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Apr. 28th, 2009
Title: The Bootstrap Paradox and Other Tips for Finding True Love
Author: Mokuyoubi
Pairing: Jon/Spencer (background Brendon/Ryan, Travis/Gabe/William, Frank/Gerard and Pete/Patrick); POV 3rd, Spencer
Rating: NC-17
WC: 43k
Summary: In response to the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
harlequin_bands challenge: Swept from her dismal present in the 1990s (facing unemployment and the singles scene), Phoebe Turlow takes a wrong turn at a hotel (while attending a “free” vacation in the Caribbean, sponsored by a condo company) and winds up in the seventeenth century in the company of a sexy, witty pirate named Duncan Rourke. As if Rourke does not have enough to do fighting the British in the American Revolution, he has to determine whether short haired, strange speaking Phoebe is a spy, a witch, or worse. Instead, he falls in love with her.
Okay, so Ryan was going to be Phoebe and Brendon Duncan, except then somehow Spencer and Jon took over the story, and so this really tells the story of Phoebe and Duncan’s best friends…I’m working on the Ryden side story that will actually end up more closely resembling the book summary. Oh, also changed it to the eighteenth century, since I’m *pretty* sure that’s when the American Revolution actually took place…*shrug*
Thanks to Muse for beta-ing and giving me a million and nine lolarious ideas when I got stuck towards the end. Thanks also to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lolab for cheering me on and demanding more. Without those two, I don’t know if I ever would have finished this…
( Part 1 )
Author: Mokuyoubi
Pairing: Jon/Spencer (background Brendon/Ryan, Travis/Gabe/William, Frank/Gerard and Pete/Patrick); POV 3rd, Spencer
Rating: NC-17
WC: 43k
Summary: In response to the
harlequin_bands challenge: Swept from her dismal present in the 1990s (facing unemployment and the singles scene), Phoebe Turlow takes a wrong turn at a hotel (while attending a “free” vacation in the Caribbean, sponsored by a condo company) and winds up in the seventeenth century in the company of a sexy, witty pirate named Duncan Rourke. As if Rourke does not have enough to do fighting the British in the American Revolution, he has to determine whether short haired, strange speaking Phoebe is a spy, a witch, or worse. Instead, he falls in love with her.Okay, so Ryan was going to be Phoebe and Brendon Duncan, except then somehow Spencer and Jon took over the story, and so this really tells the story of Phoebe and Duncan’s best friends…I’m working on the Ryden side story that will actually end up more closely resembling the book summary. Oh, also changed it to the eighteenth century, since I’m *pretty* sure that’s when the American Revolution actually took place…*shrug*
Thanks to Muse for beta-ing and giving me a million and nine lolarious ideas when I got stuck towards the end. Thanks also to
lolab for cheering me on and demanding more. Without those two, I don’t know if I ever would have finished this…( Part 1 )
Friends Only question
Apr. 28th, 2009 07:14 pmOkay, maybe I'm just remarkably stubborn, but I really, really hate when I see "friends only" on a journal with fannish stuff in it. Like, I can understand if you want to keep your personal stuff personal. I have a journal that is in no way connected to this one for all my personal stuff, and it is flocked. The fanfic on it is not. Never will be. I don't have a problem with that. I can stop by your journal, read your fanfic, and never know anything else about you.
I do have a problem with people who lock their fic, too. And so, say you're paranoid that someone in your rl might see some of your fannish stuff, or something? Why do you even have it in the same journal with your rl stuff, then? And how does making people comment to be friended make it any safer? It just seems sort of arrogant to me, and I *absolutely* refuse to friend people, just so I can read their stuff. It isn't fair. I don't *want* to know about all your stuff, okay? I just want to read your fanfic. And then, maybe, if we get to know one another, I'll friend you for that reason. If I really like your fic, I'll friend you. If you friend me and seem to be an interesting person? I'll friend you back. It isn't that I'm stingy about friend people, but I hate being *forced* to do it. So I just won't do it.
I don't mean to come off sounding bitchy, and maybe I'm just not getting something. What are other people's opinions on this?
I do have a problem with people who lock their fic, too. And so, say you're paranoid that someone in your rl might see some of your fannish stuff, or something? Why do you even have it in the same journal with your rl stuff, then? And how does making people comment to be friended make it any safer? It just seems sort of arrogant to me, and I *absolutely* refuse to friend people, just so I can read their stuff. It isn't fair. I don't *want* to know about all your stuff, okay? I just want to read your fanfic. And then, maybe, if we get to know one another, I'll friend you for that reason. If I really like your fic, I'll friend you. If you friend me and seem to be an interesting person? I'll friend you back. It isn't that I'm stingy about friend people, but I hate being *forced* to do it. So I just won't do it.
I don't mean to come off sounding bitchy, and maybe I'm just not getting something. What are other people's opinions on this?