Subject: *war flashbacks*
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Posted on: 2017-08-23 12:46:00 UTC
Oh, dear. I wasn't even thinking about it, but there it is! An homage to the Great Ones, such as it is. :)
I definitely did try and think of "hmm, what would be cool and popular around that time...LotR and...idk, cyberpunk? LET'S GO FOR IT." Has absolutely nothing to do with my soft spot for cyberpunk. Nothing at all...
New installment! This time: Boromir. May god have mercy on my soul.
Anyway, this one explains why he's quite different from the Boromir we all know and love...
Mission Title: The Phoenix Files – Denethorion, B.
Canon: Lord of the Rings
Rating: E
Agents: Callahan, K. [Probationary]
Time Period: January 2003
Target: Denethorion, B. [Recruitment]
Word Count: 550
Source Summary: Hey, remember those old Team Phoenix recruitment mission thingamabobs from uhhh 2003? YOU BETTER NOT. BECAUSE THEY’RE ALL GONE. THIS IS THE RETCON. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
All of the fics cited don’t really exist, but man, I kind of wish this one did.
Part Two: ...Bozza?!
That fic reminds me strongly of Jay and Acacia's first crossover - remember Izzy in his randomly-Earthlike Star Wars setting? Hanging out with a Jedi named Matrix? Yes, you've definitely tapped into the same early-2000s vibe.
Which is a good thing. :)
hS
Oh, dear. I wasn't even thinking about it, but there it is! An homage to the Great Ones, such as it is. :)
I definitely did try and think of "hmm, what would be cool and popular around that time...LotR and...idk, cyberpunk? LET'S GO FOR IT." Has absolutely nothing to do with my soft spot for cyberpunk. Nothing at all...
Yeah, uh, that fic absolutely deserves to exist, and you should write it now . . . Guess it's enough that we'll be getting cyberpunk!Boromir in HQ. (Or rather, that we have had him since 2003!) I do totally want him to talk about his home universe once in a while, just so we can hear more of the translations from Tolkien stuff to cyberstuff.
Also, out of curiosity, do Allaire and Kitkat still exist? I had totally forgotten about them up until seeing them mentioned on the wiki just now, and they were part of the recruitment process in the original story, so . . . ?
—doctorlit, wondering
Yeah, I'm going to have him mention things, and it'll be pretty interesting as I think of stuff. Fingers crossed. (It's not going to be a full AU, I say, looking at all of my unfinished fanfics...)
Uhhh...no, let's say they're gone from this version. I'm still very good friends with them, but they've removed themselves from PPC stuff. Oh god why are they mentioned on the wiki delete delete delete
Boromir's a favorite to begin with, and Bozza (Bozzaaaa) amuses me a *lot*. I read this and kept grinning for a while, is what I'm trying to say.
Also, I'm really glad you're doing these. They're really fun, even (especially?) years later. Can't wait for more, whenever they show up!
~Z
Aw, I'm blushing! I'm glad you thought it was grin-worthy.
I'm really glad I'm doing these, too. I've known I have to do a retcon for years, but I've never been sure how to do it, and then a few weeks ago I decided to just go "screw it, I think I have a vague idea", and thus, The Phoenix Files was born.
I've written up through part six, so I'm going to be posting hopefully pretty regularly. And a few interludes done up, too. (If you thought the fallout from the Valcentica mission was done....it is not.)
I mean, some of it's already showed up, but.
Well.
Yay! :D
I'm very glad you got that vague idea. And also that there's so much written already. Looking forward to reading more!
(Also, I'm reasonably sure I didn't comment on the latest one? Yeah, looks like I didn't. I liked it too, though. I'm a bit of a sucker for Bond stuff anyway, and when you add in both that it's a good interlude and that it's a reboot of something I discovered and rediscovered and liked both times...yeah. I like this storyline, and I'm thrilled to be seeing Valcentica-related stuff after wondering what happened in it a couple years back.)
Anyway. This is very fun to read, and having a new story pop up pretty frequently is awesome. Looking forward to whatever's next!
~Z
I would read that! Even with, uh, BozzaNova. *snerk* I loved the line "which Kitty 100% could not actually believe."
Formatting note: it would be nice if you separated the text of the author's notes from the text of the story somehow. Just a star, like you're using below, or a horizontal rule would be good if you can do that on LJ. Just so the eye knows where it's going.
Looking forward to the next ficlet and the complete set!
~Neshomeh
Must have been at the end to delineate parts for myself. Good call!