From the sample set of {sometimes my brain is not my friend}, "hey, if you wanted to make a horrible1 portmanteau pairing name for Brendon/Shane would it be "Brane"? AHAHAHAAAOH GOD." *facepalm*
In other news, Team LotsaMud (hopefully) now consists of an extra person2, which makes my life much more awesome, although I still feel very bad about
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I don't know, I think I soul-bonded toglommed onto Jon/Spencer so hard right off the bat (historically, as well, I tend to lean to drummer/bassist and bassist/guitarist ships; it amused the hell out of me when I realised this tendency.) that it meant other stuff sort of fell behind. And excluding poly-ships (because, let's face it, my true OTP *is* an OT4), I think it's Jon/Spencer, Jon/Brendon, Ryan/Spencer, [all other permutations about equally], Spencer/Brendon. But yes, that makes good sense, exactly. I guess there is largely a sense as well of us all being close enough to each other that there is no, well, fourth wall, so to speak, between reader and writer. And ALEXES. Yessssssss.
I was hoping that the big secret was him being gay, because... I am shallow and that's usually interesting and not-heteronormative books/stories are still so rare, and so on. And lately I have been somewhat lame and rereading a bunch of early Elizabeth Moon Serrano legacy books (solid v good sf space opera stuff), but what I would reccommend is that - if you can find it! - you try to track down Shards of Honor (or Cordelia's Honor, which is that + the sequel Barrayar) by Lois McMaster Bujold, because it is excellent and I need to pimp Lois alllllllllways. Also, I forget, have you read Naomi Novik, or no? And if not, would you like to? I have a spare of book one I'd be happy to mail you.
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See, Jon/Spencer works for me in terms of really lovely domestic fic, or just generally adorable fic. I started out reading the basic Brendon/Ryan, which then led to Jon/Spencer, and I have no idea where my brain suddenly switched over to Spencer/Brendon being the best. (But hey, if we're talking historically - I tend to like pairings where you have one person who's portrayed as sort of energetic and enthusiastic, and the other person more cool and collected.) And yes, OT4 is pretty high up there. Not really ever OT3s, because I always feel bad when someone is left out.
I think you're right about the fourth wall thing. That's basically it - I mean, a fair amount of authors are people we know, or have "spoken" to in some way or another at various points, so it's hard to keep that balance. (They can't all be named Alex!)
That totally is the big secret, and it's awesome! It's introduced in this way where he knows it but he's not out, and basically he's just an awesome character. And do you know how much teen fiction I've read with gay characters as the central ones? I actively seek them out, which sometimes garners odd looks, but I really love them when they're written well and not as stereotypes. Okay, so...Elizabeth Moon Serrano and Lois McMaster Bujold. I have not read any Naomi Novik, no, but she must be pretty good if you're willing to mail stuff.
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