Dreamwidth

[twopoint]

So, twopoint has a blank journal sitting and waiting for new life at Dreamwidth - but I don't know what I really expect/want/need from it.  I'm staring at the Import button wondering if I'm going to cross post, import this journal, keep it empty as a second home, use if for all the bad, racy fic I continually write but need to publish under a different pseudo-pseudonym (guess I should have thought of a better username).  What are the rest of you doing? 

Also, I requested more invite codes, not sure if they'll arrive, but if they do - does anyone want one?

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[levadegratchets.livejournal.com]

You're the third person to mention it.
What is it?

[two-point.livejournal.com]

Livejournal but . . . better? I think everyone's spooked by the fact that lj was bought by a Russian company, laid off a lot of the US staff, so it might suddenly disappear one day. It's a conspiracy! Dreamwidth is supposed to fill all the gaps that lj cannot: reading, tweaking and publishing.

That's all guessing from the things I've read lately. Honestly, I don't know what it is.

[mainekosama.livejournal.com]

And no ads! Yay! Don't forget that ;-).

[lauand.livejournal.com]

I'm not exactly fond of changes and it scares me a little the possibility of all my LJ fandoms to migrate to DW, but if that would be the case, I think it would be nice to hace an account, so if you recieve more invitation codes, and if you don't mind, might I request one?

[two-point.livejournal.com]

I hate change! And I'm just starting to get settled in here after being away for a very long time and I like it here: nice seating, good lighting, vast library, pretty things to look at.

You're first on the list for a code if any arrive.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I have one too now (empty); same name as this one. Not sure if I want it or need it, but it cost me very little effort. I don't have a clue as to how it works or is different from LJ.

[two-point.livejournal.com]

The friend/subscription thing is very baffling to me. I'm going to sit back and watch the machine moving about before I start fiddling with it.

I was thinking of you the other day after finishing Ghosts of Blood and Innocence. I loved the last three books, decided to take a Wreaththu break and then immediately ordered the two published fanfics and The Hienama. They arrived today and I made every effort to not open the package, a successful plan -for half an hour - but then I folded and spent the past three hours reading. It's like some unclassifed and highly addictive drug.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

It's a terrific example of world-building, isn't it? I've read them all and The Hienama and The Student of Khyme, which basically overlap or take place shortly after the first three books. Sometimes I ask myself what fascinates me so much about it. I guess the gender-bending, the sex magic, and the general complexity of the characterizations (nobody is all good or all bad), and also the continual striving of the characters to understand themselves and their world is addictive. Gorgeous young guys has nothing to do with it I am sure. If you ever want any recs of fanfiction I can give you some. I have one major favorite by Thevina, Maelstrom and Mage, which also has a terrific sequel. (She is actually in the processing of expanding and editing it for publication by Storm Constantine's Immanion Press. Storm takes fanfics and publishes them and then considers those stories part of the entire Wraeththu canon.) I love that an author is willing to encourage the creativity of fanfic and share her world like that.

P.S. I just realized that you said you bought the two published fanfics. Duh! Speed reader here, who misses things. Actually, I think Maelstrom and Mage is better than those.

[two-point.livejournal.com]

I read Thevina's Break Open the Massive Dark last night and was pleased that someone finally addressed what could have happened to Aleeme and Azriel. I love, as you said, the world building in Constantine's works. Unfortunately I read the Thor combined anthology for the first three books and I thought all the while: "The story doesn't begin until the fourth chapter of the first book and the plot holes are killing me but I can't stop reading!" Only to realize there were revised editions out there that corrected most of my problems with the books. The plot holes are excellent fodder for fanfic however. Azriel for instance, why go to all that trouble to create him, use him and Aleeme to create massive emotional attachment to an ugly battle and then . . .never mention them again? Maelstrom and Mage is next on my reading list.

I love to see an established writer embracing and using fanfic.

Complexity of characterization:Most of Constantine's characters are surprisingly three dimensional. I usually run screaming from first person narration yet her characters drew me in right away. It's been a very long time since I read anything genre-esque that didn't beat me over the head with black and white morality. The characters in this world are extraordinarily grey, very real, an excellent inhuman mirror flashing toward humanity. I liked Seel that best in the first trilogy and even more so after the second. The hissy fit after locking Flick up is priceless. Yes, sometimes we all just want to be a bitch.

Now you must direct me to all your favorite stories!

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Thrilled that you liked Seel. I really like him. He is not among the most popular characters in the fanfic milieu. Don't know why. I’ve written two Seel and Swift stories: “What Is This Thing Called Love” and “Fated Obsession.”

I will definitely make you list of my favs.