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necessarian) wrote2019-07-06 06:40 pm
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intro post
hi! welcome to my journal, where you might see me post about how i'm trying to use it more often...
basics:
fic:
friending policy:
basics:
- ren, ao3 user
renaissance
- she/her
- fandom antiquity, prolific lurker, avid collector of minor characters
- my main icon (francis abernathy!) was drawn by
nautilics
- you can read my transformative works policy, mini bio, and a broad list of my self-recs here
- i also have a fic sampler of my best works
- i do harry potter fic recs with
ceu at
potterwatch (currently on hiatus)
fic:
- currently writing:
- you might belong in hufflepuff part 5, To The Victor - the end of hufflepuff draco's 4th year at hogwarts
- A Colder War, a massive wolfstar canon divergence AU fix-it thing
- on the backburner: turning long for this world (a merthur modern with magic AU romcom) into a one-shot
- these days, you'll mostly find harry potter fic on my ao3. i've been writing hp fic since 2005. for many years now, my engagement in this fandom has involved an awareness of jkr's bigotry and an active commitment to writing fic which upholds my principles of leftism and social justice. as jkr has escalated her bigotry, and it becomes more explicit in extended canon, i now consider myself to be a "fan" of the fandom itself; i have been immersed in the fandom for so long that i expect to keep reading and writing hp fic for some time still. however, i don't seek to defend my continued participation in the hp fandom, and i respect anyone who needs to keep their distance because of that.
- i used to write for a lot of other fandoms; i might return to some of them now and then, but don't expect any more fic for asoiaf, haikyuu, the raven cycle, and yuri on ice.
friending policy:
- feel free to subscribe and chat to me in the comments! i like to make new friends, but you may not be interested in my journal if we have no common interests. i mostly journal about fandom, including WIP amnesties, meta, and fic recs.
- incidentally, i have a journal where i do bookkeeping for my fics. if you're interested in that sort of thing you're welcome to have a poke around
ravenclawtower, where every post is public.
- if we've talked even a little or met via a friending meme with common interests, i'm happy to grant you access. i don't have any specific access filters. most of my access list only posts are a little bit vent-y, and i mention my Top Secret Real Life sometimes, so i'm hesitant to say i'd add anyone, but "some people" is a pretty broad category :-) if you're unsure, leave a comment below.
- i am a lurker-type, so if - based on anything in this post - you think i might be interested in subscribing to your journal, you are cordially invited to let me know in a comment on this post.
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Have you read my fannish history in this long post?
Oh, thank you for telling me that about smut. I still don't write smut and I don't think I ever will (because it makes me feel uncomfortable regardless whether it's first-person or not, and this is due to my asexuality, and I want to make it clear that I absolutely do not condemn it or people who like to read or write it). Now I wonder if the small sex scenes (mature/R-rated, I guess) I've learnt to include (never as the focal point or conclusion of the fic) are somehow off because of the first person. (I do have experience of sex – and, as proof, three adult sons I've given birth to). I'd love to hear your comment, if you read one of those.
When starting to write again after eight years, I didn't expect a good time for feedback (for first-five-novels-compliant Wolfstar fic). I just suddenly felt like continuing my work on the extensice story, and enjoyed composing one-shots for myself to read, and kept posting them on Livejournal, where there seemed to be nobody left in my fandom corner. Now that I've learnt where new and young fans are most active, and you've explained what their activity is like, I'm determined not to go to those platforms. But when I participated in two or three fests and looked around and saw that there is good, (and not only sex-wise) mature writing that gets comments, I started feeling the need of recognition and interaction.
At the moment I feel that there's some potential for a community on DW. You've truly saved me from feeling lonely and rejected when saying that you'll read more by me. And now your fannish-goals post has made me ever more hopeful. There are others on
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i'm definitely interested in reading one of your mature fics to see how they work in first person, and i'm happy to offer any critique, if you want. can you point me in the direction of one?
i agree that DW is where it's at. i spent some time on twitter and tumblr and all i felt was burnt out. i think some of the problem was that those sites made it so easy for people to have quick and direct access to your life - and a little too easy to share it oneself, too. that kind of connection with my readers in real time was really stressful! admittedly, it was good for feedback, especially tumblr. but, yeah, i think if the kind of community you're after will spring up anywhere, it'll be here. DW skews older, and more verbose, and i just find it so much calmer!!
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And I’m thrilled to point you in the direction of a mature fic, and I’ll be grateful for any feedback, concrit, too. Let’s see… My two latest first-person fics with R-rated sex (as long as I rated correctly) were betaread for fests, so perhaps I don’t need to worry so much about those. Hmm, there’s even less sex than I remembered. Maybe you could have a look at this (beta’ed) fic, where there’s a short sex scene close to the beginning: There Is Some Hope. There are two perhaps even less complete sex scenes in This Little Oyster, which I can post on AO3 today.
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i've had a crazy-busy week, but next week i'm hoping to have a lot more time to sit down and dip into some fic :)
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