I'm such a freak sometimes.

[sarea]

Okay, so here's a bizarre thing I've never done before in exactly this way: I've jotted down my thoughts ... in the form of a fic. *lets that digest* It's just ... you know how sometimes a scene/scenario pops into your head in answer to a question like, "What would Ginny and Draco do if they weren't magical beings, but regular people, and like, this is what their lives are like?", but it doesn't necessarily make a good actual story, and you don't know how any of the characters got there, or where they're going, or what's going to happen? Yeah. This is like that.

Normally I don't do total AUs. I don't see the point. And yet, sometimes in your head, you guiltily think one out. What if, what if, what if. I was talking to Jade about it last night, because for some reason I was thinking about Johanna Lindsey's Silver Angel, which is a total guilty pleasure romance that I used to love. Any knowledge I have about harems is from that book, and it could have been full of shit, I don't know. Also, I haven't started Anise's JotH, but I've read the summary, and I know there's supposed to be a harem of some kind in it at some point. I don't know how much of her story actually goes into the whole harem thing; from what I understand, it's a huge epic tale that goes way beyond the boundaries of a simple little AU haremfic, which is what I thought it was initially.

So, thinking about those two works got my mind wandering. What would be going on? Who would Ginny be, and what would she be like? What about Draco? What I got to thinking about is a true AU; I don't make the slightest pretense of having any canon basis for any of it. There's no Hogwarts, no magical world, no anything HP-related, really, except for fanon character personalities as I see them. It's taking a couple of characters and sticking them in a random situation, and wondering what it might be like if they were those people instead of the people they are.

This is a really long, roundabout way of seeing if there's any interest whatsoever in seeing a scene from a "fic" that a) isn't really a fic at all, and therefore isn't going to be written; b) is total GP; c) takes the seed of an idea from a good story and runs with it to my own diabolical ends. Gee, when I put it like that, how can you refuse? I can't emphasize enough that what I've written is just me thinking out loud, much like I would on dg_discussion, but instead of saying "I think Ginny would do this" or "I think Draco would respond like this" I've written it out in fic form instead. Make sense?

Okay, I've given myself a headache. Perhaps it's best left on my hard drive. I don't want to offend anyone. So instead, here's the

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
sarea_okelani goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Faith.
akscully tricks you! You get a pen cap.
fearthainn gives you 14 orange cherry-flavoured jelly beans.
gnrationfo gives you 3 purple watermelon-flavoured gummies.
jade_okelani tricks you! You get a button.
lissinthecity gives you 8 blue cherry-flavoured jelly beans.
mynuet gives you 10 tan peach-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
rainpuddle13 gives you 4 light yellow apple-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
ropo tricks you! You get a broken balloon.
sumdumgai tricks you! You get a piece of string.
sydney_lynne tricks you! You lose 21 pieces of candy!
sarea_okelani ends up with 18 pieces of candy, a pen cap, a button, a broken balloon, and a piece of string.
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Curses on all of you tricksters. Especially sydney_lynne, who got some of her candy back.

Comments

[fearthainn.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you want to write a harem-fic, write a harem-fic. :) Even if it's a guilty pleasure...after all, isn't that what fanfic is all about? Personally, I'd kind of like to read it. (I have a fic idea that involves Ginny being part of a harem as well, and she and Draco both being spies...I may actually write it someday, too. I think there are enough ways to incorperate harems into fic that it wouldn't step on any other toes to write yours.)

[sydney-lynne.livejournal.com]

>:-o You still have 40 pieces of my candy. *glares*

And of course there's interest in any fic that you write (okay, only interest from me if it's D/G--have not read Playing Dirty)! As far as Anise's fic, I don't think she's even close to writing the part of the story that includes the harem yet. So go, write!

*munches on candy*

[akscully.livejournal.com]

Enjoy the pen cap.

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

dude, you know that I am in! I cannot wait to see the freakishness we conversed over made manifest. (Was that stilted and formal enough?)

Roll with it

[annibug.livejournal.com]

I say yes, definitely yes. I'd love to read story scenes from a a story that will never be. That sounded sarcastic but I promise, it wasn't meant to be.

Everyone Loves Lindsey!!

[acciopotter.livejournal.com]

I cannot even read the rest of your post right now, as am so excited you've read Lindsey. She's the only romance novelist I read. I have read every book she's ever written. I realize I am coming way, way out of the closet here, but hey, I love Silver Angel! AND my old roommate whom I am no longer friends with still has my copy. I knew there was a reason I stopped liking her. Hmph.

Ok, back to your post now. *giggle*

Sandra

[acciopotter.livejournal.com]

...and YES, I would love to read this "fic" of yours. :)

[nokomis305.livejournal.com]

It's just ... you know how sometimes a scene/scenario pops into your head in answer to a question like, "What would Ginny and Draco do if they weren't magical beings, but regular people, and like, this is what their lives are like?"

It's that exact kind of train of thought that spawned SB. I think you should go for the fic idea... Really, there can never be enough harem D/G fics. The fic sounds interesting, at the very least.

[lissannej.livejournal.com]

I didn't have time to check LJ yesterday, but I would love to see your fic, please, or whatever you have of it. Perhaps you could email?

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

I'll put you on the filter for it, as I just posted it. Oh, it's tres embarrassing.

[lissannej.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Probably won't check until tonight as I have to run to get ready for work and I'm still a little upset about my kitty, but I'll let you know what I thought...