youcallitwinter

I haven't been in fandom since so long, I feel deprived. I haven't reviewed, replied to reviews, written, done anything. I was reading back some fics and I found these reviews again. They're so happy-making, they make me smile and want to write everytime I see them.

"That was one of the best one-shots I've ever read...you know my favourite hobby is going on FanFiction and reading your fanfics (even though they are rare..with the exception of today) while eating a small bag of M&M Minis (which again I rarely get to eat..with the exception of today) So today was like heaven on Earth for me!!"

This is so adorable. It might not be true about this being her favorite but I think it's the imagery of fic and M&M being an earthly heaven that gets me happy every time. And that little bit about how she doesn't usually get to eat them and did that day, it makes me smile. (My fics are RARE-? They breed like rabbits on crack!)
It's not constructive or critical and will not help me grow as a writer or anything, but everytime I read it, I feel the love in the world, y'know?


(You can’t handle this, not when he’s like…this. Like he cares or something. Like you’re his little…sister).
this is random, but I had a crush on this older guy when I was younger. I still remember him saying something like, "Sometimes I just want to pick you up...like my little brother." lol, I was mortified and crushed (and sadly amused). Anyway this just reminded me of that."

The whole review was sweet (not to mention, I freakin' ADORE the author, she's outrageously awesome), but this part was rather striking. Especially since I have memories like that myself and it's very personal and (as she put it) sadly amusing and in a way it helps establish a connection. I don't know anything about her expect through her reviews (and writing!) but I'd have definitely liked her had I known her.

::sigh::

Anyway, bandwagon-jumping, if anyone's interested:

Give me a pairing and/or a prompt, and I will write you a one sentence ficlet.

"Tag me!"

How many times have I heard the above sentence... [I haven't learnt to count that far yet.]

Wow, it's almost like... nobody takes pictures anymore unless it is to put them up on FB. And there are no more "you're on candid camera" moments because the person so captured will hate you forever for taking an unflattering photograph of them that their friend's sister's band-mate's lover's best friend is sure to see and never ask them out clubbing. Everybody will also always (self-consciously) point out how "absolutely freaking horrible" they look in a particular picture so that nobody else can say it.
And more photos tagged  = a rise in the popularity meter.

FB, I sort of like you but there are too many things you've absolutely ruined.

 [Also, there are WAY too many albums labeled RANDOMM and FRENZZZ and ME AND MAH GALZ. Just saying].

I have a lot of free time on my hand it seems, since college is yet to start. (Yay! College! At least that'll give me first hand experience of how to carry on Distractions. Since all my college knowledge comes from bad chick!flicks and even worse soaps).

Anyway, I've been frequenting the tweendom_anon community (which is just so awesome, although I think we're pretty much unanimous that it needs a LOT of Dasey love.) and somewhere along the line I seem to have developed a strange habit...I actually try and figure out who the authors are. I don't mean in the flits-through-my-mind kind of way but in a sitting-for-half-an-hour-analyzing-lines-and-comparing sort of way. I seriously get frustrated when I can't recognize the author (and yes, I DO know how stupid that is) and even more frustrated if I think a fic is written by a particular author but some lines just don't fit with the usual work of that author.

I know it's anonymous for a REASON but, I dunno, it's just that all the LWD fics are excellent and I also want to know whether those authors have written more for the fandom, but it's also an I've-read-so-many-fics-I-should-recognize-writing-styles kind of thing. Or more accurately an I-am-lame-and-should-have-been-lobotomized-at-birth thing.

Oh, well. Kudos to all those who actually managed to remain anonymous (unlike certain awesome authors I could mentions :P)

What I've figured is; no one particularly cares about characterization as long as it's a hot characterization. For instance, people would immediately hold court on Derek turning into a sap and declaring his undying love for Casey and talk about whether the particular author has ever even seen the show.
But making him into a total metaphor for sex OMG. Hot. and having him randomly pin Casey against beds/walls and saying all sort of cryptic almost-movie lines is hot, so therefore everyone will gush about that instead of concentrating on how "in-character" it is or isn't.

A story with a sudden sex scene and "poetic" dialogue will always receive more hits (and less reviews, if the scene is particularly explicit).
Derek always sleeps in his boxers and Casey in see-through lingerie cuz that's almost canon, not a plot contrivance or anything.The show got it wrong. 
The bathroom door is ALWAYS left unlocked when people shower because hey, it's canon, remember 'The Party'.
Derek and Casey always barge into each others' room when the other is changing because obviously they have a habit of doing so, and who'd actually lock their door when there's a chance their insanely hot stepbrother will walk in and ravish them there (or after a few chapters filled with...interesting dreams)

Even though both Casey AND Derek are master manipulators in the canon world, Mean!Derek is hotter. So a Derek who practically rapes her and always has the upper hand and whispers things like "I want you, Casey. So fucking much. I want to rip those..." and then proceeds to make her want him (and maybe does drugs as a side thing) is taken as an extended version of the show (because hellllo, have you seen ReGenesis? So what if it's not LWD It stars the same guy, so this is all canon). 

Also, Derek's saying, "I'm going to fuck you so hard, you'll never be satisfied by any guy ever again" means he's deeply in love with her and will confess his burning passion (love) by the end of the sex-scene when they're crying out each others' names while riding out their "simultaneous orgasms" because probability notwithstanding that is hot.

Just saying, although there ARE a whole lot many fics I've enjoyed (mainly because I'm an MB child and like my guys hot) that use all of these. And anyway, it's f a n f i c t i o n. In fact I've probably used each and everyone of these myself. I should go die.