Comments | rose71: party like it's 1899

rose71

party like it's 1899

Mar 25, 2011 02:51

Note to self:
You know you've been reading too much about Victorian gay men when you misread "Iranian" as "Uranian" in a recent newspaper headline.

In other news about current events in the 19th century, I'm thinking of claiming a queer_fest prompt for War and Peace, centering on the relationship between Dolokhov and Anatole. Leaving aside the fact that I ( Read more... )

i am easily amused, fic, tolstoy

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alley_skywalker April 26 2011, 10:46:50 UTC

Umm I know you don't know me or anything but can I say that you would one of my favorite people ever if you wrote this fic? Dolokhov/Anatole are my absolute all fandom OTP and um...I'm really and I'm really sad that I'm like the only one who writes them :( I stumbled on your post by accident, feel free to ignore me and my fangirlishness :p Otherwise, nice to meet you :D

rose71 April 26 2011, 20:09:05 UTC

Hello! It's nice to meet another fan of War & Peace! I did indeed claim the prompt on queer_fest, and really hope I'll be able to write the fic. (I'm just not 100% sure, because of some Real Life things that tend to get in the way of writing.)

If I do write this fic, I hope you won't be disappointed: unlike you, I don't usually ship Dolokhov/Anatole! So my hypothetical fic is more likely to be a character study of Dolokhov and his sexual identity, with his love for Anatole more in the background. But the wonderful prompt definitely made me see the novel in a new way.

Have you ever thought of joining Archive of Our Own (AO3) and posting your War & Peace fics there? The archive allows people to search for fics by fandom... maybe you'll discover that there are other W&P fans or even other Anatole/Dolokhov shippers out there!

Anyway, thanks for dropping by, and for the fic-writing encouragement. :D

alley_skywalker April 26 2011, 22:45:36 UTC

I am on AO3 and all my W&P fics are on there :) I tend to post sort of all over the place :)
Dolokhov character studies are always wonderful as far as I'm concerned. I fangirl over the boy all the time so...heh.

rose71 April 26 2011, 23:31:37 UTC

I am on AO3 and all my W&P fics are on there :)
Awesome! I asked you this because I've never found any fic on AO3 under "Tolstoy" or "War and Peace." Now I've just realized that the fandom is listed as "Voyna i Mir" instead. This may be more culturally accurate, but makes it harder for English-speaking fans to search. (I do know some Russian myself, but it never would have occurred to me to look for Russian titles on AO3!)

Anyway, glad to learn there actually is a Tolstoy fandom on AO3, however small. And thanks again for your encouragement to join this small but select fandom. :)