I wish the H:LOTS fandom was more active so I'd have one place to write my Howard-worshipping essay. But I did get a chance to tell ML(viva internet, huh?) Sorry, couldn't resist. Worst Warning I ever read On A Homicide List:
These characters wouldn't act like this. I'm making them for plot reasons.
Babe, what's wrong with that sentence?
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
erikaj - May 06, 2004 5:11:13 pm PDT #9126 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Gris - May 06, 2004 5:12:56 pm PDT #9127 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Wow, deb, that's really good (as if you didn't know. =).
Characterization is excellent, that couldn't be anybody but Faith. I also really like where the story is going, I think. How soon after Chosen is this supposed to be, though? I don't really get a good timeline feeling from it. I assume it's at least a year later, possibly later than that, but then you get phrases like "there are fewer people out there than there were a week ago," that makes the extended trip to Cleveland (which I assumed was right after Chosen) seem very recent.
I'm not much of a critic/editor, so that's all I've really got for you. But I'm looking forward to more.
deborah grabien - May 06, 2004 5:14:32 pm PDT #9128 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
About four months after Chosen, I'd say.
Be good to get back to it. Be warned - there's a bit of slash coming up soon, to be written next, in fact. The story's actually a prezzie for Roz Kaveney, so the slash aspect, well, yes.
Gris - May 06, 2004 5:17:11 pm PDT #9129 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Consider me warned. I can read slash, I just don't bother when fic is nothing but sex. This one, clearly, isn't.
erikaj - May 06, 2004 5:20:49 pm PDT #9130 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
"Sex is never gratuitous," That said, my fics are usually longer on politics than The Sex. But I seem to have a thing for semi-public places.
deborah grabien - May 06, 2004 5:21:24 pm PDT #9131 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh, the slash won't be explicit; I find explicit sex descriptions boring beyond belief. It's just that even implied slash bugs some people, and this, well, it's Faith and Harmony.
But this won't be porno, particularly. Like Anya and Spike, it's more for solace, a little of that human touch.
erikaj - May 06, 2004 5:23:30 pm PDT #9132 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Can't picture it, but I trust you. And I hate reading sex that feels like gyno or urologist visit..
Gris - May 06, 2004 5:38:07 pm PDT #9133 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Haha. Harmony and Faith makes me laugh just as a possibility, so that's good.
As long as the 'ship in pairing is somehow established as realistic in context of the characters and the 'verse, I don't have a problem with any of them. But if you have Xander and Giles, say, suddenly decide to get naked together with no buildup, then I get annoyed.
erikaj - May 06, 2004 5:44:50 pm PDT #9134 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Me too...Giles is mine.
Gris - May 06, 2004 5:46:54 pm PDT #9135 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Not quite my reasoning, erikaj, but it works for me. =)