Nice legs, daisy dukes / makes a man go *wolf-whistle*
I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF WITH THIS. I know, not my strength, but whateva - just you watch me.
In order now:
1. MY EXPLOSION OF LOVE FOR congest; YOU ROCK MY WORLD WOMAN. I WISH YOU WEREN'T IN AUSTRALIA (OR ACTUALLY, THAT I WASN'T ALL THE WAY OVER HERE IN AMERICA) SO I COULD PLY YOU WITH CONGRATULATORY/CELEBRATORY ALCOHOL AND THEN UNSUBTLY TRY TO FEEL YOU UP. FIRST PLACE, I SAID GODDAMN. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
This was actually a rather pleasant visit, by our usual standards. That might've had a lot to do with how dad and stepmom were busy being hosts and having "adult time," so they didn't pester us so much.
We played a lot of cards and this dice game called bones (which is awesome) with our cousin at first. I read debate books and managed to submit an entry for pr0nzathon challenge 8, so not much different from what I'd do at home only my internet access/time was somewhat limited. Oh, and we also rocked the Sing Star, which -if you haven't heard of it- is this karaoke game for playstation that's like RockBand without the band part, just the singing. It's incredible and a lot like crack - very addictive.
Then the distant step-familial relations started showing up, which was lots of fun - like a hefty dose of the American northeast that I didn't realize I needed. A BUNCH OF ITALIANS FROM BOSTON, WHAT MORE COULD A DISPLACED YANKEE WANT OUT OF LIFE? There was singing, there was dancing, there was a general "Hoe Down" theme (HAHAHAHA I WISH I WAS JOKING) and now there is the resulting evidence and blackmail material from all the festivities on youtube:
That's my brother leading the boys in the middle-front, the one with the jeans. He was pretty toasted at this point, and getting the Soulja Boy all wrong. Very, very funny. Tangential to that, I think we may have scarred all the local guests for life with our hefty injection of DEVIL MUSIC, which I can only mark down as a point for Team Evil (our unofficial title, thank you seeester).
The small guy in the left part of the frame is my step-mom's like...second cousin or something? Anyway, he was hitting on my sister pretty hardcore, which was hilarious cos all I could think of was some Jeff Foxworthy type going 'If you go to a family reunion lookin' for a girlfriend...you might be a redneck,' in my head. Even though he's obviously no relation whatsoever of ours, it struck me as humorous. The kid on the right in the Kentucky jersey was cool, though I can't remember how he was related.
Apparently there's a video floating around out there somewhere of me breaking it down to the Black Eyed Peas, which is a horrifying thought. Damn all the ninja camera-people who showed up to this freaking party. And damn Mr. Bob, who was the unofficial drink mixer of the evening, and who(m?) I hold partially responsible.
Anywhoo, lots of food, lots of drink, lots of goofiness, all around a good time at very little cost to my sanity, if the same can't actually be said for my dignity lolol. Two thumbs up!
3. And finally, fandom bzns, and a SERIOUS QUESTION for all of my pornathon lovelies.
First, can I just say how EXCITED I am that this week's challenge is voyeurism? I really, really desperately want to nail this idea I have, so I may just start writing out a basic outline tonight.
And, as everybody's been saying back and forth - challenge 8 is going to be absolutely ridiculous to vote for. Holy shit - broke out all the stops, didn't we ladies (and gentleman)? Though issahime, I think I saw a journal post of yours(?) that said something about how none of the entries really did what some of the random dark entries of previous challenges have done and tear your heart out, and I think I'd have to agree with that. Though I'm wondering if it's perhaps because there's an element of oversaturation to some of these more 'thematic' challenges? It's hard to distinguish dark from light when you have all of one or the other, so the impact of an entry somewhere in the middle of page two might be less than what it could've been as the first entry on page one. Dunno for sure, but I can see it being true in my case.
Back to challenge seven, though. Of course I had to give my props to team GREED MOTHERFUCKERS and my homegirl congest, but I absolutely loved the entries for this challenge and thought everybody did a great job and the winners completely deserved their wins. Many many congratulations to ifyouweremine and especially jesse_kips, way to go my dear! YEAH, ROCK THAT SHIT.
But I have a question, and was wondering if I could get my summerpornathon friends to help me out with this here. I was struck by a concern regarding my entry for challenge 7 about halfway through the week, and I kind of fretted over it a little bit while I was gone, so I thought I'd put it to ya'll.
I'm aware there has been some discussion of late regarding warnings and such, especially for material that contains issues of questionable consent. Of course there's more to the warnings discourse than 'warn for non-con or not,' but it's the non-con/dub-con aspect in particular that I'm concerned with right now.
My entry for challenge 7 was number 13, the one where Merlin's all handsy and it makes Arthur uncomfortable. I got the idea from watching the 'remedy to cure all ills' ep with my sister, from the bit where Merlin's in Edwin's workroom and starts putting his hands on EVERYTHING. And I was planning on maybe writing a fic about it if I could generate a more substantial idea, but then the challenge came up and I was just like...huh. Wonder if I could make that work.
So anyway, here's where I started to freak out a little bit. Should I have warned for dub-con for this piece? I know I left it deliberately vague around the middle/end, but I was struck by the worry that if the idea that I wanted to communicate with this fic didn't quite come across, then what I wrote could have been a potential shock and maybe even upsetting to some.
Mostly I'm asking because this is the first time it occurred to me that something I wrote might've needed a warning solely to account for alternative interpretations. Even though I intended for the sex to be consensual, I could see the consent being more implicit than explicit considering how I wrote it. I'm also aware that in 750 words it's entirely possible (if not downright likely) that my ability to communicate that implicit consent adequately may have been compromised, in which case the lack of warning would be inappropriate.
Anyway, the challenge is over now, and nobody's called me out for being inappropriate (lolthankgod), so I'm thinking it's not a big deal, or it wasn't big enough for anyone to bother saying anything. But see here, if I crosspost, should I warn? Is there enough editing in the world that could save me from this conundrum? CURIOUS MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
Alright, I'm off to see about catching up with all the stuff I've been missing or... I may just write a little bit. Then I'm for bed - tomorrow's the first day of our home-team debate camp. And as if that wasn't exciting enough (seriously, I'm excited, wtf is wrong with me), my coach may have my new computer for me sometime in the near future. As in, before school starts in 15 days. YESSSSS. *fistpump* It's gonna be a good two weeks. Peace out, homies. ;)
P.S. AHAHAHA brevity fail. What.
ETA: FML, writteninhaste, just wanted to leave you a note while I have the chance - my computer's basically falling apart (literally, hence the new computer from the debate team, muahahaha); I have your file ready to send out, but it's saved on my computer and may have to wait until I can transfer my writing stuff to a new computer. I'm using my brother's laptop right now, and he might let me temporarily save stuff to his hard-drive if I can pin him down for more than ten minutes. Anyway, just wanted to say that one way or another, I should have a reply to you within the week. I PROMISE, NO JOKE THIS TIME.
In order now:
1. MY EXPLOSION OF LOVE FOR congest; YOU ROCK MY WORLD WOMAN. I WISH YOU WEREN'T IN AUSTRALIA (OR ACTUALLY, THAT I WASN'T ALL THE WAY OVER HERE IN AMERICA) SO I COULD PLY YOU WITH CONGRATULATORY/CELEBRATORY ALCOHOL AND THEN UNSUBTLY TRY TO FEEL YOU UP. FIRST PLACE, I SAID GODDAMN. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
This was actually a rather pleasant visit, by our usual standards. That might've had a lot to do with how dad and stepmom were busy being hosts and having "adult time," so they didn't pester us so much.
We played a lot of cards and this dice game called bones (which is awesome) with our cousin at first. I read debate books and managed to submit an entry for pr0nzathon challenge 8, so not much different from what I'd do at home only my internet access/time was somewhat limited. Oh, and we also rocked the Sing Star, which -if you haven't heard of it- is this karaoke game for playstation that's like RockBand without the band part, just the singing. It's incredible and a lot like crack - very addictive.
Then the distant step-familial relations started showing up, which was lots of fun - like a hefty dose of the American northeast that I didn't realize I needed. A BUNCH OF ITALIANS FROM BOSTON, WHAT MORE COULD A DISPLACED YANKEE WANT OUT OF LIFE? There was singing, there was dancing, there was a general "Hoe Down" theme (HAHAHAHA I WISH I WAS JOKING) and now there is the resulting evidence and blackmail material from all the festivities on youtube:
Click to viewThat's my brother leading the boys in the middle-front, the one with the jeans. He was pretty toasted at this point, and getting the Soulja Boy all wrong. Very, very funny. Tangential to that, I think we may have scarred all the local guests for life with our hefty injection of DEVIL MUSIC, which I can only mark down as a point for Team Evil (our unofficial title, thank you seeester).
The small guy in the left part of the frame is my step-mom's like...second cousin or something? Anyway, he was hitting on my sister pretty hardcore, which was hilarious cos all I could think of was some Jeff Foxworthy type going 'If you go to a family reunion lookin' for a girlfriend...you might be a redneck,' in my head. Even though he's obviously no relation whatsoever of ours, it struck me as humorous. The kid on the right in the Kentucky jersey was cool, though I can't remember how he was related.
Apparently there's a video floating around out there somewhere of me breaking it down to the Black Eyed Peas, which is a horrifying thought. Damn all the ninja camera-people who showed up to this freaking party. And damn Mr. Bob, who was the unofficial drink mixer of the evening, and who(m?) I hold partially responsible.
Anywhoo, lots of food, lots of drink, lots of goofiness, all around a good time at very little cost to my sanity, if the same can't actually be said for my dignity lolol. Two thumbs up!
3. And finally, fandom bzns, and a SERIOUS QUESTION for all of my pornathon lovelies.
First, can I just say how EXCITED I am that this week's challenge is voyeurism? I really, really desperately want to nail this idea I have, so I may just start writing out a basic outline tonight.
And, as everybody's been saying back and forth - challenge 8 is going to be absolutely ridiculous to vote for. Holy shit - broke out all the stops, didn't we ladies (and gentleman)? Though issahime, I think I saw a journal post of yours(?) that said something about how none of the entries really did what some of the random dark entries of previous challenges have done and tear your heart out, and I think I'd have to agree with that. Though I'm wondering if it's perhaps because there's an element of oversaturation to some of these more 'thematic' challenges? It's hard to distinguish dark from light when you have all of one or the other, so the impact of an entry somewhere in the middle of page two might be less than what it could've been as the first entry on page one. Dunno for sure, but I can see it being true in my case.
Back to challenge seven, though. Of course I had to give my props to team GREED MOTHERFUCKERS and my homegirl congest, but I absolutely loved the entries for this challenge and thought everybody did a great job and the winners completely deserved their wins. Many many congratulations to ifyouweremine and especially jesse_kips, way to go my dear! YEAH, ROCK THAT SHIT.
But I have a question, and was wondering if I could get my summerpornathon friends to help me out with this here. I was struck by a concern regarding my entry for challenge 7 about halfway through the week, and I kind of fretted over it a little bit while I was gone, so I thought I'd put it to ya'll.
I'm aware there has been some discussion of late regarding warnings and such, especially for material that contains issues of questionable consent. Of course there's more to the warnings discourse than 'warn for non-con or not,' but it's the non-con/dub-con aspect in particular that I'm concerned with right now.
My entry for challenge 7 was number 13, the one where Merlin's all handsy and it makes Arthur uncomfortable. I got the idea from watching the 'remedy to cure all ills' ep with my sister, from the bit where Merlin's in Edwin's workroom and starts putting his hands on EVERYTHING. And I was planning on maybe writing a fic about it if I could generate a more substantial idea, but then the challenge came up and I was just like...huh. Wonder if I could make that work.
So anyway, here's where I started to freak out a little bit. Should I have warned for dub-con for this piece? I know I left it deliberately vague around the middle/end, but I was struck by the worry that if the idea that I wanted to communicate with this fic didn't quite come across, then what I wrote could have been a potential shock and maybe even upsetting to some.
Mostly I'm asking because this is the first time it occurred to me that something I wrote might've needed a warning solely to account for alternative interpretations. Even though I intended for the sex to be consensual, I could see the consent being more implicit than explicit considering how I wrote it. I'm also aware that in 750 words it's entirely possible (if not downright likely) that my ability to communicate that implicit consent adequately may have been compromised, in which case the lack of warning would be inappropriate.
Anyway, the challenge is over now, and nobody's called me out for being inappropriate (lolthankgod), so I'm thinking it's not a big deal, or it wasn't big enough for anyone to bother saying anything. But see here, if I crosspost, should I warn? Is there enough editing in the world that could save me from this conundrum? CURIOUS MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
Alright, I'm off to see about catching up with all the stuff I've been missing or... I may just write a little bit. Then I'm for bed - tomorrow's the first day of our home-team debate camp. And as if that wasn't exciting enough (seriously, I'm excited, wtf is wrong with me), my coach may have my new computer for me sometime in the near future. As in, before school starts in 15 days. YESSSSS. *fistpump* It's gonna be a good two weeks. Peace out, homies. ;)
P.S. AHAHAHA brevity fail. What.
ETA: FML, writteninhaste, just wanted to leave you a note while I have the chance - my computer's basically falling apart (literally, hence the new computer from the debate team, muahahaha); I have your file ready to send out, but it's saved on my computer and may have to wait until I can transfer my writing stuff to a new computer. I'm using my brother's laptop right now, and he might let me temporarily save stuff to his hard-drive if I can pin him down for more than ten minutes. Anyway, just wanted to say that one way or another, I should have a reply to you within the week. I PROMISE, NO JOKE THIS TIME.