Complex Kid

thinky thoughts...

2009-11-09T20:47:13Z

Massive Dynamic and ZFT relationship:

ZFT came first, developed out of Bishop and Bell's research/experimentation/insanity. ZFT started out as a counter-culture movement and developed to be more and more destructive and anarchistic. The ethics chapter from the prime universe that was supposed to temper things and protect the subjects was never even written in the Ways and Means universe. Bell realized that many of the things they were developing were profitable and also knew that he needed a steady cash flow to continue his research when the government cut him off for being to unstable and established the biomedical company that would become Massive Dynamic. ZFT is aware of the other universes and is attempting to steal with it can from them and then destroy them so they aren't a threat to it. They are also attempting to undermine the government because the less stable things are the more power the organization has. Also, undermining the government is fun.

Walter wasn't killed by ZFT although they weren't really all that upset by it. Walter was the voice of reason in the organization, to a certain extent, and without him questioning thing they're free to be far more vicious. Bell and Nina run things, with Bell being primarily responsible for the ZFT side and Nina the MD side although both are well aware of what the other is doing. Nina is, at the time of Dark Matter, starting to question Bell's sanity and question the organization as a whole. What happens to Nick, and by extension Peter and Olive, goes a long way to fraying her loyalty to ZFT and to Bell.

Walter was killed by a rival group that split off from ZFT and is headed by David Robert Jones. Jones was not happy by the cooperate direction the organization took with the founding of MD and left to pursue a more subversive tack. Bell dismissed him as insignificant and that enraged Jones who is now out to destroy Bell and his organization. Jones' men were not actually after Walter, although his death was a nice bonus. They wanted Peter as a means of controlling Nick and Olive who they felt would be strong weapons against Bell.

Plans and whatnot:

Once Peter, Nick and Olive decide they've had enough they start gathering intel on the organization. Olive wants to just go apeshit and strike immediately. Peter would rather not get killed and pushes for long-term planning. Nick throws in with Peter on this one and Olive follows. They start gathering allies including other recruits, like Susan and Nancy, and people who have noticed the organization's activities like Charlie and Broyles.

The Fringe division in Ways and Means was kick-started after Charlie was investigating his partner's death during what was supposed to be a simple raid on a drug ring. He turned up oddities in the background of the case and in the course of poking around wound up in a ZFT site that was attempting to cross universes. Much hand waving ensues because I don't really know why this would happen but Charlie winds up with a copy of his partner from the other universe and this is of course John Scott. A John Scott who knows Olivia Dunham. Broyles is all "oh, wtf?" and puts together a team consisting of Charlie, John and Amy Jessup. They put together a few pieces and start tracking the Pattern events and trying to pin down what ZFT is and also trying to find Olivia because John knows she's involved somehow.

Peter, Nick and Olive are still more or less following orders although they are strategically failing certain assignments, passing along bad information to their superiors and tipping off the FBI to other soldiers' assignments. They notice the Fringe team and think they could be useful but they don't trust them, especially since they know John Scott should be dead. They start feeding the Fringe team more information to see what happens.

What this means:

I don't even know. That is a hell of a lot of plotty shit and I'm not really sure how I got to this point and would sort of like my brain to go back to just coming up with ideas for porn.

I think I need to start writing things in order, but first I need to go back and cover what happened to Peter after he was cut off and how he was brought back to ZFT. Then I can start at the end of Dark Matter and move forward with the alternate Fringe team investigating things and our threesome plotting the downfall of ZFT.

crossposted from DreamWidth

crazylittleelf @ 2009-11-07T14:27:00

2009-11-07T20:29:01Z

I'm in my pajamas, watching football, drinking beer that I made, and knitting. Perfect Saturday? Yeah, maybe.

crazylittleelf @ 2009-11-03T20:20:00

2009-11-04T02:38:11Z

Huh... V was pretty decent. The only problems I had with it were places it diverged from the original, especially the use of the actual V symbol and calling the Visitors V's. V is the symbol for the resistance, not the Visitors. Other than that it was okay. The woman playing Anna was very well cast. I'm not sure about the blond FBI woman. I think I've hit my limit on blond FBI agents. So, yeah. I'll watch at least the episodes they're showing this year.

Bunny wrangling, aka avoiding editing my big bang story.

2009-11-03T03:49:45Z

Things I want to write that I have started writing:

Post-apocalyptic AU. Mitchell Loeb and Olivia surviving together after "saving" the world even though they hate each other.
The gates had been the key to the whole thing, and Walter in his dying breath simply told her, “close them.” So she did. She lead the last of her inner circle towards the largest of the gates in the smoldering crater of what used to be Boston.

Direct sequel to the first Ways and Means story that gets them home and deal with the aftermath of Olive blowing up the club and Nick and Peter lying to cover for her.
He's working out the route home, stops they need to make on the way, how he's going to explain the explosion when he shudders involuntarily and pleasure spikes through his system. He rolls his eyes towards the bathroom door and mutters, "Oh, god dammit, seriously?"

Ways and Means Peter on his own after Walter died.
He'd tried reaching out to other people but their thoughts felt wrong. Everything felt fake. He wondered if he was dead, if he'd died in the fire with Walter because why else would they be gone.

Uncharacteristic Ways and Means fluff with Peter and Olive being silly.
Left on their own he and Olivia degenerated to relying on takeout and whatever they could grab from the convenience store on the corner. Nick needed to come home, soon, before they developed scurvy or starved to death or something. He slammed the door shut on the fridge and nearly jumped out of his skin she was standing so close to him.

Breathplay prompt from kink bingo with Ways and Mean Peter/Olive diving in the ocean.
He held his hands on either side of her face, pulled her mouth to his. When he stilled his legs he pulled them both under the surface. She stilled and they drifted down, salt water in their mouths until their lungs burned..

Insane crack-fic Peter/Olivia/Peter/Olivia smut thing. So very, very insane.
"They're gonna wreck the place if they get drunk. One of them's bad enough." The other her spoke with authority and was inspecting the contents of her coffee table.

Things I want to write that I have not started writing:

Ways and Means threesome stranded in an airport because of a snowstorm.

Peter and Broyles drinking together when they think Olivia is dying in A New Day In The Old Town.

Sequel to Puppy for the kink bingo November challenge. 'Cause, really, you can't give me a line consisting of animal play, foot fetish and rough sex and expect anything else.

Something Walter-centric a) for Kauri and b) to see if I can pull off Walter's voice for any length of time. (I don't think I can but I'm going to try anyway.)

Completely insane fluffy crack-fic where the Fringe team is turned into kittens and AWWWWWWWW kittens. Yeah, I don't know either.

crossposted from DreamWidth

\o/

2009-11-01T19:34:15Z

*hops up and down and does a little dance*

crossposted from DreamWidth

Finished

2009-11-01T15:05:53Z

It is warm and cozy and I can't wait for it to get cold so I can wear it. The buttons came from Mudaliscious on Etsy and they are just gorgeous.

blarg...

2009-11-01T13:42:06Z

This morning on Write, damn you:

Chapter four is done! I have not re-read it and since it's writing was fueled by hard cider and bourbon I'm not really sure I want to re-read it but it is done.

There are three sections of chapter five that aren't finished, essentially the end of the story. They are more or less outlined and have bits and pieces written. I just need to fill in the blanks and figure out how the thing actually ends. I'm sort of thinking there's an epilogue that mirrors the prologue and is something from when they were little but I'm not sure. There's also a section of porn that's been cut because it's a separate story and will keep this one's rating at R rather than wandering into NC17 territory.

In other news, I ramble frequently about Scrivener. I think it's a fantastic writing program, I love that it's a highly polished program developed by a small company (small as in one developer, one sales manager), and I love that they love writers. They've got a special deal going on for NaNo, so I'd encourage you to check it out. The only drawback to the program is that there isn't a Windows version, it's Mac only.
crossposted from DreamWidth

huh...

2009-10-29T01:34:17Z

*stares at print out of a mostly-finished story ready for editing*

Holy shit.

crossposted from DreamWidth

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-26T08:02:00

2009-10-26T13:36:51Z

This was a really great weekend.

My parents came down on Saturday and we had dinner with them. It was good to see them.

Sunday we went up to Mark's and collected him then went on to Kansas City to get shoes.

I love them so so so much. I sure as hell wouldn't want to run in them yet but I'm looking forward to training in them over the winter.

Other retail therapy this weekend included the arrival of Absolute Death, which I pre-ordered so long ago I forgot about it and for some reason didn't get a shipping notification email so it was like Christmas. It is, like all the Absolute editions, fucking gorgeous and matches the Sandman editions beautifully.

The only thing that wasn't so great about this weekend was the complete lack of writing. I've got a week to finish the big bang story and to finish the kink bingo October mini-challenge story. Both are do-able, I just need to force myself to carve out time for them.

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-23T07:51:00

2009-10-23T12:51:29Z

A comic for Kauri.

knitting pic

2009-10-23T04:16:38Z

Just needs buttons.

Whoa...

2009-10-23T04:00:29Z

Scrivener says:

Oh, hell yes.

Which is not to say the story is done, but it's getting very close.

I've outlined chapter four (aka the Devil's Chapter (which is not to be confused with the Devil's Three-way, that happens later)) and have three of the nine sections done. I know what happens (mostly) in the remaining six. I know how they're reacting to the situation and to each other. (Badly on both counts.) I know that Olive has elaborately detailed fantasies about blowing up the ZFT compound, that Nick does not like pulp in his orange juice, and that Peter can't cook.

Chapter five is done except for the remix of Slip Off The Choke Chain which is proving to be the hardest fucking thing in the world to do. I just... I can't rewrite something that I think is perfect. So... I'm not going to, exactly. I'm going to try shifting that bit to Nick's point of view and see what happens.

Lastly, I've decided to keep the Snow Patrol lyrics with the chapters.

Prologue -- I've got this feeling that there's something that I missed
Chapter 1 -- Something happened, that I never understood
Chapter 2 -- Every second, dripping off my fingertips
Chapter 3 -- Another soldier, says he's not afraid to die
Chapter 4 -- In slow motion, the blast is beautiful
Chapter 5 -- A clock is ticking, but it's hidden far away

crossposted from DreamWidth

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-22T15:56:00

2009-10-22T20:56:56Z

Well... that's pretty goddamn cool.

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-20T12:58:00

2009-10-20T17:59:20Z

Whut?

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-20T09:17:00

2009-10-20T14:21:38Z

Things I have not done:
Finish the sweater.
Finish the goddamn story I'm writing.
Watch Where the Wild Things Are

Things I have done:
Lay around the house feeling almost but not quite sick.

Things I am doing:
Flailing excitedly about the Apple store being down. Well, I'm not really flailing, I'm too fucking tired, but I'm thinking about flailing.

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-19T20:59:00

2009-10-20T02:07:06Z

I just stared at my writing program for a good ten minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't edit anything before I realized I was looking at a Wikipedia page.

Holy shit.

Off to bed.

crossposted from DreamWidth

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-19T15:24:00

2009-10-19T20:25:56Z

There are too many people in my office and they are all fucking talking at once and they need to GTFO.

GTFO!

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-15T16:09:00

2009-10-15T21:11:43Z

And in my crowning achievement in my afternoon of crap I set off every smoke detector in the house by trying to burn damp firewood.

Fuck this... I'm going back to work.

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-15T14:43:00

2009-10-15T19:52:35Z

*flings self to ground and has a temper tantrum*

The tarp that is supposed to keep the firewood nice and dry is no where to be found. It certainly isn't, ya know... covering the fucking firewood. Since it's been raining for forever that's a problem.

So, instead of curling up in the cozy chair and writing by a crackling fire all afternoon I'm going to go to the hardware store and buy a tarp, secure said tarp over the firewood, haul wet firewood in anyway so it can dry out in time for the weekend and whine. Oh yes, there will be whining.

I would like you all to know that for a very brief, very insane moment I considered drying the firewood out in the microwave. I came to my senses when I realized that the pieces of wood wouldn't fit.

And now, on a happy note, the tree in the backyard is really getting into autumn. Also, my teeth are fine and my new toothbrush is sparkly.

The tree is getting big! I'd guess that it's probably two feet taller than when we planted it last spring.

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-15T12:50:00

2009-10-15T17:53:34Z

Getting ready to take off for the afternoon. Dentist appointment followed by several uninterrupted hours of writing by the fireplace. Yay.

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-13T16:10:00

2009-10-13T21:12:08Z

OH HAI RAIN.

*grumbles about location of coat*

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-12T20:24:00

2009-10-13T12:44:12Z

Typed up all the random squiggles that were on the printout of the big bang story over my lunch break today and it's reached 21,000 words.

The prologue and chapters one and two are essentially done. Chapter three is probably mostly done although it is still scribbled over handouts from a meeting this afternoon and still needs to be deciphered. (Why is my hand writing so goddamn illegible?) Chapter four is mostly missing. Chapter five is missing but at least I know what happens in it.

Theoretically the thing needs to go to the artist at the beginning of November but my artist seems to be MIA, so I'll just keep writing until it's finished or until my posting date is looming terrifyingly close. I'm an idiot, so my posting date is December 1st. It is going to sorely need beta reading sometime in mid-November, let's say. *makes puppydog eyes at chichuri * I have my doubts as to whether it makes sense, is at all interesting, is in fact in English, and is not so out of character that it is painful.

So, things to do: Write, damn you. Figure out what the fuck happens in chapter four. Finish both sex scenes. (I somehow cannot write smut anymore. I set everything up and then they just stand around looking at each other until one of them gets bored and wanders off to do laundry or something. Hot laundry action!) Come up with a clever name for the drug they're testing. Barring clever, come up with something for a name for the drug they're testing.

(An aside: I just noticed, after staring at it for like three years, that the little tapestry from India that's hanging in front of my desk has peacocks having sex on it. Hot peacock action!)
crossposted from DreamWidth

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-12T14:13:00

2009-10-12T19:16:23Z

Dear self,

Stop. For the love of god. You have too much shit to do right now so stop fucking signing up to do more shit, let things that don't matter fall by the wayside and concentrate on things that matter.

Elf

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-11T12:39:00

2009-10-11T17:45:30Z

Done! Blocked with ends woven in and everything. I'm not normally a big fan of orange but I really like the colors of this.

Almost done. I started the hood last night.

My father-in-law is a woodcarver and he made a pen for me. :)

The maple tree in the backyard.

crazylittleelf @ 2009-10-11T10:35:00

2009-10-11T15:42:43Z

Examine this, if you will.

1. Clearly the author hasn't a fucking clue about knitters.
2. Is that a scarf?
3. <3