Vaguely metaish thought about LoM fic, very vaguely inspired by...

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reading titles and summaries of Valentine's Day fic at the comm, I suppose.

I just discovered that - in addition to my general allergy to 'soulmates' ideas etc. - I have a particular dislike of the idea that Gene is somehow the first and only person Sam has met who is really 'right' for him. It's the shippy version of "only 1973 is the right place/time for Sam, he could never be happy in 2006/2007", I suppose. In both cases, I don't like how the problem is externalised. The problem - Sam's problem - is *Sam*. Not 2006. Not other people. *Sam* is the one who is so screwed up as to be unable to live, or love.

Right. Back to the &%§#!% thesis. *sigh*

Comments

Re: Wow, wordy.

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Hey, you know why I haven't. 1.) you're intimidating ;-), and 2.) I know I will like a lot of your stuff so I'm deliberately saving it for later. I'm the kind of person who will always eat the best bits of a meal last, too.

Also, I haven't really been reading fic for about half a year or so. My attempt to read through the community memories stalled at the beginning of 'B', when the thesis work became more intense. The only exceptions I made were for Mikey's and Dak's respective epics, both of which I could not resist because they sounded like they were unusually close to my very particular interests, and I was going through a phase where I needed some form of regular distraction/something to look forward to on a regular basis while working on the thesis, so that ongoing serials were just the thing.