So, you see...

[emmagrant01]

I was on amazon.com tonight, and in the "Your recommendations" section, there were a variety of things listed, each of which was either Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Queer as Folk. I mentioned this to my husband, and he laughed, noting that this pretty much summed up my interests these days.

This is my problem, you know. For most of my life, I have been absolutely obsessed with Star Wars. Then I started reading and writing slash, and life got even better. I had put off reading the Harry Potter books quite on purpose, completely aware that once I started, I wouldn't be able to stop. I just have that sort of OC personality, you know? I was scared, and I knew there was lots of great HP slash out there, so it was with a weird mix of trepidation and excitement that I took all five books on vacation with me this summer.

Oh. My. God.

I am now the biggest Harry/Draco shipper... It is all I can do not to start writing H/D stuff. But the new QAJ season is on the horizon! How am I going to get my head back together in time? jedirita has offered to slap me silly, and I may take her up on that. How do I balance two fandoms? Considering that I work full time?

Advice? Please?

Comments

[nimori.livejournal.com]

I did, and I hope you're happy to know that you've permanently broken my heart.

*hands Rita duct tape*

Tell you what. You pick me a word and I will *gulp* write a JE drabble around that word (loose version of drabble, i.e., 500 words and under).

You know, with Obi/Bruck, you have that whole enemies/lovers-Snape/Harry thing going on. Or Harry/Draco or Harry/Lucius. But Qui/Obi? That's so vanilla, like Sirius/Remus! Or Harry/Ron!

Ack! Nonono! Qui/Obi is more like Harry/Sirius... nice age difference, slightly inappropriate, get on well enough but with a ton of underlying problems... *shudders at thoughts of Sirius/Remus and Harry/Ron.*

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Qui/Obi is more like Harry/Sirius... nice age difference, slightly inappropriate, get on well enough but with a ton of underlying problems...

That's true, and it's made me think a lot about the whole Qui/Obi thing. Harry/Sirius makes me a little uncomfortable, and I've been trying to read a lot of it just because it makes me slightly uncomfortable. Why does 15-year-old Harry in bed with (35-year old) Siruis bother me while 15-year-old Obi in bed with (50-year-old?) Qui doesn't so much? Is it because the HP universe is closer to reality than the GFFA?

And this also brings up my big issue with Qui/Obi: it *is* an inapropriate relationship, and people just don't seem to want to deal with that in fic. But that's what makes the pairing interesting in the first place!

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's an offer I just can't pass up. But now I've got to think of a word!

*feverishly consults dictionary*

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

Okay, I came up with a word! "Scamble." Or its variations.

I eagerly await the story! *bounces with excitement*