some people see the revolution

So you know the AU where the Pevensies AREN'T siblings? I think that makes my LIFE. Because they aren't siblings but they still have their epic dynamic and the fact that it's set in modern America but they're still 1940's British people (time travel! yeek!) is like OMG WTF CULTURE SHOCK (can't you tell I love culture shock?), while I'm like YAY CULTURE SHOCK.

And then, oh my god, that one about Kyoshi and giant panda-eel? YES.

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I LOVE ESPECIALLY THE FANART YOU MADE OF THE GIANT PANDA-EEL, KAT. XD

I also agree that the Pevensies as not-siblings was a great idea for AU. My favorite bit was Edmund discovering television.

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...Is Kat supposed to be me? *confused*

Edmund discovering television! *loves* Because of course, Edmund would TAKE THE TELEVISION APART and Lucy would have lots of fun with that too, and they would be SO CONFUSED but utterly addicted to it. Also, how they all become addicted to different reality shows at one point or another. YES.

Also, Lass, remember the Merlin television AU? So, random idea came to me while I was showering (yes, while showering). Arthur technically is in charge of organizing the television reporters for CNN, except he's very busy, so one of his knights Sir Whats-His-Face does it for him. Originally, they broadcasted everything, but then Uther got tired of hearing about how Farmer #283's cow had a calf, so they limited some of their broadcasting. And, that sounds kind of communist.

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Haha yes that is you! I was considering calling you Kata, but I went with Kat. Maybe I should have gone with

katakokk :)

I DO. Awesome! I love stories about journalists. WEIRDLY ENOUGH, I started writing investigative journalist AU in commentfic here.

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Hahaha, Kata seems a little odd. But no one's ever really called me Kat before, so I was kinda like, "Huh?" Also, there's a couple girls at my school called Kat so that confused me. XD

Journalists stories are very cool. And oooh, commentfic! *runs off to read*

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Edmund with the TV was a blast - probably my favorite part was the little section where Peter's reading history books and Edmund keeps interjecting these little interesting tidbits and then giving him an innocent look and saying 'It's the History Channel!'

Also, he and Lucy wrestle over the remote ~~while Peter and Susan have sex~~. Um.

First sentence: Most people generally agree that when you find yourself somewhere you're sure you can't be, you're actually going insane.

Last sentence: "Peter, the camcorder is not for making rude faces into!" Edmund shouts, and tackles him onto the bed.

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Betsy, you're making me want to see this for real. *loves*

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Haha, the camcorder has seen so much. Poor thing.

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Instead of Merlin Video Diaries, PEVENSIE VIDEO DIARIES. Y/Y?

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[Camera focuses on an extreme close-up of Susan's cheek, and zooms out to reveal her bent over a desk writing on a scroll.]
Lucy's voice: This is Susan, the other queen. She likes roses, and peace treaties, and a certain prince from Galma--
Susan: [Looks up.] Lu! What have I told you about disturbing people with the camera!
[Camera goes into zigzagging blurs of the corridors, Lucy's running feet occasionally appearing onscreen.]
Lucy's voice, a bit breathless: She's only pretending to dislike cameras!

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[Camera zig zags more, panting can be heard through, the camera eventually pans downward into a courtyard]
Lucy's voice: And there are Peter and Edmund doing...knightly things. [Camera zoom in some] Damn, it doesn't zoom in more!

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Mr. Tumnus: Your majesty, you have paperwork to do -
[camera shuts off]
[comes back on]
Edmund: *unintelligible muttering* damn, how do you work this? how does Lucy do it?
Peter: Ed, this is a family dinner, not a political opportunity!
[camera focuses on Peter as he scowls.]
Edmund: Did I say anything about political opportunities? Why do you always assume the worst of me?
[Peter rolls his eyes and stabs his meat.]
Lucy: Tape Susan, tape Susan -
[camera swings towards Susan]
Lucy: she's got her elbows on the table!
Susan: I am confiscating that tape later!
Edmund: Only if you can find it!

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[camera turns on, zoomed in on rumpled sheets]
Lucy: *yawn* Good morning! Oh, [camera pans up and zooms out] This is my room! Let's go spy on Susan and see if she's still asleep.
[camera focuses on Lucy's bare feet]
Lucy: *sing-song* SUSAN!

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Probably the hardest part of that completely ridiculous AU was coming up with last names for each of them. I decided to go with really symbolic just for the heck of it and it was absolute murder. In the end though, I was really pleased with them. Peter's was Steinmann because it means literally 'stone man.' Edmund Black was fairly simple - I wanted his to be simple on purpose. I liked Jonquil for Susan's last name - it's not actually a surname, but it is another name for the daffodil, which is Susan's flower in the movies. XD Lucy was arguably the hardest - I kept wavering between Bunker, which I ended up using and which means 'of a good heart,' and Sonnberg, which means 'sun mountain.'

I honestly don't know what possessed me to do the time travel, but it led to this scene I had to cut due to flow and length even though I loved it. It was basically just Susan shopping, but it was her and Peter and it ended up being really funny, even though it didn't fit with the flow of the rest of the fic, which was sad. And I honestly have no idea where the title came from, but it fits!

DO I EVEN HAVE TO MENTION HOW AWESOME KYOSHI IS? I loved writing her! She was all huge feet and stuff, and I loved giving her a sense of humor along with her rather implacable sense of justice, which is kind of straightforward. And of course therefore I had to come up with the most ludicrous animal I could!

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Their last names. *sighs dreamiliy* I remember looking at your summary and being, like, "WTF? (a) Betsy has to be a genius to pull this off (which I already know you are, but whatever), and (b) I like the last name Pevensie!" But I love how well the last names fit. They just roll off the tongue. ALSO, I really enjoyed Lucy's mother being being possibly more happy-go-lucky than Lucy.

You had to cut Susan & Peter shopping? NOW I HAVE TO SEE THIS. *puppy dog eyes*

Kyoshi is automatically awesome. There is no questioning this.

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I almost didn't include Lucy's mom at all, but I ended up really liking the tiny glimpse we did get of her. She was a lot of fun to write! And man, I was so annoyed when I had to cut the shopping scene, because I had loved writing it.

Possibly the most interesting thing was considering where Kyoshi had come from, and I extrapolated from her sternness and very calm consideration of killing someone if it's needed to make her an army brat - it was also a really fun chance to explore the Avatar world. XD

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I was thrilled when you wrote that epic Merlin/Morgana fic, our last day of magic, especially in light of the fact that it's incredibly difficult to find good fic for this pairing. I guess the rest of the internet has not caught on to the awesome yet? In any case, the way you told in flashback worked really well to juxtapose the present-- in which Merlin and Morgana are enemies-- and the past-- in which they explored their magic together and fell in love. Merlin's inner conflict nearly broke my heart.

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Man, the two of them are SO AWESOME. I almost subtitled it - it was going to be our last day of magic; the eye of the hurricane, but I finally decided not to do that. The flashback was incredibly hard to work out, actually, because I needed a framing segment and I was having a hard time working that out. But I had a wonderful time writing it, and I know! There is so little Merlin/Morgana fic out there. D:

First sentence: Every hurricane has an eye, a center point, a place of rest where the winds die and for a time everything is calm.
Last sentence: He thinks of the note she will write to him tomorrow.

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YOU RECOGNIZED MY LYRIC, THAT'S MY GIRL.

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hee. :D

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zempasuchil.livejournal.com

I loved how unconventional your take on MerliNarnia was in Flysight - sure, anyone can crossover Camelot with Narnia, but bringing them together in England! The whole Susan/Morgana dynamic, paralleling (or perpendicularing?) the Edmund/Merlin, and the way you had the fic sort of rotate around the museum - oh how I love art :D

Also, I will forever love your Avatar dream!fic, Under sleep, where all the waters meet. Your insight into Sokka's character through his relationship with water as a non-bender was GORGEOUS and makes me love him even more, which I didn't really think was possible.

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Flysight came within inches of not getting posted because MerliNarnia in ENGLAND. what was I even thinking? I was so worried that people would think Morgana being immortal didn't make any sense. I think I mostly did it for the Morgana/Susan, in truth. Edmund came in in the background, like he does so often, and kind of appropriated Merlin for his own devious ends. I wanted to parallel Morgana with Susan, to let Morgana and Susan meet someone else completely destroyed by legends. Probably my favorite part of the whole thing was the implication at the end that Morgana had seen the train wreck in her visions and hadn't told Susan or the others.
First sentence: Time is slipping away from Susan's grasp as she strives vainly to pin it down and keep it here where she can see it and manage it.
Last ... fair bit: The phone rings and Morgana gets up.
"I need to be going," she says, and kisses Susan on the cheek. The phone shrills again.
"When will I see you again?" Susan asks, and Morgana shakes her head.
"I don't know," she says. "There's something I have to do." She throws a glance at the phone involuntarily, remembering the news it will bring, and then turns and leaves. Behind her Susan says "hello?" As Morgana reaches the gate, she hears something break behind her.

Oh, man, Sokka. I don't do Avatar much, but how can you not love Sokka? and he's so intimately connected with water, really - through his friends, through his family, through his home and his fishing and everything he learned growing up. I think probably my favorite part was having him remember his first warrior training, when he was young, and all the technique names being named after water.
First sentence: When Sokka was young his father had taught him the three basic stances every warrior must know - the wave, the iceberg, and the snowfall.
Last sentence: The Southern Water Tribe buries their dead beneath the sea, sending them home, safe in the water that has been their life.

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the implication at the end that Morgana had seen the train wreck in her visions and hadn't told Susan or the others.
HOMG afdslkjdsf and Susan breaking something at the phone call *criiiiies* and Morgana leaves! because. oh, shit, wow. that would be a super amazing fic.

See I don't know about Avatar fic, it just doesn't seem like a universe that asks for it, but background fic is always good. And Sokka is always GREAT. and in conclusion I love Sokka. awwww his dad teaching him warrior stances! and like he goes back home and tries to make Katara jealous and Katara splashes him and his dad gives them a look and they shut up XD His battle-facepaint is so so cool.

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Morgana avoids sorrow. over the years, she has become a little less human. I almost added a scene later, where Merlin makes her come with him to the funeral, but I decided against it. I wanted to leave it open-ended, a little ambiguous as to whether or not Susan and Morgana ever got together again.

SOKKA'S BATTLE FACEPAINT. AWESOMEST EVER. eeeeee! my second favorite part was probably him learning how to put it on. and wee!Sokka&Katara is just too adorable. XD

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It's too much for a person to carry. becoming a little less human over the years - that is so far the best reason I've heard for her slipping into badness. because she can't help it and it's tragic and we can identify with her even. morganaaaaa :((( and the irony with leaving Morgana fic open-ended is the stark contrast between the fact that the reader doesn't know what happens, but they know she knows what will happen. wow.

I LOVE IT AWWWWW lord if I ever write Avatar fic it is going to be Sokka and Katara playtimes and cuddlefest and angsty homesickness and whatever XD

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The Southern Water Tribe buries their dead beneath the sea, sending them home, safe in the water that has been their life.

Oh Southern Water Tribe. Oh my heart. ♥ *wibbles*

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Your Aravis/Cor fic was totally surprising to read--I didn't expect to read about Epic Romance Which Spans Countries, especially the way you set it against a backdrop of Archenland/Narnia intrigue. (And the new ruler of Narnia! I almost fell out of my chair!) But it was the perfect romance and yet the story was substantial enough that I didn't feel like I was reading a romance really. A+++

ALSO your Twilight AU where it's Edward who moves to Forks and hates the world and has no friends and meets Bella the gorgeously creepy stalker vampire--I thought it was a really interesting commentary on gender stereotyping in Twilight, and also the bit where Edward faints at the smell of blood was hilarious. <333

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