163: A Random Blend of Families and Fashions

[thefourthvine]

Do you ever have one of those Bad Fannish Idea days? Where, like, you think, "I know what'd be cool! A Fullmetal Alchemist x Supernatural crossover. Yes, I want that, despite the fact that I don't know either fandom and it would be so angst-filled that small nations would simply collapse under the weight of the despair and never really know why."

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[thefourthvine]

Well, one answer to that would be, "Fine, provided everyone has been dead for a while, or at least is in no way a celebrity in my own brain." Because, see, I have a squick, but it's not an RPF squick so much as a celebrity squick: celebrities ick me out. (Seriously. Best Beloved works in a very celebrity-infested part of our city, and I have to cover my ears and cower when she mentions encountering them at restaurants or city meetings or whatever. My reaction is basically the same as my reaction to zombies, except celebrities walk among us and are thus much ickier. *shudders*) I just - I guess some sadly twisted part of my brain is deeply uncomfortable with the knowledge that celebrities actually exist. I'm happier when I can pretend they're just fictional creations of entertainment media outlets.

No, I don't understand it either. My brain is weird.

But the short answer is: sadly, you will not be pimping me into Fall Out Boy fandom (oh, like I didn't know exactly what you meant) unless you can first fix my brain. Which - I am totally open to brain fixing! Just, I'm not sure it's possible.

*raps knuckles on skull to see if the ferrets who live inside are feeling sane today*

*comes to the conclusion that they are as crazed as ever*

*sighs*

[ficbyzee]

*giggles* Okay! I didn't think there was much of a chance, but hey, you asked. Although, in defense of band boys--none of them seem really celebrity-like to me, except for Pete Wentz (and I mean, he's so gay and so Special (and I do mean that in the Special Ed way) that it kind of makes up for the fact that he's a celebrity). :D

[thefourthvine]

Even if the story is not about them being a celeb (like, Elijah Wood is a robot in the future or whatever) or they're celebs you've never heard of?

Hmmm. Definitely yes on the first one, although I'd probably do better with a story about Elijah Wood as a robot from the future than Elijah Wood as an actor, but - yeah. I'd still hit the squick. (Although I have managed to read the occasional incredible RPF-involving-celebrities story; there are ways to winnow around the edges, which I am working on, and, hey! Maybe the extreme AU thing could be one of those ways. Of course, the other problem is that just looking over recs pages for RPF tends to make me dizzy, so it's hard to get hold of the really great stories that are worth reading despite the squick. And. Huh. "Stories so great they're worth reading despite the squick" or "stories where the squick is really underplayed/really well done" - I should do a post asking for recs for that, to see if I can acquire some immunity to my biggest squicks. Except animal harm, which - there is no story worth reading despite that; I can't cope at all.)

The problem with the second one is, celebrities I've never heard of become celebrities I have heard of as soon as someone posts RPF about them, and thus the squick is triggered.

Sorry I'm totally spamming this post. I have many things to do and thus procrastination has raised its ugly head.

No apologies necessary! You're not spamming - you are adding content. And I'm here to facilitate procrastination in every way; it's my purpose on LJ.