Arctic Light

I've noticed in the past that I basically suck at doing DVD commentaries on my own fic, for a rather specific reason: when I'm writing, I tend to approach it from a "narrate what's happening" standpoint (I kind of "see" or "feel" the story happening, I guess), and afterwards, that's what I remember -- the things that happened in the story, not my own thought process that went into it. In general, the main times that I remember a good bit of the creative process were on the stories where things got borked enough that I had to do a lot of unborking, like the White Collar horse-farm AU where I had to block out the ending using toys and rewrite it multiple times, because I had SO FLIPPING MANY CHARACTERS running around that I kept losing track of where they were.

But I've seen a couple people doing a variation of DVD-meme commentary where they ask for a specific scene, and then talk about what's happening in the scene -- what's going on in the characters' heads, what non-viewpoint characters are up to, what might happen in the parts of the scene that aren't shown. And that, I think I could do!

So - give me a scene from one of my stories, and also let me know if there's anything specific that you want to know ("what was Neal really up to", "why did [x] do [y]", "what happens after the last scene in this story") or I can just talk about the scene in general, probably from more of an in-universe than a meta perspective (but it depends on the fic). If it's one that I really don't have ANY thoughts on, I'll have you pick another one ...

My fanfic on AO3.

It doesn't just have to be fanfic - feel free to ask about a scene from my original work, if you'd prefer! (A non-comprehensive list of my non-fanfic stuff: Hunter's Moon - Sun-Cutter - Freebird - Homespun)

After I finished "season one" of the Psychic Neal AU, I halfassedly wrote more sequel bits, since I already have a vague mental outline for "season two". And then I didn't work on it for a long while, for Reasons. But last night I was idly thinking about it, and I figured out something that had been giving me problems, and all of a sudden I found myself wanting to work on it again.

Namely, I figured out what Keller did to Peter, specifically.

( Is it appropriate to cut for spoilers for a fanfic that everyone read a year ago? )

First of all, a request: I've received some comments on past installments that are awfully negative about canon!Peter. Please don't do this. I'm trying not to sound too whiny here, but I've cut back hugely on my fandom participation to avoid character negativity (of anyone, not just Peter -- I don't want to hear about how awful Neal or Sara or anybody else is, either, although admittedly it's Peter that I'm most protective of), and I'd rather not have it follow me home to my own journal. Er, obviously when it comes to canon bad guys (this story includes Keller, after all), all bets are off, but please keep in mind that I really adore the cast on the show, and don't make me sad!

As noted at the end of the previous installment, the series takes a darker turn here. Please note the warnings.

Title: Original Sin
Fandom: White Collar
Word Count: 30,000
Rating: R
Trigger Warnings: Emotional abuse/manipulation, descriptions of torture, and discussion of/references to child abuse (emotional, physical and sexual). If you would like more detail about any of these warnings, please let me know and I will be happy to provide whatever information you need.
Summary: Another installment in the Psychic!Neal universe, for my "Stockholm Syndrome" h/c bingo square. A postcard arrives in the mail, bringing back friends and enemies from Neal's past.
Cross-posted: http://archiveofourown.org/works/511984
Note: This story utilizes various events from "Bottlenecked" and "Out of the Box", as well as other season one episodes. I'm assuming that everyone reading this knows what already happened in canon, so a lot of the peripheral details aren't fully explained where they overlap heavily with canonical events. And thank you as always to soteriophobe for beta, handholding and squeeleading!

( Original Sin (Psychic Neal #5) )

Title: Leap of Faith
Fandom: White Collar
Word Count: 7400
Pairing: Gen with a bit of background Peter/El
Summary: The next fic in the Psychic!Neal AU, taking place after A Handful of Lightning and Familiar Sting. Neal seeks a cure for his headaches, and deals with issues from his past.
Cross-posted: http://archiveofourown.org/works/508261
Notes: For h/c bingo square "trust issues". Thank you once again to soteriophobe for further invaluable handholding, cheering, feedback, and research assistance! This story overlaps somewhat with some of the events from the pilot, though the timelines don't exactly match up due to Peter and Neal's partnership having started three years earlier in this 'verse.

( Leap of Faith (Psychic Neal #3) )

One of the comments that I got on the story pointed out that there was something rather important that I didn't specify (it's one of those situations where this information was all in my head, but I never said it in the story). Normally I wouldn't feel the need to specifically point out something that I'd changed in a story (I'd just quietly fix it) but since this is actually plot related, if you've already read the story, see under the cut:

( This is what I added: )

Anyway, I wanted to mention this for those of you who'd already read the story, so that you didn't miss it. :)