Writing ramble

I was going through some old, old, old writing of mine, and I came across a fantasy-type story that was abandoned about 15 pages in. It was an original work, complete with maps and scribblings about that world's histories, laws, etc. The thing about it that got me thinking was that the two major characters were drastically different brothers vying over the crown. Sound familar?

In that story, neither character was "good". Both would have made for a bad king. I was interested in exploring the modern concept of "choosing the lesser evil" while voting. But last night, the idea of the feuding brothers made me stop and think about writing... well more so, the creative ruts I willingly dig myself into.

I've rambled about how certain story arcs/ emotional situations are the ones I keep coming back to. And I -know- for all my use of non traditional characters as secondaries or walk-ons, my main character choices tend to be fairly static. So, and here's the point of the paragraph, I wonder if fan fic authors tend to be inspired by the characters who most naturally fit into favorite story situations.

M. Hardy is the perfect example of underappreciated but more diligent sibling, and I'm thinking that (whether real or what I've decided) probably accounts for a ton of the fascination I have with him. It could explain why I write Edge so much, when as a wrestler I find him adequate and nice to look at, but otherwise sorta blah about. Edge is a polite, kind hearted foil to my boisterious Dick!Christian muse.

And now, I'm also wondering if instead of waiting for a muse to start speaking to me, if what I'm actually doing is having them plead their cases. Okay, museboy, you got five minutes to tell me why this should be your story.

a very, very thin silver lining

Okay, I've been avoiding following this story because it's just really sad and wrong. It's one of those things things that I could soapbox on for days.

But, this at least, is hopeful news.


(C&P'd from The Torch)-Although he is still under contract to WWE, it wouldn't surprise me if Tommy Dreamer becomes a player in the ROH saga. With so many wrestlers predicting that Dreamer's days in WWE are numbered, it seems only logical that he would like to see ROH survive so that he has a promotion to fall back on. I have no way of knowing what Dreamer's financial status is these days, but perhaps he would be someone who would consider buying the company at a reduced price. Dreamer has a good reputation with most of the wrestlers and, more importantly, a good reputation with East Coast independent fans. If Dreamer were at least part of an investment team that purchased ROH from Feinstein, his name value could be enough to win back some of the fans and wrestlers who walk away from ROH...

Oh the villiany

Some of the dirt sheets are reporting Jeff Hardy may return at WMXX. Is he off the crack done pursuing artistic endeavors?

Actually, since he was my go to antagonist for fan fic, his return could be a good thing.

Angst!Matt: But I stayed. I worked hard. I wrestled dilegently. I didn't do crack pursue artistic endeavors.

Dirtsheet!WWE writers: So what. Give Jeff some gold.

Angst!Matt: Phooey.