Wtf: Seriously? (Lamentations of an April Fool)

[black_sluggard]

So the problem with trying to be subtle is that it occasionally falls badly short. Sometimes that's the fault of the reader for just being too thick to get it, but more often than not it's because you've assumed that you've articulated what was in your head in a way even resembling clear. And when what is going on in your head is sort of a snarled mess anyway, well... It's not hard to see how misunderstandings occur.

I tried to play an April Fools' Day prank and failed.

I'm sure that's happened to a lot of people over the years, with such disastrous results as loss of homes, lives, and horseradish. This was nothing so cataclysmic, but it did leave me feeling a little dumb.

April 1st is Castle's birthday in canon. I thought that I could get away with something cute. So today I posted an interlude for Black Edelweiss that suggested (okay, outright stated) that Konrad Reichardt is Castle's father. I thought I could at least get a giggle out of it. Of course, I failed to take into account the fact that my reputation as a ficwriter is built on such things as zombies, werewolves, aliens, and fairytale mice...

So, yeah, I miscalculated that one. And here I am posting this 11:30 my time, April Fools' not quite gone yet, lamenting my failure to pull a fast one.

Okay, so the funny thing is that Konrad being Castle's father wasn't the joke. It was it being a joke that was supposed to be the joke. But nobody picked up on the April 1st thing, probably because it is Castle's birthday, which was my excuse for posting "real" Zeitgeist canon that I was tired of sitting on but not quite ready to actually reveal as a "joke" anyway. So...yeah. Epic fail on my part.

*sigh*

Comments

[adja999.livejournal.com]

I totally believed it. I mean... I knew, but... it may come from the fact that April Fools is not a big deal past the age of twelve in France (you stick paper cut-outs of fish on people's backs. IF you're nice. If you're not then a note that says 'loser' or 'kick me'.), but it would have never occured to me that it was a joke.

Like you said. Probably because you're you. So, one more crazy thing. Taking it in stride. :P
And, thick. I can be thick. *nods*

[cyren-2132.livejournal.com]

Heh. Must go hang my head in shame now. Because I got all the way down to "In honor of Castle's birthday (April 1st)" and even had a "Castle was born on April Fool's Day? Did I know that? That's so perfect for him!" moment and then neeeeever once thought...you know.

[roachstar.livejournal.com]

Haven't you said that you wanted to write that before?

If I were reading the Black Edelweiss-verse (which I'm not coz I'm waiting til the end because I don't really think I can understand it if it's not finished...) I think I would've believed you ;) lol

[black_sluggard]

Yeah, I've said that, but only to you and a couple other people. :P

When I repost the full fic for FF.net and AO3 I'll probably stick that interlude at a better part in the story. So if you're waiting, you'll be good. :)