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[ldhenson]

If there's one major disadvantage to being as slow a fic writer as I am, it's that you run the risk of being scooped (perfectly legitimately of course) by other fics. I've just gone through and scuttled a number of plot elements in my notes because what's been posted this past week turned out to be a bit too similar, and I haven't even read all the new stuff. What's left of my fic looks a bit gutted, as the entire middle third is now kaput.

Don't get me wrong, I'm delighted the fandom is taking off; I just wish the hamsters powering the wheels in my brain ran a little faster :-)

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[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

I watched Smallville slash happen and was kind of dizzied, awed and taken aback by the growth rate

Oh yes. I kept up with it for a couple of weeks I think, then the volume got so overwhelming (nor was I that deeply into it) that I just wound up hanging out on the boards at TWOP instead.

I did get quite involved in Sky Captain fandom right from the start, which came out of the gate strong but sadly lost steam after several months (the fandom's DOA as far as I know). Here's hoping HF doesn't go that way, though I doubt it will, given HF's pedigree.

then chop them up and combine the best bits for a story that actually works

Heh. Right now I'm hoping to cannibalize one of my unposted fics for spare parts...

[prairiestar.livejournal.com]

oh, TWOP! I forgot about that place. :) I was into Smallville for the first season, then got academically detached after using it in a bunch of college essays.

I didn't even know Sky Captain ever had an active slash fanbase. I haven't seen it, but will add it to the Netflix now that I know. That's pretty much all the recommendation I need to check out a movie or show... if I find evidence of slash, I'll go check out the source text to see what's so interesting about it.

I hope your spare story parts combine to form the beginning of an epic novel in which Nicholas and Danny are recruited by the FBI in cooperation with Interpol, travel to Florida and go undercover as bait for a serial killer who targets gay European couples.

Because I'm never going to write it, but don't you think somebody should?

Maybe we could hire someone.

hmmm.

:P

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

I love TWOP, even though I don't watch much regular TV these days. Still, it can't be beat for my weekly dose of snark.

As for Sky Captain, it's certainly not overt slash, but slashers see what they want, of course :-) Even so, slash or no slash, I really enjoyed it. It was made by people who obviously love movies and that particular genre of fiction, and that love comes through in every frame.

I hope your spare story parts combine to form the beginning of an epic novel in which Nicholas and Danny are recruited by the FBI in cooperation with Interpol, travel to Florida and go undercover as bait for a serial killer who targets gay European couples.

::splorfle:: Oh man, I wish. But hey...you've given it plenty of thought...

I did actually toy with the idea of some fairly big storylines, but I go research-crazy when I write and I'm trying to avoid going down that slippery slope for now, because I just don't have the time. (My current fanfic novella has been in progress for a year and a half now, and oh lord. It's like quicksand.)