Day 21

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Here's today's prompt for you to post your updates and any excerpts and thoughts etc in comments.

Comments

[azdak.livejournal.com]

I haven't written very much today, but here is Arthur musing on the implications of Hardy's "I can get my hands on an SS uniform with no questions asked" confession:


Exotic. That was one of those words that people used to hide what they really meant. Hardy was a show-off, and he wore clothes that were always slightly more noticeable, somehow, than what other people wore, and he enjoyed saying things that shocked people, but that wasn't what they meant when they called him exotic. Exotic had to do with where he spent his nights, with those mysterious little periods of "Leave of Absence", when he vanished without warning for three or four days, and came back hollow-eyed and lethargic. Exotic had to do with that uncomfortable feeling he could create that everything you did or said had a sexual sub-text.

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

Some very interesting musings.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Very interesting indeed.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

These snippets are making Hardy a really intriguing character. (And how true to life that he does not in fact have supernatural stamina...)

[azdak.livejournal.com]

I will eventually get round to writing about some of the other characters, I swear... It's just that at the moment Hardy seems to insinuate himself into every scene. However, there is the big break-up looming, so he will have to leave the stage then, whether he wants to or not.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

he will have to leave the stage then, whether he wants to or not

That's what you think - he may have other ideas!

[azdak.livejournal.com]

He does, but I know when to be strong-willed! This is not going to turn into the The Graf von Hardenstein Show.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

And only a letter away... I wonder if Hardy encountered Peter at that alien Viennese night club? ;-)

[azdak.livejournal.com]

And only a letter away

lol!

Night club? Night club? You mean healthy mountain hikes with the Alpine Club. That's why he's always so tired afterwards...

Although the idea of Peter being in the crowd has definite plot bunny potential. I'd better sit on it hard before I get distracted!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

They must have met! They were both there, both aristos. It was you who wrote the alien nightclub, wasn't it? It could be just a ficlet, not part of the main thing at all. I'd love to just read a conversation between those two.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

It was nineveh_uk who wrote the alien nightclub (with subsequent mpreg). I've signed up to rec Wimseyfic on crack_van next month, and that story is high on my list ;-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I probably got confused because you recced it on your journal.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I've signed up to rec Wimseyfic on crack_van next month

I shall look forward to this. And if I say so myself, it is certainly a unique Wimsey story...

[azdak.livejournal.com]

I feel that a good selection of recs would focus on the use of classic fanfic tropes in Wimseyfic, as well as quality of writing. So there will be a place for Giant Squid/Bunter as well. Unfortunately, I don't think it would be acceptable to include every story you've ever written, so some of them will have to fall by the wayside, but it's going to be a tough call (Rudest Wimseyfic Ever? Check. MPreg? Check. Missing Scene? Check. Most Bizarre pairing? Check. Wereleopards? Check. Crossover? Check. AU? Check.)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I definitely think Giant Squid/Bunter ought to be in there. And with over a week until December, you never know someone* might yet produce Wimsey Wingfic.

*Not me. Really.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Arthur is getting an education, of sorts. Hardy is a wonderful character.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And Arthur, in fairness, is very young at this point - only just 18.