A note on RPS.
Oct. 7th, 2002 12:27 am
Just a minor thoughtwave I'd like to send out to all RPS writers out there. (And no, this isn't addressed to any of you.)
If you are writing a fic involving two of our boys getting married, my first piece of advice is: DON'T. If you choose to ignore this succinct word of wisdom, and feel that the creative urge brought on by the Matrimony Bunny of Doom cannot be resisted, it would be good of you to at least make it bloody well worth our time to read this marriage-related opus. Know this: in the US, there are very few states where gay marriage is legal. I don't know about England/NZ/Scotland/elsewhere, so I won't lecture on that, but somehow I doubt it's particularly common. (If I'm wrong, feel free to enlighten me.) Still, I suppose the need may exist to describe the opulent, flower-dripping big-church affair. I'd like to know why. If your characterization of our boys involves them spouting gooey, inspiring sap in front of a massive crowd of people (and those opulent, flower-dripping big-church affairs always DO seem to include massive crowds of people), then...wellllll... Okay, I suppose I'm not allowed to argue with characterization. But. Honestly. There really are effective ways of declaring eternal love that don't involve priests or altars. Or ridiculously flowery language that no guy on earth would be caught dead saying. And speaking of flowers and such, if the scene of the proposal is even more disgustingly sappy and overdone than your average B-level chick flick, then something is VERY wrong. With your fic. And your characters. And, probably, you.
I can think of maybe one or two writers out there who could pull off a realistic gay marriage. You are probably not one of them. And, incidentally, if your author's notes include anything along the lines of "So-and-so and Whats-his-name are so meant to be and they're soulmates and I just had to write this!!!!" [not a direct quote; more of a paraphrase] then you are the RPS equivalent of all those teenyboppers we love to hate and our hatred of them will be happily transferred to you.
Admit it: you just want to see these guys in tuxes. And helping each other out of said tuxes. A noble calling. Write a PWP set post-premiere and be done with it.
Thank you and have a good night.
If you are writing a fic involving two of our boys getting married, my first piece of advice is: DON'T. If you choose to ignore this succinct word of wisdom, and feel that the creative urge brought on by the Matrimony Bunny of Doom cannot be resisted, it would be good of you to at least make it bloody well worth our time to read this marriage-related opus. Know this: in the US, there are very few states where gay marriage is legal. I don't know about England/NZ/Scotland/elsewhere, so I won't lecture on that, but somehow I doubt it's particularly common. (If I'm wrong, feel free to enlighten me.) Still, I suppose the need may exist to describe the opulent, flower-dripping big-church affair. I'd like to know why. If your characterization of our boys involves them spouting gooey, inspiring sap in front of a massive crowd of people (and those opulent, flower-dripping big-church affairs always DO seem to include massive crowds of people), then...wellllll... Okay, I suppose I'm not allowed to argue with characterization. But. Honestly. There really are effective ways of declaring eternal love that don't involve priests or altars. Or ridiculously flowery language that no guy on earth would be caught dead saying. And speaking of flowers and such, if the scene of the proposal is even more disgustingly sappy and overdone than your average B-level chick flick, then something is VERY wrong. With your fic. And your characters. And, probably, you.
I can think of maybe one or two writers out there who could pull off a realistic gay marriage. You are probably not one of them. And, incidentally, if your author's notes include anything along the lines of "So-and-so and Whats-his-name are so meant to be and they're soulmates and I just had to write this!!!!" [not a direct quote; more of a paraphrase] then you are the RPS equivalent of all those teenyboppers we love to hate and our hatred of them will be happily transferred to you.
Admit it: you just want to see these guys in tuxes. And helping each other out of said tuxes. A noble calling. Write a PWP set post-premiere and be done with it.
Thank you and have a good night.
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