Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Eulogy FDK Mar 8th, 2011 at 2:11pm Print Post Loved it! The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: Eulogy FDK Reply #1 - Mar 8th, 2011 at 2:14pm Print Post Can you say curve ball! Outstanding Amelia! What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Write Rat MajorSHADO Research Offline Straker and his coffee. Posts: 356 Location: United States Re: Eulogy FDK Reply #2 - Mar 9th, 2011 at 7:06pm Print Post Most everyone has done son of Straker stories, that was just my plot bunny idea for a take on one, and my husband wrote that because I hadn't actually written it down. It surprised me he did it without punctuation, he just sat and did it. He said he wanted it stark, without bells and whistles, just dialogue for the most part to set the grim mood after the funeral then you realize it isn't Straker and Freeman. All I suggested was that Alec's foster son might think of Straker as an uncle. My husband chewed on that a while then he said fine, he felt it worked ok. The beginning is more or less canon, the familiar Straker/Freeman argument, then all hell breaks out when the "Commander" admits feeling personal loss. Alec's foster son asks her about the bar to manipulate her into admitting it. It's suggested she tried to follow Straker's stoic example, but Alec's foster son has other ideas. So while the two kids are meant to remind us of the originals, Alec's foster son can't drink. That was my husband's idea. Not an original idea, but just fun to play around with. I've always appreciated twists. Of course we are now DEAD meat as far as Nans is involved, we killed original Alec. IP Logged
Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 658 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: Eulogy FDK Reply #3 - Mar 9th, 2011 at 8:18pm Print Post Wait till you've destroyed the entire planet a few times - killing one or two characters is nothin'. Of course then I do I hold something of a record for destroying the planet in less than twenty words. But next gen stories are fun. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: Eulogy FDK Reply #4 - Mar 9th, 2011 at 8:34pm Print Post Librarian wrote on Mar 9th, 2011 at 8:18pm:But next gen stories are fun. They are!!! I outlined an entire series of Next Gen stories for my Conover Saga, and boy, they were gonna be fun! But then I decided that no one but me would be interested in Straker's, Freeman's, and Foster's kids, so I shelved them. But they were gonna be fun! I did eventually write the first one. Reevaluation. It can be found at the SHADO Library under the Conover Saga as a Revisited story. #21. Did you ever write a Next Gen story for UFO, Deb? The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Write Rat Major Offline Straker and his coffee. Posts: 356 Location: United States Re: Eulogy FDK Reply #5 - Mar 9th, 2011 at 9:24pm Print Post . Quote:Did you ever write a Next Gen story for UFO, Deb? oh my gawd Did I just realize..uh never mind........(runs the hell away with a struggling plot bunny) We need a gif for a plot bunny omg this is smiley heaven, Deborah http://planetsmilies.net/ IP Logged
Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 658 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: Eulogy FDK Reply #6 - Mar 9th, 2011 at 9:33pm Print Post Well, Esther and Alex Straker appear in several of my stories (Okay, she's a main character in All I Have to Give), but in my 'verse, the war against the aliens is pretty much over by the time the kids are grown. At some point I might do an Alt 'verse with them. But then, maybe not. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: Eulogy FDK Reply #7 - Mar 9th, 2011 at 9:49pm Print Post Next Gen stories are fun! I took a shot at it in Love Never Fails throwing a time travel aspect into the mix. What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: Eulogy FDK Reply #8 - Mar 9th, 2011 at 11:33pm Print Post Deb, I guess I'm behind on your stories then. I haven't read that one. Thanks! I'll check it out! The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
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