1. What made you decide to sign up for ds_team_angst?
For angst over romance? Let's see...I'm a Germanist, and something about schmoop eludes my comprehension. Based on reading the stories in mcshep_match, it seems that word (romance) doesn't mean what I think it means. I'm all about the personal growth, bildungsroman if you will, and that just doesn't come often when life is all polished and shiny.
Why did I sign up for the challenge at all when I'm not a known quantity in the fandom? In the interest of brevity, I'll limit myself to saying that it's a chance to write in a supportive environment and hang out with great people, and to join a community with which I am familiar from years of lurkerdom and to which I perhaps have something to contribute.
2. What are your top five favorite angsty due South stories?
The angstiest dS story not already mentioned, IMO, is Some Strange Prophecy.
3. Who's a bigger woobie: Fraser, RayK or RayV?
Fraser. I don't view RayV as a woobie, and RayK at least can connect with, not just suppress, his own woobieness.
4. True or false: Ray's unnamed box turtle is a much better choice for our team's Mascot than a blood-smeared polar bear.
True. How do we know the turtle isn't hiding hir bloodsmears? Angst can be induced either (or both, of course) internally or externally. The bloodsmears are a powerful metaphor for the external, but, again, how do we know the turtle isn't also bleeding? A turtle, additionally, is a more powerful metaphor for angst. Polar bears are happy and cuddly and play with beach balls. (Maybe not when injured, but we see them playing with beach balls far more often.) Turtles carry the burden of their secret pains with them at all times, for the world to see.
5. Team Romance is going to go down. In flames. Right?
Down, yes, but in a flood of its own tears. Fire scares me, and if it goes down in flames there's the chance that we could wind up immolated as well. But a flood, well, we're prepared. They aren't.
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Date: 2007-09-15 09:27 pm (UTC)For angst over romance? Let's see...I'm a Germanist, and something about schmoop eludes my comprehension. Based on reading the stories in
Why did I sign up for the challenge at all when I'm not a known quantity in the fandom? In the interest of brevity, I'll limit myself to saying that it's a chance to write in a supportive environment and hang out with great people, and to join a community with which I am familiar from years of lurkerdom and to which I perhaps have something to contribute.
2. What are your top five favorite angsty due South stories?
The angstiest dS story not already mentioned, IMO, is Some Strange Prophecy.
3. Who's a bigger woobie: Fraser, RayK or RayV?
Fraser. I don't view RayV as a woobie, and RayK at least can connect with, not just suppress, his own woobieness.
4. True or false: Ray's unnamed box turtle is a much better choice for our team's Mascot than a blood-smeared polar bear.
True. How do we know the turtle isn't hiding hir bloodsmears? Angst can be induced either (or both, of course) internally or externally. The bloodsmears are a powerful metaphor for the external, but, again, how do we know the turtle isn't also bleeding? A turtle, additionally, is a more powerful metaphor for angst. Polar bears are happy and cuddly and play with beach balls. (Maybe not when injured, but we see them playing with beach balls far more often.) Turtles carry the burden of their secret pains with them at all times, for the world to see.
5. Team Romance is going to go down. In flames. Right?
Down, yes, but in a flood of its own tears. Fire scares me, and if it goes down in flames there's the chance that we could wind up immolated as well. But a flood, well, we're prepared. They aren't.