À la volonté du peuple

[miss_morland]

Thanks to a recent post over at linguaphiles, I was reminded of how awesome this is:

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Oh, and since I'm in the mood for a meme -- here's the one that was going around a couple of months ago:

Name a fandom, and I'll give you the scoop on at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom.

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[miss_morland]

I agree that Ged/Tenar is beautifully written, and I like the fact that they came together when they're both middle-aged and tired, as opposed to young and good-looking. I also agree that G/T fanfic doesn't always add anything -- to me, a great part of the appeal of fanfiction is the possibility to explore characters and relationships that aren't extrapolated upon in canon, and I don't think G/T leaves all that much to be explored.

There again, some folks just dislike slash and use the wizardly celibacy clause to insist that Le Guin agrees with them.

Because the celibacy clause was obviously invented to prevent people from writing canon-compliant stories about the wizards of Roke getting it on with each other...

Seriously, though, wasn't Morred a mage? And married to Elfarran? How do the celibacy proponents (inside and outside the books) explain that?

As for 3, I suspected that one might not be so unpopular, after all. :-) Although it might have been, considering the very small number of Jasper fic...

And Yuletide -- well, I've actually been contemplating it seriously these last couple of weeks, to the extent of reading all the FAQ so as to understand how the whole thing works. (As with everything enormous and complicated, Yuletide is a little intimidating.) I'm really tempted, but I'll have to make the final decision when the sign-ups open.

[espresso_addict]

It's not actually that complicated, though it has got enormous of late. If you're considering signing up, it's wise to hang out on the admin comm in advance to make sure that the fandoms you want to offer/request all have the right characters listed. I managed to get that one wrong last year!

[miss_morland]

Thanks for the advice; I'll definitely do so!