Best TQ Winner: lostladyknight

TQ: Since this is our first challenge with unlimited fandoms let's focus on that. How did you choose your fandom?

Choosing a fandom was kinda tough. I was talking to Amanda very early this week and she suggested that she had an interest in writing a Gilmore Girls piece so that was out for me. My idea was going to involve Jess and Rory on the episode with Lorelai's graduation where Rory ditches her to go see Jess in NY. However I didn't want to use the same idea as someone else so I changed my mind from that one.

Then a few other story ideas came to me. I spent a good few weeks (Brittney gave me the challenge a few weeks ago. I've had a slip of paper with it on there sitting on my computer since) leading up to challenge day trying to work out a CSI Miami/ Golden Girls crossover story. Both being set in Dade county I thought that it couldn't be TOO hard to pull off. I thought in the very least some of you would enjoy seeing me flex my Miami muscles a bit further. In the end, however, all of my story ideas were either a little too dirty or I couldn't talk myself into accepting the time lines being a bit skewed so I decided that it just wasn't going to work.

Another story idea I had was going to be set in Frasier verse (which I'm glad I didn't go with because that's what my roomie did) it was going to be Niles centric, probably early on in the series. I have an adoration for David Hyde Pierce and writing for his character would have been a pleasure. I couldn't think of any good, concrete, ideas though and in the end abolished all of them.

Then there were momentary thoughts of exploring a few other fandoms. Avatar: The Last Airbender, CSI, The Nanny, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. None of the ideas really stuck to me though. I kept either going back to Gilmore Girls, the Miami/Golden Girls crossover, or one other idea which ended up being the one I went with.

For some reason Alba DeTamble wouldn't get out of my head. Scenario after scenario seemed to creep up of things she'd have to deal with as a child, teen, or even adult. Eventually the subconscious scenarios gave way to real, thought out, stories and when I walked over to my bar and picked up my copy of the novel (The Time Traveler's Wife) everything seemed to fall into place. I dropped the book open to a spot at random and the whole story idea came to me in a flood. I won't dare say it's the best story I've ever written, surely it's far from it. But it was the easiest, for sure. I guess you could presume that the way I chose was by following my gut.