Ticky boxes

[shapinglight]

I had this meta post in my head, inspired by shadowkat67's recent trip down fandom memory lane, but first I went for a walk and it went completely out of my head, then I wrote a sort of post about it and managed to delete it by accident, so suffice it to say that I'm bowing out of reading Mark Watches BtVS because I'm 99% certain that when he gets to season 6 and Seeing Red he's going to turn into a rabid Spike-hater, and I've seen enough of that in the last eleven years to last me a lifetime - plus even in these more enlightened days, I still don't think that Spike is a racist misogynist because he refused to give back Nikki Wood's coat, or that the AR uniquely disqualifies him as a romantic partner for Buffy given the behaviour of the competition etc, and I doubt I ever will. I'm a lost cause, in fact. :shrug:

So anyway, I should try and do some writing. Before I start, though, here's a poll, which I'm putting up because I feel a bit grumpy about my writing these days, despite the fact that a bunch of new people have friended my other LJ.

Poll behind cut



[Poll #1813249]

ETA: Since I seem (as usual) to have posted my poll without thinking it through, should say that if you care to expand upon your answer in comments, I'd be very grateful. Also, I'm grumpy about my writing not because I feel unappreciated as a fic writer or anything but because I'm still finding writing so bloody difficult. Sorry if that doesn't come across well.

Comments

[girlpire.livejournal.com]

ha, i do this too. :D what's kind of funny to me is that, to take a break from my original writing, which is hard, i write fanfic. you'd think i would take breaks to do other things - i mean, sometimes i crochet - but honestly, nonfandom writing and fandom writing feel so different to me that one IS like a break from the other. it's actually much more fun to write fanfic. it's what i do when i want to remember why i ever liked writing in the first place.