St. Pat's Post and MM/SS

[kelly_chambliss]

No, I don't have anything interesting to say; I just wanted another excuse to use my St. Snape Patrick icon before it's too late (see LJ). And it's still technically March 17 where I am.

I've actually had a fairly productive day: 9 short papers graded, 5 long papers graded, and substantial inroads made on my hp_beholder story. Tomorrow will be more of the same.

I did not go out for a St. P-Day drink, which I always did in my youth. I did it then because a) I grew up in a town with substantial population of people of Irish descent, and St. P's Day (American style) was always a big deal; b) my BFF's family was from County Mayo, and they were active in a local Irish-American club; c) half my mom's family was also from Ireland, so I felt a moral responsibility to celebrate, and d) all the bars in town served green beer (for beer-drinkers, of which I am not one), green ginger ale (for teetotalers like my BFF), and (if you asked for it, and I did) green G&Ts for us hard-stuff drinkers. I thought about making myself a green G&T here at home, but ultimately couldn't be arsed to get out of the recliner.

But that didn't stop me from reading fun things. Here, have a nice, ansgty Minerva/Severus ficlet from astrogirl2: Where It Ends. Astrogirl is only a fairly recent convert to MM/SS and isn't even a big HP fan, which only makes her perceptive take on the characters all the more impressive. An excellent read.

And speaking of fun things, here's a new femmeslash fest that should interest many of us: darkwitches. It is, as its name suggests, an exchange that will feature dark femmeslash.

This fest fascinates me for a variety of reasons. I've long been wanting to write a dark!fic with some of the OLSB, and here seems the perfect opportunity. Genuinely thoughtful dark!fic is rare, good female dark!fic is rarer still, and femmeslash overall is still woefully under-represented in the HP fandom. So this fest has great potential. There may end up being a lot of overwrought slave! and PWP torture!fic (not to bash such; they're just not my fave genres), but I don't mind it in small doses. So I'm seriously considering this fest and hope some of you will, too.

Crack_Broom Question: What's up with crack_broom? I don't think I've seen a post there all month. I know there have been problems getting enough reccers in the queues, but still -- 17 days without a single post? I hope the high-flying Crack Broom isn't plummeting towards a fiery crash. I really enjoy that comm.

One of the Many Things that Bugs Me: I have a female colleague (FC) in her 50s who persists in talking like a five-year-old. Here's just one example: we recently had a guest speaker on campus, and FC was going to pick the speaker up to bring her to dinner. "I'll be there at 6:00," said FC, "but don't worry if I'm a few minutes late. I have to run home to take care of my doggie and kitty-cats." (Imagine this said in a breathless half-giggle.)

Now, what would make a professional woman of 54 or 55, in a professional situation, think that referring to her pets as her "doggie and kitty-kats" is a reasonable or appealing thing to do?

Grr. This is why I want to read some good fic about dark!women.

Comments

[musyc]

I've been wondering about crack_broom myself. First it was a week before they told people who was posting, then two. Now it's almost three? Whoever's in charge of scheduling/tracking over there is really falling down. It's to the point that I don't even want to encourage people in the Dramione comms to sign up, despite us running close to getting dropped to rare or part-time or whatever it's called.

[kelly_chambliss]

I was on the list for two different categories in March (though I was going to ask to have one postponed). I understand that RL stuff can get in the way of fandom, but it would have been nice if even one of the three mods had just posted a one-line "we're taking March off; we'll be back" message. If they will be back, that is. Hope so.

[pale_moonlite]

The Dark Witches Fest sounds fascinating, especially when there's hope for old lady slash. I don't know if I'll manage to write, though it's really tempting ... but I'll certainly follow it.

What is the green in a green G&T? Just color or another liqueur?

Congrats on Beholder progress. I will start it NOW!

[kelly_chambliss]

Oooh, I hope you can be tempted. The notion of dark!femmeslash by Pale is too intriguing.

The green is just food coloring. But now that you mention it, some green liqueur (Midori, maybe? or Chartreuse?) would be good.

[celestinenox]

Between nextgendarkfest and this darkwitches, it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep to my no-fic writing hiatus.

[kelly_chambliss]

my no-fic writing hiatus

I think you need to give up this hiatus for Lent or for the spiritual-renunciation period of your choice /g/. I'd love to seem some dark femmeslash from you.

[celestinenox]

;_; Guuuuuuh. No one supports me and my needs! XD You and literaryspell, I swear. The two of you will be the death of me. You and all these amazing fests.

[celestinenox]

Also, I have written dark femmeslash before! Selfish. It's not Minerva or any of the other lovely old ladies, but it's femmeslash, and it's dark!