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I've finished a new UF fic! It's another take on "Nick gets jealous".
Thanks so much to switchbladeeyes for beta reading and pointing out gaps.

Breakthrough
2,700 words; rated adult (but nothing explicit);
Relationship: Nick/Lacroix
Characters: Nick, Lacroix, Natalie, Miklos

Summary: An announcement on the radio leaves Nick more distracted than he expected.

Enjoy!

I watched the first episode of the new series Interview with a Vampire. I decided to not regard it as a remake of the movie, because as I found the movie just perfect, any remake can only result in disappointment. So instead, I will rather regard it as a series on its own. And I was right to do so because the most obvious change is the character of Louis. While in the books and the movie Louis was a sensitive man from the 18th century, owner of a plantation, the series is set in 1910 and Louis is a man of colour, a business man who owns a brothel. Contrary to the Louis from the movie I did not find this Louis very likable in a way that I would care what happens to him. I'll see if that first impression changes as the series continues.

Overall, there were quite a lot of things I did like about the series. First of all, it was a delight to have the classic vampires back, i.e. no walking in daylight and no sparkling or some such nonsense. Also the fangs are just like they should be.

Lestat is wonderful! The UFfer in me rejoiced in the open display of the attraction between the men. Lots of inspiration for future FK stories here. :) The old familiar arguments also often heard between Nick and Lacroix put a smile on my face. The seduction of Louis was quite nicely done and easy on the eye.

As a non-native speaker, my personal problem was that I had extreme difficulties understanding both main characters. Lestat uses a very thick French accent and Louis has a southern accent, both of which I find hard to understand. Clearly not the clear speech of Canadian stage actors I'm more familiar with. It got better later into the episode when I had some time to get used to it. I might understand more when I watch it a second time. So I wouldn't be surprised if I misinterpreted things for simply not understanding what was being said.

In any way, I'm curious how it goes on.

FKFicFest has released! We've got 8 new stories.

My own contribution was Defying the Gods, a case-fic with UFfish background written for nicholas_lucien in answer to the prompt May 1980, Mt St Helens. LaCroix goes to save Nick during the Mt St Helens eruption. He finds Nick, and something more. With a flashback/memory: 79, Pompeii, LaCroix's escape during the Mt Vesuvius eruption.

I received The Advantages of Life Insurance by dlyt, a case-fic with many twists, written in answer to my prompt When Nick and Tracy have to go undercover posing as a couple, Natalie is not amused. Neither is LaCroix.

The 2017 edition of FKFicFest will be conducted earlier this year. Sign-ups are open through March 24.

Out of FKFicFest 2016 I was gifted with two wonderful UF stories by nicholas_lucien: Within the timeframe of the game I received A Shared Passion and as additional surprise I received Hidden Desire addressing the same prompt in a different way.

The prompts I received were so inspiring that I also wrote 2 stories. Within the timeframe of the game I wrote Broken Ties and later Truth or Dare.

Big kudos to moderator brightknightie for providing such perfect matches.

In order to mark Lacroix's Conversion Day, I had intended to write something new that would fit the occasion. However, so closely after FKFicFest I ran out of time.

Instead I'll just point at two Conversion Day stories from the beginnings of my writing days. They're both UF, of course, but PG13. Something soothing for the heart. ;)

Conversion Day (588 words) was written in 2003 from Lacroix's point of view.

Conversion Day - Nick's point of view (613 words) was written in 2004. It's basically the same story, written from Nick's point of view.

However, I recommend reading Lacroix's point of view first.

Enjoy!