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Post by advocaat on Nov 28, 2012 0:16:10 GMT -6
I think you can wing it any way you want it, as long as you're clever enough with the explanations. Like, if you want to extend the time, and all else fails, just have them get caught in a freak storm or something. Works every time.
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Post by azuremoon on Nov 28, 2012 0:24:50 GMT -6
I think you can wing it any way you want it, as long as you're clever enough with the explanations. Like, if you want to extend the time, and all else fails, just have them get caught in a freak storm or something. Works every time. That it does. Mother Nature has a mind of her own >XD AHH!! I wanna write but I need to finish my oneshot for my writers group. Then I will go back to writing my ATLA fic! I've been planning for future fics too though so I can make sure it keeps going! =D
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Post by kathrynlacey on Nov 30, 2012 12:06:32 GMT -6
So... I have this idea for a crossover...
I was watching Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and it came to me. However, this wouldn't be Zutara set in the Disney scenery. It would just be the basic beauty-beast idea in an AU A:TLA universe.
I don't know if something like that has really been done. I know that the past BatB/Zutara crossovers have all had it closely tied to the Disney version rather than having its own kind of story... I think in mine, it starts with Sozin being cursed by the Spirits to be a monstrous being (to show on the outside what he is within) for upsetting the balance of the world, and he would pass on that beastly appearance to his descendents regardless of whether he took a mate from his own nation or a foreign one (since I highly doubt Sozin and his son/grandsons would do anything less than use this terrifying new form to scare the shit out of people and take their land even more successfully than in the show).
It would still have the "true love can break the curse" theme, but so far, no true love. That's where the Zutara comes into play.
I don't know if this idea even sounds interesting to people. I discussed it a little with a friend of mine, but I have trouble gauging whether people are actually interested in what I'm doing or if they're just trying to not hurt my feelings. hahah
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Post by azuremoon on Nov 30, 2012 12:12:37 GMT -6
I think it sounds interesting, kathrynlacey. I much prefer the idea of you adapting the story to fit Avatar than the other way around. Ditto. Much more interesting to adopt it to BE ATLA while still being BatB. It sounds cool!
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Post by kathrynlacey on Nov 30, 2012 12:23:06 GMT -6
Yes! I just couldn't imagine how the hell a bunch of my favorite characters could become enchanted household objects. I mean... technically, magic doesn't exist in A:TLA. Then again... I firmly believe magic is just what they call science before they can figure out how it works. XD
I think the spirits changing the biology of a human into the biology of some anthropomorphic animal (all of the animals in A:TLA aren't just one animal - with the exception of Basco - anyway, so it works!) is a lot more believable than turning them into household objects. When I was watching Beauty and the Beast, I couldn't help but think, "How are they moving? Maybe if they were made of rubber... but they're not, and even if they were, there are no muscles to move them! Also, where the hell are their brains? Isn't it weird that they're like... drinking the insides out of a cup and a teapot?" I love that movie, and it will always be one of my favorites, but I just couldn't realistically conceive of a way to properly adapt it into an A:TLA crossover.
I also couldn't deal with the idea of following the script too closely because that would just leave me bored. That script has already been done, and while I wouldn't mind reading someone else writing a Zutara take on that, I would lose interest writing it myself.
That's how I got the idea for it being based in an AU version of the A:TLA world. It would enable me to keep the characters more In Character than if I was adapting the Disney script, and it keeps me interested by forcing me to be creative rather than just tweaking things here and there to change another person's idea.
Much like how Phantom of the Opera was inspired by the French folktale of Beauty and the Beast, mine will be, hopefully, it's own sort of thing simply inspired by the fairytale. =D
I was thinking of making Jet be the Gaston of the fic, too, and I think I've figured out how to do it. This is just going to take time, and it's going to have to be a multi-chapter fic.
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Post by advocaat on Nov 30, 2012 12:39:05 GMT -6
Haha. Hahn would also make a good Gaston. Or Chan. But I'm certainly not opposed to Jet.
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Post by ladyavatar on Nov 30, 2012 12:47:03 GMT -6
This is just going to take time, and it's going to have to be a multi-chapter fic. I am very much a fan of epic multi-chapter fics - onwards, I say, to writing! Proceed with weaving this most interesting-sounding of tales!
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Post by kathrynlacey on Nov 30, 2012 12:57:23 GMT -6
advocaat, I'm not going for the stereotypical "I'm so beautiful, I need someone just as beautiful as me, but she has to do the women's work and not be her real, awesome self." kind of Gaston. First of all, Katara wasn't the most beautiful female in the show. I think she's lovely, but I love her personality, too, and personalities play a huge role in making me see physical beauty where I may not have previously spied it.
While I agree that Hahn and Chan are ideal for the Gaston personality archetype, I wanted someone with potential for actually winning Katara's affections. Before she realized he wasn't such a great guy, Katara really liked Jet, and at one of the San Diego Comic Cons, the creators even revealed that Jet was Katara's first kiss (albeit, off screen).
Jet will still be his ol' charming self, but he will also still be obsessive, vengeful, and willing to do what he thinks is right even if it means doing terrible things to accomplish it. That's the Jet I know and love! =D
ladyavatar, Hm... I wouldn't say epic... I mean, it could turn into something epic, but I'm probably not the greatest writer though I love to do it. Writing a story on one's own is freaking hard. I have mad envy and appreciation for people like you who do it all the time successfully. I'm just worried that I'll put it out there and realize that it sucks soooo badly, that someone more skilled could have done a better job of it. hahah
I'm going to try really hard to work on it and to finish it and post it somewhere. I already have a couple of chapters done on it, but the prologue is giving me a lot of trouble, so I've left it be, and I'm going to get back to it some other time. Setting the stage in a successfully interesting way is a lot more difficult than I ever realized it could be. I wanted it to have a similar feel to the Disney prologue, but I'm having difficulties with proper flow because I have a lot of difficulties with the folktale style of writing. Ugh...
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Post by ladyavatar on Nov 30, 2012 13:00:06 GMT -6
I already have a couple of chapters done on it, but the prologue is giving me a lot of trouble, so I've left it be, and I'm going to get back to it some other time. If I might be of service, I'd love to read your prologue and let you know what I think (and/or offer suggestions). Perhaps it's actually fabulous and you only think it's giving you trouble! Edit: This is exactly how I felt before starting my "Fire and Ice" fic (since it's the first fic I've ever written, and I was terrified of how it would be received). If you don't try, you'll never know how it might turn out.
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Post by kathrynlacey on Nov 30, 2012 14:21:30 GMT -6
Really? ^ ^ I wonder if this is how potential actors/actresses feel when a famous actor/actress is like, "Hey! Show me what you have! I'll critique it!" It may take a day... I want to kind of read through it a few times and make sure I'm not going to completely humiliate myself. =D In fact... I may actually change it altogether. I've been toying with the idea of not having the prologue be all folky and instead have it be a sort of AU continuation of the scroll Sozin wrote on his death bed that was read by Zuko during Book Three: Fire; Chapter 6: "The Avatar and the Fire Lord," but it is supposed to sort of be a crossover, sooo... I don't know... I just have to make sure I'm not embarrassing myself by sending this your way first... It should take about a day. hahahah Thank you for the offer even if I eventually realize I'm too embarrassed to share it. XD We'll see how that goes.
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