foxxcub: (frank's fucking face by lovebashed)
aleesha ([personal profile] foxxcub) wrote2008-12-31 12:06 pm

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Thank you to everyone who gave good thoughts for my health stuff yesterday! I'm feeling much better today. :)

And also, thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts and opinions on my Jon meta post. It meant a lot to me, and after thinking it over long and hard, I've decided to, as Mr. Foxx puts it so eloquently, "not be a puss" and re-post it, unedited and just as it was. My New Year's resolution is to not let people get to me so easily, and this is a step in that direction. Many of you commented that you had the post bookmarked, or wanted to read it again, and I felt like I'd overacted in deleting it. So feel free to comment to the new post, or not; either way, I feel better about everything in general now. It was never that I didn't want discussion, I just didn't want negative drama. But again, thank you for being so level-headed and kind to my slightly neurotic self. *hugs you all*

In other, less melodramatic news, I need something distracting and ridiculous right now, and I figured instead of doing an end-of-the-year-type post, I'd do a bunch of polls about things we love in fic. Because I'd kind of like to talk about porn and really awesomely bad cliches. \o/

[Poll #1323386]

And happy birthday to [livejournal.com profile] sunsetmog! I think you're pretty keen! ♥

[identity profile] mjzjewel.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
voted.

[identity profile] liketheroad.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Time travel! Misunderstandings!

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite right! Ugh, I looooooove time travel stories.

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[identity profile] crowgirl13.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
genderswap [which I was not into until bandom]; vampires, werewolves and other supernatural elements; period and Western AUS

I really could keep going.

My absolute fave has to be threesome or moresome *relationship* fic though.
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[identity profile] prettykitty-aya.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
My absolute fave has to be threesome or moresome *relationship* fic though.

SECONDED.

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[identity profile] maple-mahogany.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Coming from HP fandom, my thing was always about 'best mates'. Best friends falling for each other had owned me for ages and a dynamic in bandom that's such an appeal to me.

What I'm intrigued by, is that it seems like most of the other former HP people now in bandom were people who shipped Harry/Draco, Harry/Snape or other 'conflict ships'. I wonder why that is? (this is my rhetorical brain dump on your LJ, I don't expect an 'answer'. Heh)

Also, I really like the porn. But not just because of obvious fun of boy parts against boy parts, but because the sex speaks so much about what is happening between characters. I want to know if they were nervous or embarrassed or confident and I feel cheated without it. I totally get why a writer might want to leave the porn out, but that's why I want it.

/rambling.

[identity profile] airglowsgold.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
What I'm intrigued by, is that it seems like most of the other former HP people now in bandom were people who shipped Harry/Draco, Harry/Snape or other 'conflict ships'. I wonder why that is?

Hi! *waves* My very first fandom was HP, and I actually never really liked Ron/Harry, nor Harry/Hermione - my ships were always Hermione/Draco, then Draco/Harry. The only exception to my fondness of "conflict ships" was my MASSIVE love for Sirius/Remus. The strange thing, though, is I love the best friends falling for each other thing - my favorite bandom pairing, besides GSF, is Ryan and Spencer. Maybe I'm different from a lot of D/H shippers in that my favorite fics with them were ones like Drop Dead Gorgeous where they grew up and became friends, or in that I always loved S/R just as much or more than D/H, but, well - I don't know. I guess I'm not the most conventional D/H shipper, but I am one regardless, so I'm going to try and explain why I think a lot of us like bandom so much, here;

I suppose the reason so many "conflict ship" people from HP go into bandom is because the primary bandom pairing is Brendon/Ryan, and it's also most people's introduction to bandom; a LOT of Brendon/Ryan seems to be written with a ton of conflict of some sort, and even if it isn't the "enemies falling for each other" thing that draws people to D/H, it's still usually a different kind of angst from the way Ryan/Spencer is written. I suppose you could say the same for Gerard/Frank and a few other big bandom pairings; despite the fact that they're already friends, a lot of the fic with that pairing involves some sort of angsty pining completely removed from the easy, best-friends-falling-into-love sort of way Ryan and Spencer and other BFF sort of pairings are written a lot of the time.

/novel

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[identity profile] iamiamamachine.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
polls are my favorite! especially when they're about bandom.
i tried to give specific answers everywhere. i could've just checked 'everything!' but that's not really what you want from a poll. kissing and cuddling are my favorite kinds of boy-touch in stories. a well-written, detailed make-out scene does so much more to me than a sex scene ever could! cuddling is one of my favorite things to do, and obviously this translates to bandom.

the second question was a lot harder to answer. i don't know if you wanted me to check just one of those options, but in the end i chose blowjobs, frottage and masturbation (the elimination between frottage and underage experimentation was a hard one!). much like kissing, blowjob scenes usually > sex scenes to me. frottage is just aeprawerpawer, and masturbation... idk, i think i'm yet to find someone who doesn't enjoy masturbation fic, to be honest.

lastly, whore!au's and strip club au's (and anything else in that genre) totally own my soul. i blame wednesday night boys and fics alike.

[identity profile] o4fuxache.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sooooooo glaaaaad you reposted! Even if our delightful frat boy conversation is gone. And I owe you an email!

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-01 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, I'm sorry. D: IT'S IN MY HEART, BB.

[identity profile] aloverestrained.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
If I was supposed t choose just one for some of those, then I failed at voting. :(

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Ahaha, you didn't fail, I'm just really mean. :D

[identity profile] neviditelny.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude. You gave ticky boxes. No way I could choose only one. I'm not that restrained.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
SORRY, I'M JUST EVIL THAT WAY.

[identity profile] eloquentice.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I forgot to also check "other" for the last one, but I second time travel and REALLLLLLY second genderswap. Nnngh.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
IDK WHY I FORGOT TO INCLUDE THOSE, I FAIL.

[identity profile] greeenlikejuly.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
as per the last question: fake boyfriends/girlfriends/lovers who then turn into real boyfriends/girlfriends/lovers is best.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
YYYYYYY! Seconded!

[identity profile] harriet-vane.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
All of those are my favorites, except my FAVORITE favorite is when someone leaves because he overhears people being in love and he realizes they are HAPPIER WITHOUT HIM, and he will NOBLY SACRIFICE HIS LOVE for them, and then they come after him because they love him, too. See also: my icon.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
YOU JUST SECRETLY LOVE HAN SOLO, DON'T FRONT.
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[identity profile] snarkaddict.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Good on you, foxx! ♥

I had to pick all the options for the last question, I love all of them! /o\ But if I really have to pick one or die, it'd be best friends falling in love (which kinda ties in nicely with fake boyfriends/girlfriends/lovers). Something about the growth of their relationship just flat out does it for me. And the perfect way to have angst and anxiety about the next step. It's like the modern day fairytale.

Riding and bondage, GUH! Spencer Someone tied down while Ryan their lover rides them is my favouritest of favourites, no lie.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Hee, I agree with all of those! ♥

[identity profile] eleanor-lavish.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
ONE SIDED PINING THAT ENDS IN FROTTAGE. Seriously, though, somceone said miscommunication and that is my FAAAVORITE. (It usually goes hand-in-hand with pining! And the guy in my icon!)

And way to go you about the Jon post. You can have opinions! Embrace your own... opinionatedness!

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
OMG YES. SO MUCH YES. AND THEN THE ONE SIDE ANGSTS THAT THE OTHER SIDE DIDN'T WANT SAID FROTTAGE. \o/

[identity profile] phillyfilly.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you're feeling better and you reposted your meta. Also, your resolution sounds like a very good one! Its like when you try to make everyone happy, you usually just end up making yourself miserable.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, and yes, I'm glad I did it!

[identity profile] chebonne.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm also ALL ABOUT that old classic romance trope of two people absolutely LOATHING each other and then having hot monkey sex anyway. And then falling in love, of course. I grew up on Harlequins, what can I say. :D

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
DUDE. You have described my favorite scenario in any story EVER.
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[identity profile] sunsetmog.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
THANK YOU DARLING <3333

(I am glad you reposted, too. ♥)

And there are ticky boxes on my birthday too! But I want to tick too many of them. I want kissing and hand-holding as a precursor to sex! I also love... arranged marriages and fake boyfriends and one-sided pining (so long as it is two-sided pining but they are OBLIVIOUS. Oblivious is my favourite, I think, because it covers ALL OF THESE THINGS) and and and best friends falling in love <3333

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
KISSING AND HAND-HOLDING LEADING TO SEX, YYYYYYY. And oblivious to the other being madly in love with them, omg, I am such a dork.

[identity profile] wordsalone.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Kissing. I like KISSING. Kissing is the best ever because it can be sweet and soft or rough and dirty.

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[identity profile] cmonkatiekatie.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG, this is the only time I have ever wanted a poll to be radio buttons, because hi, MORE OF ALL OF IT ALL THE TIME, K? Soooo, I just picked one of each.

Also, what ^she said. About the kissing.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
EVERYONE GRIPES WHEN I DO RADIO BUTTONS, I CAN'T PLEASE ANYONE. But yeah, I'm really just mean. :P

[identity profile] andnightsgrow.livejournal.com 2008-12-31 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I like how you made the poll in ticky boxes so I don't have to make such hard choices :D

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Man, I can't please anyone!! *g*

[identity profile] paraserpiente.livejournal.com 2009-01-01 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
OH NO I COULDN'T STOP TICKING THE FIRST ONE (weirdly, I also love gentle caresses along not strictly erogenous zones, like hipbones or wrists. WHAT)

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Nnnnnnnguh, I agree with this comment SO HARD.

[identity profile] circasanity.livejournal.com 2009-01-01 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Delurking to vote and to tell you that your meta was, indeed, well thought-out. (Though I will have to disagree with you calling Audrey a skank.)

\o/ One-sided pining is my favorite!

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to comment. :)

[identity profile] danacias.livejournal.com 2009-01-01 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Glad to see that you've reposted the meta bit!

Happy New Year!

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
<33333333333

[identity profile] hikarinotabi.livejournal.com 2009-01-01 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad to see I'm not alone in my insane love of stories of best friends falling in love. :DDDDDDDD

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
They're the best cliche' ever!
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[personal profile] trinity_clare 2009-01-01 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, my answers line up with the majority on every single question. I think the fandom Borg has successfully assimilated me.

I do need to add always-a-girl (if that counts), threesome or moresome, and power play to the list.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
I am kicking myself that I didn't include genderswap and threesomes, WHAT WAS I THINKING??

[identity profile] belle-bing.livejournal.com 2009-01-07 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Hey you miss, I have been terribly remiss in keeping up with flist stuff, but I am pouting for some more middle aged dudes in love, plz. :D

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
YES, I CONCUR, THANK YOU FOR EMAILING ME BB.♥

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