Because Jais needs some hilarity.

[dagas_isa]

"Now, some writers embrace their id and write it all out there, and that can be a fabulous thing. Self-awareness FTW. But often when I'm reading a fic I find myself wanting to tap the author and say, "Pardon me, did you know your id is showing?"

So, a couple of us got to wondering what our fics revealed about us. Hence this anonymeme. Are our ids showing?"

My thread is here.

And now on Dreamwidth

Comments

[lassarina]

(hi! *waves*)

ha, "did you know your id is showing?" is a good question for some people. XD For me, I know it is--because if it's not showing somehow, then the story probably never got past 200 words.

[dagas_isa]

*waves*

I try to keep my obvious id!fic hidden, but I'm sure it still shines through.

[lassarina]

I think, though, that in some ways that is the strength of fandom. We can go out and put our ids on display, and find other people whose lizard-brains function in ways similar to our own, and--I mean, I don't want to say fandom is always a kind and accepting place, because it's not. But the really awesome people in fandom make it as close to a safe space as I think we're likely to get to explore those kinds of things, and I think it encourages that kind of exploration in a way that "writing for publication" and its ilk does not.

Or maybe I am just making things up? Who knows.

[dagas_isa]

Oh, I definitely think fanfiction definitely allows a wider range of "lizard-brains" to show through because there's no so much worrying about making money or selling to a large audience. Though I'd kind of have to say that there are certain categories that are much more encouraged in fandom compared to others.

[lassarina]

I would agree with that, that there are some we encourage a lot. I mean, I know I strongly encourage and respond to certain tropes and kinks and narrative themes, so I comment on those a lot. And the circles I hang in tend to be heavy in the things I like, so maybe it's a self-fulfilling prophecy?