Chewing off more than I can bite.

[eleanorjane]

In her last post zvi made reference to the launch of Femslash09, a femslash ficathon. I'd somehow never heard of the ficathon before, although it's been running since 2004 - clearly I'm oblivious, or not in the loop.

I see that there are some shows in the (potential) fandom list that I feel comfortable in offering to write - Firefly, NCIS, Harry Potter, and (whee) Leverage - and perhaps even Bring It On. Hee. So, I shall watch, and vote, and try my very best to participate - if it weren't for deadlines I'd never get anything done at all!

Also, if you can or will or do write femslash in femslashy fandoms, you should get on over there and nominate appropriate fandoms and sign up and write and stuff.

(And now I shall go and expire from the hypocrisy of me telling someone else to write. Sigh. :))

Comments

[catechism]

This is so tempting. I am always tempted to write for ficathons, because I feel it's a good way to push my boundaries, but... well. I really REALLY suck at writing to a deadline. A lot. I get all stressed out and half the time I default and it's just never a good plan for me. Argh.

[eleanorjane]

See, I'm the reverse. If there's a deadline I might actually knuckle down and do it, instead of permanently failing to get started. :)

[cupiscent.livejournal.com]

Last time I wrote femslash was for Gossip Girl (which I see is on the list - NO SURPRISE, since those girls are almost even slashier than the boys, and that's saying something) and it almost broke my brain. Mind you, that was because I was trying to write nice, since it was a request fic that wanted a PG-13 limit. Nice? Me? WTF?

I think the short version is: I may be up for it, as long as I can write vicious lesbians. LOL.

[eleanorjane]

Ahahaha. See, what gets me is not you trying to write nice (hee), it's the idea of that in Gossip Girl, of all fandoms. I mean, _they're_ not nice. 'Vicious lesbians' sounds pretty much spot on. :)

[cupiscent.livejournal.com]

Yes, also that! I was metaphorically tearing hair, ranting about how if I was really going to write Blair/Jenny, it should be truly vicious powergames revenge-sex or something, because hello. It wasn't just the nice-request that screwed me on that one, though, but also the fact that Jenny's, what, 14? Apparently I have a squick there. Who knew?

[eleanorjane]

Geez, how unreasonable of you! *eyeroll*

...then again, these are the same kinds of fangirls that think Constantine and Balthasar were destined for ~*~twu wuv~*~. Ahem.

[cupiscent.livejournal.com]

Nothing says I love you like vengeful disintegration.

Anyway, Constantine's busy having ~*~twu wuv~*~ with Chas omg.

...now I'm actually trying to think you could femslash Angela with. Stupid Gabriel never counts.

[eleanorjane]

Ellie, the demon that Constantine's having a fling with in the novelisation? Not that she does anything other than _die_ in the movie (thanks to the holy water sprinklers in the hospital), but I think she's actually the only other female character in the movie. Well, and the possessed little girl from the opening sequence, but Angela has limits, you know. :)

[cupiscent.livejournal.com]

It's really gotta be, doesn't it? It could work. I mean, she wasn't really dead, just temporarily debodied. So she just has to go home, fill out the paperwork, get issued with a new body, come back to earth, and seduce Constantine's new fling. It makes perfect sense.

[eleanorjane]

...bloody hell, you had to go and make it make sense, didn't you? I am, as always, in awe of your brain.

Also, "Nothing says I love you like vengeful disintegration" is a fantastically quotable quote. :D

[cupiscent.livejournal.com]

I can make anything make sense, yo. It's my superpower. *G*

I was proud of it. I'd change my LJ name, but I'm totally stuck on my Pixies quote.