Hey Hex-y!

[clocketpatch]

So, I've finally contributed money to that great and noble company which we call Big Finish. I got two audios: Night Thoughts (which I didn't like much over-all, but had some great character moments) and Arrangements for War (which I liked quite a bit, except for the ending which made me scratch my head a bit; I couldn't figure out why the Doctor was willing to allow all of the collateral damage that the love story brought about; and why he seemed relatively unconcerned by said collateral, but meh. Was a good story and good character moments). I highly recommend.

Anyway, I'm back at work on my Seven-Ace-Hex jungle thriller thing, though I should really, really, REALLY be working on my WIPs (I did plug in a new 2000 words for Forever Tomorrow though, I'm just trying to get the conclusion sorted... I knew where I was going with that story, and then it all just sort of got away from me).

What I want to know is, do any of you think there'd be an audience for a story which contains: a spot-light stealing OC who swears a lot, a Big Finish character (Hex), an-absent-for-most-of-the-fic Doctor (Seven), a-half-dead-for-quite-a-bit companion (Ace),  and a combination of near-future politics (and by near I mean, fifty years hence, and in the DW universe), random historical stuff, archaeology, and aliens? And timey-wimey, lots of timey-wimey... It's also looking to be quite long, if I ever get it done that is. I've got around 6000 words and I'm just finishing up the second chapter. So, probably a doosey.

Also, is anyone familiar enough with Seven, Ace, and Hex to be willing to beta for them? I'm thinking this will be a relatively early on adventure to make up for the fact that I haven't heard most of their audios, but I'm afraid I'm getting the dialogue wrong and maybe contradicting established characterisation?

Mostly I'm just concerned people aren't going to stand for reading half a chapter of my OC stamping around swearing. 
 

Comments

[greatbriton.livejournal.com]

Awwww, I would love to help but I am unfamiliar with all of those characters at the moment. :( :(

Blah. sorry.

[vonquixote.livejournal.com]

I would read that like a bat going back into hell because it left its cookies there and Satan will messily devour them if it doesn't go and retrieve them right now. There are ingredients for a bad Seven-Ace-Hex fic but I see none of them in what your promise.

I cannot beta the bounder though, not being massively familiar with the audios myself. Sorry.

[thisbluespirit]

It sounds very interesting to me! I'm not sure I'm the best person to beta, but I can beat the others so far, being familiar with Ace in most of her incarnations, Seven and have listened to two and a half Hex stories (The Harvest and The Settling - you really should have got those instead! The Harvest is a great intro to Hex, because it's his first story, so there's a lot about him there, ditto The Settling which is his second story and his introduction to history - I love that he, being from Liverpool, understands the trouble they're in before Ace. And Clive Mantle being Oliver Cromwell!).

If you cannot find anyone more expert, I am more than willing to have a go. I love the sound of all of it, except the swearing. ;-D

[abbyromana.livejournal.com]

I've made some edits to it. Overall, I don't think you have much to worry about your swearing character. There were only a few places I might ax the swearing, but mostly because it doesn't fit with the rest of the inner perspective you set up in the paragraph.

I think you don't have to worry about getting stuck as long as you keep interweaving scenes with Ace's and Hex's, and perhaps even the Doctor's perspective amongst the scenes of Mauss's perspective scenes. It flows quite nicely from what I read, so no worries in general.

I'll share the edits with you when we meet tonight for a SG-1 night. :D

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Sorry for remaining completely oblivious to this post; that sounds like a pretty intriguing shopping list of elements, actually, and I'm looking foward to reading it in its completed shape. As you know I'm something of a sucker for Seven and Ace, so I'd be happy to beta anything you write about them. If you want me to look at it, just PM me in the usual place (you know; The Usual Place, where The Usual Suspects gather).