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caffienekitty) wrote2007-10-01 05:45 pm
caffienekitty) wrote2007-10-01 05:45 pm
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Progress Report of sorts
Okay, so it's October 1st, what am I doing?
Attempting to marathon Supernatural Season 2 from CSPWDT onward before 9PM Thursday despite working approx 9 hours a day, taping Chuck and Heroes tonight while simultaneously attempting to write part 2 of the Supernatural/Doctor Who crossover WIP I have going.
The main hang up on the WIP? Trying to get the Doctor and Martha to stop being such backseat writers, agree to their part in the plot-line and settle into the good littleplot devices secondary characters I want them to be.
See, I've never written anything in the Doctor Who universe previously and I'm discovering something I never knew before.
The Doctor is a pushy bitch.
CaffieneKitty: *is writing* "So, you see this, and have all this information, so you go do that."
Tenth Doctor: "Wait, why am I doing that exactly?"
CK: "Hunh? Because that's what I need you to do."
10Doc: "Yeah, that's nice, but it makes no sense. If I know all this, why don't I go straight here, do that and solve the problem?"
CK: "Umm... because... er... that skips about five chapters and leaves the main characters looking like twits."
Martha (butting in): "Hang on, we aren't the main characters?"
CK: "Well, no."
M: "Ooo, I don't like the sound of that, Doctor. Sounds like we're just being used as a plot device."
10Doc: *leveling stare* "Is that true?"
CK: "Well, um... Heh. Look, it's a crossover, see. You're important, you just... aren't the main focus of the story."
10Doc: "I see."
M: *harumphs bitchily*
CK: "Oh come on, be reasonable."
10Doc: "Oh, I'm willing to be reasonable-"
M: "I'm bloody well not!"
10Doc: "Hush Martha. As I say, I'm willing to be reasonable. However, I'm not willing to be stupid, just so your main characters can look good."
CK: "No! No, I'm not asking you to be stupid! That's not it at all!"
M: *muttering* "Looks like it from where I'm sitting."
CK: "I just need you to see this, do this, this, this and that, while Sam and Dean are over here in the main story line doing a whole bunch of other things and it'll all work out fine."
10Doc: "Yeah, but why? If I-"
M: "Ahem."
10Doc: "Sorry, if we already know this and can see that happening, why don't we go here, do this, and be done with it."
CK: "Because you can't do that."
10Doc: "Why not?"
CK: "Uhhh.... because of this!"
M: "Pft!"
10Doc: "Now that's just silly."
CK: "But it's what's happening!"
10Doc: "Doesn't make it less silly. I wouldn't be able to take that as a serious threat at all."
CK: "What if I put it like this? And it's causing this?"
10Doc: "Ah, that's better. But what about this? Why can't we do this this way?"
CK: *facepalm* "Because that's not the way that has to go!"
10Doc: "But if we had all that data, we'd be able to figure this out over tea and biscuits and fix it. Otherwise I, or rather we, look like idiots."
CK: "Alright, fine. How about if you don't know this and this?"
10Doc: "Know what?"
M: "Sorry?"
CK: "Never mind, you don't know it anymore. Still feel like you'd be an idiot for not figuring it out right away from what you've got now?"
10Doc: "Hmm. Yes, considering I can do this and have this happen."
CK: "Arg. Right. Alright, how about if I leave you in the dark about this entire bit, have this happen and add this?" *giant convoluted plot-related hairball lands with a splat*
M: "What the hell is that?"
10Doc: "Well it's got Martha flummoxed, that's a start."
M: "I am not flummoxed! It's just... really, how does that even work?"
CK: "Too complex?"
10Doc: "Well, I can see how it works, in a way, but it's not really all that rational."
CK: "IT ISN'T MEANT TO BE RATIONAL! THIS IS CRACK-FIC!"
10Doc: "Oh! Well! You should have said at the start!"
CK: *resists urge to throttle Doctor*
10Doc: "Still, it's lacking a certain internal logic and consistency..."
M: "Yeah, and we still look a bit stupid about this other bit here...."
CK: *beats head against desk and weeps*
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See? So anyway, yeah. Still intending to meet the October 4th deadline that I've set myself for Part 2, if I can get the Doctor and Martha to settle down and cooperate. :-P
Attempting to marathon Supernatural Season 2 from CSPWDT onward before 9PM Thursday despite working approx 9 hours a day, taping Chuck and Heroes tonight while simultaneously attempting to write part 2 of the Supernatural/Doctor Who crossover WIP I have going.
The main hang up on the WIP? Trying to get the Doctor and Martha to stop being such backseat writers, agree to their part in the plot-line and settle into the good little
See, I've never written anything in the Doctor Who universe previously and I'm discovering something I never knew before.
The Doctor is a pushy bitch.
CaffieneKitty: *is writing* "So, you see this, and have all this information, so you go do that."
Tenth Doctor: "Wait, why am I doing that exactly?"
CK: "Hunh? Because that's what I need you to do."
10Doc: "Yeah, that's nice, but it makes no sense. If I know all this, why don't I go straight here, do that and solve the problem?"
CK: "Umm... because... er... that skips about five chapters and leaves the main characters looking like twits."
Martha (butting in): "Hang on, we aren't the main characters?"
CK: "Well, no."
M: "Ooo, I don't like the sound of that, Doctor. Sounds like we're just being used as a plot device."
10Doc: *leveling stare* "Is that true?"
CK: "Well, um... Heh. Look, it's a crossover, see. You're important, you just... aren't the main focus of the story."
10Doc: "I see."
M: *harumphs bitchily*
CK: "Oh come on, be reasonable."
10Doc: "Oh, I'm willing to be reasonable-"
M: "I'm bloody well not!"
10Doc: "Hush Martha. As I say, I'm willing to be reasonable. However, I'm not willing to be stupid, just so your main characters can look good."
CK: "No! No, I'm not asking you to be stupid! That's not it at all!"
M: *muttering* "Looks like it from where I'm sitting."
CK: "I just need you to see this, do this, this, this and that, while Sam and Dean are over here in the main story line doing a whole bunch of other things and it'll all work out fine."
10Doc: "Yeah, but why? If I-"
M: "Ahem."
10Doc: "Sorry, if we already know this and can see that happening, why don't we go here, do this, and be done with it."
CK: "Because you can't do that."
10Doc: "Why not?"
CK: "Uhhh.... because of this!"
M: "Pft!"
10Doc: "Now that's just silly."
CK: "But it's what's happening!"
10Doc: "Doesn't make it less silly. I wouldn't be able to take that as a serious threat at all."
CK: "What if I put it like this? And it's causing this?"
10Doc: "Ah, that's better. But what about this? Why can't we do this this way?"
CK: *facepalm* "Because that's not the way that has to go!"
10Doc: "But if we had all that data, we'd be able to figure this out over tea and biscuits and fix it. Otherwise I, or rather we, look like idiots."
CK: "Alright, fine. How about if you don't know this and this?"
10Doc: "Know what?"
M: "Sorry?"
CK: "Never mind, you don't know it anymore. Still feel like you'd be an idiot for not figuring it out right away from what you've got now?"
10Doc: "Hmm. Yes, considering I can do this and have this happen."
CK: "Arg. Right. Alright, how about if I leave you in the dark about this entire bit, have this happen and add this?" *giant convoluted plot-related hairball lands with a splat*
M: "What the hell is that?"
10Doc: "Well it's got Martha flummoxed, that's a start."
M: "I am not flummoxed! It's just... really, how does that even work?"
CK: "Too complex?"
10Doc: "Well, I can see how it works, in a way, but it's not really all that rational."
CK: "IT ISN'T MEANT TO BE RATIONAL! THIS IS CRACK-FIC!"
10Doc: "Oh! Well! You should have said at the start!"
CK: *resists urge to throttle Doctor*
10Doc: "Still, it's lacking a certain internal logic and consistency..."
M: "Yeah, and we still look a bit stupid about this other bit here...."
CK: *beats head against desk and weeps*
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See? So anyway, yeah. Still intending to meet the October 4th deadline that I've set myself for Part 2, if I can get the Doctor and Martha to settle down and cooperate. :-P
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