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Lots of great fun on my last post about fic bunnies. So far we've got some pretty interesting Dawn and Glory meta going on, not to mention the long lost connection between BtVS and The Golden Girls. Also, pretty much everybody seems to be lamenting the lack of awesome Trek fic.

20 Things You Didn't Know About Saffron by hopefulnebula Written in list form, this is a very engaging look at what has formed the inimitable YoSaffBridge.

Little Red Riding Simon and the Big Bad Jayne by lyrstzha This is so wonderfully silly. Read! Read!

Detente, janissa11's followup to the wonderful "Tussle." Last time it hurt. This time it doesn’t, but he hurts anyway, wishes Jayne would thump him a couple of times just to make the overcoat match the underdrawers.


Also, I have questions prompted by mosca's recent post on the Firefly fandom and what she perceives as her place in it.

How do you guys feel about the fandoms you are currently involved with? Is fandom just one never-ending love affair for you? Are you really dissatisfied? Stuff you really wish was different? Happy as a lark? In other words, how do you read the litmus test on the current state of your fandoms?

I think I am in a rather unique position in that my fannish experience has been pretty much wholeheartedly positive. I've been met with kindness and overwhelming generosity at every turn. I've managed to avoid wank and kerfluffleage, although Lord knows I'm surprised as hell at that given club_joss. I wish I was able to turn out more fic as I write like a turtle if at all, and I wish my Buffy/Faith piece had gotten more feedback, but that's it (almost forgot more participation in club_joss; that might even be my primary wish). Other than that, I am utterly happy in fandom. I feel like I've been accepted and that I have a contribution to make. What about you guys?

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my fannish experience has been pretty much wholeheartedly positive
YAY for you! Of course, a lot of that has to do with who *you* are and how thoughtful and kind you are.

Are you really dissatisfied? Stuff you really wish was different?
Yes! And yes!
But it's all about what one can control and everything else you just have to let go, yes? It's nice, lately, to pull back and solely concentrate on what's joyful about fandom.

I wish my Buffy/Faith piece had gotten more feedback
*cries* It's a fantastic piece, and you should be *very* proud of it. But this fandom (and here's one of the things I can't control but wish I could) is *so* ship- and genre-segregated.

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Of course, a lot of that has to do with who *you* are and how thoughtful and kind you are.

Awwwwww *blushes*

But it's all about what one can control and everything else you just have to let go, yes?

This is true, and something I have a hard time with. I'm such a control freak, and it kills me when I can't make things do the way I want. LOL If you discover the secret, let me know. :)

It's a fantastic piece, and you should be *very* proud of it.

Thank you so much. You are one of the writers I most admire, and praise from you is high praise to me, indeed.

But this fandom (and here's one of the things I can't control but wish I could) is *so* ship- and genre-segregated.

*nods*

See my comment above to nasty_shrew