Our dirty little secrets.

[icarus]

Been hanging out at David Hewlett's dgeek.com forums the last couple of days.

It's been interesting, I've really enjoyed it. I probably won't hang out there much because my main interest in fandom is fanfiction, but watching the forums take root and grow and people freak out and then calm down has all been fascinating.

Poor David. People were so panicky about "things that might be posted!" he probably has some strange ideas of what's out there. People have mentioned concerns about legalities but I think that's disingenuous.

In reality, we'd be embarrassed if he found, say...

- xanthelj's BDSM John/Rodney slash novels. Face it. If David reads fanfiction, we want him reading rivier's "Exigencies," not our guilty-pleasure BDSM porn.

- All our icons clipped from Century Hotel with captions such as "Heart-shaped ass" (with a heart drawn around his fanny?).

- The fact that 90% of the fanfic in SGA centers on Rodney, and most of that is John/Rodney. And that a huge percentage of that is rated NC-17.

- The Hewlett-head stuck-on-a-porn-star body photomanips.

- Even worse, the Hewlett-head and Flanigan-head stuck-on-porn-star-bodies and then stuck-together photomanips.

I've been thinking. What if David stumbled onto your fanfic? Are there any stories you wouldn't quietly die inside if he read them?

Comments

[crazed_delusion]

David's a sci-fi guy through and through, so he knows the crowds, so I doubt there's anything that any of us have that he hasn't at least seen in some form before. Cause while Slash used to be an underground thing, it's becoming much more mainstream in conventions, and the shows play into the slash fans now. It wouldn't surprise me if he'd just find it all amusing...if slightly disturbing, but still amusing.

[nightspring.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't surprise me if he'd just find it all amusing...if slightly disturbing, but still amusing.

Exactly! I doubt there's anything the deranged fannish mind can come up with that he hasn't seen a hundred times over by now. I wouldn't be surprised if he lurks around LJ communities like mckay_sheppard, and laughs his ass off at the heart-encircled fanny icons. (pun so intended!)

And Icarus, you are so on target about what the freak-out was really about. Protect Mr. Hewlett's delicate sensibilities, indeed!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Ha! Hi, nightspring. It's nooooo coincidence that most of the people who've turned up (at least initially) are fanfiction writers, and most of what they're worried about is... ta-da! Fanfiction. Yeah, those NC-17 sex scenes are hidden carefully behind their backs.

Icarus