fandom natterings

So I've been feedback whoring with great vigor, of late. I nagged two friends into giving comments for my last icon post and another into giving comments on the Roxie/Velma PWP I wrote a while back. Really, telling me you liked something on AIM just doesn't cut it for me. I need it sitting concretely on my lj where I can access it at any time. Because feedback is like crack. And I've been known to go though withdrawl when I don't get any.

Now the Roxie/Velma PWP has been the subject of much whining. I mean, really, I hate listening to myself whine about this, but I can't seem to stop. I don't think I ever complained about not getting feedback more than I did for this fic. I think it is because porn, more than any other type of fanfiction, is written for the feedback. (  Giant Porn Rant -- it's been a while since I've written one of those )

And in a narrow change of subject, I have an HP recc. A fic I rediscovered among switchknife's reccs pages, only to find it had sequels. It's Harry/Lucius, but don't let that scare you away if you don't like Lucius. This is the sort of fic that could make you like him, almost against your will. I normally wouldn't read this pairing, but I definitely count it as an exception to the rule.

Okay, so I like really poetic pieces. Especially when they're well done. I like all that artsy shit, and this fic is full of it, but I think it manages to pull it off without coming off as *too* artsy. Well, I'll let ya'll be the judge.

Je Te Plumerais, The Exaltation of the Lark, and Birdseye by Nimori (website); hard R

The relationship is handled very delicately in the first portion. The author sort of eases you into this unusual pairing. The second part is a repeat of the first part, only in Lucius' POV. It is definitely more daring than the first part. Oh my God, the characterization is beautiful. Lucius is a startling superimposition of crudity over grace. He is the consummate nobleman. He not a good person, but he's real. His love for Harry is a bit twisted. I think the author would have done well to simply delete her last sentence in this part, as it crossed the line from sweet to shmoopy, but that was my only criticism. The third part wraps up the relationship. It touches on the fate of people like Draco and Snape and Sirius, as well as the two main characters. This part includes a piece on Sirius that is simply heartbreaking.

Just...dude. Read it.



Note: I'm using my "porn bunny" icon in honor of the porn rant.

Cool Beans!

So this morning I find myself in an interesting situation. I feel accomplished. Although I didn't actually do any real work.

It all started with misswindy telling me at 5:30 in the morning (about a half hour past my intended bedtime) that she was supposed to have gotten help finishing up her threesome porn, but help had not arrived. Her basic problem -- figuring out what should happen next. So I told her to send the story to me. She'd gotten pretty deep into the scene, and I figured all she wanted me to do was help her get everyone off. About thirty minutes later I sent her a two page outline. Well, I call it an outline, anyway. Basically a series of phrases and run-ons separated by semicolons and the occasional paragraph break.

I believe her initial reaction was -- "I can't write this!" However, she not only wrote it, but improved upon it greatly. I got way more credit than was due, I'm sure, but I'm not about to complain. After all, it's misswindy, and everybody in the fandom knows her writing is the shit. And with my name in there, I get mad props, yo!

So, yeah. Go me!



Firecrackers by misswindy

Tis porny and threesomey and there's some serious Bright/Ephram there for all the Bright/Ephram lovers. Read it! Now!