and you were just like me

[reflectedeve]

This . . . is a piece of fanart for auburnnothenna and monanotlisa's fantastic (continuing) SgA AU, Ardhanarishvara. (If you haven't read it yet, what are you waiting for? It's fucking fantastic.) It's not of any particular scene, just two of the (altered) characters.



Hee. I got to draw the "boys," and it's still femslashy. Though, I should really practice actually drawing men . . . boy!Teyla would be quite a challenge. I'll have to see what I can do.

I should do more black and white stuff. I've been forgetting how much I love it, even better than computer color, really.

Comments

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Butting in! Hope I may. & :-)

But I keep thinking - if slash writers can produce crazy hot het, and some of them do, and especially in genderswitch stories, then obviously what we need to up the crazy hot femslash quotient is multiple genderswitch.

Any writer interested in the characters and not just the mechanics of sex can bring the crazy hot, I think, but as slash writers are by definition far more interested in the male characters, multiple genderswitch does seem one of the very few ways to end up with more fiery femslash from them. *g*

Given this interest in a character, it might be easier to make slash authors write femslash -- there's a metaphor about gear shifts and going automatic in here somewhere, I just know it -- because they are pre-queered for our convenience. But then again, het writers are inherently fond of at least one female character, and when this affection encompasses others, too, I keep thinking they just need a little nudge....

But then, I'm neither fish nor fowl; I write het and slash and femslash as the mood and the love for these crazy kids on TV strikes me. Auburn's not a slash writer, either, not originally. I remember she was kicking and screaming when I told her we'd have to do Girl!John/Girl!Ronon, but then, look, she was the one who ended up writing the brunt of the scene I'm talking about.

*innocent whistle*

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

I think one of the problems is that fanwriters are often less interested in female characters, not only because they're female, but because they are sometimes less-well characterized. As far as Atlantis goes, I adore Teyla and Cadman and sometimes Weir, and I'm intruiged by Heightmeyer and Miko. Sadly, the writers never seem to know what to do with them, and it leaves one with very little material.

Aside from just being really, really hot, John and Rodney are the main focus of the show, and Rodney's probably the most realized of all the characters. It's not surprising that Sheppard/McKay is the most popular pairing . . . they're my favorite too, and I'm supposed to be femslash-oriented (says me).

So yeah, turning the boys into girls is probably a good way to get people to write femslash. Though I have to say, turning Teyla and Elizabeth male and pairing them up like that would be hot, too. There's just something fun about the switching, period, I think. ;)

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

There's just something fun about the switching, period, I think. ;)

Preaching to the choir, girl! (Not preaching to the choir girl. Oh, no.)

fanwriters are often less interested in female characters, not only because they're female, but because they are sometimes less-well characterized. As far as Atlantis goes, I adore Teyla and Cadman and sometimes Weir, and I'm intruiged by Heightmeyer and Miko. Sadly, the writers never seem to know what to do with them, and it leaves one with very little material.

Ab-so-freakin'-lutely.

John and Rodney are the main focus of the show, and Rodney's probably the most realized of all the characters. It's not surprising that Sheppard/McKay is the most popular pairing . . . they're my favorite too

Again with the nods. I'm mostly a primary character shipper, really; their sex is optional as long as they intrigue me, which tends to be the case only for characters who actually have, you know, wacky things like storylines! & ;-)