Fic/Mix - The Best of The Puddlejumpers: Bootleg Edition

[trinityofone]

So a while back, I wrote and wychwood illustrated a story called Four Quarters, in which John, Rodney, Teyla, and Ford (and later, Ronon) are in a band called The Puddlejumpers.

Obviously, a band AU needs a music mix to go along with it.

But there are also many more stories to be told in this universe, so a simple mix grew instead into a companion story, with the songs woven into the narrative (or perhaps more accurately, the narrative woven around the songs). wychwood made beautiful liner notes and formatted the whole thing.

And here it is.

Title: The Best of The Puddlejumpers: Bootleg Edition
Words: trinityofone
Pictures: wychwood
Rating: R
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Category: AU
Summary: And I felt like a star/I felt the world could go far/If they listened to what I said.
A/N: Special thanks to newkidfan, who provided two of the songs and inspired the whole thing with her terrific artword.

The Best of The Puddlejumpers: Bootleg Edition

Please comment if you download. We'd love to hear your thoughts on any aspect of this project.

I should also note that this story is posted on my website. "You have a website?" one might reasonably enquire. Yes, I do—thanks to the wonderfully generous isiscolo, who donated the space, and the talented and patient siriaeve, who designed it. I, however, am both a procrastinator and a perfectionist, and I haven't yet publicized it because I haven't been able to get it fully updated (or write a non-lame introduction). But don't let that deter you: check it out here, compliment Isis and Siria on their kindness and hard work, and then bug me to get off my ass and finish it already.

And when you're done: rock out.

ETA: I just want to make clear that tons of people have made amazing art for various stories of mine, and I love it all. However, only a small portion of that art (like only a small portion of my stories) is up on the site right now. If something isn't there yet, it doesn't mean that I don't like it--quite the opposite! It just means that I haven't uploaded it yet. I'm sorry; I suck.

Comments

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

'Four Quartets' isn't my favourite story of yours - I'm not sure why, just that I couldn't really believe in them as a band, and that I find the idea of Rodney giving up science for music (but not really for music, for John, and then not ever really being able to have John) so heartbreakingly sad and despair-inducing. I'm not sure if the story was meant to be a sad one, but that's the way it seemed to me. But I just wanted to say that I think this is a really, really interesting piece of work. I'm fascinated with the way fandom and fanfiction changes and grows, and this is the first 'multi-media' fanfic I've seen done in this way, fully integrated. It works, and it's brilliant. Also, 'I Know' is one of my favourite songs, and the idea of Rodney doing it alone, acoustic, made me cry.