fic meme

[michellek]

Stolen from a couple of people:

If you were asked to pick one scene, one shot, one detail, one moment of some kind out of all the things I've written and say "This, this, for whatever reason, I remember, this is something that struck home with me, that I wanted to keep," what would it be?

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[michellek]

:D

[bowserbabe]

I'll post now before I forget, and then I'll go find which fics they're actually from.

1. I think it was one of the porn battle ones. So it was probably one of the first fics I read for 30 Rock. I did tell you that your fics are why I started watching in the first place, didn't I? Anyways. It's one of the times Jack calls her by her first name. The fact that sexytimes were going on didn't hurt either.

2. I don't remember specifics now, but I remember I really really like... I remember it has to do with cards! lol Bah. I'll go find them now.

[bowserbabe]

1. And when he says Liz while his hand curves around her hip, she moans a little louder.

http://michellek.livejournal.com/433174.html

I'm pretty sure I mentioned how much I like that already though.

2. "I have an excellent memory, especially when it comes to sex. Which, though it cuts down on mixing up women I've slept with, may make it more difficult to ignore the fact that I've seen you naked. But, again, we're reasonable adults. I'm sure we can move past this."

Liz nods. "Yeah. Of course we can. We're reasonable adults. So we had sex once. Big deal."

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His hands are on the back of her thighs as he enters her.

http://michellek.livejournal.com/388587.html

I don't know that that actually has anything to do with you, per se, and more to do with me and kinks and things >.< but regardless, that transition between "We have agreed, we are not having sex again!" to them immediately having sex again is... nice

[michellek]

I don't know that that actually has anything to do with you, per se, and more to do with me and kinks and things >.< but regardless, that transition between "We have agreed, we are not having sex again!" to them immediately having sex again is... nice.

You know, I like that, too. Which is weird, because I hate it in movies when someone says, "No, I'm not going to _____" being followed by a scene of said person doing ____. But I guess I have different rules for fanfic!sex.

Thanks for answering the meme! :)

[bowserbabe]

It's true, when watching things, the "I hate you! I hate you! *cue making out*" thing just seems very cliched.

But it's somehow awesome in fanfic.

I guess I think of fanfic as being more real. (That is the strangest thing I've said all day.) Like, if I think of them as being real people and having a weird somewhat-disfunctional relationship, it's interesting. But in a movie I'm like... eh...

I like movies a lot, but... I just have trouble attaching to the characters when they only exist for 2 hours.

Oh, and I'm always more forgiving of things involving my ships. >.>

Edit: I'm secretly pleased that my comment generated discussion and not just "thanks!" My comments are SPECIAL. Also, I should scroll all the way down to the bottom of the comment before adding on to it. >.

[muic]

I am going to cheat and write about two moments: 1) the fic where Jack questions Liz about how Floyd compares to him during sexy times and 2) the fic where Jack and Liz did it and he realised that she didn't love him.

1) I can vividly remember being frozen in my chair in school because that fic was probably one of the most intense 30 Rock fic I ever read at that point. I think you made me love Jack as a character even more, especially when he almost recklessly places everything on the line.

and 2) because that moment killed me for days. To the point where I don't think I can every bear rereading it (and I do reread a lot), especially since it is remains pretty vivid after these couple of years.

[michellek]

Thank you! I really liked writing that first scene because it was intense in a different way than most of the Jack/Liz sex I've written... and the second one, is one of the fics I'm proudest of, I think, partly because it was difficult for me to fight the natural impulse to make it overt that she did love him back. For me to write them having sex where it didn't end, down the road, in her realizing Jack is the best fit for her. I'm very pleased it had an impact on you. ♥

[lz1982]

I don't have a particular line, but your Jack/Liz fic "Here We Go (Once and Once Again)" was the first fic that a) convinced me the ship could work, and b) showed me that the zaniness of the show could successfully be converted into fic form.

[michellek]

:)

[frey_at_last]

Hahaha, whenever people comment about their favorites I basically sit here reading everyone else's comments and agreeing with them that that fic is one of my favorites - no wait, and that one. So it's hard for me to pick one moment out of so many. But, okay:

While not a shippy moment, the line in that fic you wrote where Jack is a huge dick and Liz friend-dumps him stays with me because it helped me concentrate my Jack-frustration and actually pass over into sympathy for him. It's when Liz says, "I don't think you're a good one," and he doesn't really react, but you can feel how much that would hurt him. I also love the setup of "I should have known when I met you..." which would be hard for Jack to hear, I think. Not that we've seen much of this lately, but he used to care a lot what Liz thought of him. I think your fic made (and makes) Jack a more fleshed out guy than he is on the show - even in the days when it was sensitive that way - and I'm sure that's one of the things that hooked me on the show this hard.

[michellek]

I love when other people do memes like this because I like being reminded of moments/fics I hadn't thought of recently. Or even ones I have. I like knowing what other people dig of other people's fic.

Writing that scene kind of helped me 'get over' (to some extent... I sometimes feel like I have residual annoyance with Jack) a lot of the anger I had with him. Well, the whole fic was me working through that, so though I wasn't super sympathetic with him or his behavior, I think more than any part (outside of the end, where I felt pangs of sadness at the idea of him having a bad relationship with his kid), that is when I felt for him. And thank you. :)