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[raeschae]

So I've spent the last two days bemoaning the fact that there's no hot water in my building until Monday, and coding my Big Bang. I know I don't post for another couple of weeks, but I'm getting too excited! The problem with all of this excitement is that I can't stop tweaking the story, and I'm about to reach the point where it does more harm than good to mess with it.

That's where y'all come in. I know it's Sunday, and everyone's probably otherwise busy, so this might fall completely flat. But I'm proposing another 'caring and sharing' meme. Here's what I'm thinking: Let's talk fic. More to the point, characters.

My question: If you could spend twenty-four hours with one fanfictional character, who would it be, and why?

My answer on this will probably change in about twenty minutes, but as of right now, I would choose the Jared in astrangerfate's BB, Things We Can't Untie. I'm not a huge fan of slave fic, but this is not your average slave fic. The moral, ethical, and political issues are what made it so fascinating for me, and this Jared - so strong in his submission - is a guy that I would love to spend a little time getting to know. From the deleted scene at the end of the story: “Whatever you do, make it big. I thought that the Revolution needed my words. Well, I was wrong. The Revolution doesn’t need words. It needs Molotovs. Thank you.”

On a slightly related note, sort of, I just finished fleshflutter's spy fic, Someone You Might Have Been. For many of the same reasons listed above, I'd take twenty-four hours with her Jensen, so desperate to believe in something, to sacrifice himself to something that matters, but being so unsure of just what that something is anymore. From chapter 23: ". . .I mean people didn't catch Jensen's attention like causes did. By the time I met him, he'd gone through wanting to save the whales, wanting to save the ozone layer and was right up to wanting to save the world."

I guess my kink for people who are totally sold out to the causes they believe in is showing, huh?

So what about you? I'm anxious to hear who sticks with y'all, and why you're so drawn to those characters. Feel free to disagree with my selections - I'm all for everyone feeling free to express their own opinions, whatever those opinions may be!

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[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

I was going to say Jared from disclaimer for much the same reason - I think I'd rather meet Jensen more, but if I met Jared I might actually get the damn tattoo I've been waffling about forever. (I'd at least trust him to do it properly, and he might have some interesting ideas to make it really special.)

(I want something based on a paw print I have from one of my pet rats. I was thinking of maybe just a series of paw prints up my spine, like a rat had run through paint and then up my back. But I have crappy skin that responds weirdly to things, so I plan is to start with just one paw print to see how it heals. But then I start pondering actual tattoo places and get all freaked out by if they're doing things properly or not.) (Having a mother who is a nurse who delights in telling you horror stories = BAD THING.)

[raeschae.livejournal.com]

This is why I did not consult a medical professional before getting any of my ink. I don't need to know the horror stories - I'm happy being blissfully ignorant, thank you very much!

I'm not sure, because I'm not an expert, but I think maybe having your rat run over a piece of paper would be a better idea than actually on your back. They'd have to re-draw it, and wouldn't tattoo over the paint anyway. I don't know, like I said, not an expert.

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. I have a rat paw print on a piece of paper that I did by dipping the rat's paw in some food coloring and then putting him on the paper. :) Unfortunately I didn't get clear ones of all four paws, and the rat has since passed on, but I was thinking a good artist could use the one print I have, and some photos from the internet or something and some artistic license and kind of 'make up' the other three paws, plus tweak the existing one a bit so it'll be a clearer tattoo. (Right now it's got lots of little lines because rat hands are rather a lot like human hands with wrinkles where they bend - I'd like to keep some of that if possible for character, but it'd need to be tidied up, I think, to make a nice looking tattoo.)

So I'd want the artist to sketch out a design of a series of paw prints to go along my spine, as if the rat had run up to my neck to hide under my hair or something. But just start by getting a tattoo of just one paw print initially, so I can make sure my skin doesn't freak out. (I figure a single paw print is small enough that if it did end up looking really horrible, hiding it would be a lot easier, too, than if I have them all up my spine. :) )

I don't actually have pet rats any more at all - I had them when I lived in the UK (and they're excellent pets) but I had to rehome the guys I had left when I moved back to the US (luckily the breeder I got two of them from was happy to take all four of my boys in exchange for keeping my rat cage, since the things are expensive) and while I was debating if I wanted to get more rats here, I ended up... adopting a dog. *facepalm*

(He was totally unplanned. My mom wanted to go look at cats at the local shelter and so I was looking at dogs while I was there, and he just LOOKED at me. *points at icon* So that was that.)

[raeschae.livejournal.com]

Okay, but in all fairness, how could you say no to that dog? Look at that face!

I don't know anything about rats, so I'm going to take your word for it on what great pets they make. I think it would be cool to have the tat up your spine - painful at first, but cool. Unless you did it on your back, but not centered on your spine. That wouldn't hurt as bad. And, yeah, you'll want them to test it first, and somewhere a shirt will usually cover is probably the best place to do that. You'll have to let me know if you decide to go through with it!