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[pensnest]

I have been soothing my soul with glasspainting lately, which means going out into the conservatory (it gets lovely and warm when the sun comes over the house) and listening to a book on tape (yes, actual tape) as I potter. And I'm a bit horrified that, while the story reader can usually *act*, he/she cannot always *read*. They can't find their way properly through a sentence and carry the momentum as far as it needs to be carried. It's really irritating. What is infuriating is that in 'The Unknown Ajax' there were many uses of the word 'exacerbate'… and I am certain that they should have been uses of the word 'exasperate'. Gah. I can only conclude that there was no producer involved. Unless (she added, darkly) the exasperating exacerbation faux pas was the producer's fault. I've just flicked through the book to see whether the mistake was Heyer's, but couldn't find any examples. It seems unlikely.

Remix is open for signups… and I don't think I had better sign up. Sad, really, as I've done some good stuff with this challenge in the past. But unless there is someone else signing up for popslash, I see no point. It's still *my* fandom, but it isn't current for (apparently) anyone else, and I don't think it's right.

Anybody want to do a private popslash remix with me?

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[pensnest]

I Just Don't Understand why or how anyone could actually stop being a popslasher. And it makes me sad (mostly) and angry that my fandom is, shall we say, quiet these days. I just can't find it in me to love another fandom as much.

I've always thought of Remix as a very 'writerly' challenge - it does have its scary moments, but on the other hand, you don't need to worry about plot, because someone else has done that for you! I've managed quite a variety of different responses: a 'very secret diary of JC Chasez'; rewriting from the bodyguard's POV; one character talking to his psychiatrist; five years into the future from the original; In Space; blank verse; and (I was a bit disappointed with myself for this one) POV change (to the frog's point of view).

I think the qualification for the Remix Challenge is 5 fics in the fandom; I think my own offerings make their own difficulties, as I have written, ahem, more than 150 popslash stories. Unless the remixer already knows my stories and has a particular one in mind (withdiamonds remixed my 'If You Want To Fly', which she already loved), she generally starts at the top of the list and grabs the first one she can use.

But the offer stands - if you'd like to do a remix with just me, I'll have a go at one of your stories and you can have a go at one of mine. It could be a fun way to give the concept a try-out!

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

To paraphrase Homer Simpson: "Why do we need new fandoms?! Everyone knows slash attained perfection in 2004!"

I'm gonna let this be a lesson to get my head out of my ass and WRITE. MORE. FIC, so that the next time one of these challenges rolls around I'm not stuck looking like the fannish equivalent of that one losery guy who always claims he's broke whenever all his friends are chipping in to order a pizza. :)

(Also: waiting almost three months to send me a comment notification?! Not cool, LJ. Not cool.)

[pensnest]

I'd love to have more stories around to read! It's the thing I miss most about pop fandom, really—I've just come back from a week of intensive squee at Camp Sparkle, so that side of things is at least intermittently healthy, but stories just aren't getting any attention. And I want that 'conversation' to keep going.

So, write moar!

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

Yes, ma'am! *gives a stony-faced salute to my computer screen*

(SOOOO jealous of all your Camp stories, btw :)