Ask "why?"

[veronica_rich]

For a friend in POTC fandom who has been asking me of late, "Why can't we ask why anymore?" - here's a chance to ask "why?" At least about fanfic. For anyone seeing this.

If you have any questions about any story I've written, go ahead and ask me. It can be "where'd you get that idea?" or "why the hell did you do that?" Or any variation thereof. If you don't like something and are curious, ask. To be honest, I can't promise I'll be able to answer - if it's been long enough, I may just not remember - but I'll try. All I ask is that you be civil.

(My stories are among Memories here and here. These are all ratings, including NC-17/M, so please be of age to read these.)

Comments

[ainsoph15.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, I get to ask you something I've always wondered about!

The hand-licking, in 'Contradictions'. Is Will just being the most outrageous flirt, or something else? I always wondered if that was Will making a play for Jack, and Jack was all 0_o, so Will just turned it down a notch or two after that, thinking Jack wasn't interested.

(I think I might post this as well. Good idea, my friend.)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to have to refer this to my esteemed co-writer, who helped me in a few spots on that series, and that was HER idea. Basically yes, I think he was flirting with Jack - and poor Jack, bless him, was surprised and sort of hampered by a child, so he couldn't have done much about it. *G*

We'll get back to you. ;-)

[metalkatt.livejournal.com]

*embarrassed cough*

Ah, yes, the "just a taste" scene was my fault. The image is actually something I remember from some movie my mother watched at some indefinable time in the past, at least ten years or so ago, that had Whoopi Goldberg in it. Two little girls in the 50's/early 60's in the South--one white, one black--who don't understand the concept of prejudice. The one thought the other must taste like vanilla, and the other thought the one must taste like chocolate. A lick later, they realised that skin was just skin, no matter how much pigment it has.

However, the impact of such an act outside of a children's friendship and in the context of two adults attracted to each other is definitely a form of flirtation. How often is temptation seeded with "just a taste," and germinated from there? In Contradictions, Will was no expert at flirtation. Hell, even now, he's not that good, no matter the confidence he's developed. It's just not something he ever thinks about. For him, it was a very bold and forward gesture, and (in the long draft that we worked on to explore motivations behind things, but which proved superfluous for the POV of the piece) when it seemingly went by unnoticed or it was rejected, he slid into a soft sort of melancholy that could be explained by their predicament.

[ainsoph15.livejournal.com]

I think the film might have been 'The Colour Purple'. I'm sure I vaguely remember that happening now.

Yes, true that, about Will not being much good at flirting. But hey, he doesn't really need to be - his mere existence is alluring ;)

I love that scene in Contradictions, and thought it was a very bold move on Will's part, but then, they have just made their escape, and, knowing Will, he'd become more of a 'carpe diem' sort of chap by then. Better to make some sort of move, than never have the opportunity again, hmm?

Thanks for the explanation, darling *hugs*

[metalkatt.livejournal.com]

If that scene were to be written with Will as he exists in my head today, he would have been a bit bolder and made sure he was being clear in that he was offering a promise, rather than just a tiny torment.