A Midsummer's Nightmare

Preface

Hi there!

Thanks for choosing to give this odd little story a chance. I really appreciate it, so I won't take up too much of your time with this Author's Note.

I really just wanted to provide some background towards my inspiration to write this, explain-or at least hint blatantly- what I'm trying to parody, and provide whatever warnings I couldn't in the summary. In fact, let's get those out of the way right now so those of you who definitely won't enjoy this can go ahead and GTFO. The warnings are as follows-

The "T" Rating is for language (I'm probably going to use the whole spectrum of it folks…yes, in a Nightmare Before Christmas Fanfic…), sexual content (nothing really graphic or explicit, just the sort of suggestion you might hear on a sitcom), drug use (that's probably an obvious one. Let me just establish that it's a plot point that will only be in this following prologue and nowhere else. I think you all will be either eternally grateful or extremely, avidly disappointed that I'm not having my OC deal in Halloween Town. IDK, depends on who you are, I suppose) and some mild violence (again, nothing in-your-face-explicit, and it'll probably only stick around for this prologue).

With that out of the way, let me start off with a brief summary of how/where/why I got the idea to write this story. About a year ago, I started getting interested in NBC fanfic. TNBC is a movie I have loved since I was four, but I only recently realized (for whatever reason) that I could now read droves of fanfic about it if I so wished, and that somehow made me, as a 20-year-old woman, really excited. So read I did, ladies and gentleman, and many of the fics I found were enjoyable and plausible within the NBC universe.

I did notice something a bit odd, however.

I will also take this moment to establish that I am not unfamiliar with Mary-Sue or her antics. Being a Lord of The Rings/Harry Potter fan, I encountered her a number of times (often in the arms of Legolas or Draco, but I don't think any character was spared). It never occurred to me that Mary Sue might want to come hang out in this particular fandom. There aren't really a whole lot of hot, eligible bachelors in NBC, after all. But lo and behold, she did appear, quite often. Want to guess who her love interest was?

Nope, not a grown-up Lock (the only real plausible alternative I could think of). It was Jack, as in Jack the skeleton. This took me by surprise for a number of reasons, most specifically, the fact that Jack is a skeleton and lacks certain attributes that would make him a worthy contender as a lover to a human woman (how these Sues often appeared, oddly enough). But I do understand that Chris Sarandon has a sexy voice, and sometimes that's all it takes.

Nevertheless, I found many of these stories to be quite humorous, though not always for reasons the author had intended. It was always fun for me to guess how the author was going to get Sally out of the way, because the tactics varied from just pretending Sally never existed to making Sally a total OOC bitch that forces herself on Jack and ends up getting b&hammer from Halloween Town. Seeing a lovable, relatable character like Sally get treated so badly was disgustingly amusing, not to mention that it was done in the name of getting Jack together with a human girl.

So, if you think about it, my story isn't that strange in comparison to some of the others out there. What I aim to do with this fic is poke some fun at the Jack/OC stories that plague the net nowadays, but not in a overt, face-rubbing sort of way. I want this to be a legitimate story in its own right with some satirical undertones, nothing more and nothing less. I'm hoping that even those of you who know you're being made fun of will enjoy the tale anyway. It's all in good fun, honest.

For my last warning, I will admit that the ending of this prologue is pretty sloppy. It was late at night, I wanted to be done with the opening sequence, and I rushed it. I know it's not the best writing tactic, but I'm wanting to put my efforts towards the actual plot and I needed to get this first part out of the way so that I could start on it.

So, there you have it, folks. I do hope you find this story enjoyable, and don't forget to leave helpful comments to let me know how I can make it better.

Thank you! =D

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