ask and ye shall receive

[kat_lair]

Because apparently Sunday is for procrastination... Well, no, I have like firm plans to clean the office, go to the shop, do the dishes and wash some laundry. You're all jealous of my exciting life now, aren't you?

Aaaanyway. Let's do a meme. A writing meme, which is the type I'm chronically unable to resist.

Ask me a question about one of my fanfics

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[kat_lair]

Do Spencer and Jon know the exact nature of Ryan and Brendon's relationship. - Yes they do, because Spencer and Jon are having a similar relationship themselves. There's a tacit reference to it in the scene where Ryan lashes out at Jon and Spencer steps up, because Ryan is out of line, talking like that to Spencer's sub. And then again when Spencer leads Jon away by his wrist. I have a wrist kink so whenever someone touches/grabs someone there in my fics (instead of say arm or hand), it's a sure sign that I'm inserting some power play subtext even if it's only in my mind.

Why won't you write more? - Probably the most truthful answer to that is that I'm lazy. But other, equally true, answer it that I do write, it's just that I'm very multifandom and therefore it may take me a while to circle back to the fandom any particular Flister actually cares about. The next one to be posted will actually be a co-authored fic in the Robin Hood fandom. At the moment I have WIPs in Bandom (though none feature dom!Ryan I'm sorry to say),

[precious_rosie]

My question is about your fics in general:

What genre do you find most satisfying to write, fandom or original fic?

[kat_lair]

I don't know if I can actually pick one over the other. I like writing characters, whether they are my own or someone else's is almost immaterial. If the character is interesting enough I'll love writing it. However, I'm often lazy about making up characters so in that sense fanfic gives me a ready-made vehicle. I also love language for the sake of language, which is why a lot of my original writing is not really character-driven, more like... I don't know, it seems like a stupid comparison, but a bit like impressionist paintings; pretty but lacking in substance. *shrugs* I doubt any of this actually answered your question, but hey you got nonsensical ramblings... um.

[zeitheist]

I HAVE A QUESTION. What are you going to write next for anywhere_road? I feel like I should know - in fact, I think I do? - but I'm going to abuse my co-author status here and ask. Or, alternatively, what plot arc and/or story are you most looking forward to writing for anywhere_road?

Also: what happened to Much and Robin's relationship after if you are the rhyme and i the refrain? Did it stay the same, or did it change in some significant way?

[kat_lair]

/o\ I currently have four plot ideas/WIPs for anywhere_road so, um, I'm just going to outline them here so you can poke me with a sharp stick

[zeitheist]

FOUR?! I only have... one. Two, if you count the zombie encounter.

1. I would not be at all adverse to the idea of writing 'one time Andy ends up in hospital and it's totally Ash's fault'. I don't mind if you want to write the five things yourself, though. I'll try and bring it up when we next talk on MSN?
2. The dampening spell thing could work... it's a shame we can't set it after AHBL, because we know that Sam's powers weakened after that. I was going to say that maybe Andy feels guilty mindwhamming people into giving him their money, because it's not like taking a guy's coffee or borrowing the Impala, it's actually stealing. Or or it could look too suspicious if a guy just hands over some money on the street, so Andy lures them into alleyways under the pretense of being a hooker and then mindwhammies them into handing over their money. But the dampening spell would work, too

[sadiane]

I was going to ask about anywhere_road and the zombie, but I seems to have been beaten to it already. Also, does Andy give Ash the haircut? Is there massive grumbling?

Therefore I will just link you, totally randomly, to SG-1 fic you've likely already read:
Thawing by kres. Jack/Sam/Daniel (I don't quite get my obsession, either). Also, Finland, because it's like some odd Kevin Bacon-related game here in my mind.

[kat_lair]

So, you're gonna be privileged. I'll give you a little glimpse of what we've been discussing about the zombie fic and it will answer your questions. Serious authors are serious

[sadiane]

Hee! Well, that was nearly the fic in total right there :) (Extra points if they milk the recently shaved skin-head look to help hustle - "come on, just one game of pool! He's got cancer and everything", with Andy still all half powered...)

[kat_lair]

Hee, authorial process is srs bsnss *nodnod*. Oh no worries, there will be some hustling fic too...

[claudia_writes]

Just because I'm an OTP slut. In To Have and to Hold Down what is going on between Sam and Gene? Especially, does Sam know how he affects Ray, and is he doing it on purpose?

[kat_lair]

Here's where I sigh deeply. Because I actually have two other fics in my head how things progress after To Have and to Hold Down but whether they ever make it to paper is doubtful.

Here's my theory of Sam, which I'm sure I've expounded on before: Sam is a confused switch. He's been the top (not necessarily in a formalised or sexual way always, but at least the one in charge) in all his previous relationships... That's it until he meets Gene. And then there's an unexpected desire/need to submit... So, that's what going on between Sam and Gene. And to fight the inevitable Sam is asserting himself as the top dog with everyone else, case in point manipulating Ray and Chris.

Which answers your other question: Yes Sam knows exactly what he's doing, and he is playing with Chris and Ray on purpose. But the thing is, neither Ray or Chris know what they're doing, not really, so it will all backfire a little and in the sequel (which, seriously, probably never gets written) Sam will have to show Ray how to handle Chris right... um, yes, I'm