Make It Stop.

[sariagray]

You know it's been a long day when you consider plots centered around the illicit affair between Jack Harkness and the founder of the NGO for whom you work during your New Employee Orientation seminar.

Eglantyne Jebb.

Shut up.

I think it may be time for bed.

In other news, here is a conversation I had with my mother the other day:

Mom: So, I have a question for you.
Me: Okay.
Mom: You know how a writer is supposed to write what they know?
Me: Yes...
Mom: You aren't a gay man!

Thanks, Mom, for noticing. I'm really glad we cleared that up; it had been bothering me for a while now. (I am also not immortal, nor do I hunt aliens, nor do I have a pet dinosaur. I'm not having an affair with my boss, I don't wear suits, and I really did NOT have a partially converted cyberwoman stored in my employer's basement, no matter what anyone tells you. These facts did not seem to concern her as much.)

Comments

[lawsontl.livejournal.com]

But are you attracted to women?

Or, for that matter, men?

Then you've got something in common with your subjects. NEXT...

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely agreed! I mean, I am pretty sure she was teasing me? But I never can tell.

[eldarwannabe.livejournal.com]

I can barely tolerate coffee! I don't even like the smell! Hasn't stopped me yet!

And I have to say, that plot sounds fascinating. Jack was alive for over a hundred years, we need more stories in which he DOES STUFF.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

You...don't like coffee? I'm sorry. You are no longer allowed in this fandom. I am revoking your membership card.

Kidding :)

And we do! If only I had the patience to write it....;)

[eldarwannabe.livejournal.com]

;p

I can tolerate it! With copious amounts of milk and sugar and flavoring. Really, I would prefer ice cream be a standard morning drink.

*clutches membership card*

And yeah, I come up with ideas I like all the time, and then fizzle out on execution....

[jedi-harkness.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I don't wear suits or hunt aliens, I make an average cup of coffee, I've never had a cyber-girlfriend, and my pet winged dinosaur is a plushie. But I can get emo with the best of them and I think Jack is the sexiest beast I've ever seen. Seems I have enough in common with Ianto. ;)

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Okay, minus the Jack part for me, but! I think my mom was kidding?

[choccy-grl.livejournal.com]

You know, I've had that comment directed at me by my best friend. (We were sitting in a theatre waiting for Ave Q to start at the time, I dread to think what the people sitting near us thought! Although to be honest I don't really care.)

My answer was, the logistics of the physical side of things are easily researched (I love the internet - I haven't lived through WW2, been down in a submarine or spent any time as a frog but that doesn't stop me writing about it)and as for the rest, being in a male male relationship doesn't mean the feelings are any different. They would need to act in character whatever type of relationship they are in.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

Yes, absolutely! It just amused me, and I think she was teasing me? Mostly because I used to go on "writing what I know" tirades in high school and whatnot.

And I doubt they cared much - you were seeing Avenue Q, after all...;)

[choccy-grl.livejournal.com]

So true, Ave Q is brilliant but not for the prudish or easily offended ;)

[analineblue.livejournal.com]

I could totally see her and Jack getting together back in the day. I mean, just look at her name. *_*

And hehe, well, I think the key to being a successful writer is being able to recognize what similarities you may have with ALL of your characters, including those that don't resemble you in the most obvious ways, right? Right. >_>

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

I'm not a gay man either (neither have I ever had any sex that couldn't be described as vanilla) - hasn't stopped me so far

and just tell her it's more of a challenge this way, you can't write about yourself :D