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crossover_chick) wrote2011-06-09 10:04 pm
crossover_chick) wrote2011-06-09 10:04 pm
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Happy Birthday Marty & Victors!
Even if I feel like the celebration's been curtailed a bit by bad weather. I had a tough time going to sleep last night because of a MASSIVE thunderstorm just as I was going to bed (and then when that rolled through, I woke up because I was way too hot), and another one came through during supper and stayed around until about 9. Yikes.
-M: Hey, it hasn't been all bad. You got the party at the Inkwell going, and everybody got their wishes posted on Twitter.-
That is true: The Inkwell party is hopping, and clockworkdoc and VictorPlush commented on the significance of the date on their Twitters. I also posted something on my Tumblr. Amusing note -- while Victor's exactly two years older than Marty, with the actors, it's switched -- Michael is exactly two years older than Johnny. I just noticed that. XD
-M2: Hard to believe Mike's turning the big 5-0.-
I know. It's so weird to see him get older, since I always thinking of him in terms of Marty. . . . *shakehead* I hope he's having a good birthday.
Anyway! Since today is a birthday, fic must be posted of the birthday boys. Let's have a Drabbles88 for Marty, eh?
25. Winter
Marty watched Citizen Brown go, his stomach tying itself up in knots. Why the hell did the universe hate him? Every time he thought something good was about to happen, everything turned to shit again. He saved Doc from death – he erased himself from existence. He saved Artie (and himself) – Kid Tannen never went to jail, and his girlfriend never existed. They fixed things with Kid and Officer Parker – Emmett and Edna got together and started up a dystopia worse than 1985-A. He finally got Citizen Brown to believe him about the time machine – Edna decided to brainwash the both of them (and Jennifer too!). They escaped Edna’s clutches and finally started setting things right in the past – and now Citizen Brown was having second thoughts?! How could he want to stay with Edna – to erase Clara, Jules, and Verne from existence?! God damn it, Doc, I wish you were here. Maybe you could explain it.
He turned, and spotted Edna, still patrolling the grounds and probably thinking up new ways to annoy Artie. He felt a rush of hatred. A large part of him wanted to go over there and tell her to get her claws out of his friend. Hell, a small portion was even considering decking her. He wasn’t really the type to hit a girl, but after seeing what she’d done to Citizen Brown and the other Jennifer. . . .
Except she hasn’t done it yet, he thought, forcing himself to cool down. And once we’re done here, she never will. She’ll be back to being the annoying old lady with her cat and her megaphone that we all – maybe not love, but. . . .
He thought about that for a minute. He hadn’t known the original Edna Strickland for long, but he’d gotten the impression she didn’t go out much. All her time seemed to be spent pouring over her newspapers, feeding her cat, and yelling at people out the window. He wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t have any friends at all (apart from maybe her brother), thanks to that winning personality of hers. It did seem like a lonely, empty life.
Yeah, but better that than her brainwashing people, he thought, the image of Citizen Brown’s “treatment” flashing through his brain and causing him to clench his fists. Sorry, Citizen Brown, but my sympathy for your wife – past or future – is pretty damn limited. She’s an annoying busybody who – who. . .
Who might be way more tolerable if we hooked her up with somebody who wasn’t you.
Marty arched an eyebrow. That was a thought! If he and Citizen Brown managed to find a boyfriend for Edna – one who wouldn’t destroy the space-time continuum by marrying her – then didn’t everybody win? Marty’s timeline would be almost completely restored, and Citizen Brown could rest easy knowing that Edna wouldn’t be alone. And the people she yelled at through her megaphone would probably be grateful too. He nodded to himself. Okay, first up, finish up the plan to get Edna and Emmett apart. Then find Citizen Brown – or Doc – and see about getting Edna someone who can keep her happy – and in check.
-MF:. . .I thought you couldn't care less whether Edna lived or died.-
Yeah, well, I think Marty has more compassion for her than I do. This was written in response to Episode 4 trying to lay a guilt trip on us about how Edna Strickland winds up in the correct timeline. As MartyFox states, it didn't really work on me (then again, that's probably because Citizen Brown's moans hit me right in the soft places of my heart), but I imagine it probably worked a little on Marty. Poor guy's all confused and lost and just wants to get back home.
-VDM: Can you blame him? If I knew that was the future possibly awaiting me back in my home time. . .-
Yeah, tell me about it. Anyway, this is basically me exploring some of my own thoughts and feelings through Marty. Yeah, okay, her life sucks in 1986, but she's a bitch who rather brought it on herself, in my opinion. However, you can see that I'm not all that opposed to a happy ending for Edna, if only to spare the bystanders of Hill Valley her megaphone. I have no doubts Telltale will give us an "everybody wins" ending -- I'm just worried about what it'll take to get us there.
-VuM: Trust me, you're not the only one. How come Game!Me is thinking about Citizen Brown as -- well, Citizen Brown, though? Wasn't he calling him Doc?-
Yeah, but the way I see it, Marty knows this isn't really his best friend. So while he's willing to call him Doc on the outside, inside this guy's gonna be Citizen Brown. It's complex.
-TD: Well, so are the games. I'm quite nervous about how Episode 5's gonna play out.-
We all are, TeenDoc, we all are.
Aaand I realize that, in my rush to make this a 10:04 entry, I neglected to explain why I called it "Winter." Honestly, I was having major trouble prompt-matching this one. After a while, I started thinking of phrases like "the winter of our discontent" and decided that "winter" would link into Marty's mood. He's feeling low at this particular moment, like the world's gone cold and dark. And he thinks at the end there's a potential springtime coming. (Little does he know. . . .)
As for Victor, have a pair of Author's Choice drabbles for the 100 Drabbles of Summer challenge -- including one for "birthday," natch. :) I'm having a blast writing these.
Okay, I've got a thread to finish up for the party, then some stuff to post over in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
charloft -- I'll catch you all later! :D
-M: Hey, it hasn't been all bad. You got the party at the Inkwell going, and everybody got their wishes posted on Twitter.-
That is true: The Inkwell party is hopping, and clockworkdoc and VictorPlush commented on the significance of the date on their Twitters. I also posted something on my Tumblr. Amusing note -- while Victor's exactly two years older than Marty, with the actors, it's switched -- Michael is exactly two years older than Johnny. I just noticed that. XD
-M2: Hard to believe Mike's turning the big 5-0.-
I know. It's so weird to see him get older, since I always thinking of him in terms of Marty. . . . *shakehead* I hope he's having a good birthday.
Anyway! Since today is a birthday, fic must be posted of the birthday boys. Let's have a Drabbles88 for Marty, eh?
25. Winter
Marty watched Citizen Brown go, his stomach tying itself up in knots. Why the hell did the universe hate him? Every time he thought something good was about to happen, everything turned to shit again. He saved Doc from death – he erased himself from existence. He saved Artie (and himself) – Kid Tannen never went to jail, and his girlfriend never existed. They fixed things with Kid and Officer Parker – Emmett and Edna got together and started up a dystopia worse than 1985-A. He finally got Citizen Brown to believe him about the time machine – Edna decided to brainwash the both of them (and Jennifer too!). They escaped Edna’s clutches and finally started setting things right in the past – and now Citizen Brown was having second thoughts?! How could he want to stay with Edna – to erase Clara, Jules, and Verne from existence?! God damn it, Doc, I wish you were here. Maybe you could explain it.
He turned, and spotted Edna, still patrolling the grounds and probably thinking up new ways to annoy Artie. He felt a rush of hatred. A large part of him wanted to go over there and tell her to get her claws out of his friend. Hell, a small portion was even considering decking her. He wasn’t really the type to hit a girl, but after seeing what she’d done to Citizen Brown and the other Jennifer. . . .
Except she hasn’t done it yet, he thought, forcing himself to cool down. And once we’re done here, she never will. She’ll be back to being the annoying old lady with her cat and her megaphone that we all – maybe not love, but. . . .
He thought about that for a minute. He hadn’t known the original Edna Strickland for long, but he’d gotten the impression she didn’t go out much. All her time seemed to be spent pouring over her newspapers, feeding her cat, and yelling at people out the window. He wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t have any friends at all (apart from maybe her brother), thanks to that winning personality of hers. It did seem like a lonely, empty life.
Yeah, but better that than her brainwashing people, he thought, the image of Citizen Brown’s “treatment” flashing through his brain and causing him to clench his fists. Sorry, Citizen Brown, but my sympathy for your wife – past or future – is pretty damn limited. She’s an annoying busybody who – who. . .
Who might be way more tolerable if we hooked her up with somebody who wasn’t you.
Marty arched an eyebrow. That was a thought! If he and Citizen Brown managed to find a boyfriend for Edna – one who wouldn’t destroy the space-time continuum by marrying her – then didn’t everybody win? Marty’s timeline would be almost completely restored, and Citizen Brown could rest easy knowing that Edna wouldn’t be alone. And the people she yelled at through her megaphone would probably be grateful too. He nodded to himself. Okay, first up, finish up the plan to get Edna and Emmett apart. Then find Citizen Brown – or Doc – and see about getting Edna someone who can keep her happy – and in check.
-MF:. . .I thought you couldn't care less whether Edna lived or died.-
Yeah, well, I think Marty has more compassion for her than I do. This was written in response to Episode 4 trying to lay a guilt trip on us about how Edna Strickland winds up in the correct timeline. As MartyFox states, it didn't really work on me (then again, that's probably because Citizen Brown's moans hit me right in the soft places of my heart), but I imagine it probably worked a little on Marty. Poor guy's all confused and lost and just wants to get back home.
-VDM: Can you blame him? If I knew that was the future possibly awaiting me back in my home time. . .-
Yeah, tell me about it. Anyway, this is basically me exploring some of my own thoughts and feelings through Marty. Yeah, okay, her life sucks in 1986, but she's a bitch who rather brought it on herself, in my opinion. However, you can see that I'm not all that opposed to a happy ending for Edna, if only to spare the bystanders of Hill Valley her megaphone. I have no doubts Telltale will give us an "everybody wins" ending -- I'm just worried about what it'll take to get us there.
-VuM: Trust me, you're not the only one. How come Game!Me is thinking about Citizen Brown as -- well, Citizen Brown, though? Wasn't he calling him Doc?-
Yeah, but the way I see it, Marty knows this isn't really his best friend. So while he's willing to call him Doc on the outside, inside this guy's gonna be Citizen Brown. It's complex.
-TD: Well, so are the games. I'm quite nervous about how Episode 5's gonna play out.-
We all are, TeenDoc, we all are.
Aaand I realize that, in my rush to make this a 10:04 entry, I neglected to explain why I called it "Winter." Honestly, I was having major trouble prompt-matching this one. After a while, I started thinking of phrases like "the winter of our discontent" and decided that "winter" would link into Marty's mood. He's feeling low at this particular moment, like the world's gone cold and dark. And he thinks at the end there's a potential springtime coming. (Little does he know. . . .)
As for Victor, have a pair of Author's Choice drabbles for the 100 Drabbles of Summer challenge -- including one for "birthday," natch. :) I'm having a blast writing these.
Okay, I've got a thread to finish up for the party, then some stuff to post over in
charloft -- I'll catch you all later! :D