~~fic challenge idea, strawberries and chocolate and fluff

[reenka]

well, people seem to like my fluff-- or not even -my- fluff-- let's just say, people seem to like fluff, unless they're grumpy people and go "arg" and "grr" a lot. as in, "grrr, i only like Deep Poetic Torture" *laughs madly*
god, i amuse myself.
onwards.

so i know ashkitty wants me to write more fluff-- and i want -other- people to write more fluff (ie, pretty much all of you). this gives me an idea. for a fic challenge. to write a fluff fic based on a type of sweet. like, it would have the properties of that sweet-- apple cobbler with ice cream, or blueberry tart, or coffee ice-cream with mint chips, or cookies-and-cream, or strawberries-with-chocolate-sauce...mmmmm :D no one ever picks up on my challenges, so i guess i'll have all these sweets rotting my own brain. ha. eventually i might eat one, though~:) mmm, lemon-chiffon pie..... triple-chocolate decadence....a strawberry milkshake.... a triple-decker sundae... *stops herself forcefully* :>

anyway-- i would write one, if someone else picked another one. fic for fic. they could be connected, but they don't have to be. the fic doesn't have to have a sweet in it, just have the properties of that sweet-- ie, structurally, emotionally, sensually. so that the fic tastes like the confection, somehow. just, whatever your favorite sweet is, try to translate that -feeling- into a fic. is that possible? i don't know. but it'd be fun to try, i think.
    EDIT: all the fluff-challenged people can of course feel free to write about yummy smooth, rich darkness-- let's say, chocolate mousse, brandy-flavored chocolate-covered cherries, bitter dark chocolate candy with crunchy hazelnut centers, even chocolate liquor~:) mmm, that last one has got to be poisonously orgasmic, all smooth and deadly and irresistible. mmmmmmmmm....

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pingviini wrote pure sweet goodness, again. *sigh* romantic!draco meets philosophic!harry in an amphitheatre. whispers carry.

Comments

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

Cool idea! I would, but I just can't write fluff. The closest I come to fluff is the Fleur/Cho in VM, which considering their mental states is not very fluffy at all at all.

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

*laffs* fleur/cho is to fluff what pickles are to deli sandwiches. a contrast :D heh.

i thought the h/d was almost sort of fluffy, but then, i think them fighting and draco's jealousy is just adorable-- admittedly, there might be something wrong with that view, but still. pouty!draco, you know he's fluffy even though he's pretending otherwise. maybe it's because he reminds me of a pre-adolescent so much. grown-up!draco never did it for me, really. i mean, if you take away his pathetic-git quality and the adorable arrogance wedded to it, and all the snark-- it's not as adorable on grown-ups. unless they're english, and hugh grant :D ha.

anyway. i've amended the fic-idea, so now it includes bitter and alcoholic and intoxicatingly bittersweet, and so on. i'll write the review, i will, but this (http://www.core.binghamton.edu/~lorien/story/hpics/fleur.jpg), i wanted to show you first, anyway. i doodled fleur on my print-out of `veela magic' and while i didn't have her in mind while doodling, she kind of looks fleur-like, and she's definitely yours because i never read fleur-fic before and i haven't red the last 3 books (yet) either :D

*bounces* she looks kinda evil, but i think she's supposed to. i don't have much loff for fleur yet, though i like fleur/cho and their characterizations, just-- fleur-- let's just say she's not as endearing as she could be ^^

not like poor widdle drakey :D *laughs* it's hard to laugh at her, i mean. though i can -always- laugh at draco. it's a talent :D

~reena

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

*weeps* It's lovely! It is Fleur-like, but Fleur when she's twisted with anger, not when she's putting the perfect seduction on. Maybe Fleur as Cho sees her, when Fleur lets her guard down and allows herself to be angry about Gabrielle?

Hang on... you've only read PS? But... how?

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

hee~! is it that i don't seem like the sinner type...? mostly because i have no patience for jkr's writing or her plots or her characterizations. it's readable once you start, definitely, but i have to remind myself and force myself to begin. it's still on my "to-do" list, but it was mostly important back when i was going to write my Epic... and now that that's on the back-burner... well. i would never read it if no to become a "better fan" or more like, better fanfic writer.

i just don't enjoy it in a visceral way like i do other books. say, diana wynne jones-- i couldn't put her down, not ever. it might be because i basically know the plot of all of them, so i'm just reading them for details, like a duty almost. taken on its own terms, without having fallen in love with the -idea- of the world and the characters already beforehand, i would say i actively dislike jkr's work. she can be witty and whimsical, but her plot-- her characterization-- the overabundance of sloppy writing and the execution in general-- are way below my standard.

should probably read CoS before i see the movie, though ^^; hee

~reena

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

But how do you know the canon, if you've only read one book? How do you get any feel for post-PS characters? *puzzlement*

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's odd, isn't it?
one answer is that i -don't- have a feel for say, sirius or remus, but on the other hand, from all reports (and i had my het!boy friend read all the books, and he's become my canon beta, hehee), sirius doesn't get much in-depth characterization in the books, anyway.

i dunno, i never claimed to know canon!harry or canon!draco -that- much. the fact that people say i write even remotely canonical stuff is amusing, i guess. i've heard enough things about canon characterizations, i've read enough to know how she writes, and i pick up things from fanon. i'm observant...? i dunno. i do have this sense that maybe i'm missing something important-- ie, with ginny or seamus or whoever, but then again i'm not that interested in them. i do believe i could greatly enlarge my scope if/when i finish the books (i -will-), but it just doesn't feel urgent, since it's mostly to improve my writing.

but yah, for some reason i can tell what's canon and what's not. weird, huh? :)

[ex-amalin225.livejournal.com]

You are inspiration.

Mm. White chocolate. Or maybe - but I did apple confections with "autumn," and. Hmm. Strawberries with chocolate sauce. *drool*

This is the coolest challenge. You rock. *scribbles it at the top of her To Do List*

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

eeeeee~~:D *beams*

tell me what you decide on so i can match it~:) *bounces*
although--
i may get a horrible evil craving to get all sorts of ice-cream & chocolate & strawberries & whipped cream & hazelnuts for the writing of such a fic. just research, you understand :D

[sympathetic-ink.livejournal.com]

Did you realise that I actually am Hannah Abbott on Nocturne Alley when you wrote my review on ff.net?

By the way, I pretty much agreed with everything you said on that...I hate Melodrama (damn it to hell and back) and I suppose I'm not really doing myself justice with it.

Might end the series soon anyway. I'm running out of ideas.

~Amy

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

*sniffs* i didn't mean to be discouraging... it's not worth hating, really-- maybe learning from, you know~:)
this is a tricky experimental type of thing you're doing, so it only makes sense that you don't get it "just right" immediately.... as experiments go, their value is in what they reveal about the process and how to improve, and stuff.
    plus of course, it had a number of good points (don't remember what i said in my review, exactly, but ^^;; hee), sometimes i just ramble on at whatever's on the top of my head (i think in that case it was cho, cho, cho-- i'm all about cho, ever since `veela magic', hee~:)

oh, and no, didn't know you were hannah, but i guess now it makes sense :D ha.
might have to pump you for info as to who the geniuses are behind you-know-who ;D *laughs* don't worry, just kidding. *evil look*

*erases evil look and looks innocent again*

hee. whoever potterstinks and just_harry are, they are sinning against humanity (and fanfic) if they're not writing it :D fanfic, i mean. *sobs* i want in-character draco, dammit!!! waaaaaahhhhhhh...!

although, i think potterstinks is a tad too cerebral. harry's about right though, though not mischievous and witty enough. since jkr can't restrain herself from making everyone at least -somewhat- witty, i really want that as one of the cornerstones of fanon characerization, for some reason. if only i could write what i preach ^^;; *laughs* that would be nice.

my muse is -completely- out of control. i don't even -believe- in her, she's that out of control. she's pouting at me right now, and saying no cookies before bedtime for -me-.

erm. anyway. yeah.
my point got lost sometime long ago, but i hope that made some sort of sense ^^;;

~reena

[sympathetic-ink.livejournal.com]

Nope, sorry, but I'm determined to hate it. *laughing*

Ending the bloody series soon anyway, and the end will blow you away. Promise.

*laughing* Yes, Hannah and I are one in the same. She's my soft, slightly sarcastic side. And what's wrong with Hannah, anyway? *giggles* Apart from being one of the only sane players on the block (but not for long!). And considering who her house mates are (erniemacmillan on one hand and finch_fletchley on the other :rolls eyes:)

And I can't tell you much, we all had to sigh confidentiality agreement upon sign-up...! *rofl*

~Amy