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I would actually see this in the theater AND buy the DVD:
Mostly because it features my crazy vegan girlfriend Alicia Silverstone, but also I have a fondness for farces about frustrated Middle Americans. "Drop Dead Gorgeous", "Smile", and the works of Christopher Guest are just a few examples ( Read more... )
Click to viewMostly because it features my crazy vegan girlfriend Alicia Silverstone, but also I have a fondness for farces about frustrated Middle Americans. "Drop Dead Gorgeous", "Smile", and the works of Christopher Guest are just a few examples ( Read more... )
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Huh, I have never really thought about this before. I mean, there are times when I wish I could get into writing some of the more popular pairings out there, like Teen Wolf, for instance. I enjoy reading some of the Derek/Stiles fic, but I don't really have any burning desire to write them.
Oh, wait. I sometimes wish I could reconcile myself to Will/Warren/Layla (Sky High) fic. I mean, it makes sense and I get it, but I'm such a hardcore Will/Warren girl that I can't do it. Which is a shame, because about 75% of the Will/Warren fic out there is actually OT3 fic, and that's disappointing.
Edit: I thought of an actual answer to this question while I was lying awake not sleeping last night. Sam/G from NCIS: LA. I love L.L. Cool J, and I *see* their crazy chemistry and the fan service all over season one, and yet. And yet. I don't know what it is, but I can't bring myself to care enough to get into them.
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Hmm. I used to say the answer to this question was What Love Did Then, which is an old My Bodyguard fic. It's still a sentimental favorite, but the truth is that I'm most fond of the title at this point.
Currently I'd have to say I'm pretty proud of my first foray into Big Eden fandom, despite its tiny audience, so Swimming Lessons is at the top of my list (and also probably why I'm having trouble writing the second one that I started weeks ago.) I'm not really a poetic writer; I think of myself as a decent storyteller, but my prose isn't usually beautiful. I felt like I achieved something a little more lyrical with that story than I usually do.
From a storytelling standpoint, I'm also fond of some of my Glee fics. There's A Crash Course In Falling, because wingfic is ridiculous, so it was a challenge to find the balance between serious and ridic. I'm fond of Must Have Been Kissing a Fool, and the sometimes-controversial Like a Chord On a Harp, aka the Threesome fic ( ... )
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At least your fantasy vacation planning lifts both our spirits! My pity party brings nothing to the table!
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Oh, gosh, this question is probably the hardest one for me. I don't really have favorite authors? I mean, there are people I enjoy and whose styles are cool, but I'm not one of those 'read everything the author writes' people. Generally I tend to go in fits and starts with fic-reading; I will sometimes (like at the beginning of the summer) pic a pairing and read everything I can get my hands on all in one go, then I get sick of it and stop reading altogether, which is where I am right now.
There are stories I love and go back to. You've read all of them, I'm sure. There's that Teen Wolf AU, Darling It Is No Joke where Derek's a cop and there's no pack nonsense (seriously, the pack nonsense drove me right out of that fandom.) There's Calathea's wonderful Mike/Rudy series, which hits every one of my buttons, of course. There's Transfigurations, of course, which is a work of genius, and all the Sandlot fic you and Atlanticslide wrote for me. Oh, and the Ghost Hunters extra I got for ( ... )
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I'm interested in 15.
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Okay, now that I'm back in my office with my iPod I can answer you.
Okay, so the song my iPod chose is Poco's Restrain, which is an old song, of course, and I can't really say I was expecting it, but it's making me think of Will/Finn. Mostly I think it's partly because they're both trying so hard to find themselves (I realize the show originally meant them to mirror one another as characters, but I think at this point that has happened almost entirely by accident.) Plus there's Finn's decision to join the Army, and my headcanon for them wrt Will trying not to act on any inappropriate feelings and Finn basically having to tell him to get over himself before they can get anywhere.
I'm excited about the movie! I stumbled on the trailer by accident so it was a stroke of luck.
Lately I have been planning weeks in NYC and transatlantic cruises. AKA Things Caroline Cannot Afford. Sad.
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Let's not afford them together!
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What dates are you going to be here again?
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Oh my goodness, the list would be so enormous! This is why I can't cope with these memes; I can't limit myself to just one.
Okay, I really wish there were more Benny/Smalls Sandlot fic out there. I feel selfish saying that because the best ones on AO3 were written FOR me and they're fantastic, but I am greedy and I want more and more.
I wish there was more Mighty Ducks Bash slash as well. Fulton/Portman are Meant To Be, and most of it is on the Pit and therefore filled with terrible, horrible tropes and Mary Sues. There should also be more Creegan/Rivers fic from Touching Evil, and of course Pike/Henry from Big Eden.
There are lots more. Lots and lots. I'm going to stop there before I depress myself, though. Seriously, Yuletide was MADE for me. It's my only hope! That's why I end up participating every year even when I vow not to.
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Fulton/Portman was the first pairing I ever slashed. Like I was in single digits, and I had no idea about sex, but I distinctly remember hugging my teddy bear and thinking "Fulton and Portman are probably lonely, since they're the nice ones that people think are mean. They should totally hug each other. They should FALL ASLEEP TOGETHER, WHILE HUGGING." As an adult I definitely still believe in Bash Brothers love.
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But yes, I can relate to your early slashing of the Bash Brothers, because I had the same reaction when I was eight and watched My Bodyguard for the first time (because I'm old.) Ricky and Clifford were so obviously boyfriends that even though I didn't understand what that meant, I knew they were meant to be.
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