flecksofpoppy ([personal profile] flecksofpoppy) wrote in [personal profile] seventhe 2011-11-05 08:19 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I had a great experience cosplaying because everyone was really nice. When we were in Artist's Alley, we met this girl who flipped out and was like, "ME AND MY BOYFRIEND ARE DOING GAU AND (character can't remember) TOMORROW OMG." Unfortunately we weren't able to find her again...although I did totally see a Kefka walk past me in the lobby. Then I wasn't sure if it WAS Kefka, and he was passing, and I was on the phone and it was like alsdkjfaosdfuiase ... [personal profile] deadcellredux totally reamed me with, "YOU SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT HIM. WE MUST FIND OUR KIND AT THIS CON." Haha...somewhere, in that convention center, our missing piece was strolling around. And it was a really good Kefka too. Pictures pictures...let me find the link. I know [personal profile] deadcellredux took a crapload, and they're somewhere on photobucket. I'll post it in a sec in this thread when I locate it...I am a noob and forgot my camera. I do have to say though, re: con experience, the highlight for me was sitting dressed as Edgar in a panel for my favorite childhood YA fantasy author Tamora Pierce while talking to some girl next to me about our respective D&D campaigns. WOW. Mothership, OHAI.

Re: sex--Yes, exactly to everything you said! I write a lot of porn, but I don't really like to write fluffy porn, or sex that's just sex. I find it kind of boring...I need my mind!fuck PWPs to get my jollies. Which is often why I end up writing in those types of scenarios; as you say, substitution, wordless communication, etc. I write stuff a lot of times that I'm afraid is too fluffy, and then the response is, "Uh, do they characters even LIKE each other?" Fail. But one thing I adore writing is straight up (okay, usually NOT straight) desperate/depressing/mindfuck/whatever sex. I also love playing with kinks that touch on repressed desire, or the ability to confess things that someone wouldn't be able to otherwise. I adore the idea of a sex as a confession booth, depending on which characters you're dealing with. I mean, of course there's just good, old fashioned UST or sex as a generally new concept at all...which how I sort of approach the Heero/Trowa thing. I love the idea that a kiss can potentially set off worse emotional fireworks than self-destructing or death.

The death wish is an awesome thing to play with since it's such an distinct undercurrent, but it's never really directly addressed. One thing that always interested in is that these are characters who function (mostly) on orders and approach their lives with a single-minded purpose. That being said, the idea of having a death wish is so fascinating because it also spells out desire. That they are capable of desiring something for themselves, even if it's as macabre as the simple wish to die.

I AGREE WITH YOU LIKE, 1,000% TO THE DEGREE OF INFINITY about Heero, and he seems to really come the furthest, even in comparison to the other pilots. Like, seriously...and again, I get all verklempt at the end where he basically is like, "I DO NOT WANT TO DIE." Cannot deal. I really love Heero...hah, and you're so right. Anyone he cares about is someone he claims he's going to kill. HEERO FAILS AT INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. I also love the fact that the person with whom he has one of the most intimate relationships (IMHO) is Zechs. Here they are, ready to fight and kill each other, and at the same time, it's strangely organized and polite. Uh...kind of like living out Treize's ideal universe of brutal chivalry and rules of war that can no longer be followed in this new world. (Not even going there...but seriously. Oh Treize.)

Oh god, the damn road trip...I've written several one-shots for it, but never the entire duration. But there's been two LONG ASS fics (30,000 words a piece I think) I've written for 1x3 that both follow the same exact arc: Trowa and Heero find each other in the post-EW world and search for something because they're displaced. And inevitably, I end up having them basically re-trace their road trip route, whether alone or with each other. Can't help myself. I love that event so much...and another thing...I uh, guess you could say that I intellectually kink on...is the repetition of past actions to try and understand the present. I love the idea of relics, outdated people that are also cogs, being left behind, displacement and loss...IT'S LIKE MY THING. So maybe I will try to write the road trip...it'd be a different take than I've tried in the past. ALTHOUGH NOW I'M GOING TO BUSY WITH ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL PROMPTS FROM EVERYONE. (Thank you!)

Ohhh Rydia/Rosa. My interest in this pairing was ignited solely because [personal profile] deadcellredux and I were tipsy one night, doing fandom crap and giving each other silly prompts and random pairings just to mess with each other (which we actually do end up writing a lot of the time, ridiculously enough), and she gave me Rydia/Rosa. But then when I dabbled, I actually became really interested. I quite like Rydia because she's such an interesting character, but I also really like Rosa, because I think there's certainly more to her than, "future Queen Cecil and PURE INNOCENT White Mage." Combining them is really interesting to me; and yeah, you're so right about the contrast of the black/white, etc. I never thought about the envy aspect either. But hell yeah--fem!slash galore. More than anything else, I discovered that I freakin' ADORE THEM as a fem!slash pairing, and latched onto it way more than I thought I would, given that the idea was put into my head as very random prompt. Edge/Rydia/Kain--I'd love to hear your thoughts on that dynamic. OT3? Um...and I sort of love Kain IN ANY CONTEXT ANYWHERE EVER.

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