Teh Big Slash meme |
Read and/or write? | Lots of Both, Baby. |
Since when? | Lord, since college - Over 10 years. THUD. |
How did you stumble into slash? | X-Files Fan Fic - What? Mulder's getting off with someone other than Scully? Now that's hot. |
Your first fandom and pairing: | X-Files - Mulder/Skinner |
The first person you told about your new hobby: | I didn't, not for years. |
The fandoms you read: | QAF - UK/US, X-Files, Sentinel, OZ, La Femme Nikita, From Eroica With Love, Buffy/Angel - Anything w/ Spike, Forever Knight, Highlander, Anita Blake |
The fandoms you write: | QAF - UK & US, La Femme Nikita, From Eroica With Love |
Your favourite pairings: | Stuart/Vince, Brian/Michael, Michael/Birkoff, Klaus/Dorian, Mulder/Skinner, Methos/Duncan, Jim/Blair, Jean Claude/Asher, Nicolas/Laquoix, Keller/Beecher |
Favourite genres: | First Times |
Least favourite pairings: | Whatever I'm not in the mood for... |
Least favourite genres: | Some AU's - just depends. |
What makes a story good? | Uhmm, talent? lol |
What makes a story bad? | Lack of talent, bad characterization, cheesy dialogue |
The best author: | Stirring clear of active fandoms, because there's too many to name - I'd say Xanthe. |
Why? | She's kick ass talented, I read her fics again and again, and she's the reason I started writing because she challenged me to give it a try. |
The best story you've ever read: | Good lord, as if there were only one best. |
The worst author: | George W Bush's speech writer. |
Why? | I'm allergic to anything the man says. And so much of it has a fictional spin. |
The worst story you've ever read: | Honestly don't remember - it was too bad to remember. |
The best story you have written: | As a whole? Eek... "Gemini" - "Not Letting Go Series" - "Dream Series" |
The worst story you have written: | I don't think my fics are "worst" catagories, but I did write dialogue early own that was rather sappy. |
Do you leave feedback? | Yes, but not in every fandom - bad me. |
Do you get feedback? | Yes, but there's always room for more...lol. |
Do you have a favorite kink? | Me like-y, very much. Dom/submission w/o pain. |
Does something squick you? | Anything involving rape, watersports or incest. |
Is slash simply sex? | Hell, no. But then some slash is best with sex...lol. |
Is slash a way of life? | Yep, over a decade does not lie. |
How much time do you spend reading/writing? | Fucking loads, but I enjoy it - Plus I multitask all the time with other things. |
Do you have RL friends who slash? | Yes |
Have you made online friends through slash? | Absolutely |
Do you think slash is just a phase? | Like being gay? lol - Yeah, a VERY LONG PHASE. |
Could you simply stop slashing? | Nope - too much fun. |
What do you think about... |
Ratings G to PG-13 | Not a fan, unless I know the writer. |
Ratings R to NC-17 | This is where I dwell. |
AUs | Some are ok/some are real crap. |
ARs | Some are ok/some are real crap - (is there an echo in here?) |
Crackfics | Haven't you heard? "Crack is whack." - Wtf is a crackfic? |
Porn | Oh baby baby - please may I have some more? |
Angst | Fantastic plot device. Unless its driven into the ground. |
Mush | A little won't kill you, but alot kills the fic. |
Love | Makes the world go round, but a hot one off can be just as good a read if written well. |
Romance | In moderation, but not if it's totally out of character. |
BDSM | Hello, can I get a hell yes!?! |
Darkfics | Dark is ok, just need to read it with the lights on...lol. |
Deathfics | NOT a favorite. |
Non consensual/rape | Without a doubt, do not like. It just feels like a bad omen to spend time on these things. |
Rape recovery | No... |
FPS | No... |
RPS | Well, it's a guilty pleasure in which I don't often indulge. And some take it WAY TOO FAR. |
RPG | No... |
First times | ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY - always a winner!!! |
Established relationships | Yes, but mostly only if I've read the First Time Fic - like in a series. |
Threesomes | More toys to play with, but they are a bitch to write. |
m/m slash | This IS a slash survey, what the hell do you think? hehe |
femmeslash | It's ok, but I don't seek it out. Too occupied with my current m/m fandoms. |
Slashing a children's book/movie | Ewww... |
Chanslash | As in Jacki? lol, no idea what this is... |
Explicit sex | The best kind. I hate reading fics that wuz out on this. |
The importance of charactarization | The life blood of a good fic. |
OOCness | Nope, I read these fandoms for a reason. Why would I want Stuart to act like someone else but Stuart? |
Canon | Very important starting place, and then you build from there. |
Fanon | If you mean it's been written so much in fics that people start to believe it and repeat it - then it does seep in. Like kinks about Stuart's hair and Vince's tummy. |
Cliches | Some are unavoidable, some are just laziness, some are fun to parody. |
Supernatural | Depends on the fandom - if I'm reading about Vamps, hell yes. |
MPREG | I've actually read a few - but there's not my bread and butter. |
Wingfics | Huh? |
Genderfuck | Meaning one or more switch genders? Uhmm, no. But crossdressing can be fun to play with...lol. |
Crossovers | Are ok if done well, and if they involve characters I enjoy reading. |
Group Slut Fics | Ha, nice title. But not really for me. |
Incest | Not my thing. |
May/December | Don't have an opinion. |
Het pairings in a slash fic | NO! I'm not there to read that. |
Plot | Think of it as the pulse of the story. It stops, the fic dies. |
PWPs | I'm a big fan.... |
WIPs | Don't read until they are done, for the most part. Unless I can't control myself, and have to take a peak. |
LJ fics and communities | Are just fine, but people - you need to have your fics archived too. Spread the love. |
Mailing lists | Have given me so much, pleasure and pain. But the good very much overrides the bad. |
Big Name Fans | ??? |
Politics in a slash story | Uhm, no opinion - just not my thing. |
Religion in a slash story | No what I'm there to read. |
Wake up Gay | Come onnnn, be more imaginative than that. It's lazy. |
And finally.... |
Your pet peeve: | Crappy writing, readers who don't feedback, intentional bashing of a characters characterization. |
Your advice to new slashers: | Don't be afraid to try, get a beta, ask for advice, start small and build, don't be afraid to write sex - we all had to start somewhere. |
Your slash wish list: | More of the same - times ten. |
The best slash archive: | Not making a choice here - but since I'm an archivist there, the QAF Across The Pond Archive is a good choice. |
The worst slash archive: | No idea.... |
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