When real things happen to imaginary people

Yeah, yeah, I'm going to make a post about 2012 in the next few days. But for now? Hey look, this is the story I wrote for Yuletide!

Lobelia and Aconite
Fandom: Addams Family (1991)

A boy ... a girl ... an open grave.

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Tonight, I need to respond to all the nice comments people left on the story.

Dammit, fandom is luring me into (eventually) watching Teen Wolf. This is particularly ridiculous because 1) werewolves are SO NOT my thing, and 2) every photo I've seen of the actors makes me tilt my head and go "I'm sure you're attractive to many people, but not to my tastes, thanks". But noooo, one of my absolute favorite writers* has started writing in Teen Wolf fandom. Hence, I'm going to get dragged into watching the show.

G-d dammit, this is how I ended up watching Supernatural.




*Let me put it this way: I am talking about the writer who wrote my ALL-TIME favorite fics; the giant novel-length fic which I have saved in some sort of ebook format on every device it can be stored on. Yes, I have Bandpires on my phone.

Firstly, a link for you people. The sweet girl who is writing the Gothic Charm School fanfic has put it up on her myspace in her blog: http://www.facebook.com/l/a5a16;Myspace.com/juliet1818

I'm still just tickled by the notion of GCS fanfic. But then, I don't have fourth wall issues AND have accepted that I'm somewhat of a cartoon character. (But thank goodness it's G-rated! No, I DON'T want to read R-rated (or stronger!) fic featuring myself, thanks.)

I have to admit, I have, off and on through the years, toyed with the notion of writing GCS novels. You know, some sort of YA series about the students of Gothic Charm School, what it's like to attend it, wacky hijinks galore. But I always realize that I'd need to write a highly-caricatured version of myself, and that would lead straight to the special hell of Mary Sue-ism. ::shudder::

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So anyway, the plague. On the plus side, I don't ache AS much as I did yesterday, and I feel a bit better. On the minus side, I'm still coughing, I'm incredibly tired, and moving off of the couch makes me dizzy. The Stroppy One still shows no signs of succumbing to whatever this is, thank goodness. Both of us being sick would be awful and unbearable.

How are all of you folks doing? I do like all the comments; they make me feel less isolated here on the plague couch.

I've been back at work since Monday. I still am obviously not back at full health, because my goodness do I get tired easily. But I'm back to my usual routines, and was well enough to go to Stitch & Bitch on Monday night. Seeing people, yay!

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I've been receiving a LOT of mail about the latest GCS column, all of which has been complimentary so far. I won't lie: I was very nervous writing that column. But I couldn't ignore the various letters I had been seen from readers about self-harm and self-injury. I am probably going to do a follow-up post with links to resources such as communities and discussion boards that various people have recommended to me.

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It should be no secret to anyone that I read assorted fanfic, right? I'm a fan of stories, and there are a lot of good ones to be found in fanfic. I will admit, I'm still very waffly about RPF (Real Person Fic). On the one hand, making up stories about real people's public personae makes sense to me. On the other hand, there are all sorts of issues with privacy and boundaries that I feel very strongly about, especially when they concern public figures I admire. But I have friends who I trust to make recommendations, which means that when someone finds really well-done gen vampire AU MCR fic, I get to cackle delightedly and have a new thing to read.

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Speaking of reading, I just got Eccentric Glamour: Creating An Insanely More Fabulous You by Simon Doonan, and I want him to become my fabulous and zany uncle. Why? This quote from the book explains it all:

"First, evolving your own brand of eccentric glamour is good for your psyche. Knowing who you really are and dressing the part - with an air of amused recklessness - is life affirming for you and life enhancing for other people." Look, one of my core philosophies, explained by someone else! Know who you are, be happy with who you are, and stop worrying about what the mythical Everyone Else thinks!

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Tangentially speaking of my various core philosophies, the writing is ... going. Not as briskly as I would like, but I AM making progress. So, yay.

And now, because I can, Shallow Fashion Details!
( Stripy! )

So. Stuff and things. How have you people been?

The Bridal Path, from the Yuletide challenge. I had no idea that Addams Family movie fic existed. This story is darling, and note-perfect. I like it so much I want to squeeze it tight and croon at it.

"Stop me if you've heard this before. Boy meets girl, boy and girl are torn apart by a turkey named brotherhood, boy and girl come together over the grave of a Barbie-deprived black widow. But that's just the beginning."

Go! Read!