Just a heads up for those who are interested: the new issue of Bitch magazine has a longish article about slash. It's not bad - the writer has obviously read a fair amount of fanfiction, and she doesn't equate slash with porn. My biggest quibbles: the Spock/Kirk example that opens the article is terrible, the kind of thing that would make someone who has never read fanfiction before roll their eyes in disgust, and the only example of slash that she mentions from the Jossverse is Buffy/Willow. Huh? Clearly, BTVS is not her fandom.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
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Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Amber B. - Apr 13, 2003 7:10:20 pm PDT #4694 of 10000
I'm beginning to understand this now. It's all about the journey, isn't it?
askye - Apr 13, 2003 7:30:04 pm PDT #4695 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
For once I would love to see an article written that didn't mention Kirk/Spock.
Dana - Apr 13, 2003 7:31:33 pm PDT #4696 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Well, if you're explaining slash to those not in the know, you're sort of obligated to mention its origins.
I'd like to see an article actually written by someone who participates in fanfic, instead of someone who got it as an assignment.
askye - Apr 13, 2003 7:36:47 pm PDT #4697 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
I guess you're right, how about I rephrase it to---For once I'd like to see an article that managed to mention a current pairing.
And yeah, by someone who is involved with fanfic.
Dana - Apr 13, 2003 7:46:48 pm PDT #4698 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
For once I'd like to see an article that managed to mention a current pairing.
Oh, yeah. I mean, Kirk/Spock isn't exactly extinct, but it's not the big happening thing in the fanfic world. Have any of the recent articles mentioned Clark/Lex?
And I have to share this, which was in my cut and paste. It's from Thamiris' LJ, on the subject of writing sex:
My not-very-profound summary? Actual orgasms are easier to have than fictional ones are to write. I need some kind of meta-dildo.
P.M. Marc - Apr 13, 2003 7:48:38 pm PDT #4699 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hee! That made my morning to read. Meta-dildo is now part of my vocab.
UTTAD - Apr 13, 2003 7:50:33 pm PDT #4700 of 10000
Strawberry disappointment.
I've written the odd bit of fic, and I must admit that slash absolutely baffles me. It just leaves me cold and vaguely confused. I'd really like to understand the attraction that it invokes.
Really a genuine question.
askye - Apr 13, 2003 7:50:54 pm PDT #4701 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Why hasn't anyone mentioned Clark/Lex? I mean, geez--SV is a huge fandom and they are such pretty, pretty boys.
askye - Apr 13, 2003 7:59:54 pm PDT #4702 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Before I answer, I'd like to know why it baffles you and leaves you cold and vaguely confused.
UTTAD - Apr 13, 2003 8:11:02 pm PDT #4703 of 10000
Strawberry disappointment.
askye:
Not sure. I think it's because I was moved to write fic because I was inspired by Buffy/Angel (the programmes :-) ) and so I want to write as much as I can like the shows were written, because that's what inspired me. If a reltionship wasn't put there by the writers then it leaves me cold.
I'm not explaining this well. What I mean is ... what's happened on the shows is what inspired me to write, not what slash pairing I've come up with. Does that make sense?
I don't want anyone to think I'm poo poooinf slashyness, it's just that I don't really get it.