I know what you are thinking with this one. BeElleGee writing Prequel slash? My best SW pal Kristen summed it up best here: After ROTS we have (A) two REALLY PRETTY men, in a (B) very close friendship which is (C) so very romantically full of angst and death and (D) on-screen chemistry, and they are (E) surrounded by NO interesting women and (F) BOOTS. How can slash not write itself in those circumstances?
The Long and Dead Black Sea
This is one of my "missing scenes" fictions.
While perusing old notebooks
in search of blank paper one afternoon, I came across
this story. It was
finished, but there were so many corrections and changes
scribbled in
the margins I didn't think it was salvageable.
I started reading it and
decided to give it a try however. The original
handwritten piece was dated
July 1999, shortly after the release of "The Phantom
Menace." I had totally
forgotten about it. It shows how many of my
fics never see the light
of day.
Falling Stars
To date, this is my only Episode II based fic. Towards
the end, I picked up
on the way Obi-Wan quickly changed the subject when
asked where his
Padawan was. Whether or not this was intentional,
I do not know. But
this fic tries to explain why. I suppose it
could be classified as a "missing
scene". It takes place before Anakin's surgery
to attach his mechanical arm.
Anakin talks to Obi-Wan about Padme, his mother's
death, and Obi-Wan in
turn, speaks of long lost loves. I also relied
a lot on the Jude Watson
series "Jedi Apprentice" for Obi-Wan's history.
Must remember to tip my pen to her.
Compassion updated
Darth Maul remains such an enigma, I've found there's
plenty of wide
open spaces to be creative with. This is my
very first Maul fic and the
characterization may seem a little off to some because
I totally reject
the portrayal of him as an insane and maniacal monster.
I tried to develop
the character a little more here, keeping him tempermental
and prone to
violence, but also capable of honor and reciprocating
kindness, with an
unshakable sense of devotion. Then, he's only
about sixteen in this
story, and not yet the same superlative Sith Lord
we see in Phantom Menace.
Tresspassing
Lately my Darth Maul muse has been making his presence
felt, allowing
me to bask in the cold shadow of the Darkside a little
longer than I
originally intended to. This fic is very different
from "Compassion" however.
It's short and relatively light and spotlights a minor
EPI character who is
not revealed until the very end. My hope is
that once someone reads this
fic, they'll never view her in the same mundane way
again. Sithly of me, I
know.
Sanctum ad Infinitum updated
In all honesty, this particular story wasn't one I
enjoyed writing. Reasons being: it
took me longer to write than any other fic I have
ever written, including "Savoir Faire"
because of all the re-writes. The ending was
changed once, the title was changed
three times, the heroine's character was completely
redone halfway through, and even
her name was changed twice. The logistics behind
all the fights and battles nearly
gave me nightmares. I had to actually draw up
maps, floorplans, and landscapes to
work it all out. I kept sticking Obi-Wan and
Anakin in one predicament after another
but would spend hours staring at my monitor trying
to figure a way out for them.
All the troubles proved worth it: this is definitely
one of my better fics and joins
the ranks among my personal favorites.
Phases
I wasn't surprised to receive requests for a sequel
to "Sanctum Ad
Infinitum." What surprised me was that ideas
for this sequel came to
me so fast, I had to resort to using a notebook to
help keep track of
them all. Also, I found I enjoyed writing these
characters together
so much that despite the fact "Phases" has a real
ending, I still
left the door open for more if the muse rubs me the
right way.
Fanfare for the Invincible Poor
After perusing message boards one evening, I was surprised
by the
number of fans who condemned the Jedi. It seemed
to me that
too many had misinterpreted the Jedi's role in the
Republic as
omnipotent, but too apathetic. This fic was
an attempt to voice my
views on the subject.
Master Vs. Padawan
This fic was the second Episode One story I wrote.
It was also the
first EP1 fic I had posted on the net. It was
written in September
1999 for my older sister. She was lamenting
one day how she felt Qui-
Gon was being unjustly portrayed as a harsh, emotionless
Jedi Master
in a lot of fanfic that was out at the time, instead
of the rule-
bending, follow-your-heart Jedi we felt him to be.
Anakin's Rose
This fic hailed my return to SW fanfiction after a
long hiatus. Now
and then, I feel the need to write something light
and
romantic. An Anakin and Amidala fic seemed to
fit the bill. This fic
isn't exactly light--there's a bit of angst here
and there, but it still gave me a chance to write
romance which is
what I enjoy writing the most.
War Crimes updated
The idea for "War Crimes" came to me while reading
the EP1 Visual
Dictionary. I like writing stories with lots
of action and some
suspense and a little romance thrown in for good measure.
This
seemed like a good solid mission to give to my two
fav Jedi with a
chance to show a working padawan and master bond.
I also have a
penchant for elaborating on "minor" characters and
took this
opportunity to spotlight Oppo Rancisis whom I discovered
to be the
Jedi's military strategist. I thought that was
interesting.
Impressions
This fic demonstrates two of my favorite things to
do with fanfiction
and that is to write a 'missing' scene and to spotlight
a minor
character, in this case Sabe'. To me, for being
as important as she
was, not very much was revealed about her in TPM.
Sure, she's a
bodyguard and trusted confidante of the queen's, but
she is also just
a fifteen year old girl. Her life can't be all
politics and
servitude.
Jedi, Heal Thyself
This was one of my earlier EP1 fics. I tried
to show an evolution
taking place in Anakin. He's not good Jedi-material
anymore, but he
has become very powerful with the Force. I also
wanted to do a fic
about the role of the Jedi Healer. My interpretation
of them anyway,
and how they would use the Force to heal. I
find them very
intriguing.
Rakes and Royalty
It always seemed to me that something was going on
between Han and
Leia when he winks at her and she gives him that look
just before the
presentation of his medal in "A New Hope." So
this story is sort of
a missing scene fic. Mushy and romantic, just
the way I like them.
Doing Time
This vignette, written back in 1983, first appeared
in the
fanzine, "Executor Logs." Boba Fett had just
made his debut
in "TESB" and was one of those mysterious, intriguing,
minor
characters that always appeals to me as a fanfiction
writer.
Acquiesce
When I wrote this story, I hadn't written SW fanfiction
in over ten
years and this was my very first Episode One fic that
I wrote. It
was originally going to be a fanzine but I chose
to post it on the
internet instead and now the complete text resides
on numerous
archive sites. The story takes place just two
years after the end of
Phantom Menace and tells of Anakin's and Obi-Wan's
quirky first
mission together as master and padawan.
A Moment of Understanding
Originally written in 1983 for the fanzine, "Imperium",
this light-
hearted vignette spotlighted Admiral Piett, a relatively
minor, but
important character in "The Empire Strikes Back".
It was also the
last SW fic I wrote until "Aquiesce" in 1999.