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clevermanka) wrote2019-07-17 10:51 am
clevermanka) wrote2019-07-17 10:51 am
Wednesday Update
Vegas took me two and a half days to recover and I'm not feeling great today. Not thrilled to be getting back on a plane this Sunday but at least it's just to Indy to see my folks and will (I hope?) be less wearying. It was informative to re-experience Extreme Fatigue again. yaaaay
Had a great conversation withjo_lasalle about one of her squicks that gave me a bunch of good information and insights into how to better the First Time fic I'm writing. I appreciate her taking the time to talk with me about it and I hate so much the fandom stance of "this thing makes me feel icky and you should feel bad for writing/reading about it." And then of course there are the "well I love this thing and you're stupid and weird for not liking it" but at least I haven't noticed that they're as vocal as the antis. We'll always have Dworkins and the like, but maybe(?) the majority of people who spout that stuff will eventually come around to the non-censorship side of things. (probably not, but we need to hold to some small fantasies)
Speaking of the First Time fic, I'm a bit over 4k words and they're finally doing it. So much for this being a short fic. I guess this happens all the time?
Elizabeth and Gav accepted my offer to do a Guardian guest intro/primer for The Rec Center so that's frexciting. I've got the essay portion done but I'm coming up against a wall with the rec list. Y'all. Guardian fics that don't have, like, a zillion spoilers are thin on the ground. I'm including Constellation (because obviously) and Love Touch (also hot and mostly spoiler-free). Also the vid Augustine and links to a couple fanartists (Marmaladica and Breeze Wong). But that's only two fics and they're both porny. If anyone has suggestions for T or G Guardian fics that aren't AU or full of spoilers, please hit me up? Or if there's an AU that you think doesn't need knowledge of the characters in canon to get, that works, too. I'mleaning toward including Not All Those Who Wander (handily rated T) and If Life Was A Movie (also T) and I think I'm set for recs! \o/
ETA:forestofglory had the brilliant suggestion of having someone look over my pitch post before I send it off. Any volunteers?
Had a great conversation with
jo_lasalle about one of her squicks that gave me a bunch of good information and insights into how to better the First Time fic I'm writing. I appreciate her taking the time to talk with me about it and I hate so much the fandom stance of "this thing makes me feel icky and you should feel bad for writing/reading about it." And then of course there are the "well I love this thing and you're stupid and weird for not liking it" but at least I haven't noticed that they're as vocal as the antis. We'll always have Dworkins and the like, but maybe(?) the majority of people who spout that stuff will eventually come around to the non-censorship side of things. (probably not, but we need to hold to some small fantasies)Speaking of the First Time fic, I'm a bit over 4k words and they're finally doing it. So much for this being a short fic. I guess this happens all the time?
Elizabeth and Gav accepted my offer to do a Guardian guest intro/primer for The Rec Center so that's frexciting. I've got the essay portion done but I'm coming up against a wall with the rec list. Y'all. Guardian fics that don't have, like, a zillion spoilers are thin on the ground. I'm including Constellation (because obviously) and Love Touch (also hot and mostly spoiler-free). Also the vid Augustine and links to a couple fanartists (Marmaladica and Breeze Wong). But that's only two fics and they're both porny. If anyone has suggestions for T or G Guardian fics that aren't AU or full of spoilers, please hit me up? Or if there's an AU that you think doesn't need knowledge of the characters in canon to get, that works, too. I'm
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forestofglory had the brilliant suggestion of having someone look over my pitch post before I send it off. Any volunteers?
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Two AUs that I think work without having canon knowledge are meditations ex post facto by Raven and If Life Was A Movie We’d Have A Better Soundtrack Than This by galaxysoup. I mean of course you won't get all the clever details without having seen the drama but they are both good stories that I think work on their own.
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I think a reader could definitely get the gist of meditations, but it wouldn't have the same resonance. The others (Wander and Soundtrack) hold up better w/o the source material imo. But I'm at five fic recs now, plus a vid and two fanartists, so I'm happy. Thank you for the suggestions!
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And seriously, thank YOU for making that vid. I s2g I still rewatch it a couple times a week at least. So. Fucking. Good.
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GO YOU for writing that Guardian primer!
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Maybe I ask too little but I am amazed at people who say "X squicks me so it should be razed from the face of the earth". I even think that about things like AUs where, say, Tony Stark is an antebellum gentleman and T'Challa is his oddly intelligent slave. (I have seen this summary. Needless to say I didn't read it.) I don't feel like I should be able to remove that story from the Internet, even though it horrifies me.
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1. Well of course, because you are a reasonable, adult human person
2. OH my FUCKING GOD what the ACTUAL fuck is WRONG with people
3. You are a reasonable, adult human person and I, meanwhile, am momentarily tempted to burn down the internet
/o\
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BB, there is (as you might imagine) so much angst and h/c in this fandom. So, so much. You're gonna love it.
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Holy shit.