Wherein Naphy Somehow Ties Fandom to Howler Monkeys, Underwear, and Celery

[anaphalis]

-Waves an initial hello to the talented Big Name Fans on her F-list, none of the following of which applies to them-

There are many, many rants and instructional essays on how to make friends with BNFs/become a BNF/survive being a BNF/tell if you are a BNF/Cassie Claire.

But what if, like me, you're too lazy indifferent bunny-enslaved 'cautious'

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[paynesgrey]

Loved these little rules, and I think I'm pretty true to most of them, except the joining or modding communities one. Ugh... I uh, do get caught up in the modliness...although I'd like to think I'm a laid back mod.

I absolutely LOVE writing pairings that brings on hate mail or writing about characters that has hardly any screen time (Mrs. Higurashi has been a good character to play with), and I absolutely ADORE genfic. One of my favorite stories is Genfic, and it's called "Shippo and the Magic Wand" by Alesiyra. The funny thing about that fic is that it gets some criticism for being Kagome/Shippo pairing when it isn't. It's brilliant that way. Shippo grows up, has feelings for Kagome, but she remains motherly and unrequited, and they band together to defeat Naraku. Meanwhile Inuyasha and Kikyou are in the background getting a second chance. It's definitely a set up story for a crossover, but I like the genficcy-ness to it. And it makes the fangirls beat their heads against the wall because they're deluded in thinking it's this horrible ship.

I don't know why people EXPECT to have a ship in EVERY darn fic. I was rather annoyed (later amused) by a review I got for "Desperately Seeking Sessmom" where the reviewer said, "funny but not bad... what are the pairings? I was hoping for Kag/Sess" when I gave no inkling, no set up for a pairing of any sort, and the fic was a oneshot that revolved around an original character, and the main characters of IY were nothing more than furniture really.

In any case, I find genius in fic writers that take someone like Susan Bones of HP or Enju of IY and create a whole world about it. To this date, one of my favorite Sesshoumaru romance stories involves an older Shiori. How brilliant is that?

5) Write crossovers. And not romantic crossovers.

I LOVE this. I mean, I don't mind the romantic crossovers, but if you can bring worlds together based on a general plotline or concept, I'm all for it.
I'm sorta wrestling with this idea myself. I wanted to do a GOOD HP/IY crossover, believable and I toyed with the idea to have Sirius Black fall through the veil and land at the feet of the guards of Inu no Taisho's grave, where they tell him he's the reincarnation, and they need his soul to save the youkai race from a terrible disease. Very GENFICCY, but I wonder, without romantic notions, if anyone would even read it.

Anyway, sorry to ramble. work is boring and I'm catching up on people's journals. ^^

[anaphalis]

I keep getting interrupted by actual work :P

A lot of the rules were me making fun of my own laziness, but, strangely, they do seem to apply a lot of the time for remaining 'obscure'. I actually love reading fanfic communities- everybody's just so bloody talented though that it's hard to hide that light under a bushel :)

I absolutely LOVE writing pairings that brings on hate mail or writing about characters that has hardly any screen time (Mrs. Higurashi has been a good character to play with), and I absolutely ADORE genfic.

You and me both! Looking back over my masterlist, I was shocked to see that at least a quarter of all my Inuyasha stories featured Midoriko or Mama Higurashi. Although I knew I had much love for them, I hadn't realized how often they inspired me :) As for the hate mail pairings... I guess I've been pretty lucky because a) Most of the time, even if people disagree with the pairing, I haven't gotten hatemail for it and b) The Gollum/Dobby/Jar Jar fic is not publically available. I love genfic and it always seem to me such a shame that there isn't more of it, particularly in fandoms with rich backgrounds and storylines that *don't* need to be explored romantically :)

I don't know why people EXPECT to have a ship in EVERY darn fic.

This... this puzzles me too. In some ways, I think it's a lot like what happens when fans look at the original series- interactions that the writers may have intended as platonic get warped into a romantic bent, and, if that isn't possible, demands for such interactions are made. It's actually kind of funny when looked at from that angle.... Of course, I made the mistake of posting a story that is about the very deep, largely platonic interaction between two characters on a ship comm, so I may have dug my own hole :)

In any case, I find genius in fic writers that take someone like Susan Bones of HP or Enju of IY and create a whole world about it.

Oh yes. I love it when people 'flesh out the skeletons' so to speak, particularly when they do it in such a way that it ties back in interesting ways to the more focused on canon universe.

I LOVE this. I mean, I don't mind the romantic crossovers, but if you can bring worlds together based on a general plotline or concept, I'm all for it.

Hee. I tend to do this far too often, which, I should warn you, gets some absolutely hilarious reviews ("B-but why are you crossing them if not for the hot sexxorrs?"). I'm half-tempted to put up my flow-chart essay on 'How to Write a Crossover with Anything and Make it Believable', but I'm not sure whether or not it would result in my imminent lynching :)

I wanted to do a GOOD HP/IY crossover,

This sounds fascinating! And I can assure you that *I* would read it :) And you weren't rambling at all- it was lovely.

here from metafandom

[molotov_bitch]

I'd LOVE to see your essay on how to do crossovers! I won't lynch you, I promise!

Re: here from metafandom

[anaphalis]

While I'm still a little nervous about the posting of a crossover essay, I do have an alternate pairing flow chart that might tide you over in the meantime here. -Looks around nervously for sudden appearance of rope-