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Highlander II · 4th April 2002, 04:12 PM

Well, i figured since so many of us have so many muses - that we should have a thread to yak about them ---

as you all know - i have a TON of muses - (i won't list 'em all now, b/c if i forget one... well, you know) --

my first muse, well - don't really know, but the 1st serious 'ficcing' i did was for Highlander - so, probably Methos was my first serious muse. it has snowballed since then.....

so - who else? what muses do you have?? and how do they act? are they talkative? shy? do they hide often? hit you at the most inoportune times?

SwingGirl · 5th April 2002, 04:10 AM

Oh, good timing with this thread. My Methos muse was very good to me today. I am still working on that series of vingettes that I posted a couple of weeks ago. I got done with the Methos part that I have been working on. Now hopefully my Amanda muse will be as cooperative.

Highlander II · 5th April 2002, 04:13 AM

cool!!

okay - i'll list my Highlander Muses -

Connor MacLeod
Methos/Adam Pierson

and sometimes I have an Amanda muse - but she only shows when she feels like it --

SwingGirl · 5th April 2002, 04:31 AM

Yeah, I know what you mean. I love Highlander and the character of Amanda, but so far that's the part I've been having the most trouble writing.

Other than Highlander, I've also started a couple of fics for The Sentinel and I've also had an idea for an Invisible Man fic that I haven't started writing yet.

Arwen · 5th April 2002, 04:56 AM

Invisible Man? ohhh a Darien fic... when you do plan on writing it, please post it because I've grown an interest in the Invisible Man

SwingGirl · 5th April 2002, 05:04 AM

Well, I may eventually write my IMan fic, but for the time being, it's just an idea. I've got some Highlander stuff that I'm working right now. Maybe when I'm done with that.

Okay, you like The Invisible Man. Does that mean you won't mind if I complain about the stupid, stupid, STUPID Scifi Channel? I still can't believe that they canceled IMan. I admit that I don't really know much about running a tv station, but it just seems to me that it's a really dumb idea to cancel your second highest rated show. AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!! I HATE THE SCIFI CHANNEL!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I'm done with my off topic ranting now.

Kimmielvr · 5th April 2002, 05:29 AM

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Originally posted by Highlander II

so - who else? what muses do you have?? and how do they act? are they talkative? shy? do they hide often? hit you at the most inoportune times?

Muses! Oh man...what a question...I've got a bunch...from all different fandoms as well. Some are more active than others...many can't get a word in edgeways b/c of the more vocal ones *g* Some are OCs...some are canon.

I figure I have 12 muses total...although, thankfully, not all the time. And yes, nearly all of them hit when I absolutely can't sit down and jot down anything they tell me....yet most become eerily silent when I'm sat at the puter. I have one muse, my Richard Sharpe muse, who is in hiding...I'm trying to coax him out...he's a good muse, but had a bad experience with another writer a while back.

lynnann · 5th April 2002, 06:38 AM

I'm pretty sure my earliest muses were all MarySues (I've written "volumes" no one will ever see), and I think she still lurks a lot, but I'm not sure I have a muse per se.

I see scenes in my head, and hear the characters dialog like it is a script. Sometimes after the basic story is down, I go back and do the set decorations, the costuming etc., add direction (say it THIS way!). If I can "edit" all the scenes together, great; if not, it goes in the VNOWES file and I might work on it again on some later date, or steal a scene for a different story.

The times the muses DO assist me, is when I'm writing a scene and I have absolutely NO idea where it is going or why. Those are the best, but they seem few and far in between. In that case, I'd have to name Connor, Duncan, Ramirez and Fitz as muses that have been good to me. :blush:

lynnann

Dru · 5th April 2002, 07:39 AM

Ahhh yes Muses....what can I say about my...*sees mob of angry muses standing over her shoulder* my little angels!

Well I have 7 muses. Methos is my first, Jamie was next(he's from a disney show In A Heartbeat), Dr. Helm(from Queen of swords) came after Jamie, then came Spike, then in a sudden shock of muses came Drusilla, Angelus, and Darla. And hopefuly I won't get anymore for a while.

Highlander II · 5th April 2002, 04:03 PM

SwingGirl - there is an Invisible Man mini-forum where you can rant all you want!

there is also a The Sentinel mini forum for further scifi scathing!

and - more muses:

Stargate SG-1:
Colonel Jack O'Neill
Major Paul Davis

The Pretender
Jarod
Miss Parker
Mr. Lyle

Profiler
Bailey Malone
Chloe (ocassional - she doesn't always show up)

JAG
Commander Harmon Rabb, Jr.

Law & Order
EADA JAck McCoy
ADA Claire Kincaid
ADA Abbie Carmichael (again - shows up sometimes)
Det. Lennie Briscoe
Det. Michael Logan

Law & Order SVU
(these guys generally show in my L&O fics, I don't really write SVU fic - yet)
Det. Odafin Tutuola (this is Ice-T's character)
Det. John Munch (he's a riot!)
ADA Alex Cabot (she's new - have a drabble in the works for her)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(my newest muse)
Spike / William the Bloody

okay - that's all i'll list for now -- no, i don't have an Angel muse, tho i do have a story i'm working on told from his POV -

i must be crazy to have so many muses!

Analise · 5th April 2002, 07:31 PM

*ahem* Muses.....*sigh*

Highlander:
Unfortunately...none.

Star Wars:
Tycho
Wedge
Hobbie
Mirax

Buffy:
Spike

A Knight's Tale:
Sometimes Chaucer

Greek Mythology:
Hermes

Other:
Damion (vampire)

The only really talkative ones are spike (specially lately), hermes, and damion.

Highlander II · 5th April 2002, 07:42 PM

i have more ---

i'll list 'em later ---

Hmpf MacSlow · 6th April 2002, 08:56 AM

I have some muses I'd rather not have. Mostly, my muses turn out to *not* be the characters I actually *want* to write about. I mean, for Farscape, for example, I have a hyperative Rygel muse and a Chiana muse, when I'd much rather have a John muse!
I also have a DK muse.

For HL, it's only Methos, thank the Gods, LOL!

For DS9, it's an unlikely guy called Al Lorenzo who's mentioned in passing in one season seven ep., oh, and Captain Sisko.

And recently I was visited by an orc version of Philip Marlowe; now, *that* was scary! He wanted me to write a 'Mordor noir' I refused him, good little MacSlow that I am - I felt I had to concentrate on my WiPs.

Diamond9697 · 7th April 2002, 05:03 PM

hmmm...muses...well....let's see

Buffy/Angel
Angel
Angelus (yes they are two seperate muses...trust me)
Wesley
Willow

Star Wars
Corran
Janson
Aliah (OFC)

Highlander
Methos
Kronos

X-Files
Mulder
Krycek (kinda...long story)

Right now my talkative ones are Aliah and Methos...although he seems to have taken a vacation here recently *sighs*

Kimmielvr · 8th April 2002, 03:42 AM

Okay my main muses

Highlander
Kronos
Consone
Athenea (OC)
Hsu Danmei (OC)

Robin of Sherwood
Nasir
Sarak

Blake's 7
Avon

Sean Bean characters
Richard Sharpe
Robert Lovelace (from the mini-series Clarissa)
and a developing Boromir muse

The Mummy/The Mummy Returns
Ardeth Bay

Original Muses or ones from no fandom
Ansar
Michaela
and one developing called Donovan

There are others, that I call mini-muses, which aren't true muses in my mind....and they would probably be too long to list.

4th April 2002, 04:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Highlander II There can be only one!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,481	Muses Well, i figured since so many of us have so many muses - that we should have a thread to yak about them --- as you all know - i have a TON of muses - (i won't list 'em all now, b/c if i forget one... well, you know) -- my first muse, well - don't really know, but the 1st serious 'ficcing' i did was for Highlander - so, probably Methos was my first serious muse. it has snowballed since then..... so - who else? what muses do you have?? and how do they act? are they talkative? shy? do they hide often? hit you at the most inoportune times?

8th April 2002, 03:42 AM	#15 (permalink)
Kimmielvr Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 21	Muse roll call Okay my main muses Highlander Kronos Consone Athenea (OC) Hsu Danmei (OC) Robin of Sherwood Nasir Sarak Blake's 7 Avon Sean Bean characters Richard Sharpe Robert Lovelace (from the mini-series Clarissa) and a developing Boromir muse The Mummy/The Mummy Returns Ardeth Bay Original Muses or ones from no fandom Ansar Michaela and one developing called Donovan There are others, that I call mini-muses, which aren't true muses in my mind....and they would probably be too long to list.

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5th April 2002, 04:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
SwingGirl Advanced Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 106	Oh, good timing with this thread. My Methos muse was very good to me today. I am still working on that series of vingettes that I posted a couple of weeks ago. I got done with the Methos part that I have been working on. Now hopefully my Amanda muse will be as cooperative.

5th April 2002, 04:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
Highlander II There can be only one!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,481	cool!! okay - i'll list my Highlander Muses - Connor MacLeod Methos/Adam Pierson and sometimes I have an Amanda muse - but she only shows when she feels like it --

5th April 2002, 04:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
SwingGirl Advanced Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 106	Yeah, I know what you mean. I love Highlander and the character of Amanda, but so far that's the part I've been having the most trouble writing. Other than Highlander, I've also started a couple of fics for The Sentinel and I've also had an idea for an Invisible Man fic that I haven't started writing yet.

5th April 2002, 04:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
Arwen Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: New York Posts: 1,184	Invisible Man? ohhh a Darien fic... when you do plan on writing it, please post it because I've grown an interest in the Invisible Man

5th April 2002, 05:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
SwingGirl Advanced Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 106	Well, I may eventually write my IMan fic, but for the time being, it's just an idea. I've got some Highlander stuff that I'm working right now. Maybe when I'm done with that. Okay, you like The Invisible Man. Does that mean you won't mind if I complain about the stupid, stupid, STUPID Scifi Channel? I still can't believe that they canceled IMan. I admit that I don't really know much about running a tv station, but it just seems to me that it's a really dumb idea to cancel your second highest rated show. AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!! I HATE THE SCIFI CHANNEL!!!!!!!!! Sorry, I'm done with my off topic ranting now.

5th April 2002, 06:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
lynnann Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 4	I'm pretty sure my earliest muses were all MarySues (I've written "volumes" no one will ever see), and I think she still lurks a lot, but I'm not sure I have a muse per se. I see scenes in my head, and hear the characters dialog like it is a script. Sometimes after the basic story is down, I go back and do the set decorations, the costuming etc., add direction (say it THIS way!). If I can "edit" all the scenes together, great; if not, it goes in the VNOWES file and I might work on it again on some later date, or steal a scene for a different story. The times the muses DO assist me, is when I'm writing a scene and I have absolutely NO idea where it is going or why. Those are the best, but they seem few and far in between. In that case, I'd have to name Connor, Duncan, Ramirez and Fitz as muses that have been good to me. :blush: lynnann

5th April 2002, 07:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dru I'm a princess Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pa Posts: 910	Ahhh yes Muses....what can I say about my...sees mob of angry muses standing over her shoulder my little angels! Well I have 7 muses. Methos is my first, Jamie was next(he's from a disney show In A Heartbeat), Dr. Helm(from Queen of swords) came after Jamie, then came Spike, then in a sudden shock of muses came Drusilla, Angelus, and Darla. And hopefuly I won't get anymore for a while.

5th April 2002, 04:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
Highlander II There can be only one!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,481	SwingGirl - there is an Invisible Man mini-forum where you can rant all you want! there is also a The Sentinel mini forum for further scifi scathing! and - more muses: Stargate SG-1: Colonel Jack O'Neill Major Paul Davis The Pretender Jarod Miss Parker Mr. Lyle Profiler Bailey Malone Chloe (ocassional - she doesn't always show up) JAG Commander Harmon Rabb, Jr. Law & Order EADA JAck McCoy ADA Claire Kincaid ADA Abbie Carmichael (again - shows up sometimes) Det. Lennie Briscoe Det. Michael Logan Law & Order SVU (these guys generally show in my L&O fics, I don't really write SVU fic - yet) Det. Odafin Tutuola (this is Ice-T's character) Det. John Munch (he's a riot!) ADA Alex Cabot (she's new - have a drabble in the works for her) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (my newest muse) Spike / William the Bloody okay - that's all i'll list for now -- no, i don't have an Angel muse, tho i do have a story i'm working on told from his POV - i must be crazy to have so many muses!

5th April 2002, 07:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
Analise Blondishness Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 590	ahem Muses.....sigh Highlander: Unfortunately...none. Star Wars: Tycho Wedge Hobbie Mirax Buffy: Spike A Knight's Tale: Sometimes Chaucer Greek Mythology: Hermes Other: Damion (vampire) The only really talkative ones are spike (specially lately), hermes, and damion.

5th April 2002, 07:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
Highlander II There can be only one!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,481	i have more --- i'll list 'em later ---

6th April 2002, 08:56 AM	#13 (permalink)
Hmpf MacSlow Advanced Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 124	I have some muses I'd rather not have. Mostly, my muses turn out to not be the characters I actually want to write about. I mean, for Farscape, for example, I have a hyperative Rygel muse and a Chiana muse, when I'd much rather have a John muse! I also have a DK muse. For HL, it's only Methos, thank the Gods, LOL! For DS9, it's an unlikely guy called Al Lorenzo who's mentioned in passing in one season seven ep., oh, and Captain Sisko. And recently I was visited by an orc version of Philip Marlowe; now, that was scary! He wanted me to write a 'Mordor noir' I refused him, good little MacSlow that I am - I felt I had to concentrate on my WiPs.

7th April 2002, 05:03 PM	#14 (permalink)
Diamond9697 Lookin Good Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,872	hmmm...muses...well....let's see Buffy/Angel Angel Angelus (yes they are two seperate muses...trust me) Wesley Willow Star Wars Corran Janson Aliah (OFC) Highlander Methos Kronos X-Files Mulder Krycek (kinda...long story) Right now my talkative ones are Aliah and Methos...although he seems to have taken a vacation here recently sighs