SpaceWeavil

Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 23 Location: Looking at shiny things
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: Question about related fics |
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Right, just to explain the situation behind this question;
I have a large WIP on here right now called 'And in the Darkness Bind Them', which deals with the personal history of the Witch King and later the Nazgul, starting off in Numenor and eventually part two will carry on in Middle-earth with the other eight, if you see what I mean.
I've also decided to tackle the Seven Deadly Sins challenge that Alassante suggested, and I've had a great deal of fun with it, doing sort of 'deleted scenes' from my Witch King story, which on their own kind of provide a summary of his story.
My problem is, if I decide to post the challenge fic, it will contain spoilers for the big fic. Now, I realise this is making a big assumption - that anyone is actually still interested in the big story and would want to know what happens as it progresses, but I wondered what to do.
Should I just post the fic with a note that it has spoilers for the big fic? Or if I have the abridged version, so to speak, would people then not want to read the bigger one? I'm just not sure what I should say, or even if I should post the challenge fic at all, to be honest. I know though that a lot of people here write a series of related fics, so I wondered if anyone had had this sort of issue, and if so how did they deal with it? _________________ Pervy Nazgul Fancier and owner of Fluffy the Fell Beast |
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SilverMoonLady

Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 1201 Location: Breaking in a Brandybuck... *wicked grin*
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Ooooh, that is a knotty (naughty??) problem! Well, I know I'm interested in reading the rest of Darkness, and I still will be even if I do see 7 Sins first - after all, there's so much more detail and all in the big one. I don't think you should worry about it overmuch; a short note at the beginning of the 7 Sins, just an FYI, is probably as much as you need to do, IMHO. _________________ Suffering an again off again connection with life...
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