Happy birthday, Slod!

Would you believe it's slodwick's birthday? Man, I totally had no idea. I feel like that dodgy friend who shows up at the party without a gift...

*hugs Slod anyway*

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Celli made me some icons. They so appeal to my dodgy sense of humour.







*giggles*

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( Firefly ramblings: sex, sexuality, slash... )

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How can we tell the boss is away? It's 12.30pm on a Monday, and I'm still yet to do any work. Of course, I have lied through my teeth assured the boss that I have sent off the insurance application forms and am working on invoices, so I will have to do that this afternoon. *g*

I've rambled, played around in meta and made myself incredibly confused. I've checked out other people's unpopular opinions (which make me wonder. If there's so many of us who agree with each other's unpopular opinions, are these opinions actually unpopular?) and just floated around online. I'm now counting down til lunchtime and trying to convince myself that I can acheive a day's work in an afternoon.

Popslashy thoughts...

Hmmmm... You know, I can't tell if I like Jae's writing or not. I mean, I've certainly read a few fics, and I keep coming back and reading one when it's rec'ed, but... I'm not sure if I like them.

It's like... it's like a really rich sauce. It's not what you're used to, and you think it tastes good, but it's also a bit too much, too overwhelming. You finish the meal and you're not sure if you actually like it.

Take Reindeer Games for example. It's not a Chris or a JC I particularly like, let alone relate to. There are some moments that just make me cringe in embarrassment for the characters, that just hit the wrong note overall. There's a lack of morality, or convictions, or something. I can't quite put my finger on it.

The writing itself is good. The characters themselves are recognisable, if not particularly likeable. There are lines that make me snigger and smile, and the emotions ring true. But there's an underlying theme or idea there that just makes me uneasy. The emotions are a little too raw, the characters are a little too distilled, and I get to the end of the fic feeling surprisingly unsatisfied.

Of course, I could take this as a sign to stop reading slash and get some work done, but I think that's overreacting. *g*

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Hey y'all, celli is a bad influence. Yep, that's who I'm blaming for this. It's a Simon/Mal snippet, except for the fact that it's not Simon/Mal at all. It's totally Simon and Mal, seperate and damn gen, because they just refuse to be together. Hell, they generally refuse to even smile at each other. (Unless prodded damn hard. Trust me, I prodded *really* damn hard.)

( I have no name for this little thing... and no excuse, either. )

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Hmmm... I don't know if it sounds quite... uptight enough to be a convincing Simon POV. Damn smart characters. It's too hard to get inside their heads. double goes for the really cool characters like Mal, Zoe and River. No way in hell I could play with their minds.

And on that note, I'm going home. Spent an entire day at work, and I managed to have several fannish conversations and not get one jot of work done. I shouldn't be proud of this. *g*