Premise
Author's Note:
Hey Guys!
I am doing things a little differently this time around and am going to be more organized on this one. This is my third fan fic that I have posted on here. (My other two are: So Damn Clever and Back At Your Door. I'm telling you since I figure if you bother reading this and like it, you may like something else I wrote. They also will be finished soon; like in the next week hopefully. :D)
Anyway, the title of this fan fiction is: Your Future Looks Bright, Kinda.
Following this A/N is a detailed summary, description, and character analysis. Plus setting and time and a disclaimer.
I want to also say that this fan fiction is going to be interesting in the fact that I am bringing an outside influence into Jude's world; something very different than marriage or parenthood. It's speedskating. I know many people don't know what the heck that is or even bother to care, but I LOVE IT! I am a huge fan and have wanted to write about both IS and speedskating worlds together for the past couple of months. So I am. If you have ever heard of Apolo Anton Ohno, then you are already semi-knowledgeable on speedskating (he is in this fan fiction!).
If there is ever a time that you need an explanation on something speedskating-related, let me know. I know I may not explain it well enough in the fan fiction for everyone to understand.
Please read everything to get a full understanding of what the fan fiction is going to entail.
Any questions, comments, reviews are always welcome and much appreciated!!!
Also, any ideas about storyline are extremely appreciated!!! (especially after reading the premise, I'd really like to know what you think :D)
THANKS MUCHO!!!
Fan Fiction Summary:
Jude never entered the Instant Star competition. Instead, she graduates high school and goes on to college, like all the 'normal' kids. Along the way, she meets some interesting people; in the music business and in the Olympic speedskating business. Her world collides with theirs and things that she thought were rock solid, start to fall apart. Futures that were certain fade into the unknown.
Fan Fiction Description:
Jude never entered the Instant Star competition; graduated like all the 'normal' kids. Went to college. Met certain Instant Star characters but some are not in the same position as they are on the show and certain Olympic athletes. Her world merges with two other worlds: the music business and Olympic speedskating. Things that have happened on Instant Star or in Olympic speedskating may or may not be included in the fan fic; it depends on how well it fits into the overall storyline.
Character Analysis:
Jude Harrison: NYU student; uses music as therapy; taking a music class for an elective; looking for the college experience minus the drama; majoring in public relations.
Jamie Andrews: NYU student; Jude's best friend; dating and living with Kat; majoring in International music marketing.
Kat Benton: NYU student; Jude's best friend; dating and living with Jamie; majoring in fashion design.
Patsy Sewer: NUY student; Jude's college roommate; on scholarship; Indie music maker on Paegan's label; majoring in music performance.
Sadie Harrison: Jude's sister; goes to NYU like Jude; belongs to a sorority; majoring in International business.
Karma (Lee): NYU student; head of the sorority that Sadie belongs to; majoring in music performance; desire is to work on G-Major label; likes Sadie because she's Sadie and hates Jude because she's Jude.
Mason Fox: NYU student; Jude and Patsy's gay friend; works with Patsy at Paegan's indie label; majoring in music performance.
Vincent Spiederman: NYU student; friend of Jude; roommate with Wally and Kyle; in a band: SME; working with Tommy and Kwest on thesis project; majoring in music performance.
Wally Robbins: NYU student; friend of Jude; roommate with Spied and Kyle; in a band: SME; working with Tommy and Kwest on thesis project; majoring in geology.
Kyle Bateman: NYU student; friend of Jude; roommate with Spied and Wally; in a band: SME; working with Tommy and Kwest on thesis project; majoring in "Girls" or undecided.
Stuart Harrison: Jude and Sadie's father; divorced from Victoria; dating and living with Yvette; lives in Toronto.
Yvette (Martinez): Stuart's mistress; dating and living with Stuart; lives in Toronto; has a son and daughter; occupation: travel agent.
Victoria Harrison: Jude and Sadie's mother; divorced from Stuart; married to Don; lives in Toronto.
Don (Michaels): Victoria's divorce lawyer turned husband; lives in Toronto: occupation: divorce lawyer (think Wedding Crashers minus the wedding crashing).
Tommy Quincy: NYU grad school student; Kwest's best friend; intern for G Major; teacher aide for other character's classes; dual-thesis project with Kwest and SME; majoring in music production.
Angelica "Angie" (Martinez): Tommy's girlfriend; sorority sister of Sadie's; best friend of Karma; daughter of Yvette and sister of Martin; majoring in Education.
Kwest (Williams): NYU grad school student; Tommy's best friend; intern for G Major; teacher aide for other character's classes; dual-thesis project with Tommy and SME; majoring in music production.
Chaz Blackburn: rival NYU grad school student of Tommy and Kwest's; intern at Paegan's indie label; majoring in music production.
Georgia Bevans: Manager at G-Major New York; works under Darius Mills.
E.J. Li: PR Manager at G-Major New York; works under Darius Mills.
Liam Fenway: Business Manager at G-Major; works under Darius Mills.
Darius Mills: Owner of G-Major and lineage (G-Major New York and possible other ventures); brother of Portia; uncle of Shay; boss of Georgia, E.J., and Liam.
Portia Mills: sister of Darius Mills; Stylist/Pr Manager at G-Major.
Shay Mills: as in S-to-the H-to the A-to the Y, SHAY; nephew of Darius Mills; hip hop/rap star; works on G-Major label; last three albums went double platinum.
Eden Taylor: Shay's girlfriend; first and ONLY Instant Star; works on G-major label; first album went Gold.
Paegan Smith: former/reformed rock god (think Ozzy Osbourne, minus the slurred speech); owner of indie label; boss of Patsy and Mason; looking for fresh talent (both in the studio and out).
Apolo Anton Ohno: Olympic short track speedskater; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; dating Allison Baver; looking to make his third Olympics.
Rusty Smith: Olympic short track speedskater; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; best friend of Apolo; coming out of retirement to make his fourth Olympics.
Shani Davis: Olympic short track and long track speedskater; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team (for the time being); best friend of Apolo; looking to make his second/third Olympics (depends on how you look at it).
Jordan Malone: Olympic hopeful; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; looking to make first Olympics.
Travis Jayner: Olympic hopeful; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; looking to make first Olympics.
Halie Kim: Olympic short track speedskater; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; looking to make second Olympics; graduated high school, but focusing on short track (for the time being).
JP Kepka: Olympic short track speedskater; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; married to Caroline; looking to make second/third Olympics (depending on how you look at it).
Alex Izykowski: Olympic short track speedskater; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; looking to make second Olympics.
Caroline Hallisey: Olympic short track speedskater; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; married to JP; coming out of retirement to make fourth Olympics.
Brigid Farrell: NYU student; Olympic hopeful; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team (on the weekends); looking to make first Olympics; Resident Advisor on Jude's floor; double-majoring in communications and sports management.
Allison Baver: Olympic short track speedskater; lives at the Lake Placid OTC with the rest of the national team; dating Apolo; looking to make her third Olympics; working on her MBA online.
-Martin "Martin Martin" Martinez: NYU student, brother to Angelica, son to Yvette, brother in fraternity; majoring in music production. (SIDE NOTE: "Martin Martin" must be said with an accent; "-tin" is said like "teen" :D)
-Angelica "Angie" Martinez: Since we never really found out much about Angie on the show, I am going to make up stuff on her…as you can probably already tell I have done. :D
-MADE-UP CHARACTERS
--Any other characters that fit into the overall storyline will be added into the fan fic at my discretion.
Setting
Toronto, Canada and Vancouver, Canada
New York City, New York and Lake Placid, New York
G-Major and G-Major New York
New York University
Lake Placid Olympic Training Center
Various other places that I see fit
Time:
After Jude graduates high school roughly 2007, (based on the show)-to probably 2010 because of certain events.
Disclaimer for ENTIRE fan fic:
I do not own any Instant Star character or anything related to the show. I also do not own anything related to the speedskating world (including athletes, places, competitions, national governing bodies, rules, etc.); I am just a fan. I am not a speedskating extraordinaire/insider, so anything I write about is just from outside influences. I will tell you, though, that I know quite a bit, so I may not be wrong. I do not own anything related to NYU, so anything I write is purely for my amusement and yours (ie. Dorms, classes, majors, etc.). Any songs or references to pop culture and such are also not owned by me, unless I say so in an Author's note. If anything arises that I have not mentioned that is not owned by me also, I will write in an Author's note. Anything else, I will write in an Author's note.