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[catslash]

Have an entry that has been percolating in my head for a few days.

Things I think about during my class on Oscar Wilde and the fin de siécle:

* Writing a brief crack crossover between the Jeeves and Wooster books and The Picture of Dorian Gray, based entirely on the fact that both Bertie and Lord Henry have an Aunt Agatha. "Oh, dear, it's my dreadful cousin Bertie no, Dorian, don't look, maybe he won't see us. He lets his valet dictate his wardrobe, which says everything you need to - oh, hello, Bertie, I didn't notice you oozing past!"

* How awesome a post-S4 Doctor Who episode fic with Oscar Wilde as the public domain celebrity guest star would be. It would take place in 1882, while he was lecturing in Canada and America, and - um, would have a plot of some kind. I'm not so good with the plots. Should I borrow from the show's past, maybe dig a little deeper than goddamn Daleks and Cybermen? Should I gank something from Torchwood or SJA? Should I, oh god, make something up? And that's still easier than I suspect writing Wilde would be. Honestly, the more you know about a person, the harder they are to accurately characterize.

Things I do not think about:

* Essays which include sentences such as "By 'they' here I definitionally mean 'we.'" Really? What a coincidence. By "fuck you" here I definitionally mean "EAT ME." YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. THE ONLY NON-HUMOR-RELATED EXCUSE FOR CHANGING THE MEANING OF A FUCKING PRONOUN IS COMPLETE LACK OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS THEORETICALLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU POSSESS. I've never taken a class that assigned so many essays composed entirely of Pretentious Academic Speak, most of which are harder to read than the works they are analyzing, so I have yet to build up a tolerance, and frankly I'm not sure I want to.

Comments

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

WRITE THE FIC. BOTH OF THE FICS. THOSE ARE CROSSOVERS/GUEST CHARACTERS THAT BELONG TOGETHER.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

. . . actually, I think I did write the crossover up above. That's pretty much all I got. Though Henry and Jeeves crossing swords would be hilarious.

The other fic is maybe a project of some kind, for between semesters, IF I ever get it further developed. Which is a huuuuge IF. (At least I'll probably have quit or gotten myself fired by then, so time wouldn't be as much of an issue.)

[timeofnoreply.livejournal.com]

Please, for the love of all that is holy, post that fic when it is finished.

I WILL BE YOUR LOVE SLAVE FOREVER.

I mean what.

Uh...

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Wait, you mean you weren't already?

*halo*

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

you should TOTALLY write the Dorian Gray/ Jeeves and Bertie crossover!

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

I'm a Dr. Who vote. That's a good period for Wilde because it's "before the fall" as it were. You can make the social statement without being anvillicious. My worry with Bertie/Jeeves is that Wilde is going to see right though them and possible force them to acknowledge more than they wish to, unless that's the point of the story you want to tell. I wouldn't worry so much about "monster of the week." Maybe more of a Dr. Loveless type (from Wild Wild West.)