it's a matter of perspective

[cornerofmadness]

I was talking to the talented banner maker for fma_fic_contest about some of her recent banners. sky_dark said she made the banners based on what part of the story struck her most deeply. And that got me thinking (mostly because what struck a chord in her was something I barely thought about) about how we perceive stories. Take a good look at any review of Goodreads or a look at fandom meta and it's obvious we all take something different away from the stories. Sometimes you find people you're in total agreement with. Other times, you're left wondering 'did we watch/read' the same thing.

So it got me curious. What did people see in MY stories? To that end, find one of my stories that you liked and tell me what YOU thought was the main pain. What characters/scenes struck your chords? I'm curious.


You know it's bad at work when tenured faculty are asking me where the best job boards are


why do i always take on too many springkink stories?


NCIS

I LOATHE the lawyer. I don't want her to be GIbbs's girl. And I HATE HATE HATE when the heroes allow the killer escape because they think it's 'justice.' Well, Gibbs MiL didn't kill her daughter/granddaughter's killers. Gibbs did that years ago. SHe killed someone who might have been in the same drug ring for the mere reason that she thinks it's justice. I'm not sure we have clear cut evidence he was somehow invovled in Shannon's death.

Our Cop Hero turning vigillante and/or condoning the vigillante is one of my most hated tropes in crime drama


However I have to say I did love Tony going nuts over Japanese movies and Tony's reaction to Arizona is MINE word for word.

Is it me or has McGee lost tons of weight?

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

McGee looks like he's lost weight.

Palmer's girlfriend is SO not what I wanted to see with him. How disappointing.

[anguisel.livejournal.com]

That episode was really lacking. It was pretty obvious who had killed the guy. And Palmer's girlfriend made me think that he's got another Cylon on his hands.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did not love this episode of NCIS. While I was totally behind Gibbs taking out the bad guys way back when, this just stunk of allowing a psycho woman to run free. What happens the next time she feels the need the "right a wrong"? And Leon went along with it! The fuck?!!!! So not only did the guilty woman go free, but they just conspired to send a man to prison who may deserve to go for drug smuggling, but DID NOT COMMIT THIS MURDER! And are Ducky and Abby going to go on the stand and lie under oath to complete the conspiracy of protecting the true killer?

Bad writing is very, very bad.

McGee is very svelte now. I don't know how that happened.

[enemytosleep]

Most recently, Temple grabbed me: his spirit, his neediness, the way he seems to be hurting, but hides it with bratty behavior and silliness. I really want to read more about him.

[randomcheeses.livejournal.com]

It's not just you. McGee is looking fine!

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought McGee has lost a boatload of weight, myself. His neck was sticking out of his collar like a stick.

That part of Arizona wouldn't be THAT hot this time of year (assuming this is set sort of "now")... *g*

ETA: Oh, and yeah, not the best idea of Gibbs, but he's always had a very, very, VERY tender spot where that whole event has been concerned. What was strange was Leon going along with him... (Not to mention all the forensic evidence, etc.)

And your writing? I love your characters -- your dialogue and character interaction is amazing, and you plot like crazy. Sometimes your prose is a little stilted, but sometimes I'm not sure if that's not just a matter of style, because I find I get used to it when I read your work. No matter, it's always extremely compelling.