Still Learning

Working with frustration at the huge sandbox before me that I can't even get into! But i will keep plugging away....

Spellbound - fanfic review

Spellbound by Amalthia was such an interesting work, on many levels. First, it was my first time reading HP slash of any kind, and HP fanfic of any kind, and I was very pleased to have found a story that fits my idea of what a good story should be. I am not a cheerleader reader, and so will have both critical and positive feedback, more of the latter than the former, of course. Second, it was just so much fun to read Draco going the wringer! I love non-con stories, plain and simple.( click here to read the rest of the review )

Fandom

Fandom is such a wonderful community. I am not sure whether it's because of the nature of the material we work with or because we are the kind of people who are cool to be with. I mean, can you imagine (considering the former) someone who collects stamps saying to someone they just met, "Oh, my GOD, you have the Gettysburg # 2 Upsidedown stamp! Well, I have the Baccus Superpurple 3 cent one that you've never seen, let me give it to you." Stamp collectors aren't like that, are they? Don't know. And, consdering the latter, are they cool to be with? Not sure.

Anyway, it's been a long road since I was in fandom. I took several years off to delve into Dark Shadows fandom, and what a wonderful time I had there. My frustrations with that fandom mainly had to do with the lack of sharing and the lack of creativity. Oh sure, people did stuff, but it was very isolated, and we as a fandom were, apparently, mostly interested in the actors who came to the festivals. Fine and good, and very exciting, at first. I sure did love watching fan's faces when they met thus and such actor for the first time.

But I am glad to be back where I can talk about people having sex with one another without getting shushed!

God Bless Willie Loomis

God Bless Willie Loomis, I say, and I'll say it again. He's the best character ever, and I don't want anyone to think that because I'm getting back into slash fandom, that I don't care about him anymore. He got me through some very hard times, and I find him to be a very bottomless well of angst and suffering, which is the way I like it.

To find out more about him, go to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Loomis

To read some of the best fanfic about him, go to

http://members.aol.com/williehl/index.htm

Detention Served - fanfic review

Not normally into BDSM stories (I just can't enjoy it if everyone in the story also is!), I still decided to read Detention Served by Amanuensis. ( click here to read the rest of the review )