...... *facepalm*

....I just got two reviews on Eros & Sapphos (an archive that prides itself for being grammar-checked before things get posted) for my Ginny/Pansy fic-- and I was so happy, wow, now I have eight reviews for that fic, that's a huge amount for me! I mean, my all-time record on these archives is 27 and that was because people were disturbed by the subject matter, okay. Of course, they both(!) complimented me on my wonderfully refreshing lack of grammar mistakes.

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I just. It's.

What's worse yet, one of the reviewers spelled it 'grammer'. *cries!!*

Oh fandom. I bet those people don't even realize that to compliment one on a lack of grammar mistakes is really no compliment at all. I mean, that would take too much of a paradigm shift, right? No, I don't want to be complimented for how much or how little smut there is (I mean, at least tell me it's -good- smut, or-- something). No, I don't want to be complimented for my basic grammar usage and ability to use spell-check (although generally I just know how to spell 'cause, you know, I graduated Junior High!) No, I don't want to be told you liked my story just because you like the pairing (and no, conversely, I'm not hurt if you rant at me that my fic is awful because the pairing is Teh Devil, Omg!!1 or something-- really, am I twelve?). Though I get the feeling a lot of people aren't entirely sincere when they say flames make 'em laugh-- well, they don't make me laugh, but they do make me roll my eyes.

Yeah, usually it does feel good to be told someone liked your fic even though they hate the pairing-- though I wonder why they read it. And that's only if the reviewer doesn't make it sound as if they're doing you a favor by allowing that your fic is okay even -though- the pairing sucks. Thanks but no thanks.

Really, I can't care less if you love or hate the fic's pairing-- I mean, even if someone says a fic is their 'favorite incest story' that makes me feel weird 'cause-- now it's an 'incest story' rather than just a good (bad?) fic with incest in it. Though, you know, thanks for the feedback, all that. *sigh*

....*coughs*

Reading through a (raw) Harry/Snape (and James/Snape) doujinshi, I realized what's been missing-- what's been holding me back from wholehearted Harry/Snape loff all this time. Yes.

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...Bottom!Snape. Trouserless, still in his shirt with little schoolboy socks and boots, blushing(!!) as Harry owns his ass.

Oh Snape. Never knew you had it in ya.

I really, really especially laugh at enjoy the blushing.

Man. I love H/S (done right!) because it's so fucked up, but the bottom!Snape...ness just rackets it up another few notches, doesn't it? See, the best use for sexualizing a relationship in fic is like this-- it totally turns everything on its head while still illuminating core conflicts. Having Harry 'own Snape's ass' is beautiful, in other words, precisely because it's totally wrong (so wrong it's right! and it totally fulfills Snape's oh-so-sekrit desires while escalating his inner conflicts all over the place). Just like the pairing itself! Yessss :D

I really have the yaoi tendency for making the older teacher (and/or the cooler/more uptight one) the uke to thank here, and thank it I do :D
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Also: proof I can like bottom!Harry sometimes (rarely), and apparently only if ifyouweremine writes it (just add snark & resentment & obsession, then stir!) Ooooh, this one's Christmasy.... ♥