Nick Song Fic Ch #8 - "Angel"- Now up!

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Not that anyone but me cares, but I was right on my guesses!!!

Ahem... Anyway, I purposely did not listen to the song or watch the video, as I didn't want the tone of music or the imagery to get in the way of what the words were saying to me. The first time I read the lyrics I did get an over-all angry impression, but I didn't want to write a fic where Nick was angry. Instead I saw him watching Catherine struggle and in a very Nicky way, trying to help her out by reminding her that in the end, Karma gets everyone.

I struggled with the funny parts (it was much funnier in my head) and also had a hard time cramming the whole thing into 2000 words. I wound up cutting a lot out - about 300 words. But thank you to everyone for such nice comments about it... I :adore: reviews!

Oh - and the Jack/Pearl thing: Jack Pearl was a comic in early radio, when radio theater was all the rage. I think he is most famous for Baron Munchausen, who told tall tales using a comic German accent. The DH has XM radio in the car and there's a station with nothing but radio classics. While I was pondering this fic in the car I heard ond of Jack's performances and thought it would be cute to name the kids Jack and Pearl - the whole radio/supposed to be funny/tall tales/karma thing. Anyway...
 
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speedystokesgirl said:
Ummm, Smokey, I don't think it's been a week yet. :p
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Sorry! :) It just seemed like we were kind of idling here and people were getting antsy to move on to the next challenge.

Speaking of, everyone get those song ideas to me if you haven't yet if you want to be on the list of choices for the upcoming challenges! Remember, pick one song this time that you want to be in the running when we randomly select the next one. :)
 
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Smokey said:
speedystokesgirl said:
Ummm, Smokey, I don't think it's been a week yet. :p
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Sorry! :) It just seemed like we were kind of idling here and people were getting antsy to move on to the next challenge.
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You know us soooo well Smokey :lol: Hopefully you don't post the new theme before Monday... :guffaw:Otherwise I wouldn't be able to concentrate on my homework this weekend... I would think about what the new theme could be and if you all started writing on it...

To my story...
I guess you all knew it was mine... at least I got that impression :) It's fine with me as long as the reason for that wasn't only the grammar.

I really don't know how I got the idea for it... I just sat down and wrote it... but I knew that I wanted to have Hodges playing the bad part :lol:
It needs to be said that I needed to rewrite it after I had the first one ready because my notebook screwed up... so I guess, since I was under time pressure... it isn't as good as the predecessor... anyway I got the feeling that I wasn't really able to make clear what Nick's anger was about.... I wanted to show that everything he buried inside of him over the years will come out some day and that it could happen to a time where he really has no need to be that angry, even the case gets under his skin.

I used the video to the song more as my inspiration for the fic then the lyrics itself... that was because I had a hell of a problem to understand the song :lol: My poor English skills couldn't help me with that... and so I used the video which made things easier for me. It's not that I don't know what karma is but if I don't understand the whole song, my interpretation could have been wrong. That was something I was really afraid of...

Writing the story itself was easy even I had problems to find the right words sometimes...

I want to thank you all for the reviews :) You all gave me great input and things I'll think about before I'll really publish this fic on FF or somewhere. Also I want to give a special thanks to Smokey for beta reading my story and for even motivating me to write a fic. Thank you all very much for your kind words and understanding :D
 
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Well, I loved the stories, and I love this idea Smokey,congratulations on a job well done and Egeria,best Nick Fic site ever,it really rocks!

My fic, hmmmm, well to be honest,the song drove me crazy,I couldn't for the life of me wrap my creative mind around it. But I knew I had to leave town for my son's graduation, a degree in criminology,already has a job with the State Bureu of Investigation.. Love it!

I have to say that the concept of Nick's luck as actually good luck instead of bad was a flip of the coin decision. Karma,his aura, they connected and I found myself looking at Nick in a different way.

I feel Khanti at first saw what the others had seen over the years,Nick is prone to bad things,bad people,bad situations. Then she has a realization,maybe it isn't bad luck at all but actually the opposite.

In the real world,Nick should have died several times but karma intervened and changed the dynamics of the situations, instead of Nigel shooting Nick he put the gun on himself, when Nick was pushed out the window,no borken bones, no internal bleeding? Incredible. And when those ants bit him thousands of times,pushed to the brink in that box,he was still able to walk away at the end.

Maybe Khanti should go back and tell Nick's friends that he is the luckiest man she has ever known.

And I always wanted a drunk Nick singing so this might be the closest I ever come to getting that,head injury,drunken stupor,whatever,it works!!!:)
 
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I'll be updating the site soon with names of the authors. If anyone is posting their fic to FF.net or anywhere else for that matter, please pm me as I'll include a link on your story page. :D
 
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egeria said:
I'll be updating the site soon with names of the authors. If anyone is posting their fic to FF.net or anywhere else for that matter, please pm me as I'll include a link on your story page. :D
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Cool :D I'll tell you if I'll ever posting my fic to FF.net... I guess I really need to work some things out in mine before I'll post it there...

I know someone who already posted it on FF.net :lol: *cough* Jacqui *cough* :guffaw: That was the first thing I saw this morning... so I knew that Smokey revealed who wrote what before taking a look in the songfic thread... :)
 
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My inspiration?

I must admit that I only listened to the song once. I was inspired more by the words than the music. I knew I wanted a homeless man in my fic, and I knew I wanted to make the story cyclic, where the end brings the reader back to the beginning.

*cough* Well, my opening sequence came to me in a totally incongruous place. Let's just say it was a place where I had no business thinking up a swear word for my opening line! :lol:

After that it all fell into place and I wrote away! Definitely planned to make it a cliffhanger and to my mind, the story IS finished :D Some of the detail, Nick's drive through Vegas for example was born from my own personal challenge to write a fic exactly 2000 words long. But I think it adds to the atmosphere and detail and so instead of being 'filler' material it became a vital part of the story.

The title was one of the harder parts to come up with. But then I thought that The Invisible Man would be perfect as it applies to both the vic AND the suspect (not that they have one!). So I liked the double meaning. It seemed to be apt!

I'm very much looking forward to the next challenge!

Let me also just say that it was a real joy to create the site and the various graphics. But that too was a challenge to get both the story AND the site done in time :lol:
 
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Hi there...

The lyrics inspired me, but the video really inspired me. The concept of a someone being hunted town and then turning the tables on his tormentors really inspired. It's kind of my life theme having been the man running from the car all my life.
 
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Ctess said:
I was wondering - can non writers suggest a song?
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Hi Ctess! Welcome to the thread! :)

I think for now we'll just use our list of songs from participants, because I think most of them are anxious to have their song come up for a challenge. :)

That said, you are absolutely welcome to join the challenge and write a fic! Otherwise, you may be able to "commission" someone here to write something for you based on a song you've chosen if you want. :) There is also a request thread here if you want to request someone to write something for you.
 
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Hi All,

The lyrics of the song inspired me to write the story that's been roaming around in my mind for awhile. I always felt TPTB never quite dealt with Nick losing his best friend, so I decided to write the scene. Anyway, that was the inspiration.

I posted a slightly longer version of the story on Fanfiction.net in case anyone wants to read it again. (I post as But A Chance on that site.) I look forward to the next challenge.

Thanks Everyone and Take Care,

Kell
 
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I'd like to choose the next topic for the challenge soon, so if you haven't sent in a song suggestion and want to, please do so as soon as possible. :D

Jacqui, I have two from you...do you want to pick one or want me to choose one of them for you? :)

Speedy, do you want to go with the one you suggested for the first round?

Bookgirl and Missee...I don't seem to have one from either of you. Would you like to send one in?

And once again, anyone who wants to join the challenge is free to do so! Just send leave a post here and/or PM me to let me know. And if you want to suggest a song, please PM that to me. :)
 
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Yeah, Smokey, go ahead with the one I suggested before. :)

More reviews.

For a Minute There I Lost Myself: The ending? :lol: Hmmm, I don't know if I'd want to see Nick in tights, but then again...:devil: I'm with Nick though, I'd want to punch that guy's lights out too. The story really fit the lyrics you put in this story. Very well written. I liked it.

Nick's Karma: Bart? Now where'd you come up with that name? Boy, poor Nick and his bad Karma. What kind of a past life did our Nicky exactly live? :devil: That story was serious and humorous all rolled into one. See what happens when you're late? Nick singing...maybe he should try out of American Idol. :lol: Very cool story and so fits Nick's bad luck.

December 24th: Ok, that was just beautiful! I need kleenex. Your story was very touching. The lyrics fit perfectly. I like that Nick stayed in Vegas to be with his friend. This story just makes me miss Warrick more. You could feel Nick's pain. Great story.

Revenge: Omg, that was was brilliant. I thought for sure Nick was in trouble and was going to be killed. That was a great twist and I so didn't see that coming. The labrats :guffaw: you gotta love. Yup, Nick, karma's a bitch. Play and April fool's joke, be prepared for payback. Cause that's a bitch too. :lol:

Lost Myself: That was really good. I like that this conversation took place between Brass and Nick. I wish they'd have something like this on the show. I like that it was a continuation of an episode. Nick blaming himself for Warrick's death, that is so Nick. I like how you injected the lyrics as part of the conversation. Very good.

I Lost Myself: Hey, I don't have to review this one now, since I wrote it. Where did I come up with idea. I knew I'd only take part of the song and I didn't hear the song or see the video. When I saw 'Phew, for a minute there I lost myself, I thought of Nick hallucinating while in the box and what could've been going through his mind.

Well, I reallly loved all the stories. This really is a great idea, to take a song and then write a story. It has been really interesting seeing how everyone interpreted the lyrics and the stories born of them.
 
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I don't have a song idea, so I'll pass on contributing to the pool Smokey. Unless someone wants to bribe me to contribute their song. I accept cold hard cash and chocolate ;)

I wanted to say thank you for all the really great feedback everyone left. I think I've said before that this was my first fanfic...ever. I was very nervous about writing anything, not to mention actually having people read it. But you all have been ever so encouraging and supportive. I appreciate it :D

And my little blurb about how I came up with the my story-
I had several ideas but I'd start writing them and they'd sputter to a stop, or I just had no idea how to get from one point to the next. My finished story is actually a combinaiton of two of my dead end attempts. I kept going back to the lyrics and they kind of laid out for me how I could connect the whole thing. I had a whole other way in my head of recentering Nick, bringing him back to reality, but as i was writing the walking down the street scene it just kept getting bigger and bigger, and I thought to myself holy crap I'm turning him into a vigilante superhero! I was going to scrap the whole thing and start over but decided the idea of Nick in tights deserved some...consideration. :p I'm glad you guys agreed and didn't think it sacreligious :)
 
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