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Look into My Id.

This is such a fun idea for a meme, I couldn't help but spread it around. To quote: "Now, some writers embrace their id and write it all out there, and that can be a fabulous thing. Self-awareness FTW. But often when I'm reading a fic I find myself wanting to tap the author and say, "Pardon me, did you know your id is showing?"

So, a couple of us got to wondering what our fics revealed about us. Hence this anonymeme. Are our ids showing?"

Link takes you to my comment. Please, be scathingly honest. ;)

First Thing:

I'm proud to pimp a new community: tardis_view. Evil genius eponymous_rose described it perfectly in our userinfo, so think I'll quote her here rather than force y'all to suffer my ramblings:

Do you ever get that itch to travel, to see all the little, everyday things that happen half a world away? Want a chance to get a guided tour of Paris from someone who's lived there forever? How about a small town out in the middle of nowhere, USA? Want to visit the countries your flist inhabits, without having to wait in neverending queues or pay a fortune? This is your chance.

Doctor Who fans live all over the planet - why not set up our own TARDIS?

It is truly a brilliant idea, and I'm very happy to be one of the mods. Above all Doctor Who celebrates a love of adventure, of the amazing things we can see in the world outside our front door. And we may not have a timeship, but we have this -- a global fandom who appreciates the incredible things we can find in the most unexpected places. I hope you guys will head over there and check it out.

(Ha. I said I wasn't going to ramble and then I did. I am so unpredictable.)

Second Thing:

I have a fic up for auction over at livelongnmarry. It goes something like this: you bid, you win, you donate the amount you bid to a charity of your choice that promotes marriage equality (Equality for All, Marriage Equality USA, etc.), and you tell me what sort of fic you want. Then a fic you shall have! It's a terribly worthy cause, so take a look at all the wonderful things up for auction.

(I'm pretty much up for anything as far as the prompts are concerned, but please, if you love me -- no Doctor/Jack. Doctor/Jack makes me twitch. All other pairings are okie dokie.

Well. Mostly.)

In fiction, self-insertion is generally considered something of a no-no, and deservedly so. (Though some bastards seem to get away with it without any complaints. Yeah, I'm lookin' at you, Dante.) But are we missing exciting opportunities of genuine self-discovery and satirical silliness by conforming to the dictums of the fandom establishment? I say we are. I say we rebel, brothers and sisters! I say that everyone inspired to do so should write a ficlet (or a blog entry) detailing their very own encounters with the alien, man-type mysterioso we call the Doctor.

What sort of companion would you be? Indeed, would you become a companion at all? And if you did find yourself traveling with him, whether by choice or necessity or accident, how would you leave him in the end?

Call it the How I Met the Doctor Meme. Any Doctor, any era. If in fic format, it can be from your point of view, or the Doctor's, or that of a canon companion along for the ride. The companions often serve as our ambassadors to the universe the Doctor travels, our stand-ins in his adventures, and the companions we relate to most strongly are often very telling of our own personalities. But let's get rid of the middleman - if you were offered the temptations of a life at large in the universe, of the dangers and beauties and responsibilities you'd find behind the doors of that blue box, what would you choose?

Sorry for deluging your flist - this thing is just really flippin' long.

What a lovely little exercise in surrealism. Apparently, if you condensed everything I've posted on this journal into one "fic", it would read rather something like this:

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Oddly enough, I think this is naughtier than anything I've actually written. Not quite sure how that happened.

So here's something about me that you might not know - I am an idiot at computers. The fact that I can both check my e-mail and use my word processor is a triumph. My incompetence is awe inspiring. Really. Be inspired.

Sadly, this means that my many attempts to make Doctor Who fan vids have failed abysmally. This is particularly sad because I cannot stop thinking about the wonderful vids I would make if I could make vids. (It is quite easy to think yourself brilliant at something when you know you shall never be given the opportunity to disprove it.) It's driving me batty, quite frankly, and only you can help me. And prevent forest fires. Which means you're probably rather busy. I'll just leave you to it, then.

I make the following the proposition: here are the songs that I think would make brilliant DW vids. If any of them appeal to you and you say to yourself, "Self, I should very much like to make a fan video of that, by gum!" then you should do that. But this isn't just a request, oh no. I'm offering a trade. If you find yourself inspired by one of these songs, then you are entitled to request a fic of me in return. (Because I know how to use the word processor. Mostly.)

Just like, if you had a chicken that I really wanted, I would offer you a jar of pickles. Since I've been so specific about the chickens I'd like to see, you should feel free to dictate what you want from this jar of pickles - you could even give me a song by which it should be inspired. (It won't be song!fic, though. I don't do song!fic. Just poetry!fic.) Of course, chickens are generally more valuable than pickles (omelets!), but let's ignore that for the moment, shall we?

Or you could just consider this a strange little fan mix. Whatever floats your boat.