Meme: Seven quirks/facts/truths about me

[thymelady]

This meme has been bickering for my attention, shinysparks openly invited me to it.. She and many others, like hulamoth , unsentimentalf , eyrial and ladylovelace did this properly. Since my LJ is mostly a fangirlish Richard Armitage/Guy of Gisborne blog, I don’t know how relevant it will be with seven particular quirks. Most people in my RL think my tendency for fandom is my greatest quirk, for

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[lennongirl]

Wow, this was a very interesting read, thanks for sharing that

[thymelady]

1. I really like having that privacy too! Well, sometimes it would be fun if two of my closest RL friends knew enough RH fact to read my fanfic, but there you go... I've met gizxmaz in RL and we talk a lot. Apart from her, no one knows about this place. :-) I understand about getting paranoid, I debated whether to make this post friends locked or not. But this LJ isn't exactly an Internet highway

[lennongirl]

1. Well, I'm even more aware because if I do write fic, it's slash. Again, only my mother and sister know bits of it but don't really care. All my rl friends know is that I'm fond of two pretty boys getting it on ;)

[unsentimentalf]

I'm glad you posted that- it's really interesting.
Yes, the understanding thing can be infuriating. I tend to take the opposite, in your face approach- this is what I do for fun, deal with it. Think it's odd? Fine. But that wouldn't suit nice people!

I'm impressed that you find enough to blog about every two days! I barely manage a Facebook status update that often!

There's a lot to be said for cool aunt status. You're very good at painting a picture of yourself in a very short space.Very Scandinavian picture in feel, too.

I seriously fail to get the whole romance thing though. Oddly, I actually have a pretty romantic relationship in RL, but I wouldn't want to read about it!

[thymelady]

I tend to take the opposite, in your face approach- this is what I do for fun, deal with it. Think it's odd? Fine.

Heh, kind of what I say too. "Yes, I really like that leather-clad fellow. Yes, he's on my laptop and screensaver. Yes, it's a fandom. Was there anything else?" ;-)

I used to blog there every day, LOL. Have fb too, I sneak in there daily. Pros and cons of living alone and working in front of a computer all day long.

It's funny to hear you say that it's a Scandinavian picture. Is it the single living thing? People remarry and make new families? Wanting a big house in the country? Just curious. :-)

Funny thing is that you WIN in romance, because you live it. I had a feeling you did, actually. And I fail, LOL! Or rather: to me, romance really is escapism nowadays.

[unsentimentalf]

Not so much what you said as how you analysed it. There's a beautiful calm preciseness that may have something to do with writing in a second language but seems to come from the Scandinavians I've known and read (not that I've known many) more than from other cultures. A sort of "this is the way the world is" approach, I guess.

I do appreciate the romance, I guess. Not so much things like flowers (though I do get those occasionally) but the little things, like the fact we meet up for coffee couple of lunchtimes a week so we can sit and chat and just enjoy each other's company. Which given that we've been married for 22 years is either romantic or worrying! But at home we spend so much time in front of our respective computers and doing stuff that sometimes we forget to talk.

[thymelady]

Interesting and useful points, thanks for that!

The picture you paint of your 22-year-old marriage makes me both hopeful and envious. ;-) You seem to be really companionable. If I'd hope for anything, it's just that kind of long-lasting relationship with a mix of friendship and love. (If my first serious relationship had lasted and developped in that direction, it would have been 19 years and counting.)

You don't see those marriages/relationships very often, at least not in my circles. Of course, it can't be all harmony all the time, but I'd say that 9 couples out of 10 seem to be very far from companionable. Too bad.

[thymelady]

Thank you! I really wanted to convey that, I felt like I was only a name here. You, on the other hand, share about yourself and it's great fun. All I can do is to add my view as a comment and hopefully give a little bit of myself.

Initially, I got this LJ because I wanted to comment on all the awesome fanfic and fanart. Making friends made me brave enough to post my own efforts and really participate. I guess I was really hoping for something like that. ;-)

Relationships are indeed hard. I've had a good share of both serious and not serious ones, and I'll probably fall sooner or later. ;-) It's fun to spend time on this - but not instead of, but because it's really satisfying.

[amandajane17]

Thanks for friending me. I've friended you back.

As you see I'm another Guy/RA fan. I do a bit of fan fic writing myself ( fluff and occasional smut mostly )
and I'm getting into sig, icon and wallie making using GIMP.
I also do a good bit of fan girling for Merlin and Hornblower.

I've recently discovered the joys of slash especially Guy/Allan, Guy/Robin,
Lucas/Adam, Merlin/Arthur and Horatio/Archie.

[thymelady]

Thanks a lot, Amanda Jane! :-D I read some of your fics in lurker mode, I greatly enjoyed them and I've enjoyed your artwork too!

I was a great Hornblower fan when I saw the series, Hornblower fanfic was the first slash I ever read! For my part, it was always Captain Pellew... ;-) My, how that man could *RAWR*!! ;-)

[amandajane17]

Robert Lindsay has been an older man crush of mine ever since he did 1970's sitcom Citizen Smith *thud*.

Him playing the dashing, courageous Captain Pellew has just increased that.

[thymelady]

Mmmm, whadda maaaan!!! And that uniform doesn't hurt either!! ;-)