On Sequels & Plot bunnies.

[lightofdaye]

Sequels are tricky everyone knows that. Mostly people think of them in terms of films I guess and 'a sequel better than the original' is a rare and highly sort of accolade. And everyone can think of goddawful film sequels that rather they couldn't' Spider-Man 3/X-Men 3/Highlander 2 etc.

Why do I bring this up? Well I kinda, sorta, talked about a sequel to my veela fic with tamlane, who being entirely to blame for that fic the first place was of course very enthusiastic about the idea.Especially when I mentioned the idea I had of making it m/f/f. Then I tried to sit down to do some writing yesterday and... got nowhere. Though this isn't new for me, lol, especially for threesome fics. I have at least a couple of threesome fics I attempted for asoiafkinkmemeon my harddrive that got like a paragraph in before grinding to a halt

. So anyway, as anyone attempted sequels to their fics? How did that go? How did you keep it both fresh and consistent with previous fics? And the other thing, how many plot bunnies do you get that never go anywhere?

edit: Some HP plot bunnies i have that yet to make it out of my head.

• James/Roxy/Al Love triangle fic.  Wherein Al is shy and James is an arsehole bad boy.


• Ron/Hermione. Their first time in Ron’s room at the Burrow. (probably 100s of versions of this though)


• Harry/Hannah.  My brain seem to like Harry needing rebound sex. After being dumped Harry mopes at the leaky cauldron constantly until the landlady offers him a nightcap.

Comments

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

"Very enthusiastic" - LOL. You damn near caused sudden fangirl death.

I see your point about sequels (although The Godfather Part II is made of win). I will admit with a wistful sigh that it's hard to recapture the magic of the original.

That said, the real magic of that Veela fic is the Louis Weasley that you created, and his allure is only a tiny part of that. Boy is money. He’s so easygoing and bashful and sweet that you just wanna shake him... until he gets turned on, and then all bets are off. wrioejifjsdkfls It’s the whole “gentleman in the streets, freak in the sheets” dichotomy. It’s irresistible. No, you know what? Even without the ‘freak in the sheets’ part of the equation, your Louis just wins, period. DUDE. I had no clue you were going to come up with that when I threw that bunny at you, and I’m still having trouble recovering.

So. I am obviously going to have to think of twenty gazillion new Louis/f/f plot bunnies and bombard you with them until you cave because I will grudgingly admit that “Do Male Veela Even Have Mojo?” is pure magic and as such probably deserves to stand alone. *grumble* But you’re not off the hook.

There are so many poor, lost little plot bunnies hopping around on my hard drive right now. It’s so sad that it almost needs an infomercial. Want some? ;D

[lightofdaye]

I think the lesson here is not to tell you about cool things unless I'm very very sure they'll get written. Lol.

I think I mentioned this before but yeah, I have no idea where that Louis/Rose fic came from either. I am ruining my mystique as a writer here but I didn't exactly plan that, it just sort of happened.

Oh I have plot bunnies a plenty. Just can't actually get them down on paper. Im going to edit a few into the post maybe.

eta: or not. LJ decided to eat my bunnies. Anyway, I want to apologise for continually bringing up veela fic and making you say more nice things about it.

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

Nooo! I kick the new interface for eating the bunnies! :(

Using LiveJournal over the years has taught me the value of CTRL+C.

ETA: I would call you nuts for apologizing, but I'd rather let you stew in your guilt until it makes you give in and write more Louis.

[lightofdaye]

eta: the bunnies are back!

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

I never, ever, ever get tired of reading Ron/Hermione first time fic. They were my OTP before I discovered fandom.

[lightofdaye]

Really? I hope you won't be offended if I say that really surprises me? Given the amount of Hermione/Slytherin on your master list. lol.

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

Like I said, I used to be such a nice girl.

Then I read that first Draco fic....

[lightofdaye]

... that dastardly ruiner of good people.