It's probably poor netiquette to reply to a reply to a comment, but I couldn't help it.
I'm fairly certain that short of picking a fight with the person you're responding to it's more than okay netiquette to respond to a comment.
I understand exactly what you mean; knowing an author read your comment is good but it kinda sucks when you put so much time and effort into a well thought-out comment and get "thank you" in response. It's still good but it kinda makes you step back and wonder why you bothered to spend all that time trying to be coherent.
Oh God, you really shouldn't've said that about talking to authors because given even the slightest bit of encouragement I will go on and on and on about what I write. Especially with this fic because I spent so many months on it. It's funny (you'll find out why in a moment) because some parts had to be written and rewritten and rewritten again and others came out just right the first time. Like Henrickson.
I knew from the start I wanted him to be a mirror of Dean (after metaing to a friend that if we didn't know about Sam and Dean what we know that we'd be cheering on Henrickson and hoping he catches those "evil monsters.") and I knew what I wanted him to say. It was a matter of getting the words in the right order though. It was hard to get his voice without just bleaching it and turning him into some generic "these guys are bad so we want them" guy. He truly believes they're killers and he truly believes they're dangerous. As far as he knows he's doing the right thing.
The thing about Wincest fic to me is that people focus so much on the sex and that's just not a big thing for me. I think I've only seen one first time fic where Sam and Dean start out and then don't immediately have sex. And I mean...
I am such a complete snob about Wincest, I'm so hesitant to write my version of their first time because it's so radically different from everyone else's because everyone else seems (at times) to fall back on one pining and swooning after the other and the other having to be coaxed into it (in the non-abusive way) and then immediately they have full-on, big gay anal sex. Whereas in my version Sam hit puberty and started having thoughts about Dean that he knew weren't exactly "right." When my version of Sam and Dean got together--after the puberty thing, that was just there for time reference--it was slow and scary for them both, kissing was more than enough for a long time. And okay, yeah, part of that is likely because I see them starting up Pre-Stanford (and it playing a significant part in Sam leaving) but either way I just don't see them immediately having sex the moment they realize they both feel the same. [/mini!rant]
The Thermometer/Toothbrush thing is really just hilarious to me because that's one of those lines that just came out immediately. I wanna say and thought and thought about it to get it perfect but I just threw it out there and by luck it managed to fit. My big thing in that scene was really that I wanted them to share the toothbrush because that to me said how they lived and how comfortable they were with each other. They only have one toothbrush because they only need one toothbrush. They shared before they started kissing, when germs were still "icky" and they share now because it's them. The Thermometer/Toothbrush thing was just an unconscious bit to me. Very "of course Dean understands him, they've been doing this since Sam got his first tooth." And the fact that everyone loves it so much, that it came across so clearly, makes me downright giddy.
And I just friended you right back, expect comments in the next few minutes! :D
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I'm fairly certain that short of picking a fight with the person you're responding to it's more than okay netiquette to respond to a comment.
I understand exactly what you mean; knowing an author read your comment is good but it kinda sucks when you put so much time and effort into a well thought-out comment and get "thank you" in response. It's still good but it kinda makes you step back and wonder why you bothered to spend all that time trying to be coherent.
Oh God, you really shouldn't've said that about talking to authors because given even the slightest bit of encouragement I will go on and on and on about what I write. Especially with this fic because I spent so many months on it. It's funny (you'll find out why in a moment) because some parts had to be written and rewritten and rewritten again and others came out just right the first time. Like Henrickson.
I knew from the start I wanted him to be a mirror of Dean (after metaing to a friend that if we didn't know about Sam and Dean what we know that we'd be cheering on Henrickson and hoping he catches those "evil monsters.") and I knew what I wanted him to say. It was a matter of getting the words in the right order though. It was hard to get his voice without just bleaching it and turning him into some generic "these guys are bad so we want them" guy. He truly believes they're killers and he truly believes they're dangerous. As far as he knows he's doing the right thing.
The thing about Wincest fic to me is that people focus so much on the sex and that's just not a big thing for me. I think I've only seen one first time fic where Sam and Dean start out and then don't immediately have sex. And I mean...
I am such a complete snob about Wincest, I'm so hesitant to write my version of their first time because it's so radically different from everyone else's because everyone else seems (at times) to fall back on one pining and swooning after the other and the other having to be coaxed into it (in the non-abusive way) and then immediately they have full-on, big gay anal sex. Whereas in my version Sam hit puberty and started having thoughts about Dean that he knew weren't exactly "right." When my version of Sam and Dean got together--after the puberty thing, that was just there for time reference--it was slow and scary for them both, kissing was more than enough for a long time. And okay, yeah, part of that is likely because I see them starting up Pre-Stanford (and it playing a significant part in Sam leaving) but either way I just don't see them immediately having sex the moment they realize they both feel the same. [/mini!rant]
The Thermometer/Toothbrush thing is really just hilarious to me because that's one of those lines that just came out immediately. I wanna say and thought and thought about it to get it perfect but I just threw it out there and by luck it managed to fit. My big thing in that scene was really that I wanted them to share the toothbrush because that to me said how they lived and how comfortable they were with each other. They only have one toothbrush because they only need one toothbrush. They shared before they started kissing, when germs were still "icky" and they share now because it's them. The Thermometer/Toothbrush thing was just an unconscious bit to me. Very "of course Dean understands him, they've been doing this since Sam got his first tooth." And the fact that everyone loves it so much, that it came across so clearly, makes me downright giddy.
And I just friended you right back, expect comments in the next few minutes! :D