intro post

[necessarian]

hi! welcome to my journal, where you might see me post about how i'm trying to use it more often...

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.

Comments

[necessarian]

ah see i read your history there but i didn't notice it on your profile :)

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!!

[paulamcg]

Thank you for telling me more about your experience of Twitter and Tumblr. The Remus Fest I’ve started writing for is on Tumblr, but I’ve hardly been over there, because whenever a link takes me there, I feel lost. (We’ll see if I submit the story, as – despite the third person – I’ve written what I want and now realised that Remus himself has been asleep almost all through the 1600 words and it’s been mainly about Sirius and now James has entered, and thanks to the fest requirement of Remus as the main character, and your goal post, this amuses me.) I’m old, and I’ve always been verbose and slow. I’d better stick to DW. I’ve just written about a community in my wish list for Challenge # 6.

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.

[necessarian]

great!! thanks for your recommendations! i'm really excited to dip into both of them :)

[paulamcg]

Thank you! I’ve just noticed The Colder War and started to read immediately, excited. Why haven’t you told me you’ve written a new story starting in the aftermath of “The Prank”! I’m curious to hear whether you started it before or after reading Sense of Strategy. Of course, our takes are quite different in contents and style, and that’s why I find it particularly fascinating to read yours. I wonder if you’d be interested in My True Disillusion (Remus, 2000 words) or It’ll Be All Right (James, also James/Lily, 4420 words), which are set a few days after “the Prank” (perhaps instead of the fic with first-person sex).

[necessarian]

hah, i'm afraid i got out of the habit of posting about any new fics - or rather, i never did it on dreamwidth. a good reminder!

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 :)

[paulamcg]

This Little Oyster, too, is now up at AO3, here. I've never got any feedback on that one, and I'm glad and grateful if you've got the time and interest and read it.