5 Favorite Fics Meme
Tagged by the incomparable tkp, who is far too kind to me:
1. Kissing the Frog (Phantom of the Opera): I have to choose this first because it's what got me back into fandom. It was also my first brush with what limited fame I have, as years later when I joined LJ people knew who I was and remembered the story. That felt really good. And while it's a vignette, I still like the piece for the morbidity so often missing from the fandom.
2. Growing Up (Narnia): My only Narnia fic, I wrote it after watching the movie and wondering at the lovely rapport between Mr. Tumnus and Lucy. Tumnus seemed younger in the film than in the book, so I could imagine difficulties arising with Lucy's maturation. Also got a lovely response, despite the people who apparently wanted it to continue with faun/human sex.
3. Infidel (POTO): I like non-explicit where Erik/Persian slash is concerned, mostly for the realism of it (for me). I have a hard time imagining the circumstances under which the two would actually get together; but it is likewise undeniable that they have a great personal investment in each other. This piece shows the potential sexualization of that, I think, as well as the rift between the two.
4. Shades (POTO): A vignette exploring the personalities of the Opera and highlighting the "shadiness" of all of them. Too often the opera is portrayed as a cohesive unit, with the Phantom as the outsider; I think, rather, that they are all outsiders. There is a thread of the foreign running through all of the characters, of not quite fitting in. I like this because it ties them together.
5. Bedroom Eyes (Narnia/X-Files): I lied about the Narnia thing. This was a story I did for ithurtsmybrain, which I tackled seriously: pairing Susan Pevensie and Mulder romantically. It actually came out kind of good, I think, and a lot more rational that I thought it could.
This meme makes me realize I haven't really written that much, and much of what I've written are one-offs to get across a particular point. Points up my laziness, I think!
1. Kissing the Frog (Phantom of the Opera): I have to choose this first because it's what got me back into fandom. It was also my first brush with what limited fame I have, as years later when I joined LJ people knew who I was and remembered the story. That felt really good. And while it's a vignette, I still like the piece for the morbidity so often missing from the fandom.
2. Growing Up (Narnia): My only Narnia fic, I wrote it after watching the movie and wondering at the lovely rapport between Mr. Tumnus and Lucy. Tumnus seemed younger in the film than in the book, so I could imagine difficulties arising with Lucy's maturation. Also got a lovely response, despite the people who apparently wanted it to continue with faun/human sex.
3. Infidel (POTO): I like non-explicit where Erik/Persian slash is concerned, mostly for the realism of it (for me). I have a hard time imagining the circumstances under which the two would actually get together; but it is likewise undeniable that they have a great personal investment in each other. This piece shows the potential sexualization of that, I think, as well as the rift between the two.
4. Shades (POTO): A vignette exploring the personalities of the Opera and highlighting the "shadiness" of all of them. Too often the opera is portrayed as a cohesive unit, with the Phantom as the outsider; I think, rather, that they are all outsiders. There is a thread of the foreign running through all of the characters, of not quite fitting in. I like this because it ties them together.
5. Bedroom Eyes (Narnia/X-Files): I lied about the Narnia thing. This was a story I did for ithurtsmybrain, which I tackled seriously: pairing Susan Pevensie and Mulder romantically. It actually came out kind of good, I think, and a lot more rational that I thought it could.
This meme makes me realize I haven't really written that much, and much of what I've written are one-offs to get across a particular point. Points up my laziness, I think!