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[Fic] "Raven Carlson" part 2 -- X-Men
Aug. 13th, 2005 04:19 pmA while after the first X-Men movie came out, I started a series of drabbles about one of the everyday mutants in that world. Of course, I also feel free to steal from the comics, since Marvel has retconned and contradicted itself so many times that canon is... shall we say... rather mutable.
Anyway, Raven Carlson has four arms, a tail, and black fur over every inch of her body -- except her lips, her palms, and the soles of her feet. The first set of drabbles can be found here.
( Raven drabbles, part II )
Drabbles -- in the strict 100 word definition -- are hard to write, since you have to squeeze everything down into so few words. I think of them kind of like haiku or sonnets: the trick is to paint an impression, evoke an emotional response, tell a miniature story, within a highly stylized format. When you do them right, they create a spare, elegant beauty.
I don't know if I reach that goal, but it's a useful exercise to try now and then.
Anyway, Raven Carlson has four arms, a tail, and black fur over every inch of her body -- except her lips, her palms, and the soles of her feet. The first set of drabbles can be found here.
( Raven drabbles, part II )
Drabbles -- in the strict 100 word definition -- are hard to write, since you have to squeeze everything down into so few words. I think of them kind of like haiku or sonnets: the trick is to paint an impression, evoke an emotional response, tell a miniature story, within a highly stylized format. When you do them right, they create a spare, elegant beauty.
I don't know if I reach that goal, but it's a useful exercise to try now and then.
