**Squee!**
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ladybug_archiveI am virtually bouncing off the walls. I have wondrous Autor & Ahiru fics to look forward to and I have started chapter eight!
I'm hoping to explore Charon and Autor a bit in this fic. Charon has monologued a couple of times about how fond he's become of Autor and how by now he almost feels that Autor is one of his adopted children too. I really would like to have a scene in the fic where Autor finally just breaks down while talking to Charon. I'm wondering if I can work that in while keeping him IC. In the fic, his and Ahiru's failure to save Fakir is really deeply affecting him, which they discuss in chapter 7. If I can swing the scene with Charon, those feelings are probably a large part of why his facade shatters. I'm pondering on what else I might be able to have as part of it. Possibly another failed attempt to get Fakir back? Such as, he and Ahiru see him and try to catch up to him, but he and the gang vanish and perhaps a crime is committed and there's chaos? Thoughts?
And I have found Jeff Siggins uncredited in four episodes! He doesn't speak, which is why he's uncredited, but he's there and looking adorably cute. He apparently must have started out as an non-speaking extra and they liked him so much they gave him speaking roles later. And when they needed someone for a non-speaking part, they brought him in more times afterwards. He's present in many episodes where a lot of students and/or teens in general are gathered. I will be taking many more pictures than I even thought.
I thought only the last few episodes were filmed in Los Angeles, but now I've heard that the entire third season was filmed there. That would certainly explain a lot! The minor characters' actors probably worked in New York and couldn't move across the country, so none of them were in the last season. If the move hadn't happened, they probably would have continued to be around.
I love how Ross's character grows up over the three seasons. In the first episodes he really is kind of a brat sometimes, but it's also established early on that he really does care about Patty even though he teases incessantly. By the second season he still teases but isn't so much of a brat. There are many more episodes with squee scenes between him and Patty. And in the third season he and Patty are even more close. He actively offers to help her on his own more than once, and she takes him with her on some adventures, such as in the hilarious spy episode The Girl From N.E.P.H.E.W.
And of course, everyone knew it couldn't last, right? There wouldn't be any way possible I could write for any fandom without a generous offering of hurt/comfort. My first fic had some minor hurt/comfort with George tripping and hurting himself and Cathy worrying about him. My second fic is planned as a continuation of the episode Ross the Peacemaker and will put Patty through some grief after yelling at Ross in the last part of the episode. He escapes to a friend's house canonically, and in the fic it's getting late and he hasn't come back. Eddie says he left some time ago, so Patty starts worrying that he's hurt. He isn't; he's actually been roped into helping some lady fix her sink. LOL. But Patty's getting more and more hysterical as they can't find him, afraid that he's hurt or worse and the last thing she did was yell at him (after he had tried to help her, too).
Those are both not the usual kind of hurt/comfort for me. Well, there's some common elements (such as the possible last words being angry and agonizing over that), yet they are different. But after seeing Alfred's scenes again I decided I need to write an outright hurt/comfort fic with him. The second fic was originally going to have Ross actually get hurt, but I decided No to that. I think that fic is better without him really being hurt. Anyway, for that fandom, I feel he's a little too young to be a victim. Alfred is not.
My third fic features a huge snowstorm. Alfred is hit by a car while trying to save George. He's not seriously hurt; he's knocked out and has some bruises. But due to mass confusion the Lanes end up thinking it's serious. George tries to call their parents after dialing 911, but their parents aren't home. Neither are their cousins' family. So in desperation he calls the Lanes to deliver a message to their family. But because of the blizzard and the static (and his phone's dying battery), Mrs. Lane can't hear everything he's trying to say and she ends up thinking Alfred is dead. ;__; Which she then somberly tells Patty and Cathy when they get home.
The fic is supposed to explore Patty's friendship with Alfred, which, while only glimpsed a few times, is really cute. She's in shock when she's told the news and starts reflecting on their times together. Cathy is stunned as well, and as it sinks in more, both are visibly grieved.
I'm still trying to think how they should learn that Alfred is alive and not badly hurt. I want it to be interesting, squeeable, and (since this *is* a domestic comedy) perhaps with a slight amusing twist.
I'm hoping to explore Charon and Autor a bit in this fic. Charon has monologued a couple of times about how fond he's become of Autor and how by now he almost feels that Autor is one of his adopted children too. I really would like to have a scene in the fic where Autor finally just breaks down while talking to Charon. I'm wondering if I can work that in while keeping him IC. In the fic, his and Ahiru's failure to save Fakir is really deeply affecting him, which they discuss in chapter 7. If I can swing the scene with Charon, those feelings are probably a large part of why his facade shatters. I'm pondering on what else I might be able to have as part of it. Possibly another failed attempt to get Fakir back? Such as, he and Ahiru see him and try to catch up to him, but he and the gang vanish and perhaps a crime is committed and there's chaos? Thoughts?
And I have found Jeff Siggins uncredited in four episodes! He doesn't speak, which is why he's uncredited, but he's there and looking adorably cute. He apparently must have started out as an non-speaking extra and they liked him so much they gave him speaking roles later. And when they needed someone for a non-speaking part, they brought him in more times afterwards. He's present in many episodes where a lot of students and/or teens in general are gathered. I will be taking many more pictures than I even thought.
I thought only the last few episodes were filmed in Los Angeles, but now I've heard that the entire third season was filmed there. That would certainly explain a lot! The minor characters' actors probably worked in New York and couldn't move across the country, so none of them were in the last season. If the move hadn't happened, they probably would have continued to be around.
I love how Ross's character grows up over the three seasons. In the first episodes he really is kind of a brat sometimes, but it's also established early on that he really does care about Patty even though he teases incessantly. By the second season he still teases but isn't so much of a brat. There are many more episodes with squee scenes between him and Patty. And in the third season he and Patty are even more close. He actively offers to help her on his own more than once, and she takes him with her on some adventures, such as in the hilarious spy episode The Girl From N.E.P.H.E.W.
And of course, everyone knew it couldn't last, right? There wouldn't be any way possible I could write for any fandom without a generous offering of hurt/comfort. My first fic had some minor hurt/comfort with George tripping and hurting himself and Cathy worrying about him. My second fic is planned as a continuation of the episode Ross the Peacemaker and will put Patty through some grief after yelling at Ross in the last part of the episode. He escapes to a friend's house canonically, and in the fic it's getting late and he hasn't come back. Eddie says he left some time ago, so Patty starts worrying that he's hurt. He isn't; he's actually been roped into helping some lady fix her sink. LOL. But Patty's getting more and more hysterical as they can't find him, afraid that he's hurt or worse and the last thing she did was yell at him (after he had tried to help her, too).
Those are both not the usual kind of hurt/comfort for me. Well, there's some common elements (such as the possible last words being angry and agonizing over that), yet they are different. But after seeing Alfred's scenes again I decided I need to write an outright hurt/comfort fic with him. The second fic was originally going to have Ross actually get hurt, but I decided No to that. I think that fic is better without him really being hurt. Anyway, for that fandom, I feel he's a little too young to be a victim. Alfred is not.
My third fic features a huge snowstorm. Alfred is hit by a car while trying to save George. He's not seriously hurt; he's knocked out and has some bruises. But due to mass confusion the Lanes end up thinking it's serious. George tries to call their parents after dialing 911, but their parents aren't home. Neither are their cousins' family. So in desperation he calls the Lanes to deliver a message to their family. But because of the blizzard and the static (and his phone's dying battery), Mrs. Lane can't hear everything he's trying to say and she ends up thinking Alfred is dead. ;__; Which she then somberly tells Patty and Cathy when they get home.
The fic is supposed to explore Patty's friendship with Alfred, which, while only glimpsed a few times, is really cute. She's in shock when she's told the news and starts reflecting on their times together. Cathy is stunned as well, and as it sinks in more, both are visibly grieved.
I'm still trying to think how they should learn that Alfred is alive and not badly hurt. I want it to be interesting, squeeable, and (since this *is* a domestic comedy) perhaps with a slight amusing twist.
