February Festival, Day Five

[pensnest]

A story which formed or changed your perception of the characters.

I can't remember which were the very first popslash stories I read, although nopseud would know as she has a carefully honed rec list with which to lure the unwary into the fandom. But I do remember that there was a particular story which (perhaps a little unfairly) defined my ideas of Who Backstreet Were for quite a while, as it was among the earliest Nsync/BSB crossovers I read.

Coldhearted by Jae. In which each member of Nsync has to have some kind of sex with a member of Backstreet.


It's an awkward one to answer for my own stories, but I think it's fair to say that Bouquet counts, as it wasn't till I wrote (at some length) about Adam Lambert that I grew to love him. Although in fairness, that tends to happen with anyone I write about—but that one I actually noticed at the time.

Comments

[idahophoenix]

You popslash temptor. First you suck me in with Lance/ Adam and then you doom me with the rec for Coldhearted. What an awesome story...and I don't even really know who any of them are but JT and Lance. Now, years behind the curve, I want more...is there a popslash primer?

[pensnest]

You are in for a treat—seriously, there are *so* many great stories in popslash, from serious to fluffy to wildy cracked and insane.

There's a page here that lists popslash resources, and includes a couple of primers, but they are probably wildly out of date (if they are still up). I must admit, I read for quite some time without even bothering to find out what the guys looked like or sounded like—they just make great characters for fanfic.
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Keep reading the recs this month, it'll be a nice way of finding some of the fabulous ones! It's never too late to love popslash.

[idahophoenix]

Thanks so much. I look forward to your recs and diving into a new slash fandom!