Notes on stories...

While I work on Percyness: the Percy Weasley Archive (for some reason stories won't upload yet), I thought I'd write the notes on my Harry Potter stories. I've always enjoyed resonant8's story notes and the context they provide, even when it's very brief.

So without much ado: Primer To The Dark Arts.

( Story Notes on Primer To The Dark Arts )

I've decided to have an opinion.

I've been noticing more and more people deleting their Skyehawke accounts.

I missed the main flurry, and can't decide if I should feel relieved or left out. But I've finally decided to at least have an opinion.

My goal is to make my fics as available as possible. I didn't stop using ff.net when they removed NC-17 stories. Granted, I didn't like it. I think their enforcement is arbitrary and poorly researched (okay, not researched at all). But my relationship with an archive has never been personal or political.

An archive either meets my needs or it doesn't. My needs in HP are very simple: does it reach readers?

I liked Skyehawke because it was all-inclusive, the only archive where all of my stories could be stored in one place. Now that's no longer the case. Certainly Skinny Dipping has to come down, though Primer to the Dark Arts made it in under the line.

Since it's no longer all-inclusive, it's just like the others: RS.org accepts only NC-17 fics and no chan; FA accepts only G through R-rated fics; ff.net has their no NC-17 policy, etc. Since the hit-counts and the reviews have always been low, it won't be first on the list. And my list is loooooooong. In Harry Potter alone I have stories in roughly 20 different archives. In Stargate I'm archived in only 6 or 7 places, but hey, I'm working on it.

I thought about deleting my account. Could I change the Skyehawke policies, or would that be a punitive action that only serves to cut off readers? Well, that depended on Skyehawke's reasons.

So I asked Tien at Skyehawke. Her reasons were legal fears.

Do I think that's an over-reaction? Yes. But it's her ass, so... *shrugs*

Do I think I can change "fear of litigation" through social pressure? No. No way. Fear of litigation is one of those visceral "fear of death" and "fear of the IRS" types of reactions. Maybe we could pressure a clearer statement of the rules as fluffyllama outlined, but probably we'd just end up with a tighter straitjacket. Deleting my account is only worth it to me if I could get my old all-inclusive archive back.

The Icarus stories stay.

Of course this is all moot since I haven't written an HP story in months, but hey! I get to have an opinion, which I've decided is the real purpose of all wanks.

*Icarus rests this case. Or something.*

Stargate Cliche list

doctorv has started a Jack/Daniel Cliches list. Whee!

So here's the challenge. You have two choices: either write one of these cliches, or one of destina's Wish List cliche busters.

Ooops. titti just informed me that post is f-locked.

( The List is back up. Boot un-inserted from my mouth. )

C'mon. I dare you. I double dare you.

*Awaits the Jack/Daniel porn. Or plot. Either will do.*

A Stargate Must-read

Darn it, I forgot the name but it's Jack/Daniel, Sara shows up and it's lovely, insightful, gentle, and powerful by paian, NC-17

If you've ever wanted to see Sara written very, very well, this is the one to read. I need time to think after this story, because it said so very much.