Fic: Remants of an Unlife (The Magellan & Creek (Deceased) Remix)

[thisbluespirit]

Hello hello I have been feeling rotten again for really the past two weeks. So much for Whumptober! I was whumped, not the characters. Alas. Still, I hope soon I can at least edit the second one I managed before that.

So, sorry, I'm not keeping up again. I begin to wonder if I ever will. :-/

Anyrate, in the meantime, Remix Revival wrapped up and revealed authors yesterday, and I wrote this, from the original version by still_lycoris. I was planning to remix one of their excellent short B7 ficlets but No! They had written this gem and I had no choice but to play with it.

Remants of an Unlife (The Magellan & Creek (Deceased) Remix) (2332 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jonathan Creek (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Jonathan Creek/Maddy Magellan
Characters: Jonathan Creek, Maddy Magellan, Joey Ross, Carla Borrego, Adam Klaus
Additional Tags: Remix, Ghosts, Alternate Universe, practically a randall & hopkirk au, but not strictly, otherwise jonathan would have to wear a white duffel coat
Summary: When you spend your life going round disproving the paranormal, the last thing you want to do is end up as a ghost. Jonathan isn't exactly sure his friends are helping, either.

It was a looser remix than I've done before in some ways, and it was hard to show that it was AU (i.e. now everything was operating by Randall & Hopkirk rules rather than as in the original), and I'm not sure I succeeded totally in making that clear. But in all other ways, I think it turned out pretty entertaining (& its remixee liked it anyway).

As usual, some lines are taken from the original fic.

Comments

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I hope you feel better soon, the only good whump is the fictional kind! *Hugs*

[thisbluespirit]

TRue, the fictional kind is definitely better! <3

[singe]

I hear you. I got whumped, too, and WHUMP! was the exact sound it made. Bleah. But some day we'll be right as rain again, I swear.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, yes, and your whump was far more painful and literal and triple-whammied. I hope you're beginning to feel a bit better - and all your family too. <3

[singe]

Aw, thanks, we are.

[liadt]

Sorry to hear you are the one being whumped *hugs*

I'll be watching Caroline Quentin on SCD tonight:)

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! Hopefully I'll improve again a bit now - but then I keep saying that and it never seems to be true for more than a week at the very most... ♥

I had to Google SCD for possibilities but now I understand that she must be doing Strictly. Aw, I'll have to see if I can watch a bit too.

[liadt]

I hope there aren't any dodgy SCD possibilities;p She was second or third on this week so not much fast forwarding to do, although the Beeb put individual dances on youtube. Good armography!

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, I just looked at the YT dance, thank you! <3

[liadt]

My pleasure:D

[swordznsorcery]

Sorry you've been feeling rubbish. Maybe a Lucifer vid will cheer things up a little?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8rmQQoRIlk

(No season five spoilers barring a few bits from the trailer.)

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! And that is a good vid!

[swordznsorcery]

She makes really good ones. Some people are so clever that way.