DVD commentary meme

[gwyn]

Trying to get into the headspace to work on the next Cap fic, but feeling really crappy about writing. So, of course, a meme!

Pick a scene from one of my fics, and I’ll do a DVD commentary about it. (And if there’s anything specific you want to know, I’ll do my best!)

Get me jump-started?

Comments

[kore]

Anything from Man with a Plan because that story cracks me up AND it's hott! -- I like hearing authors talk about the beginning and ending of fics so maybe pick either?

[gwyn]

Okay, cool!

[kore]

(also, just dloaded all of Dark Approach and am EXCITED to read it) (and if you wanted to say anything about vidding 'Sorrow,' I love that vid) (//runs away having enthused too enthusiastically)

[gwyn]

Hey, it's not like I'm drowing in enthusiasm about anything I do, so believe me, it's appreciated and no need to run off!

[kore]

Haha, I'm always terrified of being stalkery....I read all of Dark Approach last night and really loved it, especially the flashbacks and how they wove into the main plot. And it was so romantic! but so heartbreaking. The emphasis was really on how recovery isn't linear, and how love can't really fix people, but they were making it together too.


also the rough stuff in the locker room was fucking hot

[kore]

also "Team Winter Boyfriend" was fucking hilarious

[gwyn]

Ha! Yeah, that was one of my favorites, too. Thank you for the comments! Sometimes I feel like I couldn't pay people to read it, so I'm always thrilled when someone enjoyed it and gave it a try. It was one of my favorite writing experiences ever, even if I felt pretty invisible by the end. I still have a side story in the universe I'd like to write (not sure if that's what people call timestamps) but there are so many Steve/Bucky stories I still want to write.

[kore]

YES MORE STUCKY ALL THE STUCKY

especially since I'm gonna need good fic to get through all the Giant Robot Movie stuff //cries

....timestamps, are those the shorter fics that go on in between the scenes in longer fics? //is so out of it

[ranalore]

Oh man, oh man, I want to ask for something from Dark Approach, but I worry if that was too long ago, yet I don't want to assume you have the terrible memory problems I do. At the same time, I would adore hearing you talk about Bucky and poetry, because as a poet, that one really got me where I live (and the sideways association through Rilke to "Love-Song" and Letters to a Young Poet is just...explosions of FEELINGS everywhere, because boys), so. I'm very torn. I want it all!

[gwyn]

For you, I could do both! Is there anything specific from Dark Approach you'd like to have commentary on?

Do you want just Bucky and poetry in general or anything specific?

[ranalore]

For you, I could do both!

::makes a noise only dogs and dolphins can hear::

Is there anything specific from Dark Approach you'd like to have commentary on?

The hospital scene after Bucky comes in, which kills me every time I read it.

Do you want just Bucky and poetry in general or anything specific?

I guess for that one I'd love more meta than commentary, really. I'd love to hear what inspired you to write the story, which is one I kind of really, really wanted and never expected because I always want poetry+my OTC fic in all my fandoms and sometimes it fits better than others and in this case I thought it might actually fit but I wasn't sure anybody else saw it that way and so I resigned myself to likely never getting it.

[kore]

DUDE I JUST READ THAT ONE
SHE HAD ME ON THE FLOOR, IT WAS SO HEARTBREAKING

AND THEN SHE WOULD DO STUFF LIKE TONY WANTING TO BE IN THE CUDDLE PILE ON THE ROOF GARDEN AND I WOULD CRACK UP V QUIETLY WHILE T WAS SLEEPING NEXT TO ME BECAUSE I READ PAST MY BEDTIME

[avidrosette.livejournal.com]

Here's a scene from one of your older fics, a The Fast and the Furious story that I've reread many times, Cuidad de Estrellas (http://archiveofourown.org/works/206339?view_full_work=true), that I'd love to hear you talk about if you felt inclined. The scene starts in the middle of the story, on page 110 of my download, with the line "Tanner studied Toretto as they were explaining the wire to him, taking note of what he paid attention to, what he brushed off." This is the scene that takes place in the surveillance van, where Tanner and the other cops are interacting with Dom as someone on their side for the first time. It starts in Tanner's mature, insightful, somewhat distrustful pov, as he observes Dom and Brian&Dom, and continues in Dom's pov. It's a wonderful moment of character revelation - a turning point at the dead center of the fic - and I found it really satisfying and memorable even at this remove. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!