Thanks, SA!

Plei, what tag do you use at delicious for the genderswap stuff?

when suddenly I'm bracing myself for possible whompage and angst to come.

One might think you've read my fic before.

I've found myself reading the Wincest posted on the newsletter, and surprisingly I've found myself enjoying more of it than I thought I would. Some of the writers are good, and manage to incorporate situations where I can believe the actions and emotions involved. Mostly I look at the stories sideways, as kind of alternate universes from the show itself; kind of like Serenity versus Firefly -- the characters look the same and (usually) had the same formative experiences, but they are just not quite the same as the ones I knew and loved first. Some of the stories are absolutely awful, just an excuse to put two hot guys together, who might as well be named Mike and Steve.

As for the genderswap fic, most of what I've read has had a comic tone. Usually one of the guys gets turned, and is curious to know what sex is like as a female, and convinces the other one to go along with it. By the end of the story she is returned to a male body. I have to admit my personal squick button is hit with the stories where they are a brother/sister pair, when one of them was born female. I have infinitely more difficulties reading male/female incest than male/male incest. I'm not sure why, if it's the possibility of pregnancy, or if I just haven't thought about it enough and I know I'm being inconsistent.

And John/either of them is just.... no. I've seen one or two stories that mentioned that kind of abuse, and promptly closed them down. I just don't want them taking up space in my brain.

And John/either of them is just.... no.

Someone had linked to the Post Secret comm, and one of those was this, and it bothered me so much I closed it and haven't gone back.

Plei, what tag do you use at delicious for the genderswap stuff?

Err. Winsister, I think. I'm not sure. I'll check. I might use that specifically for Femmenerd's stuff, though.

I'm not sure why, if it's the possiblity of pregnancy, or if I just haven't thought about it enough and I know I'm being inconsistent.

Clearly, it's Not Enough VC Andrews.

Because that's who I blame for it NOT squicking me.

I love beggars would ride, but I lack bias, on account of doing beta work on it. So, you know. I feel like a story doula.

As for the genderswap fic, most of what I've read has had a comic tone.

The BEST one I've read, and also the Single Hottest Femslash EVER, is The D Word (someone got a link?), a hot and funny L Word crossover, where Dean's turned into a girl, and Shane's a challenge.

Raar.

Ahem.

One might think you've read my fic before.

Connie, if you don't mind my asking, what name do you post your fic under (on livejournal, I'm assuming)? I'm still trying to sort out all the aliases, because of course the names here don't necessarily match up to the livejournal names, and I've noticed that sometimes the names listed on the newsletter are different from the name once the story opens. It's all very confusing.

I don't think I show up on the newsletter, and I've primarily been a Spander writer. But my lj is under riani1, and my primary pseudonym is Two Ladies of Quality.

The BEST one I've read, and also the Single Hottest Femslash EVER, is The D Word (someone got a link?), a hot and funny L Word crossover, where Dean's turned into a girl, and Shane's a challenge.

Oh, I loved that one. I should go look for a link. [link]

I've been dying to read some genderswap (one or both of the boys, from birth, in an AU) that's less about sex, and more about how the family dynamic would have been different if, say, John had been dragging his two daughters around rather than his two sons. Or if Dean was the older sister, or Sam was the younger sister, etc.

Hell, I'd love to see an AU that goes into what would have happened if the demon had killed John instead of Mary.

Oops. That's not the one. Mary lives in that one, but I know there's one where John doesn't and she does. I'm a-lookin'.