Repetitive fiction meme

[ptahrrific]

Meme time!

What do you think are the quote-unquote "trademarks" of the fiction that I write? What type of themes or characterization notes or quirks keep on manifesting in my writing? Essentially, what do you think is a stereotypically Ptah way of writing fic?

Here, let me get you started:


Soft Cuddly Surfaces by ~sailorptah

So, okay, I write this scene a lot. What other tropes do I (over)use?

(Feel free to take the "you use this trick way too much and need to try a new one" angle. Thoughtful criticism is always delicious.)

Comments

[skybreak-seeker.livejournal.com]

You are the undisputed queen of crossovers, as beautiful and terrible as the dawn. /tolkien

[ptahrrific]

XD

*uses Tolkien crossover icon, just for this*

[lady-sci-fi.livejournal.com]

Like me, you're a fan of writing crossovers. (the one non-crossover fic i tried to do, i can't seem to get myself to finish).
I love your use of the "stephen" character.

[lady-sci-fi.livejournal.com]

Oh, and what will "all the King's Horses" be about?
can't wait for it.

[ptahrrific]

Heh. It will be about breaking "Stephen" in a whole new way.

(This is a painful one. I wrote it last February, and have been trying to psych myself up to post it ever since.)

[sarcasticsra]

*makes grabby-hands gesture, ala Stephen*

WANT.

[lady-sci-fi.livejournal.com]

Well, i don't know if i should cheer or cry for the stephen-angst. Either way, i still want it. :D

BTW, you are the person who informed me about TCR and TDS. Last October, I was looking for some new Doctor Who fanfic, and came across your wonderful Truthiness and Relative Dimensions In Space.
Needless to say, I started wondering about who the heck this Stephen Colbert was. THat led me to finding out about my fave shows, TCR and TDS.

Finally, one fandom that i can't blame my dad for. (he got me really into Star wars, Star trek, and doctor who)

[ptahrrific]

Oh, good. 'Cause this one's going to be seriously angsty.

Well, since you got into the fake news through DW, you can still blame your dad indirectly...

(And thanks!)

[lady-sci-fi.livejournal.com]

Am trying to patiently wait for "all the king's horses."

*starts jumping up and down*
dang, i really need to lay of the caffiene. :P

[seagullsong.livejournal.com]

YOU"RE KEEPING SOMETHING FROM US? *cries* Oh no, I'm already sad from the breaking of Stephen. But I need it anyway.

And, hilariously, I was looking for Fake News fanfic, found your story, and became a Doctor Who fan. "Who are these strange and wonderful people?"

This little meme is adorable. And as for repetition...a tendancy to completely dissect characters' minds in the process of breaking them and them putting them back together. Which is great.

[(Anonymous)]

There is always a little tragedy in your humor and a little humor in your tragedy.

~A. Fann

[ptahrrific]

You make it sound so cool ^_^;

[doctorv.livejournal.com]

...Awesomeness? Sheer, brain-melting awesomeness?

[ptahrrific]

...well, I won't complain about that =P

[doctorv.livejournal.com]

It's totally overused! Oh my GOD it gets so repetitive! Jesus! I mean I'll see a summary for a fic and think hm, it sounds interesting, and then I'll see your name and I'm like "Oh goddammit, not another amazing effing story that's going to blow me away and make me grin like a moron all day! Jesus Christ, can't she suck once in a while?" And then, as per usual of course, I'm left blinking in awe at the shameless, unmitigated, galling awesome. *huff*

Ah intarwebs, you allow me to keep a straight face even when I'm cracking up. Truly you are a blessed invention. ^_^

[lavinialavender.livejournal.com]

Heh, nice collage/montage thing you have there.

Okay, I'm a relative newcomer to your TDS/TCR fic (actually I hit the archives tonight), but I will point out just one small bit of criticism: often, I see you jump to fluffy hurt/comfort scenes a bit too fast. Trust me, I am all about fluff and hurt/comfort. Seriously. But it has to be carefully set up, with lots of build up. Like your most recent fic about them being senators (awesome idea again) - it was a completely new universe where they hadn't been friends for years and years. We didn't know how much they've ever interacted, besides that one bill. And Stephen falling, yes, and Jon catching him, yes, but the bit of snuggling that follows struck me as forced.

ps, where's "Kiss You Where it Hurts"? Want to read.

[ptahrrific]

Yeah, I can see that. I'm a bit of a sucker for fluff :\

In that particular case, if/when I write a sequel, I'll try to address it.("How come you've started flinching when I try to touch you?" "Look, I gave you one hug, I was caught up in the moment, it doesn't mean I'm your new teddy bear!")

Kiss You Where It Hurts is yonder.

[wishflower4.livejournal.com]

Well, you do tend to write about Stephen--or, Character A, seeing as I sense poor Seamus going through something of the sort--getting...what's the word...utterly and completely crushed. Not that I'm complaining, I do adore the Stephen angst, but the few times Jon became the damsel, it was a refreshing change of pace.

[ptahrrific]

Good way to put it XD

Seamus is definitely getting a bit of this. Though he hasn't climbed as high as Stephen, so he doesn't have as far to fall.

Jon is so Zen that it can be hard to get him angsty. I guess I should take that as a challenge...

This...turned out much longer than I expected.

[doctorv.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Okay, this is ridiculously OT, but I couldn't find if you'd posted this pic in an LJ entry somewhere or just on devART, and this just would not leave me alone. So... *blush* Yeah.
-----

The sounds of laserfire and fighting grew louder outside the small, bare room and blue eyes glanced up from a handheld data-carrier. One of the guards had chucked it into the cell when the prisoner's impassioned pleas for rationality had begun to make him think, hoping it would provide enough distraction to allow him to again wallow in his indoctrination.

It hadn't, and the guard had had to be replaced after wondering out loud "Well why are we doing this?" But it still allowed the prisoner something to occupy her mind, as the handheld was filled with word puzzles.

The sounds outside, however, drew her attention away from twenty-three vertical (eleven letters, principle export of Efuen 4: Nufjeyh pods) and she set the handheld aside as she got to her feet. Whatever was happening was happening just outside the door to her cell, and she allowed a brief flutter of hope to well inside her.

Maybe her jailers were killing each other and she would die of starvation and neglect instead of being tortured to death!

Then much to her surprise, most of the door and large parts of the surrounding walls were vaporized. As she lowered her arms from their protective shielding of her face, she stared at the shadowy figure emerging from the slowly clearing smoke. Heavily muscled, impeccably coiffed, with thin-framed glasses perched on his heroic nose serving only to emphasize the steely gaze of his brown eyes.

For the first time in her life she felt the urge to swoon, but quickly dismissed the feeling.

"Political prisoner Satiria Daily?" the tall, virile man greeted her. "I'm Tek Jansen, of Alpha Squad 7. I'm here to remove you from this place."

"But--But all I did was overthrow a corrupt government with a bloodless coup of words," she protested. "Why would Alpha Squad 7 send someone to rescue me? Anyone could've done that!"

Tek chuckled to himself. She obviously misunderstood.

"You obviously misunderstand," he told her.

Taking a step closer, he raised his laser pistol at the revolutionary's barely-covered and suddenly heaving chest.

"I'm not your rescuer...I'm your assassin."

Who really misunderstood? Why has this scantily-clad woman of questionable values not yet experienced the sweet ambrosia of Tek Jansen's love? Why is Tek still fully clothed?! All this and more in the next installment of: "Tek Jansen and the Daily Girl!: A Tek Jansen Adventure"!

*cough* So...um, yeah. Sorry. *facepalm* (Really, I just wanted to use the "bloodless coup of words" line. The rest kind of grew out of that.)

Re: This...turned out much longer than I expected.

[ptahrrific]

This is amazing.

Go post it at fakenews_fanfic or something - this should be shared with the world =D

Re: This...turned out much longer than I expected.

[doctorv.livejournal.com]

Well, so long as I have your blessing. ^_^