Comments | gehayi: Dear Rarewomen Writer

gehayi

Dear Rarewomen Writer

Jan 27, 2012 02:06

Dear Rarewomen Author: You're awesome. I mean, you must be, because you volunteered to write about women in one of the following fandoms.

( The Dresden Files )

female characters, ficathons

Comments 12

lareinenoire January 27 2012, 15:32:03 UTC

I didn't know I wanted Lara Raith fic until I read your description but I have always found her fascinating and I want to see her ruling with an iron fist stiletto and being the badass that we all know she is. Although the Greek Mythology prompts are also brilliant...

I am so tempted to sign up for this but between four classes and the book, I'm petrified that I'd end up defaulting for lack of time.

gehayi January 27 2012, 17:27:22 UTC

rarewomen is fairly long, as fests go. The stories (about women who do not get enough fandom love) aren't even DUE until April 30.

Here's the profile. It'll tell you all the dates.

http://rarewomen.livejournal.com/profile

Here's the sign-up sheet.

And here is the Master List of all the women who were nominated for this round:

http://lightnessobscured.wordpress.com/rarewomen/

Sign up. Please. DOOOOOOOOOO it.

lareinenoire January 28 2012, 00:15:23 UTC

I really want to and you're being incredibly tempting. I'm assuming it's the usual 1000 word minimum?

gehayi January 28 2012, 01:14:41 UTC

Yep. To quote the rules: "...the only REQUIRED element is a story of at least 1000 words about one of the recipient's requested women."

(And it isn't necessarily women. Girls count too.)

Thread 10

honorh January 27 2012, 17:30:08 UTC

Is Luccio really a lesbian, though? I never read her that way. Bisexual, certainly, but she struck me as a woman who's done it all in her lifetime. I never saw anything that specifically led me to believe she was a lesbian.

gehayi January 27 2012, 19:06:46 UTC

Well, Lara's surprise at Luccio's relationship with a man--the surprise of a sex vampire who definitely HAS done it all and who wouldn't be shocked by anything--IS canon. And I believe that it was stated that Luccio was, according to Word of God, though I can't find the quotation now.

In any case, who she sleeps with isn't the issue for me. The thing that gets me is that she was forced by mind control to start and pursue a relationship. Which means that she was not free to consent, even if she seemed to be. That would be horrible for any woman, whether she was straight, lesbian, bi, trans, questioning, genderqueer, intersexed, pansexual or ace.