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Workshop: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Bradygirl_12

Feb 18, 2008 21:33

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

By BradyGirl

In The Beginning…

And, lo, back in the Dark Ages of fandom, Slash appeared. And the Slash Gods said, “It is good,” but the people resisted, or at least, some of them did. And the acolytes gathered, women who liked men and decided that two men together would be twice the better.

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jij February 18 2008, 13:06:43 UTC

merfilly wrote the first femslash I ever read and it's all extremely good. I'd especially recommend her Cassie/Rose (Wonder Girl/Ravager) from Teen Titans, and of course her stunning takes on Barbara/Dinah (Oracle/Black Canary). The tones of the two pairings are totally different--the former is young and tense and antagonistic and very hot, the latter much more mature and nuanced...both are a total joy to read the way she writes them.

Thanks for the essay, Brady! Lots of good food for thought there...

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jij February 19 2008, 00:01:14 UTC

The Cassie/Rose really drew out their personalities so well and made it really plausible. I was just telling Brady in email that you and she always amaze me because you move so fluidly between any kind of pairing. You're both always wonderful reminders that it's the characters and personalities that matter, not the genitals involved. *grin*

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bradygirl_12 February 19 2008, 02:55:37 UTC

Funny thing is, I write more slash and het for the very same reasons so many straight women tend to write Slash...it's not what I do in real life.

The Muses can be strange things, sometimes. :)

I think you handled the subject quite well here, and I will admit femslash absolutely bugs the mess out of me to write, and to write well.

Thank you! :)

With slash, I'm letting my imagination run wild for the most part. With het, I'm pulling on life experiences, but trying to make them better. With fem...to convey that which I know best is actually the hardest because I can never be satisfied I captured what I know and feel well enough for my muses.

A very good description, Merfilly! :)

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bradygirl_12 February 19 2008, 03:19:58 UTC

It's funny that you mentioned the emotional aspect of a m/m writing and then how you write more of PWP with f/f, which I think usually comes up in my stuff too.

It's an interesting irony, isn't it? ;)

I think it's just the difference of sexualities and as written by women we probably don't want to write people in a bath mooning over each other (ala Sex in the City), but because especially with comic related we're writing women who are at the crux of mental and physical stresses they want the same kind of brutal physical release that you'd stereotypically think about men.

That's a good explanation, Miakun! It's also amusing that the women are playing the men's game, though there's definitely affection between all my femme pairings, and real love between Linda and Barbara. :)

Or something. Femslash is easier for me to write PWP than manslash, as well, I just wanted to point out.

Always good to know I'm not the only one! :)

saavikam77 February 19 2008, 02:19:07 UTC

Fantastic essay, hon! :D

I can also see the way fem slash lends itself better to PWP than m/m slash does. :p Maybe it's a sort of role reversal for us writers - the need to both view the feelings of men, and see women exploring sexuality without all the 'traditional' or 'expected' trappings.

I haven't read a good deal of fem slash - though I *have* read a few of yours with Canary/Catwoman. (Very well done, I might add. ^_^) I'd like to venture out and read more, and this essay's definitely got me intrigued.

A few fem characters/pairings in the DCU that I've noticed don't seem to be explored in fic (off the top of my head) include Maggie Sawyer/Toby Raines (though I imagine Maggie/Lois might be interesting!), and Rene Montoya/Kate Kane. ^_^ Seems like the canon lesbians don't get much page time. O_o Anyway, I'd love to see more of them explored...

bradygirl_12 February 19 2008, 03:28:45 UTC

Fantastic essay, hon! :D

Thank you, m'dear! :)

I can also see the way fem slash lends itself better to PWP than m/m slash does. :p Maybe it's a sort of role reversal for us writers - the need to both view the feelings of men, and see women exploring sexuality without all the 'traditional' or 'expected' trappings.

Another good explanation! :)

I haven't read a good deal of fem slash - though I *have* read a few of yours with Canary/Catwoman. (Very well done, I might add. ^_^) I'd like to venture out and read more, and this essay's definitely got me intrigued.

Yay! Thanks for the compliment on the Pretty Kitty and Birdie ;) and I'm glad you might be intrigued to read more of other femslash out there! :)

A few fem characters/pairings in the DCU that I've noticed don't seem to be explored in fic (off the top of my head) include Maggie Sawyer/Toby Raines (though I imagine Maggie/Lois might be interesting!), and Rene Montoya/Kate Kane. ^_^ Seems like the canon lesbians don't get much page time. O_o Anyway, I'd love to see more of ( ... )