Bob Schroeck Wrote:It also sounds like a twist on Ma Vie et Roses by Scott Johnson and Scott Jamison. If you haven't seen it before, it's an Utena fic that deconstructions the self-insert by making the insert character only barely cognizant of the existence of Revolutionary Girl Utena before he gets shoved into it. What makes it fun, despite it being incomplete, is that one of the Scotts was genuinely unfamiliar with Utena at the time -- he wrote the pseudo-insert character, Skyler Sands, while the other Scott wrote around him. The results are pretty interesting.Ah man! That is the kind of collaborative writing that I love to do! Especially when the setup is two keyboards and mice... and one computer. Makes for some very fun "Oh waituhminute! I got an idea!" fast-paced writing. Once upon a time I had one girlfriend I did this with and we would simply blow through an entire chapter in a day.
Wonder if I can coerce my current girlfriend into doing something like that someday. She disdains most anime, but she has a passion for everything Dragon Ball. (Something to do with fond memories of Saturday mornings.
If I can come up with a suitable chew-toy/ass-monkey/straight-man to drop into DB-verse for comedic affect she might go for it. Eventually.