pics and writing projects

Well for those that don't read my LJ I have new pics taken by my kitty who is and shall remain the bestest of photographers and kitties in the world. You can see them here if you're bored enough to look..


I did want to point out that when I do these photoshoots it's for showing off the costume and the effect of it and stuff... I try to get a few pics of just me in simply cause I know my friends like to look at them. But I just like modelling costumes. *shrug*


Anyway, I have been writing on Angelus Errare. Mainly jumping ahead a few chapters to explore a character who I know is not going to get as much recongition as I think she deserves in the story. I intend to write out her story in a totally different thing but it's a maater of establishing her world. AE is kind of the introduction to my vampire mythology and world I guess. She's the type of character that gets more or less ignored unless the author tries to make an honest effort to imprint her on the reader's mind- to let them know this person isn't just "there"; she has her own story if you take the time to learn it. I was always an advocate that noticed and became more interested in the side characters in stories than the main ones. I hope everyone likes the new chapters, and she becomes at least admired to a point (well for a fictionary character) by those who like my work.


On a totally different note, I've decided to write a kind of BLOOD fanfic. It's more or less my perception on the VFB storyline. I'm considering this a fanfic because ultimately I am taking the characters and story Fu-ki created and writing out the story the way I see it in an all out story as opposed to Fu-ki's lyrics (which left gargantuous plot holes in it; but that's what happens with lyrics as opposed to straight story writing I guess...). Hopefully I can do it justice and it would be something that is a compliment to it... rather than my taking it and running so to speak.



The problem with doing this is the fact that I have to figure out some little things that probably only Fu-ki himself knows. You know his world, his rules right? His version of the vampire seems to be a cross between Anne Rice, Dracula and the old religion vampire. Amusingly, my biggest issues lie in 4 things which I have a feeling I will just have to take artistic license with.

Why would Kaede's character give Fu-ki a weapon to kill Kiwamu? (There has to be more motivation than she supports his... quest or purpose.) What is her total role? (I mean is she just "there" and I have to expand on her character by taking a sinfully large bound of artistic license with it, or what?) What kind of sex drive do his vampires possess? (They obviously have one, but the issue is do they get off on actual sex, or feeding or both...?) And last of all, did he give up his quest for revenge or did he get it and realize it led to no where? (The VFB storyline is just not clear on that...)

I guess this is just the difference between a song writers and novel writers styles. While a song writer can establish a world and storyline, the focus is on the mood... not the more in depth details. Even if they are present in the author's mind because he has to express them through lyrics... but lyrics tell of emotions in a story... A novelist has to draw out the actual characters faults, strengths, motivations, and what makes them "work" etc. I'm sure Fu-ki has these things in his head for his characters but the problem is... because they have to be expressed via verse and song, he can't explore them deeper. Cause he'd have to write a novel to do it.

Well, that got preachy and I didn't mean to... was thinking out loud more or less. Anyway, I'll start it soon I think. Hopefully I will at least do it justice though I know I'll never be able to get it exactly the way HE meant it to be. But I suppose fanfics are all about exploring the perceptives of the author or something...


Note: This was supposed to go on MySpace... but the blog on there seems to be having major split personality issues...