Nat

So I'm working on making a neocities site. I'm using "working" here in the sort of vague, sweeping sense that means this is something I was doing before finals and plan to return to once things calm down again. This isn't a project that will be quick, both because of the kind of project it is and because I'm being stubborn and coding the entire thing from scratch. It's not as if i don't already have a lot on my plate, right? I'm only writing an entire radio show in my spare time as it is...

Anyways.

This is an undertaking of wholly self-indulgent proportions. Nobody asked me to do this. No one else cares if I make this. It's happening because I want it to, and that's all I need.

but what is "it"?

Yes, well I guess this is the part where I say it out loud: I'm doing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer rewrite.

Whether or not I'm a fan of the show depends largely on how you define being a fan. I can't make it through an episode without complaining about the stink of Joss Whedon that permeates the plot; in this sense there's a certain type of fan that would wouldn't consider me part of their community. At the same time I do like the characters and certain parts of the plot. It's just a show that I wish was better than it is.

Instead of a fix-it fic this is more like an AU where I was put in charge of the story. Whether or not this is fixing the story largely depends on if you think the changes are improvements or making things worse. For example, I'm making s1 Willow a closested lesbian with an unrequited crush on Buffy who ruins her first relationship with a woman by cheating on (high-school-aged) Tara with Cordelia. This may or may not be a "fix" to anything, but I think it's more fun.

except this isn't a fic, either

There are... multiple reasons I'm making a neocities site thing instead of just writing a pic and putting it up on AO3. In 2022 I retired from fic writing (read: deleted every fic I've ever written) because I got tired of people demanding updates for fics that were years in the making. So part of this format is motivated by how much I just do not enjoy the way people treat fic writers like content machines. Using an alternate format gives me something fun and open-ended that no one ever really expects me to truly "finish".

Instead, my plan is to create a sort of wiki type thing based on the format creators use when pitching a television show. In a way I guess it's a sort of epistolary story where people read the details and then put them together rather than just handing you the finished project. It feels like an easier way to organize information than trying to piece it all together into a coherent fic with actual prose. This way also feels like less pressure... idk.

But! There will still be plot synopsis to read as if it's a real story. They just won't be as detailed as documenting every individual line of dialogue.

This is feeling rambly now so uh tldr: I'm making a neocities page to post a fic outline instead of bothering to write out the whole thing. And if you wanna find out when things really start happening you can check out the profile here