Stories I have never written

[vilakins]

I so enjoyed the inventive replies to others' posts, I thought I'd do this too.

Give me the title of a story I've never written, and feedback telling me what you liked best about it, and I will tell you any of: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it almost never got posted, the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage, or something else that I want readers to know.

I'll accumulate responses and answer them in a separate post.

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I adored "Multiversal Thief!" I mean, I knew you could stick Vila in universes like Farscape's and make it entertaining -- and I did enjoy his brief encounter with Chiana and Zhaan -- but some of those crossover possibilities would never have occurred to me in a million years, and you really made them work. I think it was when he popped out into the world of The Simpsons that I started grinning like crazy, and I didn't stop until the end. And I still think you should write a sequel featuring the shows you missed out -- not that there were all that many!

[wolfma.livejournal.com]

I loved the post-GP one where Vila and Avon become strippers.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

"A Fur Piece" was a great caper story. I loved Vila trying to make up to Cally by stealing Servalan's fur coats for her, and having to dress up in one of them and pretend to be Servalan when Travis 'reported for duty'.

The scene with the lights out was hilarious. And when Vila found his teleport bracelet and told Travis 'I'd rather kiss a wookie'... and did it in Servalan's voice! I hurt myself laughing.

[kernezelda]

Awwww, I like this a lot! Vila and Chiana just had a blast, and I had a blast reading them. I'm sure the Doctor was a lot more amused than he let on, even if the Tardis did get a tiny, tiny little dent from the pursuit.

"All's Fair In Love and War" is a classic for a reason!

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

"Vila, The Witch and The Ward's Robe."

I thought this was great. The scene between Jadis and Servalan remains etched in my brain. Vila's encounter with Aslan had me giggling like an idiot. Now there is a thief who would never view him as a "tame lion".

Finding the robes of State and stealing them out of the palace was a masterful piece of Vila's ingenuity and your storytelling ability.

The young Queen was just how a true Narnian Queen should be, brave, valiant and not at all prosy.


(The trouble with this is,I'm now wanting the story :¬D)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Well, I can actually offer you a B7/Narnia crossover, The Lion, the Thief, and Avon (http://www.farsight.net.nz/fiction/lion.htm), even if it's not the story you were looking for. :-)

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

I think it was a vague recollection of that the sparked this request. That and the horrible pun.

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

I know you tend to be a Vila girl, so I was very impressed by "The Many Irresistible Charms of Sam Axe" - it was so incredibly tongue-in-cheek, and you did a masterful job of showing him both as capable ex-covert ops agent navigating a back-stabbing world of intelligence operatives and as the self-centered-with-a-heart-of-gold comic-foil ladies' man with an over-fondness for margaritas and easy living.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I hereby totally nominate this as What Vilakins Should Write Next. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I will if you write Parked in Miami. ;-)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Damn it. Let me watch the next couple of seasons, and I'll think about it. :)

[executrix.livejournal.com]

I thought that "Always Winter and Never Chanukah" gave a really interesting look into the difficult life of Jewish fauns.

[kerravonsen]

ROTFL!

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

I wonder if there was a longer story behind that double drabble of Vila performing as a magician in a circus. It was interesting to see how even he winced when Avon wanted to steal money from the orphans and stuff, and I liked the exploration of both their morals in such a short and poignant piece. "Juggling Priorities" needs a sequel or twelve:).

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

I really liked the way you handled Vila infiltrating the Alpha sectors and convincing people--especially Avon--that he was an Alpha. Though still think my favorite part is when he put on that dress! I hope you'll do a sequel later, to show us what happens to crew dynamics now that we know Vila was faking all this time.

[kerravonsen]

"More Heist, Less Speed" was great fun! I like how you dealt with the time-travel stuff, but the joy was in the interaction between Jarod and Vila. I liked how Vila was charmingly sly, while Jarod, seeming to be taken in at first, you got the impression that he had clued in on Vila's lies, and was pretending to be more naive than he was. And of course, seeing them working together was awesome.