FIC (TW): Real Vampires Are Not Disco Balls

[loaded_march]

So, remember the thing where I said I wasn't signing up for any more fests for the rest of the year?  And how I failed twice within like a month of that drastic announcement?  The first time was because I wanted to help out for something that was completely anon, and the second time because, well, I'd forgotten that I had already signed up (but we won't talk about my memory!fail) for the Merlin RBB.

Today's Reveal Day!  I can now tell you what I was working on.

I pitch-hitted for Teen Wolf Fall Harvest (tw_fallharvest)!  I've never pitch-hitted before, and although I have written TW fic (unfinished and yet-to-be-posted), this is my first official TW fic.

I was given an amazing prompt, and even though I had two weeks to write it (give or take), we all know my propensity for writing long(er) fics, and I was/still am writing Part #11, so it was a bit of a juggle to get the word count properly distributed.  I know I could have done more for the fic (my notes on that are beneath the pseudo-link) but I'm happy with it, and I am pretty pleased that my giftee liked her story.

If you're into Teen Wolf, don't mind an overdose of pop culture, and don't mind vampires, there's a story for you.  But if you're only into one of those three things, totally check out all the awesome stories that were written as part of the fest.


Title: Real Vampires Are Not Disco Balls
Recipient: espressopotluck
Author: loaded_march/Footloose (on AO3)
Rating: R
Pairings: Stiles/Derek, Lydia/Erica (background)
Word Count: 16,000
Content Notes/Warnings: Underage, dub-con, internet stalking, creepy supernaturals
Summary: Despite Derek's insistence to the contrary, vampires do exist. And one of them is snacking on the good people -- should that be the tasty people? -- of Beacon Hills.
Author's Notes: Happy Fall Harvest, espressopotluck! I hope you enjoy this fic. I tried to incorporate as many prompts as I could. Also, a big thank you to fuzzytomato02, who got me into TW in the first place, and to castmeaway for the amazing, last minute beta.





Out of the three prompts that had been listed, I decided to go for a mash of the first two (Stiles and vampires and badass!Lydia).  You might be able to see the third one if you squint a little (a quotation, roughly paraphrased: the beast you make of me).

I'll admit that this was an easy prompt mash-up for me for one reason: I am totally a vampire whore.  No, not in that way, geez.  If there's a vampire book out there, I've read it.  If there's a vampire movie, I've seen it.  If there was a TV show about vampires, about people who lived the vampire lifestyle, or about people who believe they are vampires, I've watched it.  If there was a role-playing game, a video game, or a card game about or with vampires in it, I've played it.  I've researched the medical aspect of it, I've written vampires into stories, and I've probably memorized more lore than I know what to do with.

However, I have not chatted with real vampires after stumbling into a Vampire dating site.  I just wanted to make that clear. *nods*

I was a precocious child/annoying teenager with an unhealthy interest in the supernatural (I was equally invested in werewolves, which in no way explains my fascination with TW). 

Despite the fact that the prompt was right up my alley -- my original fic have badass!female characters in them, for example -- and that I had a blast writing it, I don't feel I did the prompt justice.  There's a lot more that I wanted to do with the fic.  A lot.  This could easily have become twice its size, if only I had the time.

I wanted to go into a couple of directions with the fic.  MacLaren turned out to be a character in his own right, and I wanted him to have gotten his hooks into Stiles at least once.  There needed to be more of a slow build between Stiles and Derek (we all know how much I love to draw out the UST).  I wanted to have more case!fic involved here.  I wanted to show a competitive friendship between Stiles and Lydia.  And, more importantly, I wanted to tell the story from Lydia's side, too, giving her a POV.

Maybe someday I will go back and revisit the fic and expand on it like I wanted to from the beginning, but couldn't indulge in.  But for the time I had, the amount of words I managed, and the breadth of the plot that I came up with, I'm happy with Real Vampires Are Not Disco Balls.

Comments

[k-nightfox.livejournal.com]

*eyes you* Hmm...Teen Wolf, eh?

Damn...all the cool kids are doing it.

*feels like that freaky outcast she was back in highschool*

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

come join us, yesssss

*wriggles fingers invitingly*

[lec90.livejournal.com]

Just read it, thought it was lovely -- and I would LOVE to see you do a re-vamp (lol, the puns kill me) of this if/when you got the chance to see you do the things you mentioned with it.

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

hahaha

*snickers*

"re-vamp"

Thank you :D

[giraffatrolli.livejournal.com]

#gnashes teeth# Will have to think about whether to go there or not...

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

Cave in

You know you want to

[giraffatrolli.livejournal.com]

Maybe in the new year... Will have to figure out how to get my claws on it in the least painful way.

[giraffatrolli.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I partially caved... Watched the pilot, read up on TW, watched Sterek compendiums for both seasons... Aaaand read this fic.

Ooodles of fun here, like Stiles' motormouth, and the not-a-man-of-many-words Derek. :)

Wondering now whether to fully engage with this potential rabbit hole... Hmmmm :)

[quietomega.livejournal.com]

Was really cool; I liked how Lydia basically took care of their problem in the background while everyone was being sort of oblivious, and the Stiles/Derek interactions were really, really fun

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

*grins*

Thanks!

I still want to expand it to have Lydia's POV, but... we'll see!

[lukita.livejournal.com]

Just because I'm a big failure of fail fail fail for commenting. This fic was awesome read, all (not really a vampire fic vampire fic?) vampire goodness all rolled into omg-what-are-you-doing-Siles! variety. bamf!Lydia for the win, woot!