Date: 2008-06-09 12:45 Subject: X-Men and Bartimaeus and Celtics OH MY Security: Public Location: couch Mood: contemplative Music: Germany-Poland Euro 08 highlights Tags: a day in the life, celtics, epic fail, kitty jones, kitty pryde, lance, x-men: evolution

Epic fail by the Lakers in Boston last night. I think the fourth quarter they just realized, "Holy shit, we're in the Finals? It probably wasn't a good idea to completely suck for those first three quarters." A lot of that was on the refs, though. Still, when Sasha Vujacic (or He Whose Name Cannot Be Spelled Correctly) is taking an off-balance shot that ends up being the biggest shot of the game, you're not doing something right. And Pierce owned him, anyways. And Powe!!!!

ANYWAYS.

Been writing a lot of my X-Men: Evo WIP. It's interesting editing A Day in the Life and writing that fic at the same time: I end up comparing the two Kittys. I really hope they don't overlap or anything. On one hand they're both strong, independently-minded, moral characters with occasional tempers (especially when it comes to Nat and Lance), but on the other hand Kitty Jones is more of a loner while Kitty Pryde is a very sociable person. Pryde's mannerisms are a bit different - although it's hard trying to find the balance between the valley girl seen in early Evo and her more sophisticated persona, especially when you're writing a fic that takes place two years after Ascension - but they both share a sense of naivete. I think in this case, Pryde's a little less naive, since she's experienced so much, so A Day in the Life is more of a learning experience for Kitty Jones while this X-Men fic is just a continuation of events that seem to be recurring in Kitty Pryde's life. It's interesting, at least, and the dynamic between both Kittys and their parents is similar but strikingly different. I'm having fun with it, but it's a challenge.

Enough with my inane ramblings about writing, since I don't know anyone who's a fan of both Evo and Barty besides myself. Although Lance is also a struggle, but a fun struggle. I'm trying to balance his "tough guy" exterior with his obvious inner romanticism. Kind of like if you mixed John McLane and Bruce Springsteen cerca Born to Run, with a slight dash of awkwardness.

Hm, I really do talk too much.

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