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1. A quizz
*dies laughing* I didn't do it on purpose, I swear!!
I've been in a bit more of a CLAMP-reading mood lately. Partially thanks to
a_white_rain ♥ and now to
mithrigil whom I've just discovered is a terifyingly good writer. Kinda make me want to see what else I've missed. Also, while reading Hikago (went on an archive binge there... ^^;; it's a lovely fandom to do that with because there's a lot of reclists everywhere, something I'd really missed when I was just getting into Avatar.), I saw that
ontogenesis also wrote a lot of Kurogane/Fai fics and I'm wondering if it's worth catching up with scanlations in order to read them (pro:I hate being spoiled and I like the pairing, con:I don't enjoy reading manga on a computer screen much)
It also makes me want to start writing again and maybe finish all those WIPs *sighs*
2. I have not being good about reading Avatar fics, however :( and now I'm scared of spoilers and annoyed at the number of people who aren't careful about them. Hopely the rewatch is going to be fun; well I know it will be, it's Avatar ♥, but discussing it will be. Although it's already so much riddled with shipping wars I kinda want to scream and run away.
3. I've been thinking about femslash pairing since
bitterfig asked me for my top five f/f couples; and you know, I had some, but I kinda feel like I don't have any big femslash OTP like I do with maleslash and het (and genderfucked); and I'd like to! I'd love for a femslash pairing to be my main interest in at least one fandom. The closest thing I have is Blackcest which is a whole category of its own being 'cestuous. Utena would be the closest other opportunity, but I don't really like Utena/Anthy, and I like Juri/Shiori more as part of a triangle. Then there's Kushiel's trilogy which has a lot of potential, but I just don't feel like looking up fics for that fandom.
So, I'm asking for recs from my flist :) Can you think of a fandom with a big f/f ship which I may love?
I'm pretty open about media, although I tend to prefer stuff that are read (books and graphic novels) slightly better than stuff that are watched (TV series, movies and anime) - err, no video game though; and my kinks go to antagonistic pairings, mindfuck, eros/thanatos, etc. I think I tend to prefer canon or heavily subtextual pairings to fanon ones, but I certainly have nothing against crackpairings and there's always exceptions! Otherwise, you know, SFF, symbolism and mythology rock my world :)
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I've been in a bit more of a CLAMP-reading mood lately. Partially thanks to
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2. I have not being good about reading Avatar fics, however :( and now I'm scared of spoilers and annoyed at the number of people who aren't careful about them. Hopely the rewatch is going to be fun; well I know it will be, it's Avatar ♥, but discussing it will be. Although it's already so much riddled with shipping wars I kinda want to scream and run away.
3. I've been thinking about femslash pairing since
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So, I'm asking for recs from my flist :) Can you think of a fandom with a big f/f ship which I may love?
I'm pretty open about media, although I tend to prefer stuff that are read (books and graphic novels) slightly better than stuff that are watched (TV series, movies and anime) - err, no video game though; and my kinks go to antagonistic pairings, mindfuck, eros/thanatos, etc. I think I tend to prefer canon or heavily subtextual pairings to fanon ones, but I certainly have nothing against crackpairings and there's always exceptions! Otherwise, you know, SFF, symbolism and mythology rock my world :)
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I always feel bad for not being more into femslash in general though.
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hahahaha, yeah me too, sometimes. Especially since I do like femslash, both writing and reading it. But finding a fandom with two awesome female characters who have the right kind of dynamic is difficult.
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They have the advantage of having both a connection and a huge divide so that it doesn't fall into either of the categories that fics in general but especially femslash ones fall into too often:
1) LOOK they are GIRLS they are PRETTY and SOFT and GENTLE.
2) LOOK they are GIRLS they are CATTY and MANIPULATIVE.
Babylon 5 has some pretty canon antogonistic femslash, but sadly it gets killed way too early on and you are looking for book not TV show fandoms.
If you find a good book fandom for interesting femslash share the wealth because I am looking both to get more into book fandoms and to get more into femslash.
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I said i prefered not, but I'm open to TV shows too. Getting killed early, though :(
Good femslash is hard to find in books :( apart from Kushiel, I don't see any. There's a minor character (who is awesome) in Kushner's Fall of Kings; and Mary Gentle's Book of Ash has one sadly one-sided love.
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There's definitely enough for fandom activity, but yeah :(.
I think there's this problematic tendency to only have book femslash when it is the focus of the novel, instead of it just being part of the story.
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Hum, what do you mean?
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You might like some Japanese yuri manga, I think a lot of them work more for the subtext than as an all out ship.
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I like canon ships, but for fannish activity subtextual ones tend to be more compelling for some reason... perhaps because there is more to work out.
And yes, the sugar and spice aspect of most femslash totally turns me off of it.
Hmmm, I've been getting more into graphic novel thing again so that sounds intriguing.
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re: 3, since I have a lot of video game fandoms, most of the f/f I know comes out of that. Agrias/Ovelia (Final Fantasy Tactics) is a solid lady knight and her conflicted/oblivious princess pairing, in the way of Rose of Versailles (a manga you might also enjoy). Another of my favorites, also from a game, is Jinana/Argilla in Digital Devil Saga, which is rather visceral and powerful and sad.
--eep, just noticed the no VG comment. Sorry.
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Sadly I don't play videogames, mostly because I find they're a big time sucker (not to mention expensive), and I only have so much time for reading, discussing online and writing which are my priority :(
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And yeah, THERE'S SO MUCH DRAMA! It's so over the top that even if too much angst tends to bore me I love it.
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It was pretty much drama!drama!drama! but it was hilarious and historical and way less cheesy than, say, Saint Seya. Actually I also loved Saint Seya so I might actually love cheesy over the top drama :)
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I hated Candy XDDDDD.
Saint Seiya is just as an important part of my childhood as Queen. My boy cousins were fans. XP
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Why is is so hard to think of femslashy books? I know they exist!
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Tiny fandoms aren't too bad as long as they're regularly active and well organized! getting ahold of it might be the hard part, hmm...
Why is is so hard to think of femslashy books? I know they exist!
Do they? Where?!
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Do they? Where?!
If I find any, I'll let you know--maybe I need to stare at my bookshelves for a bit when I get home...
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I plan to get into Avatar soon, hopefully. Though I worry about the Fen, if they're anywhere near crazy as the Naruto or Bleach Fen are. But right now Bones is eating my brains...XD
I can't outright think of any fandoms... Maybe Gakuen Alice? Since Mikan & Hotaru are BFFs (in their own twisted way) and i have seen some art of a cutesy date. But they're children so yeah... There's a small comm for the Bones fandom with the two main female charas. Very sexy and sweet. Not really a F/F slasher so I don't outright notice pairings as I'm now beginning to do with m/m in shows. XD
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Avatar is a lovely show, definitly. The fandom's pretty bad but you do have some nice and smart people - it's just you need to work to find 'em.
I'm not big into children shipping yeah (I find it difficult enough in Avatar)... as for Bones, I'm not very much into "sweet" pairing, so dunno. But thanks for mentionning them, I'll have to look it up.
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Dittoing the lack of a femslash OTP. I don't know if you've read "Fall On Your Knees", but it has one of my favorite f/f ships. I have no idea if there's any fandom for it though. :(
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What kind of story is "Fall of your knees"? Book, movie, manga?
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I do like Azula/Ty Lee, but on small dose, not as an OTP, y'know.
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Me either, that's why I'm surprised I ended up writing them!
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I never watched Veronica... hmmmm
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Actually between Passover celebrations and teeth removal, I haven't got the time to watch Ties That Bind yet.
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What can I say, the cylons have always been the best part of the show for me. If the fleet was destroyed and the show was all cylons all the time, I wouldn't complain. (Well, I'd miss Kara and Adama.)
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And, like someone else said, B5. Ivanova and anyone, dude, but especially Ivanova/Talia. Yes, the plotline gets cut a bit short, but it's definitely canon, and fixing the occasional problems with canon plot is part of what fic's for, right? ;)
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I do love SF genderfuck a lot!
B5 it is then...
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Kill Bill, if you don't mind violence - no explicit pairings, but just so many kick-ass women that f/f fic is inevitable ;)
Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment. It's part of the huge Discworld series, but it's very stand-alone, so if you haven't read any of the others you'll still be able to follow it. I hope I'm not giving too much of the plot away to say that there are manymany possibilities for female pairings, including one (possibly two, depending on interpretation) that are canonical. I keep meaning to write a Polly/Maladict story, and I know there's an LJ comm for fic just for that book in particular.
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I'm not crazy about Pratchett - got a thousand books to catch up before reaching Monstrous Regiment - but I'll keep this one in mind, thank you for the suggestion :)