Wednesday, July 28, 2004

I think I've figured out why I'm having a hard time with Tonks, Just Tonks. I've started rereading the earlier stories in the series... and Part II of TjT doesn't feel like it's part of the series. Not enough of the right sort of humour and it doesn't feel like it belongs. Needs a lot of work... as soon as I finish reading the older stories. 11:53:06 PM    Notes [] Confused about the OC's yet? I use a number of OC's (Original characters) in the "Red Raider" series. Let's see if I can name them all (where they first appear in the series): In Girl in a Bar we have: Randall - Giles' office assistant Izzy - a tall, shy, raven haired slayer in London Fred - a blonde slayer in London - the opposite of Izzy - ( a butch version of Buffy or a Faith-like version of Buffy) Jayne - Fred & Izzy's Watcher (Official title: Field Watcher) Assistant Minister Dent - Hermione works for him in the (completely fictitious ) Committee of Muggle Magic Usage, in the Ministry's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures (Asst. Minister Dent is not really Arthur Dent - sorry. Even if it appears like he is. Think of it as a tribute to Douglas Adams) There are other characters in the story (A driver, a chef, etc) that don't rise to the level of OC. In Rock-n-Roll Girl we have: Miss Greenwoode - a Wiccan with Willow's coven (A tall gangly woman) Jenny and Bridgitte - two Wiccans who do newbie testing (very brief appearance - no last names) Percy's unnamed rock-climbing buddy is mentioned An unnamed Pentagon bureaucrat who questions Riley Finn about the Council because of Ginny Except for Miss Greenwoode they are mostly minor characters. Not fleshed out enough (yet) to be OC's In A Girl and Her Toys we have the following - none of which rise to OC levels: A young girl (unnamed slayer?) who shows Ginny to her room in Cleveland Unnamed slayer on door duty A mention of an unknown number of "geeky" slayers watching movies with Xander and Andrew Mention of a coven seer In China Blonde we have the following: A Chinese slayer - Xia A Japanese slayer - Yumiko An Imperial Chinese dragon - Gong Fu (A water dragon) Monks who appear off-screen In The Other Girl we have: An unnamed slayer on door duty in Part I Aimee - a slayer in the Cleveland office on door duty in Part II when Ginny was doing magic In Tonks, Just Tonks we have (so far): A crowd of unnamed slayers when Tonks shows up in the lobby Two unnamed slayers on door duty - one takes Tonk's wand, the other gives her a guest badge In the Faith Cycle we don't really have any OC's: In The Envelope - a friend of Giles' is mentioned - he explores the Paris catacombs In the Red Raider Prologue there are no OC's or even minor extras. In Red Raider - Pilgrimage we have: The unnamed wiccan elders including the "Eldest" in Part I Agatha (no lastname given) - Willow's Wiccan Guide (mentor) The young wiccan who meets Willow at the train station (unnamed) The two Wiccans who meet with Lara Croft in Part II - Wildewood (the elder) and Horne (shorter/younger) - no first names given A mention of unnamed coven seers in Part II In my other story The Two so far I have only two OC's Madeline - she owns the bookshop Tony - he owns the bar Next time - let's do a character chart for all of the characters - when and where they all show up in the stories they are in. 11:43:58 PM    Notes [] A treat of a different sort... Take a chilled, ripe grapefruit (tart, not overly sweet). Cut it in half. Drizzle a small amount of cinnamon schnapps (the real stuff, imported even) on top. Enjoy. I think I'll have another... 9:55:51 PM    Notes []

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