Slashy Nominations 121: For greenet
In this post, greenet did an interaction meme (following the format "Comment and I'll tell you [insert item here] about you, thus saying something about both of us").* Normally, I can't do these when other people post them, although that doesn't stop me from trying; see, most of them require reciprocation ("post this in your journal"). I understand why;
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Wow. Really? Wow. That's intensely flattering to hear. Just...wow.
*blushes, blinks, re-reads the comment several more times*
Wow.
And I'm glad you're enjoying takethehouse - maybe next time you'll participate as a writer.
*snicker* Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Or, more seriously (hee!) - um, no. You don't, as host or participant, want that. Because I? Am not likely to be able to write the kind of stories recipients want. I did Yuletide (and likely will again) because the fandoms I volunteer to write have no fic in them, so I figure anything is better than nothing. But otherwise I avoid recipient-writer match challenges because I can't write the kinds of things people are hoping for. I can't, for example, write smut. (Slash or het, sure, fine, but my attempts at anything explicit read like extracts from Our Bodies, Ourselves. And that's the best-case scenario.) I also can't write angst or tear-jerkers or...well, lots of things. Most things, actually.
So it's much better for all concerned that I avoid matching-type FF challenges. And I have to keep reminding myself of that, because ones like takethehouse are so tempting. (takethehouse in particular was tough to resist, because I love this fandom, and it's relatively small, so I kept thinking, "But if I sign up, that will be one more Oceanverse story! That's good even if my story sucks!")
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Really, and for true.
I know it made *my* day the time it happened.
Because I? Am not likely to be able to write the kind of stories recipients want.
Pfft.
As much as I adore smut (especially the Danny/Rusty variety), it's not always necessary in a story. In O11, good dialogue is probably the most important thing - a sense of how the characters speak and a lot of sharp, sly wit. Which you have in abundance. So really, when we do it again, you should sign up. And if you don't want to, well, the list of requests is up in the community, if you want to add more O11 fic to the world. *g*
*tempts*
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