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Post by Nessa on Mar 15, 2006 6:15:40 GMT 9.5
Mirandaholic! Wooo!
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Post by Mel on Mar 15, 2006 6:27:06 GMT 9.5
Yay! Go himiko! ;D
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Post by Rita, Oh Yes! on Mar 15, 2006 6:59:50 GMT 9.5
I understand where you're coming from, there. I think LJers especially are very fond of explicit fic. I most certainly am - I think Rita is hot as hell, and I love writing her as dripping with sexuality, doing anything to get a story, etc. It's very sensual, writing her like that - decadent and devious and delicious, uncaring. Simply wanting, and not caring about consequences. But then at the same time I can't read ir write stories like that forver. I sart writing from her POV, I want to understand her. I really like pairings, I love to come to understand a character through the lense of her relationship with another one. Rita/Hermione is brutal, and I love that - it brings out Rita's animal side, Hermione trying to dominate her and blackmail her. But with other characters you have quite a bit of room to play around. An Unexpected Understanding - my Rita/Minerva - was the first time I really considered her as someone deeper than the animal, sexual reporter. Of course, there is sex in this, an element of it - but I explored Rita a bit through Minerva. I think she understands a lot - more than she cares to, even - and I think there she's responding to Minerva's breakdown because it's honesty, and people arent often honest with her because they don't trust her at all (with reason, most likely). When I wrote The Difference (Rita/Poppy), I ended up going into her even more, with Poppy's words and help. Why she is who she is, how she became it, and such. Internal monologue is great, but people don't exist in vacuums. I find the best way for me to understand a character is to understand how he or she related to another character, what they do when they are thrown togther. What feels right for them. Of course, there's nothing like a good gen fic, and you should check out 'Microcosm' on the masterlist for a great one - it's a short internal monologue piece, and it really inspired me. Also 'Hold Page One', because that's the BEST sort of genfic - character and action and a nice amount og length. Do you like Remus Lupin, by any chance? There is a piece of RL gen that I would reccomend to anyone who is even remotely interested in him.
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Post by Rita, Oh Yes! on Mar 15, 2006 7:03:30 GMT 9.5
Also, btw, Incap, I added you on YIM in case you're wonderig who the hell goat_with_a_breadknife is.
And yay for Mirandaholic! Why am I an Elephant Hunter? Are they orange elephants?
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Post by Mel on Mar 15, 2006 8:26:51 GMT 9.5
Elephant=Cerberus=Catherine Zeta-Jones As for fics, like I've said before, I enjoy just about anything. Although, sorry, romance is not my top favorite genre. My all-time favorite is probably comedy. Or drama, it all depends on my mood.
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Post by Rita, Oh Yes! on Mar 15, 2006 10:29:43 GMT 9.5
Well, just because it's got a pairing in it doesn't make it 'romance'. I'd say drama/angst etc (along with healthy doses of porn) is what makes up most of my pairing fics. Cretainly not sappy or fluffy stuff, that's for sure. It's all about the angst, like omg.
Who are your favourite characters, then? *wants to rec*
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Post by himiko on Mar 15, 2006 23:39:17 GMT 9.5
My favourite fics vary. Mostly I read a variety, though, like Mel, romance is not really my thing
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Post by Mel on Mar 17, 2006 8:28:39 GMT 9.5
I'm not really into reading about any kind of romance or pairings (well, okay, there are a few pairings I like, but none of them are HP). I like fluff sometimes, but not too fluffy.
What do you mean by favorite characters? Just from HP, or other things too? Because I'm not really into HP fics anymore.
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Post by Rita, Oh Yes! on Mar 18, 2006 5:40:14 GMT 9.5
Yeah, HP is just about the only fandom I'm in, except for NCIS and some rather obscure fantasy/sci-fi ones. I'm pretty much a one fandom girl. This Mab bunny that I have is a bit of a revelation, though I would like to write more about Aereon (from the Chronicles of Riddick)
I think we've managed to be discussing the same thing in two threads. I'll leave my recs over on the other one.
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Post by Mel on Mar 18, 2006 12:23:02 GMT 9.5
It's okay, that's what always happens here. Trust me, you get used to it pretty quickly. Probably the only HP character I like to read fics on is Bellatrix. I don't know why, I just find her so fascinating. Most likely it's because we know so little about her from the books.
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Post by Rita, Oh Yes! on Mar 18, 2006 14:05:52 GMT 9.5
Ooh, I can certainly find some awesome Bella-centric fic for you.
*looks at clock*
Tomorrow, perhaps. (4:35am)
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Post by Mel on Mar 20, 2006 9:35:19 GMT 9.5
I've found one already. It's got a poor title, but it's a pretty good storyline. I liked it so much that I nearly read all thirty-something chapters in one sitting.
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Post by Incapability on Mar 20, 2006 23:43:33 GMT 9.5
ok, I missed quite a lot here.
firstly, about characters existing in vacuums; there are some that are pretty close to doing that, and strangely enough they are the characters I feel attracted to writing-wise. Might be just another sign of how strange I am. secondly, I never paid much attention to Lupin so far, he's one of the "good guys", and those escape my attention very easily (even if some might not deserve it). and thirdly, there is NOTHING more horrible than romance and fluff. I'd shot it all into hell if I could, along with the writers. Angsty relationships are great, tough. Angsty fics are better in general because angst-writers tend to look upon their characters more intensely and they really look into them. some angst fics might be OOC. but they normally are so very believable that you quickly forget it. oh, and thanks for adding me. must see that I get YIM back, my uncle redid our pc a while ago, and I forgot to download it again.
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Post by himiko on Mar 21, 2006 5:31:38 GMT 9.5
Incapability, I'm sure there are other fics that deserve to be shot into oblivion...
...<cough, cough> HarryPotterAtlantis<cough, cough>. Oh, guess what? She made Mab blonde again. And the DAMN HUGGING SCENE IS STILL THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<slams head against table in horror>
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Post by Mel on Mar 21, 2006 5:42:26 GMT 9.5
EW. *joins in head-slamming even though I haven't read it just because it sounds so awful*
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