I don't know if it's slash, but I know what I like

[rivkat]

Query: If you were perusing a slash archive, and found a story in which Clark is turned into a girl for most of the way through (and boffs Lex while possessing female equipment), would you feel wronged? I'm just not sure if I should post Skin Deep at the SSA, and I don't really want to get anybody mad.

Also, Stargate's Wormhole X-treme was exactly what I needed tonight. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt.

And finally, a friend and I were watching vids today, and she brought up the Groundhog Day cliche. You don't see it in stories so much, only film/television. Why is that, I wonder? Is it because repetition is easier to bear when viewed? You'd think you could write a quick repetition montage-like thing, but it would be a technical challenge. Hmm. Perhaps I shall add it to my list.

Comments

[permetaform]

I think it's possibly also a huge in-joke for those in production, because the Endlessly Repeating Day is basically what a day's shoot is like, and it might be tantamount to how there's the "muse talking to writer" cliche in fanfic. Although perhaps the whole of fandom might be taken as a huge Groundhog Day effect. (ie. Lex shags Clark in the castle over and over and over...)

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

That's an intriguing idea about the connection between production and plot; it makes a lot of sense. I also like "fandom as Groundhog Day." The grown-up version of the fort-da game, I guess.