I'm pretty excited for this ep, though. Given that Bobby is in it and from what I (totally unspoiled) can glean from the preview that aired right after "Malleus Maleficarum," we get to learn a little about him. I'm also nervous, though, since I'm totally in love with the backstory I'm giving Bobby in my
spn_j2_bigbang story, and there's no way it'll click nicely with canon. Oh well. The story's already an AU, so I guess it's not going to hurt anything to make it doubly so.How are you all doing? It seems like people on my flist are getting good news professionally and personally and everyone seems happy. Say it's so!
Also, the rain has brought out flocks of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos and Rosellas who are screeching and making lots of birdie sounds. In an hour or so I am going out to do some gardening. *curls around happy*
I remember seeing both those birds when I was in Sydney! So very bright and noisy and vivacious!
Glad you're happy, pet!
My Bobby had a Vietnamese wife who died of cancer when Sam and Dean were small.
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I usually do try to stay within canon. This fic will be approximate to canon, though - there should only be a few things that couldn't have happened to the Winchesters as we know them.
I'm not really upset about being flat-out contradicted by canon, but only because I love the life I've given Bobby so much. I think if I were at all "meh" about it, I'd be upset, but I'd also be much more willing to scrap it and just use whatever they give us on Thursday.
Do you want to share what you're writing? Even just a bare-bones sketch?
In any case, good luck!
The one I really want to write, but it's complicated and may take more brainpower than I have, is a J2 AU with the boys as Jeeves and Wooster.
My immediate back-up is the Bobby one...John/Bobby, from John meeting him the first time when Sam was a little less than one, up until the Shotgun Incident when Sam was four. It'll have a lot to say about the boys' relationship with each other, and John, and Bobby; it has to do with who/what Mary was, and whether that condemns Sam, and how John and Bobby handle their opinions of it. It involves my ideas of Marines' children, based on my experiences. It'll be long and plotty and meta-ish; my main concern is how well I can handle serious plot and covering a long period of time, which I haven't done before.
My back-up back-up is the Some Like It Hot AU, which I'm not sure I can stretch so long and not push past the "fun" aspects. It may not be quite a 20,000-word piece, but, oh, I do want to write it someday! I may claim it for the next Reel_spn challenge, instead. ^_^
Yeah, basically, I'm nuts.
The SPN fic sounds very interesting, and you have such a great angle in with your personal experiences; I'd love to read that. If you need an idea-bouncer-off-of person for that, let me know. I think I'm already overbooked on doing a line-by-line beta, but I could definitely help with plotting and shaping, if you need it. And John/Bobby! That's not a pairing I've ever read with interest before, but I have a feeling you could make me believe it, you vixen.
Happy writing!
Hope you're feeling better!
What we need is a sigil all of fandom can concentrate on and think about having new SPN on all the time - like in "Hell House." Tulpa-SPN!