Happy International Women's Day!

[vaznetti]

I know I'm copying this meme from someone on my friendslist, but I can't remember who. But in honor of international women's day, five stories about women, in five fandoms. Some gen, some not so gen.

Iron Points North (AtS, Fred): Fred needs to be somewhere else.
This is a small story, just four brief scenes from Fred's life, but I think it turned out well.

The Gates of Ivory (XF, Marita): Marita goes on a quest.
So it's resfic, and Krycek is a complete bastard as usual in my stories, and I'm not entirely sure about the style, but I was proud of it when I wrote it and I'm still quite fond of it.

Dust and Air (SPN, Missouri): I went to Missouri and I learned the truth.
See, even in a fandom famous for not having women in it, I'm still writing about women. It's like a curse, except the good kind of curse.

Dancing in Illusion (FF/SW, River): River takes Serenity dancing through the darkness.
I wrote this as a pinch-hit for last year's multiverse, and I think it came out well: as soon as I saw River and Yoda on the prompt list I knew I could write it.

Obituary (Alias, Irina): A legend for a girl.
Irina, looking back on Lauren. I need to try the first person again, someday.

OK, there were two three runners-up: Morning (XF, Marita), Tense and Skin (Alias, Sydney/Lauren), and Memorial Inscriptions (HP/BtVS, Dawn/Hermione), but the first was too much like everything else I write, I just don't like the second quite as much as I like Obituary (even though it's probably a better story) and the third... actually, I don't know why I didn't add the third. Really, Dawn/Hermione is just a perfect pairing. Numerology, demonology, ice cream and bad drama.

The other thing I learned from this is that it's been a year and a half since I updated my web site, and I really need to do something about that. But now there are lots of stories and it all seems so overwhelming.

Comments

[hossgal.livejournal.com]

I saw it on Vic's lj - the meme, I mean.

I had forgotten that you had written that Fred story. I remember liking her interacting with her family, and Wes and Gunn, and then finally finding her own way.

See, even in a fandom famous for not having women in it

*rolls eyes* *moves on*

Vic had one from SPN, too. I thought about including one of the Ellen stories, just because, but decided against, to keep to the gen-ish guideline.

*sigh* I really shouldn't get defensive about that. Energy would be better put to finishing stories, I think.

The Yoda & River one - awwwww. I don't remember reading that before. She needed someone like Yoda - or Book, I think.

- hg

[vaznetti]

Sorry, I can't help poking fun at the "no women in SPN" thing. It's some kind of weird compulsion, particularly when I can attach it to something about a woman in SPN.

I didn't quite remember that they were supposed to be gen, actually; it's pure chance that the Alias f/f piece didn't make the top 5. So I only did the meme right by accident.

River and Yoda are a perfect match, really: they need each other. Thank you; and for the comments on the Fred story.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

The Dawn/Hermione crossover was unexpected and charming!

[vaznetti]

Thank you -- they went together well, I thought.

[bardsmaid.livejournal.com]

Oh, my! Not only had I forgotten about Gates of Ivory, I'd definitely forgotten that I did beta for it. :-)

Good idea, though: femfic for International Women's Day. Thanks for sharing.

[vaznetti]

It turns out I saw it over on musesfool's journal first. But it is a nice idea -- and yes, as I recall your beta was really helpful on that story. You kept me from indulging too many of my bad habits.

[phantomas.livejournal.com]

Hopped to your site to read The Gates of Ivory, and I truly enjoyed it - the sparse dialogue, Marita's expectations and blind faith of a kind, your Alex, all of it. Thank you :)

[vaznetti]

Thank you! It's been a long time since I wrote it, but I still like it a lot. I like that Marita, and that Alex.

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

I've always liked Gates of Ivory. I wonder if I've ever mentioned to you that when I first ran into it, wherever it was I saw it (evidently not on populli) the line breaks were all funny for some reason and I thought it was supposed to look like that, as it looked for all the world like a translated epic poem that way, e.g.:

Alex would never recognize her again.
Unless they met in Hell, and even that
seemed too easy.

When I read it with the paragraphs in the right places, it was like a whole nother story . . .

[vaznetti]

That was probably the really short line length I used back on RATales? Or were they irregular? In either case, that's hysterical.

I kind of want to go off and think about the epic poem version of Gates now. How funny would that be?

And thank you.