Fic Discussion

Sometimes, an idea rears up and needs to be written. Sometimes that idea then takes over your life.

Following last year's Shortcuts, I started talking to teratornis about various things Highlander. In those discussions, the subject came up of Matthew McCormick and the proposed spin-off featuring him as an Immortal FBI Agent who travels the country "investigating" beheadings.

I don't know why this spin-off didn't happen, though McCormack landing the part on Will & Grace probably had something to do with it. (And, good for him! That was a much better choice in the ::cough:: long term.)

But, fanfic, you know?

While considering the spinoff-that-never-was, Tornis and I bantered ideas for what we would have liked to see. We discussed possibilities, many of which were little more than Cool Dialogue Exchanges. They wrote a scene pulling some of those ideas together, then that scene turned into a full-blown story.

We are now ... invested.

Oh, god, are we invested.

This has been/is being such a fun experience. I'm also really looking forward to the day when we can start sharing. The impatience is real.