Fave Fics Friday: You’ve Kept Me Waiting by Mandi1

I’m going canon with this week’s Fave Fics Friday!

When I read the Twilight saga the first time, I fell in love with Edward.  The other characters were okay, but Edward was by far my favorite.  The rest (including Bella) were just supporting actors.  Even once I started shipping Edward and Jasper, Jasper was merely a hot blond guy to pair up with Edward.

You’ve Kept Me Waiting by Mandi1 changed that.  Her story is written from Alice’s point of view, and covers the time from when she met Jasper to when they found the Cullens.  After reading this story, I fell in love with Jasper.  Canon Jasper, no less — who until this point had just been the scary Cullen brother with poor control. An outsider.  Because there’s so little of Jasper in the original books, his character is open to interpretation.  His history is fascinating and full of holes.  In other words, lots of room for potential while still keeping it “canon.”

Since reading You’ve Kept Me Waiting, I’ve loved Jasper as much as Edward (maybe even more so?), though I love each in different ways and for different reasons.  Jasper is no longer just a hot body next to Edward.  I find myself writing from his point of view more often now and considering which aspects of his personality and past can be brought into an all-human story.

Thank you, Mandi1, for opening my eyes to the potential of Jasper.

(Note: I think there are some parts of You’ve Kept Me Waiting that no longer fit into canon based on new information we know about Jasper and his past, but at the time it was written, it fit.)

Fave Fic Fridays: Just The Three Of Us by kuntrygal

For my first Fave Fic Friday, I talked about the first fic I read, Only Human by Amythest Jackson.  Last week, it was my current favorite, Eye Candy by Whitlock-Masen.    This week, I’m turning the clock back to my Edward/Jasper beginnings.

Just The Three Of Us by kuntrygal was the first Edward/Jasper story I read.  Okay, it’s an Edward/Jasper/Bella threesome fic, but it was the Edward/Jasper part of her summary that intrigued me:

“Jasper and I are kind of together. We don’t show it outside of the privacy of our home.”  I was almost pleading with her to understand.  “Bella love, please.” I said holding a hand out to her. “We do want you…we both want you.”

This story will always have a soft spot in my heart for introducing me to the hotness that is Edward/Jasper.  Cheers, kuntrygal.  Who would have guessed your story would start such an obsession?  😉

Picspiration: Unseen Scars

LostImmortal makes really great Edward/Jasper manipulated images.  I saw this one and it made me think of my Unseen Scars boys.  Edward is so determined to get Jasper back, and Jasper is so conflicted about what he should do.

Teaser: Unseen Scars

Here is a teaser for Unseen Scars which also, conveniently, fits the writing prompt at Novel Novice for April-May about dialogue.

This is unbeta’ed and written for a future chapter, so it may change somewhat in the final version.  I tried to focus on making the dialogue sound realistic, give hints to past events, and convey Edward and Jasper’s emotional states without the use of dialogue tags and adverbs.  Critiques?

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“That’s just like you, Edward. Waltz into my life, mess it up, and waltz right back out.”

“I’m not leaving for forever. I can’t; I’m too miserable without you.”

“Oh, you’re miserable?  Well, that changes everything – poor Edward Cullen is miserable!”

“Jazz –“

“No, you don’t get to call me that anymore.”  Jasper’s face, tight with anger, relaxed slightly and his shoulders slumped.  “Why’d you have to come back here and fuck things up?  I’m finally at a good place in my life.”

“Bullshit.  You’re not happy.  You can’t honestly tell me you’re happy here with Peter.”

“Yes.  I am.”

“You’re not.”

“And you know me so well, don’t you?  You know everything about my life.  Let me clue you in; you don’t know anything about what I’ve been through.”

“Then tell me!”

“You don’t deserve to know me that way.”

“And Peter does?”

“Peter saved my life.”

“You don’t love him.”

“Yes.  I do.”

“Maybe you’re fooling yourself, maybe you’re fooling him, but you’re not fooling me.  I can see it in your eyes, in every move you make.”

“I’m not the same person I was six years ago.  You don’t know me.”

“I know you in a way no one else does.”

“In a previous life.  It’s over now.  Go – leave again and don’t come back.”

“I do need to go.  But I will be back, and I’ll keep coming back until I know you are truly happy.”

Fave Fics Friday: Only Human by Amethyst Jackson

Only Human by Amethyst Jackson was the first Twilight fan fiction story I read.  I was hooked immediately!  I love the twist of Bella meeting Edward as a human, and I also really love the way she writes Edward.

Only Human disregards Breaking Dawn (it may have been written before Breaking Dawn was released, I don’t know the dates).  On Bella’s 19th birthday, she makes a wish that sends her back to 1918.  So canon Bella, with all of her memories through Eclipse, meets canon Edward before he’s a vampire.  Very interesting premise which raises some big questions: Will Bella love Edward as a human?  Will Edward as a human in 1918 love Bella?  Will Bella change Edward’s vampire fate? Will Bella be able to return to 2006?  Will she want to?

As with any time-travel story, you have to suspend some disbelief, but we’re already talking about vampires, so that’s not a big deal.  If you haven’t read Only Human yet, what are you waiting for?

I’ve read several of Amethyst Jackson’s stories now and have really enjoyed all of them.  She’s one of the few authors I’ll read for  Edward/Bella .  😉