At last.

It has been such a madhouse of scurrying around the past couple of weeks. And I've needed to write and write to meet various deadlines. But I actually managed to do it, more or less.

I even got the Monkees/Perry crossover thing submitted for monkees_fest, when I wasn't sure I'd even be able to get any of it written at all. I couldn't think of a decent plot for the longest time, because I kept giggling over a silly oneshot idea involving Micky backing into Hamilton's car but really felt that the plot had to be serious to have justice done to the prompt. And I have that hang-up about the characters being arrested and thrown behind legal bars, which made writing a serious plot rather tricky. But I finally figured out something I was happy with at the last minute, practically, which involves Micky having known Deputy D.A. Sampson years ago. And Micky witnesses a murder and everyone has to have police protection.

The problem is, I wasn't able to get the whole thing written. I submitted what I have, but I don't know if anyone will bother reading it. And if there's lack of interest, I probably won't even try to finish it, because I have so many other projects I need and want to focus on, such as the WWW fic and the Perry mystery that's been on-going since July. And when I'm this unsure as to whether it'll get finished, I figure I'd better keep it off of FF.net for the time being, so it's Livejournal only (and hence, not getting as much exposure). I imagine people are probably unhappy that I submitted a work-in-progress.

I am also really intrigued by one of the other prompts, involving Peter being the real Peter Pan. Normally I don't like that sort of thing much at all, as I prefer to think of characters being separate instead of trying to merge them into one, but I had some very specific images that came to mind and I'd really like to at least try to work with them. My ideas are pretty much entirely different from those of the person who filled that prompt, so there shouldn't be any conflict there.

Meanwhile, I've been really wanting to put together an essay on Coley Rodman. I finally found someone who agrees with me about him, and in chatting with her about things, my confusion over the ferret scene has finally been fully cleared. She put some things together much better than I did (even though I kind of had a halfway similar explanation), and with those last puzzle pieces in place, I'm really itching to get this essay written. And I want it to be a pictorial essay. I may need to take a few more shots than what I have, to illustrate specific points. And amid all my other projects, and the upcoming busyness of the next few days, I still don't know when I'm going to get a chance to work on this.

Fanart idea

I wish so, so much I could draw realistic people and make them look like themselves. It drives me nuts that I haven't been able to draw much the past year or so because I just can hardly draw anything decent with the live-action people I love.

I have this intensely detailed and intriguing image in my mind I long so badly to see come to life on a sheet of paper. I envision Coley Rodman in his room at Ray's golf club in the present day. He's looking at the viewer and is stretched out on the bed, mostly on his right side and at the foot of the bed. He's wearing his hat and scarf, along with a dark gray tank top, black jeans, and one leather glove. That hand, the left, is either on the bed or resting against his side. His bare hand is petting Jane/supporting her position in front of him. Jane, the silver Persian cat, is blissful, loafing, and purring. She's also holding his other glove under her front paws.

Coley seems to wear the gloves when he gets tough, and canonically is depicted in one scene with one glove on and one off. In the picture, the symbolism is that while he's relaxed, don't provoke him or you'll be sorry. Jane holding the other glove means that if you hurt the cat, you're really in for it from him.