Now "Time after Time" leaves a dark impression on me. Thanks a lot Dongregg . That would seriously be an interesting story where they get separated in different times. I know what you mean you say it would get too tech-y though. I wanted to do a story with someone actually having the technology to fix Eli. Well, maybe not fix, but at least a device that she could attach to herself so she could watch a sunrise with Oskar. Those ideas are still fun to think about.dongregg wrote:Yeah, that was okay. It partly made me think of Eli trying to get Oskar to stay in her apartment.Mishrashade48 wrote:Okay, this is the cheesiest I'll go https://youtu.be/9-WCucYnED0
I'm usually not one for this music, but it did hit me in that Eli and Oskar sweet spot.
Wow, I just thought of something. Cyndi Lauper's "Time after Time" planted the seeds that kept bugging the devil out of me about what would happen if Oskar and Eli got separated. That's what led to "One-off Vignette," just to get it out of my system. Then I hated it even more, so the only way I could deal with them being separated was to follow up with them getting back together pretty quick. Sigh. I'm such a sucker for sad, lonely little Eli. Oskar just has no idea of the almost infinite depth of Eli's 200-plus years of loneliness.
"Time after Time" almost suckered me into trying to write a story in which the kids get separated in different times. Gasp. But it got to be too tech-y before I ever wrote a word. Too much up in my head and too much stress.
There are some good fan fics with formidable adversaries. I'd like to write one like that. A foe so sinister and powerful that, even together, they would have little chance. I would model it on episodes 26, 27, and 28 of Samurai Champloo.
More about time. It occurs to me that I could get inspiration from Rivka Galchen's "Region of Unlikeness." Hmm.
You definitely should expand on one of those stories where Oskar and Eli are confronted by an enemy that breaks them down in the worst way possible. That would be very exciting to read. Keep that idea floating and hopefully at some point you'll be able to write it.