Black Market Codpieces

Found on DW's Metafandom comm, An entry about naming muses and nicknaming fics, I have decided to open a discussion about the subject here on IJ.

Do y'all name your muses? Do you have nicknames for your fics?

( And stuff!! )

So I am using this one because it is fun. :3 :3 ;3

Dear Muses,

Now that I'm starting on the Zero Princess Saga/Void Space Saga/Whatever the hell you want to call this series, Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, turn this into Viceroyverse done Kairi/Rinoa Style.

Please. I don't care how well it works, I don't care that it works on a multitude of levels. I don't care if it'd be cute (and about a quarter as creepy as Quistis/Kairi is!). I don't care if it makes a lot more sense than any other Kairi pairing in existence, Sora/Kairi included. But the Nonsense of Sora/Kairi is another show rant. Aaaanyway, no one would read it.

Even if it is a really good idea--

No. No. If you try and steer it in that direction, and we know that the one-sided Rinoa/Kairi in Braceletverse is enough, I will turn this brain around and write...umm...

I WILL MAKE US WRITE MPREG. SORA/KAIRI MPREG. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES!?

No love,
Jordi.

I got hired by Tim Horton's.

No, I did not move to Canada. Canada? Who's that?

But I did get hired. To the second place I applied to.

I start on Friday.

OMG OMG OMG.

Now, fast food is not my ideal employment situation. However, not being broke is my ideal situation!

BE EXCITED WITH ME, GUYS!

I HAVE GOOD NEWS!!!!



Also I kinda quit Nanowrimo. But that's not important! I have a job now.

I'm in good spirits.

I don't clain a religion, but I love Christmas and everything about it. Especially the music. In fact, I like the holiday so much that I can't imagine not celebrating it. I don't claim a religious affiliation, but Christmas is fun.

Which is why I understand, but won't agree at all, with those Atheists who insist that Real Atheists don't celebrate Christmas.

First and foremost, "Real" Atheists don't believe in any deities or supernatural things (though I know of some that believe in the possibility of, oh, aliens and parallel universes), that's it. Second, the holiday itself has become more secular than sacred, so I'm sure that celebrating Christmas is perfectly safe for even the strongest of Atheists.

One of the local radio stations is playing Christmas music nonstop.

This makes me happy. I'm not sure why.

(Nano goal: Dismally Behind)



On the Other Hand

(Personal Goal of 10k: Oddly making progress!)

On November 2nd, I'll be gone pretty much all day and won't be in till about eleven in the evening. I'm going to work the polls (like I did in September).

Just so that you guys know! :3

As I once again do my fic-searching rounds for Kairi-centric corruption 'fic, and Nanowrimo Time comes around and I try to think of which fic I want to goddamn do, my mind turns back to corruption 'fic in general and something I have noticed in fuck near all of them.

*Note: Parts of this little bit of meta are Kingdom Hearts fandom-specific, though most of it applies to most fandoms, at least those I've observed. There aren't any spoilers for anything.

**Note 2: First and foremost, a very short definition on what corruption fic is. Basically, Corruption, or Anti-Redemption fic is a fic in which a good guy turns and goes to the evil side, for any reason, whether of their own will (for varying reasons) or by force (by various means). To me, a fic does not count as corruption if the person goes good again at the end of the fic.
The two terms will be used interchangeably in this little piece of meta.

( More rambling at the jump! )

I love Wishlists.
I love them so much. I can put anything I want on it.

Even stuff that I am guaranteed to get sometime between when cats bark and when Hell freezes over

All right. So, I had Collars and Charm Bracelets all nice and slated to do for Nano. And this was awesome and wonderful and I even have a goddamn page for it on the Wiki.

Suddenly, that other fic hit me upside my head, literally. last night.

The fic where Kairi and Olette are arranged to be married and Sora broke the universe. Yeah, that one.

Help me pick my plot.

Thanks

So, I have updated my Amazon Wishlists

I have no chance of getting every single item on here, but...a girl can dream.

(The uncut version of an entry I wrote on MangaBullet today.)

( More at the jump )

Mae public, but don't pick up, meta_roundup. xposted to Dreamwidth.

Good news: It isn't Swine Flu!

Bad News: It's possibly a sinus infection. Which still sucks!

I just hope to all god this isn't the god damn Swine Flu.

I want to live, dammit.

Dear Muses,

Hell no I will not write Xehanort/Kairi mind control 'fic until Tourmaline Heart. Don't make me turn this brain around and make you write something truly awful!

Like, um...Vexen/Marluxia! Or Sora/Kairi mpreg! Better yet, Mpreg in general. And I have a pregnancy squick.

Don't make me turn this brain around.

No love,
Jordi

akai_senshi made a damn good point.

To anyone who thinks I ought to act a certain way Just Because I am bisexual--FUCK THAT NOISE. Fuck that noise right in the ear.

In better news:

I CAN HAS GAMECUBE? YES I CAN HAS. :D :D :D

next to find SSX 3

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So, Princesses of Heart.

Canonically, they're supposed to "uphold the realm of Light", whatever the hell that means because we never hear of it again. It obviously sounds like a fairly shitty job. We're never given a canonical reason as to why anyone would choose such a shit job, what it entails, how long it's been going on, or even why it has to exist.

( Completely oddball theories here, in which there are few spoilers for KH but BIG HONKIN ones for Rozen Maiden! )

Alas, the world may never know. We sure as hell can use the fact that it was rarely-if-ever explored in canon as a reason to explore it in fanfiction.

Fanfiction: In Case Canon Fails

alternate_kh and altkhworldbuild

I saw that even though there were lots of fandom-specific AU communities, there wasn't one for Kingdom Hearts, so I made those.

There are mirrors on LJ and DW as well. :3

So for those of you on my friendslist on any or both, and here, you got the links twice.

You take "If You Build It, They Will Come" to a whole new, batshit level.
Ah, whatever.

I looked on LJ, and found that there wasn't an AU-focused Kingdom Hearts community, so I'm gonna have to do it myself.

What the fuck do I call such a thing?

I would call it otherworlds_kh or alternate_kh or something like that...

Finished oneshot.

Now I can write the main Collars and Charm Bracelets story!

Or I can save it for November.

Also a notice: Tomorrow, I will be working the polls. So, I won't be online from about five in the morning, until after eight that evening. November the third is the same deal.

I'll be seeing y'all after eight tomorrow~!

--Jordi

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Hot damn, it's been a while since I've had to use this icon, hasn't it?

Hi, all. I am a goddamn clusterfuck of contradictions! I was going to do a Big Huge Rant on the common thread that ties all people tied to Pentecostalism together, but...later.

I read and write lots of weird things. Most of the time, they raise the hackles of given people. Dingle Dingle Doo, it's time for a somewhat introspective rant about the shit I get off to and why.

( My kink is not okay, and I'm totally okay with that! Warning, this rant is uncut. It contains adult language and concepts that may be triggering to some. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Rubyfruit's not responsible for anything that may happen to you if you read this. )

And that was my Sunday Fandom Ranting!

Coming up next, Sunday Non-Fandom Ranting!

Also, random thought: Metallica = Randomly Relaxing when I'm in RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE mode. Especially this song. I swear to god I was not going to write fic to it.

This year, I will be working the polls this November.

This means that it'll be one day in which I will not get my 1,667 words in, because I have to be there from 6 in the morning to after 7:30 in the evening.

If I just combine the two on Monday, that would actually put me ahead. But if I do it on Wednesday, then I'll be caught up. But if I do half on Monday (which will put me at 2,500 on Monday), and do the other half when I get home Tuesday, then I'll be right where I'm supposed to be.

I could double up on Monday, or do Monday's wordcount, plus half of Tuesday's, then do the other half that Tuesday, so that I'm not behind.

Or I can just say "fuck it" that Tuesday because I had to be up at five in the goddamn morning.

Nanowrimo Logistics: Why am I worried about this? It's only September!

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The insistence on separation, the insistence that there be absolutely no male characters near the couple.

I mean, I understand the logic. Kind of like how I understand why people stay in Pentecostalism even if they know that it's evil, if not profoundly wrong, but I don't get it. I understand why people are into Twilight, but I don't get it. I understand why people read the Gor series and love it, but I don't get it.

I don't get this insistence on separation thing. I understand it, but I don't get it.

I mean, I understand wholly, because F/F relationships are taken the least seriously in the Real World, and such things are a male fantasy, and I kind of get that in Japan, it's supposedly a phase and then a girl gets older and marries a nice, rich man. I understand why yuri fans tend to be distrusting at best when it comes to male characters. I also understand when it's the inverse for yaoi fans--in both cases, the homosexuality is something that needs "cured" by a Magical Penis/Magical Vagina and then *poof!* Gay be gone. I understand why people wouldn't like this. Fuck, I totally get why people hate it. I hate that trope and want it to die in a fire. I get that reason. I totally understand that there are other reasons, too--the guy character could be a wholesale store full of Fail, or they stuck him in there to prove that the two girls aren't fucking, or the guy is a douchebag, or the guy is actively trying to break the couple up--but other than that, I don't get the dislike of guys near the yuri if they're not actively interfering.

What, is it like if the girls are near the Forbidden Fruit (Forbidden banana, perhaps?), then the Yuri is destroyed for all time and eternity? Will that girl have to go to fucking guys just because a guy is in the vicinity and happens to show mild to moderate interest, but isn't actively being a homewrecking fuck? No, not really. unless said main character was bisexual, and of course, those don't exist. [/rant]

Bottom line, I ask this again, Yuri Fandom, What the fuck? I mean, I understand wholly, but, sorry. Lost me there. I'm all for guys as supporting characters and whatnot. Even the totally dicky ones. On The Other Hand, if said guy is the de-gaying agent and there's no other reason for him to be there? Get him the fuck outta the story. Have him run over by a bus or something, just get him the fuck out.

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Reposting my longass "Freedom and Loathing in the Heart of Het Fandom" rant from MangaBullet. It is crossposted to my InsaneJournal as well, so those of you who are my friends on both sites, you got this twice!

( Part 1: The Freedom )

( Part 2: The Loathing )

( An Addendum: Double-Standards and Hypocrisy )

( Part 4: Why the Fuck I Bother )

( Parts 5-6: The Conspiracy That Wasn't )

This fic is old. Oldity Old!

Yet someone liked it enough to comment on it. Recently. As in almost a day ago. I wrote that fic in 2007. This is 2009.

I'm touched, really. In the good way. Because for a fic that I posted over two years ago, for someone to stumble onto my DeviantArt account and read through my old stuff and like it...it means a lot. Also glad that the same person faved "Happy End", too. It's one of the fics I'm the most proud of.

The one I'm actually the least proud of? "Something More Interesting", only because, reading back, it was my first attempt at a multichaptered 'fic, and the plot wandered too much for not written for Nanowrimo.

Behind that would be "To Those Who Wander", which, looking back, was a solid idea, but I never goddamn finished it. Maybe I'll come back to it. I'm least proud of never actually finishing the damn thing.

"To Those Who Wander" was going to be a trilogy, the other two stories being "To Those Who Seek" and "To Those Who Wait". Maybe I'll come back to that idea. "Long Way to Happily" has some elements of the "Wander" trilogy. One day, I'll do a "true" rewrite of it, like "Brightly-Colored Sacrifice" is a true rewrite of "Stadt von Wundern...", which, I have no idea what I was thinking with giving a fic the longest title I have ever given to a fic.

Because I sure do!

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It's Insane Theory Time with Jordi! With a side of Fanfic Writing Meta.

The reason why lots of yuri anime and manga take place in all-girls schools as opposed to co-ed schools:

The environment is not conducive in a co-ed school, maybe? I guess so. I guess the fear (at least in fans) is one of the two protagonists, if not both of them, will split up by the end of the story to be with guys, by the end of the story. The two girls' love cannot stand the test of time when there are Teh Boys there with their penises. Or something. Frankly, even I catch myself thinking that way whenever I read yuri that takes place in a co-ed school, because it happens in every fanfic ever. It's a pet peeve of mine when I see it in yaoi or in yuri fanfiction: In which one character saves another from The Gay. It makes me want to punch myself in the throat for reading it, and then it makes me want to punch the author in the throat for writing it. Because no, the Magical Cock will not straighten that girl you've had your eyes on if she prefers Mounds to your Almond Joy, thank you and goodnight.

this is part of why I goddamn loathe reading Sora/Kairi. SO GODDAMN MUCH

But I was thinking...wouldn't it be a greater testament of the couple's love if they stayed together in a co-ed school, despite the flood of mixed messages of "it's just a phase" and well-meaning-yet-utterly-clueless guys (and even a not-so-well-meaning slapdick guy or two who go on to live happy lives with their left hands)? Wouldn't it be as meaningful as such a romantic relationship formed in an all-girls school would be? I mean, yeah, opportunities for girl-on-girl romance wouldn't be as plentiful in a co-ed school, but come on, girls are probably more likely to hook up there than in an all-girls school, actually.

What I'm trying to get at is...

WHAT IN THE GOD DAMN HELL IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION, YURI FANDOM!? That is a question I do not ask very often, too, but what the fuck?

If your OTP is able to withstand the end of the world, or a divorce in the family, or homophobic assholes, but can easily be broken apart by a random guy, then your OTP is not that strong. I say this of yaoi pairings, too. If a girl is all it takes to break up an OTP, then that OTP is fucking weak.

This has been Jordi saying have a nice day.

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The long-awaited rant on slavefic and stuff.

( And stuff... )

But, anyway, yeah. I'm in want of either F/F or M/F kinky smut with the woman as the submissive, and if it's romantic-of-sorts, that's a plus!

(xposted to rubyfruit)

Eventually, more thinky thoughts coming soon.

I noticed two things.

1) Yaoi fandom has Gravitation. Yuri fandom has...I think the closest is Maria-sama ga Miteru, but Marimite doesn't make me twitch half as much as Gravitation does. Fuck, the ending of the Fruits Basket anime didn't piss me off half as bad as all of Gravitation. Besides the music. The music is awesome.

2) I can swallow poorly-handled, poorly-written het-maledom quite easily*. But poorly-written, poorly-handled het-femdom makes me want to beat the author about the shins with a stick. Why the fuck is this? I will explore later.


*Exception: The Gor novels. Because they just fail everyhere.

SUFFER! SUFFER AS I HAVE! DAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Possibly, my new Fanfic Discussion Icon. :D

Doing a meme I found on MangaBullet. Because BBCode sucks the butter out of my ass, I am posting it here!

( Girly Confessions? )

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( Cute is Not the Enemy, written yesterday )

( Hell No! I Won't Go!, written today )

These two rants can easily be summed up thusly.

Lighten the fuck up, fandom! Seriously.

This entry contains boring ass fanfic-related stuff. If you're not interested, then feel free to skip!

Regarding Braceletverse:

I won't start on Children of the Revolution until I get to at least chapter three of the main Collars and Chain Bracelets story. I figured that if the main story is eight chapters, minus Prologue and Epilogue, and Children of the Revolution is only three chapters long, then the end of the actual revolution would happen before the story ended.

That and I need Hayner for a whole fuckton of oneshots.

Roxas, too.

Oh, and Riku.

And Demyx.

And Axel.

Also, I finished Smile for the Camera.

I love the Parent Category feature on Wordpress. So much.

The Braceletverse!

Fuck yes.

1) Change all links from Rubyfruit Taste to Rubyfruit Garden.
2) Start on Collars and Charm Bracelets, goddammit.
3) Write "Smile" sequel.
4) *flail*

"Are You Happy Now?" is fucking DONE.

Final-fucking-mente.

I have been twenty-three for two hours and sixteen minutes.


Nothing feels very different.

On romance. It is one of my favorite genres. But it is also one that sparks so many, many rants in my head that all nine hundred gabillion (I don't know if gabillion is an actual number. Is it? Can it be?) of them have been disorganized.

Until now.

I bring you part one of hopefully two general rants...on romance.

A note on the Cut Text: It's a running joke about terrible anime dubbing in which no one ever says "die" or "death", instead, people just drift off to the Next Dimension. Yes, I watched DBZ a lot. Yes, I am ashamed.

( Part One: Things in the Genre that I wish would fall off a cliff and go off to the Next Dimension (because we can't say 'death' or 'die' anymore) )

There are more, I swear. But those are the ones from off the top of my head.

Because I have The Garden, I've decided that rubyfruit_taste will stay up, but it'll be static. New fics will be in the Rubyfruit Garden from now on!

Mew.

Behold! The new Fic Archive!

In which I wish Wordpress would magically install itself.

Which got me to thinking--when it comes to a fanfiction archive, does Wordpress or Drupal work better?

I'll be 23 in two weeks.

I'M OLD!!! but still not older than Vexen

Now that I have my new toy archive, and it's up and stuff, I really need help in making it look spiffy.

You know, because what I know of HTML may or may not be satisfactory in learning CSS.

I want to do something like this, or this , where the fic titles and summaries are shown, but not the entire fic.

Thing is, I don't know how to do it.

HELP.

(Stealth Furturama Reference, Hooo!)

rubyfruit_taste, sometime in the future, will be moved to Wordpress.

That is, once I stop playing with the new account like it's a toy familiarize myself with Wordpress's categories and tag system.

Also, Rubyfruit Taste, once it is moved its new home, will not be referred to as Rubyfruit Taste any longer. It will then be referred to as the Rubyfruit Garden.

Not checking Meta comms for a while.

Because the warnings debate has gotten to the point where I'm tired of hearing about it, and two, I've become more paranoid about what I write than usual.

On Point One, I've already written a post about it, but it's under lock and key--it's friends-only. Because frankly, I don't want war breaking out on the comments about me being one of the Mean People when I said, in that post, that this shouldn't become about "nice" and "mean" in the first place.

On Point Two, rubyfruit_taste has already been revamped. There's a new tagging system and warning policy in place, and it's been outlined and explained, but I still feel as if it won't be enough. And that bothers me.

Thus, I'll go to sleep and maybe, maybe, hopefully, get some god damn writing done. I've got a few oneshots left, and a few longer stories to at least start on.

Overhauling the tagging system for rubyfruit_taste. It may take me forever to redo the tags if not for DeepestSender.

hey, Opera! If you had a DeepestSender-like thing, I WOULD LOVE YOU FOREVER OMG.

A rather bemused author asks a question about...slavefic. Nothing graphic here, but both this entry and the comments might touch on some material that may not be for everyone, even though this entry isn't locked...

So...slavefic. I've read some, I've liked some, I'm going to read some more. Some that I'm sure I'll like, others I may happily pass by, still others I will hate so much that I feel it in my nonexistent balls. xD

But, I want to stop simply reading and write some. I even have a few universes which the label may apply to (Princessverse in particular, but also Tourmalineverse and another two or three 'verses I have yet to name).

The problem is...

Where do I begin?

What research do I have to do, if any at all? Are there guidelines to writing slavefic that go across the board? Are there rules about tone--must all slavefics be "dark" or heavy in nature, or is there room for "lighter", more romantic stuff? Are there certain taboos, certain things that ought never be written? Are there things I need to know before I start writing in these 'verses?

There are lots more questions, but it all boils down to Where Do I Start?



...Any Advice?

Whee, these entries are fun.