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[corilannam]

Random notes from the fannish portion of my weekend--


* Saw HP7.2 Saturday, along with the rest of the world (most of which I think were in our theater). I really thought I wouldn't cry all that much. I left the HP fandom after the hideous event at the end of Book 5 and have been distantly bitter about it ever since.

But at the first sight of Hogwarts, I burst into tears and spent the rest of the movie sobbing into a fistful of concession stand napkins. I guess I'm still a sucker after all.


* After the movie, I got conned into watching the first couple episodes of Suits. This show is like Cori-nip. It doesn't hurt that I've been looking for an excuse to get fannish about Gabriel Macht since Bad Company in 2002 (when chelseafrew and I devised a sweeping epic spy slash story between Agent Seale (who had no first name the whole movie) and Chris Rock's first character (who is on screen for all of 3 minutes before getting killed off)).

I don't think I'm ready to read fic yet, but I couldn't set a season pass fast enough when I got home.


* summerpornathon has been amazing fun, though like a lot of people, I'm getting kind of burned out. I had to laugh at this week's new challenge--I was really, really, really hoping it would be darkfic, and then it was...the opposite. I think I write fluffy, funny stuff better than I write heavy angst, in general, but I can't really do it on command without some previous inspiration. I was panicking pretty badly until I remembered the one kind of fluffy and cracky idea I wanted to write a while ago. It might actually be better suited for a short-short anyway.

At least my team is doing well--back to second place this week! I'm not convinced we can overcome Team Gluttony at this point, but we seem a pretty stubborn bunch on the whole, so you never know.

Comments

[lolafeist.livejournal.com]

I WANTED DARKFIC SO BAD.

I'm in a major angst mode.

*glomp* go team though!

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

It's so hard to switch to happy when you're in an angst mood, isn't it? I tried for cracky happy for last week's challenge, and it kept trying to turn wistful and angsty on me.

GO SLOTH! As long as one of the 9 of us can pull something off, we should be in good shape!

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

hee! I was wondering how you were doing with this week's challenge. :)

soooooooo hard.

[lolafeist.livejournal.com]

So far I have done three silly and fluffy fics, one uber!kinky dark fic, and one angst fic. So it definitely isn't out of the scope to do another fluffy fic. ;) I'm just in a cranky mood and that makes me want to make boys cry, dammit.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

I'm in the same boat, a few funny/silly fics and mix of other stuff but I think it's the 'fluff on demand' that is freaking me out.

I think I have an idea - so I'm not really worried but my first reaction was Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

*g*

[lolafeist.livejournal.com]

I heard over the phone and LITERALLY went "NOOOOOOOooooooooo." Then I realized I probably write at LEAST half fluff and I don't know why it's blocking me so much. Haha. Also I keep coming up with cute ideas and then remembering it's PORNathon and forgetting that it needs to have sex in it. Ffffff.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Also I keep coming up with cute ideas and then remembering it's PORNathon and forgetting that it needs to have sex in it.

HA!!! Yes. Exactly. I have a pile for 'sooo cute and funny but can't add porn in there' and a pile for 'PORN! would only really work if it had angst to give emotional resonance'

DAMMIT!!!

[lolafeist.livejournal.com]

Oh man what you said below, too. For me, funny stories happen almost by accident. When I TRY to be funny it's just awful. So I dunno, I might do romantic? Wahhhh.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

For me, funny stories happen almost by accident.

YES!!!! EXACTLY! I try to write Merlin/Uther and it COMES OUT FUNNY. Entirely by accident!!!

If someone told me I HAD to write that pairing funny I would CRY.

And 'forced to be romantic' makes all my ideas feel lame.

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with everything both of you just said!

Funny/fluffy/romantic needs to start with an independent plot idea that steers for the rainbow of its own accord.

Otherwise, I just end up with a slightly bedraggled and harried-looking bunny soaked in sugar water. Gross.