Paying for it just takes the romance out of it.
She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.
Willow ,'Help'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Elena - Mar 10, 2004 4:10:11 pm PST #7484 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
Dana - Mar 10, 2004 4:11:21 pm PST #7485 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
You've actually got a decent chance with Josh/Donna, if you're still interested.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 10, 2004 4:13:58 pm PST #7486 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I'd be interested in Josh/Donna...
Dana - Mar 10, 2004 4:18:30 pm PST #7487 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
victoria p. has the rec page you want to check out, then.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 10, 2004 4:28:34 pm PST #7488 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Woo Hoo! Thank ye Dana, Queen amoung fanfic recommenders!
Dana - Mar 17, 2004 5:10:29 am PST #7489 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I tuned into BBC News in the car this morning just in time to hear them doing a segment on manga. Specifically, the part about yaoi. It was interesting, since I only really know the terms and next to nothing about actual manga and yaoi.
They spoke to a "yaoi" expert who said that in yaoi, the men are "not gay, but in love with each other" and that girls are generally interested in yaoi because "they're interested in sex, but also rejecting their own sexuality."
Yaoi sounds like less fun than slash, I gotta say.
Anne W. - Mar 17, 2004 5:35:06 am PST #7490 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Dana, all I can say is that your yaoi "expert" is about as on-target as most slash "experts" who end up talking to the media. It also sounds as if he (or she) has some issues.
Anyhow, yaoi essentially is slash. There's wonderfully done yaoi, and there is utter crap, just as there is in the slash world.
Basically, the only differences between yaoi and slash is that in yaoi:
- The order in which you list the pairing is important, as it indicates top/bottom. BTW, this seems to be less and less true as time goes by.
- A "x" is often used rather than a "/" to denote a pairing
- RPS is an obvious impossibility in the yaoi world.
- With yaoi, a good number of pairings are canon, not subtextual. This includes pairings from stuff aimed at young kids (Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon). Some mainstream manga actually show same-sex kissage (Fake, Sailor Moon).
- With yaoi, you can actually
- The yaoi equivalent of "femslash" is "yuri." Don't ask me why.
Dana - Mar 17, 2004 5:39:03 am PST #7491 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Dana, all I can say is that your yaoi "expert" is about as on-target as most slash "experts" who end up talking to the media. It also sounds as if he (or she) has some issues.
Yeah, I thought it sounded kind of weird. It was a she, by the way.
amych - Mar 17, 2004 5:42:46 am PST #7492 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yeah, I thought it sounded kind of weird.
Yep. Yaoi fans are little girls who like the gay because they're afraid of their own sexuality. Slash fans are no-life internet freaks who like the gay because they're afraid of their own sexuality. Same old, same old.
Nutty - Mar 17, 2004 5:49:26 am PST #7493 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
(Yeah. I always wondered, about such arguments, why anyone afraid of sexuality would get into, you know, the gay. There is the procedural and the "canon-compliant" characters stuck in the Triassic Period and the amazing adventure and the evil empire of giant cats, for people who can't handle sexuality. Okay, some of those involved sexuality, but you get my meaning.)
Nothing to get one's fur shorts in a twist about.