Ooh! Internet! Shiny!

[intrikate88]

Oh, internet. Why must you be so shiny and distracting when I have feminist theory to critique? And Forster to read? Instead I just want to go read more of mistful's fic, because she's fantastic and I am enthralled by her characterizations (truly Harry and Draco never seemed half so interesting. Sometimes I think fantastic fic is the only thing that makes Harry Potter worth it, they're so bland when sampled alone.)

Here! Have music! While I go and write Dickensian-referential 10/Rose shippy fic a summary of some gender analysis essay on HoD.

"I Will Love You"- Fisher

"Bubbly"- Colbie Caillat

"You Belong to Me" - Jason Wade

"Crawling Up a Hill" - Katie Melua

ETA: Now going off to sleep in someone else's bed. Yay! More shiny distraction!

Comments

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

OMG, YAY, MUSIC! I get all my music from LJ.

Um, out of vague curiosity, why are you sleeping in someone else's bed?

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

YAY MUSIC! I love sharing music. I should probably do it every post.

LOL, just as I was posting that and meaning to get productive and such, Naomi called me.

Naomi: I have had a rough week. I need my whore!

Me: Work, work, work... Do you wish for music too?

Naomi: YESPLZKTHX. I shall bake you cookies now.

Me: Right then, pull out the spare mattress, I'm on my way over.

[cool-tre-cool.livejournal.com]

I totally agree aboutt the H/D bit, and OMG YOU HAVE A DR.WHO MOODTHEME! *squees*

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

OMG HAY YOU HAVE A EDDIE IZZARD ICON *squees* I think lambietoes put together my moodtheme, it's probably listed on my profile. It's awesome, except for some of the Martha ones.

I've seen you around aratelinwen's lj, right? Of course right. So nice to see you here!

I wrote a long paper once about how fanfiction and derivative texts are useful because they create a new resonance between the source text and the derivative text, enhancing the meaning of both and instituting a practical system of reader-response criticism. And that it's also just fun, and can redeem the laziness of some writers! *cough Jo Rowling cough*

[cool-tre-cool.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm a friend of aratelinwen, have been for years. She's a good girl.

I completely agree with your statement. What better way to express understanding of a text, or even the derision of an ending *coughHarryPottercough*, than to explore more in depth it's characters?

As a writer myself, I find it can be a bit easier to flesh out preexisting characters than to come up with new ones. Ultimately though, it can hamper the ability of a writer who can only write from someone else's works. But it is a great way to get get reader response for sure. And a great way to find out that you have talent, or that you need to relearn third grade english.

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

Through writing fic, I can definitely say that I've improved my writing skills enormously and learned so many ways of looking at a text that help me in school when discussing literature. I have yet to figure out if I can successfully create my own characters, though. *stares at novel manuscripts* *mourns*

[cool-tre-cool.livejournal.com]

Much the same here. When I can write a five-paragraph response to a fanfic, I tend to do well on my response papers in lit.

Besides, fanfiction is fiction for the sake of fun. And fan. *stares at many aborted original characters* I try... un sigh.

[cool-tre-cool.livejournal.com]

*pops over to your ffnet* You like Joss Whedon? *hearts his work*

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

It might possibly be along the lines of worship. Flattered you're looking at my ff.n fic, bear in mind that some has an expiration date and has long gone off.

Fanfiction is not being fun to me right now. Fanfiction is looking deep into my eyes and telling me all my writing skill is gone and furthermore I am probably totally unemployable. I am not very useful at all tonight with fanfiction, original fiction, or that random rubbish that teachers go on about.

....I should probably go to bed.

[cool-tre-cool.livejournal.com]

Well, bed is wuunderbaar. But sleep well knowing that in this world you have found another diehard Joss fanatic. I love Btvs, and Dragonfly, and Angel. Serenity.

I love his style, his innate cynicism as well as his ability to get to the touching, and the things we never want to think about. He is amazing.

Okay, don't panic, that's about it. And why, my ff is waaaaay worse than yours. But it wouldn't make sense to you from a contextual point as it's about different shows. But, rest assured, with your literary abilities, you will go far.

*sleeeeeeps*