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Stacy in Bloom | 12: Faith
Title: Stacy in Bloom
Fandom: Kids Incorporated
Universe: Canon (Season 5 – 1988)
Genre: Friendship/Romance
Rating: T
Summary: With her sister and best friend halfway around the world, who else is there for Stacy to turn to…but Ryan? When the consequences of their actions become clear, the two must decide if pursuing each other is worth breaking up the band.
Mega-meta resource thread: http://luxken27.livejournal.com/137711.html
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5873801/12/
Finally, we've reached the end of the 5x8 episode remix! LOL, I never realized it was going to be *quite* this long (and/or tedious), but in the long run, using this episode's storyline really helped me out of a jam. I thought it was rather clever the way I pulled in a few of the scenes, especially the ones in this chapter. My readers have been mostly silent on the matter, so I dunno if I'm as successful as I think I am, LOL :P
There are lots of other references to get to this week, so without further ado...!
[+] Here's the episode again, this time with scenes taken from the second half:
[+] The title song is another one of Ryan's solos ~ and, in spite of the 'Disney-fied' lyrics, one of my favorite performances of his. This will definitely have its place in the story later on :D
BONUS! Stacy's outfit from this chapter is the one she's wearing here.
[+] Music Room #3 is a reference to Ouran High School Host Club...mostly because I couldn't resist :P
[+] Julliard's requirements can be found on their official website. I am using the requirements laid out for the 2010-11 school year, but I really can't imagine that these particular pieces of the process have changed in 25 years. If anybody out there wants to correct me, please feel free.
Basically, Ryan will be going through this process:
The other facts/figures from the story are all true and relevant, at least for today's standard. (This is what I get for being curious, LOL! Although foregoing the handwaving has only helped the development of the story, so huzzah!)
[+] The Midwestern conservatory that accepted Gloria is Oberlin Conservatory. This is actually one of my alma mater's "sister" schools, and I had a very good friend who attended. It is a quite prestigious conservatory, so getting in is nothing to turn one's nose up at. No mention was made of where Gloria attended school in the canon (it was mentioned in the 4x1 episode, "A Kid's Line"), but I figured she was far away if the only communication she had with the other kids was snail mail :P
Next week's chapter will be double-length, which is probably a good thing...considering I'm in the midst of the fortnight from hell, LOL. Either way ~ enjoy! =)