I have been catching up on friends list (still not remotely caught up on my own comments, alas, but made a big dent in flist at least) and rocking out to this song (warning: may cause levels of headbanging and/or sock-hopping that are not entirely safe for work). I don't care what any music snobs say about the Killers and their continuing musical development and their odd religious beliefs and their feathery epaulets: I love them, with a love surpassing the love of women. CALL ME, BRANDON FLOWERS. I AM WEARING BUTTON BOOTS AND LONG UNDERWEAR.

*bops*

(though as my husband says, I must be human, as I am definitely no dancer)

In other news, this certainly explains a lot.

In other other news, that thing I said, about only one more chapter of Lee plus epilogue? That, uh, may not work. Oh, the perishing of a million noble outlines for this story.

(Although, those of you who have asked how I'll ever tie up all the loose ends-- hey, what kind of a girl do you think I am? When have I ever tied up loose ends at the end of a story? Remember the end of "Bran"? And the end of "Jesse"? You should see my knitting: loose ends EVERYWHERE.)

Actually, I recently found my very first outline for "Lee," being used as a bookmark in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Want to see it? It's adorable; it plans for fifteen chapters. (And contains spoilers for all posted chapters of Lee, up to and including 44a and 44b, but not for future chapters, although I guess you might not want to look too closely at what I consider vital information, if you're a big old spoilerphobe. Caveat lector, and all that.)










1 - Dunaev's house - Purchase
2 - Hospital - Diagnosis & Prognosis, meet Denys, H writes to V
3 - Hospital - B/cafeteria, conv. about past, "not my fault"; H offers "reward"
4 - Home - L meets household, everyone ♥ on B, H worries about losing B
5 - L adjusts, H angsts, talks with Y and J about B, shows willing; confrontation w/B
6 - 1st L POV-- recap + sex w/B
7 - V & journalists home invasion, return of Denys, H & D conversation about what this means
8 (or 9?) - Full family discussion of what article will mean; interview transcripts (part or all?)
9 (or 8?) - V (pov?) angsts about who she really is, family, Inga, Lisa, etc; talks to Y; rvl Argounov is the SD*
10 - L's recovery, bonding w/B & H, meets Andrei; est. Jesse as part of V & D's "movement"; B asks for reward
11 - B revisits farm, breakdown, catharsis, fami/Lee reaction**, Holden willing again
12 - Article comes out; conversation w/V; media frenzy, showdown w/Dunaev, fight!
13 - Dunaev arrested, get new kid; back in hospital, Holden & Alix talk about aftermath, poss. court case; Lee's reaction to being back in hospital
14 - [spoilers redacted]
15 (epilogue) - [spoilers redacted]







...CURSE YOU, ROBIN!

(It's not entirely her fault, of course; I had no idea Lee and Holden both thought so much, and Lee turned out so shy it took me like five thousand chapters to get to that 1st L POV, let alone sex w/B. But Robin was the totally unplanned character who barged in out of nowhere and launched a thousand unplanned subplots, including the cross-country train trip to straighten out Val's head once she turned out to be dating the crazy photographer. I so did not see that coming.)




*Sperm donor.
**Ain't I cute?