Discussing fanfiction, fic-rec and meme...

I must be more addicted to tea then I thought... I've drunk a ridiculous amount of tea today... o.O

Anyway, domina_malfoy asked a very interesting question in her LJ.

How did one end up reading and writing fanfic? And how long ago was it?

I thought this was very interesting. Here is my fanfic history:

I blame Robin of Sherwood... and Xena. ALL the way. X-D

Me and spicehobbit wrote fanfic for Robin of Sherwood when we were just 13-14 years old. This was 20 years ago. Before we used the internet. We didn't know what fanfic was or fanart. But that was just what we did. We just called them stories and drawings. :-) Ah, Will Scarlet and Little John... :-D You will forever and forever be my first love there is... with a side of Nasir... So sexy... *sigh* Most of our stories were horrible, horrible Mary Sues though and will never see the layout of day.... Remember, we were very, very young. :-)

Then I left to live in Londonderry, New Hampshire USA for a year. And the family I lived with there was rabid fans of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: WarriorPrincess. I was doomed. X-D Started to read femme-slash and fanfiction as soon as I was allowed to use the family computer. *lol* And it got even worse when I moved home to Sweden again and we got a computer at home as well. Didn't write anything though, but I read... OMG, I read and printed out so so much fanfiction!

Then I moved to this city to start studying and meet a TON of very open-minded people, and then spicehobbit moved here as well... and LotR's happend... and Harry Potter. spicehobbit and chigrima, both very very dear friends of mine, turned into LotR's fangirls there for a while and dragged me into more and more male slash...

And the rest as they say, is history... :-) Now I am reading fanfics in a lot of fandoms and sometimes I try to find fanfics just for the hell of it... Usually peting73 give me a challenge after we've seen an old movie or such... and I just have to see if it exists fanfiction for said movie. Usually it does, which never stops surprising me. (Except for the movie Harley Davidsson & The Marlboro Man... and it should. Even peting73 agrees that that old movie is beyond slashy. Had I been able, I'd write my own.)

So yeah, that's my story. What's yours? :-)

And there was supposed to be a ficlet/drabble here tody. The beginning is really good. At least I think so. But I wrote myself into a corner with it. I just need someone to discuss said fic and the issues with. Any takers? Please? *begs*

In the meantime...

Want to read a really, REALLY different story? Yeah, it is slash, but I promise you... this is like NOTHING you've ever read before. I swear! It is NOT fanfiction, but an original piece. About mormon boys. That fall in love. And all the troubles that bring. And what makes this fiction so very VERY awesome, is that it is written by stoney321 who was once a mormon herself, but managed to get out of it. She knows what the hell she is talking about. There are no words, NO WORDS to have gawd damn awesome this is!

To qoute stoney321: Um, this story pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter of faith, homosexuality, and Mormons.

I love this fic so much, people. It is AMAZING!!! A must-read, I'd say.
And it came to pass...

Gotta share this to, while I am on a roll.... :-)

This wonderful quite magical music-video was shared on my Twitter-feed the other day. I just had to share it. :-) It is so so beautiful...! The animation is quite amazing!

( In your arms by Kina Grannis... )

And lastly... (Even if I am a bit late to join...)

My thread

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We all need to hear something good, right? So, hey... Join in. :-)