What I'm doing instead of creating syllabi today...

[emmagrant01]

I recently uploaded my Altar Boyz fic to AO3, and to my great surprise that was not already a listed fandom. So I added it, and now it's there, with just my little one-shot fic. It just cannot be that there isn't any other Altar Boyz fic out there. Granted I haven't looked in a while, but seriously? Wow. That's definitely one of the slashiest musicals ever, along with obvious ones like Spring Awakening and Rent and American Idiot.

In other news, Sherlock has taken over my brain. There will be a big thinky-thoughts post on Sherlock at some point, but not until after I see the last episode. The fandom is freaking about the Bad Things that are going to happen in the last episode, and I'm weirdly not worried about it. Okay, I will admit there was a moment of "Oh, great, I've just found this fandom and one of the characters in the main pairing is probably going to die and then the fandom will implode and I'll have missed it." Just like Torchwood all over again.

But I'm leaning towards the more positive spoiler interpretations that Sherlock is not actually going to die permanently (because seriously, how stupid a move would that be for the producers to make?), so I'm kind of looking forward to the excitement and the ways the fans will work around it.

I'm also keeping my hopes up that this fandom will be able to handle it, you know? Some fandoms survive character death, and some even thrive on it. Hell, the entire Phantom Menace fandom started based on a movie in which one of the main pairing died in the movie, and that didn't stop gajillions of words of fics being written for more than a decade now.

So I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Anyone who's in that fandom and reading this, am I being too optimistic about how people will respond? God, I hope not. :-P

ETA: Beware spoilery comments!

Comments

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Oooh, this is even better. OMG the angst fic that would result... *drools*

I've been generally avoiding spoilers, but at this point it almost doesn't matter. I won't get to watch it live (unless there's a secret I don't know about?) anyway, so I may as well be one step ahead!

[fluffyllama.livejournal.com]

I believe there are streaming sites, though being in the UK I don't need to use them. I can drop you a link if I see anyone mention where they watch if you like? It might not be a good time to watch it live though (it'll be 9pm GMT).

Oh the Sherlock fandom will angst like nothing ever angsted before *g* They are bound to give us something juicy, and I can't wait!

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

This is making me feel so much better! Thank you!