Yes, I knew what she meant, though. It's funny, Lizard, because the first time I read that that you didn't get the ASH-oost, I did think "Yep, that's gay, all right. Very definitely."

But I maintain my viewpoint that ALL people -- including gay women and straight men -- should find Giles hot.

I want Teppy's brain! Back off! She's my backwards Buffista ID twin.

My brain is kind of asleep right now, so you can have it.

Now picturing an art film, kind of like "Being John Malcovich" without Mr. M where we are trying to share Tep's brain.And of course, it's hers so she'll still want it..and wackiness ensues.

t backing away slowly, hands clamped over cranium...

Steph steph steph steph teppy. Steph, teppy, steph steph. Steph! Steph. Teppy?

/beingjohnmalkovich

Anyway-- yeah. One of the biggest impetus for us to make this thread was that Jessica is allergic to fic, and asked if there was some way we could create a thread to contain discussion of our stuff, rather than have it up in the main Bitch thread.

And we were workshopping a great deal more, back in the day.

Steph steph steph steph teppy. Steph, teppy, steph steph. Steph! Steph. Teppy?

::snerk::

Jessica isn't allergic to fic, per se; we just had a period where the posts in Spike's Bitches were VERY heavily fic-related. Some days I don't have the time to read fic, as much as I want to, but I can keep up with a conversation about porn, glitter, or blades.

Jessica isn't allergic to fic, per se;

Well, but as I remember it her words were along the lines that she had realized she just didn't like it, and didn't want to be in a thread that was 50% fic and fic-discussion. Which I can respect; it's very close to the feeling I'd have if this thread, or the Fan Fiction thread, eventually, turned to 50% a discussion of RPF; and I'd ask for a new thread to be made just like she did. I'm just fond of the allergy analogy. It makes me irritated, bored, and vaugely itchy-- all I need's a sneeze attack.

Still get along okay, though.

So do I, ita. But it's good to hear. In a year where I terminated a pregnancy (and to say that wasn't an easy decision is an enormous understatement--I grew up Catholic for fuck's sake) I've been examining my long-term solitude a great deal this past week. Feel ten different ways about it, but I think it balances out to pretty damn okay.

Back to your regularly-scheduled fic wonderfulness.

A lot of workshopping has moved to LJ, I've noticed. I still like putting first drafts here, though, because, hey, it was my first.

I do almost all my workshopping in the LJ, and link to it here.

It's a wider audience.

See, now, I miss the way we used to workshop. I enjoyed it very much. And I don't LJ or Blog, so I feel that I'm missing out. Of course, I also used to write the fucking stuff.... Miss that, too.

connie, you know what I love? I love that you see Xander as so much more than the ME writers seem to. You have him being moderately competent at fighting (and after 5 years (at the time of your story) you'd think that he'd have some skills), you show his innate compassion and decency, his willingness to sacrifice himself for love, the massive Ho!Yay!... You see him the way I see him.

If I said I was writing something short, LotR, movieverse, would someone beta it for me?