I'm actually really touched by the comment about "most natural and obvious thing in the world". I don't know if this is how other people make AUs, but I really make an effort to immerse myself in the logic and rules of the AU world I'm using.
Also, putting the characters first helps a lot. I know I try to use AUs to try to illustrate parts of the character that might be harder to bring out in regular canon. There was a bit of a bomb for Deon in one part of Des's dialogue, for one, but I really love this fic because it is a chance to see the 'hero' that is in Peter, even though his powers don't allow for it in regular canon. It's also really pleasing to see a character act that way that character should even if the rules and situation of their setting has changed drastically. (FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE WROTE THE COOLEST OGLAF AU, WHICH WAS SO COOL BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS ALL ACTED EXACTLY AS THEY SHOULD.)
IN SHORT, YAY. I like to think of Api/Ari as a program that specializing in syncs and detecting turbulence in transmissions. I know Rae and Brian are also big players in this AU - though I might hold off on saying how, cause if I did write another fic it'd be about them. Also, I imagine Loni, Jane, Alex, and Val as the Sirens in this AU. Aged-up and hot, of course.
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Date: 2011-11-18 02:12 am (UTC)I'm actually really touched by the comment about "most natural and obvious thing in the world". I don't know if this is how other people make AUs, but I really make an effort to immerse myself in the logic and rules of the AU world I'm using.
Also, putting the characters first helps a lot. I know I try to use AUs to try to illustrate parts of the character that might be harder to bring out in regular canon. There was a bit of a bomb for Deon in one part of Des's dialogue, for one, but I really love this fic because it is a chance to see the 'hero' that is in Peter, even though his powers don't allow for it in regular canon. It's also really pleasing to see a character act that way that character should even if the rules and situation of their setting has changed drastically.
(FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE WROTE THE COOLEST OGLAF AU, WHICH WAS SO COOL BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS ALL ACTED EXACTLY AS THEY SHOULD.)
IN SHORT, YAY. I like to think of Api/Ari as a program that specializing in syncs and detecting turbulence in transmissions. I know Rae and Brian are also big players in this AU - though I might hold off on saying how, cause if I did write another fic it'd be about them. Also, I imagine Loni, Jane, Alex, and Val as the Sirens in this AU. Aged-up and hot, of course.