A Sci-Fi Fan's Adventure

Summary: "Janet's teenaged niece is dragged along to Ralph & Betty's wedding... and later ends up with her Aunt at a certain castle. Will her knowledge of Science Fiction change the story? Or will the sight of an attractive woman in a maid's outfit prove too distracting? This starts by following plot of the movie, through the eyes of an OC, but continues into an original story."

Major Ships: hinted Fay/Magenta, Fay/Lady Flora, Magenta/Riff Raff, Brad/Janet

Original Characters (Earth):

Fay Gallagher

· Born January 30, 1958

· Adopted by the Gallaghers February 10, 1958

· Named after Fay Wray

· Daughter of Frank and a now-dead woman named Lenore

· Brought up by Janet's sister Susan

· Named after Fay Wray

· Like Sci-Fi. A Lot.

· Very much a lesbian

· Initially was an 'Author-Avatar'

· Marries Lady Flora May 1, 1975

· Has a huge, somewhat unrequited crush on Magenta

Emily Gallagher (nee Weiss)

· Born August 15, 1938

· Never shown/named in the story

· Married Terry in August 1957

· Adopted mother to Fay, elder sister to Janet

Terry Gallagher

· Never shown/named in the story

· Married Emily in August 1957

· Adopted father to Fay

Helena 'Nell' Jones (nee Trent)

· Born November 24, 1947

· Elder sister to Laura Trent, aka Columbia

· Married to Gregory Jones

· Raised her sister's son Pip 'by hand'

· Based on from Mrs. Joe from Great Expectations

Pip Edwin Trent

· Born January 30 1970 to teenager Laura 'Columbia' Trent

· Never knew his mother

· Reference to Pip from Great Expectations

James Weiss

· Born 1943

· Older brother to Janet, younger brother to Emily

· Parents were Susan (nee Oakley) and Ethan

Estella Fay Majors

· Born July 31 1975

· Child of Frank and Janet

· Raised by Brad and Janet

· Half sister to Fay because they share a biological father (Frank)

State of Mind at Time of Writing: I was strangely innocent back then. Not to mention I thought my writing was better than it ever will be. My crush on younger Patricia Quinn had just begun and I'd fallen in love with a female classmate named Anna. Ye Gods, it was like a personal/mini version of the 1960s. Everything was going crazy and my point of view was changing. Also, I wrote it on virtually no sleep during a series of snow days in January. Afterwards I attempted a sequel or two. That did not go well at all. Though I still have all the family trees and timelines I drew out for a never-written series.

Chapter-by-Chapter Annotations (A Work in Progress)

Chapter 1:

· I'd vowed to make Brad the nicest character because I thought the fan nicknames 'asshole' and was an attempt at irony. It probably is. That's why he's so nice to Fay (well, he supposed to seem like he's really nice to Fay. It doesn't exactly read like that).

· The only sci-fi literature I could think of from before 1974 were Asimov's Foundation books and Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: a Space Odyssey. Even know I've never actually read 2001. The Kubrick-directed stoner flick of the same name is enough for me.

· The thing where she makes up stories in her head was the closest I could think of to me typing on a word document app on my smartphone (she was an author stand-in at first, as I've said). Why I didn't just have her write in a notebook is a mystery

· Because Nixon resigned in August of 1974, I decided that the speech on the car radio must really be a cassette tape Brad loved to play on a never-ending loop for no real reason

· She's got red hair because my hair is sort of red.

Chapter 2:

· What she says about the Igor character in the Karloff Frankenstein films is wrong. There was no character like that until sequels and he was actually named Fritz. Though in the very least he is the 'Igor' archetype… which was basically codified by 1974's Young Frankenstein.

· Before the line in which Fay describes Magenta as 'sexy' I'm pretty sure I'd never typed that word before.

· Around the time I wrote this chapter I'd read something on TV Tropes or whatever that had a joke about nothing being funnier to the British than a man in drag. That's where I got that.

· An early way I differ from Fay is that she dislikes Monty Python while I adore it!

· Fay was originally going to be Magenta's kid (which would've been revealed in this very chapter). Though I decided against it. I thought Magenta was really hot and I couldn't bear the idea of Fay being related to her. Of course, we've already got some incest in that family...

Chapter 3:

· I misspelled Riff Raff's name as "Riffraff" through this entire story. Sorry about that…

· Fun Fact: Rocky Horror is more like the original Shelley version of Victor Frankenstein's creation than the iconic Boris Karloff portrayal. Well, he's what Victor wanted the creation to be. Stronger and physically bigger (probably not like that) than normal people. Also, the creation was meant to be 'beautiful'. Even though the 'beauty' bit is up to personal taste Rocky still fits the 'strong and big' description.

· I wasn't sure what accent to give Magenta so she ended up having a British accent. This only sort of makes sense. In the movie her accent varies by line, as we all know.

· Though I doubt it's ever stated, half-Transylvanian offspring inherit the Earthling parent's looks. Darker hair is usually a dominant gene so this was the only way I could think of to make this work. Later, Estella also has lighter features – blonde hair and lighter skin – like her mother.

· That 'Luke I am your father' reveal at the end of this chapter is sort of silly, I now think. And the name 'Lenore' seems a bit over-the-top. Since Frank has all but forgotten her it doesn't even make sense. See, the original Lenore was the deceased love of a Poe character that was mourned far too long. Frank probably didn't even know or car that his Lenore was dead. The name doesn't make as much sense as I thought.