we must reinvent love

[reflectedeve]

Last night I hung out with hermionesviolin, and totally got defensive about the word "emo" (it totally has no meaning anymore, I swear, but anyway MCR do not qualify). Poor Lisbet; she is so understanding of my crazy. Oh, this fandom. <3

I should work on one of my comics this weekend--or probably that anthology submission I've been putting off--but instead, I'm apparently going to write fic. I don't remember the last time I wrote fic that wasn't for yuletide (or comica_obscura, the one time).

Speaking of which, flist, do many of you read much genderfuck? I've noticed that, in many (probably most) of the boy-randomly-wakes-up-female fic that I've read, the story continues to use male pronouns throughout. This makes all the sense in the world, from a self-identification standpoint, but I have occasionally found it confusing, particularly during sex scenes. Do any of you have thoughts on the subject?

In other news, Avatar continues to be the most fucking amazing show ever, and particularly from a gender standpoint. I really need to rhapsodize about "The Boiling Rock" parts one and two, at some point. (I will also definitely finish that crack!comic this weekend, which maybe two or three other people will appreciate.)

By the way, Rel, I am enjoying the hell out of your Revenge Tragedy mix; I think there are a few artists I may need to look into further. And appropriately, one of the roomies and I are going to watch Sweeney Todd (the Depp version) tonight. (Why is my life so themed lately? It is practically color-coded.)

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[olivia-circe.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also:

COMIC: YAY YAY YAY!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

Gender complications in real life don't tend to confuse me much. It's just that, when you write a character I am familiar with as same gender/different sex, I have visualization issues, I guess.

Maybe there should be more illustrated fic. Hmmm, that's an idea. (Oh god no.)

You must watch more Avatar! Join us in the world of fucking awesome, Rel! (It's like, the only fandom that bandom hasn't managed to totally distract me from . . . and it doesn't even have a fandom, really. Which is incredibly, incredibly tragic, dammit.)

Hmm. Well, I have never heard Vienna Teng before, and her song is gorgeous. I do of course have some Smashing Pumpkins and Franz Ferdinand, but I should have more; also Fairport Convention (I have this great "best of Sandy Denny" album, that's it). And while I've certainly heard of the New Pornographers, I don't have any of their stuff.

It's really not much of a comic, but yeah. :) I hope I can think of more, fancomics are so damn fun to do.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Which Vienna Teng song? I adore "Drought" but don't know much else -- though musesfool is a big fan, so I may have scattered mp3s from her.

Oh, and I have scads of The New Pornographers (and Immaculate Machine), largely thanks to my friend trijinx. And I randomly acquired a bunch of Smashing Pumpkins albums a while back that I probably still have and could rip for you.

[olivia-circe.livejournal.com]

My Medea (http://www.sendspace.com/file/pmox3q). I think a lot of my Vienna Teng tracks come from musesfool, too, actually. :D

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Ooh, well, if you get around to ripping stuff, that'd be lovely. :) I mean, I have various sources, and my brother probably has a lot of New Pornographers also, but. Music! Always welcome.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

zip files:
* Vienna Teng (http://www.mediafire.com/?1x9d14h1kcl)
* The New Pornographers (1) (http://www.mediafire.com/?wx9qs5jmnzv)
* The New Pornographers (2) (http://www.mediafire.com/?ojzpg2esafv)
* Immaculate Machine (http://www.mediafire.com/?mjmqxzivzty)
* Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (http://www.mediafire.com/?xrzyd4odgl1)
* Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1: dawn to dusk) (http://www.mediafire.com/?0zhe0en3j1w)
* Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (2: twilight to starlight) (http://www.mediafire.com/?rtyngxeeamy)
* Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (http://www.mediafire.com/?m34gn1bbatn)
* Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (http://www.mediafire.com/?dwgb3427fcz)

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

. . . good lord, honey. Thank you so much! I have dl'ed it all to my laptop, will have to start listening ASAP. (The only bit I didn't dl is "Pisces Iscariot," which is randomly the only Smashing Pumpkins album I own.)

[olivia-circe.livejournal.com]

I think there should definitely be more illustrated fic. But I do see your point with the visualization issues. I think I'd be inclined to get extra-descriptive in my writing, but strangely enough, I have not actually written any genderfuck, so I don't know.

I will! Soon! I swear! And then there will be more of a fandom! By one person, anyway. Um.

OMG, I LOVE VIENNA TENG SO MUCH. I only have a handful of her songs, but her voice. I've been slowly accumulating more Smashing Pumpkins, but I only have that one self-titled Franz Ferdinand album. It's a great album, though. And weirdly, Matty Groves is the only Fairport Convention song I have, and I have it because it came on a mix of Murder Ballads my friend cabell made ages and ages ago. Murder Ballads ftw! I'm just getting into the New Pornographers, but I really like them. Mmmmmm music. Music! \o/

Coooooommmmmmiiiiiic. The end.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

*grin* Every new person helps.

Yeah, Vienna Teng's voice is pretty swoon-worthy, I'm going to have to get more. And huh, it sounds like I'm really going to have to make you a mix sometime (though mine are not nearly so nifty and themed). Yes, music. \o/

Hee. God, I hope I'm not so struck with inspiration (for multiple things) that I wind up accomplishing nothing after all. :p It's happened before.