Ff'net: not good for the ego

[lyssie]

No, really. Someone explain this to me. I've been poking tonight and-- ok, wait. First off.

WHY IS THERE SOUL MATES FIC FOR KARA/ANDERS ALREADY.

Soul mates.

People.

You're makin' my soul bleed, here. Not to mention, there aren't enough of us writing Kara/Anders for there to be this much badfic!

ANYWAY. What gets me? I click on the reviews for these (read: not written by me Kara/Anders) fics, and people are like, "Yay! K/A fic, I'm so glad to find some!"

...Yes. Because the (what, fifteen?) ones I posted, several weeks back? Totally not K/A fic. At all.

--except that I totally just figured it out.

I don't write them mushy (well, not often). I had this problem with S/J fic, too. I don't write them completely and utterly unable to function without the other. I write them. Well. Mocking each other and frakking and not particularly loveydovey. They fall out of bed a lot, too. (at least, this is the only thing I can come up with. Anyone else got any other theories?)

...dude. My Cally/Chief fic, which isn't very long at all, and is NOW CANON WTF has more reviews than the Kara/Sam stuff.

But. Er. I'm sure this was going to be longer, and then Rhi made me think about TELEPATHIC VIPERS.

So. Whatever.

eta: Oh. Hey. Best review I ever got:
I have to admit that after reading some of your earlier postings I'd avoided your writing as unrealistic and soppy. ((nice things edited, because I'm not wanting ego-stroking, just amusement))

And, actually, they are right, in a way. A lot of my early stuff was soppy and sappy -- not all of it, of course. But the tendency was there (anyone who's ever seen the original first draft of SCW can attest to the badness. omg.).

Which makes me wonder. Did I beat it out of myself, or did exposure to better writers do it?

Comments

[ilanala]

Has fandom not taught you that something doesn't count as shippy fic if it's not mushy fluff? I bet you thought it was more important for things to be in character or well written or something silly like that...

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

This is so very true.

Also? I totally forgot I once wrote fic with Pete Wisdom and puppies.

[meeshy.livejournal.com]

I think ilanabean42 hit the nail on the head. You cannot write "ship" fic unless it is totally vomit enducing shmoop. Anything else just isn't shippy.

Apparently.


at least that's the excuse I give myself for the lack of reviews I get on some of my better fics (which are angsty, clearly)


Thouh for the record, me adores your fic!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I think she did, sadly. Sigh. And, and... no. Just no. although the telepathic vipers and soul-bonding are kinda tempting. Damn my teenage reading habits.

Aw. *smooches*

[meeshy.livejournal.com]

Go oonnnnnnnn you know you want toooooooo *telepathically tells you to write the telepathy fic*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*looks furtive*

"Your viper talks to me."

Kara was sleepy, so the words didn't really register. "What?"

Shifting her a bit, Sam yawned. "Your viper. It talks to me."

"Sam. My viper is a machine."

"I know. It still talks to me."

Rolling her eyes, Kara poked him, "Stop that."

"When you're out there," Sam explained, not letting it go. "It sometimes says things like, 'that was a close one, damn'."

"You're weird."

"And you married me," he replied smugly.

[meeshy.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Whatever you smoke must be the good stuff ;)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I smoke nothing! It's Rhi's fault.

[meeshy.livejournal.com]

*eyes you*

[centerspire.livejournal.com]

You have talent. They get confused by that at ff.net.

(I love it when they fall out of bed or off things, btw. They could do that every time and I'd be fine.)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*snerk* Thank you.

(As do I. I blame, um, too much bad porn that is all cookie-cutter and and... People do fall out of bed, damnit. Plus. The tables probably aren't all that supportive.)

[rhi-silverflame.livejournal.com]

TELEPATHIC VIPERS!

[karma-aster.livejournal.com]

NO!

[rhi-silverflame.livejournal.com]

. . . telepathic Raiders?

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Too canon. ;->

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

I had this problem with S/J fic, too. I don't write them completely and utterly unable to function without the other. I write them. Well. Mocking each other and frakking and not particularly loveydovey. They fall out of bed a lot, too.

*eyebrows go up*

You know you want to post an index over at jeannie_x_slim, right?

Maybe after the new year when everybody is not swamped with holiday challenges and will have time to read, but you definitely should link us up!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Wrong S/J--I have got to stop abbreviating Sam/Jack. Though, come to think of it, I should post my Jean/Scott over there. (some of it isn't as bad as it could be)

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

dude, I swear to god i must have imagined having a conversation with you on these lines about Jean/Scott -- but yes, post!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Oh, we probably did. my conversations go in circles, a lot

And actually, now I kind of want to run a "Make Them Fall Out of Bed" challenge. Hrm.

[zorb]

Where there is a ship, there will be soulmatey badfic. Sad, but true.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

But already? *sad*

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

though all the above is certainly true, from a practical standpoint it's not that easy to find Kara/Anders at the Pit what with Anders STILL NOT IN THE FRAKKING CHARACTER LIST.

No, he's not the husband of a main character or anything. DORAL gets to be in the list and not SAM? WTF?

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't get me started on how pissed I was that Sam wasn't on the character list (though, to be fair, D'Anna isn't, either.)

I keep forgetting to see how to suggest more. Hrm.

[samanthamarie88.livejournal.com]

I stopped going to FF.net because I just couldn't take it anymore. Too much Lee/Kara and too much badfic. Plus the whole Sam isn't on the charcter list thing made me mad. If Zarek and Billy are on there, why not Sam? He's Kara's husband for frak's sake.

Don't let the morons over there get to you. We love you, and we love snarky, mocking Kara/Sam, who just happen to fall out of bed. A lot.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*snuggles*

Thank you =)

(although, telepathic vipers did totally distract me).

Sam should totally be on the damned list. *kicks them*

*goes to find out how*

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

(at least, this is the only thing I can come up with. Anyone else got any other theories?)

No, I think you've hit it dead on. It seems like many of the same shippers who can read OMGTWUWUV4EVAH!!!!! into the slightest interaction onscreen are the ones who don't consider a fic shippy unless it's utterly committed to the soulmates thing. *gag*

I take comfort in my bafflement from the knowledge that I am equally mystifying to most people. It screws with their fannish reality that I'm pink and girly and squeeful (and married!) and not a shipper. It makes brains go sproinngggg left and right.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I, just. Even in real life, people who are like that seem unreal.

sigh.

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

ESPECIALLY in real life. I just plain don't believe them.

There are forms of fiction in which I mind it less, but really none in which I would seek it out, precisely because I Just Plain Don't Believe In It (And Actually Find The Whole Concept Rather Creepy). Hence the unbridgeable gulf in comprehension between me and a large chunk of shipperdom.

[musicforcylons.livejournal.com]

No Soulmates on the Galactica, Bitches!