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For some unknown reason I've started poking at the genderswapped Andromeda 'verse again. I have a burning desire to write fic set in that verse and a total lack of focus to make it happen. ...although I do now have way too many notes on the worldbuidling, including an episode-by-episode breakdown of the differences from canon!verse.
Would anyone be willing to be a sort of pre-beta-beta-reader? (Would that be an alpha reader?) Or a sounding board, I guess would be the other fitting term ... Just look over my notes and talk about it with me and work out some of the rougher edges and say "No, Chica, that bit's stupid" and either help me figure out an angle to take writing fic or else help me drop the 'versefor the time being?
Yes, these are the kinds of problems that occupy my head.
Would anyone be willing to be a sort of pre-beta-beta-reader? (Would that be an alpha reader?) Or a sounding board, I guess would be the other fitting term ... Just look over my notes and talk about it with me and work out some of the rougher edges and say "No, Chica, that bit's stupid" and either help me figure out an angle to take writing fic or else help me drop the 'verse
Yes, these are the kinds of problems that occupy my head.
I am now officially on AO3, with 58 stories uploaded! The earliest of which is from January 2006. Prolific, I am not. That's an average of, what, about 11 a year?
I gotta tell you, though, it was a bit of a shock realizing I'd written more Black Donnellys fic than Doctor Who fic.
And now, a meme.
( 30 Days Of Musical Theater )
I gotta tell you, though, it was a bit of a shock realizing I'd written more Black Donnellys fic than Doctor Who fic.
And now, a meme.
( 30 Days Of Musical Theater )
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Bullet points!
♠ I put my name on the AO3 waiting list, so we'll see what happens when that comes through and I actually have to. You know. Do stuff.
♠ I have officially booked a hotel room for this Wednesday. With check-in/check-out times it'll be more like 19 hours than 24, but that will still be immensely helpful. Isolation ♥♥♥ [/antisocial]
♠ Today I hit up a Borders clearance sale. And it's not that I'm happy they're going bankrupt, because I'm not, at all, it's really sad when bookstores can't stay open. But I did walk away with ~$80 worth of books and paid less than $8 for the lot. ...There was not a lot left on the shelves or I would've probably spent more than that. But y'know.
♠ There are evidently massive Doctor Who spoilers going around, and I would just like to alert everyone that, as much as a spoilerphile as I am, I would still appreciate not being spoiled about this. Please and thank you.
♠ Sometimes I feel sad and then I remember that I live in a world where Neil Gaiman wrote a Doctor Who episode and everything's shiny again. This is an oversimplification but nevertheless true.
♠ I wish I was in New York today to do the DW LineCon. MATT AND KAREN HANDED OUT DOUGHNUTS, YOU GUYS. WHY WAS I NOT THERE FOR THAT?
♠ I have finished Vol. 1 of The Swamp Thing and find myself getting annoyed by Alec Holland's unceasing emo. I suspect this is in part because every issue seems to feel the need to recap the first issue and I get frustrated at being repeatedly reminded of stuff I already know. (Also, they footnote everything. "After X happened, we knew we had to do Y!*" "*ed. note: as seen in issue #12" and I'm sure this was probably helpful to people reading one issue a month or whatever but for someone going at a faster rate OMG IT IS SO ANNOYING.) Also Matt and Abby have been MIA for much of the latter part of the volume which is frustrating because I find myself caring more about them than about the Swamp Thing himself. Maybe Vol. 2 will be an easier read?
♠ That was a really long bullet point, I'm sorry. Evidently I have more ~feelings about old comics than I suspected myself of.
...edited to fix tags and close a parentheses. *facepalm*
♠ I put my name on the AO3 waiting list, so we'll see what happens when that comes through and I actually have to. You know. Do stuff.
♠ I have officially booked a hotel room for this Wednesday. With check-in/check-out times it'll be more like 19 hours than 24, but that will still be immensely helpful. Isolation ♥♥♥ [/antisocial]
♠ Today I hit up a Borders clearance sale. And it's not that I'm happy they're going bankrupt, because I'm not, at all, it's really sad when bookstores can't stay open. But I did walk away with ~$80 worth of books and paid less than $8 for the lot. ...There was not a lot left on the shelves or I would've probably spent more than that. But y'know.
♠ There are evidently massive Doctor Who spoilers going around, and I would just like to alert everyone that, as much as a spoilerphile as I am, I would still appreciate not being spoiled about this. Please and thank you.
♠ Sometimes I feel sad and then I remember that I live in a world where Neil Gaiman wrote a Doctor Who episode and everything's shiny again. This is an oversimplification but nevertheless true.
♠ I wish I was in New York today to do the DW LineCon. MATT AND KAREN HANDED OUT DOUGHNUTS, YOU GUYS. WHY WAS I NOT THERE FOR THAT?
♠ I have finished Vol. 1 of The Swamp Thing and find myself getting annoyed by Alec Holland's unceasing emo. I suspect this is in part because every issue seems to feel the need to recap the first issue and I get frustrated at being repeatedly reminded of stuff I already know. (Also, they footnote everything. "After X happened, we knew we had to do Y!*" "*ed. note: as seen in issue #12" and I'm sure this was probably helpful to people reading one issue a month or whatever but for someone going at a faster rate OMG IT IS SO ANNOYING.) Also Matt and Abby have been MIA for much of the latter part of the volume which is frustrating because I find myself caring more about them than about the Swamp Thing himself. Maybe Vol. 2 will be an easier read?
♠ That was a really long bullet point, I'm sorry. Evidently I have more ~feelings about old comics than I suspected myself of.
...edited to fix tags and close a parentheses. *facepalm*
Question of the day: I know several people on my flist have AO3 accounts, so tell me, do you think it'd be worth it for me to sign up to get one?
I have been posting fic exclusively to LJ for so long that it seems weird to be considering joining an archive of this sort.
[Poll #1728775]
In other news, there is no other news. Sorry.
I have been posting fic exclusively to LJ for so long that it seems weird to be considering joining an archive of this sort.
[Poll #1728775]
In other news, there is no other news. Sorry.
So ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
queer_fest has opened the prompts list for claiming. I'm considering claiming one, but none of the prompts are directly inspiring me yet and, y'know. Painful amounts of writer's block. :| We'll see.
Anyone who is remotely interested in it, though, go forth and claim!
(A few of my prompts have been claimed already, which makes me really dorkily excited omg. Especially since two of them are for fandoms I was certain no one else would be interested in writing.)
I realize I've never exactly been a prolific writer but I do miss being able to write somewhat more frequently than I have been for the past couple years.
queer_fest has opened the prompts list for claiming. I'm considering claiming one, but none of the prompts are directly inspiring me yet and, y'know. Painful amounts of writer's block. :| We'll see.Anyone who is remotely interested in it, though, go forth and claim!
(A few of my prompts have been claimed already, which makes me really dorkily excited omg. Especially since two of them are for fandoms I was certain no one else would be interested in writing.)
I realize I've never exactly been a prolific writer but I do miss being able to write somewhat more frequently than I have been for the past couple years.
A list of unrelated awesome things:
♦ Being Human has been picked up for a fourth series! I don't know what's going to happen but I am so excited I can't even you guys. I can't even. Also, curse you Peter Jackson and your casting decisions. CURSE YOU.
♦ I have a new mouse! This is probably not exciting to other people, but my old mouse was driving me crazy; it would double-click when I wanted to single-click, or sometimes it wouldn't single-click at all, and I gave up successfully drag-and-dropping some time ago because it just wouldn't. But my new mouse does all that on the first try and it's so nice to have a working mouse again! Also it is wireless. I've never had a wireless mouse before. It's nifty.
♦ Today's mail brought me a shipment of two Sandman volumes (specifically, A Game Of You and Fables And Reflections). OMG YAY. My dead-tree Sandman collection is coming along nicely. ;) Amazon gift cards were the best invention ever.
♦ Speaking of Sandman (I know, I said it was a list of unrelated things), BUT ANYWAY, Sandman crossovers started eating my brain awhile ago, and in my various quests to actually write one of them I have stumbled upon a Sandman/Andromeda crossover that actually seems to be working. OMG YAY. I miss finishing fic. ...of course, now that I've said that, I won't be able to finish it. Or I'll finish it and discover it sucks and vow never to let anyone else see it. But right now I'm quite liking it.
♦ Animorphs: The Radio Drama (Uncensored!) has gotten their site back up (and redesigned!) and added a couple old shows. Old to them, new to me, I mean. ILU, ARDU guys! You make me smile. :D
♦ Miss![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nikiness has returned to LiveJournal fandom! Admittedly it's Supernatural fandom which I am not in, but I'm just bouncy and glad that she's returning to LJ at all. YAY. :D
♦ I'm looking in to renting a local hotel room for a night. If I can manage it, that would be ~24 hours I could have totally to myself and omg it would be so welcome. The problem is finances, as the problem so frequently is, but I'm hopeful that I'll be able to manage it.
♦ Kagerou, which everyone should be reading if they are not already, has just started a new plot arc that looks like it's going to be, frankly, AMAZING. And game-changing. And awesome.
♦ I switched the e-mail associated with this account to my GMail address, so now I'm getting my LJ notifs again. I hate not getting notifications in a timely manner.
What little, probably-insignificant-to-most-everyone-else stuff going on in your life do you think is awesome? SHARE THE AWESOME.
♦ Being Human has been picked up for a fourth series! I don't know what's going to happen but I am so excited I can't even you guys. I can't even. Also, curse you Peter Jackson and your casting decisions. CURSE YOU.
♦ I have a new mouse! This is probably not exciting to other people, but my old mouse was driving me crazy; it would double-click when I wanted to single-click, or sometimes it wouldn't single-click at all, and I gave up successfully drag-and-dropping some time ago because it just wouldn't. But my new mouse does all that on the first try and it's so nice to have a working mouse again! Also it is wireless. I've never had a wireless mouse before. It's nifty.
♦ Today's mail brought me a shipment of two Sandman volumes (specifically, A Game Of You and Fables And Reflections). OMG YAY. My dead-tree Sandman collection is coming along nicely. ;) Amazon gift cards were the best invention ever.
♦ Speaking of Sandman (I know, I said it was a list of unrelated things), BUT ANYWAY, Sandman crossovers started eating my brain awhile ago, and in my various quests to actually write one of them I have stumbled upon a Sandman/Andromeda crossover that actually seems to be working. OMG YAY. I miss finishing fic. ...of course, now that I've said that, I won't be able to finish it. Or I'll finish it and discover it sucks and vow never to let anyone else see it. But right now I'm quite liking it.
♦ Animorphs: The Radio Drama (Uncensored!) has gotten their site back up (and redesigned!) and added a couple old shows. Old to them, new to me, I mean. ILU, ARDU guys! You make me smile. :D
♦ Miss
nikiness has returned to LiveJournal fandom! Admittedly it's Supernatural fandom which I am not in, but I'm just bouncy and glad that she's returning to LJ at all. YAY. :D♦ I'm looking in to renting a local hotel room for a night. If I can manage it, that would be ~24 hours I could have totally to myself and omg it would be so welcome. The problem is finances, as the problem so frequently is, but I'm hopeful that I'll be able to manage it.
♦ Kagerou, which everyone should be reading if they are not already, has just started a new plot arc that looks like it's going to be, frankly, AMAZING. And game-changing. And awesome.
♦ I switched the e-mail associated with this account to my GMail address, so now I'm getting my LJ notifs again. I hate not getting notifications in a timely manner.
What little, probably-insignificant-to-most-everyone-else stuff going on in your life do you think is awesome? SHARE THE AWESOME.
Jun. 8th, 2010 01:31 pm
a post about ficwriting
Does anyone else get concepts for AU fics recurring in their heads? I mean. There's this AU idea I thought up a long time ago, tried to write, failed to write, and put aside with a shrug of "was not meant to be", but every so often it pops back up in my head. It's very annoying, because I'm never any closer to actually writing it.
(This particular fic concept is an Andromeda AU based pretty much entirely on the fact that Harper's middle name is 'Zelazny'. On the other hand, you know, Harper's middle name is Zelazny. Why has no one written an AU where he's immortal and part of a big, scheming, batshit crazy family of immortals?)
(No, I don't know why my brain works the way it does.)
Unrelated, is there anyone who'd be willing to do a quick beta of a Doctor Who OC-centric fic? It's due to be posted forlgbtfest on the twelfth and I'm very unsure of it. ...I had a feeling when I signed up for this I'd regret it. :|
WHY YES IT IS LAST-MINUTE.
(This particular fic concept is an Andromeda AU based pretty much entirely on the fact that Harper's middle name is 'Zelazny'. On the other hand, you know, Harper's middle name is Zelazny. Why has no one written an AU where he's immortal and part of a big, scheming, batshit crazy family of immortals?)
(No, I don't know why my brain works the way it does.)
Unrelated, is there anyone who'd be willing to do a quick beta of a Doctor Who OC-centric fic? It's due to be posted for
lgbtfest on the twelfth and I'm very unsure of it. ...I had a feeling when I signed up for this I'd regret it. :|WHY YES IT IS LAST-MINUTE.
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May. 4th, 2010 11:08 pm
may the Fourth be with you
This second lgbtfest fic is kicking my ass, man. I kind of regret having made it nonchronological because it's really hard to find a good end as is.
Missed the first half hour ish of LOST. :( Watched the second half but am not going to post my thoughts 'til I've seen the whole thing. Except for this: OMGWTF. D: Is it less HEART-BREAKINGLY HORRIBLE with the first half included?
Tony nominations have been announced!
It's been kind of a lean year, huh, Broadway.
Personally rooting for Finian's and Ragtime, mostly. I'd like Jude Law to walk away with Best Performance By A Leading Actor In A Play, but, eh, I'm not that invested in. Past that...I really am not invested in any of the awards this year, and that makes me sad.
Let's hope next year's better for the Great White Way!
Day 06 ♥ Whatever tickles your fancy
Have an awesome picture:
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lgbtfest fic is kicking my ass, man. I kind of regret having made it nonchronological because it's really hard to find a good end as is.Missed the first half hour ish of LOST. :( Watched the second half but am not going to post my thoughts 'til I've seen the whole thing. Except for this: OMGWTF. D: Is it less HEART-BREAKINGLY HORRIBLE with the first half included?
Tony nominations have been announced!
It's been kind of a lean year, huh, Broadway.
Personally rooting for Finian's and Ragtime, mostly. I'd like Jude Law to walk away with Best Performance By A Leading Actor In A Play, but, eh, I'm not that invested in. Past that...I really am not invested in any of the awards this year, and that makes me sad.
Let's hope next year's better for the Great White Way!
Day 06 ♥ Whatever tickles your fancy
Have an awesome picture:
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Apr. 23rd, 2010 01:23 pm
alas, poor kiroy. i knew him backwards.
Quoting Astolat's entry on Dreamwidth:
This only stops the script when you're logged in, though, so keep that in mind.
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I have a DW fic forlgbtfest to finish, not to mention that I still haven't finished the first draft of my NaNo, and you know what my brain is doing? Putting together a new original fic verse. (It's cyberpunk!) You fail, brain. (Except it's kind of an awesome fic verse. But still. Now is not the time!)
1) Go to the LJ admin console: http://www.livejournal.com/admin/console/
2) paste in: set opt_exclude_stats 1
3) Hit the 'execute' button
This turns off the crappy script LJ has going where it inspects and tries to modify all the outgoing links in every LJ post you look at. (They're trying to insert themselves as an affiliate on Amazon links etc to squeeze a few extra cents for themselves. It's pretty shady.)
This only stops the script when you're logged in, though, so keep that in mind.
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I have a DW fic for
lgbtfest to finish, not to mention that I still haven't finished the first draft of my NaNo, and you know what my brain is doing? Putting together a new original fic verse. (It's cyberpunk!) You fail, brain. (Except it's kind of an awesome fic verse. But still. Now is not the time!)Tags:
Hey, look, another random updates post.
☆ I posted that DW fic yesterday and am now too scared to look at the reviews. ...this is why I shouldn't let a year plus pass between posting fics, just sayin'.
☆ Matt and Karen are too adorable for words, omg.
☆ More news about the In The Heights film! Apparently they're going to start filming in August. Also we still have no casting news beyond Lin being in it.
☆ You know what show returns tonight? Glee. NEGL, I will not be watching it live. "Everybody Loves Hugo" will be airing at the same time! And very little trumps LOST in my live-TV-watching schedule. It is entirely possible that nothing at all trumps LOST in my live-TV-watching schedule.
☆ Certain Casting Spoilers for Glee are exciting, however.
☆ ...I swear when I started writing this post there were other things I wanted to put in this list. But as I can no longer remember what they were, this is now the last item. Ta.
☆ I posted that DW fic yesterday and am now too scared to look at the reviews. ...this is why I shouldn't let a year plus pass between posting fics, just sayin'.
☆ Matt and Karen are too adorable for words, omg.
☆ More news about the In The Heights film! Apparently they're going to start filming in August. Also we still have no casting news beyond Lin being in it.
☆ You know what show returns tonight? Glee. NEGL, I will not be watching it live. "Everybody Loves Hugo" will be airing at the same time! And very little trumps LOST in my live-TV-watching schedule. It is entirely possible that nothing at all trumps LOST in my live-TV-watching schedule.
☆ Certain Casting Spoilers for Glee are exciting, however.
☆ ...I swear when I started writing this post there were other things I wanted to put in this list. But as I can no longer remember what they were, this is now the last item. Ta.
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Apr. 11th, 2010 07:06 pm
fic-writing halp?
Erm.
Would anyone be willing to look over a Doctor Who fic for me?
It's short, about a thousand words. Spoilers for The Eleventh Hour and speculation for the rest of S5.
Also, it may suck, I'm too out of practice at this to tell.
So if you agreed to this, a) I would love you forever, b) the first thing you could do for me is look it over and tell me if it sucks, and c) on the chance that it doesn't suck, you could help me with the basic beta-y stuff and make it even better?
Anyone?
Would anyone be willing to look over a Doctor Who fic for me?
It's short, about a thousand words. Spoilers for The Eleventh Hour and speculation for the rest of S5.
Also, it may suck, I'm too out of practice at this to tell.
So if you agreed to this, a) I would love you forever, b) the first thing you could do for me is look it over and tell me if it sucks, and c) on the chance that it doesn't suck, you could help me with the basic beta-y stuff and make it even better?
Anyone?
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So I have been reading a lot of old Andromeda fic. Why? I don't know. Because. That's not the point.
( extremely old stuff about pre-Maru Harper and Andromeda fandom )
YMM, of course, V. I over-think stuff.
Also, I should probably get a life. Or at least babble on at length about a fandom I'm overinvested in for a fandom that isn't really fairly old and forgotten in Internet terms. :/
( extremely old stuff about pre-Maru Harper and Andromeda fandom )
YMM, of course, V. I over-think stuff.
Also, I should probably get a life. Or at least babble on at length about a fandom I'm overinvested in for a fandom that isn't really fairly old and forgotten in Internet terms. :/
Apr. 1st, 2010 11:56 am
Do I just have a face nobody listens to?
UPDATE TIME!
> Spent the past couple days with my Niki, which was fab as always. <3 <3 We should move to Boston and starve together, y/y? GET ON THAT, NIKI BEAR.
> As a result I missed this week's LOST. Thoughts coming as soon as I watch it, yo.
> I have however seen these three clips and also this one and I cannot wait until The Eleventh Hour.
> Also, they opened up prompt claiming atlgbtfest so people can claim a second prompt, and I did. Why? Because I hate myself, obvs. ...this time it's a Doctor Who prompt, so. We'll see how this works out.
> Happy April Fools! Any good pranks yet?
> Spent the past couple days with my Niki, which was fab as always. <3 <3 We should move to Boston and starve together, y/y? GET ON THAT, NIKI BEAR.
> As a result I missed this week's LOST. Thoughts coming as soon as I watch it, yo.
> I have however seen these three clips and also this one and I cannot wait until The Eleventh Hour.
> Also, they opened up prompt claiming at
lgbtfest so people can claim a second prompt, and I did. Why? Because I hate myself, obvs. ...this time it's a Doctor Who prompt, so. We'll see how this works out.> Happy April Fools! Any good pranks yet?
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So I just claimed a prompt over at lgbtfest. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT. [/has not posted a fic in over a year now and has never written fic for this particular fandom]
Excitingly, my copy of A Wizard Of Mars arrived today and I am ridic excited about it and I have been waiting like six years for it and I can't decide whether to indulge in a fast read because I waaaaaaaant it or try to make it last me for a while. ...I am so bad with new books. Intellectually I realize that they are a pleasure that should be savored, but then I start reading and going "OMG I wanna know what happens next!!!" and wind up blowing through them far too fast.
Shallowly, it is shiny and has a fabulous cover image.
This pretty much destroys my plans of rereading the series before reading the new book, you realize.
...Hullo, my name is Chica and I have the attention span of a goldfish on cocaine.
lgbtfest. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT. [/has not posted a fic in over a year now and has never written fic for this particular fandom]Excitingly, my copy of A Wizard Of Mars arrived today and I am ridic excited about it and I have been waiting like six years for it and I can't decide whether to indulge in a fast read because I waaaaaaaant it or try to make it last me for a while. ...I am so bad with new books. Intellectually I realize that they are a pleasure that should be savored, but then I start reading and going "OMG I wanna know what happens next!!!" and wind up blowing through them far too fast.
Shallowly, it is shiny and has a fabulous cover image.
This pretty much destroys my plans of rereading the series before reading the new book, you realize.
...Hullo, my name is Chica and I have the attention span of a goldfish on cocaine.
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→ The Live At The Greek Theatre DVD is awesome, omg, no lie, trufax. It may have bumped them up the list of "bands I want to see live in concert", and they were already pretty high up there.
→ Today I made brownies. Which are currently cooking.
→ I was going to do laundry, but the washer does not appear to be working.
→ I also worked some more on that asexual!Kevin story I was talking about. I have it mostly written but I can't figure out an ending. Also I don't know if what I already have sucks or not. I keep going back and forth on how I feel about it. I'm not a good impartial judge. But mostly I just really want to find an ending.
→ → ...Regardless of if it sucks or not, regardless of if I finish it or not, I'm glad I've attempted it because it made me go back and rewatch TBD and that reminded me of just how much I love the show and all its characters. <3 ...I am still Not Okay with its cancellation. *sulks*
→ → But you know what the last fic I posted online was? 'sail fair to the far fields of fortune'. Which was almost a year ago. Seriously. I need to finish a fic and post it for my own sanity.
→ ...I'm so behind on Being Human. :/ I need to just sit down and watch the past few episodes. I want to watch them all in one sitting, though, which means I will need more time than I currently possess the ability to set aside. Maybe tomorrow when I am recovering from the trauma of seeing a dentist.
→ Speaking of which, tomorrow I go back to the dentist. Maybe this time they will actually do something to my teeth to justify the huge amounts of money they are charging me. Fingers crossed.
→ Oh, oh! Also, tomorrow is LOST. Maybe that and BH will balance out the huge amount of haaaaaaate and trauma that medical professionals tend to inspire in me.
→ This entry is so disjointed.
→ Today I made brownies. Which are currently cooking.
→ I was going to do laundry, but the washer does not appear to be working.
→ I also worked some more on that asexual!Kevin story I was talking about. I have it mostly written but I can't figure out an ending. Also I don't know if what I already have sucks or not. I keep going back and forth on how I feel about it. I'm not a good impartial judge. But mostly I just really want to find an ending.
→ → ...Regardless of if it sucks or not, regardless of if I finish it or not, I'm glad I've attempted it because it made me go back and rewatch TBD and that reminded me of just how much I love the show and all its characters. <3 ...I am still Not Okay with its cancellation. *sulks*
→ → But you know what the last fic I posted online was? 'sail fair to the far fields of fortune'. Which was almost a year ago. Seriously. I need to finish a fic and post it for my own sanity.
→ ...I'm so behind on Being Human. :/ I need to just sit down and watch the past few episodes. I want to watch them all in one sitting, though, which means I will need more time than I currently possess the ability to set aside. Maybe tomorrow when I am recovering from the trauma of seeing a dentist.
→ Speaking of which, tomorrow I go back to the dentist. Maybe this time they will actually do something to my teeth to justify the huge amounts of money they are charging me. Fingers crossed.
→ Oh, oh! Also, tomorrow is LOST. Maybe that and BH will balance out the huge amount of haaaaaaate and trauma that medical professionals tend to inspire in me.
→ This entry is so disjointed.
Has everyone read this post? It's about the desexualizing of same-sex relationships in fandom and about asexual relationships in fandom and about asexual invisibility in slash (and wider) fandom and many related things and it is very very good and I thumbs-up it. A lot of the comments are excellent as well.
In very much related news, I have an itch to write fic about Kevin Donnelly coming to terms with his own asexuality even if he doesn't have a label for it (because I'm not sure Kevin would have a label for it).
There's a part of me that keeps saying no, I can't do that, it would be entirely too soapboxish and using someone else's character to explore my own thoughts about my own sexuality. On the other hand, that voice says pretty much the same things when I want to make an original character asexual and actually explore that in my original fic, as well. And you know what? I want asexual characters, and I want fic about asexual characters, and nobody's going to just hand that to me...the best place to start is by writing some myself, right?
To complicate matters more, actually writing that fic would probably necessitate a canon rewatch and also I'm not in a great writing space right now...aside from a couple hundred words of Better Than It Sounds every few days, I'm not really writing anything worthwhile right now. And it's up for debate if Better Than It Sounds is worthwhile anyway. ;)
...I swear tomorrow I will post things that have like squee and whatever in it.
In very much related news, I have an itch to write fic about Kevin Donnelly coming to terms with his own asexuality even if he doesn't have a label for it (because I'm not sure Kevin would have a label for it).
There's a part of me that keeps saying no, I can't do that, it would be entirely too soapboxish and using someone else's character to explore my own thoughts about my own sexuality. On the other hand, that voice says pretty much the same things when I want to make an original character asexual and actually explore that in my original fic, as well. And you know what? I want asexual characters, and I want fic about asexual characters, and nobody's going to just hand that to me...the best place to start is by writing some myself, right?
To complicate matters more, actually writing that fic would probably necessitate a canon rewatch and also I'm not in a great writing space right now...aside from a couple hundred words of Better Than It Sounds every few days, I'm not really writing anything worthwhile right now. And it's up for debate if Better Than It Sounds is worthwhile anyway. ;)
...I swear tomorrow I will post things that have like squee and whatever in it.
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smallfandomfest is open for claiming and writing and posting. Go, claim, write, post. I am contemplating which prompt I think I can write. I have very little to say right now and that's sad. :/
I have brownies.
Also, memes. Ganked from all over the flist.
You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. So here is the game! Hit shuffle on your ipod or mp3 player and write down the first 25 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun! Then tag your friends.
I tag everybody who wants to! My ipod is already on shuffle, so here's the next 25 songs to pop up:
( this is kinda long )
...yeah, I don't really understand how the shuffle on my iPod works. It seems to genre clump sometimes, which is a really bad way of explaining what I mean.
A couple writing memes:
Reply with a character or pairing I'm *familiar* with and I'll write a few sentences of fic.
Any fandom you've ever heard me mention even in passing. I make no promises for quality, quantity, or even a timely response.
and
The Alphabet Drabble Meme
Below is a listing of the alphabet. Please comment with a letter of your choice (that has yet to be chosen), a word that starts with that letter, and a character or fandom pairing. I will attempt to write a drabble (and it will be a drabble or I'll spork my eyes out, BECAUSE ANYTHING LONGER DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE MEME) from the word and character/pairing that you chose. Feel free to choose more than one.
Fandoms I Will (attempt to) Write For: Lost, Doctor Who, Andromeda, Torchwood, Animorphs, Black Donnellys, Chess, In The Heights, Rent, Zanna Don't!, Dr. Horrible, H2G2, Newsies, Psych, Pushing Daisies, Roswell, Young Wizards
If you do not see your desired fandom here, comment with it anyway and I'll see what I can do. If I choose to do another one, you can pick it from the list. :)
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Also, memes. Ganked from all over the flist.
You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. So here is the game! Hit shuffle on your ipod or mp3 player and write down the first 25 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun! Then tag your friends.
I tag everybody who wants to! My ipod is already on shuffle, so here's the next 25 songs to pop up:
( this is kinda long )
...yeah, I don't really understand how the shuffle on my iPod works. It seems to genre clump sometimes, which is a really bad way of explaining what I mean.
A couple writing memes:
Reply with a character or pairing I'm *familiar* with and I'll write a few sentences of fic.
Any fandom you've ever heard me mention even in passing. I make no promises for quality, quantity, or even a timely response.
and
The Alphabet Drabble Meme
Below is a listing of the alphabet. Please comment with a letter of your choice (that has yet to be chosen), a word that starts with that letter, and a character or fandom pairing. I will attempt to write a drabble (and it will be a drabble or I'll spork my eyes out, BECAUSE ANYTHING LONGER DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE MEME) from the word and character/pairing that you chose. Feel free to choose more than one.
Fandoms I Will (attempt to) Write For: Lost, Doctor Who, Andromeda, Torchwood, Animorphs, Black Donnellys, Chess, In The Heights, Rent, Zanna Don't!, Dr. Horrible, H2G2, Newsies, Psych, Pushing Daisies, Roswell, Young Wizards
If you do not see your desired fandom here, comment with it anyway and I'll see what I can do. If I choose to do another one, you can pick it from the list. :)
( the list )
