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rionaleonhart) wrote2006-09-13 10:23 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2006-09-13 10:23 pm
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Also, I Genuinely Believe That Oxford Is Silent Hill.
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.
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.
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I'm, er, probably not the person to ask that, because we don't seem to get it on TV here, so my exposure has been solely through YouTube. It certainly does seem to be a very slashy programme indeed, though, doesn't it?
As for Oxford being Silent Hill... it's difficult to explain. Oxford - or, at least, the part of Oxford that I usually visit - is full of graffiti and wide roads and old architecture, and one time when I was here I thought, for no apparent reason, 'If this town were abandoned it would be really creepy', and then I realised that the reason it would be really creepy - apart from the general creepiness of abandoned towns - was that it would be exactly like Silent Hill.
Only, y'know, without the monsters.
Seriously, if I were in charge of shooting the film I would have done it in Oxford. And also Pyramid Head would have been wearing a Father Christmas costume.