Welcome to my perfumed garden

“First of all, I have to say I adored Alpha and Omega when I read it as a WIP, and I can hardly wait to read it again now that the complete fic is up at 852… More than anything I would love to se a wee bit more - and if I had any money to spend for Moonridge I'd ask you to write a little snapshot of them a little while later, when Blair is recovering from the privation and the stress and his injuries in Jim's tender hands...*G*. Alas, I am far too broke, but I want you to know, I like it that much :-)”

Well first off, thank you, honey, for the blush-inducing (but hugely gratifying) praise for the story! I can’t tell you how excited I am that you liked it that much. As for the snippet – holy frijoles, I’m not at all sure how capable I am of writing a snippet of any description; A&O is the shortest story I’ve ever been able to produce so far ::G:: I will give it a go, though, just for you. (o:


“I am not sure which bits you did and which bits Ali did, because as a collaboration it is seamless; plus the breadth of knowledge of that period you both have is obvious. Tremendous stuff, and something I plan to re-read a lot - especially those oh-so-tummy-hurty angsty bits... ::happy sigh::.”

I’m sure Ali won’t mind me telling you I wrote it all. Ali helped whip the plot into line – from what had been a long cherished, but essentially abandoned bunny of mine - and helped out greatly with the day to day detail, but the writing is all mine. I’m happy you enjoyed it, as I always do with yours. ::Basks in shameless, mutual ego massage::

As to your other points, since we’re basically agreeing with each other, there’s no need to go into detail ::G:: - But I liked your example, of using ‘real’ accents to voice translations. That’s a perfect illustration of what I was trying to say. If you’re dealing with two historical characters, living in their own time, talking together - they wouldn’t have sounded ‘historical’ to each other; they’d’ve sounded just like you and me, Mab and Snycock, Jim and Blair – natural and normal, just like any two people talking to each other in their own place and time, so, I think that’s how we should write them.

Attempting to make their day-to-day language sound ‘ancient’ just makes them sound strange and actually takes them *out* of context, to my mind. I accept it’s all a matter of personal taste, but this is how I see it, and will continue to write it (not that I’m planning any more historical fic at the moment, aside from your snippet (o:)