Is RPS okay if your mom gives you permission?

[pauraque_bk]

I was visiting my mom the other day, and had occasion to mention fandom_ww, which is a support group for fandom people on the Weight Watchers program. (It had something to do with the anecdote I was telling.) After I'd told her what it stood for, but before I'd explained what it was, she interrupted me:

"What's that for? Weight Watchers slash?"

Laughing, I started to say, "I don't know how you would really--"

She interrupted again: "Right, it would be Sarah Ferguson and... Monica Lewinsky. Somebody could write that."

So, at her behest, I'm throwing the idea out there. If it inspires you, let me know; I'm sure it would amuse her greatly.

*

I'd like to do this DVD commentary meme that's going around, if there's enough interest. The idea is that you tell me which of my stories you'd like to see "making of" commentary on, and I write it. So if you want to see me blather on about my fic, let me know.

Comments

LOL at title

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

you're making my thoughts go very scary places :-)

and it's predictable, sorry, but i'd love to see your thoughts on "cut with diamonds."

and did i miss it when you explained the eodrakken/parauque thing???

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[pauraque]

Okay, one vote for CWD.

and did i miss it when you explained the eodrakken/parauque [sic] thing???

Eodrakken has been my online name for some years. When I got on LJ, I didn't realize that people would think of me and call me by my username, so I decided to pick something different for once. If I'd known how much the lj user tag was used, I would have just gone by the name I wanted to be called -- or at the very least, I would have picked a name people can spell! I've seen some very creative spellings of 'pauraque'.

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[cathexys.livejournal.com]

^g^ including my own...that's the reason they now don't think it pedagogically sound to show kids misspelled words or wrong grammatical sentences :-) i guess i looked at your icon and... :-)

oh and great icon...

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[pauraque]

Yeah, looking at the icon probably won't help the spelling issue. Or maybe *I'll* forget how to spell it, which would also solve the problem. :)

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[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

No hints from icons required! I needed no help at all in misspelling your name!

*preens*

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Your mom is feeling well enough to mess with your head! That's great!

[pauraque]

Yes, back to her old self again. :}

[k2daisy.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

Oh, I think I love your mom.

And I ADORE your new icon! HEE!

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Your mom sounds great. And your icon HAHAHAHA!

[dphearson.livejournal.com]

First, your icon just about killed me.

Second, remember that your mom is a very sick woman. Really. It's the meds, surely?

[pauraque]

your mom is a very sick woman

Sicker than we thought, apparently.

[dphearson.livejournal.com]

You do realise that I will be gifting you with a Princess Ferguson/Ms. Lewinsky fic, don't you?

Muhahaha!

[bardsmaid.livejournal.com]

Your mom seems to be in good spirits, Eo.

And I have to say I love the icon. Having married into a family with a name that was mispronounced much more often than it was gotten right, I can totally sympathize. My grandmother also suffered from this. Her name was Nilsen, courtesy of my Norwegian grandfather, but people almost invariably addressed her as 'Nielson' or 'Nelson'. I kept wondering how they could do this. I mean, if you see N-I-L, do you pronounce it 'niel' or 'nel'? Not likely. Just mystified me.

[pauraque]

Some American dialects don't distinguish between the vowel in 'nel' and the one in 'nil', so that could be part of the problem, but yeah, it sucks. People always want to put a -d on the end of my real life surname that isn't there.

[faelori.livejournal.com]

Love the icon. *cackles* And, yeah, pauraque is hell to try and spell. *shakes head* Man.

Anyway, glad your mum is feeling better!

[exbentley]

Love your icon, it makes me terribly sheepish. & I'd like to request a commentary on Force of Habit. :)

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

I think we shoudl get your Mum a LJ !!!
My favourite fic is Blood of the Nightjar. Cut with Diamonds would be interesting but perhaps too harrowing!

[pauraque]

My favourite fic is Blood of the Nightjar.

Really? That surprises me, since I wasn't very happy with it. It was the first fic I wrote in HP; there's some imagery in it that I like, but I wasn't satisfied with the characterization.

[asphodeline.livejournal.com]

Hmm, this is interesting. It's a fic which has stuck in my mind more than most and I'm not entirely sure why. I've re-read it several times and again just now to give you a sensible reason ( although my printer has just expired in a rather frightnening way so I can't quote! )so here goes:
interesting it's an early fic because the first half ( up till when Draco enters the bedroom ) has some good ideas/images; sets an inviting scene but the language is quite stilted, the prose really doesn't flow terribly well and compared to more recent fics ( now I've studied the dates on them ) you have improved your style tremendously. This is like some of my writing where I've put down ideas/thoughts and then needed to go back to write more coherent prose. I like 'flow' I suppose. From the bedroom scene, the style chamges, perhaps you were more comfortable with this second section for some reason, it works much better. I like writing that alludes to other issues, relationships etc. and this does that, hints at other things going on. I think characterisation of Snape/Lucius works here. I like Snape gripping the bedclothes and both respond as I would expect. I like the idea that Draco looks for approval and the reaction of Narcissa is good too - although what a bobby thingy is I don't know! Kirby grip??
The pieces are all there for a very good piece and it's stuck with me which is how I tend to rate fiction. If it doesn't hang around it was probably ok but nothing special.
End of ramble!!!!!

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

More seriously: Your mom sounds like she's doing very well. And she sounds like a very cool mom, too. So, yay! on several counts there.

And I would gleefully read any commentary on any of your writing that you decide to comment upon.

[pauraque]

Yeah, she has her moments. :)