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The Writing Thread
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 02, 2021, 03:46:01 PM ---LMAO I will need to look up that thread because I don't remember what led up to me making that, but I totally still have it! I'm a file hoarder and probably have most of the stupid pictures I posted on Photobucket. You never know when you're going to want to see something again...
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I'm laughing so hard that I'm sobbing! Mare, please still have the camel!
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 02, 2021, 04:20:52 PM ---Okay, I looked up that thread, and WOW, does that not capture the early days of this forum perfectly?! We started out with a fanfic-related discussion question, and within two pages, we got distracted making fun of some teenybopper fanfic, Refresh, LD, Fergie, and JT. Then the inevitable 00Carter hijacking began, and that's as far as I got LOL. Here it is if anyone else wants to read it: http://absolutechaos.net/fictalk/index.php/topic,454.0.html
I wish I could remember what plot point of By My Side inspired the original question because I'm sure there was a personal reason for me starting that thread LOL.
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It does, that's exactly what we were all like until the wee hours of the morning! I also ended up down the rabbit hole of the first "who wants to write 00Carter" thread. So funny. I miss being so young. I read the whole thing and then was like, "Okay! Time to focus on your next chapter edit!"
Was it the leg choppage? I think it may have been the leg choppage.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 02, 2021, 04:31:12 PM ---I also cringed at us hating on "mature fans" in that thread because most of us are now in that age bracket. Ha! Of course, ol' Cookie Fondler from LD could have died of old age by now, who knows LOL.
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I felt a little bad and really embarrassed rereading that bit, especially once it veered back into "mature" fans and fanfic since I toyed with a sex scene in my interesting tidbits, but that thread kind of hit the nail in the coffin for me once the time for that chapter comes, I think. I can't be both graphically violent and sexually explicit and the actual sex isn't the important part of that bit anyway. Fade to black exists for a reason, you know? And being graphically violent is more fun.
I still stand by my opinion that someone three times a ten-year-old's age shouldn't push them for closer access to a celebrity though.
I think as we're "mature" now, we just need to make sure we're not pretending we're 15 any more. Though life at 15 was way easier!
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on January 02, 2021, 04:37:52 PM ---I'm laughing so hard that I'm sobbing! Mare, please still have the camel!
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I looked at it again, LMAO!
I don't think I can be productive anymore today now and edit a serious AJ chapter. Poor AJ.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 02, 2021, 04:20:52 PM ---Here it is if anyone else wants to read it: http://absolutechaos.net/fictalk/index.php/topic,454.0.html
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I just creeped on the guests again and most of them are reading this! I'm dying!
Dear guests: I'm sorry I sounded so dumb sometimes.
Also, that thread is a gem even if it's only aged okay. New thread: Top Ten Must Read Nostalgia Posts on the Forum.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on January 02, 2021, 04:46:16 PM ---It does, that's exactly what we were all like until the wee hours of the morning! I also ended up down the rabbit hole of the first "who wants to write 00Carter" thread. So funny. I miss being so young. I read the whole thing and then was like, "Okay! Time to focus on your next chapter edit!"
Was it the leg choppage? I think it may have been the leg choppage.
I felt a little bad and really embarrassed rereading that bit, especially once it veered back into "mature" fans and fanfic since I toyed with a sex scene in my interesting tidbits, but that thread kind of hit the nail in the coffin for me once the time for that chapter comes, I think. I can't be both graphically violent and sexually explicit and the actual sex isn't the important part of that bit anyway. Fade to black exists for a reason, you know? And being graphically violent is more fun.
I still stand by my opinion that someone three times a ten-year-old's age shouldn't push them for closer access to a celebrity though.
I think as we're "mature" now, we just need to make sure we're not pretending we're 15 any more. Though life at 15 was way easier!
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It wasn't the leg choppage because I did that in 2003. I looked back to see what chapters I was posting around that time and still can't pinpoint it, but I'm guessing it had something to do with Nick & Claire relationship drama, the car accident I was planning for the end, or possibly the sequel I considered writing for a short time, which was really ridiculous. And the poll was tied, so I guess I never got my answer LOL.
I think we had our reasons for making fun of the "mature fans." Some of the ones on LiveDaily really were obnoxious, from what I remember. And pushing other fans, especially fans a third your age, is never acceptable. I'm sure there was also some jealousy on our part because most of us had yet to meet the Boys and may have still been at the mercy of our parents to provide money or transportation to go to shows LOL. I won't deny, it's fun to be a "mature fan" who can travel out of state to go to shows and pay to meet the Boys if they're so inclined.
I don't really agree with the sex scene stuff anymore though. A married woman writing graphic sex scenes about herself with a Backstreet Boy still seems a bit weird to me, but there's nothing wrong with writing sex scenes about fictional characters if it fits the story. You can absolutely be both graphically violent and sexually explicit. If you want to write it, go for it and don't hold back! You can always edit and cut some out later if it feels like too much.
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