Thank you for still replying and for leaving kudos for the PoA-era Remus fic. I’m so glad you think my Remus is fine!
I wonder if you cover the whole OotP period in your fic. The current events of my post-OotP fic start in July and end in November 1996. I somehow managed to make the story unfold without any need for going back to edit the contents of the earlier chapters.
I think I’d ignore the epilogue, too, even in case I didn’t ignore the whole of the last two novels. After my return I’m surprised to see a lot of fic based on it, as I remember people disliking it when DH was released. Now I’m getting used to reading (e.g at Salt and Pepper Fest) fic that features epilogue characters, but I still find it difficult to remember who is who and to care about them. On the other hand, I can imagine there’s interest in “the next generation” among new and young fans who play with pairings to deal with relationship drama and sex.
Thank you for telling me more about yourself, so that I feel it’s all right I, too, add a bit, even without parentheses. I suppose it makes sense to reveal that I’m as old as 57. I did not have any access for a label like ace when I was young. I first saw the word asexual in fandom, and googling for it, I found AVEN. At that time I had been in love with a woman for a couple of years, so I concluded that I was a homoromantic asexual, but I suppose I’m biromantic, as I had been in love with some men, my husband among them, while never realising that other people were attracted to and enjoyed intimacy with people in a way I never felt. I’ve never been very eager or spontaneous to demonstrate affection physically even to children, but I’m all right with hugs and I’ve loved holding hands and kissing on lips when I’ve loved romantically.
I’ve never been only in the Wolfstar corner, as I’ve always been preliminary interested in Remus and eager to read about him in any pairing (even with Tonks – but less so if the fic is based on DH or just HBP) or in genfic, an interested in well-written genfic about any HP characters or OCs in the HP world. On LJ it just turned out easier in Remus/Sirius communities to find writers with whom to interact regularly. (I started on a small forum, the Snitch, and then found FictionAlley in 2004, LJ only in 2005.)
Now you’ve made me think that perhaps Remus and Sirius writers currently active on Tumblr know each other by name, and that’s why I got no feedback on Sirius Fest and now get several comments on Remus Fest as it’s anonymous. Anyway, SolaScientia is a great name and must be better for other fandoms. I’ve always been only paulamcg or PaulaMcG.
I just read in fanlore about squick: its usage has evolved to include everything from triggers and visceral turn-offs to 'stuff I don't want to write, read, or receive in a gift exchange’. I suppose sex scenes used to be a squick for me, but I can handle them better now, even write them. I’ve just remembered that last year I wrote two fics with het sex scenes. But in my fic sex scenes are never very long or detailed or the focus or the conclusion of the story. Those het fics are James/Lily and Lily/James (as I always mention first the viewpoint character), and that pairing is just there naturally, part of my Remus’s friends’ lives and therefore my Remu’s life, and the reason I write it is not to explore kink or anything like that. I realise that “anything like that” isn’t preferred in my case, but so many good writers I get to know write that and I guess I’m getting used to reading that, and perhaps it’s good for me to learn more about what others than asexuals enjoy in real life, too.
Oh, I should make my babbling brief and leave you with more time for reading fic!
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I wonder if you cover the whole OotP period in your fic. The current events of my post-OotP fic start in July and end in November 1996. I somehow managed to make the story unfold without any need for going back to edit the contents of the earlier chapters.
I think I’d ignore the epilogue, too, even in case I didn’t ignore the whole of the last two novels. After my return I’m surprised to see a lot of fic based on it, as I remember people disliking it when DH was released. Now I’m getting used to reading (e.g at Salt and Pepper Fest) fic that features epilogue characters, but I still find it difficult to remember who is who and to care about them. On the other hand, I can imagine there’s interest in “the next generation” among new and young fans who play with pairings to deal with relationship drama and sex.
Thank you for telling me more about yourself, so that I feel it’s all right I, too, add a bit, even without parentheses. I suppose it makes sense to reveal that I’m as old as 57. I did not have any access for a label like ace when I was young. I first saw the word asexual in fandom, and googling for it, I found AVEN. At that time I had been in love with a woman for a couple of years, so I concluded that I was a homoromantic asexual, but I suppose I’m biromantic, as I had been in love with some men, my husband among them, while never realising that other people were attracted to and enjoyed intimacy with people in a way I never felt. I’ve never been very eager or spontaneous to demonstrate affection physically even to children, but I’m all right with hugs and I’ve loved holding hands and kissing on lips when I’ve loved romantically.
I’ve never been only in the Wolfstar corner, as I’ve always been preliminary interested in Remus and eager to read about him in any pairing (even with Tonks – but less so if the fic is based on DH or just HBP) or in genfic, an interested in well-written genfic about any HP characters or OCs in the HP world. On LJ it just turned out easier in Remus/Sirius communities to find writers with whom to interact regularly. (I started on a small forum, the Snitch, and then found FictionAlley in 2004, LJ only in 2005.)
Now you’ve made me think that perhaps Remus and Sirius writers currently active on Tumblr know each other by name, and that’s why I got no feedback on Sirius Fest and now get several comments on Remus Fest as it’s anonymous. Anyway, SolaScientia is a great name and must be better for other fandoms. I’ve always been only paulamcg or PaulaMcG.
I just read in fanlore about squick: its usage has evolved to include everything from triggers and visceral turn-offs to 'stuff I don't want to write, read, or receive in a gift exchange’. I suppose sex scenes used to be a squick for me, but I can handle them better now, even write them. I’ve just remembered that last year I wrote two fics with het sex scenes. But in my fic sex scenes are never very long or detailed or the focus or the conclusion of the story. Those het fics are James/Lily and Lily/James (as I always mention first the viewpoint character), and that pairing is just there naturally, part of my Remus’s friends’ lives and therefore my Remu’s life, and the reason I write it is not to explore kink or anything like that. I realise that “anything like that” isn’t preferred in my case, but so many good writers I get to know write that and I guess I’m getting used to reading that, and perhaps it’s good for me to learn more about what others than asexuals enjoy in real life, too.
Oh, I should make my babbling brief and leave you with more time for reading fic!