Re: OT; My future writing plans

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Hang on, 'a new love'? who? personally i'm a B/W shipper but hey i'm 
very curious to see if you've got someone else in mind.
-Carmen

--- In buffywantswillow@y..., "JDMeans" <Jim_D_Means@p...> wrote:
> Greetings one and all!
> 
> Before I do anymore writing, I wanted to say a few things about my 
future stories. I just finished one of my most harrowing storylines, 
Return, and I'm still a little jazzed about it. As I got to the last 
few chapters, I realized that I had to continue this story beyond 
just bringing Buffy back. So as I finished up Return, plans started 
to develop for my next big story arc, which I call "Defenders of the 
Night". For the record, it's a crossover between Buffy and Disney's 
Gargoyles. I'll be working on that one this week. Probably after 
the season premiere actually. I already put together a Photoshop 
graphic teaser, which you'll find attached to this letter.
> 
> This will be my priority story for the time being. It's in several 
chapters and will essentially be an alternate sixth season. No, I'm 
not going to copy plotlines from upcoming new eps, I'll let Joss and 
crew go their way while I go mine. That's what I like about fanfic. 
You can do your own thing, and still enjoy what the pros are doing.
> 
> Anyway, the bad news is that some of my other stories are moving to 
the back-burner. Specifically, Somewhere I Have Never Traveled and 
the Third Power series. I hope to get to those at a later date, but 
for now I'll be concentrating on Defenders. Don't worry, I'll still 
be working on On Occasion and my contributions to Sappho's Spell. As 
for Planet of Darkness, no I haven't abandoned that one either, but 
I'll be re-working that storyline a little. The first four chapters 
that I've posted, that's one complete story, which I'll be 
calling "Escape from Tatooine". I plan to write two more stories for 
Planet of Darkness, making my own little Star Wars Trilogy(it's Star 
Wars, of course it has to be a trilogy, doesn't it?).
> 
> One more thing that I have to get off my chest. For those of you 
who aren't familiar with the Gargoyles, the show involves a clan of 
supernatural warriors, or gargoyles, who defended a Scottish castle 
in the tenth century, and now defend Manhattan island from criminals 
and other threats. The reason I bring this up is that some of the 
action in my story will take place in New York City.
> 
> After much rumination, I have decided that this story takes place 
in an alternate universe where the World Trade Center wasn't 
destroyed by a terrorist attack. This is not to belittle the 
terrible tragedy, because it deserves to be remembered. I only know 
that I won't be able to fully describe the actual attack, to give it 
the proper weight. And simply putting it in the background would 
lessen its impact. I know this sounds like a copout, but out of 
respect for those who died, and for those heroes who were and are 
part of the recovery process, I cannot put this event into the 
background of my story. I thank you for your understanding.
> 
> Okay, so you know my plans. Just hang tight, this is going to be 
one helluva ride!
> 
> Kirayoshi
> 
> "Nowadays, anyone with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks 
they're a sister to the dark ones."
> --Willow, "Hush"