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RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 09:57:12 PM ---What if Nick dated a decent lady instead of Paris Hilton? Glad we as a fandom didn't superstitiousl y summon that into the universe. Phew! ;)
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LMAO!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 09:57:12 PM ---A story is just a story, unless you physically go out there and try to get real life to reenact said story. That's the line for me.
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LOL I had an idea for a suspense story a long time ago about a fanfic author (or a group of them) who took BSB fanfic tropes like the bus crash or Brian having heart problems and tried to make them come to life.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 09:57:12 PM ---It's the innocent children thing for sure. That and they didn't decide to have a Backstreet Boy for a parent, it just happened. At least the wives chose to have a Backstreet Boy for a husband, though I don't like writing about them either.
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Yes, I do think that's it. I don't like writing about the wives either, but sometimes it's unavoidable. I have no problem getting rid of them if it serves the plot.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 09:57:12 PM ---On a side note, I would be stoked as hell if the Boys turned out to be demons with magic powers. Stoked. As. Hell.
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LOL Hey, you never know! Howie seems to have some magic power that prevents him from aging. Either he's discovered the Fountain of Youth down in Florida, or he may be some sort of supernatural creature after all.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 09:57:12 PM ---Probably? I'm sure when I was younger, I thought many times that whatever was too sad and decided not to write it. Then as I got older, I decided sad was more interesting. I can't think of anything specific though! I'd say I shy away from mental health things more than physical things. I'm thinking of that "BSB is all in Nick's head in a psychiatric ward" idea, but then PBox Nick is basically an amnesiac with PTSD, so... :shrug: Just gotta think long and hard about whatever it is first. Team Story!
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"BSB is all in Nick's head in a psychiatric ward" is an incredibly depressing idea, but also an interesting one. Like you said, sad is more interesting. At the end of the day, we all know it's just fiction, even if we are writing about real people. That's how I justify it.
I have a harder time writing stuff that seems too close to reality, even if I know I'm making it up or exaggerating it for the sake of a dramatic story. For example, when Nick's People article came out in 2009 about his weight loss and substance abuse issues, I wondered if that would spark a trend of people writing stories about his cardiomyopathy the way they used to write about Brian's heart condition. We talked about it on a thread here, and I was like, "Personally, I wouldn't touch that topic with a ten-foot pole" because it felt too real and kind of scary. Well, that trend never happened, and leave it to me to be the one to eventually go there like ten years later LOL. That was the last time I've crossed one of my lines.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 09:57:12 PM ---Julie, was this your offer to contribute to my list as long as it wasn't something you were interested in reading down the line, btw?
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Sure!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 10:24:20 PM ---So now that AJ's living in your brain, what are you going to do with that?
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I don't know... He better not start arguing with me the way Nick argues with you guys, or I'm gonna evict his ass! Luckily AJ usually gets off pretty easy in my stories, so he shouldn't have too many complaints.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 10:24:20 PM ---Interesting. Do you put it in the body of the chapter or in an Author's Note?
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Usually it's in my update posts on my site, so people that read my stories elsewhere don't get any kind of warning. I used to do little author's notes on some chapters on AC, but I haven't done that in years because I don't like the way it looks on the chapter index. Nowadays if I do an author's note, it's always at the end of the chapter or story.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 10:24:20 PM ---I love that quote too. That's kind of how I felt about coming back to fanfic after so long (not necessarily scared to death about the content of the story, but scared to death about it in a different way), but I'm glad I did it.
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I'm glad you did too!
Has anyone ever posted something they were scared to post and actually ended up regretting it?
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 10:24:20 PM ---I'm sure you say that now and you'll still have a dramatic climax.
I love having something to think about as I'm driving to work or blow drying my hair. Unless there's a BSB song on with a lyric belting part, then I just want to belt out the lyrics and think about nothing, haha.
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Knowing me, probably! I have plenty of time to figure it out.
Very true; I can't brainstorm and listen to BSB or Hamilton at the same time because of the need to sing along.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 21, 2021, 10:38:42 PM ---LOL I had an idea for a suspense story a long time ago about a fanfic author (or a group of them) who took BSB fanfic tropes like the bus crash or Brian having heart problems and tried to make them come to life.
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Creepy. Do it.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 21, 2021, 10:38:42 PM ---LOL Hey, you never know! Howie seems to have some magic power that prevents him from aging. Either he's discovered the Fountain of Youth down in Florida, or he may be some sort of supernatural creature after all.
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He and Paul Rudd are in the Illuminati, obviously.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 21, 2021, 10:38:42 PM ---"BSB is all in Nick's head in a psychiatric ward" is an incredibly depressing idea, but also an interesting one. Like you said, sad is more interesting. At the end of the day, we all know it's just fiction, even if we are writing about real people. That's how I justify it.
I have a harder time writing stuff that seems too close to reality, even if I know I'm making it up or exaggerating it for the sake of a dramatic story. For example, when Nick's People article came out in 2009 about his weight loss and substance abuse issues, I wondered if that would spark a trend of people writing stories about his cardiomyopathy the way they used to write about Brian's heart condition. We talked about it on a thread here, and I was like, "Personally, I wouldn't touch that topic with a ten-foot pole" because it felt too real and kind of scary. Well, that trend never happened, and leave it to me to be the one to eventually go there like ten years later LOL. That was the last time I've crossed one of my lines.
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Exactly. When it's all fiction, it's just a story with recognizable characters.
Maybe it's that things like that feel less real and scary as time goes on? Like Brian's heart condition, I doubt anyone was writing "but what if he died during surgery" until after it was perfectly clear that he lived. Then it's just "what if" speculative fiction after the fact. But I'm glad Nick's cardiomyopathy didn't become a huge thing at the time, we had to keep putting positive vibes out into the universe for his quest to get and keep the girl.
That's part of why I like writing fantasy, you shove away pesky and scary reality when you like.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 21, 2021, 10:38:42 PM ---Sure!
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Sweet!
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 21, 2021, 10:46:45 PM ---I don't know... He better not start arguing with me the way Nick argues with you guys, or I'm gonna evict his ass! Luckily AJ usually gets off pretty easy in my stories, so he shouldn't have too many complaints.
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It's really only PBox Nick for me. Every other Nick is fine, or hasn't gotten to the point where he has time to be opinionated. Does anyone have that problem with all Nicks? Or just a Nick in particular? I hope AJ does start arguing with you, so you can enjoy the fun with us! :biggrin:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 21, 2021, 10:46:45 PM ---Usually it's in my update posts on my site, so people that read my stories elsewhere don't get any kind of warning. I used to do little author's notes on some chapters on AC, but I haven't done that in years because I don't like the way it looks on the chapter index. Nowadays if I do an author's note, it's always at the end of the chapter or story.
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I prefer notes at the end these days, but I loved having that little box to ramble on about whatever in PBox's original run. I deleted all of them in the edit, but man some of the things I talked about. I don't know that I would want "this is a graphic chapter" to be on the chapter index forever, that's why I asked how you do it.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 21, 2021, 10:46:45 PM ---I'm glad you did too!
Has anyone ever posted something they were scared to post and actually ended up regretting it?
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:bighug:
Nope! I can't think of a single thing I ever shared that I actually regretted, especially things I was scared about. I don't know if that has more to do with figuring silence means it's all good or what, but I figure if I felt fine about writing it and sharing it, then it was all fine.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 21, 2021, 10:46:45 PM ---Knowing me, probably! I have plenty of time to figure it out.
Very true; I can't brainstorm and listen to BSB or Hamilton at the same time because of the need to sing along.
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Haha, to thine own self be true indeed.
Facts. My rapping has not improved at all despite all of my practice singing along. Yours? I'll be Burr or Eliza.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 10:51:02 PM ---Creepy. Do it.
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LOL It's one of those ideas that sat around on my list of ideas forever (I think I first came up with it in like 2002) and never quite panned out, but I ended up using elements of it in another story, which was definitely creepy. Another example of combining ideas to come up with something even better.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 10:51:02 PM ---He and Paul Rudd are in the Illuminati, obviously.
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Obviously!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 21, 2021, 10:51:02 PM ---Maybe it's that things like that feel less real and scary as time goes on? Like Brian's heart condition, I doubt anyone was writing "but what if he died during surgery" until after it was perfectly clear that he lived. Then it's just "what if" speculative fiction after the fact. But I'm glad Nick's cardiomyopathy didn't become a huge thing at the time, we had to keep putting positive vibes out into the universe for his quest to get and keep the girl.
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I think that's it. I always wondered why I was fine reading and writing Brian heart problem stories, but the thought of writing one about Nick really bothered me. The difference was, I didn't become a fan until right after Brian's heart surgery, so I never had that experience of worrying about the "What ifs?" It was always history for me. And I guess we've gotten to that point with Nick now too, since he's kept his shit together for the most part in the years since then and seems to be doing well. I guess all our positive vibes for his love life eventually worked!
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