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![]() Author has written 14 stories for Shakespeare, Harry Potter, Wicked, Sweeney Todd, Crucible, Disney, True Blood, Beauty and the Beast, and Hunchback of Notre Dame. Mmm... kay. I'm going to go ahead and talk about myself a whole bunch because WHO'S GONNA STOP ME. You? I'd like to see you try. Yeah, that was a challenge. SoOoOo, my oeuvre. Once upon a time it was a lot bigger - I've been posting since 2004 (sacré shit!) - but a few years ago, I realized that my earliest works were OH DEAR GOD SO BAD and went on a mad deleting rampage. And I've NEVER LOOKED BACK. Well, not true. I did save one in a word document. It's inspired by Troy, and sweet jesus is it ever bad, but there's so much earnestness and care in there that I couldn't bear to just eradicate it. My fourteen-year-old self would have never forgiven me. But you will never see it. I mean, I'm self aware enough to admit that, yes, none of my stories are exactly timeless literary classic material, but I do think there's a good amount of zest in there... somewhat enjoyable at the very least. And to enumerate how, I'm going to go through each of them one by one in ascending chronological order because, again, WHO'S GONNA STOP ME. FLUG VOM TOD Eh. JK Rowling really screwed me on this one with her whole "Grindlewald died very recently!" stunt she pulled in Deathly Hallows. And I know now that the whole "Ooh Grindlewald is Hitler!" thing is definitely not as creative as I thought it was back in the young and vulnerable years. But reading it over, it's not as wretched as I'd remembered... definitely not that original, but it has heart. Definitely not historically accurate at all, but I was young and stupid... THUGS AND KISSES Wow, my first completed multichap! (I'd started and failed at multichaps before this - you'll notice they're gone. Forever. Dead. Murdered. By me.) I left it up for two reasons: one, because it's my first multichap and basically the first time I've ever completed something long and creative, and two, because I think T&H deserves some serious "So bad it's good" cred. No really, you don't understand - it is so overblown and silly and angsty that sometimes I go back and read it just to remember what it was like when I was 15, back when I could - sniff - feel. GREEN AS CUCUMBER, BLACK AS PLUM Oh my god, speaking of feeling! Wicked was my religion back in the day, as it was for all awkward girls with serious persecution complexes. At the time I was convinced this fic had so much cool stuff in it - relationship stuff, character stuff, some theories about Elphaba's magic and how it works in the world of the book/musical - but re-reading it now, I realize that it's pretty much a silly sex fic. Not terrible, just... naive. Very well-reviewed, though. MY BEST FRIEND, MY SISTER Shit title aside, what really makes this fic hilarious are lines like this: "Within seconds, the two best friends were locked in an embrace, silently pledging to hold true to each other until death parted them." Dumb, yes. Trite, absolutely. But this line really becomes inexcusable when you realize that I am referring to Minerva Friggin McGonagall and Albus Friggin Dumbledore, the two baddest asses ever to do anything ever. Anyway, this was the requisite "Dumbledore Is Gay Y'all!" fic that we all wrote and kind of regret. But there are some cool bits in there, which is why I left it up. ELPHABA'S MONUMENT Another Wicked! Gah, so much crying. So much angst. The writing isn't turrible, but I'm tempted to take it down because the whole concept is not as creative as I thought it was when I wrote it and it doesn't really add that much to the story. Or, I dunno, maybe it does. You tell me. MY MAD BEAUTY Ahhh, back in the days when I loved Sweeney Todd! Actually, I could probably pinpoint the day on the calendar when I stopped loving Sweeney Todd - it was the day I saw the godawful recent film adaptation. (Yeah, you read me right. GODAWFUL.) But this was written before then, so... yeah. I think, if I still loved Sweeney Todd, I would still like this fic. Joanna having a psychotic break is at once the saddest possible epilogue and the most likely. BACK TO THE DESERT A lot of thought went into this, creating the Paniwawa tribe and figuring out how Elphaba and Fiyero would integrate into it and reach a different kind of adulthood. I'm still quite proud of it. Unlike all its elder siblings, this fic is not ALL ANGST ALL THE TIME. It even gets... funny? At times? It's weird... I've always been a funny person, and yet it took a while to have it translate to my writing. HOWEVER. I think the biggest problem with this fic is that it suffers from a mild case of accidentalracismitis. Just in terms of the whole "Oh look at this awesome tribe they have got life figured out and Elphaba and Fiyero are totally better people for living with them" thing. It's a little Eat, Pray, Love in that respect. It's purely a product of ignorance; I'm much more educated now. But the thing is, I like the story and the character development, I think there's a lot of honesty there, and... I don't know. What do you think? Lots of people seemed to really like it... ZILLAH THE WITCH Oh god, my English class that year just LOVED The Crucible. We all spent a bit of time fantasizing about Daniel Day Lewis. I don't care that much about The Crucible anymore so this fic doesn't really mean as much to me as it used to, but I think there's a lot in there to like. SWIMMING POOL FOR ANTS I don't do a lot of drabbly stuff, or stream of consciousness stuff. This is my exception to that. It just makes me sad to re-read it - the third season of True Blood got me jazzed enough to write fanfiction about it, which reminds me of the fourth season and how terrible it was and how sad is that? So sad. I loved you, True Blood. I trusted you. MR. BIG AND TALL I discovered Beauty and the Beast (the weird-ass TV show, not the movie) last year and it obsessed me very quickly. God love a modern-day gothic romance. I think this was the first fic I wrote that was specifically comedic, and intended to poke fun at the show in question. Because there's a whole lot to mock in Beauty and the Beast. Vincent's body dysmorphia is only the tip of the iceberg. THE MEATPUPPETEER My first Hunchback fic! Which is weird, since I've considered Hunchback my favourite movie for a while now. I wrote this after I'd spent a whole day thinking about Clopin and what his role in the movie actually was, and whether he could have actually caused the whole thing, and why he would, and how hard he'd get slapped if people figured out that he did. P'TIT LOLO Frollo talks to his penis. He talks to his penis which is named "P'tit Lolo". I mean, is there anything else to say? IN MAN'S CLOTHING Oh, there's nothing like playing a shitty part in a university Shakespeare production and then writing a whole fic about said character to feel better about said shitty part! That being said, I'm not disappointed with how the fic turned out. MR DISNEY RENAISSANCE MEN PAGEANT COMPETITION My only in-progress fic, and my first straight-up comedy. Manipulating these characters that I love and want to have sex with has been oh my god so much fun. Also, making fun of the Disney corporation is one of my favourite pasttimes. Up until very recently, the story was all about the pageant events, but the pageant has become more of a loose framing device for some pretty intense characterization. And hijinks. Lots and lots of hijinks. So far I've introduced the heroines and the villains, as well as some high-ranking Disney execs or creative types (i.e. Alan Menken), as well as a cameo by Jack Sparrow, and what I've got planned is absolutely bonkers. With love, Curly PS: I also occasionally write for my entertainment blog, The Benevolent Clicktator. Check it outttttt. |
Mr Disney Renaissance Pageant Competition reviews
In Man's Clothing reviews
P'tit Lolo reviews
The Meatpuppeteer reviews
Mr Big and Tall reviews
Swimming pool for ants reviews
Zillah the Witch reviews
Back to the Desert reviews
My Mad Beauty reviews
Elphaba's Monument reviews
My Best Friend, My Sister reviews
Green as Cucumber, Black as Plum reviews
Thugs and Kisses reviews
Flug vom Tod reviews