Not noted in post body: also I cleaned a lot! Go me, for real!

[shihadchick]

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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[nova33]

The reason I even picked up violin was because I thought it was so cool how fast their fingers moved. I am not sure if I'm fast enough that I give off that same air, but there you go. I will remind you later to give me music, don't even worry. I've been playing bass for...okay, maybe a year? But there was a good period of time in there wherein my teacher - who was actually a classical guitar teacher - had me pick up guitar to supplement, and then it turned into just guitar lessons. So I've pretty much just started all over again with bass.

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.