Slashy Nominations 121: For greenet

[thefourthvine]

In this post, greenet did an interaction meme (following the format "Comment and I'll tell you [insert item here] about you, thus saying something about both of us").* Normally, I can't do these when other people post them, although that doesn't stop me from trying; see, most of them require reciprocation ("post this in your journal"). I understand why;

Comments

[musesfool]

No one else has ever said that a rec is as good as feedback.

A rec from *you* is better than feedback. Better than most things in life, really. Just sayin'.

And I'm glad you're enjoying takethehouse - maybe next time you'll participate as a writer. *g*

[thefourthvine]

A rec from *you* is better than feedback. Better than most things in life, really. Just sayin'.

Wow. Really? Wow. That's intensely flattering to hear. Just...wow.

*blushes, blinks, re-reads the comment several more times*

Wow.

And I'm glad you're enjoying takethehouse - maybe next time you'll participate as a writer.

*snicker* Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Or, more seriously (hee!) - um, no. You don't, as host or participant, want that. Because I? Am not likely to be able to write the kind of stories recipients want. I did Yuletide (and likely will again) because the fandoms I volunteer to write have no fic in them, so I figure anything is better than nothing. But otherwise I avoid recipient-writer match challenges because I can't write the kinds of things people are hoping for. I can't, for example, write smut. (Slash or het, sure, fine, but my attempts at anything explicit read like extracts from Our Bodies, Ourselves. And that's the best-case scenario.) I also can't write angst or tear-jerkers or...well, lots of things. Most things, actually

[musesfool]

Really?

Really, and for true.

I know it made *my* day the time it happened.

Because I? Am not likely to be able to write the kind of stories recipients want.

Pfft.

As much as I adore smut (especially the Danny/Rusty variety), it's not always necessary in a story. In O11, good dialogue is probably the most important thing - a sense of how the characters speak and a lot of sharp, sly wit. Which you have in abundance. So really, when we do it again, you should sign up. And if you don't want to, well, the list of requests is up in the community, if you want to add more O11 fic to the world. *g*

*tempts*

[fanofall]

For some reason, I can't get a page to load for it, although that may be because I am downloading SOMEONE'S kind "gift" of due South eppies. Suggestions?

[fanofall]

WHEW! *wipes brow* It's not just me. I always worry that there's some sort of ... user error involved in those things. We'll just wait it out, yes?

[qe2]

Seconding musesfool on the rec-from-you point.

Also: And we won't even talk about the sheets. Yick.

But you DID. *cries inconsolably*

[thefourthvine]

Seconding musesfool on the rec-from-you point.

And again I'm just really, really thrilled to hear that. (Is it specifically recs from me? Wouldn't, like, crack_van be better, because that has so many readers? And usually recommenders there post more detailed summaries and quotes, even. Or one of the mono-fandom obsessives? I would expect recs on those sites or journals to have way more cachet to them.)

But you DID. *cries inconsolably*

You think you're inconsolable? I had to see those sheets. Not to mention live through the whole hideous scene. I'm surprised I didn't end up all insane and screaming and babbling incoherently, "The horror, oh the horror, oh for the love of god no." (Or, hmmm. Maybe I did. Could explain a lot.) I mean, people in Lovecraft stories do, and that was way worse than just some pathetic Cthulhu encounter.

Wimps.

[musesfool]

Yeah, your recs are definitely ... personal and fantastic, and fun to read.

you are hereby granted permission to fb publicly or privately on any fic I post, and I *heart* the sarcasm, so bring it on. I promise I won't be traumatised, or if I am, I'll hide it from you

What she said goes for me, too.

[merryish]

1) Hee. I think we read a lot alike - it takes me years to get my head around my favorite stories, tons of re-reading, and finally? I have to tell the *world* why they are wonderful. In explicit, often mind-numbing detail. I'm glad you liked the story - thank you! watch the show! - and I totally get why it normally would have taken a while. I actually feel that way about writing shows, most of the time - can't quite make myself do it right away, because I feel like I don't know them well enough, even if I happen to already love them. Obviously, that didn't actually work that way with Numb3rs. I felt like I'd known those guys forever right away. So it wasn't me that got you; it was them! They're wily2) Thank you for the rec

[imkalena]

A rec is better than fb! Because it encourages others to take a chance on the story. With or without grape jelly.