User blog:Weavillain/How Would You Approach a "No Such Luck" Fic?

I...honestly never thought I'd ever find myself making a blog like this. If you don't know what I mean, allow me to explain. See, it's not secret that I loathe most "No Such Luck" fanfictions. I won't go into detail about why, mostly because I don't want to turn this blog into a full-fledged rant, and I'm pretty sure that most of us here and kinda getting sick and tired of them.

Anyway, the reason I say that I never thought I'd approach this topic is because, along with my disdain for NSL fics, I swore to myself that I wouldn't even think about writing one myself. But, as you've probbaly put together by now, that's changed. Somewhat. See, I'm still not going to write a NSL fic anytime soon, but the keywords here are "anytime soon"; I'm not knocking that possibility entirely. I mean, I guess you could say that "Popcorn Flick" is a quasi-NSL fic, but I wouldn't consider it that.

Moving on, I thought about what my approach would be when it came to writing a fanfiction that dealt in my own take on the aftermath of that episode. Immediately, I knew, and still know now, that I'll try to stray away from all of the overused, contrived tropes that I've grown blasé to because of how often I see them and how terrible they are as literary devices; that means no gratuitous swearing, no police intervention, no running away, no excessive violence, no sister/parent demonzing, and absolutely ZERO St. Linc.

In fact, there's going to not be much of Lincoln at all. Or Lynn, for that matter. Why? Well, it's because I've decided that if I'm going to use any one character as the main P.O.V. for my NSL story, it's not going to be either of those two. There's not much that can be done with Lincoln or Lynn that'd be unique or interesting to me at this point; the "relcutant-to-forgive black sheep/outcast" and the "guilt-ridden bully seeking repentance" are two avenues that I've seen played out so much and call me stuck-up all you want, but I don't want to join in those ranks. Of course, there's nothing stopping me from simply trying out something new with either of those two, but if I'm going to try and be innovative, I might as well go all the way and pick a main character that no one would think would make for as a good protagonist for a NSL sequel fic.

I have an idea for both Lisa, Lola, and Lori, but at the risk of having the idea taken and used before I can get to it, I'll keep it close to my chest.

In the meantime, let's hear all of you spill your guts. That seems fair, right? Keep one thing in mind, though; when I say "NSL fic", I mean a direct sequel to the episode. That means no alternate endings, rewrites, or OC/self-insert rewrites and alternate endings.

Seriously, no self-inserts, please. Please?