Red Orchid

This meme feels like it was made for me.
ghakked from salire. Let's go. :)

http://kevan.org/jh/redorchid

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This is probably going to be quite full of unpopular opinions, so let me start by clarifying that at no point in this am I trying to 1) criticise a specific writer 2) say that certain characterisations are better than others. This is just things in my head, completely subjective in the way personal preferences always are. Everyone is entitled to like what they do, and I think that's important. We all have different tastes, and that's a good thing.

( Completely subjective musings about fandom characterisation here )

So PATD "canon" is going all Rywalk + Brencer lately (if you ignore the new girlfriends popping up, which I mostly do, even though I have to say--Ryan's new girl? Holy shit! Forget about Ryan, I want to [insert verb here] her. Gnungh! Way to go, dude. *applauds from sidelines and hopes for more pics*) and suddenly, fandom has shifted to accomodate it. It's really interesting when you go back a bit and read older fic, where you'll have your Ryden and Joncer, and then, hiding a little behind them, the other pairings sort of give you a little wave, as though to say "Yeah, we know, okay? Sorry. But if we don't bother you, can we pretend that it's a whole other universe and that Brencer could actually happen? Please?" And then the boys post a few tweets and pics of jonfires and Leno shows, and suddenly it's all "Brencer FTW!" and "Of COURSE it was going to be Rywalk! They were MADE for each other!" etc, etc, insert flail here.

(I do find it exceptionally amusing that people stubbornly refuse to include Eric, though. I mean, COME ON! The guy has been playing with them forever and is in a thousand pics (now that we know it's him. lol.) and he bought a house and is living with Ryan. If Brendon had done that, people would be writing Ryden wedding!fic. (They ARE writing wedding!fic, even without any prompting from the boys.) Ryan and Spencer crashed on air mattresses in Brendon's house for a few weeks, and people were writing OT3 like mad (I very much approved XD), but Eric somehow hasn't made the cut. LOL. It's his looks, right? That's why people don't write him? He looks kind of evil and creepy in pics? Or it could be from sheer laziness, people going "Fuck no, we already have SEVEN pairings to deal with here (not counting OT3's). My tags couldn't handle *counts* ELEVEN of them!" Which, yes, fair point and all, but obviously Shane made it, so I'm inclined to think it's more the looks thing. Or people just have a bigger kink for photography/filming/fun results of those two things.)

But, back to the point, which was fic. And how people are now (correct me if I'm wrong) leaning more towards Rywalk and Brencer as "canon" than before (as much "canon" as you can have when all they guys are openly in straight relationships), and sort of pushing Ryden and Joncer back into either future!fic, past!fic or AU. Sort of like the whole of fandom is going "Yeah, we know, okay? We were obviously wrong and the issue is dead and agreed on, but can we just stay in the back here and pretend it could/could have happen/ed? Please? We won't bother you, swear to god." I notice this myself when I search for fic. I have a collection of tinhats, and they're all very shiny. Six months ago, I would not go near a fic that wasn't Ryden, Joncer or Spyro unless it was recced to heaven and back (then came reni_days and Brencer was totally on the table). Three months ago, I would still skip anything Jondon or Rywalk, because most of the things there I found to be either boring or not believable (or both). And it's changing in my head. I read all PATD pairings now. I'm branching out a little when I write. I plotted not one, but TWO Brencer fics (out of which one is a TRILOGY), which is insane, and I'm still not sure if I'll be able to pull it off without it slipping into Ryden, Spyro or both. (And don't say "OT3" *warning eyebrow*.)

What do you guys think of this? Anything you've noticed/been affected by?

Oh, and while you're at it, go read this meta post on the dynamics of the different PATD pairings. It's interesting and fun. I especially like the Rywalk description (Rywalk is tricky to write because both characters tend to be passive and not DO anything about the UST they're having. LOL, fannyt could tell you all about this problem with the fic she's writing now. Listening to her rant about Jon's passivity is hilariously funny.)

I saw ignipes and elucrech do this one, and, hey, what can I say? Evil is fun. Just ask lolab who has still not written me any yoga porn, dammit! :-D

Evil fic tease meme: Post a single line from any unfinished fics / WIP's you have lying around your computer. No context, no explanations. Heh.

( Come on, you know you want to )

I had forgotten I had some of these. LOL.
After bigbang for some of them. Definitely. :-)

Gahk. I've gotten stuck on my BBB fic. Not only is it growing into absurd dimensions with the speed of light, but I've also managed to somehow get myself completely blocked on all my storylines. *facepalm*

Maybe I should just write a bb!patrick love!fic instead. He's stealing the entire show as it is anyway, and most of my problems actually stem from trying to keep him off the page, dammit! Hmmm...

But! Being stuck and blocked, I finally got my ass off the ground and updated and indexed my fanfiction masterpage. So now it's all nice and organised by date OR pairing with internal links and everything. *is proud*

Also, I realised that there were a whole bunch of fics on lolab's fic page that I hadn't read yet. It was a little bit like Christmas. With a cupcake on top. :-D

So I've been on a bit of a GSF bender lately. I've also branced out a bit with regards to the pairings I usually read--more mix-and-match, less hey-where-are-the-new-ryden-fics-yo? I kind of blame beachan18_recs and her little blinking hearts that make me click links without really meaning to when I really should be doing other things than flailing over fanfic.

And when you're on a bender, you start to notice certain patterns when it comes to characterisations and pairing dynamics. Like who gets to top whom in what constallation.

( Completely subjective and unscientific findings )

Yes? No? Discuss, f-list, discuss! :-D
Or, you know, slap me over the head, whichever you feel is more appropriate.

Just when I thought I couldn't possibly love this fandom any more, Ryan Ross goes and writes this on his blog. And yes, that was funny, but the real awesomeness is the way everyone's LJ is suddenly erupting with glee and happiness and CAPSLOCKS OF SUNSHINY FLAIL.

I'm wondering if the boys have suddenly ventured into fandom and seen how much happiness they bring to people out here and that's the reason for all the fic-inspiring comments lately.

If so, then they are completely awesome people.

Okay, I need help from you canon-savvy folks out there. I need Patrick's parents' names for my bigbang fic. Because they have cameos and I kind of like the idea of going all out and getting some of the details at least mostly right.

So, does anyone know? WikiAnswers told me it was David and Patricia. Is this true? Does someone named Patricia really name their kid Patrick? I iz very skeptic...

(If no one knows, I will name them Christopher and Marcia, because those are cool parents' names, yo.)

Apparently, my favourite Panic pairings are now actual words. It's true! I read it on the Internet. (And I can't even begin to think about how many nerd points that entails. Probably about a million seeing how loudly they make my inner fangirl giggle and squee. :-))

Question, though, guys: what do they actually mean?

I mean, am I even using them correctly? (very important that--what would the world look like if we just let words run loose and started using them out of their traditional context for which they were made at the dawn of time? seriously?)

So, help me out here and let me know if I'm on the right track:

RYDEN (v, tr.) = to love something so much you want to throw it on a bed, attack its neck with wet kisses (preferably in front of an audience) and declare your undying devotion with intricate metaphors and/or grand gestures?

JONCER (adj) = made out of pure awesomeness, sunshine, puppies and everything good. Smells like Christmas and smiles so bright it will make you die (or at least swoon) blissfully on a regular basis?

Cookies in question being these:



(I know, right? Totally, totally joncer cookies! Or not, let me know. :-))