I was curious and late this afternoon took a peek to see if there were any prompts left open. There were five: three crossovers with other TV/movies and two genderswaps. I'm guessing genderswap is another area where artists don't always feel comfortable with the changes to what they know.
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
'Shindig'
Buffista Fic 2: They Said It Couldn't Be Done.
[NAFDA] Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
SailAweigh - Sep 16, 2011 2:23:14 pm PDT #822 of 1103
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Juliebird - Sep 17, 2011 6:10:08 am PDT #823 of 1103
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
nevermind me
bitch bitch bitch, whine whine whine.
Juliebird - Sep 17, 2011 11:21:53 am PDT #824 of 1103
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
If anyone has ever lived in Beacon Hill or visited one of the homes there, could you help me out with general layouts of the townhouses/brownstones there, if they were intended to one-family homes, how apartment/multiple-family conversion changed the layout, courtyards (communal? shared by all adjacent buildings and tenants?), basements, trash pick-up, where the washer/dryer are located, etc. All I know is what I've seen from the street. The brick, wrought iron, and the awesomely creepy little semi-sunken alleys to the back of the buildings.
(I'm looking at blueprints online, but so far they're of modern brownstones with 2-car garages at the back).
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2011 12:19:51 pm PDT #825 of 1103
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm guessing genderswap is another area where artists don't always feel comfortable with the changes to what they know.
There's so much room for interpretation with genderswap that I think the subjective quality of it varies more widely than with standard gender drawings. After all, the art might be technically supergood, but it's just not how you swapped genders. Some people feminise (petite-madame is pretty good at it), some people reimagine (cafe de labeill), and some people recast (there was a sweeping fem!Dean=Katee Sackhoff for a while, for instance).
SailAweigh - Sep 17, 2011 4:31:49 pm PDT #826 of 1103
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oh, yeah, that is so true. For me, I tend to prefer feminized versions of the characters I know or I recast them; the folks who totally reimagine them lose me. I need a known physical point of reference to work with, even if it's only in my own head and not on paper.
That is so funny about Katee Sackhoff, though, because she's the preferred recast for a fem!Jim Kirk. Hee. Lady gets around.
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2011 4:35:42 pm PDT #827 of 1103
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've done both re-imagining and feminising, but none of the straight up feminised ones got published.
FUCK. One of my characters' heads is too small. If I were defter with GIMP, I could fix it in there, but I'm not and I need to erase an actual decent likeness BITCH.
But before I start the last likeness, the really difficult one, I will make sure the head is the right size. As few do-overs as possible there.
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2011 7:46:09 am PDT #828 of 1103
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Whee! Submission is off. It's all in the reversebang authors' hands now. And I even digitally resized the teeny head.
msbelle - Oct 03, 2011 7:47:49 pm PDT #829 of 1103
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
MY HEAD IS LITERALLY EXPLODING!! MY LIFE FORCE CLEARLY TIED TO NATTER!!! SEND HELP!
msbelle - Oct 03, 2011 7:48:03 pm PDT #830 of 1103
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
can't run much longer
WindSparrow - Nov 13, 2011 4:59:18 am PST #831 of 1103
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Is not being able to get down to business writing the last chapter of a long damn fic like high school senioritis? Sooooooo sick of the thing, I just want it over.