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ladybug_archive) wrote2015-02-09 06:03 am
ladybug_archive) wrote2015-02-09 06:03 am
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Weird.
So I had mega insomnia AGAIN and it was a very long day. This time, however, I finally got exhausted later and dropped into a nap. I burrowed under my soft Batman pajama top (which I use as a shawl since it's too hot to be used as a pajama top of mine) and also had my Boba Fett figure on the bed with me, under the top/shawl.
First I dream of some bizarre trip into town, and it was snowing, and nighttime, and we were in some place of business looking out the foyer door at the snow. I cannot bring to mind exactly what we were even doing there.
Then the dream changed and I had a Boba Fett figure collection, about four assorted figures of varying sizes. And I was having trouble getting them to stand up where I was trying to display them, which seemed to be on the jutting edges of the sides of bookcase shelves. Creepily, at least some of them were suspected to be haunted, as to why I couldn't get them to stand up no matter what I did with them. The dream ended when I was going to try new positions.
... If that's what happens when I sleep with my figure on the bed, maybe I'd better not do that again. **headdesk.**
It would be fun to have some of the other figures, though. There's a new small figure out, in a double-pack with a stormtrooper. It's really good and detailed. And there's the six-inch figure in the new Star Wars Black series. I cringe at the prices of those, though. But oddly enough, The Disney Store has them cheaper than anywhere else! $14.99 instead of $19.99. I don't remember if they have the Boba Fett one, though. It kind of seems like it's a Walgreens exclusive?
The Disney Store also has a talking Boba Fett. I need to try that sometime and see which voice it seems to have: something closer to the original voice or something closer to Jango's voice.
Since I grew up with the original Kenner figure, I kind of wish I could have one of those again, too. Very nostalgic, even though not as accurately detailed as recent ones. I have a little home movie my brother helped me make involving Kit and Molly from Talespin being kidnapped and Boba Fett coming to rescue them. LOL. So I can see my figure on that, at least. And my brother has that figure again, so I know it's in good hands. But I still kind of miss it sometimes.
And I'm so close to completing my Ginger and Lou![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
100songs challenge! There's only 15 left. 13, really, since I have two more short stories in the finishing stages. I'm still wondering what I'm going to do when I finish all 100, since I will undoubtedly want to keep writing about them. I'll need to scout through the theme comms again, or else choose another of the 100 Songs tables. The great thing about 100 Songs was that the mod had officially opened it to everyone posting whatever they wanted, instead of needing to have a claim approved. Most comms are not that way, so even if they're dead, I feel a little worried to rush in and start posting without being able to claim. I took some of the songs from the other 100 Songs tables to use on mine, though, since I wanted to replace a few prompts and I used four others for the Writer's Choice ones. So it might be difficult choosing one of the other tables for a second round. And I might like to have a new challenge with a lesser number of prompts than 100. But 100Songs appealed to me the most when I was looking for one. Another annoying complication is that many of the prompt comms are for pairings only. Some I really liked the themes on and then was disappointed to see it was only for pairings. Bah. And as much as I always wanted to support the comm platonicism, the prompts just never inspired me and I was never able to do anything with them.
It seems like I wanted to talk some about Ginger specifically, but I'm not even sure what I wanted to say. I'll probably sort it out as soon as I post this.
I know I've been musing some on how I portray him in most of the fics, rather calm and mellow. But his general mood in canon does seem to be complete calm, and part of the scary thing about him is not knowing when he'll snap. I know a couple of times I wince a bit when I see one thing or another I've written him doing, like collapsing into Lou's arms hugging him after an experience where he flipped out because of a head injury and tried to attack everyone until Lou calmed him down. If he'd just collapsed, that would have been alright, but I don't think he would have hugged in that situation. But in general, whenever I have doubts, I go back and watch his and Lou's scenes again and end up feeling like I'm not straying from his characterization and he would probably behave very similarly in the situations I put them in. He and Lou are more affectionate with each other/Ginger allows affection more than in the episode, but the fics are after they spent time in prison and I have Ginger open up more to Lou because of that time. He's still very dangerous to enemies and will snap if something tips him over the edge (usually Lou being harmed). Usually the stories take place during peaceful times; many are slice-of-life with Ginger and Lou just talking or doing household things like decorating or searching for missing objects. Ginger might still wish they were stealing jewels, but he's accepted going straight and prefers a life where they're not in danger of going to prison again. But he is fierce and vicious whenever a danger to their existence comes along. He is still a dark soul in some ways and likely always will be.
I really adore writing for him and Lou, and Snakes, and other oneshot episode characters. When they have so little official screentime, I kind of feel like they're half "mine" because of all the love and thought and fleshing out I put into them (and the fact that it's very unlikely that anyone else loves them as much as I do). Yet at the same time, they're not all mine because they also belong to the writers and actors who created them. It's nice to have a basic template to work with, instead of just creating from scratch. Creating characters and worlds from scratch is infinitely HARD. And a great thing about writing for others' characters, even oneshot characters, is that you can see them on the screen and not just in your mind. It's so fun to actually watch the actors bring them to life! Of course, many (or most) times, it's the actors' portrayals that inspire me to love them and want to write more about them. It's definitely the case with Ginger and Lou, where the actors have such amazing chemistry and the characters seem close even though they don't speak of it.
First I dream of some bizarre trip into town, and it was snowing, and nighttime, and we were in some place of business looking out the foyer door at the snow. I cannot bring to mind exactly what we were even doing there.
Then the dream changed and I had a Boba Fett figure collection, about four assorted figures of varying sizes. And I was having trouble getting them to stand up where I was trying to display them, which seemed to be on the jutting edges of the sides of bookcase shelves. Creepily, at least some of them were suspected to be haunted, as to why I couldn't get them to stand up no matter what I did with them. The dream ended when I was going to try new positions.
... If that's what happens when I sleep with my figure on the bed, maybe I'd better not do that again. **headdesk.**
It would be fun to have some of the other figures, though. There's a new small figure out, in a double-pack with a stormtrooper. It's really good and detailed. And there's the six-inch figure in the new Star Wars Black series. I cringe at the prices of those, though. But oddly enough, The Disney Store has them cheaper than anywhere else! $14.99 instead of $19.99. I don't remember if they have the Boba Fett one, though. It kind of seems like it's a Walgreens exclusive?
The Disney Store also has a talking Boba Fett. I need to try that sometime and see which voice it seems to have: something closer to the original voice or something closer to Jango's voice.
Since I grew up with the original Kenner figure, I kind of wish I could have one of those again, too. Very nostalgic, even though not as accurately detailed as recent ones. I have a little home movie my brother helped me make involving Kit and Molly from Talespin being kidnapped and Boba Fett coming to rescue them. LOL. So I can see my figure on that, at least. And my brother has that figure again, so I know it's in good hands. But I still kind of miss it sometimes.
And I'm so close to completing my Ginger and Lou
100songs challenge! There's only 15 left. 13, really, since I have two more short stories in the finishing stages. I'm still wondering what I'm going to do when I finish all 100, since I will undoubtedly want to keep writing about them. I'll need to scout through the theme comms again, or else choose another of the 100 Songs tables. The great thing about 100 Songs was that the mod had officially opened it to everyone posting whatever they wanted, instead of needing to have a claim approved. Most comms are not that way, so even if they're dead, I feel a little worried to rush in and start posting without being able to claim. I took some of the songs from the other 100 Songs tables to use on mine, though, since I wanted to replace a few prompts and I used four others for the Writer's Choice ones. So it might be difficult choosing one of the other tables for a second round. And I might like to have a new challenge with a lesser number of prompts than 100. But 100Songs appealed to me the most when I was looking for one. Another annoying complication is that many of the prompt comms are for pairings only. Some I really liked the themes on and then was disappointed to see it was only for pairings. Bah. And as much as I always wanted to support the comm platonicism, the prompts just never inspired me and I was never able to do anything with them.It seems like I wanted to talk some about Ginger specifically, but I'm not even sure what I wanted to say. I'll probably sort it out as soon as I post this.
I know I've been musing some on how I portray him in most of the fics, rather calm and mellow. But his general mood in canon does seem to be complete calm, and part of the scary thing about him is not knowing when he'll snap. I know a couple of times I wince a bit when I see one thing or another I've written him doing, like collapsing into Lou's arms hugging him after an experience where he flipped out because of a head injury and tried to attack everyone until Lou calmed him down. If he'd just collapsed, that would have been alright, but I don't think he would have hugged in that situation. But in general, whenever I have doubts, I go back and watch his and Lou's scenes again and end up feeling like I'm not straying from his characterization and he would probably behave very similarly in the situations I put them in. He and Lou are more affectionate with each other/Ginger allows affection more than in the episode, but the fics are after they spent time in prison and I have Ginger open up more to Lou because of that time. He's still very dangerous to enemies and will snap if something tips him over the edge (usually Lou being harmed). Usually the stories take place during peaceful times; many are slice-of-life with Ginger and Lou just talking or doing household things like decorating or searching for missing objects. Ginger might still wish they were stealing jewels, but he's accepted going straight and prefers a life where they're not in danger of going to prison again. But he is fierce and vicious whenever a danger to their existence comes along. He is still a dark soul in some ways and likely always will be.
I really adore writing for him and Lou, and Snakes, and other oneshot episode characters. When they have so little official screentime, I kind of feel like they're half "mine" because of all the love and thought and fleshing out I put into them (and the fact that it's very unlikely that anyone else loves them as much as I do). Yet at the same time, they're not all mine because they also belong to the writers and actors who created them. It's nice to have a basic template to work with, instead of just creating from scratch. Creating characters and worlds from scratch is infinitely HARD. And a great thing about writing for others' characters, even oneshot characters, is that you can see them on the screen and not just in your mind. It's so fun to actually watch the actors bring them to life! Of course, many (or most) times, it's the actors' portrayals that inspire me to love them and want to write more about them. It's definitely the case with Ginger and Lou, where the actors have such amazing chemistry and the characters seem close even though they don't speak of it.
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Congrats on nearing completion for your claim, though! Especially since it is 100 prompts, wow. Some of those prompts are very nice indeed; I'd be tempted to sign up for one myself, but 100 is rather daunting. If you find one that is smaller and up for platonicism, let me know!
You really have put a lot into Lou and Ginger's story. :)
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Thanks! 100 is quite daunting. Most of my pieces are fairly short and often just conversational, but others are more action-oriented and some are rather long. I'll let you know if I find more comms, but I think the day of the theme comm is pretty much over and we've probably already found all the now-dead comms that support gen and platonicism.
Indeed. :)