7 Days of Fandom
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lexI think I may have Day 5 open on my other computer, in which case I will post it later and today will be BACKWARDS DAY! Goodness gracious do I love having Thursdays off, I sleep in and then get all giddy. XD
Day 6 – When do you read what kinds of fanfics?
I think I touched on this earlier, that I have certain kinds of stories I will read any time - but the first thing that comes to mind as a mood-dependent sort of fic is Prowl/Jazz fluff. Any kind of fluff really, but you know what I mean - that tooth-rotting soul-bonded classic-romance fluff. I am not ashamed to admit I love it, because frankly I refuse to be ashamed by anything I enjoy, from tentacle porn to sappy fluff to tree-hugging. I LOVE PROWL/JAZZ FLUFF. Particularly if there's a soul bond in there somewhere! Or even a terrible conflict like "OH SHIT I FELL IN LOVE WITH LIKE FIVE PEOPLE WHAT DO I DO" and I'm there yelling at my computer "HAVE A FUCKING ORGY ALREADY YOU IDIOTS" and then I get kicked out of the cafe.
So yes, that's the obvious example, but there's more - there is a reason I tag fics on Delicious with a primary emotion. I have "angst," "thinky," "humor," and "comforting." I also have "AWESOME" but that is not really an emotion. I have to be in a certain mood to read thinky things, because they are HARDCORE THINKY like Minstrel Show (about Jazz's personality as cultural appropriation and the Autobots as "default" white men, basically. Told you it was thinky!). Angst needs a certain mood too, because WOW nothing is a downer like a good deathfic! Humor actually does not need a particular mood. I can read Survival: A How-To about a bajillion times and still giggle. FLOPPING LIKE A FISH. AHAHAHAHAahem. And then there's comforting, which - yeah, I read those when I need comfort. They give me the warm fuzzies. Oddly enough, the one I go to the most? Is that one anonkink fic about Bluestreak as a dom. That fic just - I can see the faults in it, I mean it's an anonkink fic, but that doesn't even matter because it's just so lovely, and no matter how upset I am, I am always totally calm by the time I finish it.
In other news, school is picking up. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are insanely long (goddamn labs) but I have Thursdays off entirely, which is GLORIOUS. I am going to cook and then do about a million homeworks. I have to write a lab report (full and proper lab report mind you, all "25mL of methanol/water mixture were placed in a 50mL round-bottom flask with 5 boiling chips and heated on a mantle at variac setting 5.5" blah blah blah), a couple paragraphs on invasive species, a buttload of online physics homework like seriously omg so much, and a bunch of organic chemistry problems to prepare for the quiz tomorrow. The report is the most important thing, I think, and then the physics homework.
Speaking of invasive species, my ecology teacher walked us through the ravine on campus and basically talked at us - I was super excited the whole time though, because I was like THAT'S BURDOCK, YOU CAN EAT IT and then he was like "this is burdock" and I was like FUCK YESSSSSS. We have an American Elm on campus! I almost wet myself with excitement! AMERICAN ELM. FUCK YES. And Dawn Redwood! And when he stopped by a staghorn sumac and was like "how many individuals are here" I was like ONE, MOTHERFUCKER, AND YOU CAN MAKE JUICE FROM THE BERRIES. FUCK YEAH.
PLANTS. SO EXCITING.
Day 6 – When do you read what kinds of fanfics?
I think I touched on this earlier, that I have certain kinds of stories I will read any time - but the first thing that comes to mind as a mood-dependent sort of fic is Prowl/Jazz fluff. Any kind of fluff really, but you know what I mean - that tooth-rotting soul-bonded classic-romance fluff. I am not ashamed to admit I love it, because frankly I refuse to be ashamed by anything I enjoy, from tentacle porn to sappy fluff to tree-hugging. I LOVE PROWL/JAZZ FLUFF. Particularly if there's a soul bond in there somewhere! Or even a terrible conflict like "OH SHIT I FELL IN LOVE WITH LIKE FIVE PEOPLE WHAT DO I DO" and I'm there yelling at my computer "HAVE A FUCKING ORGY ALREADY YOU IDIOTS" and then I get kicked out of the cafe.
So yes, that's the obvious example, but there's more - there is a reason I tag fics on Delicious with a primary emotion. I have "angst," "thinky," "humor," and "comforting." I also have "AWESOME" but that is not really an emotion. I have to be in a certain mood to read thinky things, because they are HARDCORE THINKY like Minstrel Show (about Jazz's personality as cultural appropriation and the Autobots as "default" white men, basically. Told you it was thinky!). Angst needs a certain mood too, because WOW nothing is a downer like a good deathfic! Humor actually does not need a particular mood. I can read Survival: A How-To about a bajillion times and still giggle. FLOPPING LIKE A FISH. AHAHAHAHAahem. And then there's comforting, which - yeah, I read those when I need comfort. They give me the warm fuzzies. Oddly enough, the one I go to the most? Is that one anonkink fic about Bluestreak as a dom. That fic just - I can see the faults in it, I mean it's an anonkink fic, but that doesn't even matter because it's just so lovely, and no matter how upset I am, I am always totally calm by the time I finish it.
In other news, school is picking up. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are insanely long (goddamn labs) but I have Thursdays off entirely, which is GLORIOUS. I am going to cook and then do about a million homeworks. I have to write a lab report (full and proper lab report mind you, all "25mL of methanol/water mixture were placed in a 50mL round-bottom flask with 5 boiling chips and heated on a mantle at variac setting 5.5" blah blah blah), a couple paragraphs on invasive species, a buttload of online physics homework like seriously omg so much, and a bunch of organic chemistry problems to prepare for the quiz tomorrow. The report is the most important thing, I think, and then the physics homework.
Speaking of invasive species, my ecology teacher walked us through the ravine on campus and basically talked at us - I was super excited the whole time though, because I was like THAT'S BURDOCK, YOU CAN EAT IT and then he was like "this is burdock" and I was like FUCK YESSSSSS. We have an American Elm on campus! I almost wet myself with excitement! AMERICAN ELM. FUCK YES. And Dawn Redwood! And when he stopped by a staghorn sumac and was like "how many individuals are here" I was like ONE, MOTHERFUCKER, AND YOU CAN MAKE JUICE FROM THE BERRIES. FUCK YEAH.
PLANTS. SO EXCITING.
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Date: 2010-09-16 03:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-16 04:18 pm (UTC)One of the best days ever was when I went to a pond I've lived by for my entire life and realized the place is carpeted with blueberries. omg so good. ♥ I wish you luck in identifying things in your area!
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Date: 2010-09-17 04:38 pm (UTC)(sorry to be random unknown person popping up. I went from space_hussy's LJ, to your LJ, to here.)
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Date: 2010-09-17 05:08 pm (UTC)http://tricolora.livejournal.com/3908.html
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5287249/1/Staying_Alive_A_HowTo
http://mmouse15.livejournal.com/53270.html
And my Delicious, if you choose to brave it, is http://www.delicious.com/swordage/ but don't tell me if you do because dude, it is the closest thing anyone will get to staring at my id. XD Enjoy!