A Long Expected Party

Ah, the joys of packing. I want my own Vir, which reminds me: according to yesterday's survey, I'm mostly associated with Londo, with Darla as a close runner-up.. (Sudden thought: might this be why I cast Darla as Londo in my "what if JMS had written BTVS?" extravaganza?) At any rate, though they are admittedly by two favourite muses, they have been strangely disinterested in each other. Probably because Londo has a "been there, done that" attitude about beautiful dangerous women, and from Darla's pov is neither beautiful, nor darling, nor a boy.

Outsider associations were Bester, Joe Dawson (for not-Highlander fans: think Giles), whom both Londo and Darla would like, and Cassandra, who wouldn't have much use for either of them. My first online muse, and first case of championing an unpopular character through fanfic.

(Suddenly my perverse brain comes up with the following, only understandable if you've watched both Highlander and Babylon 5: "I killed. And I didn't just a hundred, G'Kar. I killed thousands. I killed tens of thousands. Is that what you wanted to hear?" Only in Londo's case the score would be considerable higher, thanks to modern weapons of mass destruction.)

I'm not sure what it says about me that the only one of these who isn't saddled with neuroses and dead bodies galore is Joe.

They'd make for an really interesting tea party, though.

Speaking of characters, and how to write them, fernwithy came up with this good analysis of what it means to write in character. Read. Agree. *g*

And so - clears throat in Bilbo'ish manner - I bid you all a very fond farewell.

Selena puts on a small golden ring and dissappears.