Veronica Mars FBI

Since I've been recently getting back into Veronica Mars fandom, and with news about the possible movie coming out, it seemed like as good a time as any to (re)watch the Veronica Mars FBI trailer. And ... I mean, on one hand, I'm glad they never made it. Because it's not Veronica Mars; it's a spin-off of Veronica Mars, only it happens to star the same person. And given the bulk of season three, I can't quite make myself believe it would have been really good. But on the other hand, it did have potential (and I'm an eternal optimist), and there were things I really liked about it.

( In which I talk about the promo, so there be spoilers )

And, god help me, I'm really trying to resist writing fic for it. Because ... it's based on ten minutes of a promo that never became anything, that gives us only the barest glimpse of new characters and relationships, and that has exactly zero potential audience. And yet.

If there's anyone who hasn't seen it, though, and wants to, here you go. It's worth a glimpse, I think, if only to see what might have been (for better or for worse). And, yes, I am glad they're not going the FBI route with the movie - there'd be too much backstory for non-fans, too much new information for fans, and in two hours with such a huge shift in the original premise, I really don't think there would have been much point to it. The appeal of making a movie out of a cancelled series, after all, is that it allows you to wrap up loose ends and play a little longer in the world, and Veronica Mars FBI: The Movie would have done neither. I am trying to convince myself to be cautiously optimistic about the actual movie they might make, though.

My fic is what goes down, that's what

Oh my god. The What Goes Down sequel is done, done, done. I got 4500 words written today (including a 1000 word smutty coda) to finish off the series, which clocks in at about 30,000 words. Which ... is way longer than I expected it to be. That makes it almost as long as the first series, when it was originally supposed to be a short sequel to finish off the universe. I failed at both, it seems, since I have ideas for at least four more things I really want to write in the 'verse. (Including yet another sequel. Sigh. I'm starting to fear becoming one of those badfic authors who keeps posting chapter after chapter of these epic series, so to read anything they post you have to go over 100,000 words of other stuff. Only, I hope this isn't badfic. Really, really hope. I like it, but maybe my taste isn't as good as I think it is.)

Anyway, it's done! I still need to type it all up, since it's currently sitting on 60 pages of a notebook, but I look forward to being able to post it soon.

( Fic discussion, no spoilers )

Also, does anyone remember when I posted a while ago about a hypothetical High School Musical dance game? Well, it isn't hypothetical any more! It turns out is actually exists, which is AWESOME, and even more awesome is that J brought it home for me today! Which is a totally excellent reward for finishing my fic.