Weirdly I think Agent Carter becoming a series has almost completely negated my urge to seek MCU fic - I'm getting almost everything I need on that front right on my TV screen, even if there's not any new interaction between Peggy and Steve. (Well, having had my fill of Tony Stark for this lifetime probably contributes too.)

Yeah, I suspect you're not the target audience for the Peggy Carter rebound femslash brigade.

the Peggy Carter rebound femslash brigade

Can't wait for the t-shirt!

And my brain comes up with so many ways to do horrible things to the characters because of the fact that fandom has fucking FAILED to do it.

Oh, the hours upon hours of chat!

Jilli, I'll post a few Hannigram (yes, that is the stupid portmanteau, and no they do not spell Graham correctly) stories shortly!

Oh, the hours upon hours of chat!

YOU HAVE CANONICAL MIND CONTROL THAT IS EYE CONTACT EASY. WHY DO YOU NOT USE IT FOR EVIL, PEOPLE? WHY?????

I dunno. Maybe they're all so skeeved by what they came out of the movie futureshipping? Possibly? Which is legit, 'cause so did I, but hey. There is nothing about that universe that is not vaguely creepy, so roll with it, peeps!

There is often an unfortunate trend with that kind of media to downplay it in fic. A lot of people aren't comfortable writing/reading/thinking about it.

For example, probably the creepiest thing I ever wrote was a Luther story where Alice Morgan kidnaps Ripley just before going to his death, and keeps him on a leash (a chemical rather than canine one) "for his own protection" because she thinks Luthor would prefer him alive. And even fans of Luther barely touched it. The kudos to hit count is hilariously uneven.

I didn't even know I had that level of creeper in me, but I still love that story.

But it's so much fun to explore! People used to do it a lot in Supernatural (at least in gen fic, though the subgenre of demon possession Wincest, AKA the only kind I'd read, existed at least), but I haven't read there in ages, so I don't know if it's still a thing.

Link to the Luther story?

I think, also, that there's been a chilling effect over the five or so years where Tumblr culture's risen to prominence, as an increasingly frequent complaint I see is that consumers seem to have difficulty with the whole concept that writing about something problematic or awful isn't the same thing as endorsing it. I mean, we're back on the argument of no one should write or consume non-con, because only horrible people support rape culture like that! again.

The drawerfic I wrote between 2010 and 2014? Pretty much comfortable writing, not wanting to deal with posting and the headaches around that.

The worst thing I ever wrote and posted was that Willow/Snyder rapefic that has since been locked down and will probably never see the light of day again.

(I wrote it to prove that I could, in fact, write something with no redeeming value.)

as an increasingly frequent complaint I see is that consumers seem to have difficulty with the whole concept that writing about something problematic or awful isn't the same thing as endorsing it.

Hence the endless discussions of IT IS FINE TO ENJOY PROBLEMATIC MEDIA! JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEMATIC PARTS!

Jilli, I'll post a few Hannigram (yes, that is the stupid portmanteau, and no they do not spell Graham correctly) stories shortly!

Yay! Because I'm willing to test the Hannigram ship if someone I trust gives me links. But just wandering into the fandom with no guide? Nuh-uh.

[link] Amuse-bouche, by me!

difficulty with the whole concept that writing about something problematic or awful isn't the same thing as endorsing it

ugh, yes, that endless whirlpool. It was enough for me when it was a big kerfluffle on DW. I do not need to experience it while tumbling. There's also, as we've talked about, the unwillingness these days to acknowledge warnings vs. squicks, and I for one wish squicks would come back into use.

I know, right?

In the current WIP, all 15k of it thus far, which considering I started it last Monday is kind of terrifying, I worry about softening the edges a little too much. I mean, I want it to be clear that it's deeply fucked-up, but the POV is so tightly third limited, and not just that, but a single characters POV for the whole thing, that it's fucking tricky.

David Duchovny endorses Mulder/Krycek.

If anyone's interested, there's quite a good Three-Sentence Ficathon going on right now...