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In fairness to the genre, this is pretty much my reaction to Larry Niven.
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Full disclosure, this is absolutely inspired by this piece from halfwing - who seriously needs to quit his dumb job or whatever and get back to posting excellent TF/TG art before I steal more of his good ideas ;)
(True story: my introduction to this particular flavor of "romance novel" came when I was about twelve, at the height of my devoted-bookworm phase, and a lady at my church happened to leave one of the things lying around where I could get at it. Kid-me had more or less sussed out that the dollar paperbacks next to the checkout at the grocery store with Airbrush Fabio on the cover were some kind of prurient interest I was not equipped to process, but this one was dressed up all quasi-respectable as historical-ish fiction - something something buried secrets in an English country village - and kid-me figures, hey, I've read Silas Marner, that's basically the same thing, right?
The fact that there was a misunderstanding on my part became apparent soon enough, but the particulars weren't properly cleared up 'til I had to ask the adults in my life what "turgid" meant...)
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Full disclosure, this is absolutely inspired by this piece from halfwing - who seriously needs to quit his dumb job or whatever and get back to posting excellent TF/TG art before I steal more of his good ideas ;)
(True story: my introduction to this particular flavor of "romance novel" came when I was about twelve, at the height of my devoted-bookworm phase, and a lady at my church happened to leave one of the things lying around where I could get at it. Kid-me had more or less sussed out that the dollar paperbacks next to the checkout at the grocery store with Airbrush Fabio on the cover were some kind of prurient interest I was not equipped to process, but this one was dressed up all quasi-respectable as historical-ish fiction - something something buried secrets in an English country village - and kid-me figures, hey, I've read Silas Marner, that's basically the same thing, right?
The fact that there was a misunderstanding on my part became apparent soon enough, but the particulars weren't properly cleared up 'til I had to ask the adults in my life what "turgid" meant...)
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That story sounds pretty similar to mine. Except it was my mom who was obsessed with "romance novels". I don't remember how old I was, when I picked up one of her books. Mom's reaction was, "Aww, how cute, they wanna be just like me. Heh, good thing they can't actually read stuff that advanced yet."
Which lasted right up until I asked her what something meant. Probably like "Throbbing manhood". "It means, uh, thaaaaat it's time to go to the bookstore and pick out your very own books! That's what it means! Haha!"
I picked up Robert Aspirin's "Myth Adventures" series and loved it. ^_^
Which lasted right up until I asked her what something meant. Probably like "Throbbing manhood". "It means, uh, thaaaaat it's time to go to the bookstore and pick out your very own books! That's what it means! Haha!"
I picked up Robert Aspirin's "Myth Adventures" series and loved it. ^_^
Ahahahaha XD
(Luckily, my folks nurtured my interest in reading from an early age, and I'd already discovered tons of great things to enjoy by the time this happened - but I definitely had my share of awkward incidents.
'Course, a number of the books I read gave me my first clues that I was wired funny; I enjoyed the TF-ey bits in Narnia and classical mythology and whatnot, but I never understood why the polymorphs were always Considered Baleful, and why characters were in such a hurry to get back to being human. Remember seeing Help! I'm Trapped In My Sister's Body listed in the back of some other Scholastic book and being curious about that, too, though I never read it...)
(Luckily, my folks nurtured my interest in reading from an early age, and I'd already discovered tons of great things to enjoy by the time this happened - but I definitely had my share of awkward incidents.
'Course, a number of the books I read gave me my first clues that I was wired funny; I enjoyed the TF-ey bits in Narnia and classical mythology and whatnot, but I never understood why the polymorphs were always Considered Baleful, and why characters were in such a hurry to get back to being human. Remember seeing Help! I'm Trapped In My Sister's Body listed in the back of some other Scholastic book and being curious about that, too, though I never read it...)
Oh yeah, I had pretty much the same deal. "Why are they upset they turned into something awesome? Could y'all quit acting like it's some Fate Worse Than Death? Why do you even want to turn back?" Glued to the screen any time a cartoon or show had a Transformation Episode, got super into Greek Mythology because of so many transformations in it, was big into fantasy books for the same reason, picked up the first Animorphs book (and never realized there were more until like 5-8 years ago)...
Of course, I come by it honestly. One time when we were kids, my sister and I picked up mom's current 'romance novel', about a guy who was some kind of were-panther. We tried to tease her about it (since by that point, we understood what these books actually were), and her response was, "Hey, humans are just BORING sometimes, okay?"
...And now she reads my stories. She's said she'd enjoy being a dragon like Princess, but wouldn't want to be a pet. She hasn't said what she thinks of the other forms with regards to actually being them, but she does express sadness whenever the characters don't have a good relationship with their own mothers. Princess was too embarrassed/afraid to try to contact hers while they were on Earth, Flopsy doesn't remember her past life well enough to try, and Vayryn's mom inherits some of my roommate's mom's lack of understanding of trans people so they ended up in an almost argument. But I did make Corwyn's mom a lot like mine, and even gave her the same name, partially as a way to say, "No, really, I love you mom, I'm not 'venting about you' when I have characters have strained relationships for drama reasons". ^_^
Of course, I come by it honestly. One time when we were kids, my sister and I picked up mom's current 'romance novel', about a guy who was some kind of were-panther. We tried to tease her about it (since by that point, we understood what these books actually were), and her response was, "Hey, humans are just BORING sometimes, okay?"
...And now she reads my stories. She's said she'd enjoy being a dragon like Princess, but wouldn't want to be a pet. She hasn't said what she thinks of the other forms with regards to actually being them, but she does express sadness whenever the characters don't have a good relationship with their own mothers. Princess was too embarrassed/afraid to try to contact hers while they were on Earth, Flopsy doesn't remember her past life well enough to try, and Vayryn's mom inherits some of my roommate's mom's lack of understanding of trans people so they ended up in an almost argument. But I did make Corwyn's mom a lot like mine, and even gave her the same name, partially as a way to say, "No, really, I love you mom, I'm not 'venting about you' when I have characters have strained relationships for drama reasons". ^_^
Yeah, same - I had less exposure to that stuff in cartoons/TV growing up (we didn't have cable and barely got any broadcast channels,) but I definitely discovered a lot of stuff that fascinated me in a way that I quickly realized wasn't the conventional response.
And ahaha, that's excellent :) Family's an interesting thing to touch on in TF stuff, especially of the introspective variety. I drew on a lot of my own experiences with that, both the good and the frustrating, when I was writing "Probability Experiment;" Stu's relationship with her mom and Tammy's family as a whole were both heavily influenced by mine. Still working out what that's gonna look like in "Nyandemic," when we get to it; we've seen Kat's sister, but not her parents, yet...
And ahaha, that's excellent :) Family's an interesting thing to touch on in TF stuff, especially of the introspective variety. I drew on a lot of my own experiences with that, both the good and the frustrating, when I was writing "Probability Experiment;" Stu's relationship with her mom and Tammy's family as a whole were both heavily influenced by mine. Still working out what that's gonna look like in "Nyandemic," when we get to it; we've seen Kat's sister, but not her parents, yet...
I've not kept it secret that all my main characters are heavily based on me, so it's hard for people to not assume everything's based on real life, yeah. ^_^;;
While I do base a lot of stuff on my own experiences, there's also differences, usually added for the sake of drama (or comedy, or both). So they often talk about stuff that didn't happen to me (and not just the transformations that I wish would happen to me...)
While I do base a lot of stuff on my own experiences, there's also differences, usually added for the sake of drama (or comedy, or both). So they often talk about stuff that didn't happen to me (and not just the transformations that I wish would happen to me...)
Yeah, I try to avoid straight self-insert or wish-fulfillment stuff for fear of falling into the kind of self-indulgence I've seen way too many other authors I like fall prey to. I lucked out with "Probability Experiment" on that score; early on in the planning stages I realized that it could serve as a deconstruction of some very real personal failings I struggled with back in my college years, and that gave me a pretty solid dramatic throughline for the story...
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