Problems of choice

[taelle]

I need to go and do Yuletide nominations, only I am genetically incapable of making a choice. What on Earth did I want?

Zelazny's This Immortal, I remember. Also, maybe, Gaudy Night - only I am not sure how to put it. There is always a Sayers nomination only people write Peter and Harriet, not Shrewsbury women which I want. Aand... Oh, right, I

Comments

[angevin2]

But-but-but who said Mr WH was Willie Hughes?

Well, Oscar Wilde did, but he was just making shit up. ;)

[taelle]

Yeah. I mean, usually people mention lots of possibilities, and for the purpose of ficwriting I am not sure at all Willie Hughes is the most entertaining one, so.

[angevin2]

Indeed! There is not much point, since Wilde pretty much covered it. ;)

I am occasionally tempted to write Elizabethan poetslash just for piss-taking purposes, like writing Marlowe as an embittered virgin who is always TALKING about getting laid but is not actually doing so on account of his general obnoxiousness, or including highly unusual slash pairings like Spenser/Sidney or something (though then it'd have to be set early enough that most of the other interesting people wouldn't be in it). This may be because I am a serious contrarian.

[taelle]

You *do* sound fairly contrarian. But in a fun way.

[sartorias]

Alexander/Napololeon doesn't float my boat. Alexander/Talleyrand, however, definitely does.

[taelle]

Now, that's an interesting thread of thought too. ))