the_deep_magic: (So then that happened)
the_deep_magic ([personal profile] the_deep_magic) wrote2012-09-07 08:04 pm

Much more of this and I'm going to need a "fandom rationalization" tag

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.

[identity profile] aliassmith.livejournal.com 2012-09-08 12:49 am (UTC)(link)


[identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com 2012-09-08 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
::points accusing finger:: YYYYYOOOOOOOUUUUUU!
ext_393041: perfect Spock (Teen Wolf)

[identity profile] verizonhorizon.livejournal.com 2012-09-08 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
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!

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

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

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

[identity profile] pikasafire.livejournal.com 2012-09-08 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
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...

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

[identity profile] ninety6tears.livejournal.com 2012-09-08 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

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

[identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com 2012-09-09 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
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.

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

[identity profile] fatty-fat.livejournal.com 2012-09-12 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
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?

[identity profile] the-deep-magic.livejournal.com 2012-09-13 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
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?