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On what we want -- SPN stories
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elynross has some thoughts and a couple of conversations that kind of fold into each other, both about the show and about what she wants to read and see and why.
For those of you not familiar with the force of nature that iselynross, "Room and Board" was written for her, and she's a huge part of the conversation I had before I wrote my first slash/incest story in this fandom.
One think I do want to comment on here is to point out that in most of my own rants, discussions, commentary, all of it, is geared more or less toward getting more of what I, personally, want out of a fandom, be that stories I like or interesting discussions, better formatted pages. It' snot an entirely selfish effort, since I tend to think I'm neither unique nor particularly special in my wants and needs in any of those areas, just possibly a little more eager/willing/able to try and articulate them.
We all want what we want, and sometimes a few of us or bunches of us all share the same wants, which you know, is what makes fandom communal and connections between fans useful and fun.
i.e.elynross and I have similar enough tastes in fic, that for the most part, if she recs something, I'm probably going to like it -- and I think the same is true in reverse. Or the fact that marinarusalka tends to write stories I like, is a fair (though not 100% indication that she and I will also share similar tastes...
I mean, I write the stories I like to read, stories I wish someone else was writing...
Any, go. Read. Participate. Be entertained or just enlightened. Commune
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elynross has some thoughts and a couple of conversations that kind of fold into each other, both about the show and about what she wants to read and see and why.For those of you not familiar with the force of nature that is
elynross, "Room and Board" was written for her, and she's a huge part of the conversation I had before I wrote my first slash/incest story in this fandom.One think I do want to comment on here is to point out that in most of my own rants, discussions, commentary, all of it, is geared more or less toward getting more of what I, personally, want out of a fandom, be that stories I like or interesting discussions, better formatted pages. It' snot an entirely selfish effort, since I tend to think I'm neither unique nor particularly special in my wants and needs in any of those areas, just possibly a little more eager/willing/able to try and articulate them.
We all want what we want, and sometimes a few of us or bunches of us all share the same wants, which you know, is what makes fandom communal and connections between fans useful and fun.
i.e.
elynross and I have similar enough tastes in fic, that for the most part, if she recs something, I'm probably going to like it -- and I think the same is true in reverse. Or the fact that marinarusalka tends to write stories I like, is a fair (though not 100% indication that she and I will also share similar tastes...I mean, I write the stories I like to read, stories I wish someone else was writing...
Any, go. Read. Participate. Be entertained or just enlightened. Commune
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::notes Cee's desire for a new job::
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I mean, I write what I want to read, but that doesns't mean I'm not actually hunting up other people also.
and you don't cater often...but
Vin. Porch. Guitar.
I felt positively pampered.
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Although I'm with witch. you're probably going to break my heart (in a good way) because you nearly always do.
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I rarely write assyDean. I sometimes write selfishSam, but the last longer piece I wrote was sammyAngst. I flip-flop on how I feel about their father, and I love the VARIETY in what others write there. I can buy him as clueless, preoccupied, misunderstood, secretlyEvil, conflicted. ALL those things. Most people seem to be in either the LovingPapa or EvilPapa camp, though, so that makes me the one that's different.
I write what I like in Prison Break. Angsty. Tortured. Complex. Incesty Longing. In SN, I like what I write, but damned if I don't struggle with getting more of it to be slash. There are pieces I intend to write as slash, but which do not get there. The brother dynamic is just different from Prison Break. With that fandom, when I mean to write slash, it IS slash, damnit. SN is more tricky for me. Overall, my slash preferences in any fandom tend to be more toward the romantic and angsty. Not the angry, porny, D/S or what-have-you.
There are several SN authors who consistently write what I like, not just for the characterization (which is big), but also for the quality of the prose/theme (which puts it over the top). You (
I assume you write what you like as well, because otherwise why write it? But as to what you like in others' fic, harder to say. You and witchy and _cee are kind of in your own club, and you either just aren't inspired by a lot of others' stuff or you don't tend to comment on it. Can't tell.
And cementing what that style is... I tell you, witchy's stuff is just so her, and so beautiful, but what makes it her in terms of feeling and composition can be almost indefinable to me. But when I read it, I think, "Yes. That's witchy, all right."
Hope this comment lives, because LJ is in a really pissy and forgetful mood right now.
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I'm just bound and determined to say the worng things this week, aren't I?
I think I''ll shut up for awhile.
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We'll have to talk more at Escapade. And show Killa eps. She's apparently willing...
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*hugs*