Oxidizer Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Was there any sign of Charlie or Randy in your shower?
emmasi Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 I was "writing" scenes for After the Crash... so... yes Then I got around to thinking of that Jack and Martha scene again... I... well I was going to say "I don't know what it is about them that drains me so much," but I do. The situation they're in is so boring and repetitive to write. It feels like hitting a brick wall every time . But I promised the fans I'd put it in, and it really isn't fair of me to just ditch Martha at the hospital and play with Jack...
Oxidizer Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Just ditch Martha. I'm sure they won't mind.
emmasi Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 But *I* don't feel right about it... I had this set up to a... well, I guess you'd call it a "storyline"... about her being jealous of Jack and Tash. Then it kind of got resolved with Martha realising that Tash didn't see Jack that way... but... Martha's issues are never resolved that quickly. The problem is, if I keep on with it, I don't know where to take it, other than to her being a bitch. And I'm trying to find the positive in these characters. At the moment I'm trying to use her as like... I'm not sure of the technical term (I'm sure there is one), but I'm trying to have her say some stuff that I think the readers might be thinking. She's out of the loop on everything, so she's the only person in the story that can see it from the outside... if you know what I mean. It's just hard putting that into words and making it flow with the rest of the story. Damn it, why did it have to be Martha? Her personality is about as un-objective as you can get! The only angle I can think to play it from is that she's getting all her information from Jack, who is biased against Randy, and Martha is pissed off at Jack because of Tash, so she might want to put up an opposing argument just for the hell of it, even though she's never met Randy in her life. Hm... that could work... And yet, where to go from there?
Perry Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 But *I* don't feel right about it... I had this set up to a... well, I guess you'd call it a "storyline"... about her being jealous of Jack and Tash. Then it kind of got resolved with Martha realising that Tash didn't see Jack that way... but... Martha's issues are never resolved that quickly. The problem is, if I keep on with it, I don't know where to take it, other than to her being a bitch. And I'm trying to find the positive in these characters. The thing is Martha is a bitch, she's highly jealous of everyone she bed hops and boy hops... She dumps Jack because he's a cop and then hops into bed with the next cop who walks into town and also just happens to be married and after finding out he's married she stays with him... . Sorry I really don't like Martha... But then again it's your story and there is a hell of a lot of Martha and Jack fans... I also hate Jack too. EDIT: Thanks for saying happy 21st... Just read the last page... I voted for my top 5, I chose Charlie, Angie, Ailsa, The Summer Bay Stalker and Kane Phillips in that order... It looks like Charlie would have a few votes
emmasi Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 ^I don't like Martha either . But in my story, none of that ever happened. She and Jack are still "happily" married. So I'm just working off her general bitchiness, rather than anything specific. I'm trying to play up her friendship with Tash as being a positive. Of course this is the same friend that she just accused of trying to steal her husband ... Martha is difficult. I like Jack and he's a great plot-device. Like Kit, he has a habbit of moving the main characters (Kim, Randy, and Lucas) along. I wouldn't give up story-Jack for anything. He's so darn useful! And he's fun too. He kissed Kim and said "Don't act like you don't like it," hehe For Jack's sake, I don't want to get rid of Martha, so I'm stuck with her. She might come in handy where Tash is concerned, somewhere down the line, but until then... I don't know. I could always introduce someone (not mentioning any names) to administer a lethal dosage of morphine to her... A "mercy" killing, as it were... HMmmm... I might be onto something there...
Perry Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 OK, I've gone along for so long and now I have to ask... WHO IS RANDY??? At first I thought he was a character you made up for a fic but you mention him and "Randy Andy" fanticises about getting "Randy with Randy" was he a character in Oct-Nov last year? Because Iwas away for 6 weeks then? I'm lost. AHHHH!
Oxidizer Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Mercy killing!? Where the heck is the fun in that, hmm?
emmasi Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 LOL Sorry Adam!! Yes, Randy is a character I made up! He's in my fic After the Crash.. (See my av - that's Randy... and Robbie... ) Randy is Robbie's identical (and evil???) twin brother that nobody knew about. But now he's here and he's causing trouble! Not least of which is with young Lucas... there is a shower scene, Oh yes, there is... But that's just a happy coincidence as Andy was fantasising about himself and Charlie in the shower ealier . I don't know what Andy looks like though, so I replaced him with Randy, hehehe.. I hope that cleared it up!
Oxidizer Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 Andy was fantasising about himself and Charlie in the shower ealier So slippery and easily accessable. ... I can't believe I just said that.
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