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prairie_grass) wrote2007-08-06 09:25 pm
prairie_grass) wrote2007-08-06 09:25 pm
Returning to the Fandom
Hey all, more apologies for not being around. Massive apologies for still not updating BtS. On a positive note, I am currently in the process of shifting to my new flat, which will HOPEFULLY be completed without too many hitches by tomorrow evening. After that I've just got normal life of masses of homework and work and stuff to distract me from writing, so there's a good chance that I'll start getting back into things.
Another thing that is going to help the progress of burn to shine, (I hope) is that I am also currently in the process of returning to the fandom. I don't know how many of you are aware of this, but over the last 8 months (or so, I'm not actually sure of the dates) I have almost completely abandoned my OTP (H/D), and almost gone off Harry Potter fanfiction altogether. Yeah, I know, scary. I guess after reading probably at least a thousand, if not two, fics in the same genre, one gets a little stifled by it all. HOWEVER, (before people start panicking) over the last couple of months, very very slowly, I've been in the process of re-introducing myself to the fandom. I realised that, quite apart from how insane the last few months have been, a large part of why I wasn't writing BtS was I just didn't care as much about what was happening to my boys. I'd lost my empathy for them and their story. So yeah, quietly, I am trying to ease back into reading some H/D here and there. Wish me luck, okay?
Oh and, since I've been out of the loop for so bloody long, can anyone rec me some of the newer, (finished) really good quality H/D? (or Harry/Snape, Harry/Lucius or Harry/Tom(Voldemort) -those slashes are not indicative of position, btw-))
Oh, and randomly, if anyone was at all interested, the fandoms I have been absorbed into to replace my poor otp have been:
Smallville (Lex/Clark) (with a little bit of DC-verse of various pairings esp Bat and Robin(Tim) in slashing with various people.)
Stargate Atlantis (McKay/Sheppard) (with a little bit of SG1 Dan/Jack on the side)
Supernatural (Sam/Dean, OF COURSE)
(I wish I could say The Sentinel here, just to keep the 'S' theme running, but it never really hooked me in)
Buffy (Xander/Spike) Only mildly, I couldn't find all that much good stuff that got the voices right. I actually wouldn't be adverse to some het or gen in this fandom that is set post-series or whatever, but again, I just couldn't find much good stuff.
The funny thing about this, is that apart from Buffy and Smallville (sort-of, I saw the first two seasons and know a bit of general Superman cannon from my childhood) I don't watch these shows. I've only seen one episode of Supernatural and SGA respectively, but I loooove the fandoms. Ah yes, my straaange brain.
If anyone knows these fandoms and wants to rec me anything, please go ahead (although be aware that I have pretty darn high standards in fic). I may have already read it, but it's always good to check, right? Also, if anyone is NOT in these fandoms but would like to check them out, let me know, I have so many more things in my favourites list than I ever thought possible these days. (Speaking of which, I plan on showing off my personal rec-list one day very soon. Prepare to have your socks, rocked.)
Anyway, my connection and living status are rather vague at the moment, so I don't know how much I'm going to be around, but I just wanted to give everyone a big wave and say, "I'm not dead yet! (I feel happiiiii!)" and that I hope everyone else well.
Laters!
Edit, Tuesday night: Just doing a fly-by to say that I have moved and I have internet etc. Yay. I still don't have a desk so I'm operating from the floor, but still, at least the connection works. Can't do a proper update because although I'm mostly settled, I skipped class today to shift, and I have a LOT of work to do. So yeah, yayyay etc.
Another thing that is going to help the progress of burn to shine, (I hope) is that I am also currently in the process of returning to the fandom. I don't know how many of you are aware of this, but over the last 8 months (or so, I'm not actually sure of the dates) I have almost completely abandoned my OTP (H/D), and almost gone off Harry Potter fanfiction altogether. Yeah, I know, scary. I guess after reading probably at least a thousand, if not two, fics in the same genre, one gets a little stifled by it all. HOWEVER, (before people start panicking) over the last couple of months, very very slowly, I've been in the process of re-introducing myself to the fandom. I realised that, quite apart from how insane the last few months have been, a large part of why I wasn't writing BtS was I just didn't care as much about what was happening to my boys. I'd lost my empathy for them and their story. So yeah, quietly, I am trying to ease back into reading some H/D here and there. Wish me luck, okay?
Oh and, since I've been out of the loop for so bloody long, can anyone rec me some of the newer, (finished) really good quality H/D? (or Harry/Snape, Harry/Lucius or Harry/Tom(Voldemort) -those slashes are not indicative of position, btw-))
Oh, and randomly, if anyone was at all interested, the fandoms I have been absorbed into to replace my poor otp have been:
Smallville (Lex/Clark) (with a little bit of DC-verse of various pairings esp Bat and Robin(Tim) in slashing with various people.)
Stargate Atlantis (McKay/Sheppard) (with a little bit of SG1 Dan/Jack on the side)
Supernatural (Sam/Dean, OF COURSE)
(I wish I could say The Sentinel here, just to keep the 'S' theme running, but it never really hooked me in)
Buffy (Xander/Spike) Only mildly, I couldn't find all that much good stuff that got the voices right. I actually wouldn't be adverse to some het or gen in this fandom that is set post-series or whatever, but again, I just couldn't find much good stuff.
The funny thing about this, is that apart from Buffy and Smallville (sort-of, I saw the first two seasons and know a bit of general Superman cannon from my childhood) I don't watch these shows. I've only seen one episode of Supernatural and SGA respectively, but I loooove the fandoms. Ah yes, my straaange brain.
If anyone knows these fandoms and wants to rec me anything, please go ahead (although be aware that I have pretty darn high standards in fic). I may have already read it, but it's always good to check, right? Also, if anyone is NOT in these fandoms but would like to check them out, let me know, I have so many more things in my favourites list than I ever thought possible these days. (Speaking of which, I plan on showing off my personal rec-list one day very soon. Prepare to have your socks, rocked.)
Anyway, my connection and living status are rather vague at the moment, so I don't know how much I'm going to be around, but I just wanted to give everyone a big wave and say, "I'm not dead yet! (I feel happiiiii!)" and that I hope everyone else well.
Laters!
Edit, Tuesday night: Just doing a fly-by to say that I have moved and I have internet etc. Yay. I still don't have a desk so I'm operating from the floor, but still, at least the connection works. Can't do a proper update because although I'm mostly settled, I skipped class today to shift, and I have a LOT of work to do. So yeah, yayyay etc.
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DOOOOOM.
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