Well, damn.

[valarltd]

I came to the horrible realization that my airship pirate story is a WHOLE LOT like my Caribbean pirate story.

Oppressed/minority man claimed by pirate captain. Sails, makes himself useful. Submits to wanted attentions from captain, unwanted attentions from enemy. Helps captain get the better of enemy, lives happily for now with sexy captain.

Same story. 2 different locations, different attitudes and almost a century apart. But same plot. Damn. Now I can't send the airship pirates to Ellora.

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There's always a simple solution that is completely wrong.

Romance.

That means Happily Ever After or at least Happily For Now.
Besides, I did the mutiny thing.

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The D-Man Replies: I might suggest then that you resign yourself to & get used to many of your stories eventually all looking the same. Like baking cookies, there is only so much you can do with a set recipe of steps & ingredients that you can't diverge from.

Personally I can think of several romanctic stories that don't have happy, happy, fluffy endings (which -do- get boring after a while when you already know how a story all but has to normally end, just because it's a romance).

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Well, yeah,
Meet cute, fuck like bunnies, stuff happens, happy ending.

It's the differences in each of those steps that make each book unique. This time around, I seem to have cannibalized myself, lock stock and barrel.