Five Fics I Love

[meddow]

I was tagged by jadeddiva and who can resist the awesome power of the tag when combined with the opportunity to pimp oneself out.

WRITER'S MEME: Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of the top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same.

Unravelling Every Remus/Tonks writer has a “Remus and Tonks get together” fic and a “Remus dumps Tonks and runs off to spy on Greyback fic” and this is mine. Except I decided to be different by taking an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind approach and deliver it in a non-linear fashion with two strands, one working forward in time and the other working backwards. It took me four months to be satisfied with it enough to post it I’m still immensely proud I managed to pull that off. Warning to those that click to read: It badly needs a re-beta.

Walking Down Corridors I love the hook. Not sure if it worked at getting people to read it, but I still love the opening line. I’m also proud of my characterisation of Narcissa and Bellatrix, particularly of Narcissa. I wanted her to be a character readers could both hate and empathise with at the same time, just as I was doing while writing it.

The Illusion of Whole You know me and my obsession with exploring the consequences of actions taken in war (I’ve always viewed this fic in that way as a thematic sequel to Ghosts in the Interrogation Room) well this is where I think I pulled it off the best and I managed to combine it with the more personal idea of two people trying to hold on to a dead relationship. But the reason I love this is because I think of all the fics I’ve written, I think the emotions in this are the most real.

Absence and Memory (for some reason I keep on wanting to type that absinthe and memory). I love this because it’s got Elizabeth loving Norrington without her feelings for Will (and thus canon) being sacrificed. I love it because it’s got Norrington’s feeling expressed even though he barely does or says anything and isn’t even in half of it. But most of all I love it because it’s got every reason why I love Elizabeth/Norrington, because it’s repressed, unspoken love, because it’s steeped in misunderstanding as a result and because it’s ultimately doomed.

The Truth of the Matter Essentially Truth is very simple, it’s the same story told three different times in one conversation. I love working with the misunderstandings and prejudices people hold about each other and also the way a different conclusion can be reached from the same information presented in a slightly different way and I think this fic really delves into it better than any other time fic I’ve written using the same device. And I adore it because it’s both funny and bittersweet, that it’s the only time I’ve been really satisfied with Norrington’s voice and because I managed to hassle the “Jack Sparrow is God’s gift to women” idea.

I hate tagging (brings back bad memories of primary school PE class team selection) so feel free to take this off me or request to be tagged.

Comments

[rosedemon.livejournal.com]

I always like when someone gives the links to their fics! Thanks. :D

[meddow.livejournal.com]

No problem. I always love pimping out my fics.