I know you posted this a year ago and by then I was already gone, but if it helps at all to know this, the collaboration we did together was probably the most wonderful and synergistic experiences I had in fandom. I was so inspired by all the glimpses of art ideas you sent and planning how the fic and art would compliment each other that I got out 16K or so when small smutty fics were all that was expected. I am still incredibly proud of what we created together.
I'm coming back to R/S for a short while, the next six months or so, to participate in rs_games. It's all whitmans_kiss's fault.
I miss it too. Enough to rally one last time it seems.
It does help to know that. You were my first collaboration, and it meant so much to me that you wanted to work with me! But because it was so awesome and synergistic, it makes it all the harder to leave behind/be left behind. But, as they say, "Without evil there could be no good." (but another evil being once said, "There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek itNo, but really, I was so nervous about whether I was making a fool out of myself with my ideas that it means a lot that you appreciated the sketches. And, speaking as an artist, I do NOT understand why other artists wouldn't be as invested in their projects. Sigh, the memories are great. You guys in the R/S community loved and helped me and accepted me at a time when no one would, not even myself. Thus marking how Harry Potter, once again, has changed my life significantly and for the better
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The nervousness was definitely a lot to do with how established you and others were in the fandom, and how I'd been an HP fan forever, but always a lurker in regards to R/S. There's this weird instinctive reactions we artists have to illustrating for and author that makes us tell ourselves that we're being arrogant and presumptuous, to think that you'd want us to have anything to do with your fic, let alone facilitate the lovely fic you write - the fic that gets us through the day...you know? But, after I'd collaborated with a few authors, and talked with some fellow artists, I came to realize that everyone seems to feel inadequate - especially the artists. Because a lot of the fanartists for R/S were behind-the-scene types or spoke English limitedly. That and the disaster known as the R/S Big Bang inspired me to start shaggydog_swap, so that the artists would have to "put-out" upfront, and then the authors would write the stories
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I'm coming back to R/S for a short while, the next six months or so, to participate in rs_games. It's all whitmans_kiss's fault.
I miss it too. Enough to rally one last time it seems.
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