I hate being sick

[maderr]

I'm really starting to think something is wrong with that damned store. I almost never get sick, yet twice now I've been seriously ill. I'm going to burn it, I swear.

I'll be hiding in my bed most of the day, seeing as the ice has shut everything down and there's no going anywhere to get anything.

Stole this from jagen13, just b/c I love this sort of thing:

If you've ever watched your favorite DVDs, and then found yourself eager to hear exactly what the actors, directors, writers and even production designers thought about making the episode, the movie, or whatever - you'll know sometimes the best parts of DVDs are hearing the commentaries. Getting into an actor's feelings about the character they play, getting the background behind a writer's plans and metaphors, even just getting the stupid anecdotal stuff that makes you laugh, it's all good.

Pick a fic I've written, any fic, or even a short story arc, if you like, anything I've done and I'll give you the dvd-style "What the hell was I thinking?" commentary thing--though you might want to specify characters, or storyline, or plot. (You can ask more specific questions as well. Or you can not, and just let me ramble on at will.)

Comments

[white_aster]

Oooh oohooooooh! "Scream"! ^____^ I love hearing other folks' take on Albert and Yuber. :)

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Scream is the fic I'm proudest of, but oddly enough I wasn't even a huge fan of the pairing when I first wrote it. It started w/my looking simply for Yuber fics on ff.net. I got so fed up w/the bad yuber/albert fics I wanted to see if I could write a good one (I didn't find yours until later).

Mostly I just wanted to keep the two IC - which meant nothing between them was going to be particularly nice. Albert's damned ruthless & cold, Yuber is...well, Yuber. Neither struck me as actually needing/wanting anyone else, that's the hardest part of the pairing. So it would have to be something else - control seemed the one thing the two had in common.

Yuber always interested me because he doesn't seem to care about being used, even though he could easily kill his "bosses." Once I considered that, and began to question why he acts like this, the actual story shaped itself. Because Albert is only interested in one thing - gaining power. He's a Silverburg through & through in my eyes, a very powerful one. Yuber seems to like to break the strong, and Albert will do anything to avoid being the loser.

Is that sufficient, or is there something more you'd like explained?

[white_aster]

^___^ No, that was exactly what I wanted to know.

Your line of reasoning on Yuber and Albert is very similar to mine. I agree totally that it's not entirely intuitive what exactly Yuber and Albert each GET out of any relationship they might have. Albert's easier to figure out because Yuber IS skilled and useful. And to be honest, a lot of my plots come from Yuber, from some quirk of his personality that Albert discovers. They may be told from Albert's pov, but they're YUBER'S stories. :) And he just likes it for the amusement value. When you're as old as he is and care nothing for the baser things like money and political power, what's left but keeping yourself amused?

[white_aster]

^___^ No, that was exactly what I wanted to know.

Your line of reasoning on Yuber and Albert is very similar to mine. I agree totally that it's not entirely intuitive what exactly Yuber and Albert each GET out of any relationship they might have. Albert's easier to figure out because Yuber IS skilled and useful. And to be honest, a lot of my plots come from Yuber, from some quirk of his personality that Albert discovers. They may be told from Albert's pov, but they're YUBER'S stories. :) And he just likes it for the amusement value. When you're as old as he is and care nothing for the baser things like money and political power, what's left but keeping yourself amused?