Next on Fox: When Muses Attack!

[puss_nd_boots]

So over the past couple of days, I had one of the biggest muses-shocked-the-hell-out-of-me incidents I'd ever had. I was starting to write a short friendship fic in the Camera Eye series, about Byou and his group of friends-with-benefits (the other members of SCREW save Kazuki). It was really just a setup for the next fic in the series. The original intention was going to be the initial scene when Byou's friends meet Ruki, then some cute late-night dialogue between Jin and Byou, then some fooling around, then Manabu coming by and getting invited to join in the fun.

Instead, all of a sudden Jin was acting all jealous of Ruki, and Byou was telling him he was in his heart, and I was writing a romantic pairing I hadn't even considered before. Double-yoo-tee-eff. Granted, I was happy with it when I was done, but when I realized what I was writing, I was like, "What? WHAT? Where is this coming from?" I hadn't even thought much about a permanent primary love interest for Byou in the Camera Eye series. (The most obvious romantic pairing for Byou is always, of course, Mao from Sadie, but I didn't want to bring any non-PSC-at-the-time-I-started-writing-The-Camera-Eye bands into the series - it's set at PSC Productions, after all). And I also know that ByouxJin is most definitely not without basis - at one point, the fandom was apparently shipping them heavily (they're one of the few pairings to get their own tag in the apparently-years-without-active-mods screw_yaoi). And in addition, Jin is the band member whose stock went up the most for me as a result of seeing the band live - at the last show, I was going to get his scrunchie and add it to my wrist behind Byou's and Kazuki's, but we didn't have time to hit the merch table before the show.

But still . . . this was a big, fat "WTF?" Although it does make my plans for the next installment of the series a bit more interesting.

Meanwhile, I'm back in normal life after Japan (and kind of hoping one of my favorite bands plays in Europe next year so I'll both be able to see them and able to go on another trip. I've already started budgeting for that just in case). And all I'm going to say about the latest Gazewank is thank God it seems to be over. (Just when it looked like it was going to end, someone else would upload another manifesto and it would start all over again  . . .)

Comments

[random-x13.livejournal.com]

omggggggggg it's creepy yet wonderfully amazing when muses take the fuck over and write their own shit!!!
I'll def have to agree with this ByouxJin. Ok 'Definitely' was absolutely a couples' photo shoot and idc no one can convince me otherwise. XD
Looking forward to more of this series because I LOVE IT SO MUCH OMFG

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[ldybastet.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! The muses knew the fic better than you did! ;) I sometimes get that with RKA. And I am so glad that you ran with it, instead of trying to make them conform to the idea you had outlined instead. :) I'll admit that I kind of thought that Byou and Ruki would get closer, even though Ruki already has his special one... but Jin was an excellent choice! Good work, Byou! I approve! ;) I've always like Jin, from all the interviews and the backstage vids and everything...

Isn't it sad how so many once vibrant and active comms are now dead? It's a damn ghost town! Where are all the writers and shippers now? On Tumblr? But... no one seems to be writing there, and it's a nightmare for fic... Did they all stop writing? Moved on the other hobbies, and no new ones showed up? Really? I don't get it.

The Gazewank was horrible and frustrating, and so so US and EU centric. And again, just when I thought it was over, a very widely read person posted another explanation/rant about it. :( Then again, if it makes the people who already hate Ruki for anything and everything he does finally go away and leave Gazefandom, then it might be a blessing in disguise?