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Urrrrgh. Stupid female reproductive system.

  • Jan. 21st, 2009 at 10:53 AM
pepper: Pepperpot (Tents)
Cliche meme, snurched from [livejournal.com profile] aelfgyfu_mead, because it looked rather fun.

Bold the clichés you have written, and italicise those you've considered writing.

Genderswap: No.

Bodyswap: Although more in an X-men, Rogue-sucks-up-someone's-brain-and-it-takes-over-for-a-while sort of way.

Drunk!fic: Hah! I was going to confidently say no, but then I remembered an X-Men fic that had it. Wolverine had to keep drinking and drinking in order to stay drunk (his healing powers neutralise alcohol, don'tchaknow).

Huddling together for warmth: Um... not that I recall. Surprising, given one of Stargate's first shippy (if you read it that way) moments.

Undercover in a gay bar: No.

Pretending to be married: I probably started writing versions of this a thousand times (particularly when I was into X-Files), but I don't think I've ever finished one.

Secretly a virgin: Eesh. So very NO.

Amnesia: I started an X-Men one where Rogue had amnesia, but never finished it. I've written canon amnesia when writing Wolverine, but I don't think that counts. I'm not wildly fond of this cliché – it seems like, when someone gets hit over the head in fiction, nine times out of ten they get amnesia.

Cross-dressing: Well, I've put Jack, Daniel and Teal'c in miniskirts and feathers, in a brief ficlet. Sam nearly broke a rib laughing.

Forced to share a bed: I vaguely remember writing a beginning, but I don't think it ever went anywhere. I'm fond of this cliché.

Aliens make them do it: *stays quiet*

Wingfic: I thought that was a Supernatural thing? I don't know. If it's what I think it is – i.e. a character grows wings – then I've briefly written Sam (Carter) and Teal'c doing just that.

Mpreg: Hee. No.

Mistakenly assumed to be gay: Yes. D'oh! For Redial's celebration of reaching 200 watchers.

Let's play truth or dare: Yes, but I think I cut it from the final story. It was kinda boring – I couldn't think up any decent dares.

Mary Sue fic: Oh how I have written this. Not recently, though.

Aphrodisiacs: *glances up at AMTDI*

Curtainfic: …Huh?

Hurt/Comfort: Such a sweeping cliché, turns up almost everywhere.

Apocalypse fic: But I still haven't finished my [livejournal.com profile] apocalypse_kreefic!!!

Someone has a baby: Ohhh yes.

Kidfic: I can't seem to stop myself from writing kidfic. For every fandom. Most variations (I've done 'characters as kids' and 'characters with kids', but I don't think I've done 'characters turn into kids'). I don't know why. Kids scare me.

Telepathic soulbonding: But it was on purpose as a cliché fic challenge! I never finished it.

Werewolves mate for life: If I can count Wolverines, then yes. :)

Evil Twin: Hee. No, sadly.

Talking to a Shrink: This is a cliché? No. Oh, wait... well, probably McKenzie has turned up in a fic of mine. I can't quite remember. I'm sure he's been threatened.

Hero Wrongfully Accused: Not that I recall.

Character Tortured to Secure Other Character's Cooperation: No. But I like this cliché. It's very DRAMATIC. Which I think is basically the point in using clichés: they're tropes generally because they're good storylines.


ETA: Argh! When arranging a meeting for 15 managers, it's considered only polite to inform the admin staff who're going to have to set it up! Preferably BEFORE people start arriving! *headdesk* "Dear [colleague], I feel like death, do you mind if I go home?" would have been okay, but "Dear [boss], I know my colleague isn't in and you have a meeting for 15 people, and I know it'd leave you without any admin staff, but I feel like death, do you mind if I go home?" just isn't possible.

*stiffens uppper lip and carries on*

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[identity profile] kirsty841.livejournal.com wrote:
Jan. 21st, 2009 01:17 pm (UTC)

"Secretly a virgin: Eesh. So very NO."

ROFL! I remember reading a Jack-is-a-virgin fic and just staring at the screen in disbelief...and all those Sam-is-a-virgin fics... gah! why do people do it? I just don't get it!
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Jan. 21st, 2009 02:03 pm (UTC)
I tend to assume, rightly or wrongly, that the writers are virgins, and at the point in their lives where they feel like they're NEVER EVER going to lose it OMG. Whether it's true or not I don't know - but: cliche writers, that's what I'm thinking! :D

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