Yours Truly
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snowflake_challenge – Who is ExtraPenguin? (Other than a snowflake who melts in summer.) My sticky already has the basics, so I decided to take the more fannish/fic-y tack!
You know all those big buttons people have, like angst, hurt/comfort, whump, etc? I was in the bathroom when they were giving those out. Instead, my iddy desires are stuff like competence, loyalty, action/adventure, and pieces slotting into place like a good bit of worldbuilding or narrative climax will do. Things being done and done well is a wonderful thing for me.
Another thing I like, besides things slotting into place, is being introduced to new and brain-bending ideas! A lot of the images that have really stuck with me are these sorts of things – the thing that's stuck in my brain for the longest, and will probably still be there when I'm a demented 90-year-old, is the end of Greg Egan's novel Diaspora. (It really needs the rest of the novel to set it up.)
I also enjoy fun! Humor and crack sit well with the brain chemical centers, as they usually contain a combination of things slotting into place and the sorts of thought experiments/scenario reversals that my brain enjoys.
Mandatory ship segment: I prefer F/F and M/M over M/F, and also love gen. I read fiction for reasons other than romance. Though apparently I can enjoy cheesy films as long as they're F/F? (I even engsubbed one!)
On the writing end, my output is a mix of Cool Ideas, stuff other people wanted for exchanges, and Cozy Fix-Somethings. As mentioned above, I'm not that much of an angst penguin, so my longform fics are mostly of the Cozy Fix-Something form. Stuff Happened and Life Got Better. I can write stuff people find sad-making, though that ends up more on the laconic sadness-is-on-the-reader end, and also short. Long stuff ends up being more to my id of fixing stuff in a cozy fashion with bonus worldbuilding. I'm sure you could identify themes and imagery I keep returning to that I didn't write about above, but that's what I can identify offhand.
This post was brought to you by yuzu-flavored tonic and gin from the Kyrö Distillery Company in an unwashed tea mug. It tastes surprisingly good!This is my brain on ethanol. Anyway, you can ask about this sort of stuff in the comments, and I'll answer to the best of my self-reflectory ability!
snowflake_challenge – Who is ExtraPenguin? (Other than a snowflake who melts in summer.) My sticky already has the basics, so I decided to take the more fannish/fic-y tack!You know all those big buttons people have, like angst, hurt/comfort, whump, etc? I was in the bathroom when they were giving those out. Instead, my iddy desires are stuff like competence, loyalty, action/adventure, and pieces slotting into place like a good bit of worldbuilding or narrative climax will do. Things being done and done well is a wonderful thing for me.
Another thing I like, besides things slotting into place, is being introduced to new and brain-bending ideas! A lot of the images that have really stuck with me are these sorts of things – the thing that's stuck in my brain for the longest, and will probably still be there when I'm a demented 90-year-old, is the end of Greg Egan's novel Diaspora. (It really needs the rest of the novel to set it up.)
I also enjoy fun! Humor and crack sit well with the brain chemical centers, as they usually contain a combination of things slotting into place and the sorts of thought experiments/scenario reversals that my brain enjoys.
Mandatory ship segment: I prefer F/F and M/M over M/F, and also love gen. I read fiction for reasons other than romance. Though apparently I can enjoy cheesy films as long as they're F/F? (I even engsubbed one!)
On the writing end, my output is a mix of Cool Ideas, stuff other people wanted for exchanges, and Cozy Fix-Somethings. As mentioned above, I'm not that much of an angst penguin, so my longform fics are mostly of the Cozy Fix-Something form. Stuff Happened and Life Got Better. I can write stuff people find sad-making, though that ends up more on the laconic sadness-is-on-the-reader end, and also short. Long stuff ends up being more to my id of fixing stuff in a cozy fashion with bonus worldbuilding. I'm sure you could identify themes and imagery I keep returning to that I didn't write about above, but that's what I can identify offhand.
This post was brought to you by yuzu-flavored tonic and gin from the Kyrö Distillery Company in an unwashed tea mug. It tastes surprisingly good!
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Date: 2020-01-19 21:10 (UTC)(But we have the subbing in common, I guess. ;))
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Date: 2020-01-20 08:29 (UTC)