On reading, mostly
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Right.
Now that I'm on a bit of a break, I'm doing a ton of reading, trying to get through all these back chapter owls, and I'm rediscovering a few things.
My name is Clio, and I like:
--Romance. I spend a lot of time in Astronomy Tower at FA. Granted, there is a lot of crap in AT, but there is also a lot of good stuff over there. I like the "Dear God, I love her!" moment, the "oh, this isn't just sex" realization, the "when did THIS happen?" part. In other words, "How long has this been going on?" My inner twelve-year-old girl wants to be Ginger Rogers, basically. Or maybe Katherine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby, or Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday. Why do you think my avatar is Cary Grant?
--Draco/Ginny. There, I said it. Cassie regrets ever even suggesting it. Aja hates it so much she can't bring herself to rec my fic. It's the Great Hated Ship of the H/D crowd, or so it seems. But I really like it. It's zippy and fun and sexy when done well. Which is to say, not like Romeo and Juliet. Blech. More like Fred and Ginger, actually. Or it can be.
--Good H/H. Of which there is very little. Why are they so mushy? What is up with that? Just because they don't have vast and t00by obstacles doesn't mean they have to be a big damn pile of goo. I have to brush my teeth after I read some of this stuff to prevent tooth decay.
--SBRL and P/O, but I am all caught up with the Y!groups like a good girl
I have also decided I am completely within my rights not to read:
--Anything dark. That isn't to say everything has to be sunshine and flowers (see above), but short fics about death are just not for me. Sorry. Go right ahead, call me shallow, call me a lightweight, decide to never take my word on anything ever again.
--Romances of ships I don't like. Epics, sure. But romances? I mean, what is the point?
--Stuff that doesn't grab me. Which I occasionally feel bad about, like I should give it a chance. But you know, you'll either go with it or you won't. I makes me freaked about my own fic and its inauspicious beginning, but there you go.
Yes, yes, all this will lead to recs very soon. Just wanted to set up the baseline assumptions, is all.
loff for
epicyclicalRight.
Now that I'm on a bit of a break, I'm doing a ton of reading, trying to get through all these back chapter owls, and I'm rediscovering a few things.
My name is Clio, and I like:
--Romance. I spend a lot of time in Astronomy Tower at FA. Granted, there is a lot of crap in AT, but there is also a lot of good stuff over there. I like the "Dear God, I love her!" moment, the "oh, this isn't just sex" realization, the "when did THIS happen?" part. In other words, "How long has this been going on?" My inner twelve-year-old girl wants to be Ginger Rogers, basically. Or maybe Katherine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby, or Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday. Why do you think my avatar is Cary Grant?
--Draco/Ginny. There, I said it. Cassie regrets ever even suggesting it. Aja hates it so much she can't bring herself to rec my fic. It's the Great Hated Ship of the H/D crowd, or so it seems. But I really like it. It's zippy and fun and sexy when done well. Which is to say, not like Romeo and Juliet. Blech. More like Fred and Ginger, actually. Or it can be.
--Good H/H. Of which there is very little. Why are they so mushy? What is up with that? Just because they don't have vast and t00by obstacles doesn't mean they have to be a big damn pile of goo. I have to brush my teeth after I read some of this stuff to prevent tooth decay.
--SBRL and P/O, but I am all caught up with the Y!groups like a good girl
I have also decided I am completely within my rights not to read:
--Anything dark. That isn't to say everything has to be sunshine and flowers (see above), but short fics about death are just not for me. Sorry. Go right ahead, call me shallow, call me a lightweight, decide to never take my word on anything ever again.
--Romances of ships I don't like. Epics, sure. But romances? I mean, what is the point?
--Stuff that doesn't grab me. Which I occasionally feel bad about, like I should give it a chance. But you know, you'll either go with it or you won't. I makes me freaked about my own fic and its inauspicious beginning, but there you go.
Yes, yes, all this will lead to recs very soon. Just wanted to set up the baseline assumptions, is all.
