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[pensnest]

Justin in a heart T-shirt on Tom and Lorenzo's site. The commenters don't, er, seem to care for the Timberlake, but what I say is, at least there is no visible evidence of that peculiar hairstyle. I am a little concerned that JT has swapped out his usual legs in favour of a shorter pair...


I've been idling away the time making out a list of Stuff We Write in a general way, and wondering just how many of these things I have written (quite a lot, indeed). I invite you to tell me what I have omitted from the list, and/or whether some of the things on it aren't really separate items.

Also, pick one, and I'll tell you whether I've written it. (You can pick something that isn't on the list, if you like.)

Real World AU
Historical AU
Space AU
Fantasy AU
High School AU
College/University AU
Alternate timeline (things went down a different trouser of time)
Alternate reality (ie our world, but there's something different about it)
Fix-it fic
Crossover with characters from both fandoms
Crossover into world of another fandom
Mpreg
Bodyswap
Genderswap
Animal transformation
Vampires
Werewolves
Elves
Supernatural beings
Other 'creatures' eg clones
Wingfic
Magical creatures (eg unicorns, talking animals etc)
Disability
Rape
Kink (subdivisions?)
Soulbonding
Telepathy
Superpowers
Time Travel
Magic
Invisibility
Rare Pairings?
Kidfic
Omega-verse
First Times
Cross-dressing

ETA some extra suggestions, thanks morgana_st. I'm not sure whether Angst and H/C quite fit within the same framework as the rest—they are certainly Stuff That We Do, but not quite in the same way, perhaps?

Comments

[morgana-st.livejournal.com]

Re: your list. Well yes, some of the topics could be smushed together if you wanted to shorten it (for instance, you could include Vampires, Werewolves, and Elves under a Supernatural Beings umbrella) but why bother? If I were setting up tags for my Pinboard list, I'd want to be as specific as possible. But that's me.

Just looking at it quickly, maybe think about adding College or University AU (since you already have High School AU), hurt/comfort, other creatures (like clones/zombies, etc.), and cross-dressing (when I set up that cross-dressing list for popsoundboard I found over 60 stories!).

[pensnest]

Good suggestions, thank you! I think I'll keep the various supernatural creatures separate, because they seem to have somewhat different character—at least, Elves are not written at all like Werewolves, as far as I know. I'll augment the list with the other suggestions.

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. I love TLo, but I noticed awhile back that Justin always seems to take a serious skewering on their site. I think Justin can handle it, though (and I kind of agree about the porkpie hats :)

So...now I'm curious. Have you ever written any Omega-verse? It's one of the few fannish concepts I can't really wrap my brain around.

[pensnest]

Yeah - I think Justin gets quite a bit of skewering all over the internet, but then, he's that famous, it's probably true of everyone that famous.

No, I've never written—and don't anticipate ever writing—Omega-verse stuff. When I read a description of it I was a mite horrified. It looks like an *incredible* way of erasing the existence of womankind... and doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. I think equality in relationships is my 'kink', so all this stuff with predetermined roles does nothing for me.

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

Well said! I'm with you; the creepily hierarchical relationship stuff is not my cup of tea, and when you throw knotting (which I can handle...but pretty much only in crackfic) into the mix, the whole thing morphs into a big bucket of NO for me.

[zebraljb.livejournal.com]

1. I like the shirt, and of COURSE it costs $130.
2. I was more impressed by the fact he was carrying his own bags than by the fact they looked like purses.
3. I really like him in those hats, and he's one of the few people I know who can pull them off...other than John Mayer, maybe?
4. I'm done taking over your LJ to make my own opinionated comments. :)

[pensnest]

There's someone who does rather excellent and pointed YouTube vids on atheism who looks *just like* Justin and wears this kind of hat. It does work... but I can't say that I like that kind of hat. I'd prefer a fedora, something with a proper brim—Joey wears those really well.