Sunday night ramblings

[swatkat]

Oy! LFNers? Won't someone please go over to ship_manifesto and sign up for writing a Michael/Nikita essay? And a Paul/Madeline one? (Madeline/Nikita, George/Adrian, Michael/Jurgen, etc would be nice too, but I suppose that would be too much to ask for) Please? You'll enjoy it! Do this for your fandom! *tempts*

Speaking of ship_manifesto, this is one cool comm. I've been reading many of the essays, and I have to say that they've helped me get started with pairings I've always been interested in, but didn't know where to get started. Now I'm waiting for the Harry/Hermione essay on Oct 14th – here's hoping this will contain *some* good recs. *crosses fingers* I've already been disappointed by the Snape/Hermione essay, which, despite being an excellent essay by itself (she nails the reasons that could bring them together), recs only the most popular fics in the ship. And knowing this ship, well... (will try some of the recs, though)

Hmm. I wonder if they have a Remus/Hermione essay coming up as well? *g*

Some other interesting essays were:


Buffy/Angel: This is essay is very, very well-written – very passionate, and conveys the nature of their relationship just right. Buffy/Angel also reminds me of Michael/Nikita in a way. *sighs*

Snape/Lupin: Great pairing. There's also a good deal of links for starters.

Andromeda/Bellatrix: Oh, I really like this pairing! Of course, it's Blackcest, so you can stay away if it squicks you. It's got a couple of good fics recced – take note, jaybee65.

Harry/Ron/Hermione: I'd read this pairing, I really, truly would. But. So. Much. Smut! *headdesk*

Remus/Sirius: What, does this even need an explanation? Has a great list of recs.

Wes/Fred: Ah, Wes/Fred, how I love thee! I rooted for them even when Fred/Gunn was common, and as much as I love Wes/Lilah, this pairing rocks!

Wes/Lilah: I've always wanted to read Wes/Lilah, and am definitely going to follow the recs. I'm afraid that there'll be a lot of smut, but I'm sure I'll manage.

Buffy/Faith: Oh, I think this could be my BtVS OTP! *rubs hands together in glee*



Hmm. With so many interesting girls in BtVS/AtS, there should a lot of good femmeslash around, right? *ponders*

I also read the John/Aeryn essay, because some of you talk about it so much – not so much impressed by the essay itself, but the pairing sounds great. *g*

I have also decided that I really, really like Faith as a character, and am going to read a lot of Faith fics in the future.

Also, The Critically Constructive Feedback Project. Check it out.

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Re: W00t!

[jaybee65.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not sure I could ever get into BtVS, no matter how dark it got. It's the dialogue, now that I think about it, more than the characters' ages per se. They all have this super-snarky wisecracking American teen way of talking, and it really gets on my nerves. (Ironically, the dialogue seems to be one of the things that fans of the show love the most.) I would imagine that the fanfic would emulate this style of dialogue, which would render it pretty much unreadable for me. A shame, really, because the BtVS universe itself seems quite fun. Oh, well.