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...

[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!

[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.)

[rhi-silverflame.livejournal.com]

TELEPATHIC VIPERS!

[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!

[zorb]

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

[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?

[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.

[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.

[musicforcylons.livejournal.com]

No Soulmates on the Galactica, Bitches!