shipperx | Not Sure Where I'm Going With This...

I've been pondering what to write for

rahirah 's   "Nertz to you, Joss Whedon!" ficathon (which is take something that irritates the crap out of you in Season 8 and write fic). Right now I've got three vague and unformed plot bunnies running around.

1) Angel centric -- "nertz!" that Angel isn't a character in Season 8, not one with a history or motivation.  He's just a pawn easily gulled by prophecies. The plot bunny is a character study of why is he so easily led around by tales of prophecies and being told that he's special.   This bunny goes back to his childhood. I'm just not sure how to tie it together with S8 to make the thing concise and bring it to a point. So far it's a historical oddity. Strangely, I've got a title for this one.   "Dispossessed"

2) Spike centric -- "nertz!" that Spike isn't a character in Season 8. He's just... there. My idea in that one is to dig around in his head a little while Buffy is in her shower. This one would just be a quick character study and thus kind of pointless itself. I have next to nothing for this one except, weirdly enough, another title "Eroding Fossils" and another trek to a character's childhood.  So, basically, another historical moment... only it's even more vague than the Angel one.   It's so vague that it's the most likely to not be written.

3) Original Character, a random Slayer -- "nertz!" ... well, basically if you look at Bangel Boink, etc. from a random Slayer's POV, Buffy (and Angel) would come off terribly. Still, I find I'm interested in the view of someone who has no interest in Buffy's love life but whose own life and welfare are endangered by it.

The problem is that all three plot bunnies are small, unformed things and I'm not entirely sure what I want to do with them. I just know that I don't want any of them growing very big because I have other fic to work on and I'm not up for something major. Plus, they all need brainstorming.

Still, these are the bunnies I'm wrestling with at the moment.