dear fandom growth exchange author letter

Aug 11, 2015 09:56

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dear author.

i'm a jerk, i'm sorry, i forgot i didn't add a letter to my sign-up :/

however, i hope that if you still need help with finding inspiration/direction for whatever you have cooking for me that i am sure will be WONDERFUL, here it is, and i hope you enjoy it ♥

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kwritten August 14 2015, 05:04:02 UTC
Okay I'm getting overwhelmed with feelings because:::

but these are right!ships with the elements of life-changing terrible devotion that end with hope. All the NUANCES in the relationships
I think it's really telling that one of my favorite relationships was one that I was dreading because I worried that the book would try to convince me to right!ship something problematic and instead of doing that, Singh actually took the ingredients for a wrong!ship and made it into a right!ship by being honest and respectful of her characters and also flipping stereotypes and expectations in a refreshingly sexy way. I don't know how else to talk about this without being spoilery, but while there are a few things that stick out as not really working well - these aren't your typical romance tropes. Everything is lovely and things hurt so good.

Rosa is laughing at me and damn but as soon as I finish shards of hope I'll probably go back and re-read kiss of snow because REASONS

or Bonds of Justice, because let's face it: I'm a sucker for Max.

fucking goddamnit Rosa

n i k i t a

THE POLITICS THO.

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rosaxx50 August 14 2015, 05:13:27 UTC
being honest and respectful of her characters and also flipping stereotypes and expectations in a refreshingly sexy way

Yup. While this pairing isn't one of my favourites, Doris, the fact is, in any other series it would have been my nOTP. AND YET IT WORKED FOR ME, completely.

How far are you through? And do you have any feelings so far? *braces self*

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kwritten August 14 2015, 05:51:00 UTC
in any other series it would have been my nOTP
Indeed.

I think 90% of my love for this pairing is basically just love for the author somehow turning something that shouldn't have worked into something THAT TOTALLY DID. It's like how sometimes I just have to admit to myself that I love Raven Boys because the narrative is so damn sexy and it has less to do with the characters than the form, Doris with this particular pairing the sexy part is that the writing is just so damn good.

I'm less than a 1/4 of the way through... like 100 pages. ROSA WHY WASN'T THIS RELATIONSHIP BUILT UP IN THE PREVIOUS BOOKS THIS IS SO WEIRD LIKE "HIHI WE HAVE BEEN IN LOVE SINCE CHILDHOOD" AND I KEEP LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM LIKE MY CAPTAIN AMERICA STUFFIE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS WASN'T ESTABLISHED BEFORE? CERTAINLY BETWEEN ALL THE ADEN/VASIC SUBTEXT SHE COULD HAVE SLIPPED US A BONE ABOUT THIS????

OKAY LISTEN THIS IS NEWS FOR EVERYONE: the past five days I've been babysitting FIVE children under the age of 10, so my leisure time has mostly been "fire bad tree pretty" so right when I finally got my Psy-Changeling wind back, I literally have no energy to lift my sails. I'm hoping next week will be a better reading week.

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rosaxx50 August 14 2015, 06:02:23 UTC
Haha, fair enough? I think Nalini Singh wasn't certain herself she wanted to go there, until she did. And part of me gets it, I do, that neither A nor Z even realized their relationship was unusual, and Silent Vasic wouldn't have realized it either, and they're the only POV characters to even know of Z's continued existence. But I would have killed for hints to be dropped earlier for these two.

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fluffyfrolicker August 18 2015, 20:11:19 UTC
i have no idea what to say to you crazy lovely dear women other than "WELL OF COURSE I'LL READ IT, A++ ADVERTISING BOTH OF YOU"

gimme some time, but it's the first on my to read list after finishing the wicked lovely series, okay

really, doris, 0/10 friendship choices.

ALSO ROSA ARE YOU MAYBE WATCHING SENSE8?

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rosaxx50 August 19 2015, 05:24:38 UTC
GOOD

I'm not watching Sense8, alas. I considered dl it when it first came out, but then realized that I wouldn't end up watching it. It's ridiculously difficult for me to watch tv these days, no idea why, but it is. And sense8 would just sit unwatched on my external hard drive.

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fluffyfrolicker August 19 2015, 08:33:08 UTC
aw, i have TONS of phases like that, tbh

WELL, IF YOU EVER CONSIDER WATCHING STH, CONSIDER THIS ♥

and i'll be here, hoping to get my other work/reading done so i can finally hop on this psy changeling crazy train :D

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