Comments | black_eyedgirl: "I think love's a dirty business / So do I"

black_eyedgirl

"I think love's a dirty business / So do I"

Jan 25, 2009 02:50

'A Little Night Music' is an amazing musical. I'm in love with Stephen Sondheim. This has been true for a while now, but seriously guys. I went to see it in London today and I know everyone already knows Send in the Clowns, but in context, with a good actress singing it, it gives you chills. Also Every Day a Little Death. "Every day a little sting ( Read more... )

fandom: musical!love, girl-crushing, gossip girl, writing: meta, picspam

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kudra2324 January 25 2009, 04:43:50 UTC

i have the broadway cast recording if you don't have it and would like me to upload it...

black_eyedgirl January 25 2009, 04:59:17 UTC

... I would not be adverse to that /shiftyeyes.

kudra2324 January 25 2009, 06:20:33 UTC

::cough::

black_eyedgirl January 26 2009, 02:41:47 UTC

Thank you :D I will get it properly at some point, but right now Send in the Clowns is making me feel much better...

My icon means love. scrollgirl January 25 2009, 04:50:15 UTC

The metafandom thing is daunting, yeah. I'm Chinese and *I* worry that I'm writing people of colour wrong. Or heck, not writing them at all. We've been so Westernized. My sister jokes we're white-washed.

I don't think the fear should stop you. My OTP right now are two white boys with white privilege coming out their ass. But what can I do? I love them and want to write kidfic and happy domestic crap. Any characters of colour will be secondary, and I'll do my best to flesh them out, give them a voice. But they're still not my focus. Ditto the women. I'm not doing the Teal'c ficathon. *flails*

But little by little we can get better, I think. And if someone points out something we did wrong, at least we'll know enough to say, "I see what I did wrong there, and I'll try to do better next time." Right?

Re: My icon means love. black_eyedgirl January 25 2009, 05:18:47 UTC

It's just... I try my best to avoid the worst pitfalls - if I'm writing slash, I don't ignore the women, and I don't attack them. It just feels like I should be doing more than not actively making things worse, you know?

And yet I keep ending up slashing white guys! You're right though - sometimes you just write what you write, and try your best to give the other characters something to say too.

At some point though, looking at my back-catalogue is going to depress me enough that I write some of the original stuff. Which has a much more balanced cast that almost anything I fic. But will require research, and more thought *sulks*

dancinbutterfly January 25 2009, 06:28:59 UTC

Ugh, chuck and dan....I'm waiting for the porn battle. I have so much stuff for them in my head. Plus, they were the main ship in my first and only long Gossip Girl fic (which I will now shamelessly pimp right here.

Lord but they are so fucking pretty.

black_eyedgirl January 25 2009, 18:17:55 UTC

*g* Would you believe it's already on my list of things to read when I get that far in S2? I'm trying really hard not to spoil myself too badly for Gossip Girl, though that may go out the window during Porn Battle. I just like being scandalised as I'm watching, rather than in advance. And for SPN and stuff like that I've no hope of remaining unspoiled - people squee too much!

And yes, they're just ridiculously pretty. ♥