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rhodrymavelyneMy imagination’s attic is jammed full of sprawling fanfic ideas I never had the time to put into words. Sometimes, I just didn’t have the words.
Once upon a coffee house with a notebook and a pencil during the late 1990s, I started writing a scene with Alex Moreau of Poltergeist: The Legacy, sitting at a table with a dinner party of the undead. It was the very same party of undead which greeted Joe, Jeremy, and the doomed girl with them in the movie, ‘Return to ‘Salem’s Lot.
I always had a soft spot for that movie. I’ve thought of its characters, their failed attempt to mainstream, as I saw that experiment practiced widescale by vampires on the TV series True Blood.
Back to my fanfic idea. Rachel Corrigan and her daughter, Kat were with Alex. They were trying to find Kristen Adams, even though they’d believed her to be dead.
The vampires at the table were quite congenial, especially Mrs. Axle and Amanda. They’d known Kristen by another name; Hallie Stokes.
Yes, here comes the Dark Shadows crossover.
Judge Axle wasn’t quite as friendly as his wife, but he respected Alex, whom he was acknowledging as a vampire, a vampire who somehow outranked him.
Not too long ago, a vampire named Kakistos had moved into ‘Salem’s Lot territory, tried to take it over. The vampires of ‘Salem’s Lot had been quite relieved that Hallie Stokes brought a Slayer to town, a Slayer who injured Kakistos, convincing him to leave the area, even if it was only to seek revenge.
Here comes the Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover.
Amanda leads Alex, Rachel, and Kat to the place where Hallie Stokes died at Kakistos’s fangs and claws. Alex and Kat pick up some of the emotions of the place, including Hallie’s.
Hallie Stokes feels like and unlike Kristen, something Alex doesn’t understand.
The second scene I wrote involved Alex Moreau going to Sunnydale, trying to find Faith. What she finds is Scott Hope, whom she realizes is actually Ethan, Kristen’s brother.
Kristen and a mysterious aunt of hers with government connections arranged for Ethan to switch with the real Scott Hope, whom was actually a romantic interest of Ethan’s. He’s quite upset to learn that Scott died, killed by someone who thought he was Ethan. He didn’t believe Kristen would do anything that ruthless. It does sound like something his aunt would do.
Enter the First Wave crossover; for I was already imagining the aunt was Colonel Grace, a very interesting antagonist in that series. I always suspected she was part of the Illuminati. I could also see her as part of the Syndicate, if one were to crossover First Wave with The X-Files.
I was already thinking of The X-Files crossover, for cloning was involved. At the same time, I thought something else might be used, to stop the various Kristen look-alikes from dissolving into green goo, which causes temporary blindness.
Ethan wasn’t convinced that Kristen was dead. He did feel that his aunt might have something to do with the various versions of Kristen popping up.
The last scene which came to me was Kristen awakening, after dreaming of her death on Poltergeist the Legacy and being ripped apart by Kakistos as Faith screamed.
Colonel Grace would be standing by her beside, a proprietary smile on her face, her ring on her finger.
“Welcome back, my darling,” she’d say.
Ideas came to me years later, about weaving a younger Tara McShea (back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer) into the narrative as a “cousin” of Kristen and Ethan’s, whom Colonel Grace was also watching, as she’d watched Tara’s mother. Tara might have been contact with Kristen and Ethan. She might even glimpse Willow from afar before they meet in the canon.
I always meant to put these pieces together in a coherent narrative. There was never enough time and time passed. Those ideas remained in a prominent spot in my Imagination’s Attic, waiting to be dusted off and written.
I’ve got a lot of similar ideas in that attic. Some of them have become fanfic. Some are ongoing fanfics in want and need of finishing.
I never forgot this particular story idea. It’s one I hope to polish up and add more words to, even if it ends up shorter and more condensed than what I’d visualized.
I’ve been able to unpack and condense similar stories. I got very distracted by detail in this one; expanding and exploring, fleshing out the characters. They were fun story fragments to write, even if I was shy about sharing them.
Overcoming my shyness has been rewarding thus far.
Here’s hoping it continues to be.
Once upon a coffee house with a notebook and a pencil during the late 1990s, I started writing a scene with Alex Moreau of Poltergeist: The Legacy, sitting at a table with a dinner party of the undead. It was the very same party of undead which greeted Joe, Jeremy, and the doomed girl with them in the movie, ‘Return to ‘Salem’s Lot.
I always had a soft spot for that movie. I’ve thought of its characters, their failed attempt to mainstream, as I saw that experiment practiced widescale by vampires on the TV series True Blood.
Back to my fanfic idea. Rachel Corrigan and her daughter, Kat were with Alex. They were trying to find Kristen Adams, even though they’d believed her to be dead.
The vampires at the table were quite congenial, especially Mrs. Axle and Amanda. They’d known Kristen by another name; Hallie Stokes.
Yes, here comes the Dark Shadows crossover.
Judge Axle wasn’t quite as friendly as his wife, but he respected Alex, whom he was acknowledging as a vampire, a vampire who somehow outranked him.
Not too long ago, a vampire named Kakistos had moved into ‘Salem’s Lot territory, tried to take it over. The vampires of ‘Salem’s Lot had been quite relieved that Hallie Stokes brought a Slayer to town, a Slayer who injured Kakistos, convincing him to leave the area, even if it was only to seek revenge.
Here comes the Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover.
Amanda leads Alex, Rachel, and Kat to the place where Hallie Stokes died at Kakistos’s fangs and claws. Alex and Kat pick up some of the emotions of the place, including Hallie’s.
Hallie Stokes feels like and unlike Kristen, something Alex doesn’t understand.
The second scene I wrote involved Alex Moreau going to Sunnydale, trying to find Faith. What she finds is Scott Hope, whom she realizes is actually Ethan, Kristen’s brother.
Kristen and a mysterious aunt of hers with government connections arranged for Ethan to switch with the real Scott Hope, whom was actually a romantic interest of Ethan’s. He’s quite upset to learn that Scott died, killed by someone who thought he was Ethan. He didn’t believe Kristen would do anything that ruthless. It does sound like something his aunt would do.
Enter the First Wave crossover; for I was already imagining the aunt was Colonel Grace, a very interesting antagonist in that series. I always suspected she was part of the Illuminati. I could also see her as part of the Syndicate, if one were to crossover First Wave with The X-Files.
I was already thinking of The X-Files crossover, for cloning was involved. At the same time, I thought something else might be used, to stop the various Kristen look-alikes from dissolving into green goo, which causes temporary blindness.
Ethan wasn’t convinced that Kristen was dead. He did feel that his aunt might have something to do with the various versions of Kristen popping up.
The last scene which came to me was Kristen awakening, after dreaming of her death on Poltergeist the Legacy and being ripped apart by Kakistos as Faith screamed.
Colonel Grace would be standing by her beside, a proprietary smile on her face, her ring on her finger.
“Welcome back, my darling,” she’d say.
Ideas came to me years later, about weaving a younger Tara McShea (back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer) into the narrative as a “cousin” of Kristen and Ethan’s, whom Colonel Grace was also watching, as she’d watched Tara’s mother. Tara might have been contact with Kristen and Ethan. She might even glimpse Willow from afar before they meet in the canon.
I always meant to put these pieces together in a coherent narrative. There was never enough time and time passed. Those ideas remained in a prominent spot in my Imagination’s Attic, waiting to be dusted off and written.
I’ve got a lot of similar ideas in that attic. Some of them have become fanfic. Some are ongoing fanfics in want and need of finishing.
I never forgot this particular story idea. It’s one I hope to polish up and add more words to, even if it ends up shorter and more condensed than what I’d visualized.
I’ve been able to unpack and condense similar stories. I got very distracted by detail in this one; expanding and exploring, fleshing out the characters. They were fun story fragments to write, even if I was shy about sharing them.
Overcoming my shyness has been rewarding thus far.
Here’s hoping it continues to be.
