Vlad's 'Why What I'm Doing Is A Good Thing' Speech

GRAUAUAUAGH!!! Just finished writing a scene between Danny and Vlad. AAAARGH!
Danny: Jerk.
Vlad: I have my reasons.
Danny: What?
Vlad: Because you're special.
Danny: Oh, okay. :)
Inky Iris: NOOOOOOOO!!!! GOSHDARNIT DANNY!!!!! NOOO!!!

Vlad is vile and manipulative and I felt so icky writing him. I kept shuddering and he made my toes curl and I cringed and... I felt so slimy writing his 440 word speech on why he was doing a good thing. I nearly cried when Danny agreed. Darn it, Danny, listen to me -- wait. You are. I made you agree... GOSHDARNIT DANNY! DON'T LISTEN TO ME! OR VLAD! ESPECIALLY ME THROUGH VLAD!! DON'T DO IT!

In other words? I don't think Vlad's reasoning justifies him. And I still feel slimy after writing that.

Writing Again!

I am all settled (well, not quite, but enough XD  ) in my new apartment, and yes, I am writing again! I hope to be doing it a lot. I don't know how much free time I'm going to have... So I'm keeping the release date for the DP/TT crossover in November for now. However, I still need a beta reader. I want to make sure my work is correct both gramatically and in characterization. I hate to do this, and I'm not saying I will for sure, but I might need to put the release on hold until I am confident that it is good enough. I'm not going to release something that might not be great to such an amazing fan base. I don't want to do that. If I did, it would be a last resort kind of thing -- like if no matter what, I can't make the story flow and I hate it - and will most likely not happen. I have other options if I don't find a beta reader I will do first, but if I can't make it work, I wouldn't want to put up rubbish. Please let me know if you or anyone you know wants to beta for me.

Like I said, I've been writing again, and I am focusing my energies on the crossover. I will get to my other stuff eventually, but that is the most popular story and I want it to be great. I will try my best to have most of it written by November 20th and put up the first chapter. I hope it will be well liked! =)

Contents

So, my writing will be impaired for, most likely, at least the next two weeks, as I am packing in preparation for moving. Once I've moved, I'm not sure how long it will take to get computer and internet set up, so... writing might be on hiatus for a bit.

That being so, I thought that I would talk a bit about the story Cloud Shapes comes from. If you can't tell, I don't have a title yet. I used to ('Checkmate'), but a lot of things got changed and the title just didn't fit anymore. Not to mention that I wasn't too sure of it in the first place...

I consider Cloud Shapes to be pretty lighthearted and upbeat. The rest of it will most likely not be. It is actually pretty depressing and... well, here is a list of a few of the things it deals with (contains spoilers): parental death, grief, denial, remarriage of a parent, bullying, peer pressure, violence, etc. There is more, of course, but I don't want to give away every little thing. Looking back on the list, it doesn't sound like it has too many things to warrant what I'm saying, but... it does. If that made any sense. XD My mind is a bit scrambled right now, which is why it's good I'm not currently posting story chapters. I'd get every thread tangled...

Today's Work =)

So, the original story my friend and I are writing is going fantastic, which means my fanfics are also doing so. Ever since she and I began our story, the success of my fanfics depend on the status of that story. Hmm.

Well, I just cranked out a BtVS/OUAT ficlet with a fic-for-all pairing. It's currently on TTH, and I'll try to get it on FFN tomorrow. It features Buffy meeting Rumplestiltskin. I really hope I was able to get my idea across =]

Stories in Progress (DP/TT & BtVS/NCIS)

I am working on two stories currently. I am in the outlining/writing bits stage. One is solely for FFN, and is the story behind Cloud Shapes (a Danny Phantom/Teen Titans crossover.) There is a trailer on YouTube. The tentative release date is November 20th. I am having some... well, nerves. I worry about how well the story is written and how the characterization is. If anyone wants to volunteer as beta, it would be appreciated. The trailer is below (if it works. If not, the link is still above).

The other story is for both sites. It is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer/NCIS crossover. It has the cliche plot of Xander working at NCIS, but hopefully presented in a more original format. Not only does it have Agent!Xander, but it also involves Daddy!Xander (the Anya got pregnant plot). I read a story with Daddy!Xander, and, frankly, I didn't like it. I think Xander would make a good dad, so I wanted to include that in a story. I love well-written Agent!Xander stories and I have wanted to write one. The ideas meshed one day when I was musing about how, in Agent!Xander stories, his past is sometimes touched upon or comes to bite him, and somehow Daddy!Xander snuck in. If anyone wants to beta that, it would, again, be quite appreciated. I want to make sure it doesn't turn into one of those horrible 'badly written OC takes over the entire plot and story' things.

Intro

So, I have a blog. As the description states, I will post things pertaining to my fanfiction on fanfiction.net and tthfanfic.org.