Yes, yes!!! This and the other short story you wrote totally kick ass. And here I thought I was the only one plotting to get Jack pregnant. *giggles* Though in my mind, he would look lovely with twins. *giggles*
M-preg doesn't *have* to be evil.brainofckNovember 3 2006, 15:59:59 UTC
Sorry about the typos. A lot of the "What I am thinking"s are written on the fly and never checked. Bad CK!
I don't think there is anything inherently *wrong* with m-preg. I think that usually the problem is that people don't write it well *at all.* They turn it into some sort of sappy, goopy, unrealistic thing and feminize the male characters in a way that is completely insulting both to the characters and to pregnant women.
I think if you take the experience of pregnancy, and then map it onto a male character, it should be a good story.
What I like about the sci-fi context is that it gives you the opportunity to add some kind of "realism," whatever that means. Some sort of reason a guy is pregnant. Rather than Viggo getting Orli preggers and you're like, what the hell?!
Now wedding!fic? I don't know if there's any way to salvage that. :D
Re: M-preg doesn't *have* to be evil.teddibearNovember 29 2006, 03:57:55 UTC
I agree with you about the reasons I probably DON'T like it. People can't seem to write it well without making it over the top and sappy and so fucking unrealistic. I think you will do a MUCH better job. And considering you just went through another pregnancy the experience is pretty fresh in your mind and you should be able to translate that well. So I am looking forwards to your interpretation. Heh.
Wedding!fic squicks me on a whole nother level. Very hard to find one that's done well without once again making it overly the top and sappy. At least for the guys. Heh.
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I think you mean producing and ability though. *g*
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I don't think there is anything inherently *wrong* with m-preg. I think that usually the problem is that people don't write it well *at all.* They turn it into some sort of sappy, goopy, unrealistic thing and feminize the male characters in a way that is completely insulting both to the characters and to pregnant women.
I think if you take the experience of pregnancy, and then map it onto a male character, it should be a good story.
What I like about the sci-fi context is that it gives you the opportunity to add some kind of "realism," whatever that means. Some sort of reason a guy is pregnant. Rather than Viggo getting Orli preggers and you're like, what the hell?!
Now wedding!fic? I don't know if there's any way to salvage that. :D
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Wedding!fic squicks me on a whole nother level. Very hard to find one that's done well without once again making it overly the top and sappy. At least for the guys. Heh.
*hugs*
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