Slash meta: please send friends over!

[thrihyrne]

I'd really love to get some more responses to my slash meta questions; I know I'm not writing an article to try and get in a sexuality journal or anything like that, but I'd like to get a wider selection of responses. I'm thrilled that as many of you have replied thoughtfully to my questions. Perhaps this will lead to another academic paper after this!

For those following my original fiction story, I wanted to say that I'm taking a short hiatus from it because a rather cracktastic bunny got me for a HP story for a friend's upcoming birthday, plus a Gimli story set during the period of The Hobbit. Plus I need to figure out some of the finer points of the khorite religion before I continue on, I think.

Hope everybody has a great weekend!

Comments

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I'll miss your updates on the original fic. But I do understand the amount of thought and invention that goes into working out the details of their world. I'll be waiting, if not entirely patiently.

I find getting broad responses on this kind of meta usually requires a significant investment of my own time--just throwing the gaunlet down and waiting for a response hasn't worked that well for me within the fandom community. I find if I prime the pump with reactions and my own thoughts I get a lot tremendous feedback. Sometimes overwhelming almost. Giving me opinions and thoughts I never would have imagined. Or simply things I had heard before but reasoned more eloquently. Not sure how that much interaction spoils the result pool though if one is thinking of it on a scientific level. But responding or rephrasing the questions when one reads the answers draws lurkers into the discussion as well.

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

I will try and get you some answers over the weekend. I saw it on Elfscribe's LJ. :)

Did it :) but I had to send it to you via the email on your profile, as it was about 3000 characters too long for a post. XD Perhaps it is too long, but maybe it will be of use.

[icarus-chained.livejournal.com]

Um. As regards the meta things? vulgarweed suggested you might find some of the thoughts I had in this post (http://icarus-chained.livejournal.com/171990.html) interesting? I've no idea. It's basically the motivations of an asexual person (me) for writing and reading sex in fanfic. *shrugs* I don't know if that's relevant to you at all?

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it's relevant! Thank you!! :)

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Here is absolutely AMAZING discussion hosted by someone I know from GO and SPN fandom, who identifies as asexual, about her motivations in writing relationships. She gave permission to link it to you when I asked.

derp!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

http://icarus-chained.livejournal.com/171990.html?nc=42

Re: derp!

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'll go and read and add it to my printouts of responses. ♥