My friend Neal just posted on FB that he needs to find a good Sirius receiver unit. I suggested Remus Lupin.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Aims - Dec 03, 2008 9:21:30 am PST #5532 of 10436
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Fay - Dec 03, 2008 12:32:07 pm PST #5533 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Classic!
Aims - Dec 04, 2008 10:48:10 am PST #5534 of 10436
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t random
I love smut.
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Lee - Dec 04, 2008 11:06:35 am PST #5535 of 10436
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Kathy A - Dec 16, 2008 12:44:17 pm PST #5536 of 10436
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm such a geek--I finished watching my newly-purchased Doctor Who Season 4 dvds last night, and now I've got the beginnings of a Donna Noble-Sarah Jane Smith story brewing in my head, where they work on an investigative story together without Sarah Jane triggering memories of the Doctor in Donna.
I'll have to see if it'll be a short one-shot, or an ongoing episode-long story.
Fay - Dec 16, 2008 8:38:40 pm PST #5537 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
OMG Doooo eeeeet!!!
Anne W. - Dec 17, 2008 2:44:53 am PST #5538 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
seconds Fay's opinion
Anne W. - Dec 17, 2008 11:33:14 am PST #5539 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Question for those who are writing for Yuletide or other fic exchanges:
Let's say you get "optional details" on your request asking for a genre you don't care to write. Yes, the details are optional, but the fic is supposed to be a gift and in theory something the recipient would like to read.
How would you handle such a situation? Say you were asked for schmoopy fic if that's something you've never written. Or explicit het when you mostly prefer to write slash where the sex is only hinted at or referred to in passing. Or a post-apocalyptic AU when both of those genres give you hives on their own.
Dana - Dec 17, 2008 11:41:22 am PST #5540 of 10436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Optional details are optional. I know we all want to write a story that our recipient will like, but forcing yourself to write outside your comfort zone won't do your recipient any favors either. Don't force it.
Sometimes I write around things. My request last year was for a femslash pairing where one of the characters is canonically married to the hero pretty early on, and is someone I'd never considered as gay, or even subtexty. I wrote a story that was mostly about friendship and some unrequited feelings on the part of the other character, and my recipient seemed to like that.
shrift - Dec 17, 2008 12:20:52 pm PST #5541 of 10436
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I try to honor the optional details as much as I can, but only insofar as it makes for a good story.
I've gotten some truly hellacious prompts over the years, and I've had to do some hardcore spinning of the details in order to turn them into a story I wanted to tell.
That being said, just about every other year at Yuletide, I end up tearing my hair out trying to write what my recipient has requested while barely staving off an epic meltdown.
Last year was almost pleasant. This year, a little more tense. I think that means I'll be weeping next year.