I just don't necessarily want to write it - it'd get pretty bleak pretty fast, plus writing Illyria (especially for drama, and especially in a pairing) is hard.
*nods* As I discovered for myself when I first started writing fanfic almost ten years ago in another fandom 'verse, sustaining a story - with, you know, an actual plot - is so much harder than doing ficlets and drabbles. I actually had enough drafts written longhand for several novels, but I kept changing my mind as time went on ("Oh, what if...?") but none of it struck me as interesting to anyone but myself. (And crappy to boot.)
It's funny that even though I haven't watched AtS beyond a few episodes (someday, probably, but not now), Illyria has quickly become one of my favorite Buffyverse characters entirely via fanfiction. (there's a scene in one of brutti_ma_buoni's Rulesverse stories in which Giles observes Illyria serving as a sort of "counselor" for one of the new Slayers that just kills me.) Her/It works so beautifully in both comedic and dramatic stories.
Btw- I'm not a fan of horror or zombie movies either so I wasn't aware of the specific references here in that regard, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the story. I always appreciate those sorts of things in stories - if I recognize the layers, then great; if not, no worries, it's still a good story.
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Date: 2012-12-04 01:41 pm (UTC)*nods* As I discovered for myself when I first started writing fanfic almost ten years ago in another fandom 'verse, sustaining a story - with, you know, an actual plot - is so much harder than doing ficlets and drabbles. I actually had enough drafts written longhand for several novels, but I kept changing my mind as time went on ("Oh, what if...?") but none of it struck me as interesting to anyone but myself. (And crappy to boot.)
It's funny that even though I haven't watched AtS beyond a few episodes (someday, probably, but not now), Illyria has quickly become one of my favorite Buffyverse characters entirely via fanfiction. (there's a scene in one of brutti_ma_buoni's Rulesverse stories in which Giles observes Illyria serving as a sort of "counselor" for one of the new Slayers that just kills me.) Her/It works so beautifully in both comedic and dramatic stories.
Btw- I'm not a fan of horror or zombie movies either so I wasn't aware of the specific references here in that regard, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the story. I always appreciate those sorts of things in stories - if I recognize the layers, then great; if not, no worries, it's still a good story.