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Post by samanthamae on Jul 11, 2007 21:52:56 GMT -5
I read so many stories where all of the scenes take place at the Curtises, and the whole gang is there. It gets annoying...I mean, they don't ALL live there.
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Post by fosterchild on Jul 11, 2007 22:32:09 GMT -5
Nonsense!!! They're all connected at the hip and only go to the appropriated places as a group!!! You people and you're brave new ideas!!! LOL  |
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Post by maxiekat on Jul 11, 2007 22:35:33 GMT -5
Well, I did send Johnny and Two-Bit to ... the library, lol. You don't see that too often.
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Post by queenjaneapprxmtly on Jul 11, 2007 22:42:11 GMT -5
I've used the bowling alley before. I've actually never used the Dingo, but I've used the drive-in theater.
I've also used the VA hospital, but that was for my OFC, Eleanor, so it doesn't really count, lol. :)
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Post by zevie on Jul 11, 2007 23:01:56 GMT -5
No way! I have an OFC named Eleanor! ...I guess it's a common name. Heh. Got excited. Sorry.
Personally, I love Tim's house. I've set more scenes there than the Curtis house. But, Tim doesn't visit "the gang" often, and wherever Timmy goes...
Definitely people should make up their own places. It's fun! But, it also probably requires some research, which I'm guessing some people don't like. I love it when there are real life places in fics (like McAlester - sorry, mars, you are forever my example on these boards). I'm planning the Oklahoma State Fair at the city racetrack in one, which was fun to research. But, I've made up some ridiculous places before, without researching, that probably wouldn't have existed. Probably irked some people, heh. Something to watch for, I guess.
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Post by queenjaneapprxmtly on Jul 11, 2007 23:05:32 GMT -5
Ha, that's awesome! I didn't think it would be a very common name, that's why I picked it. Plus, it's very time-appropriate.
My Eleanor is a Curtis sister, though ... *hides head*
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Post by zevie on Jul 12, 2007 0:34:12 GMT -5
Hey, my Eleanor goes back in time to meet the gang. From...uh, inside Dally. We all have our moments.
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Post by BlindedxxFalcon on Jul 12, 2007 10:11:17 GMT -5
Most of my one shots don't really have settings. In A Letter to Johnny, it was just a letter, and in If this is Fate, it was just basically Dally's last thoughts. In To the End, people really don't know where Pony is, but I kind of imagined him in an attic in an old house...In As my Life turns Upside Down, it's mainly in the Curtises house. I'll haveto work on this. Good topic!
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Post by xolilkelox1 on Jul 15, 2007 11:45:35 GMT -5
this is a really good topic. I know the way out and Rusty's are Soc places but In "that was then this is now "If I remember correctly didn't Bryon say that the Dingo was close down and the Greasers had to go to one of these two places.(Im sorry if I dont remember cleary lol )I was also wondering where there any Teen mixers back in the day or teen disco's since someone mentioned making places up ?.
Then you can also use the river bottom im not sure if that's just for soc's use though.
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Post by Keira on Jul 15, 2007 13:52:31 GMT -5
I try to be a little more on the original side, and I tend to use The Ribbon - as a whole - as far as different settings go. It's so easy to build on that, create different shops and hang outs.
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Post by fairlane on Jul 15, 2007 19:01:47 GMT -5
I did get the guys to go to an illegal street race once, so that was set, um, I think I just said "the outskirts of town". In my first fanfic Tim spent time inside so there was a few prison scenes.
Apart from that the only place I use is the Dingo or Bucks. Really it's just laziness on my part. It seems easier to use those than to try and think up new places.
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Post by Masquerade on Jul 16, 2007 11:16:57 GMT -5
I am so guilty! Half the time they're at the Curtis house, maybe because I write the Curtis brothers a lot...but that's no excuse, is it?
I think I had them at the DX a couple times too...and on a train/at the train station...oh, and I even did Two-Bit's house once, just a little bit.
But it's hard to create new settings. At least for me it is.
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Post by st.elmo-lover on Jul 16, 2007 19:44:05 GMT -5
I'm guilty too I think. I don't do much in the Dingo. But most of my scenes do take place at Buck's, the Curtis', on the streets, or at Tim's house. Heh. *smiles sheepishly and draws a picture in the dirt*
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Post by xolilkelox1 on Jul 19, 2007 10:33:38 GMT -5
I was wondering were there any teen disco's back then / roller rinks or malls back in the day ?
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Post by xolilkelox1 on Jul 19, 2007 18:28:21 GMT -5
I guess the Roller rinks could be considered as a disco of sorts and isn't Ponyboy on the track team and im sure highschool track teams travel so why not send him to diffrent schools and citys for track meets.
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