So uncreative I even forgot the post title

I make it a policy not to read reviews. Instead, I measure them with a ruler. The longer they are the better I feel. - Joseph Conrad

Hey, he has a point. I wouldn't read fanfiction unless it had a substantial number of long reviews, not just a torrent of "ZOMG i <3 it plz rite moar!" or "OMG u suck u should neva rite againz!" At least people found the time to read and post in detail what they liked/loved/hated/wanted to set on fire about the story because they thought it was worth it.

That said, I have written fanfiction. I just never posted it anywhere, not on fanfiction.net, nada. Actually, I never really finished or wrote out the many plotbunnies that developed in my head. Which is kind of sad, because I think I had way more creativity as a 15 year old than I do now. I seem to have used bigger words too, oddly enough. And my only completed work is a mild 1 page humor fic on Sir Andrew Ffoulkes attempting to tie a cravat - I had several serious plotlines regarding Les Miserables but felt almost too depressed to flesh them out. (Except for that one weird one using Nightwish lyrics to highlight the students at the barricades.)

Instead, I have a 5 page essay on the Salem witch trials looming up in a week. And actually, being the history nerd I am, it's not that bad. Except for the page length. Meh to that.

On a final note, my favourite Grantaire actor from Les Mis is playing the Phantom over in Vegas. I so want to be there.

Sink me, mon cheri! Le fanfiction!

I was searching for old files to delete so I could have enough room to back up my current (and more important) stuff, and I found some old fanfics of mine that never quite saw the light of day. Some were a couple of half-finished stories, others were plot outlines, and still others were words or phrases that were supposed to be reminders of plots that sounded vaguely interesting but were not fleshed out enough. All belonged to either Les Miserables or The Scarlet Pimpernel.

I'm actually considering taking up some of these plot lines and writing them out. Obviously the ideas I have won't be exactly the same as my 16 year old brain, but it's worth a shot. There is one particular plot involving madness in the Blakeney family, but I can't for the life of me remember how it was supposed to go. I did, however, write down something about how it was going to end, which is weird.

This is merely a writing exercise; I don't intend for these stories to be published for the time being. (Of course, now that I've blogged about it, I really should post them eventually.) It's a mix of serious and light-hearted stuff, no romance or horror.

It's also a little journey back again into memory lane, when I was at the height of my Les Miz/fanfiction/musicals obsession. The passion has cooled down to about 50º now, and I've moved on to other interests for the most part. In a way, I miss the insane love for Les Miz and musicals, which has become more of a detached appreciation, but I care less for fanfiction. Especially fanfiction.net. I have not visited that place for years, mainly because I'm scared of what I'm going to find there. And even then, I'd probably only dare to look in the comedy section. I seem to have a degenerated attention span, since I can read long works of humour fanfiction, but balk at reading long works of drama or adventure fanfiction. I swear it used to be the other way round.

Anyway, hopefully I'll have time to write when I'm not cranking out papers or cramming for tests. I certainly do have moments, otherwise I would not be blogging.