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[superbadgirl]

You know, you can come across some very interesting (read: disturbing) things by browsing flisters' flists.

I'm just sayin'.

Comments

[tejas.livejournal.com]

You can *not* just leave it at that.

[superbadgirl]

LOL, sure I can. It's nothing tremendous, just more, "Huh, I had no idea ___ was into that..." or "Huh, I had no idea...dear sweet muffins, get me out of here!"

Bear in mind that while I have liberal views, I'm actually pretty conservative. ;)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Ooh, gang? That means she's *SHOCKABLE*!!!

LOOSE THE HOUNDS!!!!

Um. Sorry. I guess that was my outside voice. ;-);-)

[superbadgirl]

I prefer "easily squicked," thank you. ;)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Well, there are things that squick me, too.

Shocking, I know. :-)

[superbadgirl]

Some things are "do not pass go" with me, so if I have to see even the barest traces of it I tend to wring my hands and freak out. Like mpreg, incest, celery, 2nd person POV, raspberries...

I'm a wuss that way.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I like celery. I've *written* mpreg (though there is a LOT of crap out there - it's not CUTE! Pregnancy of any kind - it's not CUTE! It's HARD!), 2nd person is a tough one. In general, I gotta agree, but I have seen it used well.

Right there with you on the incest and raspberries. I'll add RPF, stupid pairings and telepathy (or other super powers) without explanation.

[superbadgirl]

I should be working, btw.

I know lots of people love mpreg, but I just...no. Sorry. I've (sorta reluctantly) read seanchaidh's mpreg because I love her to bits, but it still squicks me. Maybe because I know no man who'd be able to handle pregnancy or maybe because the good ones are very few and very far between. I am not weeding through them to find the good ones. I'd prefer not to have to poke my eyes out. *shrugs*

RPF, yes, I think squicks me even more than fictional incest. Pairing up for pairing's sake ("I can slash/het anyone!!11!" is not a positive claim to fame, I'm afraid) has never made sense to me. I also really cringe at long lost relatives and children. And any pork product.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Hey, if it's not your cuppa, isn't not.

And you're right. You *can't* pair just anyone. NO ONE CAN. At least not successfully. What that tells me is that the writer in question is far more interested in how they can twist the characters than in trying to keep them at ALL true to their personalities.

I can handle *some* long lost relatives. I've read some that really stank, though. I don't mind the concept, just the far too common execution.

[superbadgirl]

And you're right. You *can't* pair just anyone. NO ONE CAN. At least not successfully. What that tells me is that the writer in question is far more interested in how they can twist the characters than in trying to keep them at ALL true to their personalities.

While we're on the tangent... ;)

I get that feeling, too. This is also one of the reasons I tend to be wary of crossovers - the same principle applies. Just because you can (usually with dubious results) smush two shows together doesn't mean it works or makes sense.

Fake Author's Note: I know it's crazy, but I swear this Lassie/Stargate SG-1 fic is simply teh shit!

The other part of the crossover wariness is usually because I don't watch one of the two shows in question.

I'd never stifle anyone's creative chi, but I'll be damned if I'm going to read that kind of thing. I'd just as soon whip up a bowl of popcorn and settle down for a good long beagle!fic read. ;)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!!! That's pretty sad. ;-)

And yeah, crossovers are tricky. I've done one, but it wasn't done idly and if we hadn't figured out how to make it work, we wouldn't have done it at all. Not only do the premises have to meld, but the flavor has to.

[superbadgirl]

I was once in the awkward position of being the only one to defend the beagle!fic writer. I think it's a bunch of crap, to be honest, but she does have the right to write what she pleases. Back then, she got a lot of shit for it.

*hangs head for doing it here*

I've written one crossover, and there are others and/or follow-ups I've considered, but yeah - I want it all in my head and carefully so before anything goes on paper. ;)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Everyone has the right to write crap if they wish.

The rest of us have the right to wish we didn't have to see it. :-);-)

Some universes blend pretty easily. X-Files and Highlander, for example. Of *course* Mulder has a file on decapitations in his office. A pretty big one, at that. :-) It's also normal for Mulder and Scully (the show ended for me when they ditched Mulder) to go haring off to wherever they need to be, so going to Seattle wouldn't be an issue.

[superbadgirl]

Yeah, I was a total X-Phile for a a long time. I stopped just before Mulder left (cannot blame Duchovny at ALL for that).

But anyway, I like when unlikely crossovers actually work because the author has done a great job meshing the worlds. Some just...do not compute.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Yep.

I couldn't, for example, see a Stargate/X-Men crossover working. It's just too... just too. :-)

[librarianstales.livejournal.com]

I don't blame you on the celery. Raspberries the fruit is good. Raspberries on baby tummies is bearable, otherwise.... :/ Mpreg I can tolerate only when it does not involve male pregnancies, but I guess that really, truly isn't mpreg. And 2nd person? Rarely done in anyway other than annoying.

[superbadgirl]

*still trying to figure out how an mpreg without male pregnancies would be considered an mpreg*

;)

I tend to not be a fan of writing styles I find artsy-fartsy. I'm all for being eloquent (even though I'm not myself), but I prefer my fic to be accessible and clear. Beautiful words are great, but if I have to 1) wonder what it all means or 2) feel that somehow the author is superior.

[librarianstales.livejournal.com]

There the "Rodney & John touched an ancient device that took DNA samples and is now incubating their child in it" stories. I also prefer if they end very shortly after "birth" because I'm not so crazy about baby stories.

I'm very picky.

I agree with you about the artsy stories in most of the time they are incredibly pretentious.

[superbadgirl]

LOL, just here to say I can't believe I didn't even finish my thought about artsy writing styles. I drifted off there. Whoops! ;)

[brihana25.livejournal.com]

Okay so now I'm wanting to go trolling your flisters' flists...

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking, "Oh, I hope it's mine! I hope it's mine!"

Disturbing is good.

Embarrassing is not.

Or so my 14 year old tells me. ;-)

[superbadgirl]

Disturbing isn't always good, and embarrassing isn't always bad. ;)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

My kid has told me on any number of occasions that she's so happy I don't embarrass her like her friends' mothers do. She'll then follow it up by telling me I'm disturbing, instead.

I think she still thinks it's kinda weird that I know some of her music. :-)

[superbadgirl]

Hee hee. ;)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I have a varied f-list and the weirdest stuff tends to show up on mine. I could well be the culprit. There's no way I've found to exclude MPREG posts from the fic groups I watch.

[superbadgirl]

Nah, mpreg was just an example, not the trigger!

*drools at Ackles like the perv I is*

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

He does have the ability to distract from any topic, doesn't he?

*pervs along with you*

[superbadgirl]

A sure fire way to derail a convo you don't like. ;)

"Blahblahblahblahblah! Blah! Bl...oooh, prettttty. Drool."

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Sometimes my own flist scares me.

[superbadgirl]

Hee hee. There's that, too.