I mentioned to acchikocchi a while ago that I was going to write a post about how I write DV and DS. this is kind of that post? or just me blathering on.
better late than never? definitely. especially when it means I get awesome comments. :)
I am thinking many hidden treasures lie an (Expand) button or two away.
YES, so true. for some reason, this post has so much awesome stuff on it (most, if not all of it, due to my fellow-commenters, who brought their A games, as the kids say.)
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO WRITE A Morientes R/M Primer, except I don't write much R/M or even any really good ones I can recall (that isn't AU) in their Football Saga, which may or may not still be ongoing (minus the angst at this point, hopefully, you would think 9 children between them would make them forget their troubles, because, like diapers and cute giggling things--yeah I need to get an Early Learning diploma, I really should). And their Saga is pretty much on all the sport newspaper archives, Morientes, as private as his is (in comparison to former Madrid players), is actually more forthcoming when journalists question him about things. But I feel that it would go along way in my current life goal to clarify (with quotes from Steven McManaman et al) why Guti/Raul is not right. In the same way someone would explain why "incest is biologically not ok" (or I am assuming, you're the scientist) sort of way.
I HAD TO COPY/PASTE ALL OF THIS TO CAPTURE MY ENTHUSIASM.
first of all, the world NEEDS a Raul/Mori primer, because people are forgetting about the old OTPs, which is fine if that OTP is like, Ronaldo/Rooney (bye bye, thing I never got in the first place) but really really bad if that OTP is as awesome and "canonical" as Raul/Mori. and I cannot think of anyone better-qualified to write it than you. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.
I also think you write really good R/M, so don't try to pull that with me. :D
and anything with quotes from Steven McManaman and anyone else is always welcome and highly encouraged. etc. Guti/Raul really is not ok, I completely agree with you.
ugh DV/Leo. I know, I have a really hard time shipping him (except in crack fic, which doesn't count, and even then it's with CRon is it's just weird and we should discount that) because he's so young-seeming! like, idk, I cannot think of him romantically at all, and therefore can't ship him with anyone. ditto especially Canales and Bojan - I just feel so sketchy thinking about them! even if they around my age, still. it's weird somehow to me.
ps, I'm in the middle of midterms, so I'm not letting myself go on lj (responding to comment from my email inbox doesn't count...or something...) so I'll friend your fic journal/maybe go on a commenting spree sometime after all this work is done.
first of all, the world NEEDS a Raul/Mori primer, because people are forgetting about the old OTPs
So, I just found out acchikocchi's cornerflag fic is Raul/Mori, which made me both !!!a;ksdfa;skdjfa;skjfas;djfa;sjdf!!! and a little sad at the same time not because of anything other than CF is for rare pairings. When did they become rare? But then I remembered it's Raul/Mori fic and got all happy and aljsdf;aoieur;wojar!!! again.
But on the other hand I feel like an R/M primer was never much necessary because they are SO CANON. So maybe, on a collective subconscious level, (I remember talking to (you? Shay?)) is the football fans who witnessed it just processed it as FACT and not as potential fandom fic. Because it's SO CANON.
I cannot think of anyone better-qualified to write it than you
I'm so flattered, yet must point out Ms ashirbaad and her supreme article/video/image archive google-fu and her giant computer HD full of The Epic Saga of Raul and Morientes. I will discuss with her, as I discuss with her many important things of this nature.
El Macca made a hilarious comment about the frequent comparison to Guti's lifestyle and Raul's, as Guti have a life outside football whereas Raul pretty much "had no life that he spoke of or people saw other than football", and seemed to implay an unfair comparison between the problem child and the star child--something one does in families with more than one child! Family!!! The only thing that remotely has any bearing on R/M or R/G as the case may be is that Morientes' injury actually brought Guti into the first team, but they play different styles on the pitch so it's not like... and they've never been competitive the way, say Raul and Villa tend to be professionally, Morientes got pushed out due to the Zidanes y Pavones, Guti was a Pavones and Morientes just was neither, which is why the other shoe dropped--or some other metaphor.
I think Mata has so much potential for at least Gen Fic, at the very LEAST. And Canales also has the dubious distinction of being "wanted" and then "discarded" by Madrid. For these young'ins so much non-romance angst is like...calling to me.
Also, thanks dear, but I must point out, I once made "Raul giggle". AND IT KEPT GOING. I don't know, I judge everything I write by that one standard because it's like...what? Why did you do that, young self, why? And my young self has no answer.
ps, I'm in the middle of midterms, so I'm not letting myself go on lj Buena suerte with midterms!
When did they become rare? But then I remembered it's Raul/Mori fic and got all happy and aljsdf;aoieur;wojar!!! again.
I know exactly what you mean. like, I am not going to complain because YES AWESOME RAUL/MORI but at the same time, they absolutely should not be a rare pairing.
the football fans who witnessed it just processed it as FACT and not as potential fandom fic. Because it's SO CANON.
this may have been me? I can't really remember. but it is so true. Does your OTP have matching ankle tattoos and go on vacation together? I THOUGHT NOT.
I will discuss with her, as I discuss with her many important things of this nature.
this pleases me a great deal to hear. :D :D
I think Mata has so much potential for at least Gen Fic, at the very LEAST. And Canales also has the dubious distinction of being "wanted" and then "discarded" by Madrid. For these young'ins so much non-romance angst is like...calling to me.
all I can say is ANSWER THAT CALL. please.
Why did you do that, young self, why? And my young self has no answer.
and this is why I don't ever re-read my old fic. a period of my life best left unexamined, really, for the sake of my self respect.
better late than never? definitely. especially when it means I get awesome comments. :)
I am thinking many hidden treasures lie an (Expand) button or two away.
YES, so true. for some reason, this post has so much awesome stuff on it (most, if not all of it, due to my fellow-commenters, who brought their A games, as the kids say.)
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO WRITE A Morientes R/M Primer, except I don't write much R/M or even any really good ones I can recall (that isn't AU) in their Football Saga, which may or may not still be ongoing (minus the angst at this point, hopefully, you would think 9 children between them would make them forget their troubles, because, like diapers and cute giggling things--yeah I need to get an Early Learning diploma, I really should). And their Saga is pretty much on all the sport newspaper archives, Morientes, as private as his is (in comparison to former Madrid players), is actually more forthcoming when journalists question him about things. But I feel that it would go along way in my current life goal to clarify (with quotes from Steven McManaman et al) why Guti/Raul is not right. In the same way someone would explain why "incest is biologically not ok" (or I am assuming, you're the scientist) sort of way.
I HAD TO COPY/PASTE ALL OF THIS TO CAPTURE MY ENTHUSIASM.
first of all, the world NEEDS a Raul/Mori primer, because people are forgetting about the old OTPs, which is fine if that OTP is like, Ronaldo/Rooney (bye bye, thing I never got in the first place) but really really bad if that OTP is as awesome and "canonical" as Raul/Mori. and I cannot think of anyone better-qualified to write it than you. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.
I also think you write really good R/M, so don't try to pull that with me. :D
and anything with quotes from Steven McManaman and anyone else is always welcome and highly encouraged. etc. Guti/Raul really is not ok, I completely agree with you.
ugh DV/Leo. I know, I have a really hard time shipping him (except in crack fic, which doesn't count, and even then it's with CRon is it's just weird and we should discount that) because he's so young-seeming! like, idk, I cannot think of him romantically at all, and therefore can't ship him with anyone. ditto especially Canales and Bojan - I just feel so sketchy thinking about them! even if they around my age, still. it's weird somehow to me.
ps, I'm in the middle of midterms, so I'm not letting myself go on lj (responding to comment from my email inbox doesn't count...or something...) so I'll friend your fic journal/maybe go on a commenting spree sometime after all this work is done.
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So, I just found out acchikocchi's cornerflag fic is Raul/Mori, which made me
both !!!a;ksdfa;skdjfa;skjfas;djfa;sjdf!!! and a little sad at the same time not because of anything other than CF is for rare pairings. When did they become rare? But then I remembered it's Raul/Mori fic and got all happy and aljsdf;aoieur;wojar!!! again.
But on the other hand I feel like an R/M primer was never much necessary because they are SO CANON. So maybe, on a collective subconscious level, (I remember talking to (you? Shay?)) is the football fans who witnessed it just processed it as FACT and not as potential fandom fic. Because it's SO CANON.
I cannot think of anyone better-qualified to write it than you
I'm so flattered, yet must point out Ms ashirbaad and her supreme article/video/image archive google-fu and her giant computer HD full of The Epic Saga of Raul and Morientes. I will discuss with her, as I discuss with her many important things of this nature.
El Macca made a hilarious comment about the frequent comparison to Guti's lifestyle and Raul's, as Guti have a life outside football whereas Raul pretty much "had no life that he spoke of or people saw other than football", and seemed to implay an unfair comparison between the problem child and the star child--something one does in families with more than one child! Family!!! The only thing that remotely has any bearing on R/M or R/G as the case may be is that Morientes' injury actually brought Guti into the first team, but they play different styles on the pitch so it's not like... and they've never been competitive the way, say Raul and Villa tend to be professionally, Morientes got pushed out due to the Zidanes y Pavones, Guti was a Pavones and Morientes just was neither, which is why the other shoe dropped--or some other metaphor.
I think Mata has so much potential for at least Gen Fic, at the very LEAST. And Canales also has the dubious distinction of being "wanted" and then "discarded" by Madrid. For these young'ins so much non-romance angst is like...calling to me.
Also, thanks dear, but I must point out, I once made "Raul giggle". AND IT KEPT GOING. I don't know, I judge everything I write by that one standard because it's like...what? Why did you do that, young self, why? And my young self has no answer.
ps, I'm in the middle of midterms, so I'm not letting myself go on lj
Buena suerte with midterms!
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I know exactly what you mean. like, I am not going to complain because YES AWESOME RAUL/MORI but at the same time, they absolutely should not be a rare pairing.
the football fans who witnessed it just processed it as FACT and not as potential fandom fic. Because it's SO CANON.
this may have been me? I can't really remember. but it is so true. Does your OTP have matching ankle tattoos and go on vacation together? I THOUGHT NOT.
I will discuss with her, as I discuss with her many important things of this nature.
this pleases me a great deal to hear. :D :D
I think Mata has so much potential for at least Gen Fic, at the very LEAST. And Canales also has the dubious distinction of being "wanted" and then "discarded" by Madrid. For these young'ins so much non-romance angst is like...calling to me.
all I can say is ANSWER THAT CALL. please.
Why did you do that, young self, why? And my young self has no answer.
and this is why I don't ever re-read my old fic. a period of my life best left unexamined, really, for the sake of my self respect.
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