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Sigh... One day I will enter new fandoms without feeling like I have to explain or defend myself.  But today is not that day.

So BBC Sherlock is, like, a really good show, right?  And I totally ship that.  But I just couldn't get into the fanfic.  Not that it's poorly written, because it definitely isn't, but so much of it seems to consist of novel-length angst-a-thons, and that's not generally my brand of escapism.  And Avengers has years of awesome canon and an enthusiastic fandom and super-hot dudes all up in each other's space, but I never quite caught on to that, either.  What I'm saying is, the quality of the source material does not correlate with my involvement in the fandom.

Which is my super-convoluted, bass-ackwards way of admitting that I watched Teen Wolf.

And the show is so badSo bad.  Which is not, I realize, an unpopular opinion within the fandom, but I'm still trying to wrap my brain around why this one stuck, because underage/overage pairings are one of my long-time biggest, ickiest squicks... and I ship the hell out of Derek/Stiles.  Most of the fic I've read is amazeballs -- needless to say, far superior to the show itself -- and I've needed time to process my cognitive dissonance.  But even that got shot all to shit when I started fucking writing it without really even meaning to.

I'm just saying that this cannot possibly be my fault.  This is [livejournal.com profile] aliassmith's fault, via Twitter, even though she doesn't know it yet and she knows it.

So I've written a thing.  Well, actually almost two things: I started on this weird, angsty thing full of seriously epic manpain (no, I don't know why my Muse hates me), but then I came across a kink meme prompt that I started around 12 a.m. and finished at 4, so apparently this is a thing that will not be denied.  And here I thought I was so good at denial.  Oh, and it's sex pollen fic.  Because obviously.

I'll just go ahead and post that here in a minute, then shame spiral my way into a pint of Ben & Jerry's Key Lime Pie.  WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.

Date: 2012-09-08 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com
::points accusing finger:: YYYYYOOOOOOOUUUUUU!

Date: 2012-09-08 03:35 am (UTC)
ext_393041: perfect Spock (Teen Wolf)
From: [identity profile] verizonhorizon.livejournal.com
Oh, see, I saw the fic before this post and was completely shocked (pleasantly, mind you!) to see it. I also enjoy Sherlock but am not super into the fic, mostly b/c I've come to see BBC Sherlock as ace and can't unsee. I also agree that Teen Wolf sucks but it's a wonderful guilty pleasure!

Date: 2012-09-08 05:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com
Yeah, I figured the fic needed a little explanation. And "guilty pleasure" just about sums it up.

Date: 2012-09-08 04:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zjofierose.livejournal.com
man, who cares? you're writing! well done! :D

Date: 2012-09-08 05:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com
Yeah, anything that makes me write for four solid hours can't be ALL crap, right? It was fun. :o)

Date: 2012-09-08 12:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pikasafire.livejournal.com
This is totally why I haven't yet braved watching the show, because it's going to be like Heroes, where it's SO FREAKING TERRIBLE but I adore it and it sucks me in like a... sucky thing. And I'll never get my life back.

I did just download the first three episodes though, so...

Date: 2012-09-08 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliassmith.livejournal.com
*MANIACAL LAUGH* * MANIACAL LAAAAAUGH*

Date: 2012-09-09 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com
Ha ha, Heroes was Masterpiece Theatre compared to this. Good freakin' luck.

Date: 2012-09-08 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninety6tears.livejournal.com
I was just barely into TW enough to keep watching after a few episodes, LOL, but going on was worth it. I'm somewhere in S2 and I'm excited to get caught up so I can read fic. I ship too many things.

Date: 2012-09-09 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com
Every now and again, there'll be some unexpected moment where I'm all "Dammit, THIS COULD BE A HALF-WAY DECENT SHOW." And then Scott says something, ANYTHING about Allison and I'm back to weeping in my ice cream.

Date: 2012-09-10 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninety6tears.livejournal.com
Yeah :/ At least Stiles seems about as sick of hearing him talk about Allison as we are.

Date: 2012-09-12 07:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fatty-fat.livejournal.com
teen wolf. IDK IF I'M THAT BRAVE.

no need to defend your interests. some things just make for really good fic because the characters are just that exploitable. it happens. *SHRUUUG*

agree w/ avengers diagnosis, but i've seen a few awesome oneshots featuring various pairings.

but... yay for new things?

Date: 2012-09-13 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com
The relative shame factor is so strange. I talk and write freely about dudes fucking/spanking/fisting other dudes, but then HOMG I'M WATCHING A STUPID HIGH SCHOOL SHOW and I want to bury my head in the sand.

My new motto is: anything that keeps me writing is a good thing.

And, yeah, I've actually read a couple of random Avengers fics that I really, really dug, mostly rare pairings. Like I totally got sucker punched in the gut by this one Thor/Captain America where they're slow dancing. What even?

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