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[garnigal]

Enigmaticblues gave me the following words:
1. Mal

Mal is a deeply flawed human being, and therefore a perfect character. Mercurial and playful by turns, he's intelligent (though he plays dumb), emotional (though he acts detached) and honourable (though he aims to misbehave). The canon that we have is compelling, both in the writing and in the portrayal, but where Mal really shines is in fanfic. He is... malleable, all things to all people. I love writing Mal, especially Mal/River. (I also like fantasizing about Mal, but don't tell Spike.)

2. Joss Whedon

What can you say about Joss? I'll watch/read anything he does, knowing that even in the worst of it, there's always going to be something, some moment that makes it all worthwhile. He can make me cry, make me laugh, and inspires me to keep writing.

3. Drabble

What a fantastic format a drabble is for fanfic. Most of what I write tends to be psychological moments anyway, rather than plot (I don't need no stinking plot!), so the format really lends itself to that. I love the challenge of finding just the right words, of expressing an image or moment in perfect clarity. I love the cameraderie and support of open_on_sunday, where I found my first LJ friends, where I posted my first fics, and where I got my first comments.

4. Boyfriend

Are we talking about Mal again? Oh, you probably mean that real live dude I cohabitate with. We've been together for a long damn time now, and while there are things I'd like to change, we bump along pretty well. I think we've both learned from the other, and it's been good for both of us.

5. Canada

My home and native land! I really do love it up here, though it certainly isn't perfect. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else (though I do fantasize about being a famous screenwriter in LA) - I love my four seasons, being close to my family, and the image of Canada the Good. I like that we recognize that we're a young country, that we make mistakes, that we need to learn from them. I like our ties to Britain and I like the monarchy. I like my music with the required Can-con every five songs or so. I like seeing Canadian faces in movies and television and in international situations. I like to show my small part of the country off to visitors, and I love to visit other parts of the country that I haven't seen yet.

Thanks so much for the words - this meme was a blast! Anyone else interested, just leave a comment and I'll give you words.

Comments

[jerusha]

Thanks for doing this! I'm finding it really interesting to get to know people a little better.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

It was good to actually think about some of these things for once. I tend to take things for granted, so it was nice to do some critical thinking that wasn't about work.

Also, it reminded me of a couple of Firefly fics I want to write....

[murielle.livejournal.com]

Where does one find your Mal/River fic?

And, right on! Canada rocks, eh? ;-))

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

There's not a lot of my Mal/River fic yet. Mostly I've written a few pre-Mal/River fics, or Mal/River-if-you-squint-reeeealy-hard fics. Anything I've written is in my LJ, hopefully tagged as serenifly. (I swear, I'll organize my LJ one of these days....)

Otherwise, I read mal_river to get my fix (heh, fics). hereswith is fantastic. SpaceanJL on ff.net has a really good pre-Mal/River series with about 4 long stories, starting with Cold Comfort Mountain - that's how I got into the pairing in the first place.

And yeah - Canada rocks (and has a lot of rocks!)

[whatawookie.livejournal.com]

I'll take some words :-)

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Oh, fun! You don't do a lot of memes, I'm looking forward to this.

Hmmm.

1. Leisure time 2. Independence 3. Writing 4. Kids 5. Work

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

1. Totally.
5. Y'all are pretty awesome.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

1. I went to the Can't Stop the Serenity Screening in Toronto, mostly to hang out with sunnyd_lite but the movie was good too. Unsurprisingly, I came back into the light brimming with fic ideas that I haven't had time to write yet.

2. Why, thank you! Would you like to take in some of the Canadians we no longer want, starting with our sitting Prime Minister? He was at a funeral for a former Governer General (French Catholic), and took communion... sort of. He slipped the host into his pocket - there's video of it. Not sure what he was thinking, but that simply isn't respectful.

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. So not cool. Though I might trade him for Sarah Palin and her good bye cruel internetz governership letter.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

So long as she agrees to stay in the Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut, that's fine. We never listen to anyone from up there anyway.

The cold makes them a little strange...

[spiralleds.livejournal.com]

Hee!