taken from here
You guys have no idea how freaking happy I am with the visuals. I saw how I wanted it in my head, and okay, I didn't get it exactly, but I got it pretty close!
General notes:
This has been in my head for a bit, and I jotted down some things I wanted to accomplish out of this back then. I've just come back to it now, and it's still pretty okay, so I decided to expand it. I've read the book again to get started, and perhaps we'll see more of this either this semester during breaks or the summer.
Looking back on this, I was really inspired by some of the Gundam stuff ShineQ has done. I remember reading her stuff a long time ago and REALLY liking it.
I wanted the title to be centered around These Foolish Things. You know,
This has been in my head for a bit, and I jotted down some things I wanted to accomplish out of this back then. I've just come back to it now, and it's still pretty okay, so I decided to expand it. I've read the book again to get started, and perhaps we'll see more of this either this semester during breaks or the summer.
Looking back on this, I was really inspired by some of the Gundam stuff ShineQ has done. I remember reading her stuff a long time ago and REALLY liking it.
I wanted the title to be centered around These Foolish Things. You know,
The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings, but who's to answer
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
A telephone that rings, but who's to answer
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
So this was originally called The Winds of March, but that didn't have the FEEL I wanted for it at all. And so I pulled from my old summary and rewrote it to get rid of the overlap.
The Format's Janet was weirdly similar to this story with its
I lost my memory in a cab back in the city
its somewhere off of Lexington
just something that the east coast does to me
makes me forget who I am.
Theres something about the Midwest, honey
It makes me miss you more then life
Could be the trees that stand alone in the fields
They remind me every couple of miles
Id love to stop our lives, stop everything
just so we could move far away
and live alone together with the sweat of the summer
with the chill of the cold winter air
its somewhere off of Lexington
just something that the east coast does to me
makes me forget who I am.
Theres something about the Midwest, honey
It makes me miss you more then life
Could be the trees that stand alone in the fields
They remind me every couple of miles
Id love to stop our lives, stop everything
just so we could move far away
and live alone together with the sweat of the summer
with the chill of the cold winter air
So it was almost something like Lexington. But nope.
Summary notes: Main character is going to be Nick with past characters making an appearance. Even though I don't think Jordan and Nick worked very well (heck, I don't think ANYBODY worked very well) I unfathomably like Jordan in all her pretentiousness and dishonesty. She's...interesting. And I always find myself liking the people who are totally wrong yet believe in their convictions so utterly (in a non-murderous/psychotic kind of way, just to clear that up).
Daisy and Tom are going to be more heavily featured than Jordan though, and I've written Pam in more strongly and perhaps a little different than what people have done before. Usually they just make her a Daisy duplicate, but I've always wondered at the calm discipline she showed in the book and how difficult it might be for her to grow up curious and imaginative under a parent who only wants a pretty little fool.
And I dunno. I'm not having too many people featured since it's more about Nick striking out and getting propelled back into the past like the 'ships bourne back into the past.' And about feeling lonely in a little matchbox apartment in the middle of a city where you're supposed to be able to get anything you want. And wondering whether Gatsby's showing up all the time because he feels guilty or whether there really is a ghost following him around.
So there you have it, people. Kindly look forward to it!
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Date: 2010-01-25 04:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-25 10:48 pm (UTC)I hope it wasn't too bad. I kind of liked it, but I like Fitzgerald's style of writing. (Sometimes I'll like books just because of how they're written, it might not be the plot at all. The Thirteenth Tale is a great example. That book is SO prettily written)
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Date: 2010-01-26 12:43 am (UTC)http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=197
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Date: 2010-01-26 01:03 am (UTC)Oh Zelda is right.no subject
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Date: 2010-01-26 02:23 am (UTC)My sister and I have decided that "your enemy's gate is down" is a private euphemism for "Examine thy zipper, knave"
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Date: 2010-01-26 12:38 am (UTC)What tragedy...
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Date: 2010-01-26 12:41 am (UTC)This is me with a monocle...
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Date: 2010-01-26 12:44 am (UTC)RACY.
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Date: 2010-01-26 01:05 am (UTC)UST is Unresolved Sexual Tension. Which is now and forever Unresolved Sexual Teaparties. FOREVER.
Huh. Well, I suppose I have different priorities when it comes to dating.
He'd better have a respectable brand of tea and a copy of Hamlet. And be able to quote Hitchhikers at appropriate moments. (As you can see, I have strangely shaped hoops for people to jump through)
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Date: 2010-01-26 01:13 am (UTC)UNRESOLVED SEXUAL TEAPARTIES sounds like you'll get all the weirdest alice-and-wonderland fans in the universe.
Yes, yes, in the whole universe.
I actually know some sixteen-and-seventeen-year olds who'd fit exactly this description. Real charming blokes, AND they can program, and quote XKCD, Hitchhikers Guide, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and talk about how existential "The Little Prince" is. Which should make for interesting conversations every time you receive a rose.
This is assuming you like longhaired redheads with freckles.
And younger men. Which you might not. (I seem to have a knack for it, myself.)
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Date: 2010-01-26 03:39 am (UTC)Like I said, strange Tachikoma-shaped hoops.
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Date: 2010-01-27 04:27 am (UTC)I'm all smiling and bouncing down the sidewalk, and people are wondering what's wrong with me. *^_^*