Birthday decadence.

[icarus]

There is something about taking a bath at one o'clock in the morning that is so decadent.

I've read porn... Ron/Draco from isiscolo, Harry/Ron/Percy from hp_femme, Harry/Snape from goseaward.

I've had steak. Served to me by the delightful and obedient (mostly) wildernessguru. I've had Haagen Dazs. I need some brie, but that can wait for tomorrow.

And I'm a year younger today. Due to poor math skills, but still.



1. Certain really good writers cannot write porn.
I don't know why this is. They write wonderful plots, terrific dialogue, vivid and very real description and emotionally intuitive characterisation. All the elements are there. But for some reason, their sex just becomes robotic or clogged with euphemisms or florid emotionalism. Or something.

2. 'Snarry', 'Snaco', etc ad infinitum makes me briefly shut my eyes and cringe. I mentally deduct 12 points from the IQ of anyone who uses these. Yes, even my friends.

3. I find the idea of chan hot, though I am disturbed by this. Most of the popular Chan stories, however, don't turn me on.

4. I don't like Sirius, and don't care that he's dead. If he were in my book, I would have killed him off too, just to remove the paternal figure and isolate Harry.

5. I think certain character death fics are brilliant. That said: I hate them all. I will read bestiality before I read deathfics.

6. Paradoxically, I believe that Harry will die in book seven.

7. All Mary Sues suck. Even good, well-written Mary Sues with excellent plots, characterisation and so forth.

8. Canon Draco hates Harry and Ron (and Hermione). In order for there to be enough change in Draco to even tolerate them, you have to change Draco. Thus Fanon Draco. Deal.

9. I can't really think of another opinion. I'm not much into these Fandom Meta things.

10. Oh. Yeah. In all honesty, I think it's fairly shitty for us to be using JKR's characters, especially since she hasn't finished her series. I chalk it up to an addiction. You know you should stop, but you just can't.

Comments

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Well, I did say it was my unpopular opinions.

yeah, it's usually the writers who have the most amazing plot lines who write the mechanical sex

Oh, that's not at all what I meant. There are countless excellent plot writers who write wonderful sex - resonant8, coldcoffeeyes, cybele_san, somniesperus, epicyclical, just for starters. There are just certain excellent writers who can't seem to manage porn, for no reason that I can see.
I didn't say great plot writer = can't write porn.
I meant great writer doesn't = great porn.

I can't figure out why.

so i'm not gonna be a silly fangirl and scream my head off at you for that comment.

Well, there a difference between an opinion 'I don't like Sirius' and something anyone can argue with 'Sirius was not relevant or something or other.'

i've heard JKR say she really doesn't care about fanfiction.

I have written over 30 stories and am not stopping anytime soon. But there is a moral issue beyond the copyright law and her own feeling about fanfiction. There are benefits to writing fanfiction, but I know I've felt pretty darn uncomfortable when people have fanfic-d some of my stories without checking with me. It's very strange to be on the receiving end, watching - "hey -!" - your characters doing things you didn't intend.

Icarus

[harveywallbang.livejournal.com]

well, i too didn't mean that good plot equals nad porn and bad plot equals good porn...but yeah... i know, but some people would see the "i don't like sirius" comment and go all stupid and argue, even though it's your own opinion and what not..yeah..