|| INTERACTIVE: 30 DAYS OF FAN FIC || DAY TWENTY-ONE

[slytherincesss.livejournal.com]

DAY ONE - How did you get into fan fic?
DAY TWO - What fandoms have you written in?
DAY THREE - Favorite characters?
DAY FOUR - "Muse" character?
DAY FIVE - Pushy characters?
DAY SIX - Male or female characters?
DAY SEVEN - Fic affecting your view of a character?
DAY EIGHT - OCs
DAY NINE - Favorite Pairings
DAY TEN - Pairings and your comfort zone
DAY ELEVEN - Favorite Genres
DAY TWELVE - Adaptations
DAY THIRTEEN - Canon or Fanon
DAY FOURTEEN - Ratings
DAY FIFTEEN - Warnings
DAY SIXTEEN - Summaries
DAY SEVENTEEN - Titles
DAY EIGHTEEN - Bunnies
DAY NINETEEN - Herding Bunnies
DAY TWENTY - Baby Bunnies

21 – Sequels – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?

We welcome your participation! There is no minimum or maximum requirements for your answers -- they can be as long or as short as you'd like. I will include my answer as a comment.

Comments

[slytherincesss.livejournal.com]

I am in the process of writing a story called Epitaphs, which is the sequel to Under the Cold, Wan Moon. Here is the working summary:

The end is already written. Twenty-four years following the Battle of Hogwarts finds Harry Potter a widower of the worst variety, a complete and utter slob, and a benignly neglectful father. Draco Malfoy unexpectedly reappears in Harry Potter's life and asks Harry to help him make a Horcrux. Draco and Harry are in tremendous danger, and Draco wants the Horcrux's assurance against his own death. Behind Malfoy Manor, Draco has discovered two freshly dug graves complete with tombstones - one with his name on it, the other with Harry's - both with only a partial epitaph. When Draco begins receiving written warnings in the form of cryptic epitaphs, he contacts Harry in an attempt to decipher a brutal killer's identity and need for vengeance. Draco and Harry must work together to stop a psychopathic serial killer and to solve a rash of gruesome homicides.

H/D cliches that I love are:

- Working together to solve a mystery
- Working together to try and thwart the untimely death of one or the other, or both
- Auror!Harry
- Auror!Ron (although that's beside the point :> )
- Murder mysteries
- Harry and Draco as fathers with young children
- Reluctant!Harry
- Irrestible!Draco
- Draco with a profession
- Cannot-control-himself-with-Draco!Harry
- Widowed!H/D (not that I wish ill on Ginny or Astoria; I just generally like the angst and emotions a character has after a great loss)

Wick is the prequel to Blankets of Pansies. I suppose I could say that Blankets of Pansies is the sequel to Wick, but I wrote Blankets of Pansies before I wrote Wick.

I have positive feelings about sequels. If it's a universe that I particularly appreciated then, yeah, I want to read more! I also like series of one-shots that are somehow related, if not prequels and sequels to one another.

[lordhellebore]

I haven't yet, but I want to. The problem is that the first story is a terrible badfic and would have the be edited massively. but the sequel is so shiny ;)

In general, I have ambivalent feelings. Sometimes, sequels can enrich a story and add much more to it, making it better. Sometimes, a sequel can be just superfluous and not half as good as the original story. This especially when it takes away from the impact of the end of the story. Therefore, I didn't write some sequels I did have ideas for.

[slytherincesss.livejournal.com]

a sequel can be just superfluous and not half as good as the original story.

I've had these concerns myself.

[lordhellebore]

Wow, sorry *lol* I wanted to reply to the post and ended up replying to your comment. So, I did not mean to imply any of your sequels were like that!

[slytherincesss.livejournal.com]

No! I didn't get that impression at all! I was just continuing the conversation :D You brought up a point that I've pondered too, so I just thought I'd comment. It's something I've worried about while writing this one sequel I'm working on; it just reminds me to write purposefully and not just for the hell of it. KWIM?

[crazyparakiss.livejournal.com]

No I haven't. I have read stories with sequels, but I don't seek them out. I like stories that stand alone, because I hate having to search for the second part or having to hunt down the first part because I started on the middle story. That can be really annoying.

[meglw0228.livejournal.com]

Yes a few... Right now I have one I'm working on with three sequels already and I'm writing two more sequels to it. And I've written one story in Star Wars fandom that has three sequels I think. Why, because the commenters liked it so much that they wanted a sequel, so I wrote it! I love sequels, but I don't like when you can't go from one to five without having read the ones in between... all mine have been stand alone sequels; you can read them in any order and still understand what's going on, or you can read them completely separate from any of the other stories.

[rebecca_selene]

No, but I have no problem with sequels. I am planning some for a couple of my fics, though: my Sims 2 fic Present and a fest fic I can't claim yet.

[tigersilver.livejournal.com]

I don't enjoy being hounded for them (that happens) but I do enjoy writing them, when there's need or I'm inspired. I am always pleased when I've read a fic that begs for a sequel and there is one (worship those right-minded authors, I do!), but...it's such a personal thing. Sometimes one feels there should be a sequel and yet it just doesn't come easily. The story has been written and it wants no more of itself. Capiche?

[hpfangirl71.livejournal.com]

I've written a number of sequels to some of my oneshots as well as turned oneshots into chaptered fics so the answer would be a resounding yes!! Also right now I have several requests for a sequel to my mpreg story Snake Baby so I will probably do that soon in the future... its usually because readers request it and then I'll do it if I get enough requests!!

[tigersilver.livejournal.com]

I've written one very planned sequel (Magic Eight Ball: The Sequel!) for enchanted_jae and a few standalones that string together well or were written episodically and posted separately for whatever reason. Mostly, I don't. I did far too much of that in previous fandoms and I don't care to force a story that's finished in my head. I used to try but I don't like the results. This leaves me hesitant to ask others for sequels, as I know how overbearing that can feel. I rather think it's been done--voila!--there it is and please use your imagination for the rest, yeah?