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gonna have a bit of a copycat moment, but let& #39;s do a game! for every like on this tweet, i& #39;ll drop some trivia about my bang fic :]
the title of the fic "take care of business," as well as the individual chapter titles, are from nina simone& #39;s song, which features as the closing theme of the man from uncle! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMZr8NVovOg">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
i actually considered having jet be the illya stand-in at first instead of vespa, but ultimately decided against it because i thought she would fit better (and also because lesbianism), and i wanted to explore the development of her and juno& #39;s relationship that we see in wlb!
there& #39;s a deleted scene i half-wrote before deciding to cut it that follows the illya and gaby drunk dance-wrestling scene from the movie. but with juno and nureyev... which i may or may not end up finishing as a one shot and posting 
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i already posted about how i WILDLY underestimated my word count when first planning this, but i ALSO went through a lot of changes with the pacing-- the fic was originally supposed to end in four chapters, with some events combined into one, but that did not end up happening ^^& #39;
there were three soundtracks that consistently got me through this fic: the don bluth thumbelina soundtrack, the man from uncle ost, and the chess in concert cast recording. the thumbelina is my go-to writing soundtrack for anything ever! it works wonders, really
easter eggs: there is always one direct tie-in line within the dialogue or narration to the chapter& #39;s title! i think it& #39;s most obvious at the end of the epilogue, but i had a lot of fun finding ways to integrate the lyrics naturally into the fic!
i almost didn& #39;t end up writing this fic for the bang! my first idea was a short script-style, "secret rita minute" fic that explored what exactly happened when buddy and rita went out for ice cream :) i still have the wip, and i might still post it sometime in the future!
something i love to do is have our resident alcoholic buddy make numerous cocktail jokes; the one i had planned for her i sadly had to cut, but i still think it& #39;s pretty witty of me (a cosmo is typically made with vodka, triple sec, lime, and cranberry juice!)
two scenes i added post beta that i& #39;m pretty proud of are the moments with the ring-- nureyev giving them to juno, and then juno to vespa. sj suggested it, and i love how it adds a level of longing to the jupeter bits and mutual understanding to the juno vespa ones :& #39;)
everybody knows that i relate a lot to buddy, but i gave nureyev one of my jeannetteisms is in chapter four: when i go swimming, i don& #39;t take off my glasses, so when i go underwater i have to hold them so they don& #39;t fall off, so i made him do the same (:
yes, that was a dick joke in chapter three.
jet barely shows up in this fic but GOD i love writing his and buddy& #39;s little banter, the bit in the epilogue with the golf joke was so self indulgent but i don& #39;t even care LOL
a lot of the jokes in here were kind of Made For Me so it means a lot that people think it& #39;s funny :& #39;D
a lot of the jokes in here were kind of Made For Me so it means a lot that people think it& #39;s funny :& #39;D
IM RUNNING OUT OF TRIVIA okay okay fun fact i hate the word "simper" but i used it twice in this fic, once in a vespa narration talking about how she hated it too and once for the fresh starts guy
speaking of the fresh starts guy i literally couldn& #39;t be assed to think of a name for him so i just decided that none of the characters ever bothered learning it KSJDHGK which i think ended up being pretty funny and doesn& #39;t just look lazy LOL
i had originally planned on doing my own little illustration of this fic to stick into ao3, of the fountain/steps scene in the second chapter, but ultimately i did not have enough time https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Nachdenkliches Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Nachdenkliches Gesicht"> i might draw something in the future though!
