Fan Fiction

Once again, another dorky post.
I love fan fiction. It gives fans a chance to vent!
Back in high school, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that fan fiction existed. It gives fans the chance to make up their own realities (at least book realities) with characters already created, characters they love.

As for me, I rarely write a fan fic unless I'm pissed off. Usually it's because I want an ending to be different.
My first fan fic was about Final Fantasy VII. I was always an Aerith fan and was pissed when she died. Also, I didn't like that Cloud and Tifa got together instead. So, I wrote an alternate ending! One where Cloud was always in love with Aerith and they lived happily ever after with Tifa left in the dust. Nice!

Fast forward about 10 years and I've written a few more. I wrote "Love From Afar" about Laurie and Jo from Little Women. I read the book when I was little, but thought it was boring and didn't really understand what was so special about it. Then I read it again after I "grew up" (yikes, there are no adults after all) and really fell in love with it. It's definitely one of my favorite books, if not my favorite. What makes it good is that there are no gimmicks! It's just such a wonderful book about a family and their lives and relationships. Usually, I find those books boring. I like my books with a little mystery, magic, suspense, humor, or SOMETHING to keep me reading. My least favorite is actually drama/plain fiction. But the way Little Women is written is so spectacular. I guess because everyone can relate to Laurie and Jo. Their relationship is definitely the star in the novel.

So of course, like everyone else in the world, I was pissed when Laurie and Jo didn't get together in the end! They were made for each other! I haven't read Pride and Prejudice (or even the zombie version) and all those other great romantic novels, but I genuinely feel that Laurie and Jo's relationship is the most well-written, touching one of all. And so, it was time for me to play story God once again and change reality so I could sleep at night. Although, I do have to say that I like the fact they didn't end up together, otherwise readers would assume they lived happily ever after and never think about them again. This way, the frustration will haunt our thoughts forever. I think people like that in a strange, odd way.

So here is the fan fic for Laurie and Jo I posted on fanfiction.net. I wrote it really quickly in 2008 and I know the writing sucks. I should've taken more time with it and now I'm just too lazy to change it. But I like how I explained why they didn't end up together and I like the dialogue, which is what I tried to focus on the most. And best of all, Laurie and Jo can now live on in love! LOL JAJAJAJA (Spanish laugh)
Of course I made up some parts that didn't happen in the book so the explanation would fit all together (i.e. Fritz being toast, Beth writing Laurie the letter, etc).

Laurie and Jo fan fiction "Love From Afar"

The funnest part to write was definitely the dialogue because they talk so different than people do now. It was fun to exaggerate everything and make their sentences so proper.
For those who haven't read Little Women, here is a very quick background on Laurie and Jo:

Jo is one of four sisters, but she is a total tomboy (hence the nickname "Jo" instead of her full name Josephine). Laurie (short for Laurence) lives next door and is rich, but very lonely. One day, Jo and Laurie meet by chance at a party and from then on are totally inseperable. Laurie falls in love with Jo, but they never speak openly about it, still being best friends. Then, Jo thinks her younger sister, Beth, has feelings for Laurie so she leaves to New York to give Beth time to win Laurie's heart. There, she meets old Professor "Fritz" Bhaer. When she comes back, Laurie confesses his love for her, but she rejects him and he leaves to Europe to forget his heartache. Laurie reunites with Amy (Jo's youngest sister) and they marry. Jo ends up marrying Fritz and they name their son Teddy, after Jo's nickname for Laurie.

I think what makes the book so good is that it starts from when they're in high school all the way until they're married with kids.

I love this last part, when Lauries comes back to visit Jo and announces he and Amy are now husband and wife. He talks to Jo alone and once and for all clears up his feelings.

Laurie: "I could honestly share my heart between sister Jo and wife Amy, and love them both dearly. Will you believe it, and go back to the happy old times, when we first knew one another?"

Jo: "I'll believe it, with all my heart; but, Teddy, we can never be a boy and girl again--the happy old times can't come back, and we mustn't expect it. We are man and woman now, with sober work to do, for playtime is over, and we must give up frolicking. I'm sure you feel this; I see the change in you, and you'll find it in me; I shall miss my boy, but I shall love the man as much, and admire him more, because he means to be what I hoped he would..."

*tear*