Also, I Genuinely Believe That Oxford Is Silent Hill.

[rionaleonhart]

I seem to remember that there was a 'Five/Ten/An Infinite Number Of Fannish Confessions' meme going around a while ago, and I thought 'hey, that could be fun!'

But then it occurred to me that I, er, don't really have much to confess. At least, not that I can think of. I think I've already mentioned most of my shameful shameful fannish secrets. 'I AM IN LOVE WITH AN RPS THREESOME' or 'I CAN'T STOP WRITING CROSSOVERS HELP' wouldn't exactly be news, would it?

However, I was able to come up with four things:

- I am a colossal feedback addict. I'd forgotten what the feedback high felt like until I wrote and posted a couple of fics very recently. The problem with this is that I'll sometimes be tempted to put up a subpar story just for the feedback (yes, it's awful, I know), and then I'll come to my senses after two hours, take it down and hide from the community for a while in shame.

- I will write absolutely anything if the idea pesters me enough. I can't write smut to save my life, but I can be persuaded to write almost any concept, no matter how ridiculous. It's why I always end up writing ridiculous crossovers and parrotmonkey/elf romance. Some of you have already taken advantage of this by suggesting insane fanfic ideas to me until I snap and write them, damn you.

(I love you all really. Some of the fanfics I'm most pleased with have come out of evil persuasion by you people.)

- I don't like Terry Pratchett. I have tried and tried to like the Discworld books, but I just can't. I'm sorry. I couldn't even get into Good Omens, even though I really like what little I've read of Gaiman.

- I am attracted to the wrong Top Gear presenter.

Comments

[rionaleonhart]

(Can you recommend one of his books that you think is particularly good?)

I have to warn you in advance that I may sort of, er, request Top Gear fic.

(I am very busy at the moment, but when I've sorted my life out I will!)

And - honestly, is he crazy?

Yes. As you will quickly learn.

[nano_moose]

(Small Gods ftw. Reaper Man contains one of my favourite passages ever written and is when Death starts becoming less RRRRGH and more HMMM? Um...The Watch books, that is Guards, Guards!, Men At Arms, Jingo and The Fifth Elephant are pretty universally popular. They also need to be read more or less in order. I love Going Postal because it's about words and the power of words, which, yeah, kind of my kink, nearly. The Last Hero has spectacular illustrations. But it's hard to tell what'll appeal to different people. I haven't read them all yet, either.)

Ooh, er. I don't know much about it yet. I'm not sure what would happen if you did. Possibly there would be me bs-ing my way around car knowledge and confusing my dad (who is a car nut) with all sorts of weird questions.

(Horray!)

I'm....I'm getting that impression. Everyone is stalling and he just doesn't care because it means he wins by default. Wow. Hammond is also such a dweeby little guy, so happy about his magazines. And his, er. What was that last one there?

[rionaleonhart]

(Thank you! I'll see if I can get my hands on Small Gods or Going Postal at some point in the future.)

I probably wouldn't request anything requiring huge amounts of car knowledge, mainly because I, er, know practically nothing about them myself. It'll probably all be 'CLARKSON MOCKS HAMMOND FOR EVER' and 'THE TOP GEAR TEAM IN SPACE'.

And his, er. What was that last one there?

I can't tell whether this question is rhetorical, so you'll have to forgive me if I answer it: it was, rather fantastically, the Gay Times. I love the scene later on in which James is reading it and drinking tea.

[nano_moose]

First of all, Gay Times? AHHAHAHHAAAHAA that's great in an awful way. (Mm, tea. Okay, what. Brain sometimes I don't even know if you are actually a brain and not some sort of tea strainer that has mutated out of control).

Second of all, I blame you for this completely.