Random blather
*Thanks everyone who took part in this, Name That Heller poll, especially everyone who joined me in the Cuthbert Augustine love. *g* Provided some bolt of lightning inspiration doesn't come along in the meantime, I am leaning heavily toward Ethan.
*Poised upon the precipice of panic yesterday afternoon, pretty much running around screaming, "OMG! OMG! I can't think of any B/K meet outside OZ scenarios!" I took some deep breaths, pulled myself together, and started making a list ... And wound up with twenty freakin' ideas. Knock wood, five did immediately jump off the paper and grab me, so there should be no floundering.
*There's lovely Chris, Lee, and Dean photos floating around from the DVD signing!
*And colleendetroit made a plea for B/K hurt/comfort fic, .
A little while ago, curious to see if there was any such thing, I found this fic, A Strange Affection, Pendergast/D'Agosta, and remembered all over again why I love hurt/comfort fic. It's not something I talk about much because, in my early days in fandom, whenever the subject would come up the response tended to be, "Oooh, yeah, we just love it when Character A tortures the hell out of Character B and then fucks him," because, you know, that wasn't even remotely what I meant.
What's in my head, re: h/c is a lot of those same moments that will play out on screen, or in the pages of a book, that are laden with the subtext that lead to all those slashy thoughts in the first place. That reassuring touch to the shoulder one hero gives the other, the love and caring that comes through that isn't about sex, but which we, the fans, can point to as evidence to support a strong attachment that, in the privacy of our thoughts -- or, you know, here on LiveJournal *g* -- can develop into something more.
What h/c has never been to me is the ratio a former acquaintance once gave me: 95% hurt, extreme, titillating emphasis on the pain and suffering being inflicted, to at most 5% comfort -- and at that, keep it about sex, no love, no romance, no caring.
Well, yeah, no offense, but ewww ick. And no thank you very much.
So that's my secret love, kept secret because of being afraid of looking like a dork because what turns me on is one hero rescuing the other, and making me feel all mushy inside as they fuss over each other and fall in love. My ratio? 0.999% hurt to 100% comfort.
I know, big whooping surprise. LOL
Anyway, I've been wracking my brains *owww* for something like that with the B/k boys, and actually hit upon one idea while making out the list mentioned above. (Although I think maverick4oz may have planted the seed a while ago, it just took a bit to really germinate.)
Thus ends my deep, dark confession. ;)
*Poised upon the precipice of panic yesterday afternoon, pretty much running around screaming, "OMG! OMG! I can't think of any B/K meet outside OZ scenarios!" I took some deep breaths, pulled myself together, and started making a list ... And wound up with twenty freakin' ideas. Knock wood, five did immediately jump off the paper and grab me, so there should be no floundering.
*There's lovely Chris, Lee, and Dean photos floating around from the DVD signing!
*And colleendetroit made a plea for B/K hurt/comfort fic, .
A little while ago, curious to see if there was any such thing, I found this fic, A Strange Affection, Pendergast/D'Agosta, and remembered all over again why I love hurt/comfort fic. It's not something I talk about much because, in my early days in fandom, whenever the subject would come up the response tended to be, "Oooh, yeah, we just love it when Character A tortures the hell out of Character B and then fucks him," because, you know, that wasn't even remotely what I meant.
What's in my head, re: h/c is a lot of those same moments that will play out on screen, or in the pages of a book, that are laden with the subtext that lead to all those slashy thoughts in the first place. That reassuring touch to the shoulder one hero gives the other, the love and caring that comes through that isn't about sex, but which we, the fans, can point to as evidence to support a strong attachment that, in the privacy of our thoughts -- or, you know, here on LiveJournal *g* -- can develop into something more.
What h/c has never been to me is the ratio a former acquaintance once gave me: 95% hurt, extreme, titillating emphasis on the pain and suffering being inflicted, to at most 5% comfort -- and at that, keep it about sex, no love, no romance, no caring.
Well, yeah, no offense, but ewww ick. And no thank you very much.
So that's my secret love, kept secret because of being afraid of looking like a dork because what turns me on is one hero rescuing the other, and making me feel all mushy inside as they fuss over each other and fall in love. My ratio? 0.999% hurt to 100% comfort.
I know, big whooping surprise. LOL
Anyway, I've been wracking my brains *owww* for something like that with the B/k boys, and actually hit upon one idea while making out the list mentioned above. (Although I think maverick4oz may have planted the seed a while ago, it just took a bit to really germinate.)
Thus ends my deep, dark confession. ;)