I don't know that I have a justification fic per se. I tend to write different takes on post-NFA and these, by nature, tend to not only not be in the same fic-verse, but to be in mutually exclusive fic-verses. Not all of my fics are post-NFA, but the others are, in my head, equally unconnected to each other.
That said, I do have a definitive fic. "All That's Best of Dark and Bright" was the first non-drabble piece I wrote and it's just . . . what happens next for me. I say it wrote itself, but really I just lived with it in my head for so long that it felt that way. Some fics feel like they have to be forced, that was one that I absolutely had to get out. It woke me up at three am and I had to write it. I don't think I use it to justify other fics, but it ishow I worked out my NFA issues. I don't think I could have made my piece with NFA if I hadn't written it, actually. The A/B/S/F thing (that hopefully will one day be finished)could possibly follow from "All That's Best of Dark and Bright." I mean, in my head it does, but I'm not married to that idea and I probably wouldn't draw explicit connections between them. This is mainly because I like the end of "All That's Best of Dark and Bright" as it stands. It's like the other is something that could potentially happen, but doesn't necessarily happen. Which may tie in with Dark and Bright being definitive for me. It isn't always the first one I tell people about when people ask about my fic and I'm not convinced it's my best but it is the most important to me when it comes to my interpretation of the characters and the show as a whole.
Are they something you just needed to dash off to get to the point where you are? What about meta? Is there fic you've written that's spawned meta, or meta you've written that affected your characterizations
The only other one I needed to write was "Rememered," which was Buffy gen (way) post-Chosen. (Mutually exclusive with Dark and Bright, but whatever.) That was me processing "Chosen" and a lot of the Buffy-hate I still saw in fandom at that point. It didn't spawn meta, but it pretty much was meta. I mean, ostensibly it was fic, but really it was meta. There's a meta post that's kind of been brewing since I post "As Dark Things are Loved" about B/A, but I don't know if I'll actually post it. I haven't been meta-y lately. At all. About anything. I've never before felt all that compelled to articulate my take on the B/A ship, but now I kind of do. We'll see.
As always, really interesting post. I look forward to reading other responses.
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That said, I do have a definitive fic. "All That's Best of Dark and Bright" was the first non-drabble piece I wrote and it's just . . . what happens next for me. I say it wrote itself, but really I just lived with it in my head for so long that it felt that way. Some fics feel like they have to be forced, that was one that I absolutely had to get out. It woke me up at three am and I had to write it. I don't think I use it to justify other fics, but it ishow I worked out my NFA issues. I don't think I could have made my piece with NFA if I hadn't written it, actually. The A/B/S/F thing (that hopefully will one day be finished)could possibly follow from "All That's Best of Dark and Bright." I mean, in my head it does, but I'm not married to that idea and I probably wouldn't draw explicit connections between them. This is mainly because I like the end of "All That's Best of Dark and Bright" as it stands. It's like the other is something that could potentially happen, but doesn't necessarily happen. Which may tie in with Dark and Bright being definitive for me. It isn't always the first one I tell people about when people ask about my fic and I'm not convinced it's my best but it is the most important to me when it comes to my interpretation of the characters and the show as a whole.
Are they something you just needed to dash off to get to the point where you are? What about meta? Is there fic you've written that's spawned meta, or meta you've written that affected your characterizations
The only other one I needed to write was "Rememered," which was Buffy gen (way) post-Chosen. (Mutually exclusive with Dark and Bright, but whatever.) That was me processing "Chosen" and a lot of the Buffy-hate I still saw in fandom at that point. It didn't spawn meta, but it pretty much was meta. I mean, ostensibly it was fic, but really it was meta. There's a meta post that's kind of been brewing since I post "As Dark Things are Loved" about B/A, but I don't know if I'll actually post it. I haven't been meta-y lately. At all. About anything. I've never before felt all that compelled to articulate my take on the B/A ship, but now I kind of do. We'll see.
As always, really interesting post. I look forward to reading other responses.