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Lots of Random Thoughts
May. 27th, 2012 11:31 pm-->Inkwell Secundus update: Somehow, I can always rely on the Van Dorts. And hey, we might get a baby in the next Liddell update! (Watch, in a horrible twist Lorina will have twins.)
-->Watched Corpse Bride on BluRay in full today. Beautiful picture, and I'm still amazed by the incidental sounds that you can hear now. If only it had gotten more special features!
-->Also watched a few more Scott Pilgrim special features (specifically, music featurette and the weird-as-*bleep* censored dialogue thing) and the Roxy Vs Ramona fight. This of course got me thinking about my recurring idea "Victor Van Dort Vs The World" -- specifically, who to use for the Evil Exes. Basically, I've been considering revamping the original line-up. When I first came up with the idea, the exes, in order, were: Flint Lockwood, Hiccup Haddock III (and Toothless), Baby Brent, Astrid Hofferson, the Tweedles, and Lord Barkis Bittern. You may notice that four of them are from the movies Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and How To Train Your Dragon. I was really into those movies back then, and I still enjoy them now -- but I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't throw those two fandoms into a story where the main focus would be on an Alice/CB/BTTF crossover (Marty's Stephen Stills and Doc's got a sort of "Young Neil" position as the band's tech guy).
So! How to revamp the exes. There's one major change that I may have already mentioned (I know it came up on tumblr) -- instead of Barkis as Gideon (#7), it's Bumby. Bumby just makes WAY more sense (and even looks more like Gideon). The Tweedles for the twins (#5 & #6) have also been slightly tweaked -- the Orderlies are the actual keyboard players, and the Tweedles are their battle monsters. I'm not quite sure what to do for the first four, though. I MIGHT be able to use Barkis for Todd Ingram (Ex #3), and I'm vaguely considering Alt!Jennifer from the Game for Roxy (#4). But who do I do for Matthew Patel (#1) and Lucas Lee (#2)? Hmmm. Carpenter might work for one of those roles. . .
-->I also may be revamping some titles for Forgotten Vow's backstory trilogy. Originally, the titles were:
Losing You (about what happened after CB to keep Victor from marrying Victoria)
Finding You (about Victor moving into Houndsditch, and scenes from the time between that and A:MR showing Victor and Alice getting closer)
Forgetting You (about, basically, how A:MR would be different if Victor was a part of it, and Victor's own adventures while Alice saves Wonderland)
Now, though, I have some alternate ideas for the first and last ones, based on songs:
Not The One for Losing You, based on "Sally's Song" (I would have used the full "For I Am Not The One," but that's already a prompt fic title)
Don't You Forget About Me for Forgetting You, from the song of the same name
I think they work well, but I don't know what to use for "Finding You" in that case. ("Getting To Know You" is a possibility, but I'm not sure how much I like it.) I'd intended the Blank You titles to be placeholders anyway, but I'm sort of used to calling them that now. . . Thoughts?
-->On the delicious side of things, got a chocolate ice cream at a local ice cream parlor today -- had a crunchy chocolate swirl in it, with other nummy things. Om nom nom. Good day for it too -- it actually stayed sunny for a good while, and got pretty warm. I actually put my fan in my window for the first time.
-->Getting my hair cut sometime this week, preferably tomorrow or Tuesday. I not only want a cooler hairstyle for summer, I'm just plain sick of how long it takes to brush at the moment. Plus I have a coupon.
-->Watched Corpse Bride on BluRay in full today. Beautiful picture, and I'm still amazed by the incidental sounds that you can hear now. If only it had gotten more special features!
-->Also watched a few more Scott Pilgrim special features (specifically, music featurette and the weird-as-*bleep* censored dialogue thing) and the Roxy Vs Ramona fight. This of course got me thinking about my recurring idea "Victor Van Dort Vs The World" -- specifically, who to use for the Evil Exes. Basically, I've been considering revamping the original line-up. When I first came up with the idea, the exes, in order, were: Flint Lockwood, Hiccup Haddock III (and Toothless), Baby Brent, Astrid Hofferson, the Tweedles, and Lord Barkis Bittern. You may notice that four of them are from the movies Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and How To Train Your Dragon. I was really into those movies back then, and I still enjoy them now -- but I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't throw those two fandoms into a story where the main focus would be on an Alice/CB/BTTF crossover (Marty's Stephen Stills and Doc's got a sort of "Young Neil" position as the band's tech guy).
So! How to revamp the exes. There's one major change that I may have already mentioned (I know it came up on tumblr) -- instead of Barkis as Gideon (#7), it's Bumby. Bumby just makes WAY more sense (and even looks more like Gideon). The Tweedles for the twins (#5 & #6) have also been slightly tweaked -- the Orderlies are the actual keyboard players, and the Tweedles are their battle monsters. I'm not quite sure what to do for the first four, though. I MIGHT be able to use Barkis for Todd Ingram (Ex #3), and I'm vaguely considering Alt!Jennifer from the Game for Roxy (#4). But who do I do for Matthew Patel (#1) and Lucas Lee (#2)? Hmmm. Carpenter might work for one of those roles. . .
-->I also may be revamping some titles for Forgotten Vow's backstory trilogy. Originally, the titles were:
Losing You (about what happened after CB to keep Victor from marrying Victoria)
Finding You (about Victor moving into Houndsditch, and scenes from the time between that and A:MR showing Victor and Alice getting closer)
Forgetting You (about, basically, how A:MR would be different if Victor was a part of it, and Victor's own adventures while Alice saves Wonderland)
Now, though, I have some alternate ideas for the first and last ones, based on songs:
Not The One for Losing You, based on "Sally's Song" (I would have used the full "For I Am Not The One," but that's already a prompt fic title)
Don't You Forget About Me for Forgetting You, from the song of the same name
I think they work well, but I don't know what to use for "Finding You" in that case. ("Getting To Know You" is a possibility, but I'm not sure how much I like it.) I'd intended the Blank You titles to be placeholders anyway, but I'm sort of used to calling them that now. . . Thoughts?
-->On the delicious side of things, got a chocolate ice cream at a local ice cream parlor today -- had a crunchy chocolate swirl in it, with other nummy things. Om nom nom. Good day for it too -- it actually stayed sunny for a good while, and got pretty warm. I actually put my fan in my window for the first time.
-->Getting my hair cut sometime this week, preferably tomorrow or Tuesday. I not only want a cooler hairstyle for summer, I'm just plain sick of how long it takes to brush at the moment. Plus I have a coupon.
