FK Fic Revision "Poison in Their Blood"
Aug. 13th, 2023 06:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
switchbladeeyesSeveral months ago, when I got on my nostalgic kick about FK, I discovered AO3 and started reading a bunch of fic over there (not only FK, but mostly FK). And then I was like, maybe I should write one.
So I did. And I was glad I did, or I wouldn't have found the little community over here or learned that FORKNI-L still exists (thanks, Greer Watson, for pointing these things out to me!!!)
Again, I am very glad I did, but nonetheless, it's been a hot minute since I wrote fic of any kind (like 15-ish years). So over the weekend, I decided to see if I could improve it with fresh eyes. It's still the same story with a few things re-arranged. I cut out a bunch that I found, in retrospect, a bit extraneous/distracting. But despite cutting a lot out, the revision ended up about 400 words longer than before. It turns out I like writing dialog a lot more than descriptions/imagery so I spent some time fleshing out the descriptive language. I think the story better now.
It is set immediately post-"Ashes to Ashes" with Natalie, Nick, and LaCroix.
"Ashes to Ashes" was a fave episode for me, but it had plot holes big enough to march a Roman legion through. (We'll talk about that stuff after my next viewing of the episode.) Two vampires die and Nick is just totally unscathed? Come on now. I don't think so.
Regarding AO3, I realize there are a lot of relationship categories, but I personally don't love boxing this one in with such labels. So I slapped on a tag to "read into it whatever you want," which I truly mean. Is it Gen, is it Nick/Nat, is it Nick/LaCroix? IDK, the reader gets to decide those things.
Here it is:
Poison in Their Blood (revised)
So I did. And I was glad I did, or I wouldn't have found the little community over here or learned that FORKNI-L still exists (thanks, Greer Watson, for pointing these things out to me!!!)
Again, I am very glad I did, but nonetheless, it's been a hot minute since I wrote fic of any kind (like 15-ish years). So over the weekend, I decided to see if I could improve it with fresh eyes. It's still the same story with a few things re-arranged. I cut out a bunch that I found, in retrospect, a bit extraneous/distracting. But despite cutting a lot out, the revision ended up about 400 words longer than before. It turns out I like writing dialog a lot more than descriptions/imagery so I spent some time fleshing out the descriptive language. I think the story better now.
It is set immediately post-"Ashes to Ashes" with Natalie, Nick, and LaCroix.
"Ashes to Ashes" was a fave episode for me, but it had plot holes big enough to march a Roman legion through. (We'll talk about that stuff after my next viewing of the episode.) Two vampires die and Nick is just totally unscathed? Come on now. I don't think so.
Regarding AO3, I realize there are a lot of relationship categories, but I personally don't love boxing this one in with such labels. So I slapped on a tag to "read into it whatever you want," which I truly mean. Is it Gen, is it Nick/Nat, is it Nick/LaCroix? IDK, the reader gets to decide those things.
Here it is:
