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hyumizi · 1 year

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A Step Into Demise (an old oc fic)

Cameron never considered himself a religious person. He didn’t believe in magic after-death either, despite living in Rowger all his life and spending time in the Caverns of Clyia.

Whenever he did listen to stories about the magic that ‘possessed’ a body after death, they were mostly from village elders. As a child, he was always taught to take their so-called ‘warnings’ with a grain of salt. His mother was superstitious like that.

Whatever he expected after death, it certainly wasn’t a field full of lavender. The feeling was familiar on his fingertips as he waded his way through. He picked lavender before. The smell was strong in his mind. It was one of nostalgia. He didn’t remember much of his time in the Rowger before he left. It was mundane life.

There was one thing that he didn’t know what to do with. Just a good distance away was a house. It was dark and wooden, but it was… normal. A feeling of recognition lingered in his mind. He knew he’d seen that house before, he just wasn’t sure where.

Hesitantly, he took another step towards it. It drew him in with a welcoming aura.

Step after step, Cameron found his way to the door. The scent of lavender only grew stronger as he approached the wooden cabin. From the inside, he could hear voices cheerfully conversing and the crackle of a fire.

Why would you need a fire? Cameron thought. With the sun bearing down on his back, he couldn’t fathom a need for any more heat.

It made him pause when he went to knock. If there were people inside, it would be rude to disturb them from their evening… morning? Whatever. It would just be rude to barge in.

On the other hand, there must have been a reason for them to be here in his afterlife. What was that one theatre principal Honey taught him about? Something about a gun. He couldn’t remember.

Conveniently, Cameron also didn’t care.

He raised his fist to the door and gave it three firm knocks.

The voices went silent, and he felt his anxiety grow.

He stepped back from a door, deciding that it would be better if he just went back to wandering the field of lavender, but the sound of the door actually opening stopped him. Easing back around to face the person, he began his long winded apology.

“Sorry for disturbing you. I don’t think we were meant to meet. I’ll be going now, don’t worry. Just give me enough time and I’ll be gone from your memory,” He knew his antennae were twitching rapidly with anxiety as he spoke. It was a habit he developed when he was younger.

As soon as he finished, he was ready to turn around and leave quickly. The person who opened the door grabbed his arm tightly. Immediately, his first reaction was to yank away, but their grip only got tighter. “Cam! Look at me!” They shouted.

Hold on.

Cameron knew that voice.

But… he buried her. He watched her take her last breath! There was no way she was standing there… in his afterlife. Yet her she stood in front of him, her eyes glistening with tears and a soft smile on her face. “El?” He asked, unsure of whether or not that was a question, a statement, or both.

She grinned at him, with the same teeth in the front of her mouth that were bigger than the rest. Her warm yellow eyes crinkled softly when he finally relaxed in her grip. “That’s my name. Don’t wear it out,” She said.

Another figure appeared behind Elnora, he didn’t recognize them. Not entirely. He partially recalled seeing them around Elnora’s office a couple of times when he came to pick her up for an outing. They blinked, “Elnora, who is that?”

The girl turned back on one of her hooves and looked to the elf. They were dressed in Mountainer clothes, but they seemed to lack the thick robes the elves normally wore. Cameron couldn’t blame them. The warmth seeping out of the home made his skin prickle. He didn’t do well in high temperatures, which is why his flower stall was always well shaded.

Elnora gestured to him, “This is Cam. I’m sure you remember him, Aeryn. He would sometimes come by after our appointments together.” She explained quickly, like she was introducing two good friends to each other.

Frankly, she probably was.

Cameron was sure there was something illegal about becoming friends with your clients, but if there was, he didn’t say anything about it. It didn’t matter now, they were dead.

Sometimes, that still hurt to say.

“Pleasure to meet you, Cameron,” Aeryn? Was it? Said from the front hallway.

Ah. He forgot they spoke fancy up in the mountains. “The feeling is mutual,” he greeted in return. Elnora snickered, elbowing him in the gut. He gave her a harsh glare in return. This only made her laugh more. He sighed. Sometimes, the best thing you could do with Elnora was ignore her. Even when she kept laughing at something that he didn’t think was all that funny.

“Why are you standing at the door? The kettles gone off!” A third figure approaches the door. Aeryn looks behind their shoulder, “Syb, come here. This is Cam. El’s good friend from the Rowger.”

“Oh! The one who supplied us with all the flowers?” Yet a third figure took up the doorframe, pushing their way past Aeryn and Elnora. They were much shorter, a bit stockier too, but they didn’t seem any less fashionable than the others. They wore the same Mountainer’s clothing Aeryn did, but thicker and more robe-like.

“May the Gods bless you, dear friend.” Sticking their hand out towards Cameron, they grinned like they hadn’t ever bared the sadness or pain of death. “My name’s Sybil,” She said enthusiastically as she shook Cameron’s hand with an energy and gusto that left him tired.

Elnora pushed Sybil and Aeryn back with a hand. “Guys, don’t overwhelm him.” She smiled softly, looking up to him with kind eyes that he remembered only being tired for the last years of his life. “It’s…. so nice to see you again. I wish it had been under any different circumstance.”

“What do you mean?” Cameron raised an eyebrow, he tilted his head to the side. Elnora smiled at the subtle movement, and Cameron decided he would decode that later. For now, something clicked about her words. “Ah. Right. I’ve… died.” He awkwardly dropped his hands to his side.

Elnora snickered, “Sorry. I shouldn’t be laughing. You’re right though. This is… well… we don’t know what this really is. We’ve been calling Whatever Came Next for a while now.” She said, awkwardly looking to the other two.

“We… didn’t expect you to be here so soon.” She muttered, clenching her fists and wiping what he presumed to be tears away from her eyes. “I was hoping that you’d never show up because you were safe, but also I was pleading with the Gods for any form of closure.”

Cameron stepped forward, taking one of Elnora’s hands in his. “We evacuated correctly. All according to the plans you gave me. We got out. That’s all that matters now. We met up with some other groups and eventually found newer lands.”

He pulled her in for a tight hug, and she didn’t resist. “Our works weren’t for nothing. We did what we could. It’s behind us now.”

Elnora buried her head into Cameron’s shoulder. He felt himself crying too. He didn’t care. There was no reason to. No cares to be had for past burdens or pains.

They left those behind. Cameron shed his worries the moment he opened his eyes in the lilac field. He didn’t have to care about the evacuee groups arriving in their small settlement, or taking tally of who had lived and who died in the End of Days. Not anymore.

“Listen… uh… We’ve got tea… inside. If you’d like a cup. I was never good at brewing it, but I picked up a couple of things from your shop. You’re the flower expert though, I’ll let you judge. If you’d like that is.” Elnora said, stepping away from the tight embrace. She didn’t let go of his hands though.

Cameron took a moment to rub his cheeks on the sleeve of his sweater. “Yeah, I’d like that.” He said, absentmindedly swaying back on forth on his feet.

“I can’t guarantee the water will be warm anymore! I had to turn off the kettle when you called me over. Burning water is real, and I’m not taking that risk!” Sybil exclaimed, pulling Aeryn back inside. She continued talking even when Cameron and Elnora lingered behind.

“They’re… full of energy.” Cameron noted, stepping into the doorway of the home beside Elnora. He took a moment to trace his fingers on the doorway with one hand, the other still tightly grasping onto Elnora’s.

“I wish you could’ve met them when we were still alive. Aeryn used to talk a lot more.” Elnora sighed, looking away from Cameron.

“Death is a ruthless thing like that. Either way, it doesn’t matter now. I’d get to know you all over again if that’s what it took for us to be here.” He smiled, and Elnora sniffled.

Punching his shoulder softly, she started forward through the home. “C’mon you sap. I’m actually almost worried that they might burn the water without our supervision.”

#liv.txt #rosemarys writing #new writing tag oh yeah baby #OC : Aeryn Lurona #OC : Cameron Gailes #OC : Elnora Raety #OC : Sybil Elacan #my children... happy ending for them all.....#they had a story once but ive forgotten what it was about #THIS IS ALSO NOT THE MAIN OC FIC IVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT I FOUND THIS IN MY WORD FILES FROM A YEAR BACK #decided they needed a good end ^_^#anyways yeah back to my main fic #original concept #authors on tumblr #not my fanfic

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moviefixes · 7 years

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was a huge disappointment. If you want an amazing visual experience, then by all means see it and spring for the 3D if you're feeling a little wild. But coherent plots, consistent characterization? Not so much. Which makes me very sad because I love Luc Besson.

I think part of the problem is that, like John Carter, Valerian and Laureline was so influential on scifi (on Star Wars, on The Fifth Element) that now that they've gotten around to making the movie, the material just feels stale.

Looking at the Wikipedia entry for the comic (I'm going to be leaning heavily on Wikipedia because I have zero background with the comic), Valerian's main traits are he's strong, he's dependable, he follows orders even when they go against his morals, and there's an ongoing joke that he's always late. I can see nods to these things in film as presented, but they pop up once and the movie never does the work. Instead he comes across as the boring rebel space cop that we've seen a hundred times until the very end where suddenly he has a crisis moment about turning the Mul converter over to the Pearls or returning it to his superiors. This desire to follow the rules comes completely out of left field and made me go "what?" in the theater.

According to the Wikipedia, one of the recurring themes in the comics was the "rejection of machismo". The movie doesn't do this AT ALL.

Laureline gets better characterization. She's supposed to be rebellious and impulsive and willing to question orders. As the comics continued, she was pulled out of Valerian's shadow and sent on solo adventures. She described as being a sexual woman (which I'm sure was just an excuse to draw boobs in the comic). And the movie bounces back and forth from Valerian running around and Laureline running around. To quote the radiant Aeryn Sun from Farscape, "you don't just protect me, we protect each other".

After taking a day to pout, I think I've figured out how to fix the movie so it's actually interesting for people who are looking for more than pretty scenery and weird aliens. Mainly, scramble Valerian and Laureline.

Have Valerian experience dreams of Liho-Minaa since he was child so he grows up with this joyous, wonder-filled woman in the back of his head. He believes in the mission given to him by the space cops. He reads the fucking memos. He's been in love with Laureline forever, but he's not going to act on it because...

...Laureline is the cad. She's the one with the "Play List" and a history of having one night stands with other space cops and then never calling them again. She's definitely attracted to Valerian, but she doesn't realize how serious it is. Have a breathless, joking "marry me" pop out after the escape from Big Market. Have her realize that marriage is what she really wants when he disappears into the infected part of Alpha, and she proposes for real when she finds him. He just rolls his eyes because he thinks it's a joke again. Have her try again the next time she rescues him. And again at the very end when he realizes that she's serious, he gives her a "maybe" with a small smile that hints that he's going to make the "maybe" a "yes" eventually.

When it comes to swapping saving each other back and forth, send Laureline into Big Market to retrieve the converter because in the movie, Valerian is the one who breaks mission protocol, which is something more consistent with Laureline's supposed rebelliousness in the comics. She breaks cover to protect the mysterious hooded aliens and grabs the pearl on impulse as she flees from Igon Siruss' men. Valerian read the memo, and the plan is ticking like clockwork until she goes off script and gets her hand stuck in the box. While he's trying to fix it, he gets a glimpse of the Pearls and recognizes them as Princess Liho-Minaa's people.

One of things that made me want to scream is when they ask Alex-Intruder (their spaceship) to brief them on Alpha and there's just this info dump. No! You are an experienced film maker, Besson, you should understand "SHOW! DON'T TELL!" Especially since we see all of these habitats and aliens again when Valerian goes crashing through them in pursuit of the kidnapped commander and Laureline goes hunting for the psychic jellyfish.

When the government meeting is attacked and the commander kidnapped, Valerian is confused because the Pearls are acting so completely against their nature based on what he saw in his dreams. Valerian gives chase and crashes just like in the movie, and the part where Laureline loses her shit when he disappears and has to be restrained doesn't need to be tweaked at all. It's when she pops the jellyfish on her head that she has her epiphany that she loves Valerian and wants to spend the rest of her life with him.

She finds him, but he's the one who is attracted to the pretty butterfly--channeling Liho-Minaa and perhaps being reminded of a creature from his dreams of Mul--so he's the one captured by space ogres. The ogre offers him a variety of clothes to change into. This is a Besson scifi film i.e. the person who put Ruby Rhod in an off-shoulder jumpsuit with roses around the collar--they could have a lot of fun with this scene. After Valerian and the ogre get into their roaring match, he picks the next outfit the ogre holds up, which happens to be the white wedding dress. The hat with the cutout for the top of his skull is a bit much, but he ends up forced to wear it anyway.

Meanwhile, Laureline, who is trying to find a way into the ogres' compound, is steered to the stripclub where she gets a private performance from the shapeshifting Bubbles. I would recommend finding a male Rihanna look-like for the start of the performance and then have Bubbles switch to actual Rihanna when she sees Laureline not getting into it as much as she should. Laureline is basically sitting on her hands through the first part of the performance (and maybe the second? Maybe her Play List includes women as well as men). Then there's the teaming up and awkward ogre-ing and arriving just in time to stop Valerian from getting his skull cracked open like a walnut.

So Laureline spends the final act of the movie running around in power armor or her underarmor and Valerian spends it in a ripped wedding dress, leggings, and a jacket he fished out of the trash (IDEK). And there's no transphobic ragging on him for having a girl in his head.

The end of the movie wraps up much the same. When the general's staff can't get a good identifying geneprint from the two of them, they ID them when Laureline loses her temper. At the very end when they face the choice of giving the Mul converter to the Pearls and letting them rebuild their world or following orders and turning it over to the space cops, Valerian is actually torn. Through Liho-Minaa, he thinks of them as his family, but on the other hand, there is his duty to the space cop organization that is his entire life. Laureline's speech about love being so powerful convinces him to a). let the Pearls have the converter and b). realize that she is being serious with her proposals. Hey, a proper arc for the romance.

#valerian and the city of a thousand planets #valerian and laureline #there i fixed it #bisexuality is always appreciated

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