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Saturday, March 16, 2002
03:24 p.m.
Slash. In theory, nice. In execution, lacking, wanting. Ahh, when will I find slash fic I heart? Likely nebber. Although that Draco/Ron/Harry is hottt. Three of Swords, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. The author has also published other slash fics in other series, but I don't follow/know those series well enough, so I haven't read the fics. And once we get over the shock of Ron/Scabbers (Ron:......) we will rejoice that there may be hope for Draco/Ginny. Even if it's not quite the Draco/Ginny waff I usually seek out.
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
07:04 p.m.
Well, to prove to y'all that I'm not a total wastrel, here's a snippet of Chapter 3 of Fancy. I will have you know that I've written 4 different intros and I hated them all. This one is okay, but it's starting to verge on bad romance novel. So tell me what you think. Or not. Hmm, comments would make sense. I'll see if I can dig something up. XD
Sunday, March 10, 2002
09:19 p.m.
np: uhm jung hwa it's okay
Well, I just read a whole spate of odd Harry Potter fics. I cannot read Draco/Harry. So many reasons, there are. I'm not the biggest slash fan, but Draco/Harry is just bleh. It's like the Sakura/Syaoran of Harry Potter. Or Harry/Ginny. Being slash, Draco/Harry is more angsty and potentially violent than those two het pairings, but it's still equally trite and thus difficult to do well. And I ask myself why there isn't more Draco/Ron. But that's a question easily answered. Out of all the boys, Ron is definitely straight. Or he could be really repressed. Harry is prolly bi and Draco is also bi leaning more towards boys. However, I think there is way more tension and potential for amor twixt Malfoy and Weasley. (Not cos you know, I'm biased or anything.) And the contention that Draco is a sensualist is also a bit off the mark. Sensualists are essentially hedonists, oui? Concerned merely with pleasure, generally that of sensation or the body. Malfoy is power hungry. I runno if I would qualify that as a sensual desire. I would say that Rowling is trying to paint Malfoy as fundamentally evil, but she's awfully British and Christian like that. I prefer my Malfoy amoral and self-serving, but methinks there is wiggle room for fair interpretations. *^_^*
And Ginny as a butch, manipulative bad grrrl is interesting. I think there is room for it. Ginny hasn't got any development in the books, so anything is possible, oui? Not an interpretation I'd want to write out. I prefer a little sugar with the spice. It's not that she can't be 3v33l and manipulative. Perhaps if the general writing had been less twee. ^^ Anyhoo, it's also a matter of preference. I also hate the mopey lovesick Ginny that only cares about Harry. Even if you -are- going to pair her with Harry, give the girl a bloody backbone. The Weasleys say over and over again that Ginny is a bit of a firecracker.
I should just stop reading fic without recommendations from people I know. And I stand by my rule of avoiding all fruits basket fic. Unless it's humour or parody. XD
Saturday, March 9, 2002
10:59 a.m.
Heh. I told you it was a good book. And it took me a while to notice the similarities. In part because I read the book ages ago. And CCS is a newer obsession. But I think I have to finish the fics I have on my plate first. ^^
Eriol: Ahem.
Jae: Since when did you wait for my permission to speak?
Eriol: Never, but I need to interrupt you to take over the mic. You're such a hog.
Jae: Hi, this is my brain, my body, my person. Not yours.
Eriol: Pish, details. Anyhoo, I don't think Howl and I make for a good match.
Jae: I think you do. Isn't that all that matters?
Eriol: She's so cute when she's in denial. My opinion matters. And I am not vain. And more importantly, I am cute~! I don't need spells to improve my good looks.
Hatoko: *comes out looking like a mirror image of Eriol* 'Touchan has such fun stuff in the bathroom cabinet~! Lookee, I look just like 'touchan~!
Eriol: *hustles Hatoko behind stage*
Jae: Mwhaaaaa~! *^_^*
Tomoyo: Jae-san, I must protest.
Jae: Argh, next entry, next entry. No more voice debates. >_<
Tomoyo: *begins typing her complaint on the laptop*
Jae: ><
Tuesday, February 26, 2002
06:36 p.m.
After re-reading Northanger Abbey, I dunno how closely I can follow the plot, if at all. But I think it is spot on to do a parody of some over done genre. ^_^
Ginny: She's rather young and naive.
Jae: Well....
Ginny: But she's not completely thick.
Draco: And she's cute, in that puppy-dog first wub sort of way.
Ginny: Wouldn't that be Harry? *sparkles*
Draco: No, cos we all know that you only -pretend- to like Harry. It's just a bloody cover. You have really always wubbed me~!
Jae: o_o Malfoy has definitely been spending too much time around me. (And since when did Malfoy baby talk? XD)
Ginny: Shocking that, cos you know, your imaginary voices exist outside of your head.
Jae: They do~! *shoves book under Ginny's nose*
Draco: *busily scribbles while mumbling things to himself under his breath*
Maybe once I'm done with all my other soundtracks, I can listen to the Ginny, Draco and Draco/Ginny soundtracks on repeat. No, I'm not obsessed. Why would you ask such a silly question like that?
And I would also like to note that if Draco/Ginny pisses you off, please don't read this blog. I'm certainly not going to censor it for you. And you don't see me talking about how much I cannae stand Draco/Harry. (Blergh, boring slash pairing.) Draco/Ron is so superior. And hotttt. *^_^* And when I like slash, I like the squicky pairings. Lucius/Harry is also fun to read. Mwhaaaa~!
Draco: Would now be the wrong time to bring up the Draco/Harry fic you wrote?
Jae: *BAP* Yes.
Draco: ><
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
12:05 p.m.
Conceit needs reshaping. I had this (not so) deep insight the other night which I feel should inform the ficcage. I had decided to do a little search on ff.net for Draco/Ginny fics. I didn't read all of them, they only took about 8 pages and the ones that had crappy summaries got cut from my skimming. So, conclusions. Draco/Ginny fics seem to generally fall within two categories:
1) Ridiculous smut-fests
2) Plots that read like bad Hollywood romance comedies with requisite intricate complications that just don't make sense on any sort of level, keeping in mind that Harry Potter is a children's fantasy series, so I give it tons of leeway with "plausible" plot devices
My fic falls into category 2. (Not so shocking, cos the day you find me writing a serious smutty het fic is the day I am getting PAID to write said "serious" smutty het fic. And I am definitely not getting paid. So viola. XD) And then I got to thinking about good ole Austen. As we all know 'round here, I wub Austen. I dunno if you can necessarily tell that from my writing or my ficcage, but it's true. And she knows how to write a good romance. And when I was playing the game of match up my favourite characters to Austen correspondents, Ginny, I determined, was/is Catherine Morland from Northanger Abbey. So then I was like, hmmm, why not do a satire ala Northanger Abbey? Mock the romantic novel. Or in this case, the excessive amounts of convoluted pulp romance novel-esque Draco/Ginny fics out there. And no, we are not going to now set the fic in Malfoy Manor. How the hell would I concot a reason to have Ginny stay over with Draco? Alone?
Ron: *fumes*
Draco: Teehee.
Ginny: o.o
Jae: Even I have my limits.
Monday, February 18, 2002
06:55 p.m.
It's been a while, eh, moppets? Well, this is partially because I haven't been ficcing. I suppose I really do have to be under a ton of emotional duress to fic. Which is problematic for people who want to read my fic, cos well, usually I'm not under a ton of emotional duress. XD Stress and annoyance, but that's not quite what I would qualify as emotional duress. I have been contemplating Fancy and Conceit, but none of my ideas are terribly good. And that whole law school thing keeps getting in the way. I should just constantly remind myself that I haven't much time til I graduate. Hmm, that's not working v. well, is it?
I do have an ickle thing that I'm working on for fun. It's quasi-muse fic. Embarassing, ne? Sort of funny. The voices wanted to play strip poker. (Oh, and given the various series I'm into, there are going to be spoilers, so please do not read the fic if you don't want to be spoiled. So that would be CCS, Fruits Basket and Harry Potter. Although, most of what I like in HP I suppose is rather non-spoileresque, ne? XD) Erin's Clow decided to pay Shigure a visit. ph33r.
Clow: Shigure-san and I are upstanding citizens, Jae-san. I do not understand why people would need to ph34r as you say...hello, Eriol-chan. *^_^*
Eriol: I thought you weren't letting that freak in, hmm?
Jae: Now, now, dear. Weren't you the one telling Yuki that family is family and he should try to accept the fact that Ayame is strange, etc etc?
Eriol: Ayame does not try to grope him at family reunions.
Jae: Heh ^^
Er, more later, I s'ppose. XD
Thursday, January 24, 2002
03:05 a.m.
I should be asleep. Must get up tomorrow and not fic. It happens when school starts. Or when I'm not sad/depressed. Seem to write more when I'm blue. However, the voices insist upon bloggage. I've been bottling them up for too long.
Draco: *sulks in his corner*
Jae: Heehee.
Draco: >_< Do not mock me. This is pain I am feeling. Real pain, Kim.
Jae: Ha, as I cry you a river.
Draco: But after that woman said those things about me~!
Jae: But you're not even mentioned once, Malfoy.
Draco: Because if she ever publiclly posted those things....
Eriol: Awwww, does Malfoy-kun need comforting?
Draco: You can't even let me suffer in peace, can you?
Ginny: No. *lounges on the sofa with a tub of popcorn* And miss this opportunity?
Ron: Wot she said. *^_^*
Tomoyo: *waltzes in with the V8*
Draco: o.o
But seriously, I'm working on fic, honest. I think about it on the subway to school.
Eriol: When you're not drooling on your bookbag taking a nappie-poo, huh?
Jae: I do not drool. XD
Hatoko: And she's never going to write the fic about me, are you, Jae-san?
Jae: I will, I will, I prooooomise. ^_^
Draco: Hello, it is about me. I will not grow up to be fat. *peers at his presently flat tummy*
Jae: Darling, it's all about pre-pubescent metabolism. Boom, hormones kick in, and well, I'd stay away from the biccies if I were you. XD
Draco: -_-
Jae: And soon I will return to my flippant disregard for canon. Yay, non-canonical het pairings~! No, I'm not in one of those moods, why do you ask that? XD
Sunday, January 13, 2002
08:57 p.m.
np: Uhm Jung Hwa Teum
Not a terrible amount of ficcing was done. Busy week and all that. But Ann did fic quite a bit, so I figure in karmic terms, I'm good to go. XD Ah yesh, the lovely ranting about fanfiction going about in this corner of blog land. Sheeet, I take interpretation as seriously as the next person, call it professional interest (Lawyer, hi? 'S what we do. Interpret the law.), but there are more important things to get fired up about. Racism. Rape. Murder. Hunger. Illiteracy. Yesh, these are all bad things. Must eradicate. BAD BAD. But Tolkien slash? There is no moral high water for Tolkien slash. Yes, you should work hard on your projects and take them seriously. But this does not call for the grand standing, the poorly phrased and thought out entries. And more importantly, think about what you're saying. Read a book. Do you honestly think you have original thoughts on interpretation? (Pause while author giggles.) Take a ticket, next number please? Oh, darling, I think you've picked infinity. Talk to you never. I should really not blog when I'm in such a dark mood. But it could be worse. I could be throwing Dworkin at everyone. (Ronald Dworkin. The legal philosopher. Not Andrea Dworkin. Pap. ><) So yesh, I'm feeling like a snarky bitch. Scratch that. I am a snarky bitch. Don't wanna go back to school.
Tomoyo scene chugging along. Draco pratting along. Soundtracks nearly done. Maybe Uhm Jung Hwa will inspire me. I can't listen to anything related to the soundtracks. Sick of those tracks too. XD I think cranky little girl needs something to eat before she tries ficcing again. XD
Sunday, January 6, 2002
10:59 a.m.
Kristina, promise, promise to write up a proper response. Went home. The parents were in a bit of a sulk. But here's a note. And here's hoping you read my fic blog. XD