What is up with fanfiction awards anyway?

I try not to worry about them, too much, though I'm always a little giddy when I'm nominated. Of course, she says with her tres sophisticated hat on, they're all just popularity contests. Except the ones where you win, where they're havens of discerning taste and appreciative minds.

Polyamorous has a bunch, unless you've read all of them already.

First place I looked, believe me, thanks. And it led me some of my favorite stories, too. It was a happy thing to learn that Basingstoke, Shallott, and Miriam Heddy were writing House.

No, "Hilson" showed up on one of the lj House fic communities.

Oh, and in serendipidous news, I just ran across a lovely rant on portmanteau naming (House specific) on my flist. [link]

Apparently some folks are using "Wilouse" which sounds like someone needs to buy the special shampoo and boil their bedding.

I like 'Clex', because it sounds like 'flex' and 'sex' and 'perplex' and I love the fact that you sort of lick the word as you're saying it. And Tom Welling inadvertently yells it in Club Zero.

Other than that, not a big fan of Portmanteaus.

(Well, except the ST:TOS portmanteaus Kock and Spork, which nobody uses but which keep right on being funny as hell.)

Yeah, Clex sort of works for me, too. Plus, as you say, canon now. Spuffy? Wilouse? Not so much.

Clex is great. In all ways.

It's the one that can stay when we nuke the rest from orbit. I say, as one who decided Spred was the funniest thing in the world for about five minutes, and has no room to talk. (And, hey, am now almost as amused at D'iana, so again with the no room.)

It was a happy thing to learn that Basingstoke, Shallott, and Miriam Heddy were writing House.

Make sure to check out elynross too. She had a story posted in her LJ that didn't make the last update. (Next one, I swear.) And Kass.

D'iana?

thinks

Nope, I give in. Whodat?

D'argo/Chiana

Thanks, Dana! [makes notes]

bangs head on keyboard

...so I finally thought maybe I ought to slap more of my HP fanfic up at Fiction Alley, because afaik that's sort of the HP fandom equivalent of the bfa. Right?

Gah.

Oh the one hand, yay for feedback. I mean, that's why I bothered moving them, after all. Feedback is good. But, otoh, I am a terrible, terrible snob. I forget how much of a snob I am, what with the whole not-going-to-ffnet thing. But, yeah. Snob, as it turns out. And once again realising that even though I like the books, and have opinions about them, and have written the fic, and will probably write more of the fic...I don't know that I consider myself part of HP fandom.

I find myself having a sudden surge of sympathy for Robin Hobb and the other writers who just don't grok fanfic, 'cause as a writer, there are times when it's difficult to muster gratitude for the positive feedback, if the feedback seems to come from someone who's a few knuts short of a sickle. Or, you know, twelve years old.

...I mean, HP fandom apparently calls Hermione/Harry 'HMS Pumpkin Pie'. Not even a portmanteau*. A cute nom de guerre reflecting the fact that the twee little fuckers who are shipping these characters are AMERICAN. Because Harry and Hermione? Have never eaten Pumpkin Pie. You twats.

Call it HMS Spotted Dick, if you want a nice, wholesome, sweet, stodgy, comfort food dessert.

Heh.

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In breaking news: I am Professor Snape. But with more shampoo and stronger expletives. Get those horrible children OFF MY LAWN!

*okay, I lie. Apparently there are Harry/Hermione shippers who call their ship Harmony. Which is marginally less irritating than the frakking Pumpkin Pie thing. But mostly because I associate it with a disarming and ditzy blonde who eats people and likes shopping.