Obligatory Monsters Inc. [Monsters U. References]afterandalasiaJuly 13 2013, 21:53:14 UTC
So, I was rewatching Monsters Inc. and it just gave me so many Sulley feels I can't even. Sulley is suchhhhhhhhh a Daddy.
So my prompt is this: Daddy!Sulley. Can be a monster baby, or a human one. Don't care.
(Idea for the human one is Sulley saving a baby from a house fire or something when he goes through the door to collect laughter one evening, but that is just an idea.)
And now for the Monsters Inc. part: is there some reason from Sulley's past that he hasn't had a family before? He's clearly great with kids. Is it just that he's been busy working his way up? Or is there something else behind it? There are a lot of references to his father, but you never actually meet the old man himself, and with Sulley's behaviour I couldn't help but wonder whether his father was in some way neglectful, or even had a bad temper on him. (There's a reason Sullivan Sr. was a good scarer...) So Sulley, consciously or otherwise, avoided getting into a serious relationship because that could mean kids, and he doesn't want to become his father in
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Re: Obligatory Monsters Inc. [Monsters U. References]luverofanimeMarch 25 2014, 08:24:48 UTC
This feels like something I REALLY REALLY would like to do. The second I read this I already had a plot half formed and everything and went to do some research for it but before I started I wanted to ask if I could use themes from your shorts because they are exclusively what got me shipping Randall/Sulley in the first place let alone wanting to write for this fandom. And also yes, because your portrayal of how Randall gets back to the Monster world and how he fits back into a rappidly changing society is perfect. I could never improve it and to tell the truth, wouldn't want to try. I would rather set it sometime in the future and rather than struggle through the knarley bits to set the scene (when I'm already working off preset headcanons based on your fics), which would lead to nothing but frustration and I would definitely credit and link your fics when finished. If you are ok with that of course...
Re: Obligatory Monsters Inc. [Monsters U. References]afterandalasiaMarch 25 2014, 15:09:44 UTC
Oh man, wow, I am so flattered! I would totally be okay with you going ahead and doing that; way more than okay, let's be honest, I would be totally thrilled!
I always felt like that last little bit of Monsters Inc asked more questions than it answered. Sulley has just done the energy equivalent of cold fusion or something, and we don't see what happens! (tbh, I would totally watch a film just about the world changing after that, but I'm not sure Pixar would make it. :p)
Re: Obligatory Monsters Inc. [Monsters U. References]afterandalasiaMarch 26 2014, 11:55:21 UTC
Oh babe, that meta is gorggggeous for a start. :p I love thinky thoughts like that. But yeah, being a scarer does seem to be something between being a top athlete and being an engineer. It's just... man, it's really interesting to think about. (And I have Ideas for that ROTG crossover involving Pitch Black. Must go find that prompt again.)
The processing thing can be turned over, I think, and the engineering takes a change of ideas but nothing too major. The big thing, as you say, is going to be the scarers, and the societal pressure. I can imagine that some monsters would not want laughter-based energy, which could draw out the turnover for a while, but Sulley has... well, he closed the factory. He really did wreck a whole system, and it's got to show somewhere.
With regards to the spoilers, hahaha Randall you failbug. That's kind of adorkable even as I facepalm. And Sulley somewhere between practical and freaking out, I have no doubt. This sounds great.
Re: Obligatory Monsters Inc. [Monsters U. References]luverofanimeMarch 26 2014, 14:58:08 UTC
Well I will tell you that the first chapter is done, I just need to wait for my beta to come online and see if she's open for this fandom, I've never actually written for it before.
I mean, I'm the kind of person who really needs a beta reader, but they'll get posted a lot faster if you don't mind them posted int the raw *huehuehue*
Kindred (Prologue 1/?) luverofanimeMarch 29 2014, 09:07:01 UTC
Suuuuuper sorry that this is so Randall heavy. The story will basically be split into two parts. The prologue, which is actually getting the kid and will be a little drama filled and a little Randall heavy, and then the after story, which will consist of floofy oneshot bits through childhood until I run out of ideas
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Kindred (Prologue 1.5/?)luverofanimeMarch 29 2014, 09:09:10 UTC
He also hadn't spoken to her since he was 16. Leading the way as she'd always did, she'd pulled him by the hand less to the still rivers and more into the sticky underbrush. And then his Grandmother had found out in the winter from her parents. She'd told him with no hesitance that the girl had gone gravid and claimed it was his, and that he should be grateful it was a dud, because she would be damned if he was making the same mistakes his poor late mother had and every single one of her grandbabies was going to college, not getting stuck in some backwoods town where she'd herself had never learned to read, and that was that. They'd never gone back to his cousin's in the years until he went to the University, and while he had thought of her for a while, he was sure it was no great love on either of their parts
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Re: Kindred (Prologue 1.5/?)afterandalasiaMarch 30 2014, 15:32:47 UTC
Oh my god oh my god oh my god. Don't apologise for the Randall-centric parts at all; he's assholish and amazing and the comments about stopping the factory "collapsing under the weight of its own incompetence" are amazing and cracked me up. *breathes* I fell in love with this fic about two paragraphs in or something, it's amaaaazing.
And then Sulley's point of view is so wonderful as well. Just planning to let Randall blow off steam and not mean it, and it's so caring and arrrgh. Okay, apparently coherence really isn't happening, but let me just get my breath back and say that I love this fic and the only thing cuter than daddy Sulley is grandaddy Sulley ashgdlhsfjk
Re: Kindred (Prologue 2/?)luverofanimeMarch 31 2014, 09:16:52 UTC
All future chapters will be posted as a reply to this chapter, in an attempt to keep them all organized while keeping them from being gradually smooshed over
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Re: Kindred (Prologue 2.3/?)luverofanimeMarch 31 2014, 09:20:59 UTC
He thinks about how he's got a cozy apartment (and can afford a cozier one if he needs to), with forgiving work hours, his nice little bank cushion that he never thought he'd have, and how he's still within spitting distance of mid thirties. He's got some experience with kids like his nephew the Terror. He's not completely helpless or hopeless
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So my prompt is this: Daddy!Sulley. Can be a monster baby, or a human one. Don't care.
(Idea for the human one is Sulley saving a baby from a house fire or something when he goes through the door to collect laughter one evening, but that is just an idea.)
And now for the Monsters Inc. part: is there some reason from Sulley's past that he hasn't had a family before? He's clearly great with kids. Is it just that he's been busy working his way up? Or is there something else behind it? There are a lot of references to his father, but you never actually meet the old man himself, and with Sulley's behaviour I couldn't help but wonder whether his father was in some way neglectful, or even had a bad temper on him. (There's a reason Sullivan Sr. was a good scarer...) So Sulley, consciously or otherwise, avoided getting into a serious relationship because that could mean kids, and he doesn't want to become his father in ( ... )
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I always felt like that last little bit of Monsters Inc asked more questions than it answered. Sulley has just done the energy equivalent of cold fusion or something, and we don't see what happens! (tbh, I would totally watch a film just about the world changing after that, but I'm not sure Pixar would make it. :p)
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The processing thing can be turned over, I think, and the engineering takes a change of ideas but nothing too major. The big thing, as you say, is going to be the scarers, and the societal pressure. I can imagine that some monsters would not want laughter-based energy, which could draw out the turnover for a while, but Sulley has... well, he closed the factory. He really did wreck a whole system, and it's got to show somewhere.
With regards to the spoilers, hahaha Randall you failbug. That's kind of adorkable even as I facepalm. And Sulley somewhere between practical and freaking out, I have no doubt. This sounds great.
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I mean, I'm the kind of person who really needs a beta reader, but they'll get posted a lot faster if you don't mind them posted int the raw *huehuehue*
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And then Sulley's point of view is so wonderful as well. Just planning to let Randall blow off steam and not mean it, and it's so caring and arrrgh. Okay, apparently coherence really isn't happening, but let me just get my breath back and say that I love this fic and the only thing cuter than daddy Sulley is grandaddy Sulley ashgdlhsfjk
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