Betty Plotnick (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} bettyp) wrote,@ 2005-11-17 10:13:00 |
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on the subject of girls, gen and ungen
I haven't decided whether or not I'm supposed to like Gia, but God help me, I so do. I liked her all the way back in Watchword, when she and her dad were all cheerfully like, "Hi, welcome to your shameless bribe! It would so totally be worth your while to like me!" She's kind of like a relentlessly upbeat Cordelia -- yes, it is all about Gia, but on the other hand, she thinks you're super, too! She thinks everyone is super! And nobody gets her humor! And her clothes are totally not a statement! (Best line of the night: "Your trellis is a whore.") I would not be opposed to attempting some Veronica/Gia at some point in the future, assuming they don't A) turn her hideously evil or B) kill her. Given that she's a girl who seems to like Veronica, I'm expecting B by the end of the season. But no! Gia! I like her, dammit. They should keep her.
jennyo is doing a gen ficathon for female characters, the which you might look at signing up for. I myself have THREE HOLIDAY CHALLENGE STORIES going on (whose idea was that?), so I think I'm going to refrain, but it should be cool. In the spirit of that, here are a handful of female-centric stories, slash and gen, that I think should be written. For what it's worth.
1) anything about Sara Sidle that doesn't involve her crush on Gil. I think we all know about her crush on Gil. The series played it to death, and then fandom reduced it to a fine powder. We GET it. She has a crush on Gil. OTOH, she appears to date more than anyone on the team except Warrick, back when he was a single guy, so we can surely assume that Thoughts of Gil do not necessarily rule her life.
2) A story about Lianne Mars. She's just an interesting, sad character to me -- Keith being about the coolest man in the world, he must have married a cool woman, and then there's surely a story there about her loss of control, and the tension between her alcoholism and her family life. I can totally understand why Veronica has kind of moved to a place of demonizing her mom by now, but I think there's probably a lot there for a good story.
3) Practical Magic incest. Okay, it wouldn't have to be incest; I'd read any Practical Magic fic. But it should be incest, because hi, weird about each other. Why should Numb3rs fandom have all the fun? I once toyed with the idea of doing a Charmed/Practical Magic crossover, because, I mean, yes. Paige and Gilly? Yes.
4) post-show fic about Franny Vecchio. I know there is some, but there should be more. This is also good crossover territory; you could add her to the cast of whatever police procedural you like. I think it would be interesting if, when push came to shove, Franny was too timid to be comfortable as a cop, but went into Crime Scene Investigation instead. As my cable package is always telling me, you can do it through community college. And sure, she's pretty scattered, but maybe she has suprising powers of concentration when she applies herself. I can see her being all, "I can tell the difference between 750 shades of berry lipstick at a glance -- tell me I don't have an eye for detail!" Or not. I don't care, I just want to know what she does with her life -- instead of or in addition to having ninety babies.
5) Ada/Ruby from Cold Mountain. Yes, I realize this is the second time I've suggested that people should write more Nicole Kidman slash. What, I'm gonna apologize for that? Write more Nicole Kidman slash!
6) post-series Hermione fic. Like I am with many clever, self-possessed adolescent girls in real life, I just get very squeaky and excited thinking about how cool she'll be as a grown-up. She should be a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
7) JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS FIC. Guys, I've been looking for this for three years now. Seriously, we wants it! GSF, or really even gen. Seeing Rosario Dawson do the publicity rounds for Rent has reminded me how much I love that movie. Who's a rock star?
8) Kendall/Greenlee from All My Children. You'll get triple bonus points withmarythefan for this one. And seriously, the producers really couldn't be making it any easier for you if they tried. This must be them mollifying their Angry Lesbian Fanbase after Bianca fucked off to Europe. *g*
9) Donna Moss gen. (I keep wanting to call her "Donna Mars." My subconscious is rooting for a crossover?) Yes, I am actually a frustrated Josh/Donna shipper, but OTOH, they're doing this cool thing now where they're letting Donna have some personhood outside of Josh, and I think this is A) better for the Josh/Donna relationship, and B) cool. I'm down with the zeitgeist on this one. Let Donna Be Donna!
10) Rayanne/Sharon from My So-Called Life. Possibly futurefic. Hell, they live in Pittsburgh; there should be a QaF crossover. God knows QaF needs cooler lesbians. I really love the idea of Rayanne/Sharon, because they have a particular type of opposites-attract that I enjoy, that whole free-spirit/bundle-of-nerves that I tend to want to slash when it comes to female characters (Josie/Mel, Ruby/Ada, Faith/Buffy, Shane/Jenny -- oh, shut up, I don't want to hear about it -- Chloe/Lana, Lily/Veronica, Gillian/Sally, Tatum/Sidney. I betcha I would have liked Kennnedy/Willow if Kennedy hadn't sucked.) Anyway, I can totally see Rayanne and Sharon in their 20s, and what kind of dykes they'd be -- Rayanne would be all tragically hip and "don't label me!" and Sharon would assiduously work at electing city councilors and defeating propositions and all like "I'm just like anyone else!" And they'd both be vaguely ashamed of each other, but also, should anyone dare to suggest that they should be vaguely ashamed of each other? They'd be OUTRAGED. Nobody else gets to criticize their girl.
ETA: I can't believe I forgot this one!
11) Mae/Doris from A League of Their Own. Because they are so clearly married. God, yes.
I haven't decided whether or not I'm supposed to like Gia, but God help me, I so do. I liked her all the way back in Watchword, when she and her dad were all cheerfully like, "Hi, welcome to your shameless bribe! It would so totally be worth your while to like me!" She's kind of like a relentlessly upbeat Cordelia -- yes, it is all about Gia, but on the other hand, she thinks you're super, too! She thinks everyone is super! And nobody gets her humor! And her clothes are totally not a statement! (Best line of the night: "Your trellis is a whore.") I would not be opposed to attempting some Veronica/Gia at some point in the future, assuming they don't A) turn her hideously evil or B) kill her. Given that she's a girl who seems to like Veronica, I'm expecting B by the end of the season. But no! Gia! I like her, dammit. They should keep her.
jennyo is doing a gen ficathon for female characters, the which you might look at signing up for. I myself have THREE HOLIDAY CHALLENGE STORIES going on (whose idea was that?), so I think I'm going to refrain, but it should be cool. In the spirit of that, here are a handful of female-centric stories, slash and gen, that I think should be written. For what it's worth.1) anything about Sara Sidle that doesn't involve her crush on Gil. I think we all know about her crush on Gil. The series played it to death, and then fandom reduced it to a fine powder. We GET it. She has a crush on Gil. OTOH, she appears to date more than anyone on the team except Warrick, back when he was a single guy, so we can surely assume that Thoughts of Gil do not necessarily rule her life.
2) A story about Lianne Mars. She's just an interesting, sad character to me -- Keith being about the coolest man in the world, he must have married a cool woman, and then there's surely a story there about her loss of control, and the tension between her alcoholism and her family life. I can totally understand why Veronica has kind of moved to a place of demonizing her mom by now, but I think there's probably a lot there for a good story.
3) Practical Magic incest. Okay, it wouldn't have to be incest; I'd read any Practical Magic fic. But it should be incest, because hi, weird about each other. Why should Numb3rs fandom have all the fun? I once toyed with the idea of doing a Charmed/Practical Magic crossover, because, I mean, yes. Paige and Gilly? Yes.
4) post-show fic about Franny Vecchio. I know there is some, but there should be more. This is also good crossover territory; you could add her to the cast of whatever police procedural you like. I think it would be interesting if, when push came to shove, Franny was too timid to be comfortable as a cop, but went into Crime Scene Investigation instead. As my cable package is always telling me, you can do it through community college. And sure, she's pretty scattered, but maybe she has suprising powers of concentration when she applies herself. I can see her being all, "I can tell the difference between 750 shades of berry lipstick at a glance -- tell me I don't have an eye for detail!" Or not. I don't care, I just want to know what she does with her life -- instead of or in addition to having ninety babies.
5) Ada/Ruby from Cold Mountain. Yes, I realize this is the second time I've suggested that people should write more Nicole Kidman slash. What, I'm gonna apologize for that? Write more Nicole Kidman slash!
6) post-series Hermione fic. Like I am with many clever, self-possessed adolescent girls in real life, I just get very squeaky and excited thinking about how cool she'll be as a grown-up. She should be a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
7) JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS FIC. Guys, I've been looking for this for three years now. Seriously, we wants it! GSF, or really even gen. Seeing Rosario Dawson do the publicity rounds for Rent has reminded me how much I love that movie. Who's a rock star?
8) Kendall/Greenlee from All My Children. You'll get triple bonus points with
marythefan for this one. And seriously, the producers really couldn't be making it any easier for you if they tried. This must be them mollifying their Angry Lesbian Fanbase after Bianca fucked off to Europe. *g*9) Donna Moss gen. (I keep wanting to call her "Donna Mars." My subconscious is rooting for a crossover?) Yes, I am actually a frustrated Josh/Donna shipper, but OTOH, they're doing this cool thing now where they're letting Donna have some personhood outside of Josh, and I think this is A) better for the Josh/Donna relationship, and B) cool. I'm down with the zeitgeist on this one. Let Donna Be Donna!
10) Rayanne/Sharon from My So-Called Life. Possibly futurefic. Hell, they live in Pittsburgh; there should be a QaF crossover. God knows QaF needs cooler lesbians. I really love the idea of Rayanne/Sharon, because they have a particular type of opposites-attract that I enjoy, that whole free-spirit/bundle-of-nerves that I tend to want to slash when it comes to female characters (Josie/Mel, Ruby/Ada, Faith/Buffy, Shane/Jenny -- oh, shut up, I don't want to hear about it -- Chloe/Lana, Lily/Veronica, Gillian/Sally, Tatum/Sidney. I betcha I would have liked Kennnedy/Willow if Kennedy hadn't sucked.) Anyway, I can totally see Rayanne and Sharon in their 20s, and what kind of dykes they'd be -- Rayanne would be all tragically hip and "don't label me!" and Sharon would assiduously work at electing city councilors and defeating propositions and all like "I'm just like anyone else!" And they'd both be vaguely ashamed of each other, but also, should anyone dare to suggest that they should be vaguely ashamed of each other? They'd be OUTRAGED. Nobody else gets to criticize their girl.
ETA: I can't believe I forgot this one!
11) Mae/Doris from A League of Their Own. Because they are so clearly married. God, yes.
