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" Behind the Scenes of The Drums of Heaven "Written By: Solitude1056 Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, but I
like to take them out and play with them. Pairings: Heeruo, Trotre, Heerena (only as source
of teasing), Zefillow, but no Spuffy. Oh, wait, wrong fandom. Okay,
I meant: Heero & Duo, Trowa & Quatre, Heero & Relena (past
only), and Zefyr & Evil Willow. Rated: PG-13. And General Weirdness. Warnings: fluff, weird stuff, gratuitous use of
original characters, and occasional cameos from other Zefyr fics or
general anime, all written as voice-over commentary transcripts. Critiques: Always welcome, especially constructive.
Spoilers: Many spoilers for the actual story;
recommended that Drums be read prior to reading the corresponding
commentary. Chapters correspond to commentaries until chapter 9, at
which point the commentary drops off, and picks back up at chapter
17. Behind the Scenes of The Drums of Heaven Commentary 15 NOTE: This commentary is a companion piece to The Drums
of Heaven. No real spoilers in this one. Well, maybe some. Shouldn’t
be a problem if you’ve read the story through chapter 25. Duo: Zefyr’s making us do the quote thing again. Hilde: This is because the ceiling is still being patched.
Zefyr doesn’t want us starting up any debates and getting out
of hand. Quatre: I don’t see why the rest of us have to
be punished because someone has a fascination with hearing me talk
dirty... Relena-sama. Trowa: I can understand the fascination. Wufei: Let’s not go there. Heero: Chapter 18 is Sun Tzu, from the Art of War. Trowa: Which any good Gundam pilot should have memorized. Hilde: The fact that you think so says a lot about you. Duo: Chapter 19 is T.S. Eliot. What’s the poem?
I can’t read Zefyr’s handwriting. Zefyr: Could you stop giving me hassle about that? My
handwriting is just fine. Hilde: Yeah, if you’re a chicken... Zefyr: I heard that! Quatre: Hehehe. Relena: I thought it was funny. Zefyr: *grrrrr* Trowa: The poem is called Gerontion. Heero: I thought Zef was going to use a quote from the
Dry Salvages. Zefyr: I planned on it, but it just didn’t seem
to work right. Duo: Or that other one, the one about the duck? Hilde: The duck? Duo: Or was it the cow? Wufei: What is he smoking? Heero: Why are you asking me? Duo: Yeah. The cow, that’s it. A purple cow. Zefyr: A purple cow? Trowa: Oh, that’s by Ogden Nash. Relena: No, Gelett Burgess. Zefyr: Really? It’s not a Nash poem? Relena: Nope. The Purple Cow. It goes, I NEVER saw a
Purple Cow; I never hope to See One; But I can Tell you, Anyhow, I'd
rather See than Be One. Duo: Doesn’t that sound like Ogden Nash? You know,
like Reflections on Ice-breaking --- Candy / Is dandy / But liquor
/ Is quicker. Quatre: He later added the final line, Pot / Is not. Zefyr: You’re kidding. Quatre: Actually, no, I’m not. Duo: Get outta here. Quatre: That’s what I was told, at least. Hilde: It seems weird that Zefyr would use such a silly
poet for quotes when the story is so serious. Zefyr: Hunh? Hilde: Ogden Nash. Zefyr: What about him? Heero: Hil, Zef didn’t use Ogden Nash. We were
just experiencing a Duo Moment. Hilde: Ah... you’re right. Wufei: They can sneak up on you. Trowa: So to speak. Duo: Are you people done yet? Heero: No. Just getting started. Relena: Next chapter’s quote is...? Quatre: Hunh? Oh, right. It’s... what is that word? Trowa: Del, I think. Duo: As in ‘al dente’? Heero: No. Wufei: Does everything have to be related to food? Duo: Doesn’t hurt. Food makes everything good. Hilde: That explains why I saw you in the grocery store
last week with the six cans of RediWhip. Heero: *cough* Duo: *smirk* Relena: QUOTE! NOW! Quatre: Err... It’s from a song by Del Amitri,
off their album, Waking Hours. The song is called When I Want You. Duo: Never heard of them. Zefyr: Before your time. Little known English rockabilly-pop
group. Great hooks. Wufei: Chapter 21 is from Counting Crow’s August
and Everything After. A Murder of One. Hilde: That’s such a great album. Wufei: Too bad the follow-up albums just didn’t
measure up. Heero: I liked that one hit. The one they played on
the radio. Relena: You listen to the radio? Heero: Blame Duo. Duo: That’s right, blame me. *sniffle* Heero: Idiot. Duo: Come over here and kiss me when you --- mmmmfphth!
Oooh... Wufei: Get a room. Trowa: Chapter 22 is another Richard Thompson quote,
also from Mock Tudor. The song is Sibella. Zefyr: Which was a great quote but ever since Lainwyn
made the connection between the Jack Kerouac reference and my Tank
Girl purchase, it’s kinda ruined it for me. *grump* Hilde: You’re being Cranky Author again. Zefyr: Am not. I just can’t help it, now I keep
seeing kangaroos. Duo: At least you’re not still seeing Heero as
a mongoose. Wufei: I think I’ll need therapy for that visual. Quatre: That reminds me. Why did you use the Counting
Crows quote for Chapter 21? Nothing got said there. I know you try
to pick quotes to highlight something in the chapter, but that one
didn’t seem to fit. Zefyr: I’m not sure if that quote did fit there.
Maybe it would’ve worked better as Chapter 25’s quote, but
the issue was that of speaking opening and clearly. And Heero does
that by the end of the chapter. And he doesn’t understand, but
he’s too used to never asking for explanations, let alone giving
them. The problem was that by the time he does speak, he’s too
clear about it, where maybe a little less might’ve been better.
Duo: He does that sometimes. Heero: What? Duo: Be too blunt. Relena: You’ve always been pretty straightforward. Heero: Can we go back to abusing Duo? Duo: Not liking that it’s your turn? Quatre: I guess I get the point, Zef, but I’m not
sure it fit as well as some others might have. Zefyr: You’re entitled. Trowa: Next chapter... 23. Right. Michael Stipe, that’s
R.E.M. What’s this say? Zefyr: Eponymous. Duh. These Days. Duo: Oh, yeah, that was my next guess. Hilde: Wrong. That song is on Life’s Rich Pageant. Zefyr: Oops. Wufei: Author mistake! Zefyr: You enjoy that way too much. Relena: Moving right along... don’t piss off the
author, Wufei. Don’t know about you, but I want to show up again. Wufei: Fine. *grump* Duo: Next one is from London Rain, by Louis MacNeice.
I love that poem. Zefyr: Me, too. And it seemed to fit. Wufei: You think so? It seemed rather abstract to me. Trowa: No, it dealt with making choices, and the idea
that maybe in the end, it’s all the same. And in the story, Joe
made his choice, and the end result is the same: the two friends are
just as alone as they were before he came along. Heero: Not entirely alone. Relena: They still have their friendship. Hilde: But the status quo is the same as it was before. Trowa: It’s a rather fatalistic point of view. Quatre: You can relate. Trowa: ......yes. Duo: And now we’re back to music quotes. Steve
Winwood? He’s like some British pop star, right? Old guy. Hilde: Old guy. Duo, you are so ignorant. And I consider
you a friend! Steve Winwood is one of the best-known blues-slash-soul
rock keyboardists... joined the Spencer Davis group at age fifteen.
Went on to found the group Traffic. He’s amazing! Incredible.
Duo: He’s your grandfather’s age. Hilde: So? Duo: Just sayin’. Hilde: Jealous? Duo: Do I look like it? Heero: Yes. Duo: *pout* Quatre: Anyway, the song is The Low Spark of High-Heeled
Boys, from the album of the same name. And now we’ll cut this
short, because it’s about to go severely NC-17 while Heero makes
up to Duo --- Heero: What? I’m going to do what? Duo: Yay! Relena: I’m outta here. Hilde: Take me with you, babe. Wufei: Duo! Not on the production console! Besides,
gross. Heero: Mmmphf --- come on! Let’s take --- oooh
--- Duo --- Duo: Hmmm? Can’t you walk --- ahhh --- and make
--- mmmmthph --- Quatre: Thought they’d never leave. Zefyr: It takes a lot of coordination to move four legs
at once. Trowa: Wufei, you think it’s gross only because
you’re not being invited to join in. Wufei: Hmph. Quatre: Speaking of inviting... Trowa: You’re right. We should be heading on... Quatre: Now... mmmm. Trowa: Ahem. After you. Zefyr: Well. Wufei: We’re the only ones left? Zefyr: Yup. Mind helping me with my homework now? Wufei: You’re treating for dinner this time. Zefyr: No problem, as long as you stop giving me the
Cantonese names for the hanzi. I’m learning Mandarin, damn it.
Wufei: Would I do that to you? Zefyr: You know it, babe. You wanna show up in Chapter
27, behave. Wufei: Was that a spoiler? Zefyr: No, it was a tease! ~ oOo ~ On
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