Daily December --> January: plot bunnies and me

[topaz119]

Talk about a plot bunny I love but will probably never write. (Any fandom) (for brandywine28)

So. The thing is: I *hate* to give up on an idea. I keep it around and poke at it and poke at it and poke at it, and even after I've migrated fandoms, I still like to look at the bones of the idea and see how it might translate to different characters. I have files for every fandom I've ever written in, going all the way back to the X-Files and Buffy. Most of those are terrible ideas, though. I keep thinking about deleting them, but then I look at them every so often and realize how much better I've gotten at story-telling. It's helpful in the dark winter days.

So, for this post, I'm only looking at the really old files that I still feel love for, and one that I love the most is from the J2 days, one that I kept trying to get in the Disney prompt challenge (the RPF one, not the SPN one), which can be summed up by just saying "Misha Poppins."

No, really--the Js are together and have a loud and rambunctious family that runs through nannies like crazy until one day, the Santa Anas blow Misha to their doorstep and mayhem ensues. I never quite worked out who Bert might have been, and I really didn't ever get much plotting done aside from some hand-waving of and then there was [possibly] metaphorical kite-flying, but I really still do love the idea (and Misha's 'Cooking with West' videos certainly didn't discourage me.)

Comments

[sperrywink]

Ahahaha, Misha Poppins is too funny! I can see why it still entices you, even though it isn't fleshed out too much.

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

Aw. There's just something about hearing the details of Fics Never To Be. Something that makes me shed a single, wistful tear. (I love shedding single, wistful tears.)

Do I even need to tell you that I mourn for this story? Not only 'cos it sounds intensely awesome, but also 'cos I feel like it could've been a great learning opportunity! I feel like it takes a special kind of talent to slashify the less princess-y Disney films and I'm totally curious now about how it all would've come together!

I admire your dedication to meme-finishing, btw. :)

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

I kind of heard it from a bemused Jensen's POV, and every time he came back home, his kids would be in the middle of some elaborate, creative project and the new nanny-dude would give him a very unimpressed, your-job-is-killing-your-soul look, which sort of offends him except it's true and ... well, I didn't really work out much more, but I did love the concept.

At least the old meme gives me a topic to talk about--otherwise I'd be moaning on about how much I hate the winter, which is just boring. :D