Vicarious Living through Fiction

As I mentioned over in servalan, I’ve been reading The Best of Surfer Magazine. I do not surf. I know nothing about surfing. I live in one of the few SoCal beach cities that doesn’t have surfing. (The city installed a break a few decades ago.)

Yet, The Best of Surfer Magazine is strangely compelling. There are travel stories, fictional pieces, weird rambles about Malibu from the 1960s. One article starts with a mention of men walking on the moon (it’s from November 1969), but then is really about some mid-level surf contest. One article is about avoiding insurgents in CentroAmerica when in search of the best East Coast surfing.

It’s wild, yet mellow. I’m madly in love with it. I may decide to read current issues of Surfer on purpose, but maybe not. They apparently skipped a lot of articles from the LSD years, and that may be a sign that Surfer is pretty hit or miss. At least, for the non-surfer.

How does this relate to fiction writing? Because the articles are so awesome, I’ve been struck by the urge to write short fanfic for every fandom I’ve ever written in, making characters go surfing. They’re probably all going to be similar, and will (drabble-like) have no point, but the urge is there. Hopefully, this will get me back in writing mode so that those of you on the right filter will see A God to Demons chapter 10 soon.

( Alias – Nadia – Jack Knows Everything )

( Alias – Dixon – First Alias )

( B:tVS – Xander – Port Hueneme )

( SG:A – John Sheppard – Perils of Pegasus )

( Forever Knight – LaCroix – Dark Waters )

( Sailor Moon – Moon, Mars – What could go wrong? )

( Harry Potter – Draco – An Interview with Britain’s latest surf star )

( New BSG – Starbuck – Cylon Slapstick, a piece of first year fiction by Kara Thrace written on a dare for the <I>Galactica Intelligencer</I> )

( The Prisoner – Number Six – Better Luck Next Time )

Everyone has written a Harry Potter creature fic. You know the one: Harry (or other) is turns into a magical creature and then finds his mate. They have animalistic sex (on or off the page) and live happily ever after. Potions and poison may or may not be involved; same with jealous ex-lovers.

How could I resist?

But then, how could I do it seriously? I'm not good at serious sometimes.

Title: Mates!
Fandom: Harry Potter, Gargoyles
Rating: PG
Warnings: Post-DH (and epilogue compliant), crossover, not really slashy at all, completely unbeta'd
Originally posted: today in jani_s
Summary: Harry becomes a Gargoyle. Do Gargoyles even have mates?

( Mates! )

The crossover of smart, secondary characters who totally deserve a good day: I'd been meaning to write an Alias fic to the tune of "How Marcus Dixon spent Sydney's Summer Vacation". But tonight I was watching Forever Knight, and I'd really like to do something to the tune of:

Title: Untitled
Fandom: Alias, Forever Knight
Rating: G
Warnings: crossover
Originally posted: today in jani_s
Summary: Drabble. Dixon's first taste of protecting the public.

( Dixon's first taste of protecting the public )

Title: You are Number Six
Fandom: The Prisoner, Battlestar Galactica
Rating: G
Warnings: crossover
Originally posted: today in jani_s, servalan
Summary: Drabble. The Sixes meet.

( You are Number Six )

Title: Never
Fandom: Sailor Moon (North American)
Rating: PG-13 for adult themes
Warnings: attempted suicide
Originally posted: 1997 or 1998 at A Sailor Moon Romance (now available at Moon Romance)
Summary: When Darien breaks up with Serena for her own good, the pain of it becomes too much for her. Her attempted suicide drives the Moonlight Knight to become his own man – a man who will try to be enough to keep Serena among the living.

( Never )