where his civilizations, including our own

April's daily_deviant challenge was to make something based on a piece previously posted to the community. I chose to write about osmalic's art piece A Good Big Brother Always Shares (NSFW), though it turned out sort of... different than I expected.

The Lion's Share (NC-17, Regulus/Sirius[?]) [AO3]
Regulus knows he's not allowed in his brother's room, but something keeps him coming back.
content: underage sexuality, incest fantasy


In other news, one of my RAM sticks has gone bad! Yay! I expect the computer will continue limping along well enough until the replacements get here (the symptom is sporadic freezes), but still not something I'm happy about. I just hope it's that the stick was faulty to start with, rather than there being something else wrong that killed the RAM. It's not overheating inside the case or anything, so, fingers crossed.

This entry was originally posted at http://pauraque.dreamwidth.org/44515.html. Comment here or there.

Yeah, this was the daily posting meme from last month. I'm... not very good at this.

Anyway, hannelore asked: What advice would you give someone who wants to write in a fandom that they've never written in before?

Well, the first bit of advice I'd give is the same advice that's been given about internet communities since they've existed: Lurk first.

Fandoms can have surprisingly divergent cultural norms. What kind of header information is standard in your new fandom? What are the expectations about giving and responding to feedback? Which characters and tropes are loved, hated, or controversial? You don't have to write only what readers want to hear, but if what you plan to write is not what everyone else is writing, you might want to know that going in so you're not surprised by the reaction.

My other advice would be the flip side of that: Hang onto what makes your perspective unique. In well-established fandoms there is a tendency for people's viewpoints to converge over time, which is a natural process in any social group; we talk to each other and consider each other's opinions, and that's how those fandom norms take shape. This is not in itself a bad thing (and it's unavoidable, anyway) but sometimes it can lead writers to try too hard to adhere to what they see as the norm, with the result being a lot of stories that all sound the same.

When I first got started in fandom, for a while I would refuse to read fics with the same characters or themes as what I was working on, because I didn't want to be influenced by other writers' interpretations. Now I see this as the extremism of a much younger me. As a writer, you really need to read what your peers are producing. No piece of writing exists in a vacuum, and you can be sure it won't be read in one. Your stories can be both part of the growing body of work that the fandom creates, and an expression of your own voice. It's just a matter of being aware of your influences, and being intentional about using them or discarding them.

No fic is an island, I guess, is the short version.

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Oh man, I haven't posted in a while, have I? Real life was doing a number on me, not in a bad way, just in a busy way. I am going to get to all those December meme prompts, too, but first... the Kinky Kristmas reveals post is up at daily_deviant, so I can say that I wrote this, to songquake's delicious prompts:

Pomona Sprout and the Five Points from Hufflepuff [AO3]
(NC-17, school-age-but-probably-legal Pomona/Minerva, kinks including tickling, teasing, and embarrassment)

Speaking of which, I found an embarrassment of riches in my fandom_stocking! There seems to be a glitch right now where I can't comment there without it being screened, but rest assured I love my gifts and deeply appreciate everyone who took the time to make something for me, including but not limited to:

- State-Transition Function by sineala (ST:TOS, Uhura gen with linguistics!)
- Your Move by moontyger (WoW, Anduin/Wrathion with UST!)
- For the Horde by hannelore (WoW, Thrall & Vol'jin gen with barely-subtextual D/s!)
- An Introduction by smallbrownfrog (HP, Luna/Minerva pre-femslash with Gilbert & Sullivan references!)
- Outstanding by chokolattejedi (HP, Hermione/Septima with power play!)
- Krycek and Scully art from ani_bester and another Krycek art from tarlanx! *rolls around in XF nostalgia*
- Uhura art from trobadora! Uhura! ♥♥♥

I really meant to do all kinds of things for this fest, but what actually happened was I signed up for it and then promptly forgot about it until the deadline had, in fact, passed. I suck, I know. Next year I'll do better. But due to the technical problems that delayed the fest going live, I managed a few icons for people, at least, and one ficlet, which is so tailored to hannelore's interests that it might be incomprehensible to anyone else, but here it is anyway:

The Terrible Secret of Warsong Gulch
(G, Venture Bros., 21 & 24 friendship)

Crossposted from Dreamwidth. Feel free to comment wherever you're comfortable.

I received an excellent gift:

Pictures in the Pavement and Magic in the Rain by el_staplador (G, Mary Poppins, ft. Mary, Jane, Winifred, & the Bird Woman)

It shows us more of the lives and relationships of the women in this movie in a wonderfully believable and satisfying way. It's everything I was hoping for when I asked for this fandom. You should read it!

I got matched with hannelore, which I knew was a possibility (it's not my fault we have similar tastes) but this year I just figured if it happens, let it happen. For her I wrote:

Deep Breath (Teen, World of Warcraft, ft. Onyxia & Lilian Voss)

Such enormity moving with such grace (G, ST:TOS, ft. Gillian Taylor)

And I wrote a treat for dropsofviolet:

The Thrill of the Hunt (G, ST:TNG, ft. Tasha Yar)

I'm looking forward to combing through the rest. There are some stories that look amazing from the summaries, it's just a matter of finding time to sit down and read. D:

This entry was originally posted at http://pauraque.dreamwidth.org/31115.html. Comment here or there.

Yes, my last post was also squeeing over a gift fic. Here is another. They are both well deserved.

Would you believe, for rarewomen (masterlist), I actually got fic for Topsy-Turvy, a fandom so obscure that up until now it had zero fics of any kind, even in Yuletide? And would you believe that it is about my two favorite characters, and that it is so amazing I almost died of happiness? BELIEVE IT.

are you in a sentimental mood? (Teen, Jessie Bond/Leonora Braham) by aphrodite_mine

If you've seen the movie, go read this fic. If you haven't seen the movie, go Netflix it and then read this fic. The story is brilliant in all the same ways the movie is, and then some. It's sad and real and subtle and hopeful, and beautifully subverts our expectations of Victorian women and their lives. If we only get one fic to represent this rich source material, I am so glad it's this one.

Meanwhile, I wrote a ST:TNG fic for oparu:

The New Water (Teen, Beverly Crusher/Deanna Troi) by me


( Stuff about this fic and participating in the exchange )

This entry was originally posted at http://pauraque.dreamwidth.org/21133.html. Comment here or there.

I received a request to repost this fic, because as with quite a few of my HP stories, it was never posted anywhere but pornish_pixies, which is of course closed. When I get some time I will probably put them all up somewhere. It was never my intention to disappear them from the 'tubes; I'm just lazy and no longer active in the fandom. (Every time I get one of these requests it becomes more and more shocking to me how much time has passed.)

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Original post date: 28 August 2004

Title: Pale Fever
Author: Eodrakken
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Peter/Remus
Warnings: Dubious consent
Summary: It's after the moon that Peter wants him.

( Pale Fever )

Title: Cross
Rating: PG
Pairing: Parvati/Padma
Length: ~600 words
Kink: Cross-dressing
Other content notes: Consensual adult twin-sibling incest (implied)
Summary: When they go out together, they have to find ways to look different.


( Cross )

Title: Lightning Overload
Rating: Adult
Pairing: female troll/female blood elf
Length: ~2100 words
Kink: Electricity
Other content notes: Dom/sub, bondage.
Summary: I can take whatever you can dish out.


( Lightning Overload )

It worked! I used thimble_kiss's suggestion of a pairing, and odogoddess's comment about blindness got the creativity going again, so thank you both. ♥

Title: Voir Noir
Rating: Adult
Pairing: Viktor/Fleur
Length: ~900 words
Kink: Sensory deprivation
Other content notes: None.
Summary: The last thing he sees is her bringing a finger to her lips before they both melt into black.


( Voir Noir )

Title: Cat Form
Rating: Adult
Pairing: male supernatural animal/female Tauren
Length: ~1100 words
Kink: Scars/scarification
Other content notes: Bestiality, violent sex, blood
Summary: The quest to receive Cat Form has never been implemented.


( Cat Form )