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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2008-06-23 01:10 pm

Flames I have not written ...

There have been a lot of flame-related posts of late, from people receiving their first ones, to a sweet young one on a comm who was cross about one that turned out to be harshly worded concrit (a fine distinction, I grant you).
It made me think about the art of flaming. I don't think it's a good idea on principle, because surely you could receive a more visceral buzz from going out and actually kicking a puppy or stealing a small child's sweets (easier to do than you might think, they have short attention spans). However, I recently made the mistake of mentioning to some friends that I had read the worst story ever. They hastily corrected me and pointed me in the direction of the actual worst stories ever.  I suspect the nadir may have been reached. And I could see why people flamed. Indeed, I had Strong Urges.

So strong, in fact, that I wrote them all down, but here, not in the several theres that inspired them. Rest assured, dear flist and casual readers, none of these were directed at any of you.

* If that is truly how you believe gay men behave, you need to change your reference material from Teletubbies to Queer as Fuck.

* Stop now, remove Word from your computer, and contemplate accountancy. It pays very well.

* That manoeuvre would have resulted in hospitalisation and a very embarrassing recuperation.

* No English person, in the history of the world, has ever said that. There are laws against it.

* No Malfoy would ever shop there.

* The Dursleys are Middle Class, not retarded. There is a clear distinction.

* Boys do quite often shag just because they would like to have sex now, thank you. It is unusual for them to wait for a lengthy monologue on the nature of love to be completed first. Not impossible, I grant you, but unlikely. Most boys I have known would have made a cup of tea, played a quick game of internet spaceships, or had one off the wrist in that fifteen minutes. The nice ones would have made two cups of tea.

* I pride myself on a willing suspension of disbelief, but Isambard Kingdom Brunel could not have bridged these plot gaps.

* Is it just the HP women, or all women who make you this angry?

* Have you ever actually seen a penis?

* I admit I have not exhausted the variations, but I am fairly sure that you can't have sex like that. Unless you are an elephant. In which case you missed an animagus scene.

* The Queen is not happy with what you have done to her English.


What about you lot? Anything you've wanted to rant on but have kept inside? Stop bottling, let it out. No names, no URLs, just vent the badness ...

[identity profile] pushdragon.livejournal.com 2008-06-23 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree - surely one would at least be curious to try the other perspective?

Oh no, they are not safe there, not safe from my wrathful reviews, my resentful glare, my venemous hiss of "out of character!".

drgaellon: Jack and Ianto: I'll Take This One! (Janto Take This One)

[personal profile] drgaellon 2008-06-30 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Speaking from painful personal experience here... tried it (several times), hated it, never going there again (or, more to the point, never letting anyone ELSE go there!).

[identity profile] pushdragon.livejournal.com 2008-06-30 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I don't doubt it's not everyone's cup of tea! I'd be quite interested in a fic that took the time to show me how Harry or Draco didn't like it - writers like [livejournal.com profile] icarusancalion can paint a really engaging picture of clumsy, uncomfortable sex. Have you ever found a fic that captured your experience? I just find the characterisation of gay partnerships into top/bottom - not only in penetration but in the whole initiation and execution of sex - a bit lazy.
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[personal profile] drgaellon 2008-06-30 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
No, I haven't - but trust me when I tell you it would not be entertaining to read. It would mostly consist of the soi-disant "bottom" swearing a blue streak and hollering for the "top" to stop.

That being said, I know a number of couples where the personality-dominant partner is the sexually-receptive. "Fuckee" does not automatically mean "submissive," and that is, indeed, lazy thinking.

[identity profile] pushdragon.livejournal.com 2008-06-30 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
the soi-disant "bottom" swearing a blue streak and hollering for the "top" to stop

Ha! I must be a crazy person, because I would totally read that! I mean, I love the whole "two hot blokes having flawless sex in a strange nether-world where bumholes smell like cinnamon and there's no such thing as rectal tearing", but there's only so much of that unreality you can read and it's nice sometimes to have a dose of clumsy realism.

This is from Skinny Dipping by Icarus, an old favourite of mine:

Harry felt a pleasant blunt warmth against his arse, and then a gentle pressure. But it was huge! What was that, his elbow? His knee? Harry glanced back and saw that it couldn't be either.

Oh God. Harry set his jaw and braced himself.

Nothing could have prepared him for this. Harry yelped as a searing heat he could feel to the back of his throat split him open; he was spitted. "Ow! Stop! Stop!" He shook.

Percy paused, shock in his voice. "But I'm hardly even in."

"Getoutgetoutgetout!"

Percy finally came to his senses and - slowly, very gently - pulled out. Harry could tell from his motion that it was maybe an inch. But it was the longest inch in the world.

Harry panted, his eyes wild.

"My... I'm so sorry." Percy blinked at him, still stunned. "Are - are you all right?" His hands brushed Harry's face. His voice reeled between worry and disappointment.


And "The Ol' Switcharoo" by Aspen (locked unfortunately) features a similar Harry/Draco moment - and despite that clumsiness or even because of it, it's one my all time hottest reads.

Anyway, no idea if any of that is to your tastes, but that sort of fic just happens to be a secret fondness of mine. :-)
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[personal profile] drgaellon 2008-07-01 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
That's not far off the reality, actually....