I've been thinking about sequels to The Lost Colony. It's a gen fic that I always thought of as a set up for the slash fic to follow. That story is much darker and rougher than the first. It's funny, I'm not sure if that will give it more of an audience, or less. *g* It will, in any case, be a different audience, to some extent.
I definitely want to do this slash followup, but if I do:
*I wouldn't bring Alan or Larry or anyone else from Numb3rs to Atlantis. It would just make it that much harder for poor Don and Charlie to get together.
*Requests for a sequel have been pretty evenly split between people asking that it be slash and that it be gen (or even het, which, no.). I would feel kind of bad for alienating all those lovely, enthusiastic gen readers.
And on the other hand:
*I do want to bring Alan at least, and possibly Larry (though someone may have to help me write him. Gah!) to Atlantis.
*I'd really like to do something for the gen readers, too. And one person wrote with some great ideas on having a crime committed on Atlantis that Don would investigate. I'm thinking maybe someone could frame Ronon for a murder.... Sounds like fun!
So at this point I'm actually thinking about writing two story streams branching off from The Lost Colony, one gen and one slash. I've never done that, and have rarely seen anyone else do it either. Is it terribly self indulgent and indecisive? But I did go to a lot of trouble to get Don and Charlie to Atlantis. It would be a shame not to take full advantage of it. Using one story to generate two different universes would certainly do that!
Of course, it's kind of a moot point, now. I owe someone two UNCLE stories and really need to get at least one of them done soon. And I have to finish my![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
reel_sga story (which is about half done, yay! I was so worried I'd bitten off more than I could chew there.) And then there are the half dozen fics already started on my hard drive, and the new bunnies wanting attention, and with how long it's taking me to write these days I'll probably only get two or three major stories done the rest of the year.
Anyhow, it's fun to think about.
I definitely want to do this slash followup, but if I do:
*I wouldn't bring Alan or Larry or anyone else from Numb3rs to Atlantis. It would just make it that much harder for poor Don and Charlie to get together.
*Requests for a sequel have been pretty evenly split between people asking that it be slash and that it be gen (or even het, which, no.). I would feel kind of bad for alienating all those lovely, enthusiastic gen readers.
And on the other hand:
*I do want to bring Alan at least, and possibly Larry (though someone may have to help me write him. Gah!) to Atlantis.
*I'd really like to do something for the gen readers, too. And one person wrote with some great ideas on having a crime committed on Atlantis that Don would investigate. I'm thinking maybe someone could frame Ronon for a murder.... Sounds like fun!
So at this point I'm actually thinking about writing two story streams branching off from The Lost Colony, one gen and one slash. I've never done that, and have rarely seen anyone else do it either. Is it terribly self indulgent and indecisive? But I did go to a lot of trouble to get Don and Charlie to Atlantis. It would be a shame not to take full advantage of it. Using one story to generate two different universes would certainly do that!
Of course, it's kind of a moot point, now. I owe someone two UNCLE stories and really need to get at least one of them done soon. And I have to finish my
reel_sga story (which is about half done, yay! I was so worried I'd bitten off more than I could chew there.) And then there are the half dozen fics already started on my hard drive, and the new bunnies wanting attention, and with how long it's taking me to write these days I'll probably only get two or three major stories done the rest of the year.Anyhow, it's fun to think about.
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