SMACKDOWN pre-show
Mar. 2nd, 2011 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
peroxidepirateGoldenlake members have probably already seen this, but here's the official fight list for SMACKDOWN, and here's an event bracket I made.
Which I have also screencapped it and set as my desktop wallpaper, so I don't have to keep looking up the dates and match-ups.
I have no idea why I get this obsessed with this thing, but it's happening again.
In the first fight, I'm going to attempt to write some Buri/Thayet. Frankly I think Lark/Rosethorn is a shoe-in -- Luinae already had 100 entries stockpiled as of a few days ago, I suspect![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elsceetaria is writing like crazy, kitty_ryan is definitely in that corner, and q_sama seems to be as well. So far, team Buri/Thayet seems to be.... Moony, and me. So I'm just hoping we can give them halfway decent showing.
The other arena is two guy-slash pairings I'm ambivalent on (Jon/Zahir and Dom/Evin), so it's kind of off my radar. I do know these two pairings have the same general fanbase (like the two femslash pairings in the first arena), so I'm really not sure who's ended up in which corner. But I found out last year that I can't focus on two fights at once anyway -- at least, not if I'm writing -- so I don't have much to say about that one.
The second set of fights, I have no idea if or what I might decide to write. If I want to write Clary/Mattes or Aly/Taybur, I suppose I should start rereading now so I'm in the right mood -- but that might break me too far out of the Emelan-bubble I've been in lately (more on that in a minute), so perhaps I'll default to Kel/Maura instead (since I know the PotS world like I know my own, and can generally slide in and out of it for fic purposes with no trouble). In which case, I'll be againstq_sama , probably journeycat and ubiquitous_girl , and the rest of Team Wyldon. Kel has a lot of love, but I really don't think it's obsessive enough to get this pairing to Round 2. Given that Kel had a SMACKDOWN all her own last year, I can't be too sad about that.
I'm unsure about the third set, too, but I'm leaning toward Raoul/Gary. As I said in a comment onq_sama 's journal, they were the highest vote-getter among the member-choice pairings, and they were Pierce fandom's first big slash pairing, so I'd like to see them go far. They have a huge amount of history to play in, I love Gary's snark, and I can almost always write from Raoul's POV. But this is the set of fights where I'm least able to even guess at an outcome. Lisa's supporting Neal/Owen, as is inthefire -- and if she can do half of what she did for Owen last year, it will get intense. The other arena is Kel/Jonathan vs. Rosethorn/Crane, a cross-universe match-up that's also likely to become heated.
Most of my energy is already geared toward the last set of fights in round one. One arena is Raoul/Sabine vs. Roger/Alanna, which is sure to be an interesting match since I'm certain there will be some very prolific writers (/rabid fangirls) on both sides. I'm hesitantly interested in both pairings, but I'll be staying away...
... Because the last fight in arena two is Tris/Briar/Sandry/Daja vs. Delia/Josiane. I've already started writing for T/B/S/D, and I know I'm not the only one. I'm not sure if anyone is really supporting Delia/Josiane; I feel a little bad about that, but not enough to defect from my SMACKDOWN OT4. I already talked about this, and I don't have much to add now -- except that I'm very much enjoying being inside my Emelan fic!bubble! It took me a long time (most of last summer) to get into this space where I can write in that universe. It's better crafted than Tortall, more complete, more cohesive; it's harder to get a foothold, so to speak. But now that I'm in, I'm in, and I have so many ideas.
The crazy ladies don't stand a chance.
Which I have also screencapped it and set as my desktop wallpaper, so I don't have to keep looking up the dates and match-ups.
I have no idea why I get this obsessed with this thing, but it's happening again.
In the first fight, I'm going to attempt to write some Buri/Thayet. Frankly I think Lark/Rosethorn is a shoe-in -- Luinae already had 100 entries stockpiled as of a few days ago, I suspect
elsceetaria is writing like crazy, kitty_ryan is definitely in that corner, and q_sama seems to be as well. So far, team Buri/Thayet seems to be.... Moony, and me. So I'm just hoping we can give them halfway decent showing. The other arena is two guy-slash pairings I'm ambivalent on (Jon/Zahir and Dom/Evin), so it's kind of off my radar. I do know these two pairings have the same general fanbase (like the two femslash pairings in the first arena), so I'm really not sure who's ended up in which corner. But I found out last year that I can't focus on two fights at once anyway -- at least, not if I'm writing -- so I don't have much to say about that one.
The second set of fights, I have no idea if or what I might decide to write. If I want to write Clary/Mattes or Aly/Taybur, I suppose I should start rereading now so I'm in the right mood -- but that might break me too far out of the Emelan-bubble I've been in lately (more on that in a minute), so perhaps I'll default to Kel/Maura instead (since I know the PotS world like I know my own, and can generally slide in and out of it for fic purposes with no trouble). In which case, I'll be against
q_sama , probably journeycat and ubiquitous_girl , and the rest of Team Wyldon. Kel has a lot of love, but I really don't think it's obsessive enough to get this pairing to Round 2. Given that Kel had a SMACKDOWN all her own last year, I can't be too sad about that.I'm unsure about the third set, too, but I'm leaning toward Raoul/Gary. As I said in a comment on
q_sama 's journal, they were the highest vote-getter among the member-choice pairings, and they were Pierce fandom's first big slash pairing, so I'd like to see them go far. They have a huge amount of history to play in, I love Gary's snark, and I can almost always write from Raoul's POV. But this is the set of fights where I'm least able to even guess at an outcome. Lisa's supporting Neal/Owen, as is inthefire -- and if she can do half of what she did for Owen last year, it will get intense. The other arena is Kel/Jonathan vs. Rosethorn/Crane, a cross-universe match-up that's also likely to become heated. Most of my energy is already geared toward the last set of fights in round one. One arena is Raoul/Sabine vs. Roger/Alanna, which is sure to be an interesting match since I'm certain there will be some very prolific writers (/rabid fangirls) on both sides. I'm hesitantly interested in both pairings, but I'll be staying away...
... Because the last fight in arena two is Tris/Briar/Sandry/Daja vs. Delia/Josiane. I've already started writing for T/B/S/D, and I know I'm not the only one. I'm not sure if anyone is really supporting Delia/Josiane; I feel a little bad about that, but not enough to defect from my SMACKDOWN OT4. I already talked about this, and I don't have much to add now -- except that I'm very much enjoying being inside my Emelan fic!bubble! It took me a long time (most of last summer) to get into this space where I can write in that universe. It's better crafted than Tortall, more complete, more cohesive; it's harder to get a foothold, so to speak. But now that I'm in, I'm in, and I have so many ideas.
The crazy ladies don't stand a chance.
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Date: 2011-03-02 04:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 04:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 04:54 pm (UTC)I keep telling myself that SMACKDOWN helps me discover new pairings to go crazy over for PPF :P
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Date: 2011-03-02 04:34 pm (UTC)(I'm so with you on Fight A. OMG, yawn.)
I CANNOT WAIT for Circlecest. I'm hoping muses will come to inspire me, as I'm still woefully uncreative.
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Date: 2011-03-02 04:55 pm (UTC)Are you stuck for Circlecest ideas, or stuck on the actual writing? Because I have some ideas... :)
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Date: 2011-03-02 06:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 06:54 pm (UTC)I'll get some idea lists together soon-ish, probably. I have lots of suggestions!
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Date: 2011-03-02 04:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 04:40 pm (UTC)*innocent*
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Date: 2011-03-02 06:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 04:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 04:56 pm (UTC)I was hoping the Maura-love would win out for you, but I couldn't remember how much of a Wyldon fan you were.
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Date: 2011-03-02 05:09 pm (UTC)Someday I actually need to get into this Smackdown business, even though I haven't written Tammy fic in ages. And never Tortall, because apparently I have an Emelan heart.
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Date: 2011-03-02 06:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 05:41 pm (UTC)I've started in on some circle fics.
Most of what you've said here seems to mirror what's been being said in chat the past couple days.
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Date: 2011-03-02 06:48 pm (UTC)And I haven't written any B/T yet -- hence my feeling that it's a foregone conclusion. (But like I said, I don't mind all that much.)
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Date: 2011-03-02 06:55 pm (UTC)Also, so excited for Circlecest and how much Emelan fic will result! :)
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Date: 2011-03-02 07:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 07:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 07:16 pm (UTC)Don't wear yourself out, though. (Heck, I'm not even certain I'll be writing much, either. :p Stupid job-thing...)
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Date: 2011-03-02 10:42 pm (UTC)I'm a bit worried about that, but I think once the mocks are over it'll be easier to find time to write (and sleep and eat and all those other... inessential things). The only piece of coursework I haven't got planned at least the teacher hasn't even started talking about.
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Date: 2011-03-02 08:18 pm (UTC)Lark/Rosethorn is epic amounts of pretty, but it's so hard to get a foothold in that universe, like you said.
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Date: 2011-03-02 11:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 10:15 pm (UTC)So *fist bump* I've totally got your back.
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Date: 2011-03-02 11:28 pm (UTC)Also, LOL at you converting yourself.
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Date: 2011-03-02 11:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-03-02 11:27 pm (UTC)I'd beg you to write letters with me again, but I don't trust myself not to flake on it. :p So I'll just look forward to reading your Wyldon/Kalasin fic instead.
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Date: 2011-03-03 12:05 am (UTC)as for letters...if they happen they happen and it'll be lovely?