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Red Notice
Nov. 19th, 2021 08:45 pmSomeone tell me where the good slash is. Please let it exist.
And the OT3 fic?
And the OT3 fic?
Game of Thrones
Dec. 1st, 2011 05:54 pmI need recs for communities, please! I've not read the books (I know, I know), so I'm looking for the television series only. I don't want to be spoiled!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Casestory Big Bang
Jan. 13th, 2011 11:04 pmIf I decide to sign up for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
casestory Big Bang, which I may or may not do, should I write:
a) The sequel to Things that Go Bump in the Night (Supernatural/X-men: Gambit/Dean)
b) The sequel to the X-men Noir I wrote
c) Burn Notice
d) Psych
e) something you will tell me in the comments...
I really want to write, but I'm grasping for some sort of inspiration here. Help?
casestory Big Bang, which I may or may not do, should I write:a) The sequel to Things that Go Bump in the Night (Supernatural/X-men: Gambit/Dean)
b) The sequel to the X-men Noir I wrote
c) Burn Notice
d) Psych
e) something you will tell me in the comments...
I really want to write, but I'm grasping for some sort of inspiration here. Help?
Candy Hearts Prompt Fest
Jan. 2nd, 2011 10:57 pmIn an attempt to get more involved with fandom again this year, I'm contemplating doing the Candy Hearts prompt fest again.
I did this two years ago, to great success. That year, if someone asked for a prompt, I provided them with a candy heart slogan and the deadline was Valentine's Day. The deadline will be Valentine's Day again, but I wanted to guage interest.
So, would you be interested? If so, would you like to be given a prompt, or have the opportunity to claim one from a list?
ETA 1: Yes, this is open to any fandom at all, including RPF/RPS, crossovers and original fic. While I'm thinking about it, any rating is fine, as well. Open interpretation of prompts is always encouraged.
ETA 2: This is not a sign up post. But, since there seems to be interest, I will likely go forward with it, so please look for a sign up post by the end of the week. :)
I did this two years ago, to great success. That year, if someone asked for a prompt, I provided them with a candy heart slogan and the deadline was Valentine's Day. The deadline will be Valentine's Day again, but I wanted to guage interest.
So, would you be interested? If so, would you like to be given a prompt, or have the opportunity to claim one from a list?
ETA 1: Yes, this is open to any fandom at all, including RPF/RPS, crossovers and original fic. While I'm thinking about it, any rating is fine, as well. Open interpretation of prompts is always encouraged.
ETA 2: This is not a sign up post. But, since there seems to be interest, I will likely go forward with it, so please look for a sign up post by the end of the week. :)
I needs one.
Don't worry, I know the laws, etc. I just need one to take notes during an interview.
Help?
Don't worry, I know the laws, etc. I just need one to take notes during an interview.
Help?
Being Nosy
Dec. 27th, 2010 10:36 pmI have been remarkably uninvolved with fandom the past few months (year?). I really miss it.
I think that I just need to be reinvigorated. So, tell me flist, what exciting things are you looking forward to in the New Year? What fandoms should I be a part of that I'm not? What awesome fic exchanges are coming up that I shouldn't miss?
Please, tell me!
I think that I just need to be reinvigorated. So, tell me flist, what exciting things are you looking forward to in the New Year? What fandoms should I be a part of that I'm not? What awesome fic exchanges are coming up that I shouldn't miss?
Please, tell me!
LJ Admin Question
Dec. 27th, 2010 09:47 pmIs there a way to unjoin communities that doesn't involve going to each one individually and clicking "leave"? I really don't want to spend 3 hours doing that and I'm going to clean up my flist to the point I can use it this year...
Help, please?
Help, please?
Computer Help?
Nov. 22nd, 2010 02:45 pmI have a new laptop and I cannot get the mouse function on the little mouse board thingie to scroll.
Help? Please?
Where do I go so that I can frigging scroll?
And on that note, I've got a MIcrosoft wireless mouse that seems to have installed, but I can't the damn mouse to work.
I'm very frustrated...
Help? Please?
Where do I go so that I can frigging scroll?
And on that note, I've got a MIcrosoft wireless mouse that seems to have installed, but I can't the damn mouse to work.
I'm very frustrated...
POLL TIME!
Nov. 16th, 2010 05:03 pmThere are a lot of interesting discussions going around the Internets right now about narrative and character choices and what, if anything, it reveals about the author. Many of them have made me think (always a good, if dangerous, thing) and now I have questions for you, oh Internets.
Is it possible to write a narrative that contains characters who are *ist (racist, sexist, misogynist, homophic, transphobic, fat-phobic), and wherein the fic structure isn't designed to provide either cosmic retribution of an after-school special teaching moment, and not have the fic be inherently *ist itself?
If the fic is *ist, to what extent is the author perpetuating the *ism on the world?
To use an example from my own work (which is the only way I can think to explain what I mean, without putting anyone else on the carpet), I wrote a Merchant of Venice fic (yes, Shakespearean even!), wherein Antonio and Bassanio basically have sex in front of a mirror. The fic contains this conversation:
"Dear Bassanio, do you have no trust for me? My heart, my home, my life… all yours for the taking."
Bassanio's voice hitched. "What we do is a violation of God's law."
"Aye."
"We damn our souls."
"Aye," Antonio breathed.
At no point afterward did I have the characters address the homophobic nature of that conversation. At no point did I ever bring religion into the story again. At no point did I include any hint that I - as the author - have a knee-jerk reaction when Christians (which is the faith embraced by these two characters) start preaching about how homosexual acts are sins.
So, tell me Internets, was that homophobic? Does the fic perpetuate homophobia? Does it therefore exist as proof of perhaps my own unexamined homophobia?
Or does the fact that I told this story, about two white men fucking each other, to the exclusion of exploration of the themes of the play involving anti-semitism, classism, sexism, and racism - of which the source material is rank - mean that I somehow embraced those *isms in my own story, and therefore perpetuated them by virtue of ignoring them?
To what degree am I, as the author, guilty of the sins of the characters?
(I am aware that this question may seem extremely combative and I honestly do not mean it that way. I am simply asking for opinions. I do not promise to agree with any of you, however! But, the thought-process is provoking introspection and I would like to engage in a dialogue. I will do my best to keep my ego out of it, I promise.)
Is it possible to write a narrative that contains characters who are *ist (racist, sexist, misogynist, homophic, transphobic, fat-phobic), and wherein the fic structure isn't designed to provide either cosmic retribution of an after-school special teaching moment, and not have the fic be inherently *ist itself?
If the fic is *ist, to what extent is the author perpetuating the *ism on the world?
To use an example from my own work (which is the only way I can think to explain what I mean, without putting anyone else on the carpet), I wrote a Merchant of Venice fic (yes, Shakespearean even!), wherein Antonio and Bassanio basically have sex in front of a mirror. The fic contains this conversation:
"Dear Bassanio, do you have no trust for me? My heart, my home, my life… all yours for the taking."
Bassanio's voice hitched. "What we do is a violation of God's law."
"Aye."
"We damn our souls."
"Aye," Antonio breathed.
At no point afterward did I have the characters address the homophobic nature of that conversation. At no point did I ever bring religion into the story again. At no point did I include any hint that I - as the author - have a knee-jerk reaction when Christians (which is the faith embraced by these two characters) start preaching about how homosexual acts are sins.
So, tell me Internets, was that homophobic? Does the fic perpetuate homophobia? Does it therefore exist as proof of perhaps my own unexamined homophobia?
Or does the fact that I told this story, about two white men fucking each other, to the exclusion of exploration of the themes of the play involving anti-semitism, classism, sexism, and racism - of which the source material is rank - mean that I somehow embraced those *isms in my own story, and therefore perpetuated them by virtue of ignoring them?
To what degree am I, as the author, guilty of the sins of the characters?
(I am aware that this question may seem extremely combative and I honestly do not mean it that way. I am simply asking for opinions. I do not promise to agree with any of you, however! But, the thought-process is provoking introspection and I would like to engage in a dialogue. I will do my best to keep my ego out of it, I promise.)
I'd really like to read the full text of this article, but not enough to pay for a journal subscription.
Can anyone help me out here?
Can anyone help me out here?
