today's memes!
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anghraineAdding another (non-serial!) one, because, uh, drabble bargains are sacred, and I don't very many will take me up on it anyway.
Drabble meme
Every person who wants to gets to request a drabble from me. In return, you have to post this in your journal and write a drabble for me.
Post all fandoms you're willing to write for. Your friends can pick a relationship, a story arc, a missing scene, or pretty much anything they want, unless the author has previously mentioned that they will not write it. They comment with what they want, and you write drabbles and post it in your LiveJournal.
Fandoms: Austen, Harry Potter, Middle-earth, and Star Wars; you can ask for anything from the canons (er, primary canons) or any of my storiesyes, Austen friends, even that one
Star Wars meme
(4) Who is your least favourite character, and why?
Also challenging. Um. Anakin frustrated me as a character in the PT (and ROTJ, sort of), but Vader is amazing enough that I can make allowances for him. Padmé was an enormous disappointment, but again, that's because of the parts of her character I really like. Jar-Jar is mildly annoying in-story and exceptionally irritating meta-wise, but I don't think my least favourite. Obi-Wan is absolutely infuriating but I am fond of him, in an infuriated way.
Oh, I know! Palpatine. Not just because he's evil, and not because he's a poor character. Actually, he's a pretty awesome character, except in ROTJ. He's the only character I like better in the PT than the OT, because he was clever and competent and nuanced, and utterly hilarious once he dropped the Kindly Authority charade. But in a good way. Yes.
And still, I hate him. Not the personality - the character. I am not here for Palpatine. I know what his motivation is and it's boring. Well, that's it. His character utterly bores me. In ANH, he was kept wisely offscreen, like Sauron. In ESB, we saw him, but only briefly and just this vaguely menacing presence. In ROTJ, he keeps showing up and sneering and I am here for the Skywalkers, okay? I do not care about you, boringly evil man, and you keep showing up and taking time from Vader and Luke and Leia.
And in the PT (*rant ahead*), even though he's a better character, he's even more frustrating for me because this person I already disliked for taking over too much of the plot becomes the plot. He is behind EVERYTHING and I wanted to see How Anakin Skywalker Became Darth Vader, not How Palpatine Took Over The Galaxy. We're left with no idea why or how Anakin ended up (1) capable of mass murder and (2) espousing fascism, because this tidbit was apparently too boring or something and instead we get to watch Palpatine's fascinating political maneuverings. Seriously, I think Palpatine is the main character of the PT, which I'm sure is fine if you like him. But I don't. It's like if the Akallabêth were all about Sauron being evil and not really about Númenor at all. whyyyyyyy
In conclusion: omg Palpatine go away
Asexuality meme
(4) Do you identify as part of the queer community? Which communities do you identify with?
Oh Lord.
I do think of myself as queer, because in the ... um, culture that I grew up in, sexuality could neatly be divided into two groups: straight (good) and not-straight (abomination before God). It's not always laid out in those terms, but it was made quite clear that heterosexual marriage is a crucial step on the path to heaven, that God wants us to get married (and multiply and replenish!), that choosing not to get married is defiance of God's plan and a sin, for which the only acceptable reason is that nobody wants you. Any other reason, like not being straight, is a pitiable condition as long as it doesn't guide your actions; if it does, it's vilified.
You know, you grow up hearing people like you described as sinners and heretics for defying God's plan, you're suicidal by thirteen, you're stepping around psychiatrists to avoid getting diagnosed and drugged for your orientation, just maybe you might consider yourself queer.
But part of the community? Not really. When large numbers of a community consistently deny my existence, define and dismiss my experiences, and repeatedly refer to me as straight (idek), I can never know whether a given queer community will be safe for me or not. So I've never done more than occasionally think maybe I could get help there - oh wait, never mind. I'm only in the community insofar as the asexual community can be considered a sort of adjunct to it.
Wow, that was depressing. Hopefully the next meme is a bit more cheerful.
Fanfic meme
(4) Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
I'll admit, the word "muse" tends to make me back carefully away. But it sounds like this is just talking about a character that inspires you and dominates your fandom-related thoughts.
Yup! Darcy for Austen, Faramir for Middle-earth, Luke and (especially) Anakin for SW, Harry and (especially) Snape, to a degree, in HP. I think it's mostly because they're...kind of why I'm there? I mean, I'd love the fandoms anyway (okay, SW without Luke and Anakin is a desolate husk for me, but the others), but I tend to get really pulled in by a character who fascinates me, and that person becomes my driving interest.
Drabble meme
Every person who wants to gets to request a drabble from me. In return, you have to post this in your journal and write a drabble for me.
Post all fandoms you're willing to write for. Your friends can pick a relationship, a story arc, a missing scene, or pretty much anything they want, unless the author has previously mentioned that they will not write it. They comment with what they want, and you write drabbles and post it in your LiveJournal.
Fandoms: Austen, Harry Potter, Middle-earth, and Star Wars; you can ask for anything from the canons (er, primary canons) or any of my stories
Star Wars meme
(4) Who is your least favourite character, and why?
Also challenging. Um. Anakin frustrated me as a character in the PT (and ROTJ, sort of), but Vader is amazing enough that I can make allowances for him. Padmé was an enormous disappointment, but again, that's because of the parts of her character I really like. Jar-Jar is mildly annoying in-story and exceptionally irritating meta-wise, but I don't think my least favourite. Obi-Wan is absolutely infuriating but I am fond of him, in an infuriated way.
Oh, I know! Palpatine. Not just because he's evil, and not because he's a poor character. Actually, he's a pretty awesome character, except in ROTJ. He's the only character I like better in the PT than the OT, because he was clever and competent and nuanced, and utterly hilarious once he dropped the Kindly Authority charade. But in a good way. Yes.
And still, I hate him. Not the personality - the character. I am not here for Palpatine. I know what his motivation is and it's boring. Well, that's it. His character utterly bores me. In ANH, he was kept wisely offscreen, like Sauron. In ESB, we saw him, but only briefly and just this vaguely menacing presence. In ROTJ, he keeps showing up and sneering and I am here for the Skywalkers, okay? I do not care about you, boringly evil man, and you keep showing up and taking time from Vader and Luke and Leia.
And in the PT (*rant ahead*), even though he's a better character, he's even more frustrating for me because this person I already disliked for taking over too much of the plot becomes the plot. He is behind EVERYTHING and I wanted to see How Anakin Skywalker Became Darth Vader, not How Palpatine Took Over The Galaxy. We're left with no idea why or how Anakin ended up (1) capable of mass murder and (2) espousing fascism, because this tidbit was apparently too boring or something and instead we get to watch Palpatine's fascinating political maneuverings. Seriously, I think Palpatine is the main character of the PT, which I'm sure is fine if you like him. But I don't. It's like if the Akallabêth were all about Sauron being evil and not really about Númenor at all. whyyyyyyy
In conclusion: omg Palpatine go away
Asexuality meme
(4) Do you identify as part of the queer community? Which communities do you identify with?
Oh Lord.
I do think of myself as queer, because in the ... um, culture that I grew up in, sexuality could neatly be divided into two groups: straight (good) and not-straight (abomination before God). It's not always laid out in those terms, but it was made quite clear that heterosexual marriage is a crucial step on the path to heaven, that God wants us to get married (and multiply and replenish!), that choosing not to get married is defiance of God's plan and a sin, for which the only acceptable reason is that nobody wants you. Any other reason, like not being straight, is a pitiable condition as long as it doesn't guide your actions; if it does, it's vilified.
You know, you grow up hearing people like you described as sinners and heretics for defying God's plan, you're suicidal by thirteen, you're stepping around psychiatrists to avoid getting diagnosed and drugged for your orientation, just maybe you might consider yourself queer.
But part of the community? Not really. When large numbers of a community consistently deny my existence, define and dismiss my experiences, and repeatedly refer to me as straight (idek), I can never know whether a given queer community will be safe for me or not. So I've never done more than occasionally think maybe I could get help there - oh wait, never mind. I'm only in the community insofar as the asexual community can be considered a sort of adjunct to it.
Wow, that was depressing. Hopefully the next meme is a bit more cheerful.
Fanfic meme
(4) Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
I'll admit, the word "muse" tends to make me back carefully away. But it sounds like this is just talking about a character that inspires you and dominates your fandom-related thoughts.
Yup! Darcy for Austen, Faramir for Middle-earth, Luke and (especially) Anakin for SW, Harry and (especially) Snape, to a degree, in HP. I think it's mostly because they're...kind of why I'm there? I mean, I'd love the fandoms anyway (okay, SW without Luke and Anakin is a desolate husk for me, but the others), but I tend to get really pulled in by a character who fascinates me, and that person becomes my driving interest.