Posted 01 January 2010 - 05:58 PM
Yeah, the OCs are from a fic that Teresa and myself are writing via email. It hasn't actually been posted anywhere yet, apart from this particular aside, and a second aside that I wrote recently.
Eleanor's a military brat, who had the problem of her dad treating her like one of his cadets. When Elwood finally found out what was going on, after she started missing band practices, he decided to "jailbreak" her. As you've probably guessed, she's my expy. Scarlett is Teresa's. Charles, who gets referenced in the fic, is also one of my OCs -- he's one of her Dad's colleagues, a sergeant in the army, and more of a father to her than her real dad ever was. He taught her about the blues, and how to play harmonica. He also tempered some of the militaristic thinking her Dad instilled in her.
However, you can take a military brat out of the military environment, but you can't quite eradicate years of military upbringing. While I've never experienced the military, nor brought up in it, I do know a lot of veterans, and through them, my respect for the men and women of the armed services has grown a lot. So, at the time this was written, I wanted to honour them, and to also honour the memory of those who gave -- and in some cases, lost -- their lives in combat. Teresa, as noted, also suggested it'd be an ideal way to honour Mr. Calloway as well.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
"No pharmaceutical product could ever equal the rush you
get when the band hits that groove, and the people are
dancing and shouting and swaying, and the house is rocking."
- Buster:BB2K
2
fiona_conn
