redorchids | Plea for help and some fangirly flailings

Crossposted in some places because I am getting a little desperate and need all the help I can get.

So, I finished my bbb (and did the obvious celebratory dance), but... no title. I've been going crazy about this for days and still... nothing.

It's a bit tricky. See, this started out as one story. Now it's a trilogy with three perfectly parallel stories, seen from different POV's. I'm only submitting one part for this year's bigbang though. Each story is independent of the others--my plan is that once you have all three, the effect will be greater than the sum of the parts (little details in story one will have a much bigger impact on the characters in story two, and so on).

And I want the same thing for the titles: three different ones that fit each of the stories and that, when put together, will mean something more. Sort of like chocolate, marshmellows and caramel nuts. All really good on their own. Mix them and you have epic rocky road-ness. So, that's what I need, a rocky road title threesome. ghrargalargh.

Anyone want to help?

My working title for this story is simply "Bandom CSI," which kinds of gives you the most important story information. It's an AU where FOB + Panic are working as CSI's in the setting of CSI Las Vegas. The characters are loosely (very loosely) mapped on the original CSI cast--Ryan is Grissom, Brendon is Sara, Jon Warrick, Spencer Catherine, Pete Jim Brass, Zack some kind of cross between Hodges and Greg, Andy is the coroner, and so on. Patrick is also working in the lab (audio tech).

Basic plot is that there is a serial killer on the loose, who's killing people and dressing them up as angels on church altars. That's about 50% of each story. The rest of the focus is on the pairing in question. Each of the three stories will have one main pairing, and the other two will be background, which will then shift when you move to the next story. The one I'm submitting for bigbang is the Peterick story (background Ryden and Joncer). It's all about secret love, "love is patient" and "true love waits." It's also sneaky, funny and pretty darn hot. bb!patrick (ergo the secrecy, Patrick is 16 when he and Pete meet.) is pretty good at getting what he wants.

Title should (ideally):

- Tie in with the CSI theme
- Tie in with the case in question (angels, virtues, murder, faith)
- Tie in with the Peterick love story (patience, love, secrecy, being your own little world)

Also, I would love for it to have some kind of literary or theological base. And, as mentioned before, be a part of some kind of holy trinity of titles in an epic, rocky road kind of way. (I'm thinking three lines from a poem maybe? Or three lines from a Bible passage?)

So, yeah. Pretty tricky. Anyone who has any ideas? I will credit you and love you forever. ♥

On a happier note: the companion vid to this is turning out so epic, guys, you just can't believe. I chucked crappy, crappy Window's Movie Maker out the window and got myself a copy of Sony Vegas. Completely in love. It is EONS better than movie maker and easy enough to use that I feel pretty savvy with it already after less than a day. Plus, it has EVERYTHING. Layers? check. A million transitions and effects? check. No stupid bug that moves your clips forward if you delete something in the middle of your vid? check, check, check. It's epic, you guys. Can't wait to show you the results. (Which is why I need a title, dammit! Having the opening credits say "[WORKING TITLE]" is just... fail. So bring out your old notes from English lit. I'm thinking Oscar Wilde, maybe? Or really, anyone you can come up with. :-D)