I started one of my dc_appreciation stories as well. The prompter wanted a "pick-up" game of baseball or basketball among members of the JLA and it somehow turned in to the JLA vs. The Authority at basketball with John Constantine officiating.
I believe, my dear, that you're too awesome for my own good.
Constantine officiating is just the kind of crack that can't be ignored. Also, Mid and Batman in the same place at the same time is just... geektastic. *pets them both*
I think I'm kinda crushing on my English professor, cuz he's such an adorable dork, like a cute dorky Clark! And I kept teasing and we'd banter back and forth making fun of the other. Like Bruce and Clark do sometimes. But he's married *sigh* I need to find a guy like my professor :3
I've been listening to a lot of music lately, ever since that meme merfilly started, and despite the fics I'm already writing, I'd like to see someone write a pairing to the song, "Thanks for the Memories," by Fall Out Boy. Either Dick/Wally with a previous Dick/Roy mentioned, Dick/Tim with a previous Bruce/Dick mentioned, or Clark/Dick with a previous Bruce/Clark mentioned.
I'm also stuck on what I should have Harry in my comic say in his introductory page X3
I've been pretty abysmal at doing anything other than silly one-shots lately, and it's been a real struggle to get to the last line of anything; I keep getting distracted by other things (well, moreso than usual *g*).
Also, on a relatively unrelated topic (which is probably the thing that's distracting me) organizing writing is so hard OMG. I'm attempting to go back through my stories and figure out what themes crop up most often so I can tag posts accordingly, but geeze... what's the line between fluff and slice-of-life? What's the difference between smut and porn and PWP? When should I label something as bruce!topping or clark!bottoming--when it's a trope or an exception to a trope? When does a tag go from being a useful way to find something you want to read (i.e. sex pollen) to being an unwanted spoiler (i.e. revealing something like a love token exchange when part of the story's plot is uncertainty in one partner's ability to commit?)? These are of course rhetorical questions, but still. Waaaaaaaaah.
PWP, would be a fic that has no plot. Sex doesn't necessarily mean no plot. It's possible to have a plotless fic that has no sex in it. (i.e. watching a movie or eating something)
Porn, graphic sex written for us all to enjoy over and over again :3
Smut, a continued series of implied sex, but not necessarily graphic.
Hope that helps, but others may interpret the definitions for these words differently.
My definitions are pretty close to yours, except for smut. My definition of smut seems to change every day. *g*
That's the tough part for me is that, unlike Merriam-Webster words, there's no going to look these up somewhere. They're very folksonomic terms-and the ones that aren't adopt specialized connotations for our puposes-and their meaning is constantly in flux depending on what segment of the fandom community is using them and in what context. These three terms in particular are derived from more easily identifiable source words that could probably help me draw lines if I wanted to really get nitty-gritty, but I think what baffles me the most is use of words like "smarm," "UST," "crackfic" because those don't come from a larger context, at least as far as I understand it, and to a lesser degree things like "angst," "UST," "schmoop," because they're such largely general categories that across fandom that it can be challenging to figure out when to apply them
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Yeah I know what you mean. Terms change for each fandom. Like in anime, they refer to slash as 'yaoi,' and femslash as 'yuri.' They also use the term 'lemon' for smut.
I--erm, I feel very newbie about this, but--internet faux pas don't go away, there's a record! I've already written at least one fic for the dc_appreciation ficathon, and posted it to my journal, but I'm not sure--am I supposed to post it/link to it at the community? Is there a time frame?
. . . it's been established that I am bad at the interweb, right?
I actually wrote something, which was surprising to me. I've found my muse only likes to cooperate when I'm traveling... that's the only time she won't shut up :)
I wrote two stories, but they need some work... hopefully I'll be able to check them over the weekend...
I wrote two stories, but they need some work... hopefully I'll be able to check them over the weekend...
I hope so too! For they are awesome...
Huh, I have a travelling muse too. Luckily there's a lot of public transport in Japan and thus a lot of time for staring into space and thinking of fic. :)
Aw, thanks! Here's hoping I can have some free time tomorrow... but with the Mother's Day stuff, I dunno...
Mine's more of a flying muse. When I'm on a plane, that's when I get ideas for stories. I don't know what it is about flying that makes my muse come alive... maybe it's the drop in air pressure ;)
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I think Mr. Mxypltk may be behind it.
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Constantine officiating is just the kind of crack that can't be ignored. Also, Mid and Batman in the same place at the same time is just... geektastic. *pets them both*
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I'm really looking forward to writing the Mid/Bats and Apollo/Supes interaction.
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I've been listening to a lot of music lately, ever since that meme merfilly started, and despite the fics I'm already writing, I'd like to see someone write a pairing to the song, "Thanks for the Memories," by Fall Out Boy. Either Dick/Wally with a previous Dick/Roy mentioned, Dick/Tim with a previous Bruce/Dick mentioned, or Clark/Dick with a previous Bruce/Clark mentioned.
I'm also stuck on what I should have Harry in my comic say in his introductory page X3
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Pff. Since when has being married stopped anyone?
I keed, I keed.
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Fall Out Boy has played in the background of a lot of my fics lately too, interestingly. :)
And what are you considering having Harry say? How much info can you fit in and what's the most important stuff?
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Also, on a relatively unrelated topic (which is probably the thing that's distracting me) organizing writing is so hard OMG. I'm attempting to go back through my stories and figure out what themes crop up most often so I can tag posts accordingly, but geeze... what's the line between fluff and slice-of-life? What's the difference between smut and porn and PWP? When should I label something as bruce!topping or clark!bottoming--when it's a trope or an exception to a trope? When does a tag go from being a useful way to find something you want to read (i.e. sex pollen) to being an unwanted spoiler (i.e. revealing something like a love token exchange when part of the story's plot is uncertainty in one partner's ability to commit?)? These are of course rhetorical questions, but still. Waaaaaaaaah.
*brain goes 'splodey*
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Porn, graphic sex written for us all to enjoy over and over again :3
Smut, a continued series of implied sex, but not necessarily graphic.
Hope that helps, but others may interpret the definitions for these words differently.
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That's the tough part for me is that, unlike Merriam-Webster words, there's no going to look these up somewhere. They're very folksonomic terms-and the ones that aren't adopt specialized connotations for our puposes-and their meaning is constantly in flux depending on what segment of the fandom community is using them and in what context. These three terms in particular are derived from more easily identifiable source words that could probably help me draw lines if I wanted to really get nitty-gritty, but I think what baffles me the most is use of words like "smarm," "UST," "crackfic" because those don't come from a larger context, at least as far as I understand it, and to a lesser degree things like "angst," "UST," "schmoop," because they're such largely general categories that across fandom that it can be challenging to figure out when to apply them ( ... )
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And I have no idea what UST means.
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. . . it's been established that I am bad at the interweb, right?
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I wrote two stories, but they need some work... hopefully I'll be able to check them over the weekend...
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I hope so too! For they are awesome...
Huh, I have a travelling muse too. Luckily there's a lot of public transport in Japan and thus a lot of time for staring into space and thinking of fic. :)
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Aw, thanks! Here's hoping I can have some free time tomorrow... but with the Mother's Day stuff, I dunno...
Mine's more of a flying muse. When I'm on a plane, that's when I get ideas for stories. I don't know what it is about flying that makes my muse come alive... maybe it's the drop in air pressure ;)
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