LMAO!! Idk, its what his look kinda looked like to me, hahahaha.
So, aside from Rose and Jen, we were talking over at TDS about the "old school fanfic" methods and what they entailed of. What was your guys' favorite "old school fanfic" method/plot to read? Do you guys think there were more of those kind of plots back then versus now; if so, why do you think that is? I was wondering if this should go in the "questions to ponder" thread, but I feel its relevant to this "those were the days" theme, lol.
When I think old school, I generally also equate that with fics that portray them when they were younger but that's not always the case. Just that the newer stories it's hard to really do the bromance justice because of all the wives and kids. But to me that's what old school is, more focus on their relationships to each other and how together they deal with harsh circumstances like crashes, Kidnappings, earthquakes, fires, etc...
There seems to be less of that going on these days and I really do think it's just because they have a lot more going on in terms of families and growing up in general. It is hard to keep coming up with new and creative ways to explain the absence of the misc. family members. I keep them out as much as possible, but even I have had to incorporate scene with them in there to make things believable. For instance, in Hope, there was no way the guys could have gone missing that long and not have the wives just be a bit curious to wonder where they were or have them show up at the hospital after being found. I think it's just in how much emphasis is put on that.
The guys being in a bus crash = old school
Just one of the guys and his family in a bus crash = boring and new school. LOL
A wife being in a crash and the guys all come together and help cope with what happened = old school (but not something I'd read. lol)
Just a wife being in a crash and seeing him deal with it alone with just his family = who cares? new school LOL
To sum up - Old school is awesome! New school is not! lmao