Remix assignments are here!

[beatrice_otter]

And my assignment is both ironic and frustrating. The ironic I can't explain until after the reveal, but the frustrating I can talk about--she's a slasher. Almost exclusively. And I'm ... not. Not in the slightest. I'll read slash, if it's good enough and there's a purpose to it besides smut (I don't read het that's nothing but smut, either), but I don't write it. Thankfully, there are some that could easily be genified, where the slash is not key to the plot, but it's hardly ideal. Ah, well, it's better than I had with gateverse_remix last year. I was spoiled by remix_redux last year, that's my problem. We don't always get matched up with our favorite writers, alas.

Part of my problem is that I write in too many fandoms--you need to have written a minimum of five non-crossover, non-remix, non-remixed stories in a fandom with a minimum 500 words per story to sign up. I have several fandoms with two qualifying stories, but the only one with five is SG-1. So I'll be assigned to an SG-1 writer, for sure, which means it's fairly unlikely they're gonna choose to remix, say, one of my BSG stories or Batman stories. Since most of the stuff I've written lately is not SG-1, that makes me sad.

Comments

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Dammit... I forgot to sign up and I meant to... *slaps forehead*

Couldn't you specify that you were gen/het writer? I thought you could do that because that sounds a little hard... :(

[beatrice_otter]

No. The rules explicitly state that you cannot express a preference for gen/het/slash. You gets what you gets.

Now, last year I got jedibuttercup who was a phenomenal writer, and my problem was that her stories were so good that I sat there for a while trying to figure out what I could possibly do to improve upon one or trying to find one that had an issue/character that wasn't addressed. Several cried out for sequels, but that wouldn't be a remix. And then once I'd figured out what I wanted to do, I had such fun writing "What a Father Is (the DNA Remix)."

This year ... hm. I did see this great AU ficlet that has potential; the slash is mostly unspoken UST and dependent upon the knowledge that this writer is exclusively a slasher, so it's not just subtext it's SUBTEXT. So if I write from another character's POV, who from the story itself is oblivious, that works out for me (I mean, in the story, even the POV character refuses to admit to himself what's going on with the UST). Ooh. I just had a great idea how to do it. Will require thought, but could be awesome.

[imadra-blue.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Has this person truly not written anything but slash? I got the impression from your above comment that because you know she slashes, you saw a genfic as slash, when she may not have intended it as slash. Are you sure it's her and not just you reading slash into what she has listed as gen? (I mean no offense by this, but I'm asking because it's common for people not to read our gen or het because they refuse to think of us as anything as slashers. As someone who writes slash, gen, and even a wee bit of het, I grow frustrated with that stigma, because certain people refuse to even talk to me because of that.)

In any case, you're able to sideline pairings and focus on other aspects, so you could always tweak the story to suit your own purposes.

[beatrice_otter]

Yes. I've been through her LJ. Everything is slash, either in a relationship or UST. Sometimes it's not foregrounded, but it's definitely there, and listed as such. I know most slashers don't write exclusively slash, the same way most shippers don't write exclusively ship. This person ... really does write exclusively slash.

However, changing POV on one of the UST stories should work, and I know exactly how I'm going to do it now. Just have to let it sit and percolate some.

[imadra-blue.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is sort of limiting. I sympathize. Hell, I would feel a bit stifled with only slash, too, and I do slash. (But then, I tend to consider genfic superior to shipfic in both quality but expression. After all most of the fandoms we play in are gen by fandom definition.)

Good luck with it!

[beatrice_otter]

After all most of the fandoms we play in are gen by fandom definition.

Yes, but I find that for some reason what I want out of the show itself and what I want out of fic are two different things--I really love action/adventure stuff on the show, forex, while I prefer romance and angst and character studies in terms of fic. YMMV.

As to the remix itself--I haf a plan!

[imadra-blue.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I find that for some reason what I want out of the show itself and what I want out of fic are two different things

Well, absolutely. Even if ship canon pairings (as in the case with Han/leia), I don't write or read fic pertaining to them because canon gives that to me. It's why I generally write and read non-canon ships. I'm also unhealthily obsessed with AUs, because I love exploring "What if?" questions and digging deeper into characterizations by changing a single thing. But, generally, we work in fandoms whose source canon we at least like, which means we all have to like gen a little bit!