So I've been reading The Joy of Work by Scott Adams. It's a book written
by the creator of the comic strip Dilbert. It's basically a book about
corporate life and humorous ways to deal with it, all the while being
peppered with Dilbert Comic strips. Even though it is meant to be in a
business setting and I'm dealing more in retail at the moment, I can find
great humor in it, especially because I used to be a drone in a cubical in
the mail order department of Phantom Fireworks' corporate office. Let me
tell you how much fun that was. No...I'd rather you not kill yourselves out
of boredom. Point is, the book takes a lot of pot shots at upper
management, and I even found a few strip that REALLY hit the nail on the
head when it comes to my own personal prick...I mean manager. Basically,
it's stress relief, and a good one at that.
As for my fic, a very good suggestion was posted by one of my favorite reviewers. She wanted me to take this in a new and original direction, because a lot of what I have written is very cookie cutter (my words, not hers). Truth is, I have no clue where this is really going. When I think of things in my head, I always have a beginning and an end set up, it's the middle that always changes. Right now, we are in the beginning. I haven't even begun to think of the middle, and the ending, well, the details are fuzzy, but I at least know where it is going to end in the series. It is possible that I will write a sequel.
I can tell you a few things. I write small chapters, but I intend to update often. This will not be AU. There will be minimal appearances of most of the Z gang, though Yamcha will be popping up here soon. Vegeta and Bulma will not be warm fuzzy lovey. Honestly, though I strongly believe that they do love each other by the end of the series, I don't think they are ever warm and fuzzy. Not too into PDA if ya know what I mean. Vegeta is not going to mark Bulma in any way, and Vegeta's tail spot is not his magic button, if you get my drift. Not that I didn't like it the first few times I read it, but at this point, I would just be stealing that idea.
Like I stated before, I want to use this fic as a way to fill in gaps and explain certain things that left most people scratching their heads. For example, in my fic we will learn why Trunks doesn't have a tail. We will learn why Bulma lost track of Vegeta after Trunks was born. We will learn why Vegeta let Bulma and Trunks get shot down by the androids. We will learn what happened to make Vegeta decide to be a father to Trunks. We will get to see when Vegeta and Bulma actually do start to really care for each other etc... etc...
This may turn out cookie cutter, it may not, but it's a fic that I have been wanting to do for over a year now. Ever since I read my first V/B fic, I've been wanting to do one my way. There is often something I don't like in most v/b 'those three years fics'. I just want the opportunity to put one out there that I think makes a little more sense than some of the others, though it will probably only make sense to me(
Remember, I am still considering this part of the beginning of the story. We are only one month into the v/b relationship. We have a year and a half before the androids and cell arrive, and a lot happens there (probably no more than three chapters tops for me). After the Cell Games, there is another big gap. This is when Vegeta becomes a real part of a real family for the first time in his life. This is the important part to me, and it is here that my story will resolve and end. If I, and of course my reviewers, like the way this turns out, I'll ask if you want a sequel.
Point is, thanks for the review, and though I can tell you where it will end up, I couldn't begin to tell you how it will get there.
Now for a short little chapter about Vegeta. I do mean short, I have to get up at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow and it's almost midnight. I promise to post more on Tuesday.
Chapter 7: I Could Have Told You That
Vegeta flew through the inky black sky. His mood was as dark as the night, and dawn was a long way off. He had known for two weeks that she had been with child...his child. He noticed that her Ki was off, and after she had fallen asleep, he concentrated on her energy. He was surprised and angry to find that she was pregnant. That didn't last long, however.
He decided that the child was hers, and she could do as she wished with it. A child wouldn't get in the way of his destiny. He would become the legendary and do as he wished, and no simpering woman with a half-breed brat would get in his way. Besides, what would he need with an heir? He would defeat the androids and Kakkarot, regain his title and his pride, and use the dragon balls to become immortal. Vegeta needed no heir.
However, he refused to deny the child. Vegeta had too much pride to deny his seed. His child would be as strong as a Saiyan elite, just by being born. His child would either be as beautiful as her mother, or as regal and hansom as his father. His child would have the intelligence of one of the best minds in the universe combined with the best strategic mind in the universe. He would not deny such a child, nor would he let it become his weakness.
Vegeta scowled as he thought of the way he had promised to let Bulma keep the child. Now, if he wanted to see the child, he would be bound to her as well. Needles to say he wasn't happy that he had gotten himself into this situation.
He didn't know how long he had been flying, or where he was, but the sun was rising, and he felt it time to return home.
"Home." He whispered to himself.
He hadn't intended on calling it home, but that is what it had become. If he was being honest, he considered this planet his home. He had never spent very long on any planet, and this one was starting to grow on him. Ignoring his lightened mood and willing himself to remain as dour as possible, Vegeta turned to the west, towards Capsule Corporation.
With a smirk Vegeta kicked up the speed, suddenly very amused with the singular thought echoing through his mind.
'Well' he thought 'it's not like I can knock her up twice!'
read and review!
kanjizai
As for my fic, a very good suggestion was posted by one of my favorite reviewers. She wanted me to take this in a new and original direction, because a lot of what I have written is very cookie cutter (my words, not hers). Truth is, I have no clue where this is really going. When I think of things in my head, I always have a beginning and an end set up, it's the middle that always changes. Right now, we are in the beginning. I haven't even begun to think of the middle, and the ending, well, the details are fuzzy, but I at least know where it is going to end in the series. It is possible that I will write a sequel.
I can tell you a few things. I write small chapters, but I intend to update often. This will not be AU. There will be minimal appearances of most of the Z gang, though Yamcha will be popping up here soon. Vegeta and Bulma will not be warm fuzzy lovey. Honestly, though I strongly believe that they do love each other by the end of the series, I don't think they are ever warm and fuzzy. Not too into PDA if ya know what I mean. Vegeta is not going to mark Bulma in any way, and Vegeta's tail spot is not his magic button, if you get my drift. Not that I didn't like it the first few times I read it, but at this point, I would just be stealing that idea.
Like I stated before, I want to use this fic as a way to fill in gaps and explain certain things that left most people scratching their heads. For example, in my fic we will learn why Trunks doesn't have a tail. We will learn why Bulma lost track of Vegeta after Trunks was born. We will learn why Vegeta let Bulma and Trunks get shot down by the androids. We will learn what happened to make Vegeta decide to be a father to Trunks. We will get to see when Vegeta and Bulma actually do start to really care for each other etc... etc...
This may turn out cookie cutter, it may not, but it's a fic that I have been wanting to do for over a year now. Ever since I read my first V/B fic, I've been wanting to do one my way. There is often something I don't like in most v/b 'those three years fics'. I just want the opportunity to put one out there that I think makes a little more sense than some of the others, though it will probably only make sense to me(
Remember, I am still considering this part of the beginning of the story. We are only one month into the v/b relationship. We have a year and a half before the androids and cell arrive, and a lot happens there (probably no more than three chapters tops for me). After the Cell Games, there is another big gap. This is when Vegeta becomes a real part of a real family for the first time in his life. This is the important part to me, and it is here that my story will resolve and end. If I, and of course my reviewers, like the way this turns out, I'll ask if you want a sequel.
Point is, thanks for the review, and though I can tell you where it will end up, I couldn't begin to tell you how it will get there.
Now for a short little chapter about Vegeta. I do mean short, I have to get up at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow and it's almost midnight. I promise to post more on Tuesday.
Chapter 7: I Could Have Told You That
Vegeta flew through the inky black sky. His mood was as dark as the night, and dawn was a long way off. He had known for two weeks that she had been with child...his child. He noticed that her Ki was off, and after she had fallen asleep, he concentrated on her energy. He was surprised and angry to find that she was pregnant. That didn't last long, however.
He decided that the child was hers, and she could do as she wished with it. A child wouldn't get in the way of his destiny. He would become the legendary and do as he wished, and no simpering woman with a half-breed brat would get in his way. Besides, what would he need with an heir? He would defeat the androids and Kakkarot, regain his title and his pride, and use the dragon balls to become immortal. Vegeta needed no heir.
However, he refused to deny the child. Vegeta had too much pride to deny his seed. His child would be as strong as a Saiyan elite, just by being born. His child would either be as beautiful as her mother, or as regal and hansom as his father. His child would have the intelligence of one of the best minds in the universe combined with the best strategic mind in the universe. He would not deny such a child, nor would he let it become his weakness.
Vegeta scowled as he thought of the way he had promised to let Bulma keep the child. Now, if he wanted to see the child, he would be bound to her as well. Needles to say he wasn't happy that he had gotten himself into this situation.
He didn't know how long he had been flying, or where he was, but the sun was rising, and he felt it time to return home.
"Home." He whispered to himself.
He hadn't intended on calling it home, but that is what it had become. If he was being honest, he considered this planet his home. He had never spent very long on any planet, and this one was starting to grow on him. Ignoring his lightened mood and willing himself to remain as dour as possible, Vegeta turned to the west, towards Capsule Corporation.
With a smirk Vegeta kicked up the speed, suddenly very amused with the singular thought echoing through his mind.
'Well' he thought 'it's not like I can knock her up twice!'
read and review!
kanjizai