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[fic Dead Witch Walking] Into Her Dreams (Vampire Edit)

Mar 12, 2007 16:29

Title: Into Her Dreams (Vampire Edit)
Author: Carla (escritoireazul)
Recipient: deifire for femslash07
Fandom: Kim Harrison - Dead Witch Walking
Pairing: Ivy Tamwood/Rachel Morgan
Rating: 13+
Word count: 1900+
Disclaimer: Kim Harrison owns Ivy and Rachel.
Spoilers: Dead Witch Walking and The Good, The Bad, and The UndeadSummary: Ivy dreams in black, white, and red ( Read more... )

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murasaki1200 March 13 2007, 03:21:31 UTC

This is amazing and beautiful and totally works as a dream. Love the omnipresent scents, Ivy's possessiveness, the detailed fantasies of Rachel, larger than life.
Hope you write more in this fandom. Unfortunately, I don't think Kim Harrison's going to go there with these two, which is too bad.

escritoireazul March 13 2007, 14:56:11 UTC

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

I don't think Harrison is going to do it, either, and that really disappoints me. There are hints at it, but then Rachel, like so many other POV characters in these type of books, is all, "Gay is fine for them, but I'm straight. Straight straight straight. Never any doubt. Straight." (Protesting a bit too much, I think.)

I'd really like to see a gay or bisexual POV character in these types of stories.

I think I will have to write some more in it. When I first started, I went looking for other fanfic and didn't find any. Do you know of any archives or authors?

carmarthen March 13 2007, 22:08:33 UTC

Hmmm, really? Has she said anything about this?

As much as I find Rachel's typical preternatural-romance/thriller "I am so straight, really!" attitude frustrating, my impression as of the last book was that Harrison might take her in a more queer/poly direction than I initially expected. Rachel's denial level would rise to ridiculous heights otherwise. I at least expect strong subtext, which would still be more than I've found in any other series in the genre. (But I haven't read any recent interviews or anything, so I could be clinging to wishful thinking.)

I found a grand total of three Rachel Morgan stories on Fanfiction.net last time I looked, but neither really stuck in my head. These are links, definitely not recs:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3049798/1/
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3068943/1/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/

escritoireazul March 16 2007, 01:43:06 UTC

I haven't read any interviews (I don't normally seek out author interviews, so I rarely have any sort of author spoilers), and I've only read up through the third book (though I have the fourth one here to read), so I'm mostly basing it off of my initial impressions of DDW and TGTB&TU. I would be thrilled to see even strong subtext, unlike the other books in this genre. Except I know I'll want more as soon as I get that, because subtext, as rare as it is, happens much more often than a gay POV character, which is what I'd really like.

(I know, I know, if you don't find something you like, write it yourself. I am doing that, too, but I don't get much of a kick out of reading my own stories. I'd still love to read books besides my own which deal with it.)

I definitely understand the links versus recs. Thank you.

carmarthen March 17 2007, 17:12:00 UTC

The fourth one went over the subtext line to the extent where Rachel's "I am Straighty McStraight" would read as ludicrous denial. I am looking forward to seeing how that's handled in the fifth book.

I'd still love to read books besides my own which deal with it.

Oh, me too! KH's books are the closest I've found yet to genre fiction with a bi, poly viewpoint character. Rachel's not there yet, but after book 4, it's a place she could believably go, I think.

murasaki1200 March 13 2007, 22:42:55 UTC

I've loved the books so far, but haven't really systematically looked for fanfic. It seems like there's typically not much fanfic for book only characters ( ... )

carmarthen March 16 2007, 23:56:49 UTC

She can only write about what she knows after all.

It's not like KH knows firsthand what it's like to be a witch or a vampire (and do we know for sure that KH is 100% straight?). People write about things they don't know all the time. That's why there's research.

I think it's more likely that she would decide not to alienate her straight audience who "just can't identify" with a heroine who has even the tiniest attraction to women (which makes me unutterably grouchy, since I had to identify with 100% straight characters ALL THE TIME, and it's not like Rachel's likely to be a lesbian at this point).

murasaki1200 March 17 2007, 00:45:38 UTC

You're right of course about the research. It's a little different to be reasearching witchcraft and lesbianism though. I'm afraid genre writers don't go in ready to sacrifice all for their art, just their obsessions :p.

I don't know about catering to the straight audience. I think she'd go there if she thought she could do it right, otherwise she wouldn't be writing this kind of stuff in the first place.

do we know for sure that KH is 100% straight?
I was wondering about that after reading some of the Rachel/Ivy scenes because she really teases us. But if I remember correctly her back page bio or dedications in the books pretty much convinced me she's straight. Would love to be wrong about that though.

I totally hear you about how tiresome it is to be reading mainstream fiction with 100% straight characters all the time. That's why I read less and less of it. KH is the first new writer I've read in a while.

So yay for fanfic!

carmarthen March 17 2007, 17:15:31 UTC

It's a little different to be reasearching witchcraft and lesbianism though.

Well, yeah, but I really don't think it's impossible to write about characters with different sexual orientations--I don't think it's any harder for a straight woman to write from the POV of a lesbian/bisexual woman (especially in a fantasy world where species is probably more of an issue socially than orientation) than, say, a straight woman to write from the POV of a straight man, which happens all the time. Maybe easier, because at least the queer woman shares gender with the author.

But if I remember correctly her back page bio or dedications in the books pretty much convinced me she's straight.

I think she's married (?) or in a LTR with a man, but that doesn't mean she's straight. I would also be unsurprised if she's either polyamorous or has poly friends.

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